Patent ID: 7056010
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: B01F

Abstract:
1. A bin blender for mixing particulate solid materials, comprising a closable bin for containing the material and having height and depth dimensions, a non-circular cross-sectional shape, and an interior, the bin being rotatably mounted for rotation of the bin about an axis extending across the interior of the bin, the bin comprising an internal baffle within the bin, the baffle being directly attached to, or attached to but spaced from, an interior surface of a side wall of the bin along a longitudinal edge of the baffle, the baffle having a height dimension of at least half the height of the interior of the bin but less than the full height of the interior of the bin, which baffle extends in a depth dimension of the baffle from at or near one corner or side of the bin part way across the interior of the bin towards another corner or side of the bin either to a center region of the bin so that an opposite longitudinal edge of the baffle generally coincides with said center region of the bin, or through a center region of the bin so that an opposite longitudinal edge of the baffle is positioned on an opposite side of the interior of the bin from said one corner or side of the bin.