Title:
A BLENDER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/150923
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A blender (1) has a frame (2). A number of raw material storage bins (3) are mounted at a top of the frame (2). Suspended on the frame (2) beneath the raw material storage bins (3) is a weigh hopper (4). Mounted beneath the weigh hopper (4) on the frame (2) is a mixing chamber (5) for reception of materials to be blended from the weigh hopper (4). A mixer, in this case provided by a mixing screw (6), is provided at a bottom of the mixing chamber (50) for blending materials within the mixing chamber prior to discharge of blended materials through a material outlet (7) at a bottom of the mixing chamber (5). The material outlet (7) discharges blended material into a material discharge pipe (8) and through an outlet duct (9) having a flanged end (10) for mounting the blender (1) on a processing line such as a plastics extruder. The mixing chamber (5) is mounted on a cantilevered support platform (12) on a base plate (140) of the frame (2) and cooperates with a load cell (15) mounted on the base plate (14) to provide a measurement of the weight of the mixing chamber and materials therein to determine the weight of the materials within the mixing chamber.
Inventors:
O'CALLAGHAN JAMES JOSEPH (IE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2016/056176
Publication Date:
October 27, 2016
Filing Date:
March 21, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VERVANT LTD (IE)
International Classes:
B29B7/60; B01F23/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2009136419A1 | 2009-11-12 |
Foreign References:
| DE2034837A1 | 1972-04-20 | |||
| DE19939042A1 | 2001-03-08 | |||
| EP2143484A1 | 2010-01-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SCHUTTE, Gearoid et al. (8a Sandyford Business CentreSandyford, Dublin 18, IE)
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