Mixing apparatus for quickly reactive components

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MIXING A PLURALITY OF FLUID COMPONENTS TO FORM A QUICKLY REACTIVE MIXTURE, COMPRISING A MIXING CHAMBER, MEANS INCLUDING SEPARATE CONDUITS SELECTIVELY CONTINUOUSLY TO CIRCULATE EACH OF THE COMPONENTS IN SEPARATE CLOSED PATHS, EACH OF SAID CONDUITS INCLUDING A PORTION LYING CLOSELY ADJACENT TO THE MIXING CHAMBER, SHORT STRAIGHT BRANCH CONDUITS EXTENDING FROM SAID PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE CONDUITS TO THE MIXING CHAMBER, MEANS SIMULTANEOUSLY TO DIVERT SAID COMPONENTS FROM SAID CLOSED PATHS SO AS TO FLOW THROUGH THE BRANCH CONDUITS INTO THE MIXING CHAMBER FROM SAID PORTIONS OF THE PATH OF CIRCULATION OF THE COMPONENTS CLOSELY ADJACENT TO THE MIXING CHAMBER, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS COMPRISING A VALVE IN EACH OF THE CONDUITS DISPOSED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE MIXING CHAMBER, EACH VALVE HAVING A VALVE ELEMENT MOVABLE IN THE CONDUIT AND AXIALLY OF THE RESPECTIVE BRANCH CONDUIT BETWEEN A VALVE CLOSED, COMPONENT CIRCULATING POSITION AND A VALVE OPEN, COMPONENT DIVERTING POSITION, AND MEANS ON THE VALVE ELEMENT WHICH EXTENDS INTO AND CLOSES OFF THE BRANCH CONDUIT CLOSE TO THE MIXING CHAMBER WHEN THE VALVE IS IN CLOSED POSITION, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS COMPRISING AN AXIALLY EXTENDING PIN PORTION ON THE VALVE ELEMENT WHCIH SNUGLY FITS WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE BRANCH CONDUIT WITH THE FORWARD END OF THE PIN PORTION CLOSE TO THE MIXING CHAMBER WHEN THE VALVE ELEMENT IS IN CLOSED POSITION, WHEREBY TO CLEAR THE BRANCH CONDUIT OF THE FLUID COMPONENT CARRIED THEREBY UPON CLOSING OF THE VALVE.