Apparatus for comminution of dried tea leaves, herbs and other dried plants and their component parts. The apparatus facilitates gentle comminution of the comminuted commodity. The apparatus includes arrangements of driven comminuting rollers and housing (1) with an overhead inlet (6) and a bottom outlet (7) for ground commodity, and may include at least two or more rotatably driven comminuting rollers (2, 3) arranged in at least two or more levels (4, 5) one above the other. The rollers (2, 3) are studded with cams (24) for a comminution operation. Combs (15) may interface with the comminuting rollers. Comb adjusters (23) facilitate adjustment of combs that are adjustable.

Apparatus for comminution of dried tea leaves, herbs and other dried plants and their component parts. The apparatus facilitates gentle comminution of the comminuted commodity. The apparatus includes arrangements of driven comminuting rollers and housing (1) with an overhead inlet (6) and a bottom outlet (7) for ground commodity, and may include at least two or more rotatably driven comminuting rollers (2, 3) arranged in at least two or more levels (4, 5) one above the other. The rollers (2, 3) are studded with cams (24) for a comminution operation. Combs (15) may interface with the comminuting rollers. Comb adjusters (23) facilitate adjustment of combs that are adjustable.

To provide a sheet-shaped food product which can retain properties and flavor of a raw food material, and has high flexibility. A sheet-shaped food product having a laminate structure in which two sheets each comprising a raw food material and a binding agent and substantially comprising no moisture retention agent are overlapped with each other and integrally formed, both two sheets having irregularities on an overlapping surface, wherein voids are formed between the overlapping surfaces of the two sheets correspondingly to each irregular shape, a mass ratio (WA/WT) of a dry mass (WA) of the raw food material to a total dry mass (WT) of the sheet-shaped food product is 85% or more, a mass ratio (WA/WB) of the dry mass (WA) of the raw food material to a dry mass (WB) of the binding agent is 7.4 or more and 13.5 or less, and a moisture content is more than 6.0% by mass and 10.0% by mass or less.

To provide a sheet-shaped food product which can retain properties and flavor of a raw food material, and has high flexibility. A sheet-shaped food product having a laminate structure in which two sheets each comprising a raw food material and a binding agent and substantially comprising no moisture retention agent are overlapped with each other and integrally formed, both two sheets having irregularities on an overlapping surface, wherein voids are formed between the overlapping surfaces of the two sheets correspondingly to each irregular shape, a mass ratio (WA/WT) of a dry mass (WA) of the raw food material to a total dry mass (WT) of the sheet-shaped food product is 85% or more, a mass ratio (WA/WB) of the dry mass (WA) of the raw food material to a dry mass (WB) of the binding agent is 7.4 or more and 13.5 or less, and a moisture content is more than 6.0% by mass and 10.0% by mass or less.

The weight sensing integrated bruising-sieving machine for automated tea processing of the present invention comprises a frame, a bruiser device mounted on the frame, a sieving device and a PLC controller. The bruiser device comprises a bruiser disc, a number of bruiser blades, a first motor mounted on the frame, two pressure adjustment springs, and an adjustment bolt disposed on a first motor main axis. The bruiser disc is mounted on the frame through a number of supporter plates. The sieving device is disposed below the bruiser device. The sieving device comprises a second motor, a pair of crank mechanisms, a sieve, a sleeve for directing unloading of tea leaves, and an electrically actuated cylinder. An end of the sieve is interdrivably connected to the second motor through the crank mechanism, another end of the sieve is interconnected to an end of the electrically actuated cylinder through the crank mechanism. The structure of the weight sensing integrated bruising-sieving machine for automated tea processing of the present invention is sensible, simple, convenient to use, efficient and highly automated, effectively solving the problem of low efficiency and low degree of automation of traditional tea bruising machines

A system for packaging tea in a sealed casing. the system includes a machine for breaking dried tea leaves, said machine comprising an inlet for supplying dried tea leaves, an outlet for releasing the broken tea leaves, and at least one breaker device including a first breaker member and a second breaker member that can be removed relative to the first breaker member, said first and second breaker member being configured to bend the dried tea leaves until they break.

In an electric milling machine, when a milling operation is completed, a milling prohibition timer is set. With the timer being set, the electric milling machine does not perform a milling operation until countdown of the timer ends and the timer is cleared even though the electric milling machine is instructed to perform the milling operation. Even when supply of electric power from an external power supply to the electric milling machine is stopped, countdown of the timer is continued by using electric power supplied from an auxiliary power supply within the electric milling machine.

In an electric milling machine, when a milling operation is completed, a milling prohibition timer is set. With the timer being set, the electric milling machine does not perform a milling operation until countdown of the timer ends and the timer is cleared even though the electric milling machine is instructed to perform the milling operation. Even when supply of electric power from an external power supply to the electric milling machine is stopped, countdown of the timer is continued by using electric power supplied from an auxiliary power supply within the electric milling machine.

A mill includes a first mill having a first grinding region, a second mill having a second grinding region opposed to the first grinding region and provided to be rotatable relatively to the first mill, and a heat radiation mechanism which is provided in at least one of the first mill and the second mill and radiates friction heat generated as a result of rotation of the first mill and the second mill relative to each other, and the heat radiation mechanism is provided in a portion except for the first grinding region and the second grinding region.

A mill includes a first mill having a first grinding region, a second mill having a second grinding region opposed to the first grinding region and provided to be rotatable relatively to the first mill, and a heat radiation mechanism which is provided in at least one of the first mill and the second mill and radiates friction heat generated as a result of rotation of the first mill and the second mill relative to each other, and the heat radiation mechanism is provided in a portion except for the first grinding region and the second grinding region.