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US 11,041,674 B2Granted
Material agitator
AssigneeIntelligent Malt, LLC
InventorsPaul Nystuen, Adam Nystuen, Tyler Peterson
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Abstract
Methods and devices for agitating material. In some embodiments, an agitator is positioned in a receptacle to agitate material therein. The agitator may include a shaft, an arm extending from the shaft, and at least one knife extending from the arm. In some embodiments, the agitator may further include one or more agitator elements operably connected to at least one knife.
Claims22
An agitator, the agitator comprising:
- a shaft;
- an arm extending substantially orthogonally from the shaft;
- at least two knives per arm extending substantially orthogonally from the arm;
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- at least one horizontal agitator element extending between the at least two knives and parallel to the arm, the horizontal agitator element comprising at least one of a chain, a wire, a cable, and a rod, wherein:
- the at least two knives are separate components and extend from the arm in the same direction as each other;
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- each of the at least two knives has at least one tapered edge.
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An agitator, the agitator comprising:
- a vertical shaft;
- an arm extending substantially horizontally from the vertical shaft;
- at least one knife, the at least one knife having a length, a width, and a thickness, the length exceeding the width and the width exceeding the thickness, the at least one knife oriented so that the length extends substantially orthogonally from the arm and parallel to the vertical shaft;
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- at least one horizontal agitator element extending from the at least one knife parallel to the arm and operably connected to the vertical shaft, the horizontal agitator element comprising at least one of a chain, a wire, a cable, and a rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.