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US 2026/0305649 A1Published application
Improvements to fluent mixing machines
AssigneeCremmjoy Inc.
InventorsJason James Hugenroth, Max Louis Lemoine, Jared Keen Chaffee
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Abstract
A system for mixing fluent material is shown. A number of features improve the operation of such systems. In some systems the fluent material may become semi-frozen. In other systems the fluent material may be heated.
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A machine for mixing and freezing a fluent material comprising:
- a flexible bag having a vertically lower inlet and a vertically higher outlet, a plurality of mixing elements being driven to move vertically upwardly along the flexible bag and squeeze the flexible bag and mix a fluent material, and a cold plate on an opposed side of the flexible bag from the elements such that the fluent material is subject to freezing temperatures as it moves upwardly toward the outlet;
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- a non-freezing area formed adjacent a vertically lower location such that the fluent material moves from a reservoir in a non-freezing area vertically beneath an inlet into the flexible bag, and without freezing until it reaches more vertically upward areas.
A machine for mixing a fluent material comprising:
- a flexible bag having a vertically lower inlet and a vertically higher outlet, a plurality of mixing elements being driven to move vertically upwardly along the flexible bag and squeeze the flexible bag and mix a fluent material, and a heat exchanger on an opposed side of the flexible bag from the elements such that the fluent material is subject to heat transfer as it moves upwardly towards the outlet;
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- a relief structure positioned at a vertically upper location of the flexible bag to provide relief to increased pressure from the fluent material as it moves vertically upwardly.
A machine for mixing a fluent material comprising:
- at least one cartridge received within a cabinet, a mount structure for a flexible bag having a vertically lower inlet and vertically higher outlet;
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- the cartridge including a plurality of mixing elements being driven to move vertically upwardly along the flexible bag to squeeze the flexible bag and mix a fluent material and a heat exchanger on an opposed side of the flexible bag from the elements such that a fluent material is subject to heat transfer as it moves upwardly towards the outlet;
- the plurality of mixing elements moving in a cycle such that after moving toward a vertically upper position they move away from the flexible bag and then back vertically downwardly.
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A machine for mixing a fluent material comprising:
- a flexible bag having a vertically lower inlet and a vertically higher outlet, a plurality of mixing elements being driven to move vertically upwardly along the flexible bag and squeeze the flexible bag and mix a fluent material, and a heat exchanger on an opposed side of the flexible bag from the plurality of mixing elements such that the fluent material is subject to heat transfer to move upwardly toward the outlet;
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- a sensor for monitoring a force in the flexible bag as the plurality of mixing elements moves along the flexible bag, and the force sensor communicating with the control.
A machine for mixing a fluent material comprising:
- a first set of mixing elements driven to move along a first flexible bag to drive the first flexible bag along a first heat exchanger such that the fluent material is subject to heat transfer as it moves towards an outlet;
- a second set of mixing elements movable along a second flexible bag and holding the second flexible bag against a second heat exchanger such that fluent material in the second flexible bag is subject to heat transfer as it moves towards an outlet;
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- an insulation member intermediate the first and second heat exchanger and such that the first and second flexible bags are on an opposed sides of each other relative to the insulation member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.