Floating mixer apparatus with foam dispersing spray
AssigneeAqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc.
InventorRonald J. Weis
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Abstract
A floating mixer of the type including a float for buoyantly supporting the mixer in a water treatment basin, a mixer drive motor mounted on the float and extending upwardly therefrom, and a propeller drivingly connected to the motor and disposed below the float for pumping liquid downwardly to effect mixing in the water treatment basin. A foam dispersing spray nozzle is mounted above the drive motor for discharging in a downwardly directed generally conical spray pattern outwardly of the drive motor, and an auxiliary pump is provided for pumping liquid from the basin to the spray nozzle.
Claims3
A floating mixer apparatus including float means for buoyantly supporting the mixer apparatus in a water treatment basin, mixer drive motor means mounted on the float means and extending upwardly therefrom, pump casing means mounted on the float means and having an upper intake opening below the float means and a lower discharge outlet, and propeller means in the pump casing means for pumping liquid from the upper intake opening downwardly through the lower discharge outlet, foam dispersing spray means including spray nozzle means mounted above the mixer drive motor means for discharging liquid in a downwardly directed generally conical spray pattern outwardly of the mixer drive motor means, and auxiliary pump means for pumping liquid from the basin to the spray nozzle means.
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