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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. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Benjamin R. Roberts, Los Altos, CA (US);
Peter M. Pozniak, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin R. Roberts, Los Altos, CA (US);
Peter M. Pozniak, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tank comprising a rounded bottom section with an inlet located at the lowest point of the rounded bottom section having openings to direct fluid against the curved side walls to form a circulation cell. An outlet is provided inside the tank located above and in close proximity to the inlet. The design of the tank, inlet and outlet provide a circulation pattern that can mix, maintain and resuspend fluids and slurries.