Abstract A portable mixing apparatus for fluent material is disclosed which includes an improved driving arrangement for a hammer mill and draft fan and also includes an improved mixing apparatus located in a mixing tank. The hammer mill includes a driven shaft which has an exposed free end which is spaced from the fan shaft. Pulleys on the hammer mill and fan shaft allow the fan shaft to be driven by a belt coupled to both pulleys. The hammer mill shaft includes additional pulleys which are drivingly engaged, through belts to provide power for other components of the portable mixing apparatus. The peripheries of the pulleys on the hammer mill shaft and the pulley on the fan shaft are separated by a sufficient distance so that the belts may be removed without disasembling the fan housing. The mixing apparatus includes an improved mixing means including a plurality of auger means which are not directly above and in axial alignment with a discharge chute below the mixing means.
Portable mixing apparatus adapted to be mounted on a vehicle for grinding and mixing fluent material, said apparatus including means for grinding fluent material with an outlet below said grinding means, a duct for transporting said fluent material communicating with said outlet at a first end of said duct, fan means, a second duct mounted at right angles to and communicating with said duct at a second end thereof for transporting said fluent material to a mixing means, a third duct extending between said second end of said duct and said fan means to provide a draft created by said fan means for drawing fluent material from said grinding means to said duct, and baffle means located in said duct adjacent to said second end for seperating said fluent material into a heavier portion which travels below said baffle means into said second duct and a lighter portion which travels above said baffle means into said third duct.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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Portable mixing apparatus adapted to be mounted on a vehicle for grinding and mixing fluent material, said apparatus including means for grinding fluent material with an outlet below said grinding means, a duct for transporting said fluent material communicating with said outlet at a first end of said duct, fan means, a second duct mounted at right angles to and communicating with said duct at a second end thereof for transporting said fluent material to a mixing means, a third duct extending between said second end of said duct and said fan means to provide a draft created by said fan means for drawing fluent material from said grinding means to said duct, and baffle means located in said duct adjacent to said second end for seperating said fluent material into a heavier portion which travels below said baffle means into said second duct and a lighter portion which travels above said baffle means into said third duct.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The apparatus of claim 1 in which said fan discharges said lighter portion of said fluent material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The apparatus of claim 2 which further includes air cleaner means for seperating said lighter portion into a solid and a gaseous portion, said air cleaner means discharging said solid portion into said second duct.