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US 11,845,049 B2Granted
Apparatus for mixing including a liquid injection nozzle
AssigneeMatcon Limited
InventorEdward J. Piepereit
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Abstract
An apparatus for mixing a particulate material with a liquid in a container is adapted for tumble blending. The apparatus comprises a mixing device and a liquid injection nozzle. The mixing device includes mixer elements adapted to mix a particulate material by mechanical action. The nozzle is disposed to direct liquid in the direction of the mixer elements when mixing is taking place and ingress of material is prevented from entering into the nozzle.
Claims10
An apparatus for mixing a particulate material with a liquid in a container adapted for tumble blending, the apparatus comprising:
- a mixing device;
- a liquid injection nozzle, the mixing device including mixer elements adapted to mix a particulate material by mechanical action;
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- a control system including a menu adapted to allow an operator to select a blend recipe,
- wherein the liquid injection nozzle is disposed to direct liquid in the direction of the mixer elements when mixing is taking place, there being means for preventing ingress of material into the liquid injection nozzle,
- wherein the means for preventing an ingress of material into the liquid injection nozzle comprises a closure of an outlet of the liquid injection nozzle, the apparatus further including a means for triggering opening of the closure when a container including the apparatus is in a position in which the liquid injection nozzle is immersed in material in the container, and
- wherein the menu dictates total blend time, blend rotation speed, intensifier speed, dry blend time, liquid inject times, inject delay time, inject time per rotation, and total liquid addition time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.