Patents Assigned to Graco
  • Patent number: 5277494
    Abstract: A liquid integrator apparatus for insertion into a liquid flow line, for blending together leading and lagging incremental liquid flow volumes, the apparatus including a housing attachable to the liquid flow line, a cylindrical insert in the housing, the insert having a helical groove about its outer surface. The helical groove is substantially deeper than it is wide, and has a hydraulic radius of less than about 0.04, and the helical groove is sufficiently long so as to contain a liquid volume approximately twice the volume of incremental liquid for which blending is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Graco
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Lehrke, Martin P. McCormick