US 11,813,580 B2
Static mixer suitable for additive manufacturing
Luke C. Zenke, Sherwood Park (CA); and Ross Edward Brice, Spruce Grove (CA)
Assigned to NOV CANADA ULC, Calgary (CA)
Filed by NOV CANADA ULC, Calgary (CA)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/948,090.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062835 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B01F 25/431 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 25/43161 (2022.01) [B01F 25/4318 (2022.01); B01F 25/43171 (2022.01); B01F 25/431974 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A static mixer, comprising:
a housing having an inlet and an outlet; and
a mixing element module arranged within the housing and comprising:
a plurality of blade disk pairs arranged in crisscrossing fashion, each blade disk, of the pairs of blade disks, comprising a plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades; and
for each blade disk, a first link connecting a first end of each of the plurality of parallel extending and spaced apart blades, wherein,
at least one of the first links comprises a first ring base adapted to sleevably fit within the housing and another of the first links comprises a propped tie arranged above the first ring base and extending laterally around a periphery of a bottom edge of the plurality of parallel and spaced apart blades of a respective blade disk, the propped tie being supported off of the first ring base by a strut.