Feed Means Has Plural Identical Outlets Patents (Class 366/178.2)
  • Patent number: 8568018
    Abstract: A fluid mixing apparatus and method include a first fluid assembly having at least one fluid nozzle for providing a first fluid; a second fluid assembly having at least one fluid mixing nozzle sized and shaped to be received by the at least one fluid nozzle for providing a second fluid into the first fluid; a mixing region disposed where the at least one fluid nozzle and the at least one fluid mixing nozzle coact in spaced relationship for providing turbulence to the first and second fluids, thereby providing a fluid mixture thereof; and a passageway in communication with the mixing region for expanding the fluid mixture into a different phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Rave N.P., Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Askin, Charles W. Bowers
  • Patent number: 8303164
    Abstract: Mixing device for two gases/vapours (hereinafter gases) comprising: a) a plurality of tubes arranged in a bundle (1), each provided, in its initial portion, with a plurality of side holes (5); b) a first feeding system of one of the two gases, comprising a first tubular body (6) situated on the inlet side of the tubes, and c) a second feeding system of the other gas comprising a second tubular body (7) that envelopes in a gas-proof way the tube bundle (1) and at least a portion of the first tubular body (6); characterized in that: d) the first feeding system of one of the gases comprises a plurality of fins (8), inside the first tubular body (6), which allow a uniform distribution of the feeding gas to the single tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Polimeri Europa S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Assandri, Giovanni Regattieri, Paolo Bottoni
  • Patent number: 8287179
    Abstract: A fluid mixer for mixing a first fluid and a second fluid includes an introducing component having a bore, a cylindrical component fitted into the bore of the introducing component and a mixing component having a conical recess and on which the introducing component and the cylindrical component are held. A first introducing flow path receives the first fluid and a first distributing flow path distributes the first fluid over the whole circumference of the cylindrical component. A second introducing flow path receives the second fluid. A second distributing flow path distributes the second fluid so that the first fluid and the second fluid are alternately arranged in an circumferential direction. A joining part joins together the first fluid and the second fluid fed with the fluids alternately arranged circumferentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Miyamoto, Yoshishige Endo, Shigenori Togashi, Erika Katayama
  • Patent number: 8215823
    Abstract: A cement mixing method for mixing cement used in cementing oil wells casing and the mixer used in that method. The mixer employs a straight bulk cement inlet, five annular recirculation jets and five annular water jet orifices located downstream of the recirculation jets so that all of the jets discharge at an angle towards the mixing chamber and the discharge from the water jet orifices intersects with the flow from the recirculation jets. This five jet, intersecting flow design allows for more thorough wetting of the cement powder with a smaller, lighter, less expensive and more durable mixer that is less inclined to foul and easier to clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Estate of Thomas E. Allen
    Inventor: Thomas E. Allen
  • Patent number: 8192070
    Abstract: A cement mixing method for mixing cement used in cementing oil wells casing and the mixer used in that method. The mixer employs a straight bulk cement inlet, five annular recirculation jets and five annular water jet orifices located downstream of the recirculation jets so that all of the jets discharge at an angle towards the mixing chamber and the discharge from the water jet orifices intersects with the flow from the recirculation jets. This five jet, intersecting flow design allows for more thorough wetting of the cement powder with a smaller, lighter, less expensive and more durable mixer that is less inclined to foul and easier to clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Estate of Thomas E. Allen
    Inventor: Thomas E. Allen
  • Patent number: 8123398
    Abstract: A fluid-processing device is provided for bringing two kinds of fluids into contact to mix or react with each other. The device comprises a first supply path connected to a first feed inlet for feeding a first fluid for supplying the first fluid, and plural second supply paths connected to a second feed inlet for feeding a second fluid for supplying the second fluid; the second supply paths being arranged along supply direction of the first fluid, the second supply paths being surrounded by the first fluid, the second fluid discharged from fluid outlets of the second supply paths being brought into contact with the first fluid in the first supply path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki Teshima, Takeo Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8079752
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixer reactor of the rotor-stator type. This mixer reactor comprises a substantially rotationally symmetric housing which has a distributing chamber, a mixing chamber, a front plate that modifies the cross-section of the housing between these two chambers, and there are separate inlets into the mixing chamber for at least two substances and an outlet for removing the mixed material or product. The inlet for the first substance is provided in the axis of rotation of the mixing chamber. Two or more channels are aligned radially outward from this inlet, and the first substance is transported through these channels and into the mixing chamber. The inlet for the at least second substance is constructed in the form of a plurality of openings in the front plate, these inlet openings being are arranged rotationally symmetrically to the axis of rotation. Each of these inlet openings for the at least second substance has a corresponding pin which can be displaced in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Andreas Rausch, Christian Steffens, Dietmar Wastian, Manfred Keller-Killewald, Matthias Böhm, Joachim Ritter, Marcus Grünewald
  • Patent number: 7115187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for continually producing a suspension of cellulose in an aqueous tertiary amine oxide. The method includes (a) mixing cellulose and an amine oxide-free aqueous phase to form a cellulose suspension in a mass ratio in the range of 1:3 to 1:40, (b) dehydrating the cellulose suspension, wherein the dehydrated cellulose suspension has a cellulose content in the range of 20 to 80 percent-by-mass; (c) mixing the cellulose suspension with an aqueous amine oxide while the cellulose suspension is falling through a vertical fall zone to obtain an aqueous amine oxide-cellulose suspension with an amine oxide content in the range of 70 to 80 percent-by-mass; and (d) conveying the aqueous amine oxide-cellulose suspension through a horizontal shear zone. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Alceru Schwarza GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf-Uwe Bauer, MUwe Kind
  • Patent number: 6749330
    Abstract: A powder mixing system and mixer for mixing cement used in cementing oil wells or other similar dry powder mixtures. The mixer is provided with a central recirculation jet and with annularly located alternating recirculation and mix water jets that discharge into the mixing chamber of the mixer in an overlapping fashion to effectively wet dry cement introduced into the mixing chamber. The mix water jets are formed from a set of slots provided both in a rotatable element and from another set of slots provided in a stationary portion so that when the rotatable element rotates, the size of mix water jets is adjusted. Two inlet elbows attach to the inlet of the central recirculation jet to cause the flow from the jet to rotate in a diverging pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas E. Allen
  • Publication number: 20030081493
    Abstract: A powder mixing system and mixer for mixing cement used in cementing oil wells or other similar dry powder mixtures. The mixer is provided with a central recirculation jet and with annularly located alternating recirculation and mix water jets that discharge into the mixing chamber of the mixer in an overlapping fashion to effectively wet dry cement introduced into the mixing chamber. The mix water jets are formed from a set of slots provided both in a rotatable element and from another set of slots provided in a stationary portion so that when the rotatable element rotates, the size of mix water jets is adjusted. Two inlet elbows attach to the inlet of the central recirculation jet to cause the flow from the jet to rotate in a diverging pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas E. Allen