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US 9,868,096 B2Granted
Relating to blenders
AssigneeVervant Limited
InventorJames Joseph O'Callaghan
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Abstract
A blender has a mixing chamber for reception of materials to be blended. A mixing screw is mounted at a bottom of the mixing chamber for mixing materials within the mixing chamber and delivering mixed materials to an outlet feeding a processing line. Heaters are mounted within the mixing chamber for drying blend material in the mixing chamber.
Claims20
A blender, including:
- a mixing chamber for reception of blend materials,
- the mixing chamber having a material outlet;
- a mixer mounted in the mixing chamber,
- said mixer being operable for mixing blend materials in the mixing chamber;
- a radiant heater mounted within the mixing chamber which is operable for regulating the moisture content of blend materials in the mixing chamber;
- and
- a material feeder for delivering blend materials from the mixing chamber to the material outlet,
- wherein the material feeder is a feed screw, the feed screw having a pair of opposed screws which are operable to direct material inwardly from each end of the feed screw to a central portion of the feed screw, said central portion being located at the material outlet.
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A blender, including:
- a mixing chamber for reception of blend materials,
- the mixing chamber having a material outlet;
- a mixer mounted in the mixing chamber,
- said mixer being operable for mixing blend materials in the mixing chamber;
- a radiant heater mounted within the mixing chamber which is operable for regulating the moisture content of blend materials in the mixing chamber;
- a material feeder for delivering blend materials from the mixing chamber to the material outlet;
- and
- a baffle mounted in the mixing chamber at the material outlet, adjacent the material outlet but spaced-apart from the material outlet, the material feeder having a discharge portion which is mounted between the baffle and the material outlet.
5 more elements
A blender, including:
- a mixing chamber for reception of blend materials,
- the mixing chamber having a material outlet;
- a mixer mounted in the mixing chamber,
- said mixer being operable for mixing blend materials in the mixing chamber;
- a radiant heater mounted within the mixing chamber which is operable for regulating the moisture content of blend materials in the mixing chamber;
- and
- a material feeder for delivering blend materials from the mixing chamber to the material outlet,
- wherein said material feeder is operable to direct portion of the material towards the outlet and portion of the material away from the outlet for re-mixing in the mixing chamber, an upright tubular feed controller mounted above the outlet for directing material away from the outlet, said tubular feed controller being of double walled construction and having openings in a side wall thereof to form a manifold for injecting air or gas.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.