IP Library Granted Patent US 12,415,166
Granted Patent B2
US 12,415,166 · App. 17/631,377 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Impeller assembly and solid-liquid mixing device using same

Inventors: Qiao Shi (Shenzhen, CN); Shujuan Bai (Shenzhen, CN); Quanxun Ou (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHANGSHUI SMARTECH LTD.
B01F27/111B01F27/117B01F27/811B01F35/71775B01F23/53
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Patent No.
US 12,415,166
App. No.
17/631,377
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An impeller assembly for a solid-liquid mixing device, and a solid-liquid mixing device using the impeller assembly. The impeller assembly comprises an impeller. The impeller comprises a truncated conical body. Multiple mixing blades are formed from top to bottom on an inclined surface of the body. The impeller assembly further comprises at least one blocking plate provided on an outer side of a lower portion of the body. The mixing device further comprises: a housing; at least one solid supply apparatus; at least one liquid supply apparatus; a mixing chamber defined by corresponding portions of the body and the housing; and a dispersion chamber provided between a flow channel outlet at a lower portion of the mixing chamber and a discharging apparatus.

Claims (13)

1. A solid-liquid mixing device using an impeller assembly, comprising a housing and an impeller, the impeller comprising a truncated conical body, and multiple mixing blades being formed from top to bottom on an inclined surface of the body, wherein the impeller assembly further comprises at least two blocking plates provided on an outer side of a lower portion of the body, wherein one of the at least two blocking plates is fixed on the impeller of the impeller assembly, and another one of the at least two blocking plates is fixed on the housing of the solid-liquid mixing device;

wherein gaps between the at least two blocking plates, gaps between the one of the at least two blocking plates on the impeller and the housing, and gaps between the another one of the at least two blocking plates on the housing and the impeller jointly form flow channels of a suspension.

2. The solid-liquid mixing device according to claim 1 , wherein holes are formed in at least one of the at least two blocking plates.

3. The solid-liquid mixing device according to claim 2 , wherein gaps between the at least two blocking plates, the holes, gaps between the at least two blocking plates and the housing jointly form flow channels of a suspension.

4. The solid-liquid mixing device according to claim 1 , wherein gaps between upper or lower end faces of the at least two blocking plates and the housing are 2-5 mm, and the gap between every two adjacent blocking plates is 1-5 mm.

5. The solid-liquid mixing device according to claim 3 , wherein the holes between every two adjacent blocking plates are mutually staggered in an axial direction.

6. The solid-liquid mixing device according to claim 1 , further comprising multiple discharging blades roughly provided on an outer side of the outermost blocking plate in a radial direction, and the discharging blades being fixedly connected with the impeller and synchronously rotating along with the impeller.

7. The solid-liquid mixing device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two blocking plates is slotted or knurled.

8. The solid-liquid mixing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one solid supply apparatus, conveying a solid to a mixing chamber through a solid conveying chamber;

at least one liquid supply apparatus, conveying a liquid to the mixing chamber through a liquid distribution chamber;

a mixing chamber, defined by corresponding portions of the body and the housing, wherein rotation of the impeller mixes the solid and the liquid so as to form a suspension; and

a dispersion chamber provided between a flow channel outlet at a lower portion of the mixing chamber and a discharging apparatus, and defined by a portion of the impeller assembly other than the body and a corresponding portion of the housing, wherein a shearing effect of the at least two blocking plates disperses the suspension flowing out of the mixing chamber.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: SHENZHEN SHANGSHUI SMART EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
To: SHANGSHUI SMARTECH LTD.
Reel/Frame 065082/0376 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2022
From: SHI, QIAO; BAI, SHUJUAN; OU, QUANXUN
To: SHENZHEN SHANGSHUI SMART EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058816/0380 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910711339.5 · Jul 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250161894A1 · May 22, 2025
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