Patent ID: 8277115

Claim:
A guiding device for a submersible motor agitator comprising: a guide tube mounted at a first end to a lower mount such that the guide tube can rotate about its axis and at a second end opposite said first end via an adjusting lug to an upper mount; said upper mount comprising a mounting bracket installed in a fixed position to which the adjusting lug can be affixed in any of a number of predetermined angular positions; and a sliding carriage for holding the submersible motor agitator mounted on said guide tube; wherein said sliding carriage surrounds the guide tube on three sides and has holders which partially enclose a fourth side of the guide tube not surrounded by the carriage such that an intermediate space is left, between the holders; wherein the adjusting lug is narrower in the area between the guide tube and the mounting bracket than the intermediate space between the holders of the sliding carriage; and wherein an elongated curved slot is formed in the mounting bracket, and the adjusting lug is connected to a holding plate on the other side of the mounting bracket via at least one connector which extends between the adjusting lug and the holding date through said slot.