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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2020
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Kraussmaffei Technologies GMBH, , DE;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A mixing device and method for generating reaction plastic, the mixing device including: a mixing chamber configured to mix reactive components to generate the reaction plastic; a discharge unit, including a discharge pipe connected to the mixing chamber configured to discharge the reaction plastic generated in the mixing chamber; a cleaning piston that is axially aligned with the discharge pipe of the discharge unit and is moveable into the discharge pipe to clean reaction plastic from the discharge pipe; a fluid supply device configured to provide a lubricant into the discharge unit via an outlet to lubricate the discharge unit, a control piston arranged within the mixing chamber and configured to control flow of the reactive components; wherein an axial direction of the control piston is oblique to an axial direction of a discharge pipe of the discharge unit.