IP Library Granted Patent US 8,915,643
Granted Patent B2
US 8,915,643 · App. 14/294,541 · Granted Dec 23, 2014

Dynamic mixing pump

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Patent No.
US 8,915,643
App. No.
14/294,541
Granted
Dec 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatus ( 1 ) for admixing additives to a medium to be pumped, comprising at least one gear pump ( 2 ) for pumping a medium to be pumped, said gear pump ( 2 ) comprising at least one shaft ( 3 ) having a first driving torque; at least one injector ( 5 ) for introducing an additive into a medium to be pumped; at least one screw conveyor ( 6 ) for mixing said additive with said medium to be pumped, said screw conveyor having a second driving torque, and, characterized in that, the shaft ( 3 ) and the screw conveyor ( 6 ) are functionally connected, such that the first driving torque and the second driving torque are coupled.

Claims (16)

1. An apparatus comprising at least one gear pump for pumping a medium to be pumped, said gear pump comprising at least one shaft having a first driving torque; at least one injector for introducing an additive into the medium to be pumped; at least one screw conveyor, a first screw conveyor, for mixing said additive with said medium to be pumped, the first screw conveyor having a second driving torque, and, wherein the shaft and the first screw conveyor are functionally connected, such that the first driving torque and the second driving torque are coupled, a second screw conveyor having a third driving torque, wherein the first screw conveyor is functionally connected with the at least one shaft which is a driving shaft of the gear pump and the second screw conveyor is functionally connected with a second shaft which is a driven shaft.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least one shaft is a driving shaft.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one shaft of the gear pump is adapted to operate as a driving shaft and the gear pump comprises the second shaft which is adapted to operate as the driven shaft.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is adapted to mix fluid additives into the medium to be pumped.

5. An apparatus according claim 1 , wherein the apparatus includes a second gear pump, each gear pump being functionally connected with a screw conveyor.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5 wherein each gear pump is functionally connected with a screw conveyor by means of a drive shaft for driving the respective screw conveyor.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one screw conveyor comprises at least one mixing zone and at least one pressure build up zone.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises two screw conveyors positioned one after another in a flow direction (A), such that the medium to be pumped passes the first screw conveyor first and the second screw conveyor second.

9. An apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second screw conveyor's driving torque is coupled to the first driving torque.

10. An apparatus according to claim 9 wherein the second screw conveyor is adapted to be operated by the at least one shaft of the gear pump.

11. An apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the second screw conveyor in the flow direction (A) comprises a pressure build up zone.

12. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the injector is located upstream of the at least one screw conveyor.

13. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one gear pump and/or the at least one screw conveyor further comprise cooling means.

14. An apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the cooling means comprises ducts for a coolant medium.

15. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the screw conveyor keeps a pressure suitable for injection of a blowing agent.

16. An apparatus according to claim 15 wherein the pressure suitable for injection of the blowing agent is 200 bar.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2014
From: BOSIERS, LUC; SALMANG-FROHARD, RODOLFO
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