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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7445372 | Custom cosmetic mixer A device for blending and dispensing liquid compositions includes an arrangement of components that provide an efficient dispenser for home and personal use. The device may include a plurality of cartridges and a plurality of pumps. Each of the cartridges contains a... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441942 | System and method for applying an additive to a material stream The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for applying liquid feed additives to a feed composition. In one embodiment, the system has a spray housing defining a spray chamber located adjacent a mix housing carrying a material composition. T... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7316501 | Apparatus and method for mixing dissimilar fluids An apparatus and method for fluid mixing comprising a housing having an internal chamber and a rotatable unit disposed in the chamber. Sufficient clearance is provided between the rotatable unit and the housing to create space for the mixing of the two or more dissi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7273313 | Mixing device for mixing bulk and liquid material A mixing apparatus includes an outer housing, or pressurized chamber, and an inner housing rotatably disposed in the outer housing. A bulk material inlet is defined at the upper end of the inner housing. The outer housing has a liquid inlet for the introduction of l... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270470 | Feed extender for explosive manufacture A feed device extends the run time for manufacturing explosive materials. The feed device includes a feed hopper for retaining processing materials where the feed hopper includes an access at the top of the feed hopper for inputting processing materials and an exten... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7166260 | Reactor for producing ultra fine particles A reactor containing a plurality of porous rotors is disclosed. A liquid sprayed in a direction from a rotating axis to the rotors is hit by the porous rotors, creating fine liquid particles, so that a mass transfer takes place between the surfaces of the liquid par... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144150 | Rinseable splash shield and method of use The present application describes a method for rinsing a splash shield. According to the disclosed method, a vessel containing contents to be mixed is positioned in a mixing machine, and a splash shield is positioned over the opening of the vessel. After the materia... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135112 | Flocculation apparatus for treating colloidal suspensions A flocculation apparatus and method for treating colloidal suspensions. The apparatus includes a suspension inlet, a suspension outlet and an inner cone mounted centrally in a conical outer housing. The inner cone and/or the outer housing is rotatable relative to on... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7025493 | Chemical supply system and chemical mixing apparatus A chemical supply system includes at least two supply pipes for supplying at least two different chemicals; a mixing unit connected to the supply pipes for mixing at least two different chemicals to form a chemical mixture, an exhausting unit for exhausing the chemi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7014775 | Method for mixing additives with sludge in a powered line blender A powered in-line blender for mixing additives to sludges or other flowable liquid/solid mixtures. The blender is particularly useful in a method of blending polymer to municipal sewage sludges to improve the dewatering characteristics, and thus improving total cost... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7001063 | Cleanable mixer driver apparatus and method A drive system for driving a mixer impeller shaft in a vessel, including a motor; an outer magnet rotor driven by the motor; a bearing housing mountable to a vessel; and a drive shaft rotatable in the bearing housing. An inner magnet rotor is connected to the drive ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6966688 | Apparatus for mixing and dispensing powder An apparatus and method for mixing and dispensing a powder material in an aqueous solution wherein the powder material is premixed into solution by a spreader. The premix solution is subsequently dispensed in a diluted aqueous stream by a venturi proportioner. In a ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6808305 | Method and apparatus for mixing additives with sludge in a powered line blender A powered in-line blender for mixing additives to sludges or other flowable liquid/solid mixtures. The blender is particularly useful in a method of blending polymer to municipal sewage sludges to improve the dewatering characteristics, and thus improving total cost... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6637926 | Fluid mixing device and fluid injection valve for use therewith A fluid mixing device, for the continuous mixing of two or more fluids, having a mixing chamber which has fluid contact surfaces defining an internal chamber region, a fluid inlet, for feeding fluid into the chamber region, a fluid outlet, for feeding flu... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6513965 | Apparatus for manufacturing photographic emulsions An apparatus and method for mixing at least two reactants is taught wherein a first reactant is delivered to a reaction zone through a first annular flow path and a second reactant is delivered to the reaction zone through a second annular flow path. The ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6474862 | Apparatus for making frozen drinks The present invention is a frozen drink machine and a method for making frozen drinks from a frozen substance which has been frozen into a block. According to the method of the present invention, a block of frozen substance is held in a vessel while a rot... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6392072 | Procedure and equipment for a chemical reaction or mass transfer between gas and liquid Disclosed is a method and apparatus for conducting a mass transfer between a gas and a liquid, or for conducting a chemical reaction between a gas and a liquid. The method comprises supplying a liquid into a dynamic mixer, supplying a stripping gas or a r... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6349570 | In-barrel wetting screw charger A wet batch material charging apparatus having a charger screw housing having a batch material inlet and a batch material outlet, a dry batch material supply device adapted to deliver a dry batch material through the batch material inlet, a rotatable char... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6290386 | Mobile device for preparing aqueous liquid paints from powdery components and water The present invention relates to a mobile apparatus for the production of water based liquid paints from pulverulent constituents and water. The apparatus comprises a traveling frame, a mixing container, a mixing unit for mixing the pulverulent constituen... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5993752 | Device for dissolving a coagulant A device 10 for dissolving a coagulant having a rotor chamber 13 supporting rotors 21 around the horizontal axis, wherein a mixture of the coagulant and water is fed to the rotor chamber 13, the liquid level of the mixture is kept at a medium level of the... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5918978 | Device for mixing chemicals into a fibrous material suspension The invention refers to a device for mixing chemicals into a pulp suspension, where a high-speed rotor (5) with an open center is mounted inside a mixing chamber (2). It is mainly characterized by at least one further high-speed rotor (5') with open cente... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5807523 | Automatic chemistry analyzer An automatic chemistry analyzer is provided having a high throughput and a high reliability. The analyzer uses nephelometric and turbimetric analyzers to analyze a wide variety of parameters within liquid samples typically generated in, for example, a lar... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5718508 | Self-cleaning mixer for cement slurry A self-cleaning mixer includes a cylindrical housing and a feedscrew extending longitudinally through the housing for mixing water and cement and conveying the slurry through the housing. A chute at the infeed end of the housing receives a batch of materi... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5671664 | Combination blender and food washing apparatus A food processing apparatus for washing, aeration drying, and blending food product. The apparatus comprises a food product container having a mating lid, a mesh basket insert, and a network of tubing having a plurality of spray nozzle apertures for produ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5607233 | Continuous dynamic mixing system The present invention relates to a continuous dynamic mixing assembly comprising a pump assembly for motivating a fluid material into a mixing chamber and substantially preventing reverse flow of gas and/or fluid material and a continuous dynamic mixing c... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5580170 | Mixing and conditioning machine A mixing and conditioning machine for turning dust and very fine particles into pellets comprising an elongated, generally horizontal trough formed of flexible rubber-like material having a downwardly concave arcuate bottom wall and vertical side walls. A... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5505540 | Device for admixing a processing agent to a pulp suspension Apparatus for mixing a processing medium with the pulp suspension within a bin is disclosed, the apparatus including a housing attached to a wall of the bin, a rotary shaft extending through the housing with a propeller attached to the shaft by means of a... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5427450 | Apparatus and method for in-place cleaning of a mixer An in-place flush-cleanable mixer system for mixing materials in a vessel. The mixer has an impeller connected to a mixer drive shaft, the impeller and shaft being mounted in an assembly which extends through an opening into the vessel and closes that ope... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5417491 | Apparatus for dissolving dry material into solution and injecting the same into an irrigation system The present invention represents an improvement in state of the art apparatus for injecting controlled amounts of a soil amendment, including fertilizers, into an irrigation system, by first effecting the batch mixing of a selected soil amendment, in the ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5403088 | Apparatus and method for the dispersion of minute bubbles in liquid materials for the production of polymer foams Apparatus (20) for the dispersion of minute bubbles in a liquid resin material comprises high pressure tank means (21) containing a liquid resin material (M) under pressure; means for delivering (45) at least one agent selected from the group consisting o... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5375925 | Material blender mixer and method therefor A material blender mixer is mounted to a chassis of a vehicle. The mixer includes a first material holder bin mounted to the vehicle chassis, a second material holder bin mounted to the chassis positioned reawardly of the first material bin, a device for ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5350235 | In line dynamic mixer with folding elements and perforated plates Materials of varying viscosity can be homogeneously mixed continuously by using an in-line dynamic mixer which rapidly moves the materials interchangeably from a dynamic inner rotating means to a stationary chamber wall with additional mixing provided by ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5350234 | Process for continuously mixing two or more materials with non-pulsating mixing and filling storage containers A process for continuously without pulsation mixing at least two pumpable materials to produce a homogeneous product which is constant throughout the operation. Contents of material suppliers are pumped to a dynamic mixer through a pulsate eliminator wher... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5338779 | Dry polymer activation apparatus and method Polymer activation apparatus for activating a batch of dry polymer in dilution water includes a tank which contains the dilution water in a mixing vessel and a mixing assembly within the mixing vessel. The dilution water is circulated at a high rate throu... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5152212 | Reaction vessel for processing a solution of cocoa and the derivatives thereof An autoclave-type reaction vessel has a mechanism for stirring and recirculating the cocoa solution, the mechanism having a greater mechanical performance which allows for an increase in the efficiency of the various processing steps, in particular via an... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5135968 | Methods and apparatus for treating wastewater Apparatus for diluting and activating polymer molecules includes primary polymer dilution and activation apparatus, secondary dilution apparatus, and apparatus for diverting a desired amount of dilution water around the primary dilution and activation app... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5100239 | Method of manufacturing concrete Method for manufacturing concrete by mixing concrete materials including a cement, aggregate, admixture and at least one of water and ice. The aggregate is moved prior the mixing and a low-temperature liquid is sprayed on the aggregate for cooling while t... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4999131 | Method and apparatus for the preparation of a water based dispersion of a viscous liquid A method and apparatus is provided for the preparation of liquid dispersions comprising the uniform dispersion of a viscous liquid formed of strands, threads or columns, such as a silicone polymer in water.... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4995729 | Mixing device for mortar A mixer for mortar has part of its water feed introduced between a rotating isk and the floor of the disk housing, this water being propelled outward through an annular constriction in the clearance between the disk and the housing so that the rotor is kep... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4987850 | Apparatus for the wetting of seeds Apparatus whereby seeds, in particular unginned cottonseeds having lint, may be wetted with liquid active ingredients. To achieve this, the cottonseeds are separated in a feeder and metering device having conveyor screws and a baffle, and fitted uniformly... | 01/29/1991 |
