Patent ID: 8414179
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: B01F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mixing a powdery medium with a liquid medium, comprising: a mixing vessel comprising a housing section having a first end with a feed for the liquid medium, the housing section further having a second end with an inlet for the powdery medium and an outlet for the liquid medium mixed with the powdery medium arranged proximate the second end, at least one mixing screen extending in a longitudinal direction from the first end to the second end of the housing section and dividing the mixing vessel into a first outer section comprising the feed and a second inner section comprising the inlet, and a screw conveyor disposed inside the second inner section for transporting the powdery medium from the second end toward the first end and pressing the powdery medium radially outwardly through the at least one mixing screen into the first outer section, wherein the powdery medium is entrained in and intermixed with the liquid medium flowing in the first outer section from the first end to the second end and discharged through the outlet.