Apparatus, system, and method for agitating a fluid
AssigneeGlobal Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC
InventorsKandakumar MURUGESAN, Subhanjan CHATTOPADHYAY
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Abstract
A vessel includes an interior volume configured to contain a liquid and a rotatable impeller located within the interior volume. The vessel further includes an impeller guide configured to receive the impeller, the impeller guide being located within the interior volume and defining a substantially horizontal impeller travel path. Wherein when the impeller travels along the substantially horizontal impeller travel path, the impeller rotates axially to agitate a liquid in the interior volume.
Claims18
1-17. (canceled)
A vessel comprising:
- an interior volume configured to contain a liquid;
- a rotatable impeller located within the interior volume;
- an impeller guide configured to receive the impeller, the impeller guide being located within the interior volume and defining a substantially horizontal impeller travel path;
- and
- wherein when impeller travels along the substantially horizontal impeller travel path, the impeller rotates axially to agitate a liquid in the interior volume.
A stirred tank comprising:
- an interior configured to receive a vessel, the vessel containing an impeller capable of axial rotation and travel along a substantially horizontal impeller travel path, the vessel configured to receive a fluid;
- an exterior that defines the interior volume;
- a coupling guide affixed to the exterior of the stirred tank, the coupling guide defining a substantially horizontal coupling travel path;
- and
- wherein the coupling guide is configured to receive an actuator coupling containing at least one magnet, the actuator coupling configured for magnetic engagement with the impeller such that when the actuator coupling travels within the coupling guide in the coupling travel path, the impeller travels along the substantially horizontal impeller travel path and rotates.
A method of agitating fluid in a vessel comprising:
- moving a rotatable impeller in a substantially horizontal impeller travel path, the impeller travel path defined by an impeller guide located within an interior volume of the vessel;
- and
- wherein when impeller is moved in the substantially horizontal impeller travel path, the impeller rotates axially to agitate a liquid in the interior volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.