Apparatus for mixing a relatively viscous liquid with a relatively non-viscous liquid

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APPARATUS FOR INTIMATELY MIXING A RELATIVELY VISCOUS LIQUID WITH A RELATIVELY NON-VISCOUS LIQUID BY DISPERSING THE RELATIVELY NON-VISCOUS LIQUID IN THE RELATIVELY VISCOUS LIQUID AND SUBSEQUENTLY SUBDIVIDING THE RESULTANT MIXTURE, COMPRISING, FIRST INLET MEANS FOR THE RELATIVELY VISCOUS LIQUID, SEPARATE SECOND INLET MEANS FOR THE RELATIVELY NON-VISCOUS LIQUID, WALL MEANS DEFINING A CHAMBER BELOW SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND INLET MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID RELATIVELY VISCOUS LIQUID AND SAID RELATIVELY NON-VISCOUS LIQUID, MEANS DEFINING AN ANNULAR SLIT ORIFICE FACING DOWNWARDLY TOWARD SAID CHAMBER, MEANS FOR DELIVERING SAID RELATIVELY VISCOUS LIQUID FROM SAID FIRST INLET MEANS TO SAID ANNULAR SLIT ORIFICE, AND SAID ANNULAR SLIT ORIFICE BEING CONSTRUCTED TO DISCHARGE SAID RELATIVELY VISCOUS LIQUID DOWNWARDLY THERETHROUGH INTO SAID CHAMBER IN THE FORM OF A CONTINUOUSLY DOWNWARDLY FLOWING CYLINDRICAL FILM, SPRAY-PRODUCING MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SEPARATE SECOND INLET MEANS AND SAID SPRAY-PRODUCING MEANS DISPOSED TO LIE INTERIORLY OF SAID DOWNWARDLY FLOWING CYLINDRICAL FILM OF SAID RELATIVELY VISCOUS LIQUID, MEANS FOR DELIVERING SAID RELATIVELY NON-VISCOUS LIQUID FROM SAID SECOND INLET MEANS TO SAID SPRAY-PRODUCING MEANS, SAID SPRAY-PRODUCING MEANS DISPOSED INTERIORLY OF SAID CYLINDRICAL FILM ADAPTED FOR PRODUCING SPRAY PARTICLES OF SAID RELATIVELY NON-VISCOUS LIQUID AND SAID SPRAY-PRODUCING MEANS ADAPTED TO SPRAY SAID PARTICLES OF SAID RELATIELY NON-VISCOUS LIQUID OUTWARDLY FOR CONTACT WITH THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID DOWNWARDLY FLOWING CYLINDRICAL FILM OF SAID RELATIVELY VISCOUS LIQUID, ROTATING MEANS IN SAID CHAMBER DISPOSED INTERIORLY OF SAID CHAMBER WALL MEANS, SAID ROTATING MEANS DISPOSED BELOW SAID ANNULAR SLIT ORIFICE AND BELOW SAID SPRAY-PRODUCING MEANS AND ALIGNED WITH SAID ANNULAR SLIT ORIFICE TO ENGAGE SAID CONTINUOUSLY DOWNWARDLY FLOWING CYLINDRICAL FILM, SAID ROTATING MEANS EFFECTIVE FOR DISINTEGRATING SAID ENGAGED FILM INTO FINE DISCRETE DROPLETS AND SAID ROTATING MEANS EFFECTIVE FOR PROPELLING SAID FINE DISCRETE DROPLETS RADIALLY OUTWARDLY TO SAID CHAMBER WALL MEANS, AND MEANS, DISPOSED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID CHAMBER WALL MEANS FOR FORMING A LIQUID FILM ON THE INTERIOR OF SAID CHAMBER WALL MEANS EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT ADHESION OF SAID PROPELLED FINE DISCRETE DROPLETS TO SAID CHAMBER WALLS.