Device to drive a body that carries out a tumbling and rotating motion
US4784338A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 1987 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H21/46
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for mixing or stirring materials comprises an oloid-shaped body element which is connected by forked control gimbals to pivot bearings at the ends of two respective parallel shafts, the first shaft being attached to a support member to be fixed in position and the second shaft being rotatably mounted relative to the support member so as to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis and also around the first shaft at a fixed distance. Simultaneous rotation of the second shaft about the first shaft and about its longitudinal axis will cause the oloid-shaped body element to move in a tumbling and rotating fashion.
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