Serial connectors for motionless mixers
AssigneeTAH Industries, Inc.
InventorsJoseph M. Halat, Peter Gruendeman
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Abstract
The invention relates to motionless mixer elements having a plurality of connected baffles each with a pair of substantially symmetrical opposing major surfaces generally helically twisted along a central longitudinal axis of the baffle and an interconnection arrangement for serially releasably resiliently connecting such elements together on a common axis in desired orientations about that axis relative to one another.
Claims19
A motionless mixer comprising:
- a plurality of mixer elements defined by an interconnected plurality of baffles each helically twisted symmetrically about a longitudinal axis of the element and
- means for serially resiliently releasably interconnecting the elements to provide a connected series of elements which are indexed as desired relative to one another about those axes with each so connected pair of elements being restrained by the interconnecting means whereby their longitudinal axes are coincident when aligned, said interconnecting means resiliently releasably interconnecting the elements to resist longitudinal separation from one another.
A motionless mixer comprising:
- a plurality of mixer elements defined by an interconnected plurality of baffles each helically twisted symmetrically about a longitudinal axis of the element and
- means for serially resiliently releasably interconnecting the elements to provide a connected series of elements which are indexed as desired relative to one another about those axes with each so connected pair of elements being restrained by the interconnecting means whereby their longitudinal axes are coincident when aligned,
- wherein the means for interconnecting the elements comprises a male portion and a female portion with said female portion defining a slot shaped to captively engage in a resiliently releasable manner the male portion, means being provided for ensuring that engagement only occurs when the longitudinal axes are aligned with the elements in the desired orientation relative to one another about those axis.
A motionless mixer element comprising an interconnected plurality of baffles each helically twisted symmetrically about a longitudinal axis of the element and defining a first element end and a second element end, the first element end defining a female portion of an element interconnection arrangement and the second element end defining a male portion of an element interconnection arrangement whereby a plurality of such elements may be connected in series with the female portion of one said element engaging the male portion of another said element to resiliently releasably connect those elements in series with their longitudinal axes aligned and with the baffles of these serially connected elements indexed as desired relative to one another about those longitudinal axes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.