Patents Assigned to Moorman Manufacturing Co.
  • Animal feed pelleting process and animal feed pellets produced therefrom
    Patent number: 5871802
    Abstract: A method of producing animal feed pellets wherein solid and liquid ingredients of the feed are premixed except for a liquid binder ingredient which is mixed in last. The resulting mash is extruded in a ring die pellet extruder without steam conditioning and the extruded pellets are cooled and/or dried as may be required. The liquid binder will have viscous and cohesive properties and preferably will be a condensed liquid byproduct from the grain, food or feed processing industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Moorman Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Qingshan Gao, Bruce Willard Moechnig, Joe David Crenshaw