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US 9,302,233 B1Granted
Removable baffles for mixing vessel
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorMark Lowell
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Abstract
A mixing vessel may include a container having a bottom with a removable plate fixed to the bottom. The removable plate may include one or more slots for inserting baffles therein. A flexible baffle insert may include a retaining band having inner and outer opposing surfaces. A plurality of baffles may extend inwardly from the inner surface of the retaining band.
Claims9
A mixing vessel, comprising:
- a container having a bottom,
- the bottom includes a removable plate fixed to the bottom, and
- the removable plate includes a plurality of slots and a plurality of first fastener openings both formed therein;
- a plurality of baffles, each baffle being inserted in respective slots of said plurality of slots;
- and
- an impeller including an axis,
- wherein a portion of the bottom of the container, which is beneath the removable plate, includes a corresponding plurality of second openings therein, and
- wherein said plurality of baffles are inserted in the removable plate to be situated concentric about the axis of the impeller.
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A mixing vessel, comprising:
- a container having a bottom,
- the bottom includes a removable plate fixed to the bottom, and
- the removable plate includes a plurality of slots and a plurality of first fastener openings both formed therein;
- a plurality of baffles, each baffle being connected to respective said plurality of first fastener openings;
- an impeller including an axis;
- and
- a plurality of fasteners,
- wherein a portion of the bottom of the container, which is beneath the removable plate, includes a corresponding plurality of second openings therein,
- wherein said plurality of fasteners are disposed in the plurality of first fastener openings in the removable plate and the corresponding plurality of second openings in the portion of the bottom of the container to thereby secure the removable plate to the bottom of the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.