Mixer support assembly for use in an integrated cover and mixer apparatus and anaerobic digester system incorporating same

An integrated cover and mixer apparatus of an anaerobic digester system, the integrated cover and mixer apparatus comprising:

• a cover;
• a mixer;
• a mixer support assembly supporting the mixer, the mixer support assembly comprising:
• a support body, the support body including an aperture for passage of a portion of the mixer through the support body;
• a float ring surrounding the support body and supporting the support body in an axial direction, the cover attached to the float ring;
• a clamping arrangement formed between the float ring and the support body;
• and
• wherein the support body is selectively removable from the float ring.

A digester system, comprising:

• a tank for containing a wastewater mixture, the tank having sidewall;
• an integrated cover and mixer apparatus, the integrated cover and mixer apparatus comprising:
• a cover attached to the sidewall of the tank;
• a mixer support assembly, the mixer support assembly including a mixer support body and a float ring, the cover attached to the float ring;
• a mixer supported by the mixer support assembly, wherein a portion of the mixer extends through the mixer support assembly and into a wastewater containment region of the tank;
• and
• wherein the mixer support assembly includes a removable support body, wherein the mixer and support body are selectively removable from a float ring of the mixer support assembly as a unit such that the float ring remains attached to the cover and the cover remains attached to the sidewall of the tank.