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US 10,028,511 B2Granted
Canopy and associated seal arrangement for mixer
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorRicky D. Kesig
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Abstract
A horizontal mixer includes a mixer bowl seal arrangement that includes one or more of a tapered canopy and/or a seal assembly that is removable as a unit.
Claims20
A horizontal mixer comprising,
- a mixer bowl mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis between an upright mix position and a turned load/unload position, wherein the horizontal axis runs between a first end of the bowl and a second end of the bowl;
- a canopy located to cover an open top of the bowl when the bowl is in the upright mix position, the canopy including at least one side having a gutter with a first end toward the first end of the bowl and a second end toward the second end of the bowl, wherein the gutter angles downward when moving from the first end of the bowl to the second end of the bowl such that the second end of the gutter is lower than the first end of the gutter.
A horizontal mixer comprising,
- a bowl mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis between an upright mix position and a turned load/unload position;
- a canopy located to cover an open top of the bowl when the bowl is in the upright mix position, the canopy including at least one side having a gutter that angles downward when moving from a first end of the bowl to a second end of the bowl,
- wherein the gutter angles outwardly away from the bowl when moving from the first end of the bowl to the second end of the bowl,
- wherein the bowl includes a seal member at a top side portion that engages with an underside of the canopy for sealing when the bowl is in the upright mix position.
1 more element
A horizontal mixer comprising,
- a mixer bowl mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis between an upright mix position and a turned load/unload position, wherein the horizontal axis runs between a first end of the bowl and a second end of the bowl, the bowl including a seal member to engage an underside of a canopy that is located to cover an open top of the bowl when the bowl is in the upright mix position, wherein the seal member and the underside of the canopy are cooperatively configured such that as the bowl is rotated from the turned load/unload position to the upright mix position, the seal member initially engages the underside of the canopy at a location on the canopy toward the first end of the bowl and then progressively comes into engagemement with other parts of the underside of the canopy in a direction toward the second end of the bowl as the bowl continues to rotate toward the upright mix position.
A horizontal mixer comprising,
- a mixer bowl mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis between an upright mix position and a turned load/unload position, the bowl including a seal member to engage an underside of a canopy that is located to cover an open top of the bowl when the bowl is in the upright mix position, wherein the seal member is part of a seal assembly that includes at least one seal backing plate, wherein the seal assembly is removable as a unit from the bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.