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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
Gregory G. Stettes, Pacific, MO (US);
Franklin D. Newkirk, Winfield, MO (US);
Gregory G. Stettes, Pacific, MO (US);
Franklin D. Newkirk, Winfield, MO (US);
Crane Co., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the mixing of dry beverage mixes with water. It presents an apparatus for whipping a fluid slurry comprising of an inlet for receiving an unwhipped fluid slurry, a whipping chamber connected to the inlet for whipping the unwhipped fluid slurry, an impeller located in the whipping chamber, one or more indentations in the surface of the whipping chamber, wherein the impeller induces fluid turbulence that produces a whipped fluid slurry when the impeller rotates above the indentations, and an outlet for discharging the whipped fluid slurry.