Material handling apparatus, system, and method
OwnerDaniel L. Dermody, Andrew S. Zaluskyinventors
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a material handling apparatus and system comprising same and method of using the material handling apparatus for moving a flowable material, preferably mixing two or more flowable materials together. The present invention generally relates to moving or mixing flowable material(s) by simultaneously applying two orthogonally-oriented motive forces to the flowable material(s) disposed in a container.
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A material handling apparatus comprising a container defining an enclosed volumetric space and a means for simultaneously applying two motive forces within the enclosed volumetric space of the container, wherein the means for simultaneously applying two motive forces within the enclosed volumetric space of the container is in motive force communication with the enclosed volumetric space of the container and each of the two motive forces independently is characterizable as having a force direction and the force direction of one of the two motive forces is oriented approximately orthogonally to the force direction of the other of the two motive forces.
A method of simultaneously moving different portions of a flowable material in a container in two approximately orthogonal directions, the method comprising a step of simultaneously applying two motive forces to a flowable material that is disposed in an enclosed volumetric space of a container, wherein each motive force independently is characterized as having a force direction and the force direction of one of the motive forces is oriented approximately orthogonally to the force direction of the other of the motive forces, thereby simultaneously moving different portions of the flowable material in two approximately orthogonal directions in the enclosed volumetric space of the container.
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