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US 12,364,958 B2Granted
Static mixer
AssigneeFujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Limited
InventorCharles Heise
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Abstract
A static mixing apparatus for mixing a fluid, preferably a liquid is provided. The mixer comprises a plurality of chambers in series, the first chamber of the series comprising a fluid inlet, and the final chamber of the series comprising a fluid outlet, each chamber except the final chamber including orifices defining a flow path from the fluid inlet and into each chamber in series and to the fluid outlet and the final chamber including a gas outlet located at the opposite end of the static mixing apparatus to the fluid inlet and fluid outlet.
Claims15
A static mixing apparatus for mixing a fluid, comprising
- a housing having end plates and a sidewall,
- a plurality of chambers in series within the housing,
- wherein the plurality of chambers comprises
- an innermost chamber of the series comprising a chamber wall and a fluid inlet,
- a second chamber formed from the chamber wall of the innermost chamber and an outer chamber wall,
- an optional subsequent chamber formed from the outer chamber wall of a prior chamber and an outer chamber wall, and
- an outermost chamber of the series formed from an outer chamber wall of a prior chamber in series and the sidewall of the housing and comprising a fluid outlet, each chamber wall except the outermost chamber including orifices defining a flow path from the fluid inlet and into each chamber in series and to the fluid outlet,
- wherein the outermost chamber further comprises a gas outlet located at the opposite end of the static mixing apparatus to the fluid inlet and fluid outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.