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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347613 | Apparatus for continuous blending The present invention provides a continuous blender having a drive unit assembly with a shell assembly mounting assembly and a shell assembly structured to be removably coupled to the shell assembly mounting assembly by one or more clamps. The drive unit assembly ma... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7188994 | Orbital shaker for cell extraction A orbital shaker for cell extraction includes a digestion chamber and structure for translating the digestion chamber. Structure is also provided for rotating the digestion chamber. A method of performing cell extraction is also disclosed. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168846 | Rotary processing device A rotary product processing device that has a frame made of endplates and at least one sidewall of one piece and unitary construction that encompasses a product processing chamber and product conveyor that is rotatively supported by a plurality of bearings that are ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7121714 | Fluid mixer utilizing viscous drag A fluid mixer including an inner fluid flow (11) duct having a cylindrical wall (14) provided with the window openings (13) and an outer tubular sleeve (12) disposed outside and extending along the duct (11) to cover the openings (... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6960361 | Split-pan for panning apparatus A split-pan for a panning apparatus, a panning apparatus incorporating a split-pan, and a method of coating two distinct masses of centers simultaneously with the split-pan are described. The split-pan is formed as a hollow drum, having first and second ends, an int... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6910801 | Agitating and mixing device The object of the present invention is to provide a device with a simple structure which can uniformly mix bulk materials. A device comprises a rotary shaft 6 to be rotated by a driving means 3, a container outer shell 7 fixed to the rota... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6170980 | Automated tablet dissolution apparatus An automated tablet dissolution apparatus adapted for use with tablet sinkers. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes a dissolution vessel and an automated mechanism for agitating the contents of the dissolution vessel. The apparatus also inclu... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5845992 | Tire tube container and tumbler A novel container called a tire tube is made from whole, used tires. They are first turned inside out or inverted. Several tire tubes may be connected together side by side with holes aligned sing fasteners such as screws. With the ends sealed the tire tu... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5778769 | Rice rinsing system A new rice rinsing system for cleaning natural grown rice without having to get hands wet. The inventive device includes a cylindrical water bowl having an open upper end, a closed lower end and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. A cylindrical shaft ex... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5704281 | Washing container A washing container using water and a rotatable brush for washing various granular food, and is especially applicable for medium and small size granular fruits. It is comprised of: a receiving barrel, a rotatable brush and an upper cover. Food is put in f... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5611921 | Sewage dewatering process and equipment A process of dewatering primary-treated sewage which includes mixing the sewage with a coagulant or flocculant aid, usually activated polymer. The sewage is then mixed and flocculated at conditions which involve extensive mixing turbulence of the sewage a... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5494350 | Rotating composter having a wide connecting collar A closed container for rotating compost is formed by connecting the open end of two buckets together with a collared connector. The collar has pivotal connection to a frame for supporting the container during rotation. The depth of the collar is close the... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5301605 | Curd ripening apparatus The curd ripening apparatus comprises two perforated, semicylindrical baskets (12, 30), rotatably supported on a common horizontal axis, one within the other. Curds are poured into the inside basket, and the outside basket is then rotated of 180° with re... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5184544 | Device for cleaning vegetable, rice and the like A device for cleaning rice or vegetable such as beans in a tank containing cleaning water is provided. The cleaning water is manually agitated. A removable basket having a perforated bottom is rotatably positioned in the tank. An agitator static with resp... | 02/09/1993 |
| 4964226 | High turndown rotary dryer flights A dryer drum for drying bulk material including a rotating drum having an inlet for material to be dried at one end and an outlet for dried material at the other end, a center shaft extending therethrough, vanes mounted on the shaft circumferentially spac... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4875781 | Paint mixing paint container A paint container is set forth wherein internal mixing of paint is effected by an oscillation of the paint can by means of the associated bail or handle pivotally secured thereon. A plurality of diametrically opposed arcuate vanes are integrally secured o... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4549699 | Flighting for horizontal dryers An improved flighting for dryers is the subject of the present invention. An elongated drying drum is disposed for rotation about its longitudinal axis. The inner surface of the drum is provided with a plurality of material distributing vanes in circumfer... | 10/29/1985 |
| 3989435 | Apparatus for fabricating spherically shaped particles of small diameter A method of forming spherically shaped pellets of relatively small diameter is disclosed which comprises the steps of depositing a finely divided congealable material on a surface of a disk shaped body, transporting the body over a closed course which ext... | 11/02/1976 |