Apparatus for homogenizing liquids and pulps

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR HOMOGENIZING LIQUIDS AND PULPS HAVING A HOMOGENIZING HEAD ADAPTED FOR BEING PASSED BY SAID LIQUID AND SAID PULPS, RESPECTIVELY, IN ONE DIRECTION OF FLOW, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A MALE PART AND A FEMALE PART COOPERATING WITH EACH OTHER, THE FEMALE PART COMPRISING A BORE HAVING STEPS, THE MALE PART COMPRISING A VALVE MEMBER HAVING CORRESPONDING STEPS, ADJUSTABLE RESILIENT PRESSURE MEANS FORCING SAID MALE PART INTO SAID FEMALE PART, THE DIAMETER OF SAID STEPS OF SAID MALE PART AND OF SAID FEMALE PART INCREASING IN SAID DIRECTION OF FLOW, THE FRONT ANNULAR FACES OF THE STEPS OF SAID MALE PART BEING CONICALLY INCLINED TOWARDS THE AXIS OF THE MALE PART IN THE DIRECTION OF INCREASING DIAMETER OF SAID MALE PART, SAID INCLINED FACE OF EACH STEP EXTENDING TO THE DIAMETER OF THE RESPECTIVE STEP, THEREBY PRODUCING ANNULAR LINEAR CUTTING EDGES SAID DEFLECTING SAID LIQUIDS AND PULPS AT EACH STEP BY AN ANGLE OF MORE THAN 90*; THE CONE APICES LYING ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE MALE PART BEHIND THE RESPECTIVE STEPS IN SAID DIRECTION OF FLOW, AND MEANS GUIDING THE MALE PART IN THE FEMALE PART SO THAT IT IS MOVABLE AXIALLY BUT REMAINS CENTERED RELATIVE TO SAID FEMALE PART AND FREE FROM TILTING.