Claims
- 1. An agitator blade comprising:
- (1) a disk shaped mounting frame having opposing sides secured to a rotable agitator shaft,
- (2) at least one local agitator having a cylinder mounted one of said sides of said mounting frame,
- (3) said at least one local agitator containing inner fabrics in its cylinder,
- (4) said at least one local agitator being arranged radially in relation to said agitator shaft,
- (5) said at least one local agitator having first and second axial ends,
- (6) the first and second ends both open with respect to said mounting frame and spaced from said agitator shaft,
- (7) said at least one local agitator having the first axial end disposed closer to the agitator shaft and the second axial end disposed more remote from the agitator shaft,
- (8) each of the first and second axial ends having a leading edge and a trailing edge in relation to the direction of rotation, and
- (9) the radial distance from said leading edge of the second axial end to said agitator shaft being greater than the radial distance from said trailing edge of the second axial end to said agitator shaft.
- 2. An agitator blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one local agitator is slidably secured to said mounting frame.
- 3. An agitator blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cylinder of said at least one local agitator is a circular cylinder.
- 4. An agitator blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cylinder of said at least one local agitator is a rectangular cylinder.
- 5. An agitator blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inner fabrics of said at least one local agitator are composed of at least one twisted plate.
- 6. An agitator blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inner fabrics of said at least one local agitator are composed of at least one orifice plate.
- 7. An agitator blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inner fabrics of said at least one local agitator are composed of a plurality of bent plates which are disposed in an alternately inverted relationship with one another so that a pair of facing bent peripheral sides of a pair of adjacent bent plates cross each other.
- 8. An agitator blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inner fabrics of said at least one local agitator are composed of a plurality of flat plates which are stacked on the peripheral sides thereof so that a pair of facing peripheral sides of a pair of adjacent flat plates cross each other.
- 9. An agitator blade as claimed in claim 1, wherein said inner fabrics of said at least one local agitator are composed of at least one net-like sheet so disposed as to cross a longitudinal axis of said cylinder.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/399,178 filed Mar. 6, 1995, now abandoned which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/233,047 filed Apr. 25, 1994, which is now abandoned.
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