Patent ID: 6367959
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B01F

Abstract:
Apparatus for mixing water and sand, the apparatus comprising:a source of sand; a conveyor having a loading end adapted to receive sand from the source and a discharge end, the discharge end dispensing the sand in a vertical flow path; opposed first and second nozzle sets adapted for attachment to a water source, each nozzle set comprising at least one nozzle directed at the vertical flow path for spraying water toward the vertical flow path to create a wetted sand stream; a receptacle having an inlet positioned below the conveyor discharge end and the first and second nozzle sets for receiving the wetted sand stream, the receptacle further having an outlet; and a first mixer having a rotatable shaft extending at least partially into the receptacle, and an agitator attached to and rotating with the shaft inside the receptacle thereby to mix the wetted sand stream, wherein the rotatable shaft and the agitator of the first mixer are positioned below the receptacle outlet and the first mixer advances the wetted sand stream out the receptacle outlet.