Continuous mixing machine
AssigneeKobe Steel, Ltd.
InventorsKimio Inoue, Katsumi Ogawa, Tsugushi Fukui, Toshihiro Asai, Shinji Hashizume
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Abstract
A continuous mixing machine for mixing a material fed at one end and discharging the mixed material through a discharge orifice at another end in a continuous sequence which includes a plurality of rotors each provided with mixing blade members, a mixing chamber encircling the plurality of rotors and a throttle member defining a part of the mixing chamber at a position facing the blade members and adapted to be moved toward and away from the rotors so as to vary the space within the mixing chamber. In a modified machine, the mixing chamber is provided with a vent hole at a position intermediate the throttle member and discharge orifice.
Claims12
A continuous mixing machine for mixing a material fed at one end thereof and discharging the mixed material through a discharge orifice at an opposite end in a continuous operation comprising:
- a plurality of rotors each provided with mixing blade means;
- a mixing chamber encircling said mixing blade means;
- a throttle member hermetically sealed in a wall portion of said mixing chamber defining a part of said mixing chamber at a position facing said blade means;
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- means for moving said throttle means in a direction normal to the axes of said blade means toward and away from the blade means so as to vary the tangential clearance with respect to outer surfaces of said blade means, thereby controlling the space within said mixing chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.