US 11,890,782 B2
Mixing systems having disk assemblies
Andy Strobel, Knoxville, IA (US); Nathan Meyer, Knoxville, IA (US); Thor Anderson, Monroe, IA (US); Conner Converse, Oskaloosa, IA (US); and James W. Skinner, Pella, IA (US)
Assigned to Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US)
Filed by Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/334,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/201,163, filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/118,193, filed on Nov. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/035,453, filed on Jun. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379797 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B28C 5/42 (2006.01); B28C 5/00 (2006.01); B28C 5/12 (2006.01); E02F 3/88 (2006.01); E02F 3/90 (2006.01); B01F 27/73 (2022.01); B01F 27/115 (2022.01)
CPC B28C 5/4282 (2013.01) [B01F 27/115 (2022.01); B01F 27/73 (2022.01); B28C 5/003 (2013.01); B28C 5/1238 (2013.01); E02F 3/8816 (2013.01); E02F 3/90 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mixing system comprising:
a mixer housing having a closed floor, front wall and first and second sidewalls, the mixer housing having a longitudinal axis that extends through the front wall and a discharge end of the mixer housing;
an inlet for introducing material into the mixer housing, the inlet being disposed toward the front wall of the mixer housing;
a plurality of disk assemblies disposed within the mixer housing, each disk assembly comprising:
a rotatable shaft that extends from the first sidewall to the second sidewall; and
a plurality of disks connected to the rotatable shaft that rotate with the shaft, wherein each disk comprises a central portion and plurality of fingers that extend radially outward from the central portion;
an additive feed system comprising:
a feed vessel for holding a solidifying additive; and
an additive discharge connecting the feed vessel to the mixer housing for adding the solidifying additive to the mixer housing; and
a discharge for discharging material from the mixer housing, the discharge being disposed toward the discharge end of the mixer housing.