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Container having flexible walls with connecting piece for mixer shaft and coupling piece for drive device fixed magnetically to opposite inner and outer surfaces of container wall

US9095828B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heyo Mennenga · Rostock, DE
Oscar-Werner Reif · Hannover, DE
Gerhard Greller · Oettingen, DE
Reinhard Baumfalk · Oettingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2007
Grant date	Aug 4, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01F2101/22
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A container has flexible walls defining an interior. A mixer is arranged in the interior of the container and includes a mixer shaft with opposite first and second ends. A mixing element is mounted to the first end of the mixer shaft. The second end of the mixer shaft is fixed magnetically to a coupling piece disposed on the exterior of the flexible wall of the container. The coupling piece is connected operatively to a force introducing device that generates movement of the mixer.

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