Mounting Assembly for Plastic Bulk Container
AssigneeDynamix Agitators Inc.
InventorsCharles Brian Mott, Charles Eric Mott, Shaun Mott
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Abstract
A mounting and coupling assembly for a mixer for in a container having an impeller connected to a drive shaft, in an assembly, which extends through an opening into the container. The assembly includes a lip mount to stabilize and support the mixer on the lip of said container. A cover secures said lip mount with threaded fasteners engaging complementary fasteners on the container neck and clamping the plate to the container lip. A primary objective of the invention is to allow the stable mounting of a mixing unit to bulk containers and allow easy and safe coupling of a power module to the mixing assembly.
Claims5
A mounting assembly for a container having a neck with a lip, comprising:
- (a) a sheath coupling member having an aperture shaped to engage a sheath for a drive shaft;
- said sheath coupling member having a pin extending therefrom;
- (b) a cover for the container, said cover defining an aperture to allow passage of said sheath coupling member;
- (c) mixing means comprising said drive shaft partially covered by said sheath, a housing, a motor and an impeller having a shaft with a pin;
- said sheath having a groove to receive said pin.
The mounting assembly of claim 4 wherein said drive shaft further comprises a shaft coupling member defining a shaft groove to receive said shaft coupling member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.