PRESSED HOP BALE DESTRUCTION DEVICE Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC C12C3/00 

FIELD: brewing industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the brewing industry and can be used for the pressed hops bales destruction immediately before its addition to the wort, as well as for compacted during transportation or storage the other foods loosening, such as grains, various cereals. Device includes a housing 1 with holes made at the housing 1 end for the hops mass input, a hollow cylindrical rod 7 with a sharp tip and a conical clamp 8. In the lower part the tip 7 has a compressed air distributor 16, and the conical clamp 8 is made with a minimum gap between the housing 1 and the rod 7. Housing 1 is made transparent cylindrical in shape, at that, the housing 1 inner surface and the rod 7 outer surface with the compressed air distributor 16 are coated with having a low friction coefficient polymer material.

EFFECT: device enables increase in the pressed hops heap raising process productivity while maintaining its quality by reduction the entering the working area dust and sulfur-containing substances amount.

9 cl, 1 dwg