Liquid mixing system with vertically adjustable mixing element and method of use
AssigneeLife Technologies Corporation
InventorsJeffery C. Hurd, Nephi D. Jones, Jacob D. Lee
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Abstract
A liquid mixing system includes a support housing at least partially bounding a compartment. A mount is secured to the support housing. A drive motor assembly is configured to engage a drive shaft for moving the drive shaft within the compartment of the support housing. A four bar linkage system extends between the mount and the drive motor assembly, the four bar linkage system being movable between a first position wherein the drive motor assembly is disposed at a first elevation and a second position wherein the drive motor assembly is disposed at a second elevation that is different from the first elevation.
Claims10
A method for mixing a liquid, the method comprising:
- operating a drive motor assembly at a first position so that the drive motor assembly rotates a drive shaft that mixes a liquid within a compartment;
- raising the drive motor assembly vertically from the first position to a second position so that the drive motor assembly automatically pivots about an axis of rotation while the drive motor assembly is being raised from the first position to the second position, the axis of rotation being raised vertically as the drive motor assembly is moved from the first position to second position;
- and operating the drive motor assembly at the second position so that the drive motor assembly rotates the drive shaft that mixes the liquid within the compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.