US3184221A
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Homogenizing apparatus
Assignee: Liberty National Bank and Trust Co
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Filing: 1962-01-23
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Granted: 1965-05-18
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Expires: 1982-01-23
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Jr Harry W Mould
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 22:26
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01J; A01J11/00; A01J11/16; B; B01; B01F; B01F27/00; B01F27/27; B01F27/271; B01F25/00; B01F2025/91; B01F2025/912
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
HOMOGENIZING APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A CHAMBER THEREIN, ROTARY MEANS IN SAID CHAMBER FOR PUMPING FLUID THERETHROUGH FROM AN INLET ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID CHAMBER TO AN OUTLET ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF; AT LEAST TWO TUBULAR ELEMENTS NESTED IN SPACED COAXIAL RELATION ONE WITHIN THE OTHER IN SAID CHAMBER AND DEFINING THEREBETWEEN AN ANNULAR PASSAGE EXTENDING AXIALLY OF SAID CHAMBER, THE CONFRONTING PERIPHERAL SURFACES OF SAID TUBULAR ELEMENTS HAVING PERIPHERALLY SPACED, AXIALLY EXTENDING GROOVES THEREIN, THE GROOVES IN ONE OF SAID SURFACES BEING ESSENTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE GOOVES IN THE OTHER OF SAID SURFACES, THE INNER TUBULAR ELEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED APERTURES THERETHROUGH ADJACENT ONE END ONLY THEREOF, AND THE OUTER TUBULAR ELEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED APERTURES THERETHROUGH ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE END ONLY THEREOF, EACH OF THE APERTURES IN THE INNER ELEMENT COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OF THE GROOVES IN SAID INNER ELEMENT, AND EACH OF THE APERTURES IN SAID OUTER ELEMENT COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OF THE GROOVES IN SAID OUTER ELEMENT,
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
HOMOGENIZING APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A CHAMBER THEREIN, ROTARY MEANS IN SAID CHAMBER FOR PUMPING FLUID THERETHROUGH FROM AN INLET ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID CHAMBER TO AN OUTLET ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF; AT LEAST TWO TUBULAR ELEMENTS NESTED IN SPACED COAXIAL RELATION ONE WITHIN THE OTHER IN SAID CHAMBER AND DEFINING THEREBETWEEN AN ANNULAR PASSAGE EXTENDING AXIALLY OF SAID CHAMBER, THE CONFRONTING PERIPHERAL SURFACES OF SAID TUBULAR ELEMENTS HAVING PERIPHERALLY SPACED, AXIALLY EXTENDING GROOVES THEREIN, THE GROOVES IN ONE OF SAID SURFACES BEING ESSENTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE GOOVES IN THE OTHER OF SAID SURFACES, THE INNER TUBULAR ELEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED APERTURES THERETHROUGH ADJACENT ONE END ONLY THEREOF, AND THE OUTER TUBULAR ELEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED APERTURES THERETHROUGH ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE END ONLY THEREOF, EACH OF THE APERTURES IN THE INNER ELEMENT COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OF THE GROOVES IN SAID INNER ELEMENT, AND EACH OF THE APERTURES IN SAID OUTER ELEMENT COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OF THE GROOVES IN SAID OUTER ELEMENT,
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