Mixing apparatus
AssigneeProcess Automation International Limited
InventorsPaul Henington, Kwok Wai Wen
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Abstract
An apparatus 20 for mixing a solute with a solvent is described. The apparatus 20 includes a mixing chamber 12 for a solute and solvent and in which the solute and solvent are moved via a pump 18 and tubes (68a, 68b, 68c and 70). The chamber 12 also contains a divider 80 which, when occupying a first position (“U”), substantially divides the chamber 12 into at least two portions.
Claims9
An apparatus for mixing a solute in a solvent including:
- a chamber member for containing said solute and said solvent,
- means adapted to move said solute and said solvent in said chamber member, and adapted to generate at least a current of said solute and said solvent in said chamber member, and
- at least one divider adapted to occupy a first position to substantially divide said chamber member into at least two portions, and a second position in which said chamber member is undivided, wherein said at least one divider is movable, by the current generated by said moving means, from said second position to said first position.
An apparatus for mixing a solute in a solvent including:
- a chamber member for containing said solute and said solvent,
- means adapted to move said solute and said solvent in said chamber member, and at least one divider adapted to occupy a first position to substantially divide said chamber member into a first portion and a second portion, wherein when said at least one divider is at said first position, said moving means is adapted to move said solvent in said first portion more vigorously than said solvent in said second portion.
An apparatus for mixing a solute in a solvent including:
- a chamber member for containing said solute and said solvent,
- means adapted to move said solute and said solvent in said chamber member, and at least one divider adapted to occupy a first position to substantially divide said chamber member into at least two portions, and a second position in which said chamber member is undivided, said at least one divider being biased towards said second position.
An apparatus for mixing a solute in a solvent including:
- a chamber member for containing said solute and said solvent,
- means adapted to move said solute and said solvent in said chamber member,
- at least one divider adapted to occupy a first position to substantially divide said chamber into at least two portions, and
- at least one stopper member adapted to abut said at least one divider when said at least one divider is at said first position, wherein said stopper member is in a substantially reversed V-shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.