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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364351 | Fluid mixing apparatus A mixer apparatus for use with a vessel centered about a longitudinal axis is disclosed. The mixer has a blade body is formed along a central head axis. The blade body has a first end, a second end spaced from the first end along the head axis, and a passageway exte... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360755 | Cavitation device with balanced hydrostatic pressure A method of mixing two or more dissimilar fluids such a gas and a liquid is provided. The method includes the steps of introducing one fluid into the other to form a mixture, inducing cavitation in the mixture to reduce at least one of the fluids to a large number o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7331886 | Sliding arrow stabilizer An improved arrow and sliding stabilizer therefor are provided. The sliding stabilizer is used for stabilizing arrow flight, instead of fixed or glued tail feathers, vanes or other fletching. The invention improves current projectile technology with reduced assembly... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322565 | Stirring device and process for carrying out a gas-liquid reaction The invention describes a stirring device made from a gassing stirrer and a liquid mixer or two liquid mixers, which are arranged on a shaft and each have a feed and at least one exit opening, wherein the exit openings of the gassing stirrer and of the liquid mixer ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316502 | Mixing blade, blending apparatus, and method of mixing A blade for mixing a material includes a disk comprising a plastic or composite material. The disk may have one or more circumferentially-spaced openings extending through the disk from a substantially flat top surface to a substantially flat bottom surface. The ope... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7291001 | Device for preparing plastics material A device for the preparation of plastics material, in particular thermoplastic plastics material, has a receiving container (1) for the material, the interior of the receiving container (1) having tools (21) provided therein which are arranged o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278781 | Fluid mixing apparatus A mixer apparatus for use with a vessel centered about a longitudinal axis is disclosed. The mixer has a tubular blade which: defines a central head axis; has a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along the head axis; and tapers from the first end t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271237 | Method of drying a material having a cohesive phase A method for drying a material such as a polymer hydrogel which passes through a cohesive phase as it dries is disclosed. The method comprises agitating a composition while removing liquid until the solids content of the composition reaches a level at which the comp... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7073534 | Silencer for perforated plate flow conditioner A perforated plate flow conditioner includes a single acoustic feedback interference device having an upstream end attached to a downstream side of the perforated plate. The upstream end covers substantially all of the downstream side of the perforated plate between... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7029166 | Mixing apparatus A mixer apparatus for use with a vessel centered about a longitudinal axis is disclosed. The mixer has a blade which: defines a central head axis; has a first end and a second end. The second end defines an inside blade diameter “ID” and the first end defines an... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6981794 | Methods for mixing solutions A method for mixing a solution includes positioning a collapsible container within a chamber of a substantially rigid tank. The collapsible container bounds a compartment. A mixer is disposed within the compartment of the container. Two or more components are fed in... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6923567 | Mixing tank assembly A mixing tank assembly includes a side wall having an interior surface at least partially bounding a chamber. A floor is disposed within or at the base of the chamber. The floor can be either fixed to the side wall or movably disposed within the chamber thereof. A c... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6830369 | Mixing apparatus A mixer apparatus for use with a vessel centered about a longitudinal axis is disclosed. The mixer has a tubular blade which: defines a central head axis; has a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along the head axis; and tapers from the first end t... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6803017 | Powder homogenizing apparatus, its use, and a homogenizing method using said apparatus The powder homogenizing apparatus of the invention comprises a cylindrical shell with a circular section and a substantially horizontal axis, an assembly of cylindrical drums disposed inside the shell and comprising an inner drum and an outer drum, the external face... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6616318 | Mixing apparatus with an upper mixing element rotatably and reciprocatably associated with a base mixing element A mixing apparatus for mixing material in a container comprising a base mixing element and an upper mixing element wherein the upper mixing element can be rotatably and reciprocatably coupled to the base mixing element. The base mixing element can be form... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6575616 | Impeller and shield for mixing apparatus An impeller and shield for a mixing apparatus. A mixing member has upper and lower opposite faces and one or more apertures therethrough. Each of the apertures has an upper periphery defined by an edge of the lower face and a lower periphery defined by an... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6568844 | Device for in-vessel treatment The present invention relates to a device for treatment of material in a vessel, particularly for dispersion or homogenization of liquids, or for suspension of solids in liquids. The device comprises a treatment element that is rotationally mounted in the... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6562763 | Method and apparatus for homogenizing drilling fluid in an open-loop process A drilling fluid homogenizer and method of homogenizing drilling fluid which produce a non-clogging homogenized drilling fluid at a high throughput, in an open-loop process. The non-clogging homogenized drilling fluid is capable of being created at high r... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6491829 | Method and unit for processing contaminated liquid For conversion of harmful compound in contaminated liquid into harmless compound by use of reactant, a plurality of agitators are arranged in a vertical superposition within a closed agitation chamber and, after the contaminated liquid is charged into the... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6474862 | Apparatus for making frozen drinks The present invention is a frozen drink machine and a method for making frozen drinks from a frozen substance which has been frozen into a block. According to the method of the present invention, a block of frozen substance is held in a vessel while a rot... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6450680 | Apparatus for mixing powder The powder mixing apparatus comprises a circular section cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis that is substantially horizontal, the body being leakproof and having two disk-shaped walls and an annular wall, the apparatus having a disk placed coaxia... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447158 | Apertured-disk mixer A fluid handling device to assist in the mixing or separation of two or more fluids utilizing a stack of two types of alternating plates. A first plate has an aperture; a second plate has peripheral spaces around which the fluids may flow. Both types of p... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6354729 | Mixing apparatus A process and apparatus for the mixing of material by means of the combination of sheer-dispersion and/or extensional-dispersion and distributive mixing actions, in which the mixing occurs in one or more stages within stress inducing flow channels between... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6337308 | Method and apparatus for homogenizing drilling fluid in an open-loop process A drilling fluid homogenizer and method of homogenizing drilling fluid which produce a non-clogging homogenized drilling fluid at a high throughput, in an open-loop process. The non-clogging homogenized drilling fluid is capable of being created at high r... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6290386 | Mobile device for preparing aqueous liquid paints from powdery components and water The present invention relates to a mobile apparatus for the production of water based liquid paints from pulverulent constituents and water. The apparatus comprises a traveling frame, a mixing container, a mixing unit for mixing the pulverulent constituen... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6280078 | Double sided Mixing and aerating apparatus A mixing apparatus comprising a central disc driven by a rotating shaft. A number of mixing plates are stacked above and/or below the central disc. The mixing plates are spaced from and parallel to the central disc. Each plate has a central aperture and t... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6241377 | Apparatus for continuously tempering chocolate masses and the like An apparatus for continuously tempering chocolate masses and the like includes a plurality of tempering chambers (17) including tempering surfaces (18) and being interconnected for the flow of a tempering medium. A plurality of mass chambers (7) is interc... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6120176 | Apparatus for heat treating a food product An apparatus for heat treating a food product by injection of steam therein in order to provide a sterilization, pasteurization and/or a homogenization of the product. The apparatus comprises a mixing chamber comprising a steam injection inlet, a product ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6033103 | Mixing device A mixing device for the treatment of viscous substances is described, which mixing device comprises a heatable container 1 with product inlet 5 on the one side of the container and product outlet 6 on the other side of the container, and where appropriate... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5868495 | Method for treating fluent materials A method for treating a continuous flow of fluent materials employs an apparatus (20, 200) comprising a generally cylindrical housing (23, 202) having an inlet (22, 204), an outlet (24, 206) and a plurality of treatment stages for successively imparting p... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5863587 | Apparatus and method for heat treating a fluid product An apparatus and a method for heat treating a fluid product by injection of steam therein in order to provide a sterilization, pasteurization and/or a homogenization of the product. The apparatus includes a mixing chamber having a steam injection inlet, a... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5810474 | Apparatus for treating materials by creating a cavitation zone downstream of a rotating baffle assembly A device for treating a continuous flow of fluent materials employs an apparatus (20, 200) comprising a generally cylindrical housing (23, 202) having an inlet (22, 204), an outlet (24, 206) and a plurality of treatment stages for successively imparting p... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5797728 | Disk-shaped impeller for mixing fluids An impeller for mixing includes a disk having substantially identical top and bottom surfaces, opposed and spaced apart from each other and including a plurality of holes extending through the disk and arranged symmetrically around a circle having a small... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5572297 | Developer dispersing device A developer dispersing device which can be utilized for moving dry two-component toner is applicable to electro-photographic apparatuses such as copiers, printers or facsimile machines. The developer dispersing device includes a rotatable shaft on which p... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5490727 | Disc-shaped mixing tool with conically beveled through bones A disc-shaped mixing tool (11) is used to mix liquids and to dissolve gases in liquids. The mixing tool (11) has a knife-sharp peripheral edge and several axial through bores (17), so that a liquid stream in the form of several cyclones (25) occurs upon r... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5318360 | Gas dispersion stirrer with flow-inducing blades A gas dispersion stirrer comprises a rotatable hollow shaft and at least one circular hollow stirring member disposed thereon wherein the cavity in the stirring member communicates with the hollow shaft. The stirring member has aeration apertures disposed... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5208050 | Mixing orifice extruder A frozen yoghurt or ice cream dispensing system is presented. This system costs a small fraction that of the state of the art dispensing system, yet it is more versatile and puts out a better product, than the state of the art systems. A pre-formed "hard"... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5201635 | Composite polyurethane mixing impeller A polyurethane impeller for mixing liquids lasts considerably longer than equivalent metal impellers of the prior art. The impeller comprises a disk having inner and outer portions of polyurethane resin having different flexibilities, the outer portion be... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5115956 | Agitator for a post-mix beverage dispenser A post-mix beverage dispenser and refrigeration system including a water filter/purifier disposed within a refrigerated water reservoir for filtering carbonated water output from the dispenser carbonator en route to being mixed with flavor concentrate. Th... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5061456 | Polymer activation apparatus A polymer activation apparatus for activating and diluting a liquid polymer with water includes, a vessel defining a cylindrical chamber divided into first and second processing zones, the polymer and water being supplied to the first processing zone, an ... | 10/29/1991 |
