	US 12,070,727 B2
	Device and method for mixing the contents of a tank
Uwe Sobottka, Kitzingen (DE)
Assigned to GEA Brewery Systems GmbH, Kitzingen (DE)
Filed by GEA Brewery Systems GmbH, Kitzingen (DE)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/934,707.
Application 17/934,707 is a division of application No. 16/332,827, granted, now 11,484,849, previously published as PCT/EP2017/073130, filed on Sep. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 217 500.9 (DE), filed on Sep. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008817 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B01F 23/00 (2022.01); B01F 23/40 (2022.01); B01F 23/45 (2022.01); B01F 23/50 (2022.01); B01F 25/21 (2022.01); B01F 25/53 (2022.01); B01F 101/15 (2022.01)

CPC B01F 23/45 (2022.01) [B01F 23/49 (2022.01); B01F 23/56 (2022.01); B01F 25/211 (2022.01); B01F 25/53 (2022.01); B01F 2101/15 (2022.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method of mixing contents of a tank comprising the following steps:

a. arranging a riser pipe extending through a first pipe connecting body on a connecting flange into the tank;

b. arranging a mixing pipe extending through the first pipe connecting body into the tank;

c. withdrawing tank contents via the riser pipe;

d. pumping the tank contents withdrawn via the riser pipe by means of a pump; and

e. introducing the withdrawn tank contents into the tank and mixing the withdrawn tank contents with the remaining tank contents by means of the mixing pipe.