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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334937 | Impeller vane assembly for liquid/solid blenders An impeller vane assembly for blending liquids with solid particulate matter in which a center drive shaft extends through a housing having a solid particle inlet and a liquid inlet together with an outlet, and upper and lower impeller vanes are aligned respectively... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7178976 | Blender for ingredients into soft-serve freezer products An assembly is mounted to a soft serve confection freezer. It includes a set of modules in a circular array and separately replaceable in a magazine. Each module supports a container storing a dry food ingredient in particulate form, and has a motor driven product i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6979116 | Apparatus for injecting dry bulk amendments for water and soil treatment The present invention is an apparatus for introducing a dry material into a fluid stream in a way that ensures a predictable, highly accurate and consistent application of the material. The invention applies variable amounts of dry material regardless of whether the... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974246 | Apparatus for blending liquids and solids including improved impeller assembly A method and apparatus for blending liquids with solid particulate matter in which a center drive shaft extends through a housing having a solid particle inlet and a liquid inlet together with an outlet, and upper and lower impeller vanes are aligned respectively wi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6905048 | Volumetric solid and liquid dispenser A volumetric solid and liquid dispenser includes a drum sized for receiving and containing a predetermined volume of solid material from a solid material supply source. The supply source can be a hopper positioned above the drum. The drum is rotatably mounted to a s... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6863429 | Dough mixer with metering device In a dough mixer for preparing dough, the essentially cylindrical chamber with horizontal axis within which kneading elements (4, 4c, 4b) rotate coaxially or parallel to this axis, between two casing surface sections (1a) wi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 5829873 | Apparatus for mixing granular fertilizer and/or lawn treatment liquid in water An apparatus is provided for mixing granular fertilizer and/or a liquid insecticide or other treatment liquid in water in an upstanding tank having an opening for its water supply which is piped to the tank above a porous strainer to an area in the upstan... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5468066 | Apparatus and method for injecting dry particulate material in a fluid flow line An apparatus and method for injecting dry particulate material into a fluid flow line including a removable material supply unit (18) having an outer rigid container (55) and a sealed flexible bag (54) for the dry particulate material. The removable mater... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5275484 | Apparatus for continuously processing liquids and/or solids including mixing, drying or reacting An apparatus (10) with a central shaft (32) equipped with single or multiple-mixing elements (36) projecting perpendicularly from the shaft. Multiple processing zones (14-18) have adjustable openings (24) for introducing the product through adjacent proce... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5186538 | Core and molding sand preparation apparatus with adjustable mixing blade A molding sand preparation apparatus of the mixing-bowl type is suitable for preparing face sand or back sand without structural modification. The apparatus includes sand hoppers and resin and catalyst tanks as well as pumps, controls and the like for mea... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5145253 | Blender for particulate material An integrated process blending apparatus which blends particulate material and also automatically controls the flow of material into the blender and out to the associated processing equipment. Load cells attached to the blender vessel are used to control ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4913554 | Lifting apparatus A lifting apparatus includes a load support device for engaging and supporting a load as the load support device and the load are moved between a lowered position and a raised position relative to a base. A pair of spaced lifting arms are connected at fir... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4881819 | Method and apparatus for preparing concrete mortar The invention relates to a method and apparatus for preparing concrete mortar. In order to regulate the moisture content of the concrete mortar a sand sample is taken of the sand used. This sand sample is dried. The amount of water added to a concrete cha... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4876043 | Hopper transport for injection molding Methods and apparatus for feeding raw polymeric material in pellet form from a hopper into the input opening of an injection molding machine. The apparatus includes a carriage for supporting the hopper upright and a track assembly to which the carriage is... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4854714 | Blender vehicle apparatus A blender vehicle apparatus includes a vehicle having a vehicle frame. An internal combustion engine driven hydraulic power package is mounted on the vehicle frame. A plurality of liquid additive storage tanks are mounted on the frame adjacent the power p... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4850701 | Skid-mounted self-leveling mixer apparatus A self-leveling mixing apparatus includes a transportable skid frame. A mixing tub is supported from the frame in a manner such that the tube is movable between first and second positions relative to the frame. The tube has a tub fluid outlet defined in a... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4802141 | Self-leveling mixer with mechanical agitation A self-leveling mixer apparatus includes a base and a generally downwardly tapered movable mixing tub supported from the base in a manner such that the tub is movable between first and second positions relative to the base. A leveling valve is provided fo... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4793711 | Method and apparatus for the batchwise production of paving mixes containing mineral aggregate and bituminous binder In such batchwise production of a paving mix of mineral particles and bituminous binder, in which a coarse-grained portion of the mineral aggregate batch is first introduced in measured quantity into a container and then discharged through a discharge ope... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4629410 | Dual-hopper injection unit for injection molding machine A dual-hopper supporting structure for the injection unit of an injection molding machine which has a transverse horizontal guide plate slidingly guiding a hopper carriage. To the upper side of the latter are bolted the base assemblies of two raw material... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4566799 | Apparatus for adjusting the quantity of liquid deposited on fine granular materials and method of preparing mortar or concrete The quantity of water on the surface of sand particles is reduced by applying an impact force, e.g. centrifugal force created by a rotating disc. The sand particles thus treated are especially suitable for preparing a green concrete compound or a cement m... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4561781 | Agricultural feed blending apparatus An agricultural feed mixing and blending machine including a plurality of bins for different feed materials, variable speed metering augers in the bottoms of each bin to feed individual materials respectively to a confluence and mixing auger beneath the b... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4501499 | Agglomerator An agglomerator includes: (a) a drum having a longitudinal axis, and structure for supporting and rotating the drum about that axis, (b) feed apparatus extending axially within the drum for feeding flowable material into the drum for longitudinal distribution ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4490044 | Automatic slurry concentration control system An automatic slurry concentration control system including a mixing tank filled with a charge of slurry of solids containing water, a clear water tank for supplying clear water, a suction tube of a slurry supply pump located in an opening in a lower porti... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4473300 | Method and apparatus for blending solids or the like Particulate materials are blended in a vessel provided with a plurality of vertically extending conduits therein. The vessel comprises a downwardly converging frustoconically shaped bottom wall which defines the lower region of the vessel. The lower ends ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4404168 | Apparatus for the discontinuous production of articles from foamed plastics Apparatus for the discontinuous production of articles from a foamed plastic, including metering vessels for reaction components arranged above a mixing vessel. The metering vessels are with the interposition of communication bellows connected to the mixi... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4390282 | Container Containers for providing predetermined quantities of cement and aggregate to be transported to a site for on site mixing of concrete. The containers have two compartments which are self closing due to the weight of the contents, one compartment containing... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4384787 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the quantity of liquid deposited on fine granular materials and method of preparing mortar or concrete The quantity of water on the surface of sand particles is reduced by applying an impact force, e.g. centrifugal force created by a rotating disc. The sand particles thus treated are especially suitable for preparing a green concrete compound or a cement m... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4304493 | Sand mixer A foundry sand mixer for mixing and dispensing silica or green sand and their additives through the enclosed longitudinal belt conveyor mechanism having a plurality of openings in the top communicating with a first feeder disposed above the enclosed longi... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4184771 | Centrifugal mud mixer An apparatus and method for mixing liquid or drilling mud with solids is disclosed. The apparatus provides first and second concentric housings which are utilized as mixing chambers. An inlet passageway is tangentially connected to the inner housing for f... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4144916 | Liquid metering funnel apparatus A funneling device for automatically measuring proportional amounts of two liquids and simultaneously mixing the two liquids. The device includes separate input spouts for each of two liquids, a common output spout, and a device for restrictively metering... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4095776 | Suction conveying and mixing apparatus In a suction conveying installation in which different bulk materials are conveyed from respective supply containers to a separator which may serve as a weighing container, the separator is adapted to serve as a mixer and comprises at the bottom at least ... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4087079 | Mixing apparatus An apparatus for continuous distribution of at least one additive, such as a pigment or the like material, in a particulate master or base material, such as a granular plastics or the like material, comprising a stationary chamber that has a relatively sm... | 05/02/1978 |
| 3948491 | Process for blending an additive such as colour pigment etc. with a plastic material and blending apparatus intended to be used for said process Process for blending an additive such as colour pigment etc. with a plastic material, wherein the plastic material for instance in the shape of granules, pellets, grains or powder is introduced into a first hopper equipped with a stirrer. The first hopper... | 04/06/1976 |
