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US 2005/0173311 A1Published application
Screen/mixer
OwnerSeaton Dominic Turnbullinventor
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A device (10) for sieving and/or mixing is disclosed which includes a base (12) and a container (13) mounted thereon for rotation about an axis which is substantially horizontal. The container has a peripheral wall (14) extending angularly about and longitudinally relative to the axis, and an opening (25) extending longitudinally relative to the axis to provide for movement of material into and out of said space. Means to drive the container angularly about the axis are provided so that any material which is introduced into the container may be processed as required by rotation thereof. The peripheral wall is configured with an internal baffle to prevent material from being delivered when the container is rotated one way, but delivers material from within said space through the opening when the container is moved angularly about its axis in the opposite direction being a predetermined direction of rotation for delivery.
A device for sieving and/or mixing including:
A device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which said peripheral wall includes a tray portion in the form of a blade or having a cutting edge, located radially outwardly of said opening and adjacent said opening.
A device according to any one of the preceding claims in which the device functions as a sieve, with said peripheral wall having perforations in at least a portion thereof through which sieved particle material is to pass.
A device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the container is provided with a catch tray which is located radially outwardly of and extending externally from the peripheral wall in the lower region thereof and opposite the opening, which acts so as to prevent material (in the case of utilising the device as a sieve), from merely passing straight through the back of the container (the back being understood as relative to the front where the opening is located).
A device according to any one of the preceding claims in which the peripheral wall comprises one or more removable segments or panels, so that one or more segments or panels can be interchanged between solid panels suitable for mixing operations and mesh panels or the like suitable for sieving.
A device according to any one of the preceding claims in which said peripheral wall retains said material within said space so that said material is processed (sieved or mixed as the case may be) within that space when the container is rotated in a direction opposite to said predetermined direction in which it will deliver material out of the container.
A device including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.