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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Forum Us, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yi Liu, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory N. Gilbert, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jonathan Carter Boul, Hockley, TX (US);
Merlin Thomas Collins, Jr., Dayton, TX (US);
Assignee:
FORUM US, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 5/06 (2006.01); B01F 5/04 (2006.01); B01F 3/08 (2006.01); F16K 5/06 (2006.01); F16K 47/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 5/069 (2013.01); B01F 3/0861 (2013.01); B01F 3/0865 (2013.01); B01F 5/0451 (2013.01); B01F 5/0463 (2013.01); F16K 5/0605 (2013.01); F16K 47/045 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mixing assembly comprises a tubular member and a spherical body disposed within a portion of the tubular member. The spherical body has a central volume, and a wall defined by an outside diameter and an inside diameter. The spherical body includes an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of channels formed in each of inlet side and outlet side. The channels are oriented toward a center of the central volume.