Apparatus for vibrating liquids

Claim 1

VIBRATION APPARATUS COMPRISING , IN COMBINATION, SUPPORT MEANS; CONTAINER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND ADAPTED TO CONTAIN LIQUID TO BE VIBRATED AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE WALL PORTION INCLUDING FERRO-MAG NETIC MATERIAL, SAID CONTAINER MEANS WITH LIQUID THEREIN BEING ADAPTED TO VIBRATE WITHIN A CERTAIN FREQUENCY RANGE, THE ACTUAL FREQUENCY WITHIN SAID RANGE DEPENDING UPON THE AMOUNT OF LIQUID IN SAID CONTAINER MEANS; VIBRATION PRODUCING MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID SUPPORT AND COOPERATING WITH SAID WALL PORTION INCLUDING FERRO-MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR VIBRATING SAID CONTAINER MEANS TOGETHER WITH THE LIQUID CONTAINED THEREIN AT AN ACTUAL FREQUENCY WITHIN SAID FREQUENCY RANGE; AND MEANS OPERABLE FOR VARYING THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID ADAPTED TO BE CONTAINED IN SAID CONTAINER MEANSS FOR ADJUSTING THE FREQUENCY OF VIBRATION OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS WITH LIQUID THEREIN TO A FREQUENCY RESONANT WITH SAID ACTUAL FREQUENCY WITHIN SAID FREQUENCY RANGE, WHEREBY RESONANCE CAN BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE FREQUENCY OF SAID VIBRATION PRODUCING MEANS AND THE ADJUSTED FREQUENCY OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS WITH THE LIQUID THEREIN. A. METHOD OF TREATING SOLID MATTER BY APPLYING A VIBRATING FORCE HAVING A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY OF VIBRATION TO CONTAIDNER MEANS CONTAINING SAID SOLID MATTER IMMERSED IN A LIQUID WITHIN SAID CONTAINER MEANS WHICH CONTAINER MEANS TOGETHER WITH THE LIQUID THEREIN IS ADAPTED TO VIBRATE AT A NATURAL FREQUENCY WITHIN A CERTAIN FREQUENCY RANGE, THE ACTUAL NATURAL FREQUENCY OF VIBRATION WITHIN SAID RANGE DEPENDING UPON THE AMOUNT OF LIQUID IN SAID CONTAINER MEANS, SAID METHOD COMPRISINGT THE STEPS OF ADJUSTING THE AMOUNT OF LIQUID WITHIN SAID CONTAINER MEANS IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO ADJUST THE ACTUAL NATURAL FREQUENCY OF VIBRATION OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS AND SAID LIQUID THEREIN TO A FREQUENCY RESONANT WITH SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY OF SAID VIBRATING FORCE APPLIED TO SAID CONTAINER MEANS; AND VIBRATING SAID CONTAINER MEANS WITH SAID SOLID MATTER IMMERSED IN SAID ADJUSTED AMOUNT OF LIQUID THEREIN BY APPLYING TO SAID CONTAINER MEANS SAID VIBRATING FORCE WITH SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY OF VIBRATION.