Patent ID: 8083395
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: A21C,B01F

Abstract:
1. A device for admixing a liquid into flowable dry materials, the device comprising: a housing comprising a mixing chamber having an inner wall with an impact area and an exit opening at a bottom end of the mixing chamber, wherein dry material supplied from above into the mixing chamber falls downwardly toward the impact area in front of the inner wall of the mixing chamber and exits through the exit opening; at least one nozzle disposed in the housing above the mixing chamber and having a nozzle opening facing the exit opening, wherein the at least one nozzle generates a pressurized high-speed jet of a liquid directed downwardly and impacting on the inner wall of the mixing chamber in the impact area and wetting the dry material with the liquid as the jet passes through the dry material and impacts against the inner wall; a jacket disposed inside the housing and surrounding the at least one nozzle such that an annular opening is defined between an outer wall of the at least one nozzle and an inner wall of the jacket, wherein the annular opening is provided for supplying liquid and pasty additives and is directed downwardly toward an area of the mixing chamber between the at least one nozzle and the impact area.