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US 12,070,727 B2Granted
Device and method for mixing the contents of a tank
AssigneeGEA Brewery Systems GmbH
InventorUwe Sobottka
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Abstract
Device for mixing the contents of a tank comprising a first pipe connecting body arranged on a connecting flange of a tank; a riser pipe extending through the first pipe connecting body into the tank; a mixing pipe extending through said first pipe connecting body into said tank; and a pump whose outlet can be connected at least to the mixing pipe and whose inlet can be connected both to the first pipe connecting body and to the riser pipe. Further a method for mixing the contents of a tank is claimed.
Claims15
A method of mixing contents of a tank comprising the following steps:
- a. arranging a riser pipe extending through a first pipe connecting body on a connecting flange into the tank;
- b. arranging a mixing pipe extending through the first pipe connecting body into the tank;
- c. withdrawing tank contents via the riser pipe;
- d. pumping the tank contents withdrawn via the riser pipe by means of a pump;
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- e. introducing the withdrawn tank contents into the tank and mixing the withdrawn tank contents with the remaining tank contents by means of the mixing pipe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.