Patent ID: 9682349
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B01F

Claim:
1. A blending machine, for use in blending substances within an intermediate bulk container in the making of chemicals, food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and the like, said blending machine comprising: a frame; a drive motor received in said frame; a clamp disk rotatably supported by said frame and coupled to said drive motor, to thereby be driven to rotate, said clamp disk comprising means for releasably mating said clamp disk with a corresponding disk of the intermediate bulk container; a first jaw clamp movably mounted to said frame; a second jaw clamp movably mounted to said frame; and a clamp drive mechanism configured to drive said first jaw clamp and said second jaw clamp to translate away from each other, or to translate toward each other to releasably secure the corresponding disk of the intermediate bulk container with respect to said rotatable clamp disk.