Mixing apparatus

Claim 1

A stripping apparatus comprising: an elongated cylindrical outer jacket, an elongated inner cylinder surrounded by said cylindrical outer jacket, said inner cylinder having an inner cylindrical surface forming a stripping chamber having an air inlet comprising one end of said cylindrical surface and an outlet comprising the other end, said inner cylinder having, on an outer wall, two portions of reduced outer diameter forming two separate channels, sealing means between said inner cylinder and said outer jacket at the ends of each of said two separate channels, a plurality of parallel slots extending angularly through said two portions of reduced diameter in the direction of said outlet of said inner cylinder, said parallel slots being angularly skewed relative to the longitudinal axis of said inner cylinder, separate inlets extending through said outer jacket to said two separate channels and a blower to provide air continuously at greater than atmospheric pressure for continuously aerating a liquid provided to the stripping chamber through one of the inlets, said blower aerating said liquid independent from the flow of the liquid into the stripping chamber, said blower in fluidic communication with one of the inlets which is separate from the inlet which provides the liquid to the stripping chamber.