Patent ID: 7168846

Claim:
A rotary product processing device comprising: (a) a frame comprised of a pair of generally upright end plates in engagement with at least one generally horizontally extending sidewall spacing the end plates apart with one of the end plates disposed adjacent an infeed end and the other one of the end plates disposed adjacent a discharge end; (b) an elongate and generally horizontal perforate product processing chamber carried by the frame with the perforate product processing chamber having an infeed disposed adjacent one of the end plates and an outlet disposed adjacent the other one of the end plates; (c) an auger disposed in the product processing chamber between the pair of end plates and capable of urging by rotation a plurality of products received in the product processing chamber from an entry location at or adjacent the infeed toward and out the discharge; (d) a drive operatively coupled to the auger and carried by one of the end plates the drive disposing the drive inboard and between the pair of end plates with the drive in overlapping relationship with part of the product processing chamber.