Quotables
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. "
Ambose Bierce
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083395 | Device and method for admixing liquids into flowable bulk material A device for admixing a liquid into flowable dry materials has a housing with a mixing chamber having an inner wall with an impact area and an exit opening at a bottom end of the mixing chamber. Dry material is supplied from above into the mixing chamber and falls d... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7922382 | Apparatus for consumable powder reconstitution and frothing A method and apparatus for reconstituting consumable powder(s) with a liquid to provide a food liquid such as milk, cappuccino-type beverage, or soup with or without froth. The powder is introduced into a container and pre-wetted by an intersecting liquid spray. Fur... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7115187 | Method and device for continually producing a suspension of cellulose in an aqueous amine oxide The invention relates to a method for continually producing a suspension of cellulose in an aqueous tertiary amine oxide. The method includes (a) mixing cellulose and an amine oxide-free aqueous phase to form a cellulose suspension in a mass ratio in the range of 1:... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7077906 | Apparatus for continuously introducing a substance in liquid phase into plastics granules An apparatus for continuously introducing a substance in liquid phase into plastics granules includes a supporting structure adapted to support in series and in substantial vertical alignment a feeding section, at least one mixing chamber, and at least one drying ch... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6960294 | Apparatus for the separation of solids from liquids by dissolved gas floatation The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for separation of solids from liquids and separation of liquids from liquids (such as oil from water) by dissolved gas floatation. A dissolved gas floatation clarifier is described as is a liquid-gas mixer, a li... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6551402 | Rotary atomizer A system utilizing a rotary atomizer for applying a liquid based substance to particles. In one example, a motor provides an in-line, direct drive force on a cage atomizer. With some systems, the cage atomizer has a vertical axis of rotation. With some sy... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6454457 | Mixing apparatus with rotary jet water valve A mixing apparatus includes a mixing tube, a liquid inlet, a dry substance inlet and a recirculation mixture inlet. The mixing apparatus is utilized with a tub. A liquid and a dry substance may be mixed in the mixing tube and the mixture may be recirculat... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6367959 | Method and apparatus for blending water with sand A water blending apparatus for use in conditioning foundry sand. The apparatus creates a vertical sand stream flow path which increases the surface area of the sand stream and allows water to be applied to both sides of the sand stream rather than a singl... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6357906 | Method and device for mixing a bulk material with a fluid A product mixing apparatus and method of using a mixing apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a hopper containing the product, with the hopper having a throat section extending therefrom. The throat section has a first injection member con... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6254267 | Method and apparatus for mixing dry powder into liquids The invention is a method and apparatus for mixing a powder into a liquid. In a first aspect, the invention includes an apparatus into which a powder can be fed for mixing into a liquid. The apparatus comprises a wetting housing defining a wetting chamber... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5938327 | Static mixer apparatus with rotational mixing A static mixing apparatus having a mixing chamber in fluid communication with opposed conduits connected to a flow from a source of material for mixing. The conduits each include nozzles directing the flow from the conduits in different radial directions ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5660466 | Apparatus and method for uniformly wetting hard-to-wet powders Apparatus for wetting particulate material comprises a duct 1 that is open at its base 2 and that is provided at its top 3 with a duct inlet 4 defined by inlet walls 5 down which water flows continuously from a weir 6 around the top of the walls. Sprays 1... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5520456 | Apparatus for homogeneous mixing of two media having an elongated cylindrical passage and media injection means Mixing apparatus having an elongated cylindrical passage for flow of a fluid therethrough, nozzles for injection of a medium into the passage, and a funnel to inject a second medium into an end of the passage for travel through the passage and mixing of t... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5507573 | Method and a means for continuous, static mixing of thin layers A method and apparatus for controlling the volume or quantity of components being fed into a continuous, static mixing head are based upon the phenomenon of concentric, thin layers meeting with high velocities in a circular and free-flowing mixing zone (1... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5073032 | Mixing device for bulk impregnation of particulate matter by a binder A device for mixing particulate matter and liquids comprises a rotatable central shaft passing through a stationary particle feed hopper and supporting a perforated rotatable plate and incorporating a liquid feed conduit terminating at an atomizer, a spra... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4890929 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing coagulated grains from polymer latex The present invention provides a method of manufacturing coagulated grains from polymer latex and apparatus for exercising this method, said method being characterized in that a swirl of polymer latex is produced in tank, while holding it at a temperature... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4846582 | Polymer dissolver The present invention relates to a method for dissolving a solid polymer in a solvent, in which the polymer in a fine-particulate state is introduced into a jet of solvent at substantially right angles thereto, such that the polymer particles are captured... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4565451 | Method and apparatus for combining granular components A method and apparatus for combining granular components. The granular material, in finely divided form, is moved from spaced-apart locations into flight paths or trajectories which overlap or cross one another. The mixing of the components first takes pl... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4430003 | Apparatus for spraying liquids such as resins and waxes on surfaces of particles To uniformly and economically disperse liquids, via sprays of droplets, on surfaces of particles, a method moving the particles involves their rotary lifting, followed by their free falling, with a spray of droplets originating from a central area of the ... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4323314 | Process and apparatus for adding liquid components to pourable powdered or granular materials A vessel is described for the continuous mixing of pourable powdered or granular materials with liquid components, the pourable material being supplied to the vessel at the top. A deflector deflects the still dry material so that it trickles down inside t... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4086663 | Mixing apparatus and method A method and apparatus for dispersing a particulate solid uniformly in a liquid are described. The apparatus comprises a duct open at one end with a central inlet at the other end through which the solids are fed entrained in a stream of gas, and a plural... | 04/25/1978 |
