Compression paddle mixer
OwnerJames Clifford Fink, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A compression-paddle mixer has a compression paddle (1) that includes paddle blades (3) juxtaposed colinearly to a paddle rod (5). The paddle blades include one or more sets (2) of two paddle blades having channel-funneled orientation on paddle spokes (4) that are extended radially from the paddle rod. The channel-funneled orientation includes channel-funnel inlets (9) having inlet areas between leading-edges of sets of the paddle blades that are larger than inlet areas of channel-funnel outlets (11) between trailing-edges of the sets of the paddle blades in a direction of rotation of the paddle blades transmitted by rotation of the paddle rod. The compression paddle can be sized, shaped and structured for use with select sizes, shapes and structures of mix containers for select mixing applications.
Claims32
A compression-paddle mixer comprising:
- a compression paddle with one or more sets of two paddle blades on paddle spokes that are extended radially from a paddle rod;
- the paddle blades being juxtaposed colinearly to the paddle rod;
- the paddle rod having a direction of rotation that is transmitted from a predetermined power source;
- the one or more sets of the two paddle blades having circumferential travel in a direction of the circumferential travel that is transmitted through the paddle spokes by the rotation of the paddle rod;
- the one or more sets of two paddle blades each having a radially outer paddle blade mounted on the paddle spokes parallel to the circumferential travel and a radially inner paddle blade which is mounted on the peddle spokes angularly to the outer paddle so that a distance between leading edges is greater than a distance between trailing edges of the paddle blades to form channel-funnel orientation in the direction of the circumferential travel;
- the channel-funneled orientations include channel-funnel inlets having funnel-inlet areas intermediate leading edges of the paddle blades of the one or more sets of the paddle blades in the direction of the circumferential travel of the one or more sets of the two paddle blades;
- the channel-funneled orientations include channel-funnel outlets having funnel-outlet areas intermediate trailing edges of the paddle blades of the one or more sets of the two paddle blades;
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- the funnel-inlet areas are predeterminedly larger than the funnel-outlet areas.
A compression-paddle mixer comprising:
- a compression paddle having two sets of two paddle blades on paddle spokes that are extended radially from a paddle rod;
- the paddle blades being juxtaposed colinearly to the paddle rod;
- the two sets of the two paddle blades are oppositely disposed radially from the paddle rod;
- the paddle rod having a direction of rotation that is transmitted from a predetermined power source;
- the two sets of the two paddle blades having circumferential travel in a direction of the circumferential travel that is transmitted through the paddle spokes by the rotation of the paddle rod;
- the one or more sets of two paddle blades each having a radially outer paddle blade mounted on the paddle spokes parallel to the circumferential travel and a radially inner paddle blade which is mounted on the peddle spokes angularly to the outer paddle so that a distance between the leading edges is greater than a distance between trailing edges of the paddle blades to form channel-funnel orientation in the direction of the circumferential travel;
- the channel-funneled orientations include channel-funnel inlets having funnel-inlet areas intermediate leading edges of the paddle blades of the two sets of the paddle blades in the direction of the circumferential travel thereof;
- the channel-funneled orientations include channel-funnel outlets having funnel-outlet areas intermediate trailing edges of the paddle blades of the two sets of the two paddle blades;
- the funnel-inlet areas are predeterminedly larger than the funnel-outlet areas;
- the channel-funneled orientations have compression ratios that are defined by ratios of the channel-funnel inlet areas to the channel-funnel outlet areas of the two sets of the two paddle blades;
- the compression ratios are higher predeterminedly for mixes having high liquidity than for mixes having low liquidity;
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- the rotation of the peddle rod has a speed of rotation that is higher predeterminedly for the mixes having the high liquidity than for the mixes having the low liquidity.
A compression-paddle mixer comprising:
- a compression paddle having two sets of two paddle blades on paddle spokes that are extended radially from a paddle rod;
- the paddle blades being juxtaposed colinearly to the paddle rod;
- the two sets of the two paddle blades are oppositely disposed radially from the paddle rod;
- the paddle rod having a direction of rotation that is transmitted from a predetermined power source;
- the two sets of the two paddle blades having circumferential travel in a direction of the circumferential travel that is transmitted through the paddle spokes by the rotation of the paddle rod;
- the one or more sets of two paddle blades each having a radially outer paddle blade mounted on the paddle spokes parallel to the circumferential travel and a radially inner paddle blade which is mounted on the peddle spokes angularly to the outer paddle so that a distance between leading edges is greater than a distance between trailing edges of the paddle blades to form channel-funnel orientation in the direction of the circumferential travel;
- the channel-funneled orientations include channel-funnel inlets having funnel-inlet areas intermediate leading edges of the paddle blades of the two sets of the paddle blades in the direction of the circumferential travel thereof;
- the channel-funneled orientations include channel-funnel outlets having funnel-outlet areas intermediate trailing edges of the paddle blades of the two sets of the two paddle blades;
- the funnel-inlet areas are predeterminedly larger than the funnel-outlet areas;
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- the channel-funneled orientations have compression ratios that are defined by ratios of the channel-funnel inlet areas to the channel-funnel outlet areas of the two sets of the two paddle blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.