Continuous foam generating system
OwnerLamar W. Brown, James E. Bartenfieldinventors
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Abstract
A system for producing foam continuously. A body member defines a foam generating chamber. A foamable liquid is introduced into an inlet of the foam generating chamber. A gas is simultaneously introduced under pressure into the inlet of the foam generating chamber to form a mixture of foamable liquid and gas. The mixture is then flowed from the inlet of the foam generating chamber to an outlet thereof through a turbulator medium which substantially fills the foam generating chamber to thereby foam, mix and homogenize the mixture. The inlet and outlet of the foam generating chamber are in an imaginary substantially non-horizontal plane. The foamed and homogenized mixture is then removed from the outlet.
Claims3
Apparatus for producing foam continuously, said apparatus comprising:
- a body member defining a foam generating chamber, said body member having an inlet in communication with said foam generating chamber and an outlet in communication with said foam generating chamber at a point remote from said inlet, said inlet and outlet being in an imaginary substantially non-horizontal plane;
- means for introducing a foamable liquid into said inlet;
- means for introducing a gas into said inlet simultaneously with said foamable liquid;
- turbulator means substantially filling said foam generating chamber for foaming, mixing and homogenizing said foamable liquid and gas;
- first baffle means disposed within said body member and extending from said outlet toward said inlet, said first baffle means defining a first zone within said foam generating chamber;
- second baffle means disposed within said body member and disposed about said first baffle means, said second baffle means defining a second zone within said foam generating chamber between said first baffle means and said second baffle means;
- said body member defining a third zone within said foam generating chamber between said body member and said second baffle means;
- said third zone communicating with said inlet and with said second zone at one end of said second baffle means;
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- said second zone communicating with said first zone at the other end of said second baffle means, said second zone not being communicable with said third zone at said other end of said second baffle means and said first zone communicating with said outlet.
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