Method and apparatus for mixing substances
OwnerIgor A. Levininventor
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Abstract
The method for mixing substances employs a reciprocating movement provided by mechanical impulses. The apparatus for mixing substances comprises a reservoir, a mixing means, a reciprocating movement mechanism of the mixing means, which mechanism includes eddy current electromagnetic inductors coupled to a current source having a storage capacitor, a turn-on sequencer for said inductors, and elements made of electrically conducting material. The invention substantially improves the effectiveness of the mixing operation and provides for increased labor, productivity, and reduces the power requirements needed to drive the apparatus.
Claims20
An apparatus for mixing substances, comprising:
- a reservoir having end walls and a side wall;
- a mixing means disposed within said reservoir;
- a reciprocating movement mechanism of said mixing means;
- a current source, having a storage capacitor, of said reciprocating movement mechanism;
- eddy current electromagnetic inductors of said reciprocating movement mechanism, disposed in immediate proximity to said end walls of said reservoir and coupled to said current source;
- a turn-on sequencer for said eddy current electromagnetic inductors;
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- elements of said reciprocating movement mechanism, made of an electrically conductive material being disposed in intimate contact with said eddy current electromagnetic inductors.
A method of mixing substances comprising subjecting the substances to be mixed to mechanical impulses that are directed in two different directions, with one of said impulses imparting a reciprocating movement to the substances.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.