Horizontal mixer with stacked augers
US11529596B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F2215/0481
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A horizontal mixer for mixing bulk material, such as agricultural material, is provided. The horizontal mixer includes a mixing container for accommodating bulk agricultural material to be mixed. The mixing container includes side walls connected at their bottom edges by a trough; a front wall spanning a front side of the container; a rear wall spanning a rear side of the container; and an exit door through which mixed agricultural material can exit. Further, one or more bottom augers situated longitudinally in the trough, wherein at least one of the one or more bottom augers is a ribbon auger; and one or more top augers situated longitudinally in the mixing container stacked above the one or more bottom ribbon augers. The trough has a shape to accommodate the one or more bottom ribbon augers.
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