Sanitary mixing assembly for vessels and tanks
AssigneeJV Northwest, Inc.
InventorFrank Kupidlowski
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Abstract
Component parts for a mixing assembly adapted to be used with clean in place techniques. The component parts may include an impeller assembly, an adjustable hub assembly, and a steady bearing assembly. The bearing assembly may include a supporting structure having a fitting and a plurality of legs extending from the fitting and securely engaging the vessel, and a guide bearing bore adapted to receive a shaft, wherein the guide bearing is adapted to be removably engaged from the supporting structure and wherein the guide bearing is removable from the supporting structure shaft without necessitating removal or lifting of the shaft.
Claims8
A bearing assembly for a mixing vessel, the bearing assembly comprising:
- a supporting structure having:
- a fitting;
- a plurality of legs, each leg further comprising:
- a middle portion coupled to the fitting;
- a bottom end extending from the middle portion and configured to securely engage the vessel;
- and
- a top end extending from the middle portion away from the bottom end;
- and
- a guide bearing having an interior surface defining a bore adapted to receive a shaft and an exterior surface having a plurality of grooves each adapted to removably receive a top end of one of the plurality of legs such that the guide bearing is adapted to be removably engaged by the supporting structure;
- the guide bearing being removable from the supporting structure and shaft without necessitating removal or lifting of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.