US 2008/0175094 A1Published application

Solid Charging System

OwnerBryan Henryinventor

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Abstract

A system for charging flowable solids and mixing with water, including a solids charging hopper, a feed auger and a cyclonic mixer. The hopper has an open top with detents around the rim of the top which are capable of engaging and holding the rim of a container. The auger passes through the bottom section of the hopper, and the hopper can rotate about the axis of the auger, permitting inversion of a container attached to the detents. The auger feeds material from the hopper to the cyclonic mixer. The cyclonic mixer has a mixing chamber with a top surface having radial undulations or striae and a bottom discharge port with longitudinal undulations or striae for controlling vortex formation. Water is injected into the mixing chamber through a tangential inlet port.

A solids charging system, comprising:

(a) a charging hopper, comprising:
i. a tapered vessel, having an open top at the wide end section of the vessel,
ii. a rim disposed at the perimeter of the open top adapted for registration of a top edge of a shipping container,
iii. a closed bottom disposed at the narrow end section of the vessel, and
iv. a first and second opposing collinear apertures adjacent to the bottom,
v. a first and second mounting nozzle, each mounting nozzle defining a longitudinal channel having a longitudinal axis and each mounting nozzle disposed on the respective first or second aperture, each mounting nozzle having a distal end rotationally engaging an adjacent device;
(b) optionally, a first or a second, casing extension, or a combination of the two, each casing extension defining a longitudinal channel, wherein a first end of the channel of each casing extension is collinearly disposed on the channel of either of the mounting nozzles of the charging hopper;
(c) a cyclonic mixer, comprising:
i. a cylindrical shell having a bottom opening, a lower section of the cylindrical shell inwardly tapering towards a bottom opening, a circular top member disposed within the cylindrical shell, the cylindrical shell and top member defining an interior chamber, and the top member having a interior surface directed towards the chamber, and radial striae or undulations disposed in the interior surface,
ii. a bottom discharge disposed at the bottom opening, the bottom discharge comprising a tubular body having longitudinal striae or undulations disposed around its interior circumference,
iii. a liquid inlet nozzle disposed in the cylindrical shell,
iv. a tubular solids inlet chute disposed centrally in the top member and extending into the chamber,
v. a tubular solids inlet port, in physical communication with the solids inlet chute;
(d) an auger, traversing through the channel, in communication with the interior of the tapered vessel, having a first end engaging with the solids inlet port.

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Application

11/972,703Filed 11 Jan 2008

Priority

19 Jan 2007

Published

24 Jul 2008

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Classification5 codes

B01F 21/20
Dissolving: using flow mixing
B01F 25/10
Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles: mixing by creating a vortex flow, e.g. by tangential introduction of flow components
B01F 35/71775
Characterised by the means for feeding the components to the mixer: using helical screws
B01F 2101/24
Mixing characterised by the nature of the mixed materials or by the application field: mixing of ingredients for cleaning compositions

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