Mixing systems, methods, and devices with extendible impellers

US10105662B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Doug Mattson · Liberty, US
• Mark Smith · Nibley, US
• Neil G. Scott · Honolulu, US
• Ryan Bergman · Memphis, US
• Ron Renkel · Vicksburg, US
• Glenn Bartlett · Winnipeg, CA
• David BEERNAERT · Winnipeg, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 19, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01F2101/04
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A mixing assembly includes a drum including a side wall, a top portion, and a bottom portion, in which the top portion includes a first opening for filling a substance into the drum, a second opening for mixing the substance in the drum, and a third opening for extracting the substance from the drum; and a mixer releasably disposed in the drum, including a head releasably attached to the second opening for mixing, in which the head includes a housing including an internal hollow region extending along the central axis of the head, and external threads configured to be attached to the second opening for mixing by thread engagement, a shaft disposed in the hollow region, and an impeller assembly disposed at a bottom end of the shaft for stirring the substance in the drum.