Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104703 | Meat mincing and mixing machine having dual mode operation A meat mincing and mixing machine with a dual mode operation has a tilting mixing vat with inner rotating mixing blade fixed to a longitudinal horizontal axis, a unit for actuating the tilting mixing vat, a support and fixation device for supporting the axle detacha... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7967227 | Agitation system for blowing wool machine A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end. The inlet end is configured to receive the bag of compressed blowing wool. A shredding chamber is positioned downstream from ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7731115 | Agitation system for blowing insulation machine A machine for distributing blowing insulation including a shredding chamber configured to shred and pick apart the blowing insulation. The shredding chamber includes a plurality of low speed shredders, an agitator and a discharge mechanism. The agitator is mounted f... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7575187 | Mixing system for manufacturing thermal interface material A mixing system and method for manufacturing a thermal interface material are disclosed. The mixing system mainly includes a mixing chamber having a bottom portion, a first inlet, a second inlet, a spray nozzle, and an outlet. The first inlet is defined in the botto... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7438244 | Method and apparatus for separation and recycling plastic An apparatus and method for separating contaminated plastic material from various types of contaminants, including paper, includes a grinder for reducing the size of the contaminated plastic material to a reduced size of pieces and an eductor for receiving the piece... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434754 | Dynamic screen process for hogging apparatus The present invention relates to the use of an agitator (10) positioned near the screen (4) of a hogger to increase turbulence in that region. The induced turbulence from the driven blades (15) of the agitator (10) reorients material cont... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7395751 | Beverage-making appliance An ice beverage-making apparatus includes a housing, an electric motor located within the housing, a torque transmission supported by the housing and receiving input from the electric motor and providing a first output shaft and a second-speed output shaft that rota... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393133 | Soil mixer with scalloped cylinder The invention is a device for mixing nursery dirt, peat moss and wood shavings into a marketable soil mixture. The device is made of a housing, a conveyor, a motor, a scalloped cylinder, a metal blade, at least seven metal cylinders, sprockets that turn the scallope... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7360728 | Hay bale processor A hay bale processor (10) having a cylindrical rotatable drum (14) adapted to displace a bale of hay (156-157) over a grill (26) which has a plurality of spaced-apart parallel slot openings (27) which are adjustable to defin... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7316365 | Method of integrated processing of waste materials Taught herein are methods of integrated material processing, especially integrated processing of waste materials. According to the methods, waste materials are exposed simultaneously to two or more unit operations, and the physical phenomena associated with each of ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314308 | Mixing bowl with attachment A food mixing attachment includes two mixing arms extending down from an engagement member that is configured for engaging a mixer. A respective flexible blade is on each arm and has a contour generally like that of a bowl. During the mixing process the blades scrap... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7278275 | Mechanism for dispensing shaved ice from a refrigeration appliance A mechanism for dispensing ice in each of three selected forms, namely, cubed, crushed and shaved. This mechanism includes a reservoir arranged to hold a supply of ice cubes, a dispensing zone, a delivery mechanism arranged for dispensing ice cubes from said reservo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7252429 | Rotary fluid agitator A rotary fluid agitator is provided. The rotary fluid agitator essentially comprises a fluid conduit that is positioned vertically within a storage tank holding a quantity of fluid, such as a drilling fluid. At least one nozzle is attached to the fluid conduit for j... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240865 | Apparatus for food waste treatment An apparatus for food waste treatment which efficiently treats sewage and odor generated from food wastes. The food waste treatment apparatus includes a body (10), a hopper (30) to put the food wastes into the body (10), a crusher (14) in... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240867 | Processing system for manufacturing composite cementitious materials with reduced carbon dioxide emissions A processing arrangement for manufacturing composite cementitious materials, such as hydraulic blended cements, with significantly reduced Portland clinker minerals content. The arrangement includes a milling unit for pregrinding supplementary cementitious materials... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233766 | Screw conveyor and developer conveying mechanism An embodiment of a screw conveyor includes a rotating shaft and a conveying blade helically formed around and loosely coupled with the rotating shaft. One or both of two edges of the conveying blade is/are only fixed to the rotating shaft, and a gap is provided betw... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7201338 | Frozen beverage blender A frozen beverage blender equipped with an ice cutting mechanism including an upright machine frame mounted on a base structure, an upper hood horizontally mounted on the upper portion of the machine frame to be detachable downwardly, the upper hood having a downwar... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7175118 | Apparatus and method for processing high viscosity dispersions Apparatus and method for dispersing solid constituents into a liquid vehicle employ an immersion mill operating in combination with a low shear mixer blade assembly which sweeps the walls of a tank containing a batch of solid constituents in a liquid vehicle to circ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7100851 | Method and apparatus for dispersing pigment in liquid medium The present invention provides an apparatus for dispersing pigment in a water-based or oil-based intermediate mixture for producing a coating composition comprising a mixer and a dispersing device, the mixer having a vacuum pump and capable of conducting a primary m... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7028607 | Frozen food masticating machine A device for masticating frozen foodstuffs such device having a housing; a motor installed inside the housing; and an inlet portion for introducing foodstuffs therein connected to a masticating chamber. A plunging device is attached such that a piston is inserted in... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028932 | Machine for mixing and distributing products used to feed livestock A machine including a container fitted with a base that extends between lateral walls and end walls. The base partially covers (i) a mixing rotor and (ii) a feed auger which moves products in the skip either in a closed circuit or in a circuit towards a distributing... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028933 | Livestock food processing mixing machine A mixing machine consists of a hopper having a main chamber within its housing with a rotary member, a secondary chamber having a bottom worm conveying the material from one end of the mixing machine to the other end thereof, until collapsing with a loop found on it... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997123 | Method of converting a mixer-grinder unit into a seed tender unit A method of modifying a grinder-mixer unit into a seed tender unit includes the steps of providing a grinder having a frame, a generally upright bin, a mixing auger within the bin, a grinding device and an outlet device. The outlet device and the grinding device are... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6983902 | Zootechnical use shredding and mixing apparatus for a truck A truck for shredding and mixing products for zootechnical use, of the type that comprises, on a chassis (11) with wheels (12) that is self-propelled or towed, a container (13) that is substantially shaped like an inverted frustum, is open in an... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6955311 | Self-propelled recycling machine, and base unit and base frame of self-propelled recycling machine In a self-propelled recycling machine for receiving recyclable materials and processing the recyclable materials to produce recycled products, the self-propelled recycling machine comprises traveling units 2 disposed side by side in a spaced relation, a base ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6910649 | Method and apparatus for creating and dispensing a feed ration to livestock A mobile apparatus for combining and dispensing different livestock feeds including roughage, particulate matter and liquids. A control system provides and weighs selected ratios of combined feed sources to establish a desired ration. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6716401 | Infectious waste treatment system A system for treatment of infectious waste including an impactor coupled to a mixing drum that can be pressurized. Infectious waste is introduced directly into the impactor, where the waste is pulverized, then introduced into the mixing drum through its inlet end fo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6581859 | Method and apparatus for homogenizing drilling fluid in an open-loop process A drilling fluid homogenizer and method of homogenizing drilling fluid which produce a non-clogging homogenized drilling fluid at a high throughput, in an open-loop process. The non-clogging homogenized drilling fluid is capable of being created at high r... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6513739 | Powered four sifter assembly A flour sifter includes a sifter unit detachably supported on a stand that houses an electric motor and speed reducer. The speed reducer output shaft has a disconnectable connection with an agitator shaft that extends transversely within the sifter tube, ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6508423 | Apparatus for the treatment of substances The apparatus comprises a container which essentially has the shape of a body of revolution and comprises two half-shells detachable from one another and having a vertical axis. The container preferably has the shape of a sphere with a material inlet arra... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505786 | Silage cutter A silage cutter having a frame consisting of first and second frame members which are adapted to be moved relative to one another about a hinge axle by means of a drive mechanism, wherein the drive mechanism includes two hydraulic cylinders. The first fra... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6491243 | Continuous process for irradiating of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) A system for continuously processing PTFE by irradiation and grinding includes a processing vessel having first and second horizontally adjacent agitators in first and second transversely adjacent vessel portions. The bottom of the vessel has a step betwe... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6481649 | Method for granulating aerogels A method is disclosed for the structural agglomeration of aerogel particles. The method comprises the steps of feeding aerogel particles to a mixing apparatus. A binder also is added to the mixing apparatus. After thorough mixing agglomerates from the mix... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6422492 | Apparatus for treating ion-exchange resin An apparatus for treating ion-exchange resin includes a disk mill having a plurality of disks including corundum for comminuting the ion-exchange resin. Reliable temporary storage or final storage even of coarse-grained ion-exchange resin from a nuclear p... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6345777 | Methods and apparatus for the introduction of fibrous material into a substance Fibers to be introduced into a mixture are initially pelletized or granulated at a compacting station. The pellets or granules are then transported to a user station where they are stored, and then re-fiberized as required ready for use and introduced int... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6336603 | Food processing apparatus including magnetic drive A magnetic induction drive for a rotatable driven member in a sealed housing, in particular, a shaft-mounted blade in a blender cup or a shaft-mounted blade in an ice shaver, uses a comparatively thin circular drive plate of a magnetizable material with c... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6250576 | Method for producing glass sands and system therefor An apparatus for producing glass sands by a method which includes the steps of crushing glass articles to convert them into fine fragments so as to form glass fragments, then agitating finely crushed glass fragments to eliminate sharp portions while at th... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6186427 | Mixer A mixing apparatus comprising a stirring member (4) and a flow direction-changing member (7), which are provided so as to rotate together with a rotating shaft (3) disposed to be drivable in a rotating manner around an axis inside a vessel (2) for contain... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6102310 | Rotary grinder method and apparatus An in-line grinder has been developed which can be configured to perform in a variety of applications through the use of an adjustable rotor/stator assembly, removable shear bar, and a variety of interchangeable stator-rotor configurations. A unique drive... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6076753 | Agitated slurry pump box for oil sand hydrotransport A large, mechanically agitated pump box is used between a mixer, for mixing oil sand and water to produce a slurry, and a pipeline for conveying the slurry to a processing facility. Prior to the aqueous slurry being discharged into the pump box from the m... | 06/20/2000 |
