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US3132848A
US3132848A US129918A US12991861A US3132848A US 3132848 A US3132848 A US 3132848A US 129918 A US129918 A US 129918A US 12991861 A US12991861 A US 12991861A US 3132848 A US3132848 A US 3132848A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28C—PREPARING CLAY; PRODUCING MIXTURES CONTAINING CLAY OR CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28C5/00—Apparatus or methods for producing mixtures of cement with other substances, e.g. slurries, mortars, porous or fibrous compositions
    • B28C5/02—Apparatus or methods for producing mixtures of cement with other substances, e.g. slurries, mortars, porous or fibrous compositions without using driven mechanical means effecting the mixing
    • B28C5/023—Apparatus or methods for producing mixtures of cement with other substances, e.g. slurries, mortars, porous or fibrous compositions without using driven mechanical means effecting the mixing using a flexible mat or bag
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F31/00—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms
    • B01F31/30—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms comprising a receptacle to only a part of which the shaking, oscillating, or vibrating movement is imparted
    • B01F31/31—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms comprising a receptacle to only a part of which the shaking, oscillating, or vibrating movement is imparted using receptacles with deformable parts, e.g. membranes, to which a motion is imparted
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F31/00—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms
    • B01F31/55—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms the materials to be mixed being contained in a flexible bag submitted to periodical deformation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28C—PREPARING CLAY; PRODUCING MIXTURES CONTAINING CLAY OR CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28C5/00—Apparatus or methods for producing mixtures of cement with other substances, e.g. slurries, mortars, porous or fibrous compositions
    • B28C5/42—Apparatus specially adapted for being mounted on vehicles with provision for mixing during transport

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  • the invention relates to mixing devices land is one especially well adapted to the mixing of ingredients where it is advantageous to complete the mixing as quickly as possible when there is call -for delivery of the mixed product, especially where the ingredients once mixed must be used immediately but which in an unmixed condition can be held for a relatively long period.
  • the mixing device and system herein disclosed although especially Well adapted to the mixing of concrete, is equally well adapted to the mixing of other materials both in a dry state and in a liquid state.
  • the mixture must be made use of with considerable promptness in order that the mixture does not begin to set before being removed from lthe mixer or perhaps before being removed from some discharge hopper, con- -tainer or bucket.
  • a varity of other materials as, for example, certain plastics incorporating chemical hardeners and catalysts which cause the mass, once mixed, to set up in a relatively hard condition.
  • Another object of the invention is -to provide a new and improved quick mixing device capable of handling either dry, pasty or liquid ingredients and which in a few brief moments of operation is capable of thoroughly mixing the ingredients in either small quantities or in very large quantities -to a condition where -they are ready for immediate use, the system and device being such as to be capable of use either as a batch mixer or a continuous mixer.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved mixing device for varied ingredients which can be employed as a container for transporting the material in unmixed -form to the destination and on occasions even lifted to the precise locality Where placement of the material is to take place and there mixed almos-t instantaneously ready for use.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved rapid mixer for materials which comprises a container entirely clear on the interior whereby to avoid the presence of operating parts which may be subject to wear and abrasion, which may be of such character as to provide a source of objectionable impurities to the mix, or which may be of such character as to necessitate servicing and replacement.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a new land improved quick mixing device for various and sundry materia-ls and ingredients which can be builtin virtually any size and which in Whatever size may be chosen is capable ⁇ of extremely rapid mixing potential by use of a relatively small amount of power applied momentarily only ⁇ and accordingly one capable of achieving a very rapid mix at a relatively inexpensive rate, especially in that the mixing need not begin until the mix is actually needed whereupon the mixture can be immediately discharged and employment of power discontinued.
  • the invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
  • FIGURE l is a side elevational view of one ⁇ form of the device set up as a batch mixer mounted upon an automobile truck chassis.
  • FIGURE 2 is a rear View of -the device of FIGURE 1.
  • FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of the wobble diive of FIGURE l, partially broken away.
  • FIGURES 4, 5 ⁇ and 6 are successive schematic views of the container and wobble support showing successive positions in the cycle of operation.
  • FIGURE 7 is a side elevational view of a modied ⁇ form of the device.
  • FIGURE 8 is a fragmentary plan view of the device of FIGURE 7.
  • FIGURE 9 is a side elevational view of another form of the device.
  • FIGURE 10 is a side elevational View of still another form of the device resting temporarily in a position for mixing upon a trailer.
  • FIGURE l1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the upper portion ofthe device of FIGURE l0 in the position assumed after being lifted clear of the trailer.
  • FIGURE l2 is a form of the device somewhat similar to the device of FIGURE 10 but mounted for operation as a continuous mixer.
  • FIGURE 13 is still another form of device constructed in a manner to provide continuous mixing, the device being shown schematically in side elevation.
  • FIGURE 13a is a cross sectional view on the line 13a13a of FIGURE 13.
  • FIGURE 14 is a vertical sectional view of a device somewhat similar to that shown in FIGURE 4 but with the interior arranged slightly diierently.
  • a container for materials to be mixed indicated generally by the reference character itl is shown mounted upon a typical truck chassis l1 constituting a mobile support for the container by means of which it can be transported at will to its destination.
  • a frame comprising columns l2 placed forwardly of the chassis and columns 1.3 placed rearwardly.
  • Beams 14 extend from the tops of the columns 12 to the tops of the columns 13 and corresponding beams (not shown) extend transversely to complete the supporting framework for the container id.
  • a pivot connection 15 may be provided between the tops of the columns 13 and the beams I4 so that by making use of a hydraulic lift device 16, one element 17 on each side being secured to a bracket 18 on the respective column 13, and the other element 19 on each side being secured respectively to an extension Ztl of the respective beam i4, the beams may be tilted upwardly, as pictured in the broken line portion of FIGURE l.
  • the container employed consists of a exible sack 21 having a closed bottom wall 22 and a rim 23 forming an open top.
  • the rim 23 is secured by suitable conventional means to the fore and aft beams 114 and two transverse beams 11i', one of which is shown in FIGURE 2.
  • the rim 23 is accordingly supported in operating condition by the beams when the beams and the container are in operative condition resting upon the chassis in the attitude illustrated in FIG- URES 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings.
  • a wobble plate 25 here shown as a disk of appreciable thickness, and upon which rests the closed bottom 22 of the ilexible sack.
  • the bottom 22 is iirmly attached to the wobble plate.
  • a plate support 26 is made use of attached to the wobble plate 25.
  • the plate support has a central bushing 27 in which is rotatably positioned a shaft 28 having a head 29 thereon received in a recess 30 of the plate support.
  • a lower end 31 of the shaft is secured in a head 32 of a vertical drive shaft member 33 on al1 axis which is tilted relative to the vertical and which also is offset relative to Vthe axis of the drive shaft member 33.
  • the shaft 33 has a suitable conventional vertical mounting 34 on a bottom member 35 of the truck chassis 11.
  • a worm gear 36 for example, on the drive shaft in operated engagement with a worm wheel 37, which in turn is nonrotatably connected to a drive shaft 3S originating in a clutch 39.
  • the clutch may be manipulated between on and oi positions by means of a clutch handle 40 whereby the drive shaft 38 secures its power from a suitable source (not shown) in the truck chassis to a shaft extension 41.
  • the container and more particularly the flexible sack or bowl 2 is for the purpose of receiving and mixing the ingredients such, for example, as gravel, sand, cement and water, in order to make a concrete mix ⁇
  • the mixture can be discharged from the flexible sack by ernployment of substantially conventional clam shell gates 45 and de.
  • the structural elements comprising the beams 14, 14 may be tilted upwardly from the solid line position of FIGURE l to the broken line position of FIGURE 1 pivoting about the pivot connections l5.
  • the gates 45 and 46 may be manipulated to open and closed position alternatively by employment of a power device 47 of some suitable sort.
  • a wheelbarrow, concrete cart, bucket, or other appropriate receptacle can be located beneath the gates in order to receive material discharged thereby.
  • the gates may discharge directly into forms for the placing of the concrete.
  • the iiexible sack can be quickly and effectively cleaned by merely dumping a quantity of water into the llexible sack and subjecting the sack to the same type of wobble motion made use of in initially mixing the ingredients,
  • the portion 50 being in an upwardly moved position, forms a pocket-like fold 53 for the particles 51 v into which some of the particles fall.
  • the tossing of the particles which in this instance are identified by the particles 51" will throw those particles back in the mass, as previously described for the particles 54.
  • the flexible sack in the chosen example has been indicated as being a completely flexible sack such as might be made of fabric reinforced rubber or similar flexible material, it wlil be understood that the entire sack need not be flexible since that portion of the closed bottom which is in contact with the wobble plate need not be flexible inasmuch as it remains unilexed during-operation. Further still, upper portions of the side wall of the sack are not subjected to flexing and consequently these portions of the sack likewise may be of stiff material of an inflexible character should such a structure from a purely structural standpoint be more feasible under certain circumstances.
  • FIGURE 7 there is shown a sack or bowl with a semiflexible plain surfaced bottom 22'.
  • a drive shaft 61 has attached thereto a transverse shaft 62 at the outer end of which is a wide tread roller 63.
  • the roller is preferably one which rotates relative to the transverse shaft 62 in order that as the drive shaft 61 rotates at a'speed of about 400 r.p.m.
  • the roller 63 will roll in a circular path on the underside of the bottom 22 and give to it a wave motion which may, for example, be the wobble motion described for the plate of FIGURES l through 6, inclusive.
  • a deformation 64 may be formed which follows around with the wheel, and which may be relied upon to still further improve the effect.
  • a wave pattern is achieved in a slightly different manner.
  • a drive shaft 66 is shown by of example other drive means may be employed.
  • the drive shaft is provided with a cam plate 67 upon which is a cam 68 adjacent the perimeter.
  • the cam 68 provides in effect what may be described as a cam drive against plungers 69, 7 tl, 71, etc., in a circumferentially progressive sequence whereby one after anotherof the plungers is elevated against the bottom 22", thereby to give the bottom substantially the same wave motion or more specifically in this example the same wobble motion as has been described for the wobble plate 25.
  • the speed of rotation, of course, of the drive shaft 66 can be varied at will to suit different demands. It is, of course, desirable to have the speed one capable of producing the same resultant vertical movement of portions of the bottom which exceeds the rate of acceleration of gravity of the particles contained in the sack 21".
  • FIG- URES 10 yand 11 la somewhat larger flexible sack 75 is made use of.
  • the sack 75 is of the same fabric reinforced rubber-like material but elongated considerably so yas to be capable of resting simultaneously upon three aligned wobble plates 76, 77 and 78.
  • a charging hatch 79 which when iopened so that a 4lid 80 ⁇ is elevated to the broken line position there shown, ma-
  • lterial can be charged into the sack.
  • Appropriate means may be employed to distend the sack Vif the sack is to be loaded while n the position of FIGURE 10i,l although it may be preferable by employment of a suspension fixture or bracket ⁇ 8l having a hole 82 therein so that by hooking fa lifting hook y83 at the end of 'a lift llineSlt into the hole 82, the sack may be suspended and in suspended position may be loaded through the hatch '79. Loading can in fact be done at the discharge end. Y
  • a frame A86 within which is mounted -a pair of clamshell gates ⁇ 87 and 88 of substantially conventional kind manipulated, if preferred, by employment of a hydraulic ram indicated by thebroken lines 89 in FIGURE l0.
  • a suitable bracket 91 on a chassis 92 may be employed in which to rest a ring 93 of the frame 86.
  • the chassis 92 extending rearwardly so as to be supported by wheels 94 and having la part 95 extending forward-ly so as to be supported by wheels 96 provides a mobile elongated support for the sack 75. It may be assumedA in this -fo-rm of the device that the wobble plates 76, 77 and 78 are not attached 4to the flexible wall of the sack but that the sack merely rests upon the plates during transit and during the mixing cycle.
  • a common drive shaft 104 may he employed suitably ygeared by appropriate gearing of the type illustrated in FIGURES l, 2 and 3 lto the drivev shafts 7, 98 tand 99, respectively.
  • a shaft 105 may he employed to take power from .a suitable source (not shown) whereby :to transmit the rotating power through an intermediate shaft 14115 through suitable connections 107 and 108 to the chassis 10d.
  • the only important requisite lies in the fact that there must he suflicient power supplied to accommodate the load of material superimposed upon the wobble plates Aand to give the necessary wobble motion to the plates at the speedneeded to effect ⁇ a thorough, rapid mixing.
  • the entire contents of the sack 7S will be effectively and thoroughly mixed. This, of course, preferably takes place at the point lof discharge or adjacent thereto immediately prior to the need for the completed mix.
  • the hook S3 the sack may be elevated by appropriate conventional means and carried to a desired point of discharge. At such a location the gates '89 and S3 may be manipulated in a well-known manner, thereby to either gradually or rapidly discharge the contents of the sack 75.
  • the sack may ⁇ be partially iilled with water and readjusted upon the chassis, Vat which location the water can -be agitated for :a few seconds -hy rotation of the wobble plates :and thereafter the wash water dumped, after which the sack is ready Ifor a succeeding mixing operation.
  • the device also lends itself to use as a continuous and extremely rapid mixer.
  • la stationary hed indicated generally by the reference character 115, constructed of columns 116, ⁇ 117 ⁇ and 118 high enough to lsupport la platform 119 at a level high enough so that a cart ⁇ 120 may be rolled beneath a discharge chute 121.
  • the discharge chute forms the discharge end of la sack or container 122 of the elongated variety similar to that described in connection with FIGURES 10 and l1.
  • a loading hatch 123 at the opposite end into which the ingredients may he loaded into the sack formixing.
  • the wobble plates 124, 125 :and 126i may he permanently :attached to the sack.
  • the wobble plates are tilted lwith respect .to ia horizontal plane at ian angle of about 27 degrees land rotated by ope-ration of drive shafts 127, 128 and 1,29. These may all he rotated simultaneously hy a single common shaft :1307 appropriately mounted in the platform for rotation from a source of power (not shown).
  • a handle [132 may serve to open and close the discharge chute from time to time in order to lill containersV such as the carts 120.
  • a pipe or conduit or' appropriate trough such as those commonly used on large concrete pouring projects (not shown) may be placed with one end beneath the discharge chute and mixed concrete led continuously away from the chute to the forms as fast yas it is mixed. It will he understood that because of the extreme rapidity of action of this type of device, the last described method of placement will more frequently be preferred and by its use vast masses .and tareas of concrete Ican he placed with extreme rapidity.
  • rIlis not only provides ya rapid pour but also is especially advantageous for the pouring of monolithic slabs and monolithic structures fwhere it lis highly detrimental to have portions of the mass :begin to set up before :the entire mass is completely poured, thereby causing unnecessary strains yand joints in what would otherwise be a monolithic mass.
  • the mechanism has been adapted to the device in such form as to produce a Wave pattern in the flexible container which is one following progressively in a circumferential direc- Jfion.
  • ⁇ It will be understood, however, that other wave patterns may also be effective acting in directions other than circumferential.
  • rEhe important elements of the invention comprehend a bowl or sack which has some portion of flexible character. This may be either the side wall or the bottom wall, or perhaps hoth as evidenced by FXGURES l0 and l2.
  • the bowl or sack or other container does not need to be annular in its basic form.
  • the rates can be appreciably less because of the continuous mixing from one end of the container to the other.
  • the slower rate is also to be preferred because of the need for keeping the sack in downward engagement with the plates.
  • the continuous character of mixing can also be achieved with no more than one plate located beneath the ilexible sack.
  • FIGURE 13 In the form of device illustrated in FIGURE 13 there is shown a sack 140 of an elongated type having a charging hatch '1411 at one end and a discharge gate 142 at the other end, the sack being tilted from the charging end downwardly toward the gate.
  • rocker 143 is pivotally mounted upon a pivot pin 146 supported upon a lbracket 147, the pin being attached to a lower end 14S of the rocker.
  • a motion imparting member which may be a drive cylinder G designed to be either pneumatically or hydraulically actuated.
  • the ⁇ drive cylinder is in turn connected through a shaft 151 to the upper end 149 of the rocker.
  • the rocker lays on one side of the bottom as illustrated in FIGURE 13a.
  • the rocker 144 similarly is provided with a pin 152 by means of which the rocker is pivotally mounted upon the bracket 147 at a location parallel to and spaced from the rocker V143.
  • a drive cylinder y153 ⁇ attached to the rocker 144 by means of a sha-ft 154.
  • the drive cylinders 150 and 153 respectively are operated in alternating sequence at a relatively rapid rate, the upper ends being moved throughout the greatest arc but with the same frequency as the remaining portions of the rocker.
  • a wave pattern is transmitted to the bottom 145 of the sack 140 which shifts from side to side transversely of the sack as the ingredients progress from the upper end of the sack to the gate 142.
  • the speed of the wave pattern which is imparted to the contents of the sack can and should be something less than that capable of producing movement of each element as'its surface moves up and down at a rate which does not exceed the accelerating rate of 32.16 feet per second. Nevertheless, the wave pattern so induced is progressive at least from side to side of the sack, and when the pattern is at the right rate of speed a very rapid mixing will take place. Caution, however, should be observed in this and other forms of the device where a wave pattern is induced to make certain that the particular speed elected is not one which is productive of a resonant effect.
  • a bowl 158 which has a ilexible annular side wall 159 and a substantially flexible bottom 150.
  • a plate 161 V forming part of the bottom at the central point of which is mounted a column 162 which extends upwardly into v the interior
  • the column may be of different sizes and heighths and one effective is a column consisting of a synthetic plastic material or other comparable material which is rigid and which can be securely anchored to the plate 161.
  • bosses 164 and 165 which are shallow projections extending inwardly from the interior wall of the side 159 of the bowl.
  • the top of the column 162 When a progressive wave pattern is imparted to this form of device and particularly a wave or wobble pattern which progresses circumferentially the top of the column 162 will also shift about rapidly at the mid-portion of the mass thereby to break up movement at the mid-portion to prevent the production of a relatively dead area at the center. Movement of the top of the column 162 will provide a very substantial stirring action as will also movement of lower portions of the column.
  • the bosses 164 and 165 will also contribute to a churning of the ingredients where such an additional churning eifect is advantageous.
  • FIG. 15 In the form of device illustrated in FIGURE 15 there is shown a bowl 1711 having a flexible side wall 171 and a bottom 172.
  • a wobble plate 173 is located at the center of the bottom -1'72 on the outside surface and on the inside surface is a conical projection 174.
  • the conical shape embodied in the projection being one of a very broad base and very narrow apex avoids a decided churning ei'fect but nevertheless by virtue of the presence of the conical projection, the ingredients within the bowl are compelled to concentrate in the space between the wall 17.1 and the conical projection.
  • the physical presence of this projection inhibits the accumulation of any ingredients at a central location where motion might be at a minimum thereby to avoid the prospect of segregation of the component parts to be mixed.
  • a mixer for materials comprising a trame, a drive means rmounted on said frame, a container for said materials having a exible portion, a distorting mechanism for said container having an element thereof in engagement with the ilexible portion and movable in a wave forming pattern, and an operating connection from said drive means to said distorting mechanism, said container being of yieldable material and having an endless progressive cycle of deformation in response to wave motion induced therein by said distorting mechanism.
  • a mixer for materials comprising a frame, a drive shaft member rotatably mounted on said frame, a wobble assembly comprising a container for said materials having a flexible wall, said container having a wobble element vin engagement with the bottom and tilted with respect to horizontal at a fixed angle and a wobble drive connection between said wobble element and said drive shaft, said wobble assembly being mounted above said drive shaft and in operative engagement with said container, said container being of yieldable material and having a perimetrically progressive cycle of ⁇ deformation in response to wobble motion induced in said wobble element by said drive shaft member.
  • a mixer for materials comprising a frame, a drive shaft member rotatably mounted on said frame, a wobble assembly comprising a container for said material having a flexible wall, said container having a wobble element in engagement with the bottom at a fixed degree of tilt with respect to horizontal and a
  • a mixer for materials comprising a fname, a dnive 'shaft member rotatably mounted on saidframe in substantially a vertical position, -a wobble assembly comprising a wobble plate having a mixer supporting area tilted with respect to horizontal and a wobble drive connection between said wobble plate and said drive shaft, said wobble assembly being mounted on the upper end of said drive shaft in supported position thereon and having a peripherally progressive vertically reciprocally movement, and a container rior said materials having a bottom fwall in supported relationship on said mixer supporting area, said container having a ilexible side wall yieldable alternately outwardly and inwardly and having a peripherally progressive cycle of deformation in response to wobble motion induced in said wobble plate through said wobble drive connection by said drive shaft member.
  • a mobile batch mixer for materials comprising a base frame, a mobile support for said base frame a-nd a source of power carried by said base frame, a drive member mounted on said base frame in a substantially vertical position and operatively connected to said source of power, an ⁇ auxiliary frame, a container for said materials having an open topsecured to said auxiliary frame, a bottom, and a liexible side wall interconnecting said bottom with said top, means tiltably mounting said auxiliary frame and said container on said 1oase frame and enabling said container to be tilted from a mixing position to a dumping position, a distorting mechanism in engagement with said bottom and in supporting relationship therewith, and -driving means operatively connected between said distorting mechanism and said drive member for imparting a progressive wave producing motion to said distorting mechanism and said container.
  • a mobile batch mixer for materials comprising a base frame, a mobile support for said base frame and a source of power carried by said base frame, a drive shaft member rotatably mounted on said base frame in a substantially vertical position and operatively connected to said source of power, an auxiliary frame, a container for said materials having an open top secured to said auxiliary frame, a bottom, and a flexible side wall interconnecting said bottom with said top, means tiltably mounting said auxiliary frame and said container on said base frame, said auxiliary trame and said container being tiltable from a mixing position to a dumping position, a wobble plate in engagement with said bottom and in supporting relationship therewith and having a perimeter located inwardly relative to said'wall, said wobble plate having a circumferentially progressive vertically reciproeating motion, and rotatably acting driving means operatively connected between said wobble plate and said drive shaft member for imparting said motion to said wobble plate and said container.
  • a mobile batch mixer for materials comprising a 'base frame, a mobile support for said base frame and a source of power, a drive shaft member rotatably mounted on said base frame in a substantially vertical position and operatively connected to said source of power, an auxiliary frame, a container for said materials having an open top secured to said auxiliary frame, a bottom, and a flexible side wall interconnecting said bottom lwith said top, means tiltably -mounting said auxiliary frame on said base frame, said auxiliary frame and said container being tiltable about said mounting from a mixing position to a dumping position, a wobble plate in engagement with said bottom and in supporting relationship therewith and having a perimeter located inwardly relative to said wall, said wobble plate having a circumferentially progressive vertically reciprocating motion, and driving means operatively connected between said wobble plate and said drive shaft member for imparting said motion to said wobble plate and said container, said driving means comprising a wobble shaft rotatably mounting said wobble plate on said drive shaft in a position at substantially vertical
  • a mixer for materials comprising a base frame, a support for said base frame and a source of power carried by said base frame, a drive member mounted on said base frame and operatively connected to said source of power, an auxiliary frame, a container for said materials having a top secured to said auxiliary frame, a bottom, and a flexible side vwall interconnecting said bottom with said top, -a distorting member in engagement with said bottom and in supporting relationship therewith, said distorting member being movable in a wave form pattern and driving means yoperatively connected between said distorting member and said drive member for imparting a progressive wave forro pattern of motion to said container', said driving means comprising contacting means engageable with the bottom of the container at progressively diterent locations whereby to impart a circumferentially progressive wave form pattern of motion to said distorting member and said container in response to actuation by said source of power.
  • a mixer for materials comprising a base iframe, a support for said base frame and a source of power carried by said base frame, a drive shaft member rotatably mounted on said base frame in a substantially vertical position and operatively connected to said source of power, an auxiliary frame, acontainer for said materials having a top secured to said auxiliary frame, a bottom, and a flexible side wall interconnecting said bottom with said top, a wobble plate in engagement with said bottom and in supporting relationship therewith, and driving means operatively connected between said wobble plate and said drive shaft member for imparting a circumferentially progressive wobble motion to said wobble plate and said container, those portions of said container lying in .a position opposed to motion of said wobble plate having a yieldable character and being displaceable when subjected to said motion, said driving means comprising a wobble 'shaft rotatably mounting said wobble plate on said drive shaft in a position at a tilt of from about 5 degrees to 30 degrees from horizontal and operable in ,a ciro
  • a mixer for materials comprising a base frame, a support for said base frame and a source of power carried by said base frame, a drive shaft member rotatably mounted on said base frame in a substantially vertical position and operatively connected to said source of power, an auxiliary frame, a container for said materials having a top secured to said auxiliary frame, a bottom and a flexible side wall interconnecting said bottom with said top, a wobble area on the exterior of said bottom, and driving means operatively connected between said wobble area and said drive shaft member for imparting a circumferentially progressive wobble motion to said wobble area and said container, said driving means comprising a transverse shaft having the inner end nonrotatably secured to said drive shaft and extending beneath said wobble area and a roller on the outer end of the transverse shaft in rolling engagement with the underside of said wobble area and operable i-n a circumferentially progressive direction whereby to impart a circumferentially progressive wobble motion to said wobble area and the container.
  • a mixer for materials comprising a base frame, a support for said base frame and a source of power carried by said base frame, a drive shaft member rotatably mounted on said base frame in a substantially vertical position and operatively connected to said source of power, an ⁇ auxiliary frame, a container for said materials having a top secured to said auxiliary frame, a bottom, and a flexible side wall interconnecting said bottom with said top, a wobble area on said bottom and in supporting relationship therewith, and rdriving means operatively connected between said wobble area and said drive shaft member for imparting a circumferentially progressive wobble motion to said wobble tarea and said container, said driving means comprising an intermediate plate between said wobble area and said drive shaft, a series of vertically acting cams spaced circumferentially about the perimeter of said intermediate plate and in engagement with said wobble area, and a cam drive yon said drive shaft member operable on said series of cams in a circumferentially progressive direction whereby to impart a circumferentially progressive
  • a portable mixer for materials comprising a mobile chassis having a bed, at least one drive shaft rotatably mounted on the bed, a wobble plate for said Idrive shaft having an taxis of rotation tilted at an oblique angle with relation to the horizontal, and a wobble drive from said drive shaft to the wobble plate, a container having a wall -of flexible material, said container having a discharge gate for mixed material, a material feeding hatch for unmixed materials and a suspension fixture, said conrainer having a position for mixing extending over said wobble plate and supported thereby, those portions of said container llying in a position opposed to motion of said wobble plate having a yieldable character and being displaceable when subjected to said motion, said material being adapted to be rapidly mixed by operation of said wobble plate, said container when loaded with mixed material being adapted to be lifted from said wobble plate and moved to a ijnal location for placement.
  • a portable mixer for materials comprising a mobile chassis having an elongated bed, a plurality of drive shafts rotatably mounted on the bed in substantially vertical positions and a source of power in communication with said drive shafts, a wobble plate for each ydrive shaft having an axis of rotation tilted at an oblique angle with relation to the respective drive shaft, said drive shafts being rotatable relative to the Arespective wobble plate, and a wobble drive from said drive shaft to the wobble plate, a single container having a wall of -exible material, said container having at :one end a discharge gate for mixed material and at the other end a material feeding hatch for unmixed materials, and a suspension xture at said other end, said container having a position for mixing extending over said plurality of wobble plates and supported thereby with said hatch facing upwardly at one end and said discharge gate resting on said bed in closed position at the other end, those portions of said container lying in a position opposed to motion of said wobble plate having a displace
  • a continuous mixer Ifor materials comprising a stationary bed, a plurality of drive shafts rotatably mounted on said bed, a wobble plate for each drive shaft having an axis of rotation tilted at an oblique angle with relation to the horizontal, and a wobble drive from said drive shafts to the respective wobble plates, a container having a wall of flexible material, said container having a discharge opening including a closure therefor and having a charging hatch, the flexible Wall at locations thereof adjacent the wobble plates being supported thereby, those portions of said container lying in a position opposed to motion of said wobble plate having a displaceable charfacter and location and being displaceable when subjected to said motion, said wall when moved in response to movement of said wobble plate being adapted to continuously mix said materials into a homogeneous mass while passing through the container from the charging hatch to the discharge opening.
  • a continuous mixer for materials comprising a stationary bed, drive shafts rotatably mounted in alignment on said bed in substantially vertical positions spaced one kfrom another, a wobble plate for each drive shaft having an taxis of rotation tilted at an oblique angle with relation to the respective drive shaft, said drive shaft being rotatable with relation to the respective wobble plate, and a wobble drive from said drive shafts to the respective wobble plates, la ⁇ single container having a wall of exible material, said container having at one end a discharge opening including a closure therefor and at the other end a charging hatch, the iexible wall at locations thereof adjacent the wobble plates being secured to lche wobble plates and supported thereby, those portions of said container lying in a position opposed to motion of said wobble plate having a displaceable character and location and being displaceable when subjected to said motion, said 'wobble plates being operatable at la speed productive of resultant vertical movement of portions of said plate about the area thereof whereby to continuously mix said materials into a homo

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