"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced."
Scientific American ; Jan. 2 edition, 1909
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066427 | Stirring and mixing apparatus A cooking apparatus includes a spatula assembly and a cooking container comprising an upper access opening and an inner, cooking surface having a spherical surface portion. The spatula assembly includes a spatula driver and a curved spatula pivotally mounted to the ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7434980 | Swinging agitator for a gypsum calcining apparatus and the like An agitation mechanism for a gypsum processing apparatus which includes a housing having a bottom wall and at least one side wall. The housing can be constructed and arranged to receive and process gypsum-based products. An agitator frame having a similarly shaped c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7407319 | Storage, homogenisation and dosing system Storage, homogenisation and dosing system of substances able to precipitate or aggregate comprising at least one tank (20) for storage and a valve (40) for dosing. The at least one tank (20) comprises a tubular portion (21), a bottom (... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7249880 | Flexible mixing bag for mixing solids, liquids and gases In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a disposable and flexible mixing tank having a sealed sleeve therein for arrangement of a mixing device. The volume of the mixing tank is defined by an inner wall of the mixing tank and an inner wall of the sleeve. The mixing ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7121713 | Swinging agitator for a gypsum calcining apparatus and the like An agitation mechanism for a gypsum processing apparatus which includes a housing having a bottom wall, and at least one side wall. The housing can be constructed and arranged to receive and process gypsum-based products. An agitator frame having a similarly shaped ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6991934 | Tissue processor with integrated valve A tissue processor is disclosed for processing biological tissue, for example, for mounting on microscope slides. The tissue processor has a valve arrangement in the bottom of a tissue processing chamber, whereby a selected one of a plurality of fluid ports formed i... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6951571 | Valve implanting device Disclosed is a valve implanting device comprising a collapsible frame, inner and outer guide wires removably connected to the collapsible frame, and a plurality of valve flaps attached to the collapsible frame. The collapsible frame is inserted into a patient's femo... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6883960 | Mixing arrangement for tanks In one aspect, a mixing arrangement is provided for a tank mixing system which includes a tank defined by a side wall, a bottom and a top, the top including at least one opening therethrough. The arrangement includes a non-rotating elongated arm extending through th... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6871995 | Drinking vessel stirrer A finger operated and spring loaded stirring device mounted on a drinking vessel comprising a tab coupled to a paddle. Said paddle is submerged in a liquid content of said vessel, and having a planar curvature that coincides with the drinking vessel wall contour, an... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6595677 | Portable mortar mixer with oscillating paddle and scraper A portable mixer having an open-top, semicircular mixing trough supported by a base fixedly mounted to the mixing trough. The base is provided with a pair of spaced-apart box channels extending through the base for receiving forklift tines. A paddle is po... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6567636 | Toner cartridge with a toner stirring mechanism A toner cartridge with a toner stirring mechanism, which is well mixed with toner contained in a toner container, thereby blocking of the toner can be prevented and fluidity of the toner also can be improved by the movement of the toner stirring mechanism... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6402364 | Portable dispenser for packaging and dispensing colored cosmetics A portable dispenser has at least two containers organized to enable the substances they contain to be dispensed in proportions selected by the user, and a mixing chamber into which the substances contained in the containers are dispensed and in which the... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6310113 | Apparatus and methods for producing superabsorbent foams A method and apparatus for producing superabsorbent foam wherein the method includes forming a reaction mixture comprising a superabsorbent foam forming composition, stirring, and applying mechanical waves to form a superabsorbent foam.... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6290383 | Apparatus mixing, filtering, reacting and drying materials The present invention is an apparatus for processing material having a chamber (100), a rotatably driven shaft (104) extending within the chamber to which is attached at least one element (110) which engages the material (102) in the chamber during rotati... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6168762 | Apparatus and method for producing porous superabsorbent materials A method and apparatus for producing a superabsorbent foam is provided. The method includes forming a reaction mixture comprising at least one compound capable of forming a superabsorbent foam, stirring the reaction mixture, applying mechanical waves to t... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5859077 | Apparatus and method for producing porous superabsorbent materials A method and apparatus for producing a superabsorbent foam is provided. The method includes forming a reaction mixture comprising at least one compound capable of forming a superabsorbent foam, stirring the reaction mixture, applying mechanical waves to t... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5492788 | System for replenishing liquid electrostatic developer System and process for replenishing liquid developer in equipment, such as a printer, whereby the percent of toner solids is maintained at about 0.5 to 4% by weight based on the total weight of liquid developer, the system comprising at least one liquid t... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5409311 | Device for the production of medium-viscous or more highly viscous dual-component of multi-component compounds by intermixing the components The device (10) for the intermixing of two components, such as synthetic compound and hardener, for the production of a dual or multi-component compound, such as filler for repair work on sheet metal is comprised of an evacuable mixing container (50) whic... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5261746 | Method of transporting and blending slurries with an oscillating paddle system A method of transporting and processing a viscous slurry, mash, or insoluble in a liquid carrier wherein there is provided a container having a paddle system disposed therein, the paddle system configured to oscillate in a limited, back and forth fashion ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5248416 | Sewage treatment system A sewage treatment system which presents a main flow line and a recirculating line, the former for flock which has appreciated in size due to the addition of a polymer and passage through an area of agitation/turbulence and the latter for the return of sm... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5078504 | Dispersion apparatus Dispersion apparatus for dispersing a first material in a second material comprising an enclosure having disposed therein an apertured divider defining first and second sub-enclosures within said enclosure on opposite sides of said divider, a first inlet ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4944600 | Method and apparatus for low froth agitation of tank fluids Disclosed is an agitator apparatus for mixing tanked fluids while simultaneously wiping any adherent fluids from the tank wall. The device comprises a fluid agitating means rotationally mounted within the tank for mixing the fluid held therein. At least o... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4767218 | Mixing paddle assembly The present invention comprises a mixing paddle assembly which may be used with a variety of mixing devices, but which is especially useful with devices which include a motorized carriage adapted to move along a beam spaced above an elongate mixing vat. D... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4632567 | Vessel for receiving, transporting and mixing viscous, especially highly viscous, liquids A vessel for receiving, transporting and mixing viscous, especially highly viscous, liquids, with a motor-driven mixing paddle which is located on a shaft arranged offset relative to the center of the vessel and driven in a to-and-fro movement, and the he... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4531571 | Condenser targeted chlorination injection system Herein is described a method for feeding chlorine to a heat exchanger (condenser) for biological fouling control by targeting the feed to only a few tubes at a time. The assembly comprises a manifold surrounded by a seal which directly contacts the conden... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4502342 | Pulsed drive means for shaker A pulsed shaker shocker is provided in which an intermittent pulsed action is provided to the containers carrying liquid to enhance the shaking action for the liquid carried in the containers. Such shaking action is found for separatory type shakers, and ... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4456382 | Agitator hub An agitator device for use in a reactor tank having a longitudinal shaft that is journaled in the tank and oscillated by an external power source. A hub assembly composed of an upper and lower cylindrical portion support a blade holder which is adjustable... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4416546 | Buoyancy-responsive device For automatically creating intermittent disturbances in slurry digesters, natural waters and the like, there is provide a device (c) to be immersed below the surface of fluid in the digester, below water level and adjusted to collect generated or supplied... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4305671 | Agitator for an electrolytic sodium cell receiver An apparatus for agitating the contents of an electrolytic sodium cell receiver, which apparatus comprises (a) an agitator having a blade portion and a shank portion, the blade portion being fitted within the receiver housing and having three blades exten... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4154539 | Shot peening machine with mixer A suspension of solid particles in a liquid is produced and maintained by riodically moving agitating elements up and down in an elongated, flat bottom container. The agitating elements may, for example, be baffle plates, grids or the like, which are move... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4148588 | Forced kneading mixer A forced kneading concrete mixer including a or a plurality of mixing members such as paddles or blades disposed at fixed positions within a rotating pan or cylindrical vessel. The mixing member is carried by a support which is movably mounted on a statio... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4123289 | Automatic pick-up and release mechanism and agitator device An automatic pick-up and release mechanism including a curved surface having an axis of curvature; a rotatable shaft having an axis parallel with and eccentric to the axis of curvature; at least one pick-up element extending radially from and fixed to rot... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4104831 | Automatic centrifugal barrel finishing machine Automatic centrifugal barrel finishing machine of the type which includes a turret turning on its central axis at a high speed and carrying a plurality of barrels open at top which rotate on their own axes and revolve around the turret central axis, compr... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4065107 | Apparatus for mixing liquids An apparatus for mixing liquids by hand is described comprising a handle having an upper and a lower portion. Extending from the lower portion is slotted mixing blade means and terminating the lower portion there is provided a salient surface for preventi... | 12/27/1977 |
| 3998435 | Oscillating stirrers An oscillatory stirring apparatus for liquids in a container comprising a stirring assembly attachable to said container and means to supply at least two cyclically alternating flows of air under positive and negative pressures to said stirring assembly, ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3980280 | Oscillatory mixer and method A material processing device and method for milling, emulsifying, dispersing, blending, polymerizing and hydrogenizing flowable materials. The device includes a processing chamber through which flowable material flows, an oscillating surfacing of the proc... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3964386 | Method and apparatus for removing surplus ink on printing cylinders A method and apparatus for removing surplus ink from the surface of rotogravure printing cylinders by providing a doctor blade apparatus having an edge adjacent to but spaced from the surface of a rotating printing cylinder. The printing cylinder carries ... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3955802 | Orbital oscillating stirrer A stirring rod is inserted through a resilient suspension diaphragm which is sealably secured to the underside of a closure for a flask or container. An L-shaped support bracket is attached to the outer, upper surface of the closure. The upstanding leg of... | 05/11/1976 |