US 12,214,324 B2
Liquid mixing system with vertically adjustable mixing element and method of use
Jeffery C. Hurd, Hyrum, UT (US); Nephi D. Jones, Newton, UT (US); and Jacob D. Lee, Smithfield, UT (US)
Assigned to Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,754.
Application 18/353,754 is a continuation of application No. 17/125,556, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,745,151, issued on Sep. 5, 2023.
Application 17/125,556 is a continuation of application No. 15/799,580, filed on Oct. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,898,870, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/415,949, filed on Nov. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356158 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B01F 27/231 (2022.01); B01F 23/231 (2022.01); B01F 27/07 (2022.01); B01F 27/113 (2022.01); B01F 27/2111 (2022.01); B01F 27/2121 (2022.01); B01F 27/2122 (2022.01); B01F 27/213 (2022.01); B01F 33/00 (2022.01); B01F 35/513 (2022.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/06 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); B01F 101/22 (2022.01); B01F 101/44 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 27/2312 (2022.01) [B01F 23/2311 (2022.01); B01F 27/071 (2022.01); B01F 27/113 (2022.01); B01F 27/2111 (2022.01); B01F 27/2121 (2022.01); B01F 27/2122 (2022.01); B01F 27/213 (2022.01); B01F 33/86 (2022.01); B01F 35/513 (2022.01); C12M 23/14 (2013.01); C12M 23/26 (2013.01); C12M 27/02 (2013.01); C12M 41/44 (2013.01); B01F 23/231151 (2022.01); B01F 2101/22 (2022.01); B01F 2101/44 (2022.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for mixing a liquid, the method comprising:
operating a drive motor assembly at a first position so that the drive motor assembly rotates a drive shaft that mixes a liquid within a compartment;
raising the drive motor assembly vertically from the first position to a second position so that the drive motor assembly automatically pivots about an axis of rotation while the drive motor assembly is being raised from the first position to the second position, the axis of rotation being raised vertically as the drive motor assembly is moved from the first position to second position; and operating the drive motor assembly at the second position so that the drive motor assembly rotates the drive shaft that mixes the liquid within the compartment.