Agitating – Mortar mixer type – With ingredient proportioning
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-03
2009-02-24
Cooley, Charles E (Department: 1797)
Agitating
Mortar mixer type
With ingredient proportioning
C366S152100, C366S153100, C137S088000, C700S285000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07494263
ABSTRACT:
A control system for mixing at least two materials in a physical system having two or more tanks comprises at least two actuators, each actuator being operable to introduce a material into a first tank to form a first mixture, the first mixture flowing into a second tank to form a second mixture and a controller operable, based on a commanded input, to control the at least two actuators to obtain a density of either the first mixture or the second mixture and a volume flow rate of the second mixture out of the second tank, wherein the density is controlled independently from the volume flow rate.
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Borgstadt Justin A.
Dykstra Jason D.
Conley & Rose, P.C.
Cooley Charles E
Halliburton Energy Service,s Inc.
Wustenberg John W.
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