US 12,478,936 B2
Mixer tank cover assembly
Venugopala R. Tulugu, Centerville, OH (US); and Zachary D. Fogt, Springfield, OH (US)
Assigned to COPERION FOOD EQUIPMENT LLC, Sidney, OH (US)
Filed by Coperion Food Equipment LLC, Sidney, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,129.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/149,467, filed on Feb. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258115 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B01F 35/00 (2022.01); B01F 27/90 (2022.01); B01F 35/221 (2022.01); B01F 35/45 (2022.01); B01F 101/06 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 35/453 (2022.01) [B01F 27/90 (2022.01); B01F 35/221422 (2022.01); B01F 2101/06 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food ingredient mixer, comprising:
a tank defining an internal mixing volume, the tank including an upper opening;
an agitator disposed in the internal mixing volume and movable for mixing ingredients;
a cover assembly associated with the upper opening, the cover assembly including:
a screen member movable between a closed position covering the upper opening and an open position uncovering the upper opening, the screen member including a plurality of openings through which ingredients can be added to the tank when the screen member is in the closed position; and
a lid member movable between a closed position covering the upper opening and an open position uncovering the upper opening, wherein the lid member overlies the screen member when the lid member is in the closed position, wherein, in a first configuration of the cover assembly, the lid member is movable from its closed position to its open position while the screen member remains in its closed position, wherein, in a second configuration of the cover assembly, the lid member and the screen member are movable together between their respective closed positions and open positions; and
at least one releasable latch member between the screen member and the lid member for selectively placing the cover assembly in the first configuration or the second configuration.