Grinding adapter for a dual asymmetric centrifugal mixer and method of use thereof
Assignee11559010 Canada Inc.
InventorChristopher Walter NICKELS
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Abstract
An adapter for enabling grinding of one or more materials using a dual-asymmetric centrifugal mixer, the adapter to be fitted into a container of the dual-asymmetric centrifugal mixer; it has a shell defining an inner compartment; and openings on the shell, wherein the inner compartment is configured to receive the grinding media for grinding the one or more materials, and the openings enable the one or more materials to enter and/or leave the inner compartment for grinding by the grinding media when subject to the centrifugal force applied by the centrifugal mixer while maintaining the grinding media in the inner compartment; method of use thereof.
Claims20
An adapter for use with grinding media and a centrifugal mixer, wherein the grinding media is for grinding one or more materials using the centrifugal mixer, the adapter to be placed into a container for collecting the one or more materials, comprising:
- a shell defining an inner compartment;
- openings in the shell;
- and
- a support joined to the shell and extending from the shell for contacting the container and creating a space between the shell and a base of the container, wherein the inner compartment is configured to receive the grinding media and the one or more materials, wherein the openings enable the one or more materials to leave the inner compartment when subject to a centrifugal force applied by the centrifugal mixer, while maintaining the grinding media in the inner compartment.
A strainer support adapted to support a grinding adapter while subject to a centrifugal force, comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- arms oriented to extend from the main body and away from the main body into a container of a dual asymmetric centrifugal mixer, wherein an end of each of the arms comprises a hook for supporting a grinding adapter and for suspending the grinding adapter at a height from a base of the container.
A method of cleaning a grinding adapter located in a container of a dual asymmetric centrifugal mixer by applying a centrifugal force by a dual asymmetric centrifugal mixer, comprising:
- gripping onto or through one or more openings of a shell of the grinding adapter to connect the grinding adapter onto ends of arms of a strainer support extending into an inner space of the container;
- and
- applying a centrifugal force to the grinding adapter suspended from the strainer support to remove residual materials from the grinding adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.