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US 4,594,006 AGranted
Apparatus for mixing and pumping slurry
OwnerMarcel Depeaultinventor
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An apparatus for mixing and pumping manure from a reservoir including an elongated frame adapted to be pivoted from a vehicle bed from a lying position to an upright position within a reservoir to be pumped. Pump means are provided at the base of said elongated frame communicating with a conduit extending the length of the frame, a first slurry mixing impeller adjacent the pump at the base of the frame and driven by a common shaft with the pump, a second mixing means in the form of a screw having an axis of rotation parallel to the elongated frame and having a common drive shaft with the impeller and the pump and a third mixing device in the form of a jet nozzle communicating with the pump at the base thereof and being spaced from the second mixing means. The first and third mixing means have jet nozzles directed at right angles to the axis of the elongated frame.
An apparatus for mixing and pumping a slurry from a reservoir including an elongated frame adapted to be placed vertically in the reservoir, a first pump means having an inlet at the bottom of said frame adapted to be near the bottom of the reservoir and the first pump means having a discharge, and slurry conduit means communicating with the discharge of said first pump means and extending upwardly on the frame for communication with one of a delivery means and a first nozzle type agitator, an elongated pump screw provided on the frame and driven to provide a vertical thrust to the slurry in the vicinity of the frame in a direction to move the slurry being mixed from an upper region of the reservoir relative to the frame towards a lower region of the reservoir relative to the frame, and means for driving the first pump means and the elongated pump screw.
An apparatus as defined in 1, wherein the first nozzle type agitator is in the form of a jet nozzle extending at right angles to the axis of the frame and spaced from the inlet of the first pump means and said conduit means communicating the first pump means with the first nozzle type agitator such that the discharge of the first pump means may be alternated to feed one of the delivery means and the first nozzle type agitator.
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