Patent ID: 6361202
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B01F,B24B

Abstract:
A static mixer for a viscous liquid comprising:an elongated cylindrical tank having a cavity and a first diameter defined by a tank wall; an elongated cylindrical mixing sleeve having a second diameter smaller than said first diameter situated inside said tank cavity, said mixing sleeve having a multiplicity of mixing apertures therethrough; a plurality of curvilinear tubes situated near a top wall of said tank for flowing a mixture of said viscous liquid and a solvent into said tank cavity, each of said plurality of curvilinear tubes having an outlet extending outwardly away from a center of said tank cavity toward an interior surface of said tank wall generating a spiral flow of said mixture; a spiral plate having a predetermined width positioned on said interior surface of said tank wall extending continuously from said top wall to a bottom wall of said tank; and an outlet tube situated in said bottom wall of said tank and inside said mixing sleeve for outputting said mixture.