MIXING BAG OR VESSEL HAVING A RECEIVER FOR A FLUID-AGITATING ELEMENT

• Main Author: ALEXANDRE N. TERENTIEV
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.12.2007
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; ENZYMOLOGY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SPIRITS; STORING; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

A vessel (10) in which a fluid is received and agitated using an internal fluid-agitating element driven by an external motive device (24) is disclosed. In one aspect, the vessel is a bag including a first receiver (16) for receiving and holding a fluid-agitating element (18) at a home location. The first receiver may be in the form of an inwardly projecting post (20) having an oversized portion for capturing the fluid-agitating element. Use of this feature in completely rigid vessels where the fluid-agitating element is free of direct attachment from a first receiver having an oversized portion is also disclosed. In another aspect, the vessel or bag further includes a second receiver (2 6 ) for receiving a portion of an external structure, such as a motive device, and aligning the vessel relative thereto.