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US 10,376,851 B2Granted
Mixing unit and device, and fluid mixing method
AssigneeIsel Co., Ltd.
InventorNoboru Mochizuki
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Abstract
A mixing unit includes a mixing body having mixing elements that are stacked in a stacking direction and that extend in an extending direction. The mixing elements have a plurality of first through holes to form a flow path therein, and are arranged such that part or all of the first through holes in one of the mixing elements communicate with first through holes in the adjacent mixing elements to allow fluid to be passed in the direction in which the mixing element extends.
Claims20
A mixing unit comprising:
- a mixing body including mixing elements that are stacked in a stacking direction and that extend in an extending direction,
- wherein the mixing elements have a plurality of first through holes to form a flow path therein, and the mixing elements are arranged such that part or all of the first through holes in one of the mixing elements, whose upper surface is in contact with another mixing element and whose lower surface is in contact with another mixing element, communicate with first through holes in the adjacent mixing elements to allow fluid to be passed in the extending direction in which the mixing element extends and to be divided and combined as the fluid passes into the mixing elements and;
- wherein the extending direction in which the mixing element extends is perpendicular to the stacking direction in which the mixing elements are stacked.
A mixer comprising:
- a casing comprising a suction port that sucks fluid, and a discharge port that discharges fluid mixed within the casing;
- a mixing unit supported by the casing for a rotatable movement around a rotational axis within and relative to the casing, and having a hollow part provided with an opening port around the rotational axis;
- and
- a flow path disposed within the mixing unit communicating the hollow part with a periphery of the mixing unit,
- wherein the casing sucks the fluid through the suction port from an outside of the casing into an inside of the casing, mixes the fluid within the casing, and discharges the fluid through the discharge port to the outside of the casing.
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A manufacturing method for a mixing unit, the method comprising:
- forming mixing elements extending in an extending direction, each of which includes first through holes;
- and
- forming a mixing body by the mixing elements,
- wherein the mixing elements are arranged such that at least one of the first through holes of one of the mixing elements communicates with at least one of the first through holes in an adjacent one of the mixing elements, whose upper surface is in contact with another mixing element and whose lower surface is in contact with another mixing element, to allow fluid to be passed in the extending direction to provide a flow path that divides the fluid in the extending direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.