Static mixer
OwnerRobert W Glanvilleinventor
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Abstract
A static mixing device for mounting or other attachment within a hollow tubular conduit including a plurality of vanes generally equally spaced therein and each including a generally oblong plate radially inwardly extending from the conduit internal wall surface and wherein each of said plates is provided with a generally wing-shaped cap that downwardly, rearwardly and inwardly bends from the top of the plate to said conduit wall.
Claims8
In combination with a hollow tubular conduit defining an internal longitudinal passageway wherein said conduit includes an internal wall surface, a static mixing device positioned in said conduit and within a fluid stream having a longitudinal flow direction with said passageway, comprising a plurality of mixing vane members forming a set thereof, said vanes spaced generally circumferentially equidistantly within said conduit and radially inwardly extending from said conduit internal wall surface towards the center of said conduit, each of said vane members including a generally oblong plate of planar extent with a generally straight base edge attached to said internal conduit wall and further including a leading edge upstanding from a base edge forward portion to a peak from which, in turn, a rearwardly downwardly curved tailing edge extends and terminates proximal the rear portion of said base edge, each of said plates including a generally triangularly-shaped cap attached and conforming to said curved trailing edge thereof with the cap apex aligned with said leading edge peak so as to form cap undersurfaces and cap top surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.