Patent ID: 8087542
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A47J,G07F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for whipping a slurry, the apparatus comprising: a whipping chamber having a first surface, a sidewall and a second surface; an impeller rotatably mounted in the whipping chamber, wherein the impeller is configured to induce dynamic fluid flow of a slurry within the whipping chamber, and wherein a back surface of the impeller faces the first surface of the whipping chamber, and a front surface of the impeller opposite the back surface of the impeller faces the second surface of the whipping chamber; and one or more cavitation mechanisms each comprising one or more first indentations recessed into the back surface of the impeller, wherein the one or more first indentations in the impeller are configured to create cavitation in the fluid flow of the slurry near an interface between the one or more first indentations and the second surface of the whipping chamber.