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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1989
Harald Wilms, Eriskirch, DE;
Zeppelin-Metallwerke GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
Described is a mixing bin for mixing bulk goods, particularly by pure gravity flow, comprising a mixing pipe disposed at a substantially central location in an outer container and provided with a plurality of intake ports disposed at different levels for withdrawing bulk goods at different levels from a bulk goods column enclosed by the outer container. All intake ports open into a common interior space of the mixing pipe. A respective deflector baffle projecting into the interior space so as to obturate a part of the cross-sectional area thereof is disposed above each intake port to be passed by the bulk goods flow in the interior space. For improving the result of the mixing operation in a structurally simple manner the invention proposes to vary the size of the part of the cross-sectional area obturated by the deflector baffles disposed at the different levels, the selected size of the obturated part of the cross-sectional area being determined by the amount of the bulk goods to be withdrawn through the associated intake port.