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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127825 | MECHANICAL SEAL DEVICE AND PROCESSING APPARATUS A mechanical seal device in which, between a processing equipment which performs processing under a sterile condition and a rotary shaft used with its one end inserted in the processing equipment from an atmosphere side, seal parts are disposed outside the processing eq... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20110272836 | ECCENTRIC VESSELS Vessels, including non-symmetric vessels for mixing fluids, are disclosed. In one aspect, the vessel is one that has a non-rotationally-symmetric interior surface. For example, the vessel may have an oblique frustoconical shape. At least a portion of the mixing vessel m... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110261644 | MIXER FLOW DIRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD A mixing assembly for mixing settled solids in a liquid or the like, having a longitudinal axis, comprising: a mixing vessel having an apex. The assembly includes a directional tube having a first end and a second end wherein said second end, wherein the directional tub... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110216624 | Agitator release for a food mixer A machine (10) for mixing food products includes a motor (22) which turns a hollow shaft assembly (28) that carries an agitator (40). The agitator (40) has an I-beam shaped stem (41) with a blade (43) in the shape of the ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216623 | Agitator release for a food mixer A machine (10) for mixing food products includes a motor (22) which turns a hollow shaft assembly (28) that carries an agitator (40). An assembly (70) for releasing the agitator (40) from the shaft assembly (28) includes ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110188340 | Blender container and cover with tethered plug The open top of a blender container (11) is closed by a cover (12). The cover (12) has an opening (25) therein so that items to be mixed in the blender container (11) by a rotatable blade (19) positioned therein can be introduce... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20100290308 | SYSTEMS USING A LEVITATING, ROTATING PUMPING OR MIXING ELEMENT AND RELATED METHODS A system for pumping or mixing a fluid using a rotating pumping or mixing element and various other components for use in a pumping or mixing system are disclosed.... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100116744 | Device For The Rotor-Stator Homogenization Of Heterogeneous Samples And Use Of Such Disclosed is a rotor-stator homogenization device which is characterized in that a rotor-stator homogenizer is connected to a reaction vessel via a joining system, and/or homogenization surfaces are used, and/or a rotor-stator homogenizer is used that is suitable for tr... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20090129201 | Mixing Bag or Vessel Having a Fluid-Agitating Element A vessel in which a fluid is received and agitated by using an internal fluid-agitating element driven by a non-contact coupling with a motive device external to the vessel. In one aspect, the vessel is a bag including a first receiver for receiving and holding a fluid-... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090059719 | PROCESS FOR THE CONTINUOUS PREPARATION OF CROSSLINKABLE MATERIALS BASED ON ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS The present invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of mixtures containing organosilicon compound (A) and solid (B) and optionally further components in a mixing unit comprising at least one rotating mixing shaft, wherein at least one mixing shaft ... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090034364 | SYSTEMS USING A LEVITATING, ROTATING PUMPING OR MIXING ELEMENT AND RELATED METHODS A system for pumping or mixing a fluid using a rotating pumping or mixing element and various other components for use in a pumping or mixing system are disclosed.... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090004063 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING A SYRINGE A robotic workstation includes apparatus for actuating one or more syringes. Each syringe has a cylinder and a plunger movable in the cylinder. A programmable robot has at least one syringe actuating device. The actuating device has a holder for holding and releasing a ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080273419 | Machine for making ice-cream products A machine for making ice-cream products comprises at least a motor operatively connected to a rod-shaped element so as to drive the rotation of the latter about its own axis of extension, grip means for moving the motor and/or the rod-shaped element at least along the a... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080151687 | Method for minimizing erosion of refractory metal vessels in a glass making system A method of reducing metal loss from the refractory metal of a stirring apparatus for stirring molten glass, and the apparatus therefore are disclosed. The method includes stirring a molten glass with a stirrer comprising a layer containing at least about 50% iridium. A... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080106970 | Agitator for a food mixing machine A food mixing machine (10) has a rotatable shaft (18) which is attached to the shaft (21) of an agitator (20). The shaft (21) carries a ring (24) and a disk (23), and the ring (24) carries a cloverleaf-shaped chip ... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080057112 | Oral Products An apparatus and method for forming a polymer film and/or oral dosage form having an active, content such as a vitamin, that is a considerable or relatively high proportion of the total dry weight percent without being unpleasant to taste, leaving a bitter after taste, ... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080043567 | Treatment Device for Plastic Products for the Purpose of Recycling and Process for Using Such Device A device for processing plastics for recycling purposes, including adjustable oval blades (6) enabling improved mixing properties to be achieved, particularly in terms of the mixing time, and further readily adaptable for use with a variety of different mixtures.... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080043569 | Immersion blender spatula ring An immersion blender which includes a motor housing and an elongate shaft housing extending from the motor housing to a blender working end. The working end includes a rotatable mixing tool enclosed in part by a blade guard. A resilient spatula ring is attached to the b... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080011073 | Flow modulation method and apparatus An apparatus and method for inducing waves within a container arranged to permit a through-flow of fluid flowing generally from an inlet of the container to an exit of the container, wherein the container has wave inducing means located at the exit of the container, the... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070286016 | Automatic stirring and rotating cup holder An automatic stirring and rotating cup holder comprises a stand, a power mechanism and a stirring device, wherein the stand has a disk for holding a cup and a coupling part for coupling with the power mechanism. A transmission is mounted inside the stand, wherein the di... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070286017 | Stirring and Mixing Apparatus A cooking apparatus includes a spatula assembly and a cooking container comprising an upper access opening and an inner, cooking surface having a spherical surface portion. The spatula assembly includes a spatula driver and a curved spatula pivotally mounted to the cook... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070280044 | Process fluid application system for agitating retorts A process fluid distribution system (67) of an agitating retort (50) directs process fluid at the sides (164, 166) of stacks (58) of containers (96) containing foodstuffs or other products for processing. The sides (164, 166) of... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070269565 | Mixing System A mixing system includes a portioning device for sequentially supplying batches of a specified quantity of foodstuffs at a supply location. A mixing device includes a number of mixing chambers which can be sequentially aligned with the foodstuff supply location. A dispe... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070242561 | SELF-CLEANING MIXING HEAD FOR PRODUCING A MILK-BASED MIXTURE A mixing head for producing heated milk in the form of a froth or water-milk mixture. The mixing head includes a steam feed, a milk inlet, a mixing area where the steam feed and milk inlet join and the steam and milk combine, an outlet nozzle for draining the resulting ... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070189116 | Mixer for dental molding power A mixer for dental molding powder has a motor to drive a holding cup pivotally located on a chassis to rotate. A regulation means is provided that has a bolt and a screw bar to hold a pulley on the chassis. By means of a plurality of belts, the pulley and rotary wheels ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070183258 | CAPSULE WITH FOAM CONDITIONING FEATURE A device for preparing a whipped food, including a container portion that contains a food component and that is configured for receiving a fluid for mixing with the food component to produce a fluid mixture. A film conditioning conduit is associated with the container p... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070110646 | Apparatus for chemical or biological reactions The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in conducting chemical or biological reactions requiring the input of at least one fluid reagent and/or the output of at least one fluid product, the apparatus comprising a reaction chamber having an inlet for the su... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070041270 | Level sensor arrangement The level sensor arrangement comprises a paddle directly driven by a stepping or stepper motor to rotate in use unless the paddle is arrested in use by a material level, the arrangement including a sensor to determine paddle rotation and the sensor providing a signal to... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20070034556 | Automatic oxidization-reduction treatment system using a colloidal solution of hydrogen gas or oxygen gas produced under a reduced pressure and a high pressure An automatic oxidation-reduction treatment system, characterized in that it comprises introducing oxygen or hydrogen to a agitation vessel under reduced pressure through a nozzle to feed the gas into a solution having a reduced pressure and reduce the size of a bubble b... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070002684 | MEANS FOR CONNECTING DRIVING SHAFT AND MIXING PADDLE OF A MIXER A means for connecting a driving shaft and a mixing paddle of a mixer including a driving shaft, a spindle of the mixing paddle and a clamping means, in which the clamping means comprises a clamping member and a locking member. The clamping member comprises a chamber fo... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060104157 | Flow-through mixing apparatus A mixer especially suited for treating a mixture of mineral substrate particles and hydrocarbon compounds, especially tar sands and contaminated soils, to recover a hydrocarbon portion and a cleaned substrate portion. Hydrocarbonaceous rock, sand, ore, or soil containin... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060087913 | Rotary mixer A rotary mixer (1) has an electric drive motor (2) which drives a rotor (4) via an intermediate drive shaft (3). The motor, preferably an induction motor, is powered from a variable frequency supply by which the speed of the motor can be vari... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20060087915 | Arrangement to produce recipe mixtures The invention relates to an assembly to produce recipe mixtures, with a variable-speed agitator drive, a mixing chamber (1) whose capacity is matched to the desired quantity of recipe mixture and that is enclosed by a lid (9), and an agitator tool (2 | 04/27/2006 |
| 20060039235 | Blending apparatus This invention is concerned with providing apparatus for blending product within a container (10) by charging the container with product, applying a lid (12) with an integral blending element (14) thereon. The product is blended by driving the blend... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20060028914 | Method and apparatus for hydrating a gel for use in a subterranean well The present invention relates to a method and system for hydrating a gel for treating a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The method includes directing a base fluid through an inlet into a mixer having an inner chamber housing a plurality of impellors exten... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060016756 | Process for producing packing for resolving optical isomers The present invention provides a production method with which a porous carrier can be allowed to evenly carry a polysaccharide derivative. That is, the present invention provides a method of producing an enantiomeric isomer-separating filler, including bringing a porous... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050236320 | Granular and aggregate blending, cooling and screening rotary drum A rotary drum configured for the efficient blending, cooling, and screening of granular products having an outer cylindrical shell, an intake end, and an exit or discharge end. The rotary drum is normally rotated at a predetermined speed by means of a conventional drive... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050237854 | Method for continuously and dynamically mixing at least two fluids, and micromixer The invention relates to a method for continuously and dynamically mixing at least two fluids. Said method comprises the following steps: a) the rotor (1) of a micromixer is rotatably driven, said micromixer comprising a rotor (1) which is provided with a ... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050232075 | Feed preparation device & method of use thereof A feed preparation device comprising a plurality of containers, each container having shape comprising a wall and a base cooperatively connected thereto, each container being configured and dimensioned to be at least partially insertable together; wherein a first contai... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050195684 | Apparatus and method for mixing specimens in vials Method and apparatus for mixing a specimen (e.g., a biological fluid specimen) in an upstanding container having an internal mixer with a cavity defined by an upstanding annular wall. The annular wall of the mixer is engaged by a movable holder, which is elevated along ... | 09/08/2005 |
