Patent ID: 6280076
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A23G,B01F

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing dispersions of solids in a fatty phase, comprising:at least one drive means for imparting rotational movement;first processing means being formed as a processing container including at least one supply opening and at least one discharge opening, the processing container being of conical shape having an outer conical surface, an inner conical surface, and a smaller front plane of its conical shape located on a side of said supply opening, said supply opening and said discharge opening being located distant from each other on said first processing means;second processing means substantially concentric to said first processing means and having an outer surface facing the inner conical surface of the processing container of the first processing means;at least one of said first and second processing means being connected to a respective one of said at least one drive means, at least one of said first and second processing means including shearing tool means which protrude radially toward the other of said processing means, said first and said second processing means being supported in a rotatable manner relative to each other about an axis of rotation, a processing gap being formed therebetween; andjournal means for enabling rotation of one of said first and said second processing means relative to the other of said first and said second processing means;wherein the shearing tool means of one of said first and said second processing means, relative to the direction of rotation, have ointment-producing surfaces (30a) which diverge relative to a facing surface of the other of said first and said second processing means in a forward direction of movement of said one of said processing means relative to the other of said processing means.