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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7566166 | Animal feed and industrial mixer having staggered rotor paddles and method for making and using same An animal feed mixer includes a housing forming first and second chambers. An upper auger and a lower auger are mounted in one of the chambers and a rotor is mounted in the other of the chambers. The rotor includes a plurality of arm assemblies that are staggered wi... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7393133 | Soil mixer with scalloped cylinder The invention is a device for mixing nursery dirt, peat moss and wood shavings into a marketable soil mixture. The device is made of a housing, a conveyor, a motor, a scalloped cylinder, a metal blade, at least seven metal cylinders, sprockets that turn the scallope... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7350963 | Blender jar A blender jar defines a geometry to impart vertical movement to material being processed in the blender jar, and, alternatively or in combination, improves the horizontal movement to the blended material. By configuring one or more agitators on the floor of a jar, l... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347616 | Swept kickers for vertical mixer augers A vertical feed mixer apparatus has a container for the reception of feed. The container includes a floor, a wall extending away from the floor such that the wall is disposed above the floor. The wall has a top opening disposed remotely from the floor to define an e... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347614 | Split drive apparatus for a vertical mixer A multiple auger vertical mixer with a drive system comprised of a powered driving means and a first gearbox with multiple output shafts. The output shafts supply rotational power for at least two final driven gearboxes which drive the augers. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347615 | Mixer with smoothed mixing action A mixer (1) is described, in particular a feed mixer, has a mixing chamber (3), which is provided with a discharge opening (6) for the mix. A mixing screw (7), driven about a vertical rotating axis (7a), is accommodated in the mixi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7275704 | Compound dispersing method and apparatus To provide a dispersing apparatus that can stir media in a vessel uniformly, and by increasing the shearing power at stirring, can perform quality constant dispersion with high dispersing efficiency. In a dispersing apparatus wherein a basket-shaped vessel 2 ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270469 | Apparatus and method for adding pigmentation to concrete mix A pigmentation dispenser utilizes a hopper having two rotors therein, a first rotor above a second rotor. The second rotor moves the pigmentation material through an outlet opening and deposits it on a conveyor containing a concrete mix. The concrete mix and pigment... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267478 | Blender container with off center blade assembly A container (15) for a blender (10) includes a bottom surface (16) having a non-symmetrically shaped perimeter. A side wall (17) extends upwardly from the perimeter of the bottom surface (16). A mixing blade assembly (20) ha... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7080960 | Apparatus and method for transporting waste materials An apparatus for transporting solid waste drill cuttings material produced in the drilling of an oil or gas well, the apparatus including: a waste supply apparatus; a feeder to transport the material; a pneumatic conveying apparatus to which the material is transfer... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7063456 | Container for a blender A container (15) for a blender (10) includes a bottom surface (16) having a non-symmetrically shaped perimeter. A side wall (17) extends upwardly from the perimeter of the bottom surface (16). A mixing blade assembly (20) ha... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7028932 | Machine for mixing and distributing products used to feed livestock A machine including a container fitted with a base that extends between lateral walls and end walls. The base partially covers (i) a mixing rotor and (ii) a feed auger which moves products in the skip either in a closed circuit or in a circuit towards a distributing... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028933 | Livestock food processing mixing machine A mixing machine consists of a hopper having a main chamber within its housing with a rotary member, a secondary chamber having a bottom worm conveying the material from one end of the mixing machine to the other end thereof, until collapsing with a loop found on it... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7004617 | Mixer with dissimilar augers A vertical mixer is disclosed for mixing feed materials and the like. The apparatus includes at least two augers which rotate around two respective vertical axes. The augers are dissimilar relative to each other, providing an improved mixing performance. The dissimi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994465 | Mixing assembly for mixing bone cement A mixing assembly for mixing bone cement includes a housing, a lid, a handle, and two mixing paddles, a first and a second mixing paddle. The lid is removably attachable to the housing. The handle has a portion that extends through the lid and that is rotatable in a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6983902 | Zootechnical use shredding and mixing apparatus for a truck A truck for shredding and mixing products for zootechnical use, of the type that comprises, on a chassis (11) with wheels (12) that is self-propelled or towed, a container (13) that is substantially shaped like an inverted frustum, is open in an... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6969191 | Linkage mechanism for a vertical mixer A vertical mixer has a mixing chamber with a vertical auger rotatably mounted herein. The mixing chamber has a side wall and a floor. The side wall has an opening therein that is closable by a door. The door is constructed to be opened and closed by hydraulic cylind... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6955731 | Explosive composition, method of making an explosive composition, and method of using an explosive composition An explosive composition is provided that is comprised of a Heavy ANFO and grain hulls. In one embodiment, the grain hulls are comprised of rice hulls. The grain hulls serve both as an inert bulking additive that reduces the density of the composition and as a sensi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6905238 | Mixer with dissimilar augers A vertical mixer is disclosed for mixing feed materials and the like. The apparatus includes at least two augers which rotate around two respective vertical axes. The augers are dissimilar relative to each other, providing an improved mixing performance. The dissimi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6863432 | Dynamic mixer Mixer comprising a housing having filling and emptying openings, two corotating stirrers and drivers for the stirrers, one of the stirrers being arranged centrally in the housing and having at least a drive shaft and at least one transverse beam fitted to the drive ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6811300 | Rotational speed controller for mixing equipment of soil modifying machine and engine speed controller for soil modifying machine A rotational speed controller for mixing equipment of a soil modifying machine, by which optional quality of modified soil can be obtained, is provided. To this end, the rotational speed controller includes a mixer (127, 147) rotating to mix soil to be modifi... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6793386 | Kneading device A kneading device kneads a main raw material of high viscosity and a secondary raw material of liquid or powder and continuously delivers a kneaded raw material obtained, and a ropesizer includes a sheet forming unit, and a delivering unit applies a second raw mater... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6767123 | Kneading device A kneading device kneads a main raw material of high viscosity and a secondary raw material of liquid or powder and continuously delivers a kneaded raw material obtained, and a ropesizer includes a sheet forming unit, and a delivering unit applies a second raw mater... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6561691 | Method and apparatus for the distribution of ice An ice delivery system includes an ice bin with an ice maker thereon. An auger dispenses ice from the bin and agitators within the bin prevent blockage. The agitation may follow a pattern depending on the location of the agitators with some about the peri... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6550958 | Domestic kitchen appliance with transmission unit A domestic kitchen appliance (1) comprises a container (2) with a central axis (3), a transmission frame (4) positionable on the container (2) and carries a drive element (5), a carrier element (6) which is rotatably journaled relative to the frame (4) ab... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6203185 | Feed mixer having third auger and method for using A feed mixer comprising a plurality of mixing members wherein each mixing member is longitudinally mounted for rotation about an axis and the mixing members further comprises a chopper auger and a shredding auger, each having a flighting. In addition, the... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6193403 | Bucket mixer attachment for skid steer vehicle A mixer for particulate materials, such as soil, dirt, sand, concrete, lime, fertilizers, aggregate, and water, hitched to a skid steer motor vehicle has a bucket for accommodating the particulate materials. A pair of augers having opposite spiral flights... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5993752 | Device for dissolving a coagulant A device 10 for dissolving a coagulant having a rotor chamber 13 supporting rotors 21 around the horizontal axis, wherein a mixture of the coagulant and water is fed to the rotor chamber 13, the liquid level of the mixture is kept at a medium level of the... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5953983 | Food processing device An enclosed food processing device is provided having one or more conveyor belts and vertically rotating agitators positioned above the belt. The agitators have forwardly and rearwardly projecting prongs that stir the food being processed without causing ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5913602 | On-the-go mixing system An apparatus and method of continually mixing material in a handling system wherein one delivers first material at a first delivery rate to a mixer and a second material at a second delivery rate to the mixer to allow the mixer to mix the first material a... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5645345 | Apparatus for mixing fibrous type material A mixer feeder wagon (1) comprises a mixing compartment (4) and a dispensing compartment (5). A mixing rotor (7) rotatable in the mixing compartment (4) mixes animal feed therein and urges the mixed animal feed into the dispensing compartment (5) through ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5549384 | Mixer with helically extending blades A mixer includes a vessel for storing materials to be mixed. The vessel has cylindrical inner walls. A beater assembly is rotatably mounted and centrally disposed within the vessel. The beater assembly includes a drive shaft and a plurality of helically e... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5505542 | Conching machine with multiple rotors A conching machine having at least two rotors (6, 7, 10, 10') respectively arranged in a trough compartment (3, 4, 5) of a conching trough (1), with the trough walls (2, 15, 115) of the conching trough (1) of each rotor (6, 7, 10, 10') being arranged as c... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5460506 | Home pasta maker An improved pasta maker (20) is provided having an upper mixing chamber (130), lower extrusion chamber (132), and a communicating passageway (157) therebetween. The mixing chamber (130) is an open top vessel, and the extrusion chamber (132) presents an ou... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5452650 | Juice extractor A juicer or a juice extractor having a vertically-arranged grinding chamber and compression chamber. The material to be ground into juice is first ground in the grinding chamber and then compressed in the compression chamber by a pair of Archimedes' screw... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5447372 | Dispersing apparatus A basket is so disposed that a portion of the outer periphery thereof is faced to the inner peripheral wall on one side of the tank. The starting materials thrown from the hopper portion formed on the other side of the tank which is opposite to the above ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5419635 | Machine for treating chocolate paste and method for producing crumb Machine for treating chocolate masses in which solid matter can be fed in and comminuted if so desired. The arrangement is designed such that in addition to a mixing and kneading device, at least one feeding screw is employed, with which a cutting procedu... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5380086 | Multipurpose food mixing appliance specially adapted for kneading dough A multipurpose electric food mixing appliance specially adapted to mix and knead bread dough in combination with a blender device utilizes one power source to drive both the blender and the mixer. The appliance can sense when dough is properly kneaded and... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5340214 | Pug mill mixer An improved pug mill mixer including at least one homogenizer shaft extending transverse to the direction of the pug mill shafts for providing a zone of high shear mixing. The pug mill mixer of the present invention is particularly well-suited to mix dry,... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5322368 | Dough mixer A dough mixer has a dough material feeding inlet and a dough discharging outlet at upper and lower portions of a housing, in which a mixing member is disposed. The dough mixer further includes at least one metal shutter member for opening and closing the ... | 06/21/1994 |
