Mixing apparatus

Abstract

Abstract AN IMPROVED MIXER WITH NO MOVING PARTS IS OBTAINED BY ARRANGING MIXING ELEMENTS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP. THIS APPARATUS, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR MIXING ONE OR MORE VISCOUS LIQUIDS, INCLUDES A FIRST BODY WITH SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL END FACES WHICH CONTAINS A PLURALITY OF MIXING ELEMENTS WITH INLETS AND OUTLETS ARRANGED ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER IN A COMMON PLANE, THE INLETS AND OUTLETS OF THE ADJACENT MIXING ELEMENTS BEING LOCATED IN THE SAME FACE, A SECOND BODY ENGAGING ONE END FACE OF THE FIRST BODY AND HAVING A PASSAGE FOR RECEIVING ONE OR MORE VISCOUS LIQUIDS AND DIRECTING THE LIQUID TO THE INLET OF AN INITIAL MIXING ELEMENT AND CHANNELS FOR CONNECTING THE INLETSAND OUTLETS OF ADJACENT MIXING ELEMENTS IN THE END FACE IN A PATTERN, AND A THIRD BODY ENGAGING THE OTHER FACE OF THE FIRST BODY AND HAVING CHANNELS FOR CONNECTING THE INLETS AND OUTLETS OF ADJACENT MIXING ELEMENTS IN THE OTHER END FACE IN A PATTERN, AND A PASSAGE FOR DISCHARGING THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS FROM THE EXIT OF A FINAL MIXING ELEMENT, THE PATTERN OF THE CHANNELS BEING SUCH AS TO GUIDE THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS SEQUENTIALLY THROUGH EACH OF THE MIXING ELEMENTS TO REPEATEDLY DIVIDE AND DOUBLE THE LIQUIDS WHEREBY INTENSIVE MIXING IS OBTAINED. THIS MIXER IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR USE IN AN APPARATUS FOR MELT SPINNING SYNTHETIC YARN WHEREIN THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD BODES ARE ARRANGED SO THAT THE VISCOUS LIQUIDS FROM THE EXIT OF A FINAL ELEMENT ARE DIRECTED TO A SPINNERET PLATE.

Inventors

• 👤 Jacques W J Appeldoorn
• 👤 Robert Sluijters

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