Apparatus for effectively agitating viscous materials

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR AGITATING VISCOUS MATERIALS COMPRISING A BASE PLATE, A TOP PLATE AND A CYLINDRICAL WALL THEREBETWEEN, A DRIVE SHAFT COAXIAL WITH THE CYLINDRICAL WALL AND EXTENDING CENTRALLY IN SAID BASE PLATE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DRIVE SHAFT, A SUN GEAR FIXED ON SAID DRIVE SHAFT, A CROSS ARM CENTRALLY PIVOTED ON SAID DRIVE SHAFT BETWEEN SAID BASE PLATE AND SAID SUN GEAR HAVING SPACED APART JOURNALING MEANS, A PLURALITY OF PLANETARY GEARS MOUNTED IN SAID JOURNALING MEANS FOR ROTATIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL MOTION, SAID PLANETARY GEARS BEING CAPABLE OF VARYING DEGREES OF INTERMESHING RELATION WITH SAID SUN GEAR, SAID TRANSLATIONAL MOTION BEING LIMITED SO AS TO MAINTAIN SAID PLANETARY GEARS AT ALL TIMES IN AN INTERMESHING RELATION WITH SAID SUN GEAR BY A ROLLING CONTACT OF SAID PLANETARY GEARS WITH THE CYLINDRICAL WALL, WHEREBY ROTATION OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT ROTATES SAID SUN GEAR ABOUT ITS OWN AXIS AND ROTATES SAID PLANETARY GEARS ABOUT THEIR OWN AXES AND THE AXIS OF SAID SUN GEAR.