Billy L Born

US Patent:

RE302376, Mar 25, 1980

Filed:

Jun 12, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/914990

Inventors:

Billy L. Born - Rockford IL

Assignee:

Stoelting Brothers Company - Kiel WI

International Classification:

B01F 1300

US Classification:

366261

Abstract:

An agitator carriage is supported and powered for oscillatory movement along the length of an elongated vat, i. e. from end-to-end of the vat. A pair of stirring blades are supported from the carriage, one stirring blade depending into the vat from each side of the carriage. Each stirring blade is supported to move through a generally circular path in a vertical plane, and the blades are powered independently of the carriage drive. The stirring blade movement has both a vertical and horizontal component as it moves in the vat. The speed of movement of both the carriage and the blades can be varied, independently one from the other, so that the blades, as they move longitudinally of the vat, can be made to define, in the vertical planes of movement, loops varying from generally circular to smaller loops approaching a generally undulating path.