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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418829 | Apparatus for the production of ice-cream mass with solid ingredients An apparatus is disclosed for the production of frozen ice-cream mass with solid ingredients, which in the finished ice-cream mass will appear substantially as inclusions which distinguish themselves by flavour, appearance and/or consistency from the surrounding hom... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7334937 | Impeller vane assembly for liquid/solid blenders An impeller vane assembly for blending liquids with solid particulate matter in which a center drive shaft extends through a housing having a solid particle inlet and a liquid inlet together with an outlet, and upper and lower impeller vanes are aligned respectively... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334936 | Mixing device and method of mixing The present invention is a mixing device and a method of mixing viscous fluids with a mixing device. The mixing device includes a shaft and a support mounted for rotation with the shaft. A plurality of vanes extend from the support and are mounted for rotation with ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318668 | Agitator-incorporating container A container (10) includes a drum (12) and an agitator (14) positioned within the drum (12)for the mixing of the paint or other liquid contained therein. A one-piece conversion device (16) is installed in the drum's central opening ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7281839 | Turbine cement/water mixer for concrete production A high-speed turbine mixer combines water and cement into a pre-mixed cement paste that is added to aggregates to create a concrete mix. The turbine mixer includes a housing that cooperates with an auger to move dry cement into a mixing chamber where water is added.... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267476 | Dual handle immersion blender There is provided an immersion blender essentially having a housing or body portion for containing a drive motor, a shank or drive shaft operatively connected to the drive motor, and a processing tool operatively connected to the drive shaft. The immersion blender a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7238459 | Method and device for processing powder A powder is de-aerated in a collector and then transferred to a chamber via a valve. The chamber may then be injected with a low-pressure air stream carrying an additive for mixing with the de-aerated powder. The mixing of the powder with the air and additive stream... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7186018 | Fuel processing device having magnetic coupling and method of operating thereof A fuel processing device has a magnetic coupling that transfers rotational energy from a motor to a fuel homogenizer. The magnetic coupling has magnetic members that may be isolated from contact with fuel. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178975 | Device and method for creating vortex cavitation in fluids Devices for mixing and/or reacting combinations of one or more liquids, gases or solids is provided. The device can generally have at least one cavity into which a fluid flows by way of a tangential orifice, thereby forming cavitation bubbles. The cavity is configur... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7070317 | Method of mixing using vaned mixing device The present invention is a mixing device and a method of mixing viscous fluids with a mixing device. The mixing device includes a shaft and a support mounted for rotation with the shaft. A plurality of vanes extend from the support and are mounted for rotation with ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6997598 | Impact-type rotary fining, homogenizing and emulsifying device An impact-type rotary fining, homogenizing and emulsifying device is constituted by a casing body disposed on a base, a feed port and a discharge port disposed in the casing body, and a power shaft disposed inside of the casing body. The power shaft is equipped with... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6974246 | Apparatus for blending liquids and solids including improved impeller assembly A method and apparatus for blending liquids with solid particulate matter in which a center drive shaft extends through a housing having a solid particle inlet and a liquid inlet together with an outlet, and upper and lower impeller vanes are aligned respectively wi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971788 | Fluid mixing device A mixing device includes vanes arranged so that the outer edges of the vanes define a frusto-conical surface in order to facilitate improved circulation of the liquid being mixed. Each vane is preferably curved, either lengthwise, widthwise, or both. In one embodime... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6857774 | Devices for cavitational mixing and pumping and methods of using same The present invention provides for a cavitational mixing and/or pumping device and method including a body having a base portion and a peripheral wall extending from the base portion and defining an inlet space therebetween. Additionally, the base portion includes a... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6855299 | Collider chamber apparatus and method of use of same The disclosed apparatus includes a stator and a rotor disposed for rotation within the stator. An inner wall of the stator defines one or more collider chambers. Rotation of the rotor causes movement of fluid disposed between the rotor and stator and establishes a r... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6491787 | Method for heating pulps A method and apparatus for heating cellulose pulp with steam are provided. Low-pressure (e.g. 3-5 bar (abs.)) steam is supplied into the pulp flowing as a plug flow in such a way that in the flow direction of the pulp, before supplying the low-pressure st... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6328466 | Agitation blade A stirring blade unit includes a perforated cylinder formed around the an internal stirring blade so as to be rotated together with the stirring shaft. The perforated cylinder has perforations which are approximately 30 to 50% of the area of the top and b... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6280079 | Method of mixing slurries A slurry mixing apparatus has a mixing chamber, a rotatable bearing and several blades. The bearing is connected to one end of each of the blades and located in the center of the mixing chamber. Several kinds of the slurries can be mixed rapidly in the ap... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6110432 | Collider chamber apparatus and method of use of same The disclosed apparatus includes a stator and a rotor disposed for rotation within the stator. An inner wall of the stator defines one or more collider chambers. Rotation of the rotor causes movement of fluid disposed between the rotor and stator and esta... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5904419 | Blender method and apparatus A blender apparatus specifically adaptable for intermixing solid and liquid materials is made up of a housing for an impeller assembly having upper and lower impeller portions and wherein liquid directed into the lower impeller portion is redirected axial... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5564828 | Method and device for controlled motion of water in water basins Device for aerating and/or mixing water in a basin, using a means to impart a rotational motion to the water and having guide means (57) which convert the rotational motion into a combined horizontal and vertical motion of the water. Said guide means can ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5511881 | Impeller system and method for enhanced-flow pumping of liquids A rotatably driveable enhanced-flow impeller system is provided for pumping at least one liquid in a tank through an outlet port thereof. A radial flow impeller has a first impeller face disposed proximate the bottom of the tank and proximate or extending... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5501523 | Impeller system for mixing and enhanced-flow pumping of liquids A rotatably driveable enhanced-flow impeller system has a radial flow impeller with a first impeller face disposed proximate the bottom of the tank and proximate or extending into an inlet port for liquids in the tank bottom. The radial flow impeller has ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5458414 | Method and apparatus for storing and handling waste water slurries A method and apparatus for mixing solid and liquid components of a slurry which have settled in a storage tank, suspending the solids in a substantially homogeneous slurry mixture are practiced by directed flow apparatus. A plurality of jet nozzles or pro... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5338115 | Mixing device for materials with large density differences An auger-tube pump mixing device for mixing materials with large density differences while maintaining low stirring RPM and low power consumption. The mixing device minimizes the formation of vortexes and minimizes the incorporation of small bubbles in th... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5322357 | Apparatus for blending a powder with a liquid An apparatus has the capacity to satisfactorily blend a liquid with a powder and pump the resultant viscous slurry in a single stage operation. The apparatus has a vertically oriented drive shaft with a bladed impeller attached to the drive shaft. A housi... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5292194 | Device for preparing liquid to thin pulpy media A device for preparing liquid to thin pulpy media having an inner chamber 1 is substantially symmetrical about longitudinal axis, and the inner chamber has a neck end and a passage end. An outer circumference of the inner chamber tapers down from the pass... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5282980 | Method for treatment of waste water sludge A method for treating liquid waste water sludge after its generation and separation from the waste liquid involves forcibly impacting sludge particles and microbial cells against a contact surface to thereby fragment the particles into smaller-sized parti... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5240327 | Method for creating double loop flow The invention relates to a method for mixing liquids into each other or different phases into liquid by employing a double loop circulation, created below the surface zone of a reactor, in order to maintain an intensive mixing. It is characteristic of thi... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240599 | Apparatus for treatment of waste water sludge A method and apparatus for fragmenting waste water sludge particles to destroy sludge particles and to enhance a dewatering process performed on the sludge. Sludge is passed through a slotted rotor that centrifugally propels the sludge through slots in a ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5198156 | Agitators The turbine agitator assembly including a reservoir for liquid, a rotor mounted in the reservoir and with a plurality of radially extending blades, and sparger means for introducing a fluid into liquid in the reservoir. The fluid sparger means and the rot... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5176447 | Turbomixer with rotating injector for mixing liquid A mixer is disclosed for absorbing and mixing gases in liquids, or for mixing a liquid with another liquid and/or atomizing a liquid in a gas. The mixer includes an impeller with blades which are bent backward, the blades being surrounded on both sides by... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5141392 | Connecting arrangement between impeller shaft and mixer The driving shaft (3) of a pump impeller (4) is extended beyond the impeller and supports the mixer (5) at its end. In order to minimize the risk for extensive damage if the mixer should hit a solid body, the shaft (6) of the mixer is very slim and manufa... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5078505 | Apparatus for creating a double loop flow The invention relates to a method for mixing liquids into each other or different phases into liquid by employing a double loop circulation, created below the surface zone of a reactor. In order to maintain an intensive mixing, it is characteristic of thi... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4989987 | 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... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4919540 | Self-leveling mixer apparatus A self-leveling mixer apparatus includes a base and a generally downwardly tapered movable mixing tub supported from the base in a manner such that the tub is movable between first and second positions relative to the base. A leveling valve is provided fo... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4893937 | Apparatus and method for suspending solids There are disclosed apparatus and methods for mixing solids that are difficult to mix. The apparatus includes means for providing a slurry of the solid to be mixed to the inlet side of a centrifugal recirculating pump.... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4884892 | Method and apparatus to generate precisely-defined wall shearing stresses A method and apparatus is provided to generate over a confined space precisely defined distributions of the magnitude of the wall shearing stresses in a substrate/fluid boundary layer. A fluid flow is rotated around a center axis in the confined space. Si... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4883363 | Device inter alia for uniformly distributing solid and/or liquid particles, and an assembly comprising such a device A device inter alia for uniformly distributing solid and/or liquid particles. It comprises, on the one hand, a hollow vertical primary shaft (1) driven in rotation, the bottom end of the shaft comprising a primary ring (4), the bottom surface of which bea... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4869657 | Magnetic pump of a photographic processing bath A magnetic pump in which a fluid is driven by means of an impeller. A stator which is adapted to rotate, through the medium of a magnetic force, a magnetic rotor attached to the impeller is disposed so as to face the magnetic rotor through a non-magnetic ... | 09/26/1989 |
