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(11) EP 0 234 768 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.04.1989 Bulletin 1989/17

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.09.1987 Bulletin 1987/36

(21) Application number: 87300911.2

(22) Date of filing: 02.02.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4B01F 3/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE DE ES FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 17.02.1986 GB 8603904

(71) Applicant: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC
London SW1P 3JF (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Middleton, John Colin
    Daveham Cheshire (GB)
  • Ramshaw, Colin
    Norley Cheshire (GB)

(74) Representative: Collingwood, Anthony Robert et al
Intellectual Property Department ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd P.O. Box 11 The Heath
Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4QE
Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4QE (GB)


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    (54) Agitator


    (57) A turbine agitator assembly comprising
    a reservoir for liquid,
    a rotor mounted in the reservoir and with a plurality of radially extending blades (7), and
    means (14) for sparging a fluid into liquid in the reservoir,
    the fluid sparging means and the rotor being so constructed and arranged that, in use, the rotor blades (submerged in the liquid) and/or the liquid flow they generate disperse the sparged fluid,
    characterised in that each of the blades is hollow and has a discontinuous leading edge (10), only a single trailing edge (9) along an acute angle, no external conclave surface and an open radially outer end.







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