Agitators, storage vessel assemblies, and methods of agitating dry particulates within storage vessel assemblies
AssigneeKidde Technologies, Inc.
InventorAaron Stanley Rogers
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An agitator for disposition within a cavity of a vessel body containing a particulate includes a weighted portion and a stirring portion. The agitator is positioned and disposed relative to the vessel body to move the stirring portion through the particulate in response to movement of the weighted portion in response to gravitational and/or inertial forces acting on the weighted portion due to movement of the vessel body. Particulate storage vessel arrangements and methods of particulate mixing are also described.
Claims13
An agitator for disposition within a cavity of a vessel body containing a particulate, the agitator comprising:
- a stirring portion having a rod member and a plurality of tine members extending radially from the rod member, the plurality of tine members being coplanar within a first plane arranged parallel to an axis of the rod member;
- and
- a flip member arranged at an end of the agitator, the flip member extending radially from the rod member and having a weighted ball portion connected to the rod member by a rod portion, wherein the weighted ball portion is radially offset from the tine member;
- wherein the agitator is positionable relative to the vessel body to move the stirring portion through the particulate in response to movement of the weighted portion in response to gravitational and/or inertial forces acting on the weighted portion due to movement of the vessel body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.