Patent ID: 6364520
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B01F

Abstract:
A conduction mixer comprising:a hopper; a plurality of mixing paddles located in said hopper, said mixing paddles having a chamber therein with said chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; said mixing paddles having at least two chambers therein with a restriction passage between said chambers to provide for the heat transfer liquid to linger in each of said two chambers; a rotatable shaft, said rotatable shaft cantileverly supporting each of said plurality of mixing paddles thereon to permit rotation of each of said mixing paddles with said rotatable shaft, said rotatable shaft fluidly connected to said fluid inlet of each of said plurality of mixing paddles and fluidly connected to said outlet of each of said plurality of mixing paddles so that when a heat transfer liquid is forced through said rotatable shaft the heat transfer liquid flows through each of the plurality of mixing paddles to provide for conductive heat transfer between the heat transfer liquid and the plurality of mixing paddles so that said plurality of mixing paddles can simultaneously mix and conductively transfer heat; and a connecting rod, said connecting rod having a fluid passage located therein, said connecting rod connecting said mixing paddles to said rotatable shaft.