US 5,297,867 AGranted

Mixer apparatus

OwnerLanny D. Holmaninventor

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Abstract

A mixer apparatus includes a container having a first shaft diametrically directed through the container, with the first shaft including first and second blades mounted to the shaft oriented parallel to the shaft, with third and fourth shafts mounted coaxially aligned relative to opposed ends of the first shaft, with the third and fourth shafts including respective right and left hand threads directed into the container to project fluid from the threads back into the container preventing such fluids from expressing exteriorly of the container during mixing.

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A mixer apparatus, comprising,

a container, the container including a continuous side wall and a container cavity, with the side wall in surrounding relationship relative to the container cavity,
and
a rigid first shaft positioned within the container cavity diametrically aligned with the container side wall, with the rigid first shaft having a first mixing blade and a second mixing blade fixedly mounted to the first shaft in a spaced relationship, with the first mixing blade and the second mixing blade extending in a parallel relationship in adjacency to the first shaft, with the first mixing blade and the second mixing blade arranged in a substantially coplanar relationship relative to one another, and
the first shaft includes a first shaft first end having a right hand thread, and a first shaft second end having a left hand thread, and a second shaft mounted in a coaxially aligned relationship relative to the first shaft first end, and a third shaft mounted coaxially in relationship to the first shaft second end, with the second shaft having a second shaft collar threadedly receiving the first shaft first end, the third shaft having a third shaft collar threadedly receiving the first shaft second end, with the second shaft collar arranged in a sliding relationship relative to the second shaft and the third shaft collar arranged in a sliding relationship relative to the third shaft, and
the second shaft includes a right hand thread extending from the container side wall, the third shaft includes a left hand thread extending from the container side wall, with the third shaft projecting through the container side wall permitting rotation simultaneously of the third shaft, the second shaft, and the first shaft, and
the first blade includes a first blade slot, the second blade includes a second blade slot, and a third blade mounted to the first blade, including a first fastener directed through the third blade and the first blade slot, and a fourth blade, the fourth blade including a fourth blade fastener directed through the second blade slot adjustably securing the fourth blade to the second blade.

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Abstract

A mixer apparatus, comprising,

a container, the container including a continuous side wall and a container cavity, with the side wall in surrounding relationship relative to the container cavity,
and
a rigid first shaft positioned within the container cavity diametrically aligned with the container side wall, with the rigid first shaft having a first mixing blade and a second mixing blade fixedly mounted to the first shaft in a spaced relationship, with the first mixing blade and the second mixing blade extending in a parallel relationship in adjacency to the first shaft, with the first mixing blade and the second mixing blade arranged in a substantially coplanar relationship relative to one another, and
the first shaft includes a first shaft first end having a right hand thread, and a first shaft second end having a left hand thread, and a second shaft mounted in a coaxially aligned relationship relative to the first shaft first end, and a third shaft mounted coaxially in relationship to the first shaft second end, with the second shaft having a second shaft collar threadedly receiving the first shaft first end, the third shaft having a third shaft collar threadedly receiving the first shaft second end, with the second shaft collar arranged in a sliding relationship relative to the second shaft and the third shaft collar arranged in a sliding relationship relative to the third shaft, and
the second shaft includes a right hand thread extending from the container side wall, the third shaft includes a left hand thread extending from the container side wall, with the third shaft projecting through the container side wall permitting rotation simultaneously of the third shaft, the second shaft, and the first shaft, and
the first blade includes a first blade slot, the second blade includes a second blade slot, and a third blade mounted to the first blade, including a first fastener directed through the third blade and the first blade slot, and a fourth blade, the fourth blade including a fourth blade fastener directed through the second blade slot adjustably securing the fourth blade to the second blade.

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