Patent ID: 6179462
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B01F

Abstract:
A device for processing product components to produce solid and liquid mixtures, the device comprising:a first end wall;a second end wall;a substantially horizontal cylindrical drum having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side opposite to said first longitudinal side, said drum connected between said first end wall and said second end wall to define a mixing region, wherein said drum has a substantially rectangular opening extending along an entire axial length of said mixing region, said opening bordered by a first edge extending along said first end wall, said first longitudinal side, said second end wall and said second longitudinal side to define a continuous, substantially rectangular and planar first sealing surface;mixing tools disposed within said mixing region to mix the product components; andone single door having a bulge in an inner surface thereof which ends in a second edge, said second edge extending about an entire periphery of said door to define a continuous, substantially rectangular and planar second sealing surface, said second sealing surface seating on said first sealing surface when said door is in a position closing said rectangular opening of said drum, wherein said inner surface of said bulge maps smoothly into an adjacent inner surface of said drum.