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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152362 | Mixer and methods of mixing A mixer (10) includes a coupler (22) receiving an upper end of a shaft (24) rotatably connected to an offset pin (20) of a circulating plate (18) mounted to a rotatable output (14) of a motor (12). The shaft (24 | 04/10/2012 |
| 7431494 | Flexible mixing bag for mixing solids, liquids, and gases In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a disposable and flexible mixing tank, configurable as a bag, having a sealed sleeve therein for arrangement of a mixing device. The volume of the mixing tank is defined by an inner wall of the mixing tank and an inner wall of... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7249880 | Flexible mixing bag for mixing solids, liquids and gases In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a disposable and flexible mixing tank having a sealed sleeve therein for arrangement of a mixing device. The volume of the mixing tank is defined by an inner wall of the mixing tank and an inner wall of the sleeve. The mixing ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 6523994 | Food mixer with screw-threaded impeller A screw-threaded impeller 50 having a mixing device 55 thereon is provided in a container 10 of a food processor. A drive unit adjacent the bottom of the container is adapted to move the impeller in both a clockwise and a counterclockwise direction. Durin... | 02/25/2003 |
| 5269604 | Slurry hauling vehicle A trailer provides a slurry hauling tank having an auger mounted for swinging movement inside the tank. A rotary hydraulic motor inside the tank drives the auger and is powered by fluid delivered through a rotary fitting extending through the tank wall. R... | 12/14/1993 |
| 4946286 | Liquid pitcher including a mixing and grinding mechanism A pitcher for grinding and mixing material therein including a pitcher body, a removable lid and a rotary and reciprocal shaft journaled in the lid and having an apertured grinding and mixing plate attached to one end of the shaft. The grinding and mixing... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4182232 | Curd mixer for making cottage cheese A curd mixer for making cottage cheese, comprising a horizontally arranged screw conveyor for feeding curds to a disk cutter for slicing the curds with the addition of hot water, a drop chamber adjacent to and beneath the disk cutter, permitting the slice... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4170882 | Agitator having vanes adjustable to provide different stroke lengths An agitator for a vertical axis washing machine and for effecting uniform, repetitive oscillations about the machine axis has upper, lower and middle portions with different degrees of lost motion so that the agitator can achieve multiple stroke lengths a... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4160603 | Immersion cleaner An immersion cleaner for parts and other articles. The cleaner includes a receptacle for articles, a cover unit for a container of cleaning liquid, a cam plate unit disposed on the cover and including a circumferentially extending cam track surface having... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4048820 | Ramped scrubbing vanes for auger agitator A washer agitator with an oscillating skirt portion below an upper, unidirectionally-rotating auger agitator portion has scrubbing vanes on the skirt ramped on one side so that the fabric such as clothing being washed is driven by the scrubbing vanes in a... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4044796 | Turbulator A turbulator formed of a strip of metal into a series of alternating deflection panels successively joined together by bridging sections with the deflection panels along the length of the strip alternately angling back and forth and simultaneously tilting... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4023780 | Method of mixing and apparatus therefor Mixing apparatus is provided having a motor driven rotating head which is suspended above a fixed mixing bowl. A guide post is pivotally mounted on the head for oscillative rotation about the axis of rotation of the head and eccentric drive means are moun... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3955532 | Agitation of an acidic aqueous coating composition containing dispersed particles of an organic coating-forming material Method and apparatus for agitating an acidic aqueous coating composition containing dispersed particles of an organic coating-forming material are disclosed. Movable vanes are disposed beneath the surface of a bath of the composition. The vanes have a rel... | 05/11/1976 |
