Anti-segregation mixer
AssigneeHatch Pty Ltd
InventorsWesley Adam Taylor, Ross Jeffrey Haywood
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Abstract
An anti-segregation mixer for a bed of material, the anti-segregation mixer comprising: an elongate and substantially cylindrical shell having an inner surface; and a plurality of independent lifting means provided within the shell, wherein the plurality of lifting means each comprise a vane with a leading end and a trailing end, and are arranged with respect to the cylindrical shell such that the vane is spaced apart from the inner surface and the entire lifting means may pass through the bed of material.
Claims20
An anti-segregation mixer for a bed of material, the anti-segregation mixer comprising:
- an elongate and substantially cylindrical shell having an inner surface;
- and
- a plurality of independent lifting means provided within the shell,
- wherein the plurality of lifting means each comprise a vane with a leading end and a trailing end,
- wherein the plurality of lifting means are arranged with respect to the cylindrical shell such that the vane is spaced apart from the inner surface, and when the cylindrical shell comprises a lining, the lining is adjacent to the inner surface,
- wherein the plurality of lifting means are substantially concentric with the cylindrical shell, and
- wherein the entire lifting means passes through the bed of material.
An anti-segregation mixer for a bed of material, the anti-segregation mixer comprising:
- an elongate and substantially cylindrical shell having an inner surface;
- and
- a plurality of independent lifting means disposed within and substantially concentric with the cylindrical shell,
- wherein the plurality of lifting means each comprise a vane with a leading end and a trailing end and the lifting means are arranged whereby a distance between the leading end and the elongate cylindrical shell is smaller than a distance between the trailing end and the elongate shell;
- and
- wherein the plurality of lifting means are arranged with respect to the cylindrical shell such that the vane is spaced apart from the inner surface and in each instance the entire lifting means passes through the bed of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.