US4059232A
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Stirring or agitating mills
Assignee: Draiswerke GmbH
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Filing: 1975-12-11
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Granted: 1977-11-22
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Expires: 1995-12-11
Abstract
Abstract A stirring or agitating mill has a grinding vessel partially filled with grinding bodies. The vessel is substantially surrounded by a cooling jacket. A rotationally drivable and internally coolable agitator is disposed in the grinding vessel. The walls of the grinding vessel and/or the agitator have heat-dissipating, gently curving projections therein extending helically or parallel to the direction of the longitudinal axis of the vessel. Means may be present within the agitator to direct the coolant against the inside of the projections.
Inventors
- 👤 Kaspar Engels
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 04:36
CPC Classifications
B; B02; B02C; B02C17/00; B02C17/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
A stirring or agitating mill using grinding bodies, for stirring or grinding material, comprising: a grinding vessel adapted to be partly filled with the grinding bodies and having an inlet and an outlet for the material to be ground; an external cooling jacket substantially surrounding said grinding vessel; and a rotationally drivable, coolable agitator disposed within said grinding vessel, wherein each of the inner wall of said grinding vessel and the outer wall of said agitator is provided with at least one helically extending heat-dissipating projection.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
A stirring or agitating mill using grinding bodies, for stirring or grinding material, comprising: a grinding vessel adapted to be partly filled with the grinding bodies and having an inlet and an outlet for the material to be ground; an external cooling jacket substantially surrounding said grinding vessel; and a rotationally drivable, coolable agitator disposed within said grinding vessel, wherein each of the inner wall of said grinding vessel and the outer wall of said agitator is provided with at least one helically extending heat-dissipating projection.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1 wherein each projection has a pitch of 75° to 85° in relation to the cross-sectional plane of the mill.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1 wherein the radial height of each projection on said agitator is between one and ten times the diameter of the largest grinding body used in the grinding vessel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1 and wherein the radial height of each projection on said grinding vessel is from one to five times the diameter of the largest grinding body used therein.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1 wherein each projection is free of sharp angular bends in the cross-sectional shape thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A mill in accordance with claim 5 wherein all normals to each projection extend at an angle of less than 90° to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said grinding vessel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
A mill in accordance with claim 5, wherein the cross-section of each said projection is a curve and wherein the curvature of the projections on said grinding vessel and on said agitator, in the cross-sectional plane of the mill, are shallow with respect to imaginary cylinders respectively inscribing or circumscribing the projections.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1 wherein none of said projections has a surface region which extends radially in relation to said agitator or said grinding vessel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of said projections is made concave on the side thereof remote from the interior of said grinding vessel.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A mill in accordance with claim 9, further including means for guiding coolant into the interior of each said projection.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1 wherein the number of said projections on said grinding vessel is different from the number of said projections on said agitator.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
A mill in accordance with claim 11, wherein the number of said projections on said grinding vessel is greater than the number of said projections on said agitator.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1, wherein each said projection in said agitator and said grinding vessel is formed by shaping the wall of said agitator and said grinding vessel.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1, wherein the radial distance between the apices of each projection on said agitator and the apices of each projection on said grinding vessel is between 5 and 10 times the diameter of the largest grinding bodies used.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1 wherein the surface of the projections has, in axial longitudinal section, the shape of a sine curve.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
49 words
A mill in accordance with claim 1, wherein said agitator is hollow and each projection thereon is made concave on the interior side thereof, and said agitator includes a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and further including means for guiding coolant into the interior of each said projection.
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