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Device for mixing and degassing a flowable mass

US6345908B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 2000
Grant dateFeb 12, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29B7/86
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The device is used to mix and degas a flowable mass (5), in particular a filler-containing casting resin. It is provided with a cylindrically constructed, evacuatable container (1), the container axis (2) of which is oriented essentially vertically. Guided along the container axis (2), it also contains a shaft (12) that holds agitating elements (8, 21). The container (1) is divided into an upper storage container (4) for holding the mass (5) to be degassed, a lower buffer space (19) for holding the degassed mass (20), as well as a pass-through container (6) with a degassing system arranged between storage container (4) and buffer space (19), in which degassing system the mass (5) to be degassed is guided in the form of thin layers. The thin layer degassing system contains at least two conically constructed run-off surfaces (15, 16) offset axially relative to each other. The run-off surfaces are angled in opposing directions. Because of this, the mass (5) to be degassed gravimetrically flows between the shaft (12) and the wall of the container (1) first from the inside to the outside, and then from the outside to the inside. This long flowing path significantly improves the degassin…

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