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US 3,962,892 AGranted
Machine for controlled conditioning of liquids and mixtures
OwnerLeslie H. Garlinghouseinventor
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A container for liquids or solids carried in liquids has a rigid upper portion and a flexible lower portion. The rigid upper portion is mounted on and supported by a frame. The flexible lower portion is surrounded by a closed chamber which may, under certain circumstances also surround the rigid upper portion, whereby the contents of the container may be subjected to one or another of a variety of conditions such, for example, as being subjected to a vacuum or negative air pressure, a positive air pressure, a controlled atmosphere such as a selected gas, or a bath of treated liquid such as a washing solution. A wobble plate on the flexible lower portion is set in motion by an electric motor, the drive of which extends through the closed chamber of the flexible lower portion, thereby to agitate the contents under controlled conditions.
A conditioner for liquid-like charges comprising a frame, a closed housing on the frame, a composite container for said charges comprising a lower flexible section located within said housing and an upper rigid section, a wobble plate mounted on the bottom of the flexible section, a wobble drive rotatably journaled in a lower wall of said housing and having a driving relationship with said wobble plate, a motor on said frame at a location below said housing, said motor having a driving connection with the wobble drive whereby to impart an oscillatory motion to the flexible section and liquid-like charge therein, both the lower flexible section and the upper rigid section being within the housing and a partition separating the interior of the housing into a lower chamber surrounding the flexible section and an upper chamber surrounding the rigid section.
A conditioner for liquid-like charges comprising a frame, a closed housing on the frame, said housing having lower, side and top wall structures and a removable closure on one of said structures, a composite container for said charges comprising a lower flexible section located within said housing and an upper rigid section, a wobble plate mounted on the bottom of the flexible section, a wobble drive rotatably journaled in a lower wall structure of said housing and having a driving relationship with said wobble plate, a motor on said frame at a location below and exterior relative to said housing, said motor having a driving connection with the wobble drive whereby to impart an oscillatory motion to the flexible section and liquid-like charge therein, said housing surrounding both the flexible section and the rigid section and a partition separating the interior of the housing into a lower chamber surrounding the flexible section and an upper chamber surrounding the rigid section, both said sections having openings through the respective walls, and means for draining said container.
A conditioner for liquid-like charges comprising a frame, a closed housing on the frame, said housing having lower, side and top wall structures and a removable closure on one of said structures, a composite container for said charges comprising a lower flexible section located within said housing and an upper rigid section, a wobble plate mounted on the bottom of the flexible section, a wobble drive rotatably journaled in a lower wall structure of said housing and having a driving relationship with said wobble plate, a motor on said frame at a location below and exterior relative to said housing, said motor having a driving connection with the wobble drive whereby to impart an oscillatory motion to the flexible section and liquid-like charge therein, a motor driven shaft from the motor to the wobble drive, a yoke rotatably mounted on said drive shaft and rotatably supported on said frame, and a clutch having one clutch element engagable with the drive shaft and another clutch element engagable with the yoke whereby to interconnect the yoke with the drive shaft for rotating the yoke together with the container.
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