Mixer seal and bearing apparatus and method
US6935771B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F2035/352
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An assembly for supporting a mixer shaft in an opening in a vessel wall has a support mounted to the vessel wall around the opening and a seal ring supported by the support that engages a circumference of the mixer shaft with a sealing contact. A first bearing is mounted to the support that surrounds and supports the mixer shaft at one axial location thereof and a second bearing is mounted to the support that surrounds and supports the mixer shaft at a second axial location thereof.
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