Method and an apparatus for processing of liquids or pastes
AssigneeDelta Process Engineering ApS
InventorEinar Dyhr
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Abstract
An apparatus for processing a liquid or a paste, particularly a highly viscous or sticky liquid or paste, includes two or more cylindrical storage chambers, and at least one interconnecting conduit interconnecting the storage chambers. The liquid or paste is processed in the interconnecting conduit by a suitable processing device or mechanism that is operably associated with the interconnecting conduit. A piston displaces the liquid or paste from one cylindrical storage chamber to another through the interconnecting conduit, such that the liquid or paste is processed by the processing device or mechanism during its displacement.
Claims34
An apparatus for processing a liquid or paste product, said apparatus comprising:
- at least first and second storage chambers;
- an interconnecting conduit configured and arranged to interconnect the first and second storage chambers, the interconnecting conduit having a first end communicating with the first chamber and a second end communicating with the second chamber;
- first and second additional cylinders connected to and communicating with the interconnecting conduit adjacent the first and second ends, respectively, wherein each of the additional cylinders has a volume larger than the volume of the interconnecting conduit;
- processing means within the interconnecting conduit, for processing the product while it is in the interconnecting conduit;
- an axially displaceable storage chamber piston in each of the storage chambers, the storage chamber pistons being operable for the displacement of the product from one of the storage chambers to the other through the interconnecting conduit, such that the product is processed by the processing means during the displacement;
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- an axially displaceable cylinder piston in each of the first and second additional cylinders, the cylinder pistons being operable to displace the product from each of the additional cylinders to an adjacent one of the storage chambers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.