Patent ID: 9682350
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B01F

Claim:
1. A horizontal mixer, comprising: a container comprising a rotational axis that is at least substantially horizontally disposed, a first container end and a second container end that are spaced along said rotational axis, an inner sidewall disposed about said rotational axis and extending between said first container end and said second container ends, and a mixing chamber defined at least in part by said first container end, said second container end, and said inner sidewall; a plurality of first blades and a plurality of second blades that each extend from said inner sidewall toward an interior of said mixing chamber and that each comprise a first blade end and a second blade end, wherein each said first blade extends from its corresponding said first blade end toward its corresponding said second blade end at least generally in a direction of said second container end, wherein each said second blade extends from its corresponding said first blade end toward its corresponding said second blade end at least generally in a direction of said first container end, and wherein said first blade end of each said plurality of first blades and said plurality of second blades leads its corresponding said second blade end in a first rotational direction for said container; and an outlet port from said mixing chamber of said container, wherein said plurality of first blades correspond with a first longitudinal segment of said horizontal mixer, wherein said plurality of second blades correspond with a second longitudinal segment of said horizontal mixer, wherein a third longitudinal segment of said horizontal mixer is located between said first longitudinal segment and said second longitudinal segment, wherein said first longitudinal segment, said second longitudinal segment, and said third longitudinal segment are non-overlapping in a direction extending along said rotational axis, wherein a longitudinal dimension coincides with said rotational axis, and wherein said outlet port is located within said third longitudinal segment at a lower elevation than said rotational axis, wherein said first longitudinal segment, said third longitudinal segment, and said second longitudinal segment are disposed in end-to-end relation.