Stirring blade and sealed stirring apparatus
An up/down movable diaphragm is disposed to an upper surface portion of a stirring vessel so as to airtightly cover the upper surface portion, a drive shaft passing through the diaphragm is fixed and vertically disposed to the diaphragm, and a stirring blade coupled with and fixed to a lower end portion of the drive shaft so as to be orthogonal thereto is composed of a laterally long and oval sheet-shaped member having a major axis and a minor axis passing through a center thereof, and a stirring is performed by moving the stirring blade up and down. With this arrangement, there are provided a stirring blade and a stirring apparatus which do not apply a strong shearing force to a stirring liquid, do not have an anxiety of polluting the stirring liquid, and can sufficiently fluidize, mix, disperse, and homogenize the stirring liquid in a stirring blade and a stirring apparatus for performing a stirring in fields of medicine and food.
1. A stirring blade comprising:
a drive shaft reciprocating up and down; and
a blade member coupled with and fixed to a lower end surface portion of the drive shaft so as to be orthogonal thereto and composed of a laterally long sheet-shaped member having a major axis and a minor axis passing through a center thereof, wherein diagonal portions of the blade member, which are partitioned by a major axis line and a minor axis line passing through a center thereof and are not disposed side by side, are slit along the minor axis line and are bent obliquely upward or obliquely downward along the major axis line to thereby form the blade member having at least one tilt blade portion.
2. A stirring blade according to claim 1 , wherein the blade member is formed in a rectangular shape, a long circular shape, or an oval shape.
3. A sealed stirring apparatus comprising:
a stirring vessel;
a diaphragm or a bellows movable up and down and disposed to an upper surface portion of the stirring vessel to airtightly cover the upper surface portion;
a drive shaft fixed and vertically disposed to the diaphragm or the bellows so as to pass therethrough; and
a stirring blade coupled with and fixed to a lower end portion of the drive shaft so as to be orthogonal thereto is composed of a laterally long sheet-shaped member having a large diameter and a small diameter passing through a center thereof, wherein diagonal portions of the stirring blade, which are partitioned by a major axis line and a minor axis line passing through a center thereof and are not disposed side by side, are slit along the minor axis line and are bent obliquely upward or obliquely downward along the major axis line to thereby form the stirring blade having at least one tilt blade portion,
wherein an inside of the stirring vessel is stirred by moving the stirring blade up and down.
4. A sealed stirring apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the stirring blade is formed in a rectangular shape, a long circular shape, or an oval shape.