Emulsifying and dispersing apparatus

Claim 2

An emulsifying dispersing apparatus comprising: a plurality of concentric cutting rims rotatable relative to each other, mounted in radial alternation on a stator and on a rotor, having a common axis of rotation, said rotor being rotatable relative to said stator; said rims including interacting teeth and defining therebetweeen a cavity which serves as a central feed chamber, and said teeth further interacting at very high speeds; a hollow tubular mounting of said stator for a shaft of said rotor; wherein opposite cutting flanks of said teeth are rotatable relative to one another in parallel alternation, said flanks being inclined at an acute angle to the common axis of rotation toward respective adjoining sides, when viewed from opposite directions; adjusting means for the axial displacement and adjustment of respective rims toward one another on said stator and said rotor, and thus of a clearance gap between said cutting flanks, to facilitate relative axial adjustment between said rotor and said stator even during operation of the apparatus; wherein the magnitude of the angle of parallel flanks of radially consecutive ones of said rims decreases to the common axis of rotation, looking from said feed chamber toward an outside one of said rims; and wherein said teeth are pyramidal in the radial cross-sectional direction and rectangular in the peripheral cross-sectional direction; the tooth roots between teeth of said consecutive rims lying higher than the tooth roots between adjacent teeth of the same rim, with the exception of the tooth roots of an outermost one of said rims and finally wherein said tubular mounting includes a pair of telescopingly adjustable and interlocking tubular members forming said adjusting means, threaded means for axially adjusting said tubular members, and lockscrew means for interlocking said tubular members, and a vernier scale on one of said tubular members, being alignable with markings on another one of said tubular members for determining the relative position of said adjusting means.

Claim 3

The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein one of said tubular members includes a connecting flange for an external drive motor.

Claim 4

An emulsifying dispersing apparatus comprising: a plurality of concentric cutting rims rotatable relative to each other, mounted in radial alternation on a stator and on a rotor, having a common axis of rotation, said rotor being rotatable relative to said stator; said rims including interacting teeth and defining therebetween a cavity which serves as a central feed chamber, and said teeth further interacting at very high speeds; a hollow tubular mounting of said stator for a shaft of said rotor; wherein opposite cutting flanks of said teeth are rotatable relative to one another in parallel alternation, said flanks being inclined at an acute angle to the common axis of rotation toward respective adjoining sides, when viewed from opposite directions, adjusting means for the axial displacement and adjustment of respective rims toward one another on said stator and said rotor, and thus of a clearance gap between said cutting flanks, to facilitate relative axial adjustment between said rotor and said stator even during operation of the apparatus; wherein the magnitude of the angle of parallel flanks of radially consecutive ones of said rims decreases to the common axis of rotation, looking from said feed chamber toward an outside one of said rims; and wherein said teeth are pyramidal in the radial cross-sectional direction and rectangular in the peripheral cross-sectional direction; the tooth roots between teeth of said consecutive rims lying higher than the tooth roots between adjacent teeth of the same rim, with the exception of the tooth roots of an outermost one of said rims; further comprising threaded means for lengthwise adjustment of said tubular mounting with respect to said shaft, by rotating said stator with respect to a portion of said mounting, lockscrew means for locking said adjustment means relative to said mounting, and a vernier scale on said stator coordinated to markings on said tubular mounting.

Claim 5

An emulsifying dispersing apparatus comprising: a plurality of concentric cutting rims rotatable relative to each other, mounted in radial alternation on a stator and on a rotor, having a common axis of rotation, said rotor being rotatable relative to said stator; said rims including interacting teeth and defining therebetween a cavity which serves as a central feed chamber, and said teeth further interacting at very high speeds; a hollow tubular mounting of said stator for a shaft of said rotor; wherein opposite cutting flanks of said teeth are rotatable relative to one another in parallel alternation, said flanks being inclined at an acute angle to the common axis of rotation toward respective adjoining sides, when viewed from opposite directions, adjusting means for the axial displacement and adjustment of respective rims toward one another on said stator and said rotor, and thus of a clearance gap between said cutting flanks, to facilitate relative axial adjustment between said rotor and said stator even during operation of the apparatus; wherein the magnitude of the angle of parallel flanks of radially consecutive ones of said rims decreases to the common axis of rotation, looking from said feed chamber toward an outside one of said rims; and wherein said teeth are pyramidal in the radial cross-sectional direction and rectangular in the peripheral cross-sectional direction; the tooth roots between teeth of said consecutive rims lying higher than the tooth roots between adjacent teeth of the same rim, with the exception of the tooth roots of an outermost one of said rims; further comprising threaded means for lengthwise adjustment of said tubular mounting with respect to said shaft, by rotating said stator with respect to a portion of said mounting, lockscrew means for locking said adjustment means relative to said mounting, and a vernier scale on said stator coordinated to markings on said tubular mounting.

Claim 6

An emulsifying dispersing apparatus comprising: a plurality of concentric cutting rims rotatable relative to each other, mounted in radial alternation on a stator and on a rotor, having a common axis of rotation, said rotor being rotatable relative to said stator; said rims including interacting teeth and defining therebetween a cavity which serves as a central feed chamber, and said teeth further interacting at very high speeds; a hollow tubular mounting of said stator for a shaft of said rotor; wherein opposite cutting flanks of said teeth are rotatable relative to one another in parallel alternation, said flanks being inclined at an acute angle to the common axis of rotation toward respective adjoining sides, when viewed from opposite directions, adjusting means for the axial displacement and adjustment of respective rims toward one another on said stator and said rotor, and thus of a clearance gap between said cutting flanks, to facilitate relative axial adjustment between said rotor and said stator even during operation of the apparatus; wherein the magnitude of the angle of parallel flanks of radially consecutive ones of said rims decreases to the common axis of rotation, looking from said feed chamber toward an outside one of said rims; and wherein said teeth are pyramidal in the radial cross-sectional direction and rectangular in the peripheral cross-sectional direction; the tooth roots between teeth of said consecutive rims lying higher than the tooth roots between adjacent teeth of the same rim, with the exception of the tooth roots of an outermost one of said rims; and finally wherein said rotor shaft includes two co-rotational and axially adjustable portions for the axial displacement of said rotor and said rims relative thereto relative to said tubular mounting, further comprising bearing means supporting said rotor shaft, an angled slot being formed in said tubular mounting, an arm extending through said slot for manually displacing said bearing means, and a vernier scale adjacent said slot for cooperation with at least one marking on said arm.

Claim 7

An emulsifying dispersing apparatus comprising: a plurality of concentric cutting rims rotatable relative to each other, mounted in radial alternation on a stator and on a rotor, having a common axis of rotation, said rotor being rotatable relative to said stator; said rims including interacting teeth and defining therebetween a cavity which serves as a central feed chamber, and said teeth further interacting at very high speeds; a hollow tubular mounting of said stator for a shaft of said rotor; wherein opposite cutting flanks of said teeth are rotatable relative to one another in parallel alternation, said flanks being inclined at an acute angle to the common axis of rotation toward respective adjoining sides, when viewed from opposite directions, adjusting means for the axial displacement and adjustment of respective rims toward one another on said stator and said rotor, and thus of a clearance gap between said cutting flanks, to facilitate relative axial adjustment between said rotor and said stator even during operation of the apparatus; wherein the magnitude of the angle of parallel flanks of radially consecutive ones of said rims decreases to the common axis of rotation, looking from said feed chamber toward an outside one of said rims; and wherein said teeth are pyramidal in the radial cross-sectional direction and rectangular in the peripheral cross-sectional direction; the tooth roots between teeth of said consecutive rims lying higher than the tooth roots between adjacent teeth of the same rim, with the exception of the tooth roots of an outermost one of said rims; and finally wherein said rotor shaft includes two co-rotational and axially adjustable portions for the axial displacement of said rotor and said rims relative thereto relative to said tubular mounting, further comprising bearing means supporting said rotor shaft, an angled slot being formed in said tubular mounting, an arm extending through said slot for manually displacing said bearing means, and a vernier scale adjacent said slot for cooperation with at least one marking on said arm.

Claim 8

An emulsifying dispersing apparatus comprising: a plurality of concentric cutting rims rotatable relative to each other, mounted on radial alternation on a stator and on a rotor, having a common axis of rotation, said rotor being rotatable relative to said stator; said rims including interacting teeth and defining therebetween a cavity which serves as a central feed chamber, and said teeth further interacting at very high speeds; a hollow tubular mounting of said stator for a shaft of said rotor; wherein opposite cutting flanks of said teeth are rotatable relative to one another in parallel alternation, said flanks being inclined at an acute angle to the common axis of rotation toward respective adjoining sides, when viewed from opposite directions; adjusting means for the axial displacement and adjustment of respective rims toward one another on said stator and said rotor, and thus of a clearance gap between said cutting flanks, to facilitate relative axial adjustment between said rotor and said stator even during operation of the apparatus; wherein the magnitude of the angle of parallel flanks of radially consecutive ones of said rims decreases to the common axis of rotation, looking from said feed chamber toward an outside one of said rims; and wherein said teeth are pyramidal in the radial cross-sectional direction and rectangular in the peripheral cross-sectional direction; the tooth roots between teeth of said consecutive rims lying higher than the tooth roots between adjacent teeth of the same rim, with the exception of the tooth roots of an outermost one of said rims; further comprising hollow housing means which includes inlet and outlet apertures disposed in axially spaced-apart portions of said housing means, said apertures respectively communicating with said central feed chamber, and a plurality of consecutive stages, each including one of said stator and said rotor, whereby a continuous-flow apparatus is provided.

Claim 9

An emulsifying dispersing apparatus comprising: a plurality of concentric cutting rims rotatable relative to each other, mounted on radial alternation on a stator and on a rotor, having a common axis of rotation, said rotor being rotatable relative to said stator; said rims including interacting teeth and defining therebetween a cavity which serves as a central feed chamber, and said teeth further interacting at very high speeds; a hollow tubular mounting of said stator for a shaft of said rotor; wherein opposite cutting flanks of said teeth are rotatable relative to one another in parallel alternation, said flanks being inclined at an acute angle to the common axis of rotation toward respective adjoining sides, when viewed from opposite directions; adjusting means for the axial displacement and adjustment of respective rims toward one another on said stator and said rotor, and thus of a clearance gap between said cutting flanks, to facilitate relative axial adjustment between said rotor and said stator even during operation of the apparatus; wherein the magnitude of the angle of parallel flanks of radially consecutive ones of said rims decreases to the common axis of rotation, looking from said feed chamber toward an outside one of said rims; and wherein said teeth are pyramidal in the radial cross-sectional direction and rectangular in the peripheral cross-sectional direction; the tooth roots between teeth of said consecutive rims lying higher than the tooth roots between adjacent teeth of the same rim, with the exception of the tooth roots of an outermost one of said rims; further comprising hollow housing means which includes inlet and outlet apertures disposed in axially spaced-apart portions of said housing means, said apertures respectively communicating with said central feed chamber, and a plurality of consecutive stages, each including one of said stator and said rotor, whereby a continuous-flow apparatus is provided.

Claim 10

The apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein said consecutive rims constitute respective ring means on said stator and on said rotor, and wherein said rotor and said ring means thereon are supported on said rotor shaft which is positioned within said housing means, said stator and said ring means thereon forming a stator assembly, said adjusting means being also effective for displacing said stator assembly relative to said housing means along the common axis of rotation.

Claim 11

The apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein said consecutive rims constitute respective ring means on said stator and on said rotor, and wherein said stator and said ring means thereon are rigidly supported within said housing means, said rotor and said ring means thereon being supported on said rotor shaft which is within said housing means, said adjusting means being also effective for axially displacing said rotor and said ring means in addition to the displacement and adjustment of said respective rings.

Claim 12

The apparatus as defined in claim 5, further comprising an accelerating pump, preceding said rims and connected to said consecutive stages, for the mixing of materials.