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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7625115 | Method of blending lubricants using positive displacement liquid-handling equipment The present invention relates to a method of dispensing accurately small amounts of high viscosity lubricant components using tubeless positive-displacement liquid-handling equipment for forming lubricant blends. The method includes the steps of: providing a low voi... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7178976 | Blender for ingredients into soft-serve freezer products An assembly is mounted to a soft serve confection freezer. It includes a set of modules in a circular array and separately replaceable in a magazine. Each module supports a container storing a dry food ingredient in particulate form, and has a motor driven product i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7127782 | Clasp for ornamental objects A clasp apparatus to releaseably hold an ornamental object. That ornamental object may have a spherical shape or an irregular shape. A method to releaseably hold an ornamental object. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6896399 | Coating material feeding apparatus and valve unit A small-sized and inexpensive coating material feeding apparatus capable of feeding even a coating material comprising less miscible main agent and curing agent as in an aqueous two component mixed coating material, while uniformly mixing them, to a coating machine ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6394641 | Preparation of standard gas mixtures Apparatus for the preparation of gas mixtures includes cylinder which is divided into two chambers by means of a fixed central barrier. This barrier has a central orifice for receiving a rod which has central portion of diameter corresponding with the dia... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6240829 | Tea or non-carbonated drink dispenser A beverage mixture forming apparatus includes a batch vessel, a first valve distributing a mixture of hot water and a beverage concentrate into the batch vessel, a second valve for distributing cold water into the batch vessel, and a controller. The contr... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5803599 | Apparatus and method for mixing chemicals to be used in chemical-mechanical polishing procedures Apparatus for the delivery of a chemical slurry to at least one downstream facility. The apparatus comprises a measuring vessel of predetermined volume into which a liquid chemical component is introduced. A conduit connects the measuring vessel to multip... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5537914 | Beverage blending and proportioning An apparatus is provided for improving quality and increasing syrup yield within a beverage blending system. The apparatus and the associated method are adaptable to existing proportioning and blending systems or the appropriate control and measurement eq... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5482368 | Continuous mixer operable to control saccharides concentration A continuous mixer system for controlling the saccharide concentration of a sweetened liquid product mixture, which has (i) an undiluted sweetened solution input, (ii) a water input, (iii) a mixer having a product output, (iv) a first positive displacemen... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5409310 | Semiconductor processor liquid spray system with additive blending A semiconductor processor blending system for diluting a concentrated liquid additive into an actively flowing primary liquid. The concentrated additive is stored in a reservoir and transferred to a drained mixing tank via a metering pump. A diluent suppl... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5350233 | Mixing apparatus and method for forming a blended composite material from a plurality of components A mixing apparatus dispenses a composite material blended from metered components, at least one of which may be a viscous material. The apparatus includes a blending assembly for blending the components into the composite material and for thereafter dispe... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5344231 | System for the preparation of a fluid concentrate intended for medical use Apparatus for the preparation of fluids intended for medical use is disclosed, including a source of pure water and at least one cartridge or other vessel containing a powder which is to be dissolved in the water for preparation of the desired fluid. The ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5308160 | Process and device for the mixing of beverage components In a process for the mixing of beverage components, in particular syrup and water, in which a first component is introduced from a storage chamber into a measuring chamber with a specific volume and a second component is metered in accordance with the vol... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5304001 | Method and apparatus for metering and mixing non-compressible and compressible fluids The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for effectively proportionating a mixture of compressible and non-compressible fluids and in particular, the present invention is directed to apparatus and methods for forming a coating compositio... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5149192 | System for mixing cementitious construction materials A system which includes method and apparatus for the delivery of cementitious materials to a construction site using a transportable machine, a truck with an extensible crane, a containment frame, and transport cement silos that are carried by the truck a... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5129730 | Fluid mixing device A fluid mixing valve has a canister which defines a piston chamber divided into an upper additive subchamber and a lower carrier subchamber by a piston. A pressurized carrier liquid enters the carrier subchamber through an inlet and exits the carrier subc... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4954253 | Device for preparing a gradient solution for a high-pressure liquid chromatograph A device for preparing a gradient solution for a high-pressure liquid chromatograph comprises vessels (1) containing eluents, a switch-over unit (7), a piston pump (9) and a mixer (4). Each vessel (1) containing eluents has a movable partition (10) dividi... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4823987 | Liquid mixing system and method A liquid mixing system and method are disclosed for automatically preparing a batch mixture containing predetermined quantities of liquids such as spray dampening solutions or silicone emulsions used in the printing industry. The system comprises a holdin... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4798475 | Device for providing lime to acidulated waters A device for adding lime to acidulated flowing water including a feed hopper and an endless belt conveyor arranged below the feed hopper. The belt conveyor is driven via a one-way clutch of an arm that is, in turn, driven by a tilting movement of a vessel... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4581704 | Grain mixing system A system for mixing different kinds of grains comprises a plurality of tanks respectively containing different kinds of grains therein. Each of the tanks has a discharge port. A volumetric weight measuring device measures volumetric weights of the respect... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4537512 | Method and apparatus for Korsakovian dilution An apparatus and method for carrying out the Korsakovian dilution of a master tincture contained in a bottle. The bottle is drained through a vacuum pump acting by way of a control water trap. Then the feed station sends a dose of distilled water into the... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4494582 | Ice cream making and packaging system and method Ice cream making machine and method which automatically controls the weight of ice cream supplied to containers by increasing or decreasing the amount of overrun, depending upon whether or not the cartons in a production line are overweight or underweight... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4468127 | Process for metering and mixing liquids in arbitrary mass proportions A method and apparatus is provided for obtaining mixtures in predetermined proportions of a primary liquid and secondary liquid while the stagnation pressure and mass flow of the primary liquid are varying. The apparatus comprises a passive device having ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4444337 | Apparatus for proportioning fluids An apparatus and method for determining the heating value of gaseous fuels is disclosed which include the novel means for establishing a mixture of air and the gaseous fuel of interest in known volumetric proportions. An electrochemical sensor is provided... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4362033 | Automatic mixing and cloth bleaching control An automatic chemical mixing system using a single level sensor, preferably an ultrasonic sensor, for monitoring the contents of a mixing tank. The level sensor provides an analog signal to a controller indicative of the level of liquid in the tank. Suppl... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4332483 | Mixing apparatus Mixing apparatus is described in which a plurality of chemical materials are to be incorporated in a carrier liquid, which may be a solvent, such as water, and which is quantitatively predominant, some of the chemical materials being incompatible if broug... | 06/01/1982 |
| 3976087 | Closed mixing system for tending agricultural sprayers A closed agricultural chemical batching, measuring and mixing system is disclosed for mounting to a sprayer tending truck. The system includes a measuring tank on which a partial vacuum is drawn by opening a connection to the intake manifold of the intern... | 08/24/1976 |
