Claims
- 1. A material processing device comprising means for introducing and dispersing flowable material into a disc-shaped processing chamber defined at least partially by two substantially fluid impervious end plates and a peripheral margin, means for rotating at least one of said end plates of said chamber, means for driving only one of said end plates in oscillatory motion to produce high shear rates within said material contained in said chamber, and means for removing and displacing processed said material from said chamber.
- 2. Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said first and second members are spaced at a distance approximately equal to or less than the ratio of the surface area of the chamber to the propagational wavelength of the processed flowable material in said chamber.
- 3. Apparatus for intermixing at least two flowable constituents comprising first and second members having confronting spaced apart substantially fluid impervious surfaces bounded by a peripheral margin thereby to define a chamber, means for introducing said constituents at said peripheral margin so that the constituents flow radially inwardly into said chamber, means for driving said first member in oscillatory motion to impart to said constituents corresponding oscillatory agitation, means for rotating at least one of said members to impart to said constituents corresponding rotary shearing action, and a portion of said second member inward of the periphery thereof defining an outlet at the surface thereof for discharging said constituents from said chamber.
- 4. Apparatus as recited in claim 3 wherein said first and second members are spaced at a distance approximately equal to or less than the ratio of the surface area of the chamber to the propagational wavelength of the processed flowable material in said chamber.
- 5. Apparatus as recited in claim 3 wherein said introducing means includes narrow flow channels that produce course dispersions by fluid impingement and fluid circulation at all entrances to the chamber.
- 6. A method for the processing of flowable material comprising the steps of: providing a chamber having opposed spaced apart substantially fluid impervious walls bounded by a peripheral margin, continuously introducing flowable material at the peripheral margin of said chamber so that said material flows radially inwardly into the chamber; driving only one of the opposed walls in an oscillatory squeezing action which imparts to said material a corresponding oscillatory agitation; rotating at least one of the opposed walls which imparts to said material a rotary shearing action superimposed on said oscillatory agitation; providing an opening in one of the opposed walls inward of the periphery thereof; and continuously removing said processed material from said chamber through the opening.
- 7. A method as recited in claim 6 wherein said rotating step includes rotating said driven wall.
- 8. A method as recited in claim 7 wherein said rotating step includes rotating solely said driven wall.
- 9. A method as recited in claim 6 wherein said introducing step includes subjecting the flowable material to dynamic dispersion.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 259,885, filed June 5, 1972, and now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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