Patent ID: 6334704
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: B01F

Abstract:
A liquid ejection apparatus for maintaining a heat-transfer area of said liquid and for cleaning an inner surface of a container of said liquid and for cleaning an outer surface of a heat transfer means:wherein at least one gutter body is dispersed in said container having said inner surface, said gutter body serving as a liquid transporting body and having a lower opening and an upper opening at respective lower and upper end portions thereof, said gutter body having a longitudinal recess along a portion thereof and being secured to an agitator shaft by attachment means, said longitudinal recess facing towards said agitator shaft, said gutter body having an inclination angle provided by said attachment means and being greater than 0Â° and up to 90Â° with respect to a plane perpendicular to said agitator shaft, said gutter body being substantially straight along said inclination angle, and said gutter body being revolvable around a center of said agitator shaft with said recess in said gutter body facing said agitator shaft, and said lower opening of said gutter body being immersed beneath a liquid surface, and said upper opening of said gutter body being exposed from said liquid surface, so that liquid at an immersed portion of said gutter body passes within said gutter body and is ejected from said upper opening above said liquid surface and onto said inner surface so as to allow heat transfer between said liquid and said heat transfer means.