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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399113 | Arrangement to produce recipe mixtures The invention relates to an assembly to produce recipe mixtures, with a variable-speed agitator drive, a mixing chamber (1) whose capacity is matched to the desired quantity of recipe mixture and that is enclosed by a lid (9), and an agitator tool (... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7384188 | Mixing lid having inner and outer paddles for mixing a liquid mixture in a container A mixing and dispensing apparatus having a lid with an opening extending from a first side to a second side of said lid. A shaft is rotatably positioned through said lid so that a first end of the shaft terminates on the first side of said lid and a second end of th... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7311438 | Agitator, image forming apparatus having the same and method for agitating An agitator according to the present invention comprises a container for storing a compound of at least two materials, and an agitation unit mounted in the container to agitate the compound. The agitation unit may comprise a plurality of agitators of which at least ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7178973 | Continuous annular layer mixer High levels of treated fumed silica, processing fluid and high molecular weight silicone polymer are continuously compounded into a homogeneous silica filled heat-vulcanizable silicone composition by forming a premix in a continuous annular layer mixer and continuou... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172338 | Stirring mixer for dental impression material A stirring mixer for a dental impression material to decrease bubbles to be generated in a mixed dental impression material and the material to be left in a tubular main body, the mixer has a tubular main body wherein a discharging portion is provided following the ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6971788 | Fluid mixing device A mixing device includes vanes arranged so that the outer edges of the vanes define a frusto-conical surface in order to facilitate improved circulation of the liquid being mixed. Each vane is preferably curved, either lengthwise, widthwise, or both. In one embodime... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960014 | Tempering apparatus Tempering apparatus having disc-free stirring tool (8) with plate-shaped arms (12, 13). The upper side (14) of each arm (12) has a different geometrical configuration than the lower side (19) thereof. Each neighbouring arm (13 | 11/01/2005 |
| 6837612 | Device for mixing two paste-like compounds, in particular for mixing a dental-molding compound with a catalyzing compound A device for mixing two paste like compounds, such as a dental molding compound using a catalyst for the acceleration of polymerization. The housing has a mixing area with at least two inlet openings for the compounds and an outlet opening for the mixed compound. Th... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6612733 | Agitator assembly An agitator assembly, in particular for mixing, granulating and drying solid matter, includes a vessel; and an agitator received in the vessel and having at least one sweep blade, with the sweep blade ascending from an inner zone of the vessel to an outer... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6540395 | Dynamic mixer for dental impression compounds The subject of the invention is a dynamic mixer for viscous compositions, in particular for components for dental impression compounds. The mixer consists of a mixer tube, a rotor located in the latter, and an end wall with inlet openings through which th... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6523992 | Device for mixing two pasty substances, particularly for mixing a dental impression substance with catalyst substance The device for mixing two pasty substances, particularly for mixing a dental impression substance with a catalyst substance, comprises a housing with a substantially tubular portion. At least two inlet openings (68) for the two pasty substances are arrang... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6517232 | Mixing systems A system includes a first pump to meter colorant and a second pump to pressurize a mixture of water and the colorant. Also included is a mixer body defining a chamber with an inlet and an outlet and one or more liquid input ports in fluid communication wi... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6443612 | Dynamic mixer The dynamic mixer comprises a rotor housing including a cover and a rotatable mixing rotor, the rotor housing cover being provided with inlets for the components to be mixed. For a good premixing of the components, the mixing rotor is provided near the in... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6394643 | Device for mixing two pasty materials, especially for mixing a dental impression material with a catalyst material A device for mixing two pasty substances is provided with a housing including an essentially tubular section having two radial inlet openings at a rear end and an outlet opening at a front end of the tubular section, and a driveable mixer shaft extending ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6350054 | Agitator for a horizontal polymerization reactor having contiguous paddle stations with paddles and sub-stations with sub-station paddles Improved apparatus for mechanically stirring a quench-cooled subfluidized particulate bed of polymerized monomer lowers lumping of polymer particles by using substantially contiguous paddle stations disposed along the drive shaft within the reactor in com... | 02/26/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6328466 | Agitation blade A stirring blade unit includes a perforated cylinder formed around the an internal stirring blade so as to be rotated together with the stirring shaft. The perforated cylinder has perforations which are approximately 30 to 50% of the area of the top and b... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6322244 | Mixer with two-part radial blades A mixer for mixing loose powder, granular and liquid materials includes a mixing chamber 8 having a rotatable shaft 4 therein. The shaft bears a plurality of radial blades for agitating the materials. Each of the radial blades 13 includes a wedge-shaped f... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6244741 | 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... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6149296 | Mixer blade assembly for medium and high viscosity liquid A mixer blade assembly is provided for medium and high viscosity liquid which does not cause the generation of an insufficiently mixed region of a doughnut-shaped configuration within the liquid to be mixed and therefore has excellent mixing performance. ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5839299 | Pulsator of washing machine Disclosed is a pulsator of a washing machine. A rotating plate which rotates by a driving part, is provided. A plurality of vanes are radially positioned at a predetermined distance apart from each other on the rotating plate. An irregular water flow gene... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5770239 | Machine for domestic use for making, cutting and shaping pasta The invention concerns a machine for making, cutting and shaping pasta, including at least one unit head for making, cutting or shaping pasta, in which is installed at least one pair of rollers, adjacent to each other and rotating around their respective ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5762417 | High solidity counterflow impeller system A mixing apparatus has a tank for holding a material to be mixed, a drive shaft rotatable in the tank, a radially inner impeller on the drive shaft with blades pitched to produce axial flow of the material in a first direction, and a radially outer impell... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5568237 | Toner box having axially spaced and trapezoidal, flexible agitating members An elongated toner box extending in a horizontal direction has a cylindrical portion where a toner discharge port is formed. A wrapping member serving as a shutter is rotatably disposed over the cylindrical portion for selectively shutting off the toner d... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5516009 | Stirrer for a hopper A stirrer for stirring dry goods is provided. This stirrer has a plurality of sides for stirring a mass of normally free-flowing, dry, particulate material in a container. The stirrer includes a rotatable shaft, two sets of end blades, and two spaced-apar... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5460506 | Home pasta maker An improved pasta maker (20) is provided having an upper mixing chamber (130), lower extrusion chamber (132), and a communicating passageway (157) therebetween. The mixing chamber (130) is an open top vessel, and the extrusion chamber (132) presents an ou... | 10/24/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5356281 | Screw-type resin injection apparatus for injection molding A screw-type resin injection apparatus for injection molding which includes a cylinder element having a cylinder chamber for receiving resin therein, and having, at an end portion, a nozzle for injecting the resin. A screw element is arranged within the c... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5286457 | Reactor with surface agitator for solution polymerization process A reactor for the solution polymerization of volatile monomers equipped with an agitator to cause splashing and droplet formation to reduce volatile monomer accumulation in the vapor space.... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5220382 | Development apparatus having a cross-mixing auger A dual auger development apparatus for use in an electrostatographic reproduction machine such as copier or printer, includes a pair of identical single piece auger devices and each having a shaft and a plurality of integrally formed partial blade members... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5211924 | Method and apparatus for increasing conversion efficiency and reducing power costs for oxidation of an aromatic alkyl to an aromatic carboxylic acid Improved mixing performance with reduced power input is obtained in an agitated oxidation reactor for converting an aromatic alkyl to the corresponding aromatic carboxylic acid by decreasing the clearance between the lowermost impeller element and the rea... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5204721 | Developer auger for use in an electrophotographic printing machine A developer auger possessing a plurality of flight segments is described for use in a development system of an electrophotographic printing machine. The developer auger includes a shaft and a first flight portion, mounted on the shaft, wherein the first f... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5188808 | Method for mixing liquid, solids and gas and for simultaneously separating gas or gas and solids from the liquid The invention relates to a method for maintaining a continuous mixing extending throughout the transversal section of the reactor space in a liquid containing solids and gas, and for simultaneously separating gas or gas and solids from the liquid. The inv... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5167449 | Paddle shaft assembly with adjustable-pitch paddles A paddle shaft assembly having adjustable-pitch paddles for use in a magnetic stirring apparatus. The paddle assembly is particularly useful for magnetic stirring apparatus used for suspending cell, or tissue, cultures in a growing medium. The paddle shaf... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5166732 | Developer agitating method and developer agitating apparatus In a developer agitating method, a carrier and a toner are mixed by a spiral in an agitating passage to provide the developer. The developer is conveyed along the axis of the spiral through a high conveying speed section of the passage wherein the develop... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5161888 | Dual shaft preconditioning device having differentiated conditioning zones for farinaceous materials A preferred preconditioning device for use with an extruder includes two juxtaposed, frustocylindrical, intercommunicated chambers one of which presents a greater cross-sectional area than the other. A respective pair of rotatably driven mixing shafts ext... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5160041 | Coagulation reaction tank A coagulation reaction tank comprises a cylindrical tank provided in the central part thereof with a rotary stirring mechanism furnished with stirring vanes and a filtration tank for introducing the liquid from within the cylindrical tank in the form of f... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5156175 | Contact lens cleaning apparatus A container includes a removable door for positioning of a housing therewithin. The housing includes a cleansing solution therein, with a removable lid mounting a plurality of mesh ocular contact lens members, wherein agitation of the cleaning solution by... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5145255 | Stirring apparatus and stirring tower type apparatus for polmerization reactions In order to improve mixing efficiency of highly viscous fluid, while structural simplicity being maintained, two types of stirring impellers are employed in a single stirring apparatus. One of such stirring impellers is a large flat impeller and the other... | 09/08/1992 |
