Mixer for different products and in particular for foundry sands
AssigneeSociete Anonyme des Etablissements Ph. Bonvillan & E. Ronceray
InventorHenri A. Churlaud
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Abstract
A mixer for different products and in particular for foundry sands. This mixer, which comprises a frame supporting a fixed mixing tank whose axis is vertical and which is provided with an emptying trap, and at least one vertical turbine plunging into the tank, in the neighborhood of the sidewall thereof, is characterized in that the tank is provided with a rotating bottom able to be rotated by a driving member, and in that the emptying trap is formed in the sidewall of the tank, in a zone other than that concerning the turbine. Application: preparation of foundry sands.
Claims9
A mixer for foundry sands comprising:
- a frame;
- a mixing tank supported by said frame, said tank comprising:
- a bottom member of said tank arranged to rotate in a substantially horizontal plane about a vertical axis;
- and
- a cylindrical side wall fixed to said frame;
- a turbine extending substantially vertically into said tank at a location displaced from the axis of said bottom member;
- means for rotating said bottom member;
- means for rotating said turbine;
- and
- an emptying trap in said side wall of said tank, said trap being circumferentially displaced from the location of said turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.