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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7255223 | Mixture with a smooth throughput A transport device for transporting a transportable product, especially a bulk-type product, includes an essentially cylindrical chamber containing at least one shaft which extends along the cylindrical chamber and comprises a plurality of first transport elements f... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7137730 | Electrographic ribbon blender and method According to the various aspects of the invention, a method and apparatus for mixing electrographic developer is provided. An elongate shaft having two ends and an intermediate location between the two ends is rotated. Developer is moved away from the intermediate l... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7083050 | Method and apparatus for clarifying a slurry The invention relates to a method of clarifying and/or thickening a solution containing solids i.e. a slurry, and the apparatus for accomplishing this. Using the method and apparatus of the present invention, the flocculant to be fed into the clarification and thick... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6848356 | Blending apparatus for ice cream An improved ice cream blending apparatus has a hopper support system that incorporates a hopper guidance mechanical linkage that supports the linear motion of the hopper and translates non-linear circular motion of the operating handle into the linear motion of the ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6658996 | Apparatus for processing food waste Disclosed is an apparatus for processing food waste capable of enhancing the processing performance for food waste relative to a conventional food waste processing apparatus by highly increasing contact area of between food waste and microorganisms due to... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6648501 | System for homogeneously mixing plural incoming product streams of different composition A continuous mixer (32) is disclosed which can be used for mixing of incoming product streams (22, 24) of different characteristics respectively to yield a final product stream (26) of predetermined, consistent characteristics. The mixer (32) includes an ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6550959 | Screw set for continuous mixer wit pyramidal mixing elements A continuous mixer (32) is disclosed which can be used for mixing of incoming product streams (22, 24) of different characteristics respectively to yield a final product stream (26) of predetermined, consistent characteristics. The mixer (32) includes an ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6536939 | Solid/liquid mixing system A mixing system with a vessel for supplying a liquid and a device for supplying solid pieces to mix with the liquid. The system has an elongate enclosure with a first end opposing a second end. The enclosure defines a chamber in fluid communication with t... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6523994 | Food mixer with screw-threaded impeller A screw-threaded impeller 50 having a mixing device 55 thereon is provided in a container 10 of a food processor. A drive unit adjacent the bottom of the container is adapted to move the impeller in both a clockwise and a counterclockwise direction. Durin... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6517232 | Mixing systems A system includes a first pump to meter colorant and a second pump to pressurize a mixture of water and the colorant. Also included is a mixer body defining a chamber with an inlet and an outlet and one or more liquid input ports in fluid communication wi... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6464388 | Mixer incorporating imbalance A device for continuously mixing liquid products and/or pulverized products. The device includes at least one outer tubular casing, a mechanism for supplying products to be mixed disposed at a first end of the tubular casing, the second end of the tubular... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6349570 | In-barrel wetting screw charger A wet batch material charging apparatus having a charger screw housing having a batch material inlet and a batch material outlet, a dry batch material supply device adapted to deliver a dry batch material through the batch material inlet, a rotatable char... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6341887 | Ice cream mixing apparatus with a washing function having an auger with a vane wheel An ice cream mixing apparatus comprises a funnel for holding ice cream and flavor additives, an auger and a linear actuator for moving the auger into the funnel, in which position a rotation of the auger will mix the ice cream and the flavor additives. Th... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6328465 | Vertical feed mixer with auger having center post with sloped top A vertical feed mixer has an auger with a center post that has an inclined upper surface that is substantially flat. Flights of varying shapes can be used. The upper part of the flight extends above the upper surface. The inclined upper surface increases ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6322244 | Mixer with two-part radial blades A mixer for mixing loose powder, granular and liquid materials includes a mixing chamber 8 having a rotatable shaft 4 therein. The shaft bears a plurality of radial blades for agitating the materials. Each of the radial blades 13 includes a wedge-shaped f... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6319996 | Polymerization process using a dual shear mixing element A dual shear mixing element for use in a chemical reactor. The device may be used in processes where liquids of different temperatures need to be thoroughly mixed in a short period of time and solute must stay in solution. The present invention is particu... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6266504 | Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus A developing apparatus faces an image carrier carrying an electrostatic latent image and comprises a developing section for developing the electrostatic latent image by supplying a developing agent thereto and a feeding section for feeding the developing ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6220745 | Device and monitoring system for removing liquid from high melting point resin by means of co-rotating twin screw extruder A method of and device for removing a liquid from a resin of high melting point by means of a co-rotating twin extruder and an operation system of a liquid removal molding of a resin of high melting point by which a scaled down, highly effective, high per... | 04/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6183560 | Particulate material blender and polisher A continuous flow particulate material blender includes a tubular housing having an input on a first end of the housing and an output on a second end of the housing. A shaft is mounted for rotation within the housing and includes ribbon flighting to urge ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6136246 | Screw extruder with improved dispersive mixing elements A screw extruder (10) having a barrel (18) which has a bore (26) defining an inner surface (44) and one or more extruder screws (28), positioned within the bore (26). The extruder screw or screws (28) include a central shaft (34) and one or more screw fli... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6132076 | Single extruder screw for efficient blending of miscible and immiscible polymeric materials A single extruder screw is presented which includes a plurality of equidistant undercut barriers disposed in a preselected pattern within the channel of an extrusion screw. The undercut barriers are disposed in the first metering stage and second metering... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6099159 | Continuous mixing feeder The invention is for mixing at least one kind of an additive with a powdery or granular main material homogeneously so as to continuously supply the same quantitatively. A barrel comprises a front side cylindrical part, a trough part, and a rear side cyli... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6061924 | Batch sludge dehydrator A dehydrating apparatus includes a chamber for receiving wet material to be dehydrated. A rotatably-mounted agitator is provided with the chamber. The agitator is adapted to agitate material in the chamber when the agitator rotates in a first direction an... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6024483 | Mixing element for a chemical reactor A dual shear mixing element includes an auger and an impeller for use in a chemical reactor. The device may be used in processes where liquids of different temperatures need to be thoroughly mixed in a short period of time and solute must stay in solution... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6007272 | Asphalt paver with remixing conveyor system An improved asphalt paver having a remixing conveyor system that is adapted to substantially or entirely eliminating segregation in hot mix asphalt material delivered to the asphalt paver. The remixing conveying system includes at least one pair of parall... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5932159 | Screw extruder with improved dispersive mixing A screw extruder (10), including a barrel (18) having a bore (26) which defines an inner surface (24). At least one extruder screw (28) is positioned within the bore (26), each screw (28) further including a central shaft (34) and at least one screw fligh... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5863122 | Vertical feed mixer with auger having corners A vertical feed mixer has a mixing chamber containing a rotatable auger having a generally helical flight that is tapered to converge from bottom to top. The flight has a periphery with several successive substantially straight sections where each straigh... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5816698 | Screw and plasticating apparatus and method A plasticating apparatus including a rotating screw having a helical flight disposed within and cooperating with the inner wall of a heated barrel. Solid resinous material is introduced to a helical valley extending between said flight to be heated and pl... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5758964 | Loop reactor apparatus for mixing a substance An apparatus for mixing a substance, the apparatus including a container, a tubular conduit axially disposed in a cavity of the container defining an inner tubular channel and an outer annular channel within the container, a conduit for admitting a substa... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5727742 | Food mixer incorporating an archimedean screw and cutting blades A mixer having a container (14), an opened topped hollow sleeve (20) adjacent the lower surface of the container, at least one opening (22) into the sleeve adjacent the lower edge thereof, a screw impeller (25) located in the sleeve and a driving device f... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5647665 | Vertical feed mixer with flighting plows An improved vertical feed mixer has a mixing chamber defined by a floor, a side wall, and an open upper end through which feed material, such as hay bales, is loaded into the chamber. A vertically disposed auger with tapered flighting is rotatably mounted... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5632195 | Food processing apparatus with non-straight lifting and agitating baffles A food processing apparatus having a tank with an inlet and an outlet, a liquid bath received therein, a rotary auger having a plurality of spaced apart flights for urging food product toward the outlet, and a baffle between a pair of adjacent auger fligh... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5629758 | Toner transporting and loosening device A device for use with a copying machine, printer or the like transports toner from a toner storage means into the developing unit of the copying machine or printer by way of a toner transporting path including a shaft with a spiral. A toner lump loosening... | 05/13/1997 |
