GRAIN MIXTURE SEPARATION AND TREATMENT APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has working tool made in the form of round potential electrodes fixed on single rotating shaft. Grain is fed into electrode gap defining non-homogeneous electric field. Electric and other forces are acting upon grain mixture to increase grain mixture spreading radius and, accordingly, to improve grain separation quality. Simultaneously, grains are treated by electric field to increase yield. Single shaft, on which electrodes are fixed for rotation, is made from material adapted for isolation of electrodes from one another. Electrodes are made of equal diameter, are spaced from one another by distance equal to half the diameter, and are provided with smooth side surfaces. Corona members are disposed along outer perimeter of electrodes.

EFFECT: improved quality of separation and treatment of grain mixture and increased efficiency of apparatus.

3 cl, 1 dwg