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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7401974 | Agitator with finned agitator blade end An agitator includes a hub for attachment to an agitator shaft, and at least two agitator blades which are connected to the hub and extend in a radial direction for rotation about an axis, with the agitator blade angled in relation to the axis. Each agitator blade h... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7168845 | Food blending apparatus A food blending apparatus and a method of blending food within a container with the object of providing a hygienic system whereby disposable containers are charged with product at a location remote from consumption. After filling with ingredients the container is se... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6866414 | Sanitary mixing assembly for vessels and tanks The present invention provides component parts for a mixing assembly adapted to be used with clean in place techniques. The component parts may include an impeller assembly, an adjustable hub assembly and a steady bearing assembly. In one embodiment, the blades of t... | 03/15/2005 |
| 5813837 | Axial-flow impeller for mixing liquids An axial-flow impeller having a maximum blade width less than 20% of the impeller diameter, the pitch angle at the radial position 0.6 is 12°-22°, the width at the tip end portion of the blade is 12-75% of the width at the radial position 0.6, the pitch... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5385448 | Propeller shaped agitator A multibladed propeller shaped agitator includes a plurality of impellers having made blades, blade roots and hub segments made of plastic material. A metallic hub element is inlaid only in the hub segment. The impellers are connected to the hub segment s... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5344235 | Erosion resistant mixing impeller In order to extend the life of mixing impellers which circulate materials, and particularly which suspend solids, in the form of particles which erode the blades of the impellers and place a practical limit on impeller speed and/or angle of attack due to ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5297938 | Hydrofoil impeller A hydrofoil impeller includes three impeller blades attached to a hub. Each impeller blade includes a flat section and a curved section which terminates in a tip portion. The flat section has a root portion proximate the hub and which forms a predetermine... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5158434 | Mixing impellers and impeller systems for mixing and blending liquids and liquid suspensions having a wide range of viscosities Impellers and impeller systems are described which enable liquids and liquid suspensions to be mixed and blended where the size of the impeller and the viscosity of the liquid may require operation in the turbulent and laminar flow regimes, as well as in ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5152606 | Mixer impeller shaft attachment apparatus A mixer impeller, which is adapted to mix and blend liquids and liquid suspensions in industrial and commmercial applications and is subject to forces which tend to work the impeller loose from attachment with its driving shaft, is secured to the shaft by... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5112192 | Mixing impellers and impeller systems for mixing and blending liquids and liquid suspensions having a wide range of viscosities Impellers and impeller systems are described which enable liquids and liquid suspensions to be mixed and blended where the size of the impeller and the viscosity of the liquid may require operation in the turbulent and laminar flow regimes, as well as in ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5073033 | Liquid mixer A mixer incorporating a shaft having one end which is adapted to be received into the chuck of a drill and the other end which includes a specially shaped mixing blade. The blade includes triangular end portions that are both angled up relative to the gen... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4930576 | Slurry mixing apparatus A mixing apparatus is provided for mixing slurries, particularly high density, high viscosity fracturing fluid slurries containing a large proportion of proppant material. A mixing tub has a generally round horizontal cross-sectional shape. A relatively l... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4722608 | Mixing apparatus Apparatus for mixing liquid and liquid suspension mediums in vessels with a mixing impeller shaft system of a composite of fibrous and plastic material of a structural configuration to enable the use of such material in commercial and industrial applicati... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4721394 | Mixing blade construction A mixing blade assembly including a hub, a set of impeller blades having air foil configurations and flat end portions for attachment to corresponding flat surfaces of mounting members which attach the blades to the hub. The flat attachment surfaces avoid... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4468130 | Mixing apparatus The mixing of liquid and liquid suspensions in vessels is obtained by a mixing impeller mounted on a shaft and rotated by a drive which delivers selected speed and torque. The torque and power needed to obtain given flow is minimized by a low-cost impelle... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4376515 | Apparatus for the continuous manufacture of a mixed fodder An apparatus for the continuous manufacture of a mixed fodder comprises a stationary drum having an infeed opening for straw bales at one end of the peripheral drum wall and an outlet for finished fodder mix at the opposite end. Centrally of the drum ther... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4337000 | Two-spindle planetary kitchen mixer-kneader and anti-climb dough hooks therefor A planetary-type kitchen mixer-kneader having two spindles both of which turn in the same direction and travel in identical circular orbits as they sweep in an orbital path along the inside wall surfaces of the mixing bowl. The spindles are adapted to car... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4147437 | Mixer blade An impeller for producing a stirring action within a fluid medium contained in a vessel includes blades, each blade being shaped to produce a variation in the lift coefficient of the impeller from the rotational axis thereof to the blade tip, in order to ... | 04/03/1979 |
| 3963220 | Kneading machine A kneading machine includes a pot the diameter of which gradually increases toward the top from the bottom thereof, and a rotatable blade centrally located at the bottom of the pot. At specified positions on the inside wall of the pot there are provided a... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3946995 | Inter arc ingredient mixer An ingredient whipper that utilizes the mixing action of a plurality of rotating axially spaced apart inclined blades of segmental arc, cycloidal like, configuration in a chamber that is adapted to receive materials to be mixed through one opening and to ... | 03/30/1976 |
