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Mixer for viscous liquids

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-06-08
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Granted: 1963-05-14
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Expires: 1980-06-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Horace F Thomas
  • 👤 James M Adams

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 13:00
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01F; B01F23/00; B01F23/40; B01F23/47; B01F25/00; B01F25/40; B01F25/42; B01F25/43; B01F25/431; B01F25/4312; B01F25/45; B01F25/452; B01F25/4521; B01F2101/00; B01F2101/2305

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 247 words
A DEVICE FOR MIXING VISCOUS LIQUIDS COMPRISING A BODY, SAID BODY HAVING AT LEAST TWO INLET MEANS THEREIN WHEREBY SEPARATE STREAMS OF VISCOUS LIQUIDS MAY BE CONDUCTED INTO SAID BODY, A CHAMBER IN SAID BODY FOR RECEIVING THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS FROM SAID INLET MEANS, STATIONARY MIXING MEANS WITHIN SAID CHAMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TRANSVERSE PASSAGES THEREIN, SAID CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TRANSVERSE PASSAGES BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER AND BEING TANGENTIALLY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID STATIONARY MIXING MEANS WHEREBY A CIRCULAR MOTION AND TANGENTIAL FLOW IS IMPARTED TO THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS AS THEY ARE FORCED THROUGH SAID PASSAGES, SAID BODY HAVING A LONGITUDINAL BORE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH THEREOF AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER, ATOMIZING MEANS IN SAID BORE FOR DIVIDING THE STREAM OF VISCOUS LIQUIDS FROM THE MIXING MEANS INTO A PLURALITY OF SMALLER STREAMS, DIFFUSION MEANS IN SAID BORE FOR IMPARTING AN UNDULATING FLOWING MOTION TO THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS AS THEY ARE FORCES THERETHROUGH WHEREBY THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS ARE THOROUGHLY MIXED TOGETHER, AND AN OUTLET MEANS WHEREBY THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS ARE EMITTED FROM SAID DIFFUSION MEANS IN A SINGLE INTIMATELY MIXED STREAM, SAID DIFFUSION MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED DISCS, EACH OF SAID DISCS HAVING A RELATIVELY SMALL OPENING THERETHROUGH, SAID SMALL OPENING BEING LONGITUDINAL IN RELATION TO SAID LONGITUDINAL BORE, AND A PLURALITY OF PROJECTIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID DISCS, SAID PROJECTIONS BEING LONGITUDINAL IN RELATIONSHIP TO SAID BORE.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 247 words
A DEVICE FOR MIXING VISCOUS LIQUIDS COMPRISING A BODY, SAID BODY HAVING AT LEAST TWO INLET MEANS THEREIN WHEREBY SEPARATE STREAMS OF VISCOUS LIQUIDS MAY BE CONDUCTED INTO SAID BODY, A CHAMBER IN SAID BODY FOR RECEIVING THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS FROM SAID INLET MEANS, STATIONARY MIXING MEANS WITHIN SAID CHAMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TRANSVERSE PASSAGES THEREIN, SAID CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TRANSVERSE PASSAGES BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER AND BEING TANGENTIALLY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID STATIONARY MIXING MEANS WHEREBY A CIRCULAR MOTION AND TANGENTIAL FLOW IS IMPARTED TO THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS AS THEY ARE FORCED THROUGH SAID PASSAGES, SAID BODY HAVING A LONGITUDINAL BORE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH THEREOF AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER, ATOMIZING MEANS IN SAID BORE FOR DIVIDING THE STREAM OF VISCOUS LIQUIDS FROM THE MIXING MEANS INTO A PLURALITY OF SMALLER STREAMS, DIFFUSION MEANS IN SAID BORE FOR IMPARTING AN UNDULATING FLOWING MOTION TO THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS AS THEY ARE FORCES THERETHROUGH WHEREBY THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS ARE THOROUGHLY MIXED TOGETHER, AND AN OUTLET MEANS WHEREBY THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS ARE EMITTED FROM SAID DIFFUSION MEANS IN A SINGLE INTIMATELY MIXED STREAM, SAID DIFFUSION MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED DISCS, EACH OF SAID DISCS HAVING A RELATIVELY SMALL OPENING THERETHROUGH, SAID SMALL OPENING BEING LONGITUDINAL IN RELATION TO SAID LONGITUDINAL BORE, AND A PLURALITY OF PROJECTIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID DISCS, SAID PROJECTIONS BEING LONGITUDINAL IN RELATIONSHIP TO SAID BORE.

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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-05-13 1974-11-12 1975-05-14 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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