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US 11,666,871 B2Granted
Mixing head
Assignee1887168 Alberta Ltd.
InventorKim Greene
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for mixing fluids, gases and solids together where the apparatus includes at least two mixing head sections that are mirror images of each other and have abutting surfaces that are abutted together. The at least two mixing head sections have a first bore that extends therethrough from an inlet to an outlet, and at least one second bore whose length is longer than the first bore that extends from the inlet to the outlet.
Claims32
A mixing head for mixing substances together, the mixing head comprising:
- at least two mixing head sections disposed adjacent to each other within one of a pipe and production piping, wherein each of the at least two mixing head sections further comprises:
- an opening disposed on a first side thereof and a planar abutting surface disposed on a second side thereof;
- a first bore of a first length disposed along a longitudinal axis through each of the at least two mixing head sections between the opening and the planar abutting surface thereof providing communication therebetween;
- and
- a first set of at least one second bore of a second length disposed along a second axis divergent to the longitudinal axis through each of the at least two mixing head sections between the opening and the planar abutting surface thereof providing communication therebetween, wherein the second length is longer than the first length;
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- wherein the planar abutting surface of one of the at least two mixing head sections is a mirror image of the planar abutting surface of another of the at least two mixing head sections, the planar abutting surfaces configured such that the first bore and the first set of the at least one second bore of the at least two mixing head sections are aligned when the planar abutting surfaces of the at least two mixing head sections are abutted to each other, wherein the opening of a first mixing head section of the at least two abutted mixing head sections defines an inlet of the mixing head, and the opening of a last mixing head section of the at least two abutted mixing head sections defines an outlet of the mixing head.
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A method for mixing substances together, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a mixing head configured for passing the substances through, the mixing head comprising at least two mixing head sections disposed adjacent to each other within one of a pipe and production piping, wherein each of the two mixing head sections further comprises:
- an opening disposed on a first side thereof and a planar abutting surface disposed on a second side thereof,
- a first bore of a first length disposed along a longitudinal axis through each of the at least two mixing head sections between the opening and the planar abutting surface thereof providing communication therebetween, and
- a first set of at least one second bore of a second length disposed along a second axis askew to the longitudinal axis through each of the at least two mixing head sections between the opening and the planar abutting surface thereof providing communication therebetween, wherein the second length is longer than the first length, and
- wherein the planar abutting surface of one of the at least two mixing head sections is a mirror image of the planar abutting surface of another of the at least two mixing head sections, the planar abutting surfaces configured such that the first bore and the at least one second bore of the at least two mixing head sections are aligned when the planar abutting surfaces of the at least two mixing head sections are abutted to each other, wherein the opening of a first mixing head section of the at least two abutted mixing head sections defines an inlet of the mixing head, and the opening of a last mixing head section of the at least two abutted mixing head sections defines an outlet of the mixing head;
- pumping the substances into the inlet;
- and
- receiving mixed substances from the outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.