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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096699 | Dough processing machine A dough processing device has a support frame, a dough feed device, a dough portioning device, a dough kneading device and a dough transfer device. The latter transfers at least one dough portion from at least one portioning chamber of the dough portioning device to... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096698 | Load monitoring method and load monitoring apparatus for kneading apparatus In an extruder or a kneader, load (torque T) values on an input shaft portion of a screw shaft are detected by a load detector installed on the input shaft portion, then an overload condition is determined from a load mean value (Ta) and a load amplitude ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7993049 | Turntable for on-demand mixing and distributing of a food product An apparatus for mixing and distributing sauce is disclosed. The apparatus may include a mixing-pump device coupled a linear arm for distributing sauce over a rotating turntable. The turntable may include an improved gripping device for coupling to a pan. The appara... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7585101 | Extruder and cylinder exchanging method thereof In an extruder of the invention, a screw receiving portion penetrates through a cylinder from one connection surface to the other connection surface thereof and the connection surface of the cylinder is connected to the connection surface of other cylinder, a key gr... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7527421 | Method for tinting a cartridge of caulking material In a method for tinting caulking, a quantity of caulking is sealed within and toward one end of an elongate, pliable casing. The unfilled portion of the casing is then unsealed, and a quantity of tinting agent, such as paint, is introduced into the casing, which is ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7228653 | Food mixer with attached recipe card holding device The present invention provides a kitchen appliance that includes a food mixer and a recipe card holding device. The recipe card holding device includes a first end that is attached to the food mixer and a second end that holds a recipe card. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204882 | Polyurethane resin coating device A polyurethane resin coating device includes a material mixing unit for mixing materials to have them reacted to form polyurethane resin liquid mixture. Subsequently, the polyurethane resin liquid mixture flows downward to a pressuring and sending unit to be mixed a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198400 | Static mixer and a method of manufacture thereof A static mixer comprising a mixer body with a first and a second array of intermeshed and interconnecting passageways formed therein that connect, and provide a convoluted flow path between, flow faces at ends of the mixer body. The first and second arrays of passag... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195187 | Rolling mill system A rolling mill system has oppositely driven, temperature-controlled first and second rolls, each having a first roll half with a first end face, a second roll half with a second end face, and a roll center. The first roll has a peripheral surface with open grooves a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7165881 | Methods and apparatus for high-shear mixing and reacting of materials Methods and apparatus for high shear reacting and/or mixing of moving fluid streams of materials employ an interdiffusing and reacting zone formed in the space between two stationary surfaces, the surfaces being spaced apart a maximum distance of the sum of the thic... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7097344 | Homogeneous cellulose solution and high tenacity lyocell multifilament using the same The present invention relates to a method for making highly homogenized cellulose solution, wherein the cellulose solution is obtained by obtaining a solidified N-methylmorphorine-N-oxide (hereinafter, referred to as ‘NMMO’) hydrates which is solidified a liquid... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098360 | Processes employing multiple successive chemical reaction process steps and apparatus therefore The invention provides processes and apparatus for the production of materials requiring a plurality of chemical reaction steps. In the prior art the number of reaction vessels is minimized by performing two or more reactions together in the same vessel. Instead eac... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7052450 | Silicone rolling pin A rolling pin including a core, a silicone-containing jacket over the core defining a rolling surface. The jacket may be of such length and so positioned on the core as to define end regions of the jacket extending beyond the ends of the core; the jacket end regions... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6994330 | Process for high shear gas-liquid reactions A reactor produces a gas-in-liquid emulsion for providing increased interfacial contact area between the liquid and the gas for improved reaction of the gas with the liquid, or more rapid solution or reaction of a difficulty to dissolve or immiscible gas in or with ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6938687 | Apparatus for transfer of heat energy between a body surface and heat transfer fluid In apparatus for heat exchange to and from a body surface using a heat transfer liquid a heat exchanger comprises a plurality of elements within a casing connected axially against one another with spacer tube elements. Each element has its periphery spaced from the ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6912927 | Modular-flexible wormshaft assembly A worm shaft is provided with an intermediate worm thread section between first and second end structures, wherein at least one of the first and second end structures has a coupling structure for a desired extension of a plurality of modular worm shaft extensions. T... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902312 | Method of producing rubber mixtures A method for the production of rubber mixtures in a ram kneader or in an aggregate combination of a ram kneader and a preferably thereunder disposed ram-less kneader includes applying a fluid in a surface covering application onto the mixture which has been handled ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6726352 | Processing method of a mixture for tire rubber compound A method for processing a rubber mixture or compound for tire manufacturing includes the steps of determining variation tolerances with respect to reference values for process parameters, detecting values of the process parameters, comparing detected values of the p... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6241374 | Apparatus for kneading dough into round pieces An apparatus for kneading dough into round pieces is provided. The apparatus includes an inner drum disposed within an outer drum. The inner drum includes an outer periphery on which deepenings are disposed. The deepenings are assigned to the openings of ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6227093 | Pizza docking device The preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a pizza docking device having a pair of guides atop a pan and retaining a roller therein. Said roller has a plurality of pins thereon in spiral orientation. The device is dimensioned such that wh... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5782558 | Headlock feature for stand mixer A stand mixer having a mixer head that can be locked in an up or down position. The locking mechanism includes a pin slideably retained in the pedestal of the stand, which is removeably received in one or more recesses in the mixer head.... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5758961 | Method for continuous mixing of rubber The continuous mixing apparatus for preparing a rubber composition has a mixing chamber accommodating at least one rotor rotating in a stator and extending between an upstream end and a downstream end between which the material progressively passes. The b... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5746981 | Method and apparatus for mixing two or more kinds of resin material liquids A method of mixing two or more kinds of adhesive resin liquids takes the steps of arranging such that resin outlet ports (6a, 7a) of feed tubes (6, 7) for feeding two or more kinds of resin material liquids which are hardened by reaction face a side skin ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5674004 | Device and method for supplying fluid materials A supplying device and method make use of a cylinder and a rotary member rotatable in the cylinder for introducing and forwarding a band- or string-shaped raw material having a regular section along a fluidization passage formed between the cylinder and r... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5593226 | Apparatus for receiving and transporting material mixed in internal mixers used for processing rubber mixtures An apparatus for receiving and transporting material mixed in internal mixers used for processing rubber mixtures. At least one mixer is provided that has a discharge opening at the bottom. A closure that is pivotable about a horizontal axis is provided f... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5564829 | Disposable sterile bag for blenders A disposable sterile plastic bag is proposed for holding samples in blenders during the mixing thereof comprises a two-ply sheet flexible material integrally joined at opposed side edges thereof and joined at the upper and lower ends thereof respectively ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5472273 | System for determining the development status of a mass such as bread dough in a powered mixer A system determines the development status of a mass such as bread dough in a powered mixer by applying a set of expert rules to qualitative variables determined from the elapsed mixing time and instantaneous power flow to the mixer over time. The preferr... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5468586 | System for controlling the color of toner mixtures An apparatus for the preparation of a mixture of toner resin and a liquid colorant. The apparatus includes a toner extruder having the resin being conveyed therethrough and a colorant adder for adding the colorant to the toner resin in the toner extruder ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5335992 | Methods and apparatus for the mixing and dispersion of flowable materials New apparatus and methods are provided for the uniform mixing and dispersion of highly viscous flowable pastes, such apparatus comprising a body with a flow passage that is kept full of the material by pumping it under pressure. The passage is of constant... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5282680 | Apparatus for continuous polymerization An apparatus for continuous polymerization of vinyl chloride or a vinyl chloride-based monomeric mixture, comprising a pre-mixer 1 for preparing an aqueous suspension of the vinyl chloride or vinyl chloride-based monomeric mixture, and a polymer slurry ta... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5183332 | Kneading method of concrete The present invention aims to evenly and surely knead a concrete material comprising less water amount. Concrete material layer entered into a kneading tank is cut in an up-and-down direction and divided into a plurality of layer sections arrayed side by ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5083871 | Method and apparatus for mixing ceramic powder and binder for injection molding A method and apparatus for mixing ceramic powder and binder to form an injection molding formulation is disclosed. A container made of wear resistant plastic such as polytetrafluoroethylene, nylon or polyetheretherketone having an inner surface which form... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5004350 | Roller for forming a dough ball into a pizza shell A polyhedron roll for bread dough is formed from a sheet of semirigid plastic material with score lines forming isosceles triangles, alternately inverted and upright across the central portion and inverted isosceles triangles depending from the score line... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4946359 | Apparatus for making spherical granules The apparatus comprises a fixed cylindrical housing and a centrifugal disc closing the housing in the manner of a base, which disc is rigidly connected to a motor driven shaft. Above the centrifugal disc a ring is fitted into the housing. The distance of ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4944596 | Apparatus with roller for kneading a proofed ball of dough Apparatus for kneading proofed dough balls into pizza shells includes a conveyor belt and a generally cylindrical roller extending across the width of the belt. The roller has a core made up of a plurality of polygonal segment rings placed side to side to... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4936686 | Spherical roller for kneading a dough ball There is shown a roller for pressing and working a dough ball into a pizza shell. In its preferred form, the roller is in the form of a spherical cluster of balls, which are molded or otherwise formed on a polygonal core. The spherical cluster is rotatabl... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4869661 | Machine for the production by continuous rolling of a mass of dough for bakery products and buns and rolls Apparatus for rolling dough including an elevated feeder conveyor and cooperating feed roll followed by a lower conveyor having a continuous belt pivoted at one end and spaced above the lower conveyor for rolling and beating the dough on the lower conveyo... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4847006 | Encapsulated ion-exchange resin and a method for its manufacture A method for long-term storage of radioactive waste in a solid bitumen is here taught. A granular ion-exchange resin (including radioactive ions) is mixed with a bitumen and water emulsion to produce a swollen aqueous product for encapsulation. The method... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4840491 | Rubber kneading method In a method of kneading rubber, rubber is kneaded with a kneading mixer, and the rubber thus kneaded is caused to pass through roll means to form a rubber sheet whose thickness is not more than 3 mm, whereby the rubber having a desired degree of plasticit... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4824259 | Dust seal assembly for use in a closed type mixer and its control mechanism A dust seal assembly for a closed type mixer including a rotor shaft opening at least one end of a mixing chamber, a rotor shaft extending through the opening, a collar ring fitted on the rotor shaft for rotation therewith and closing the rotor shaft open... | 04/25/1989 |
