Mixing device, system and method of mixing
US11772059B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 2022 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F31/50
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A mixing device comprising a multi-element spring system in which an eccentric load, coupled to a rotor of a motor, is located towards a first end of a first beam realising a backbone for the mixing device. One or more connections interconnect the backbone respectively to one or more other beams to produce the multi-element spring system. A load, such as a vial or other container in which is located a diluent, is located remotely from the motor. As such, the spring system supports two independent but complementary eccentric load generating subsystems arising from, respectively, the controlled rotation of the rotor (and its eccentric load) and then, in response to rotation of the connected eccentric load on the rotor, swirling of the diluent in the vial/container. Both these eccentric loads contribute to a complex multidirectional flexing of the multi-element spring system relative to a fixed anchor point, with this multidirectional flexing working to induce a swirling motion in the contents of the container.
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