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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334936 | Mixing device and method of mixing The present invention is a mixing device and a method of mixing viscous fluids with a mixing device. The mixing device includes a shaft and a support mounted for rotation with the shaft. A plurality of vanes extend from the support and are mounted for rotation with ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7230037 | Method for mixing a polyol component and an isocyanate component The present invention relates to a method for the continuous mixing of at least one polyol component and at least one isocyanate component and optionally additives to form a polyurethane reaction mixture in a stirrer mixer with an axially conveying stirrer. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7134621 | Mixing apparatus A mixing apparatus wherein raw material may be crushed to fine particles of desirous size to be mixed uniformally by multi-layered mixing blocks. The mixing apparatus includes a plurality of mixing units piled up in a housing, and arrays of projections formed at the... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7070317 | Method of mixing using vaned mixing device The present invention is a mixing device and a method of mixing viscous fluids with a mixing device. The mixing device includes a shaft and a support mounted for rotation with the shaft. A plurality of vanes extend from the support and are mounted for rotation with ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052172 | Combination low-shear mixer and high-shear homogenizer A combination fin-type mixer and rotor/stator-type homogenizer provides the ability to perform low-shear mixing or high-shear homogenizing by a single device without changing attachments or hardware. The low-shear mixing fins extend outwardly from the stator of the ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6942376 | Extruder mixing An extruder for producing a thermoplastic material having a first and second portion, namely, an axially extending barrel; first and second screw conveyers co-axially disposed within said barrel, said second screw conveyer co-axially disposed within said first screw... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6551655 | Systems, methods, and apparatuses for application of liquid additives to materials This invention provides a mixing chamber that utilizes several tined cylinders to convey materials through the mixing chamber for applying liquid additives to the materials. Each of the tined cylinders includes a number of spring biased tines extending fr... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6446547 | Food processing appliance A food processor that is operable in a dough mixing mode and in at least one other mixing mode. When in the dough mixing mode, the mixing impeller is driven at a continuous speed in the range of about 1,400 to about 1,600 rpm and preferably form about 1,4... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6390664 | Compulsory mixer used, in particular, as a cement mixer There is provided a forced mixer for mixing components, comprising a funnel-shaped mixing space having along its center axis (3) a coaxially mounted inner and outer mixing tool, the inner mixing tool (2) consisting of a screw (5) extending toward the outl... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6331071 | Stirring device A stirring device achieving high stirring efficiency and easy to wash and maintain, is provided. The stirring device includes a vertical cylindrical stirring vessel, a rotary shaft vertically extended within the stirring vessel for rotation, and a stirrin... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6250846 | Apparatus for soil purification and remediation method for contaminated soil An apparatus for soil remediation to remedy a soil contaminated with a pollutant less affecting the environment, which includes a soil borer having a rotatable drilling form or portion capable of agitating the soil, introducing into the soil at least one ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6164195 | Method and apparatus for continuous tempering of chocolate-like mass Method and apparatus for continuously tempering a fat-containing, chocolate-like mass. The mass is subjected to a cooling creating crystals in the mass as it passes over crystal creating cooling surfaces, and a final reheating (H). For any raise or drop i... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6065395 | Apparatus for continuously tempering chocolate masses and the like An apparatus for continuously tempering chocolate masses and the like includes at least one tempering circuit (17) for a tempering medium and a plurality of chambers (9), at least one of the chambers (9) being connected to the tempering circuit (17). The ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6012447 | Heated mixing kettle with dual acting agitators A heated kettle for melting and mixing a thermoplastic resin into a homogeneous mixture has a helically-formed agitator which rotates about a central shaft in close proximity to the internal wall of the kettle. Fixed to the shaft at approximately the cent... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012614 | Tuck pointing apparatus A new tuck pointing apparatus for applying cement to joints between bricks. The inventive device includes a cement reservoir for receiving a quantity of cement. The reservoir has an interior, a closed top end, and an open bottom end that forms a bottom op... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5899562 | Apparatus comprising a tempering column for continuous tempering of fat-containing chocolate-like masses with improved stirring The invention concerns an apparatus having a cylindrical tempering column comprising a cooling stage and a subsequent reheating stage for continuous tempering of a fat-containing, chocolate-like mass. A plurality of interconnected mass chambers are separa... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5876117 | Agitator An agitator includes a trough having a first end, a second end, a top, a bottom, an inlet on the top and close to the second end, and an outlet on the bottom and close to the first end, an axle rotatably mounted between the first and second ends of the tr... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5800704 | Foam flotation protein separatior In order to reduce the noise made by a foam flotation separator working on the dispersion apparatus principle and maximise the air supply, the foam flotation separator is designed so as to comprise a dispersion pump (2) which draws in water and a gas such... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5609835 | Multi-purpose apparatus An apparatus enabling reaction and post-reaction processing in a single assembly including a reaction chamber and a filtration and/or drying chamber adjacent to one another, the chambers being selectively isolated or in communication. A shaft common to bo... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5603568 | Sludge disposition system A system for transportation of sludge material comprising an elongated tank having an arcuate bottom portion extending longitudinally of the tank and having a withdrawal port located in the arcuate bottom portion of the tank. An elongated conveyor system ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5593500 | Device for coating solid particles A device is disclosed for improved coating of small solid particles with a melt of a material which solidifies at room temperature. The device includes a rotatable turbine body having two rotatable disk parts. An annular gap is provided between the rotata... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5518312 | Mixing device and method Mixing material around an inner agitator in a mixing vessel is urged upward and outward by rotating the inner agitator in one direction. Simultaneously, mixing material around or adjacent an outer agitator is urged downward and inward by rotating the oute... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5471917 | Apparatus for treating ground roasted coffee A method and apparatus for the continuous countercurrent treatment of roast and ground coffee particles in which a bed of the coffee particles is suspended in an aqueous liquid and the suspended bed is agitated in a manner which facilitates removal of evo... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5454298 | Apparatus for meshing dehydrating and desiccating food products Apparatus to mashing and to dehydrate food product includes a base portion, a housing, a roler and a mixer driven by driving means. During operating the dehydrator, the roller will rotate to produce a centrifuging force which forces water preserved in the... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5401098 | Portable hand-held concrete and mortar mixer A portable hand-held concrete, mortar and gypsum mixer comprises a small gasoline powered implement having a drive shaft extending generally downward from the handles to a gear box. A transverse shaft driven by the drive shaft extends to either side of th... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5399014 | Mixing apparatus A mixing apparatus including a vertical cylindrical mixing tank; a rotating shaft vertically installed at the center of the interior of the vertical cylindrical mixing tank; and a plurality of paddle impellers attached at upper and lower stages on the rot... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5356215 | Mixing device Spiral-shaped screw blades disposed one on another on the bottom of a mixing container are rotated at a high speed for agitating pulverulent materials including aggregate and water to form a mixture. A rapid current of the mixture of the pulverulent mater... | 10/18/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5339998 | Auger feeding agitator An agitator designed to continuously move powdered material into flights of a metering auger using vanes at various radii within a hopper. The agitator includes three vertically oriented stirring blades located at various radii of the hopper, the blades h... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5314076 | Installation for the mixing of two fluid phases by mechanical stirring, notably for the treatment of water by transfer of oxidizing gas, and use of such an installation The disclosure relates to a preferred application for the treatment of stored, waste or filtered water by the transfer of an oxidizing gas into this water. In this case, it has the functions of a turbojet with mass transfer. The installation is constitute... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5267792 | Apparatus for transporting fluids having a high viscosity and method of dispensing the fluids therefrom A preferred embodiment is directed to an apparatus for transporting fluids having a high viscosity and complimenting dry products. The apparatus includes first and second fluid storage compartments for storing separately fluids therein. The apparatus furt... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5261745 | Mixing apparatus with frusto-conically shaped impeller for mixing a liquid and a particulate solid An improved mixing apparatus for mixing a liquid and a particulate solid material within a container such that the pigments and/or other solid particulate materials, which are initially precipitated out and usually accumulated at the bottom of the contain... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5141392 | Connecting arrangement between impeller shaft and mixer The driving shaft (3) of a pump impeller (4) is extended beyond the impeller and supports the mixer (5) at its end. In order to minimize the risk for extensive damage if the mixer should hit a solid body, the shaft (6) of the mixer is very slim and manufa... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5090816 | Fluid mixing device The invention features a mixing device comprising a rotatable impeller having a multiplicity of blades. Each blade of the impeller has an optimal angle of attack with respect to the fluid being mixed. An elliptical, fluid flow-through aperture in each blade pr... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5072590 | Bottled water chilling system A chilling system is provided for chilling or cooling a supply of water or the like to a selected low temperature suitable for drinking and other uses. The chilling system includes a thermoelectric heat transfer module having a cold side for extracting he... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5071257 | Method of and arrangement for mixing Mixing of materials including a first component with a lower pressure and a second component with a higher pressure is performed by introducing the first component with the lower pressure into the second component with the higher pressure, and acceleratin... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4957404 | Flail chain unloader for particulate material A flail chain unloader for discharging particulate material from a lower output of an upright storage vessel includes a rotating shaft extending upwardly of the central portion of the vessel above the outlet and flail chains secured to the shaft at differ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4872761 | Extrusion apparatus The apparatus is for the mixing and refining of rubber-like materials, either hot or cold feed, and some thermoplastic materials. It comprises an elongated cylindrical barrel member and an elongated rotor member, disposed coaxially in the interior of said... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4850704 | Two stage blender A two stage blender is capable of handling high viscosity liquid-powder mixtures. The mixture discharged from the first stage is directed to the second stage, from which it is discharged at a relatively high discharge pressure. The second stage further en... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4813787 | Blending apparatus A blending apparatus has a rotor provided with louvers and mixing teeth. The louvers have openings which vary in size and act to convey materials being cut and blended through the disc. The mixing teeth extend from peripheral edges of the rotor. Adjacent ... | 03/21/1989 |
