Patent ID: 7717297

Claim:
A mixing device for mixing at least one first ingredient and at least one second ingredient, the device comprising: a body having at least one wall defining a cavity; at least one first inlet communicating with the cavity for introducing at least one first ingredient to the cavity; at least one second inlet for communicating with the cavity for introducing at least one second ingredient, the second inlet being generally directed towards the first inlet; at least one outlet communicating with the cavity for receiving the first ingredient and second ingredient mixed in the cavity; and a chamber defined in the cavity spaced upstream from the outlet, and proximate to the first inlet and the second inlet for receiving ingredients from the first inlet and the second inlet, ingredients mixed in the chamber being flushed distally along the cavity downstream away from the chamber and the first and second inlets and towards the outlet, wherein the direction of flow from the chamber to the outlet is generally opposite the direction of flow of the second ingredient into the chamber.