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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057091 | Water circulation systems for ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water Circulation systems for ponds, lakes, or other bodies of water using a flotation platform, dish, and impeller. One embodiment has a connecting arrangement between the drive motor and the impeller that permits the two to be easily and quickly coupled and uncoupled. T... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7942572 | Process for the continuous production of emulsions A multistage process for the continuous production of an emulsion comprising subjecting at least two immiscible liquids to a sequence of at least two mixing stages carried out in at least two successive stator-rotor devices, wherein a peripheral outlet from a first ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7670044 | Water circulation systems for ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water with adjustable solar panels Circulation systems for ponds, lakes, or other bodies of water using a flotation platform, dish, and impeller. One embodiment has a connecting arrangement between the drive motor and the impeller that permits the two to be easily and quickly coupled and uncoupled. T... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7357566 | 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... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7267477 | Fluid blending utilizing either or both passive and active mixing Fluid blenders and blending methods are provided, the blending apparatus including components accommodating both passive and/or active mixing. The apparatus includes a main body and closure connectable to define a chamber having a fluid outlet. A valved fluid inlet ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7230037 | Method for mixing a polyol component and an isocyanate component The present invention relates to a method for the continuous mixing of at least one polyol component and at least one isocyanate component and optionally additives to form a polyurethane reaction mixture in a stirrer mixer with an axially conveying stirrer. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201884 | Process and apparatus for performing a gas-sparged reaction An improved process, such as a microbiological or enzymatic process, and apparatus, such as an apparatus for producing a cellular product, comprising introducing a gaseous feed stream of at least one gas of low solubility into an aqueous medium containing a microorg... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178977 | Homogenizer In a homogenizer for the processing of products to be homogenized, in particular foodstuffs incorporating dairy products, where the homogenizer is of the mixer type with a blade wheel(8) in a mixer tank (1) and a tubular perforated skirt (3) loc... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7152425 | Blowing device and air conditioning apparatus having the same A blowing device having an air suction guide with an improved structure to reduce blowing operational noise, and an air conditioning apparatus having the blowing device. The blowing device includes a blowing fan, a fan casing placed to cover the blowing fan and havi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144217 | Molten metal pump particle passage system A molten metal pump system which includes a particle relief passageway between the vanes on the impeller and the pump base, the particle relief passageway being a predetermined size to allow particles of a predetermined size to pass between the plurality of vanes an... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7066639 | Machine tool for processing food products, having improved latching means, and machine equipped with such a tool A tool for use in a food processing machine. This tool has a cover tube (11) and a shaft (13) for driving in rotation a member for processing food products, which shaft is mounted in the cover tube (11), the cover tube (11) being provided... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060182 | Hand-held pool cleaner A hand-held, electrically-powered pool cleaner includes a body and a nozzle for suctioning pool water. The body has a filter, an impeller and motor, rechargeable batteries, and a handle for carrying the body and for maneuvering the nozzle along a surface being clean... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056009 | Dispersing tool with an inner shaft rotatable within a hollow shaft to create a pumping effect A dispersing tool (1) is provided having a hollow shaft (2), which has an open, laterally slotted region on its free end (4) that faces away from a drive that is at the bottom in the position of use, and with an inner shaft (3), which can... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6974244 | Hand-held wand mixer A wand mixer having a wand assembly that is detachable from the motor assembly as a single unit. The wand assembly includes a drive shaft that is enclosed within a tubular housing having a seal at the lower end for preventing entry of fluids and debris. First and se... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6869212 | Rotor/stator type homogenizer Disclosed is a rotor/stator type homogenizer which allows the gap between the rotor and the stator to be set to a very small dimension and which does not involve generation of abrasion particles or the like even if the rotor is rotated at high speed, making it possi... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6863431 | Disruptor device which eliminates cross contamination A plastic disruption and homogenization device. The device has rotor that is axially disposed within a stator. The stator and the rotor have several teeth to aid the disruption and homogenization process. The device consists of plastic material that allows the rotor... | 03/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6698916 | Underwater agitation pump An underwater agitation pump comprises an impeller casing in which an impeller driven by a motor is rotatably accommodated, an agitated material suction guide cylinder of a hollow cylinder which has one-end opening portion thereof integrally communicably ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6523995 | In-tank mixing system and associated radial impeller A radial impeller includes a cover having a frusto-conical portion and multiple blades extending radially outwardly. Related mixing systems involve positioning the radial impeller with blades adjacent a flow opening of a tank to draw water through the flo... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6464384 | Mixer systems A system for providing improved bulk liquid mixing and effective gas-liquid contacting for mass transfer of the gas to the liquid, especially a non-Newtonian liquid, the viscosity of which decreases when under shearing conditions (shear thinning), in an u... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6443613 | Method for transporting and delivering substances The invention includes a method of minimizing the delivery cost of a slurry. According to the invention, a mobile tank is incompletely loaded with an at least partially dehydrated component of the slurry. Sufficient room is left in the tank for a diluent ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6428711 | Purification method by mixing/diffusion of closed water zone and mixing/diffusion apparatus A purification method by mixing and diffusion of a closed water area comprises the steps of sucking bottom layer water and surface layer water, preparing a mixed water by mixing them before discharging, and discharging the mixed water into a water layer h... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422736 | Scalable impeller apparatus for preparing silver halide grains A mixer for preparing silver halide grains for photographic use has upper and lower impellers housed in a draft tube. The bottom impeller has flat blades for micromixing silver and halide reactants introduced into the bottom of the draft tube. The upper i... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6412714 | Apparatus for mixing, grinding, dispersing or emulsifying An apparatus for mixing, grinding, dispersing or emulsifying including a rotatable drive, a rotor body connected for rotation with the drive and having at least one aperture for fluid flow through the rotor body and a flow divider plate structure extendin... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6386752 | Coagulation reaction device The present invention provides a concentration type aggregation reaction apparatus having a concentration screen, which enables an aggregation reaction to be conducted in sludge and the sludge to be concentrated by separation of a liquid by means of a sin... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6070734 | Rotation shaft with vibration dampening device Excessive vibration in industrial mixers such as flotation cells and draft tube mixers is attenuated by connecting a vibration dampening device to a rotor or impeller which is disposed in a mixing tank for pumping a nonhomogeneous fluidic material placed ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6050720 | Stirring apparatus with coaxial stirring impellers The first agitating impeller and the second agitating impeller, which are arranged in the addition solution mixing chamber dipped in the primary component solution stored in the reaction vessel, are rotated independently from each other in the reverse dir... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6030113 | Mixing apparatus and method for mixing black liquor from cellulose production with ash from flue gases formed from combustion of black liquor A mixing apparatus for mixing black liquor from cellulose production with ash from flue gases which is generated on combustion of black liquor. The mixing apparatus contains a cylindrical tank, a stirrer mechanism having a propeller secured on the upper p... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6024881 | Magnetic absorption treatment of fluid phases The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for providing absorption of two fluid phases with one another and for the magnetic treatment of the phases for molecular realignment for effective separation of contaminants.... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6003439 | Microflake glitter fabrication A metallic flake manufacturing device uses a bearing to form the flakes. The bearing is located within a container which receives a fluid having suspended metallic particles. The bearing has an outer race, an inner race, and a plurality of bearings dispos... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6000840 | Rotors and stators for mixers and emulsifiers A rotor-stator assembly having a stator and a rotor for mixing and emulsifying materials in which the rotor includes wedge-shaped rotor blades and the stator includes generally V-shaped openings which together impart additional and increased high speed sh... | 12/14/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5762417 | High solidity counterflow impeller system A mixing apparatus has a tank for holding a material to be mixed, a drive shaft rotatable in the tank, a radially inner impeller on the drive shaft with blades pitched to produce axial flow of the material in a first direction, and a radially outer impell... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5709160 | Apparatus for the combustion of fluids with high particle content An apparatus for the combustion of a suspension of a combustible liquid and combustible solids in particle shape, for instance carbon particles, includes a tank, a burner unit and a pipe which is connected to the burner unit and which protrudes into the t... | 01/20/1998 |
