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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Kenneth James Hintz, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth James Hintz, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04F 5/42 (2006.01); A01K 63/04 (2006.01); B01F 3/04 (2006.01); B01F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 63/042 (2013.01); F04F 5/42 (2013.01); B01F 3/04531 (2013.01); B01F 11/0002 (2013.01); B01F 2003/04673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A buoyant force pump is disclosed. A material which is buoyant relative to a non-solid material is used to cause a movable surface to move thereby causing the non-solid material to be pumped. The device can be used to move non-solid material in hazardous conditions or materials in biological reactors. The pumps can be used for mixing ingredients external to the pump by repeatedly moving materials into and out of the pump. The pumps can also be used to gently move materials from an inlet to an outlet.