Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6672755 | Equipment for mixing a powder with a liquid There is described a method of mixing a powder with a liquid comprising forming the liquid into a flowing film and dispersing the powder and directing it at the flowing liquid film so that it impinges thereon and mixes therewith. There is also described e... | 01/06/2004 |
| 4323314 | Process and apparatus for adding liquid components to pourable powdered or granular materials A vessel is described for the continuous mixing of pourable powdered or granular materials with liquid components, the pourable material being supplied to the vessel at the top. A deflector deflects the still dry material so that it trickles down inside t... | 04/06/1982 |
