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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186871 | Device for preparing a dispersion of water-soluble polymers in water, and method implementing the device Device for dispersing a water-soluble polymer comprising: a chamber for grinding and draining of the dispersed polymer comprising a rotor and a stator, and on all or part of the periphery of the chamber, a ring fed by a secondary water circuit. The ring communicates... | 05/29/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7178657 | Concrete chute attachment A chute extension for a typical concrete mixing truck, the extension has a chute attachment spring clip on the attachment end and a funneled outlet on the delivery end. The invention further comprises an angle where the delivery end meets the end of the trough, for ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165878 | Ice cream and topping mixing attachment An ice cream and topping mixing attachment for being detachably connected to an ice cream dispenser for the mixing in of a topping ingredient with ice cream. The mixing attachment includes a mixing machine housing having a connector assembly, a topping chamber havin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7048898 | Apparatus for preparing a fluid for a medical procedure The invention provides an apparatus for preparing a fluid for a medical procedure by mixing of at least one medicament in the form of powder with water, the medicament is held in a vessel which defines a bottom, a side wall, and a top opening which is closed by an m... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6916114 | Apparatus for the addition of a compound or compound mixture to another An apparatus for the addition of a compound or compound mixture to another which includes a primary vessel adapted having at least one receptacle adapted to contain at least one primary substance. At least one secondary vessel is provided. Each secondary vessel is a... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6851845 | Method and apparatus for processing waste material Methods and apparatuses are provided to process material contained in one or more drums. In one exemplary method, waste material is transferred from one or more drums to a first tank. Waste material in the first tank is agitated with an agitator contained in the fir... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6783743 | Apparatus and method for absorbing and recycling material in a blender An apparatus and method for blending a solute and a solvent to form a solution product which substantially eliminates starting material and product operational loss while improving environmental safety both in the workplace and the ambient atmosphere. The apparatus ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6666573 | Portable mixing/delivery apparatus for pre-blended granular mixtures A portable mixing/delivery apparatus mixes dry pre-blended materials, such as homogeneous cementitious combinations of dry sand, cement, Lime, color pigments, etc., packaged in large bulk bags for use at a remote construction site. The bulk bag is lifted ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6592246 | Method and installation for forming and maintaining a slurry A method and installation for forming and maintaining a slurry are disclosed. The method withdraws a slurry from a reservoir and directs it at a heap of solid material from which the slurry is drained into the reservoir, the slurry containing additional s... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6379033 | Device for flowing bone cement liquid into bone cement powder A bone cement mixer having a cartridge filled with bone cement powder and a monomer well for receiving monomer liquid to be flowed into the bone cement powder. The monomer liquid flows by gravity in a stream near the outer periphery of the bone cement pow... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6332707 | Kneader An object of the present invention is to provide a kneader capable of improving both of its kneading and mixing functions, irrespective of a horizontal arrangement or a vertical arrangement, with a comparatively simple design not to degrade the workabilit... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6322241 | Material vacuum stirring and dispersing device A material vacuum stirring and dispersing device includes a closed container for stirring solid and liquid under vacuum condition, making it possible to stir materials evenly, without forming material balls to enhance the quality of the mixture. The devic... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6102562 | Removable container insert An assembly providing a removable tapered insert for a particulate material container. A plurality of annularly spaced flat brackets are supported on and project inwardly of the container. The insert has tapered upper edge projections and is rotatable for... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5971600 | Transportable apparatus for combining waste material with a stabilizer material A transportable apparatus for intimately combining a waste material with a stabilizer material comprises a first reservoir for receiving, containing, and discharging a waste material. The first reservoir has an inlet for receiving the waste material, an i... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5511876 | Device for mixing solid photographic chemicals with water Preparation device for mixing solid chemical components with water to obtain a solution for the liquid processing of a photographic material, which comprises a tank (12), an open-topped sub-tank (12) mounted in the tank at a level below the maximum level ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5286104 | Quick release feeding apparatus for an extruder Disclosed is an apparatus for feeding material from a hopper to an extruder choke. The apparatus comprises a Y-shaped feeder section having an inlet portion and an outlet portion capable of being sealably connected and disconnected to the extruder choke. ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5213724 | Process and apparatus for determining the rate at which material is received by an extruder from a feed container A process of determining the rate at which plastic granules are received by an extruder form a feed container having an outlet which opens into the inlet of the extruder, in which process granules are continuously fed to a supply container and consecutive... | 05/25/1993 |
| 4973168 | Vacuum mixing/bone cement cartridge and kit A two-component bone cement mixing system comprises a cartridge mixer having an interior volume containing a first predetermined quantity of a solid bone cement component under vacuum pressure; an ampoule containing a second predetermined quantity of a li... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4938605 | Apparatus and method for mixing and continuous extrusion of a plastic mass An apparatus for the mixing and continuous extrusion of a plastic mass having a first stage in which an intermittently operating mixer receives the starting materials batchwise and a second stage having a screw extruder which is supplied at periodic inter... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4834546 | Process for mixing batches of a fluid medium and apparatus therefor The invention is directed to a method of and a system for mixing batches of a flowable medium, especially of hydrocarbons used as base materials for said media and of additives to be admixed thereto. In the mixing operation, the base materials and optiona... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4729663 | Cyclone mixer for the continuous mixing of pulverulent substances with liquids In a cyclone mixer for the continuous mixing of pulverulent substances with liquids, with a charging mechanism for the pulverulent substances and with a mixing chamber positioned below it and into whose upper region issues a tangential suction tube and wh... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4606647 | Pin mixer A pin mixer for mixing particulate solids having a rotor with a plurality of radially extending pins removably attached thereto. The pins form a plurality of axially and angularly staggered helices along the rotor, and pins adjacent the inlet of the mixer... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4512664 | Internal mixer A mixing of mixing machine comprises a mixer body having a mixing chamber and a material inlet through which a material to be mixed is loaded into the chamber, a fluid-operated cylinder having a piston rod on which a floating weight is mounted for movemen... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4511256 | Apparatus for the continuous mixing of pulverulent substances with liquids An apparatus for the continuous mixing of pulverulentsubstances with liquids is described which, in a mixing chamber, makes it possible to obtain a particularly intense wetting of pulverulent particles in that in the feed zone for the pulverulent substanc... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4505591 | Solids mixing well structure and method Solids mixing well structure and methods are disclosed for mixing a solid having a first specific gravity with a fluid having a second specific gravity to produce a slurry having an intermediate specific gravity and a resultant pressure greater than atmos... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4433917 | Resin catalyzation control systems An apparatus for automatically preparing a multi-ingredient mixture in batches in a mixing tank and providing a continuous supply of the mixture to a run tank in response to down stream demand. Gravimetric means provide monitoring signals indicative of th... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4427298 | Method and system for accurately providing fluid blends A method and system are described for preventing interaction between the valves and pump in a liquid blending system. The method and system select operating relationships between the valve period and pump period that avoids synchronous operation and there... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4358205 | Blending system Blending system comprising batch hopper with a scale, a blend hopper positioned directly below the batch hopper, an upwardly running conveyor running the full length of the blending hopper to the top of a surge bin, an upwardly running discharge conveyor ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4357111 | Continuous mixing device and process A continuous mixing device is disclosed, as well as a process for mixing. At least two different materials can be mixed together with substantially uniform product mixing and heat distribution by introducing the materials into the top of a substantially c... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4316584 | Liquid dispenser for food processor A method and apparatus for making sauce and salad dressings in which vegetable oil is trickled into a mixer at a predetermined limited rate for complete dispersion in which perfected mixing and suspension is provided by gravity accelerated free flow of oi... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4286883 | Blending apparatus for bulk solids Apparatus for blending bulk particulate solids comprises a distribution chute bin, a cone section having outer and inner cones, and a flow pattern controller outlet device. The solids may be recirculated from the outlet device to the chute bin for additio... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4277184 | Disposable orthopedic implement and method A disposable orthopedic implement and method therefor, such as a bone cement mixer and dispenser comprising disposable mixer and dispenser elements that cooperate to permit bone cement to be mixed in a closed system and to be dispensed therefrom at a bone... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4194845 | Method and apparatus for mixing loose material Material to be mixed is fed into the upper portion of a container from where the material descends by means of the force of gravity. The container is provided with a partition extending across the interior of the container and operative to divide the desc... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4106114 | Inclined conical rotary vessels for storage and tumbling of materials to accomplish mixing and heat transfer A tumbler assembly for mixing, storing and feeding particulate materials and for transferring heat between different materials which includes a tumbler having a lower portion in the form of a hollow inverted lower cone enclosed by a circular cover. The co... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4103357 | Process and device for continuous metering and mixing A process and apparatus for mixing synthetic materials and complemental raw materials in a fixed ratio. The synthetic material is fed under the pressure of its own weight to a mixing vessel through a feed conduit having an opening arranged to feed below t... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4099267 | Apparatus for mixing granular fertilizer and/or lawn treatment liquid in water The present mixing apparatus has a tank for holding water, a hopper at the top for passing granular fertilizer down into the tank, a strainer below this hopper and above a mixing chamber in the tank, a reservoir for liquid insecticide or the like at the t... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4096587 | Mixer for resin and sand Mixer for resin and sand comprises walls which form an inlet for the sand, an annular gap for the sand following the inlet, following which gap is an axially symmetrical mixing chamber and an outlet for the mixture; a supply arrangement with pipes for the... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4071167 | Apparatus for dispersing agglomerates An apparatus for dispersing substances into one another by subjecting them to shear forces between a rotating platen and a stationary or counter-rotating platen which have opposed work surfaces interfaced and forced toward engagement with one another. An ... | 01/31/1978 |
