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Apparatus and process for adding solids to a liquid

  • US 3,272,619 A
  • Filed: 07/23/1963
  • Issued: 09/13/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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3. APPARATUS FOR DISSOLVING A SOLID IN A LIQUID COMPRISING AN OPEN-TOPPED RECEPTACLE FOR MAINTAINING A LIQUID BATH, A WALL DIVIDING SAID RECEPTACLE INTO FIRST SECOND PORTIONS, MEANS PROVIDING FLUID COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS AND BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID CONTAINED THEREIN, A PUMP IN SAID FIRST PORTION HAVING AN INLET OPENING BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE BATH IN THE FIRST PORTION AND AN OUTLET OPENING ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE BATH, A HOPPER IN SAID SECOND HAVING A RELATIVELY SMALL OUTLET OPENING IN A BOTTOM OF THE HOPPER BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID IN SAID SECOND PORTION TO CONFINE A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF LIQUID IN SAID HOPPER, SAID HOPPER HAVING A RELATIVELY LARGE TOP OPENING AND A CURVED SIDE WALL SLOPING INWARDLY FROM SAID TOP OPENING TO SAID HOPPER OPENING, A CONDUIT CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF SAID PUMP AND EXTENDING INTO SAID HOPPER SO AS TO DIRECT A STREAM OF LIQUID TANGENTIALLY AGAINST THE SIDE WALL OF SAID HOPPER TO THEREBY CREATE A VORTEX IN THE LIQUID CONFINED IN SAID HOPPER AND IN A PORTION OF THE BATH BELOW THE OUTLET OPENING OF THE HOPPER, MEANS FOR RISING AND LOWERING THE HOPPER RELATIVE TO THE SURFACE OF THE BATH IN SAID SECOND PORTION AND RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND PORTION TO THEREBY ALTERNATELY INCREASE AND DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF LIQUID CONFINED IN SAID HOPPER, TO VARY THE INTENSITY OF THE VORTEX, AND TO SUBMERGE SOLIDS INTRODUCED INTO SAID VORTEX AT ANY DESIRED RATE.

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