Apparatus for metering and mixing flowable ingredients to continuously supply a predetermined mixture

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR PREDETERMINATELY METERING AND MIXING FLOWABLE INGREDIENTS TO PRODUCE A RESERVE SUPPLY OF A PREDETERMINED MIXTURE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED UNITARY HOUSING HAVING A RESERVE TANK DISPOSED THEREWITHIN, SAID TANK INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE VOLUME VARYING PORTION DISPOSED WITHIN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING THEREOF, MEANS DEFINING A MIXING CHAMBER DISPOSED INWARDLY OF SAID TANK WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH SAID TANK, SAID HOUSING INCLUDING MEANS ADJACENT SAID MIXING CHAMBER DEFINING INLET PASSAGES CONNECTIBLE WITH SAID RESPECTIVE SOURCES OF SAID FLOWABLE INGREDIENTS, FLOW-INDUCING MECHANISM MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING ADJACENT SAID MIXING CHAMBER, ONE BEING PROVIDED FOR EACH OF SAID INLET SOURCES AND COMMUNICATING AT DISCHARGE WITH SAID MIXING CHAMBER, SAID FLOW-INDUCING MECHANIXM HAVING DISPLACEMENT MEANS PROPORTIONED RESPECTIVELY TO INDUCE VOLUMETRIC FLOW INTO SAID MIXING CHAMBER AT A PREDETERMINED RATIO, AND OPERATING MECHANISM OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FLOW INDUCING MECHANISM TO OPERATE SAID FLOW INDUCING MECHANISM SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY AND TO CAUSE THE MIXED SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THE TANK SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE FLOW OF INGREDIENTS INTO THE MIXING CHAMBER, CONTROL MECHANISM ALSO MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR INTERMITTENTLY ACTUATING SAID OPERATING MECHANISMS IN RESPONSE TO PREDETERMINED VARIATION IN THE VOLUME OPF SAID RESERVE TANK.