Patent · US Expired

Mixing apparatus and methods

US4752135A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 1986
Grant dateJun 21, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C48/03
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mixer having an elongate barrel with an interior wall defining a mixing chamber, at least a pair of shafts extending axially within the barrel driven in the same direction of rotation and at the same speed of rotation, and mixing elements on each of the shafts. Radially opposite paddles are on each of the shafts, each comprising hub portions and wing portions radially spaced from the hub portions. The wing portions extend axially to overlie the hub portions and each wing portion has a radially inner surface generating the configuration of the radially inner surface of a wing portion on the radially adjacent paddle and further has a radially outer surface generating hub portions of the radially adjacent paddle, and the wall of the chamber.

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