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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100578 | Helical ribbon mixing gear The invention relates to a helical ribbon mixing gear with a mixing vessel (1), the inside of which is axially symmetrical, and a motor-driven central agitator axis (2) with laterally extending agitator anus (30, 31, 32) to which at least one sl... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7922384 | Device for transporting sticky or wet material The invention concerns a device for transporting sticky and/or wet material in horizontal direction comprising a shaftless spiral or screw having an outside diameter and an inside diameter, a stationary trough having a prismatic shape with at least at its underside ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7396151 | Conditioner A conditioner and a method are disclosed for the production of food or animal foodstuffs. The conditioner includes at least one detention element and a mixer which is located thereabove, and is provided with a dosing element. The mixer and the detention element have... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7357564 | Apparatus for pumping and mixing high aggregate plural components of differing viscosities An apparatus for pumping and mixing plural components of differing viscosities having at least one hopper for accepting each component, each hopper having a hopper outlet; an auger secured within each hopper, the auger being designed to wipe the inside surface of it... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7311438 | Agitator, image forming apparatus having the same and method for agitating An agitator according to the present invention comprises a container for storing a compound of at least two materials, and an agitation unit mounted in the container to agitate the compound. The agitation unit may comprise a plurality of agitators of which at least ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7278276 | Frozen carbonated beverage apparatus for preparing a low Brix frozen carbonated beverage A frozen carbonated beverage apparatus includes a freezing cylinder that stores and freezes a low Brix frozen carbonated beverage. A beater including a helical member is moveable about an axis, and a stationary baffle is received within the beater. As the beater rot... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275856 | Apparatus for forming a polishing pad having a reduced striations The present invention provides an apparatus 20 for forming a striation-reduced chemical mechanical polishing pad 4. The polishing pad 4 comprises a first delivery line 66 for delivering a polymeric material 52 into a mixer 68 | 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 |
| 7246937 | Golf ball mixing and dispensing apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus and system for mixing castable polyurethanes for dispensing into a golf ball mold for application to a golf ball sub-assembly. The apparatus comprises a mixing block for merging together at least two polyurethane component... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248823 | Electrographic ribbon and method implementing a skive A blender for electrographic developer has an outer cylindrical surface having an axis, the blender being adapted to rotate about the axis; and a skive defining an outer edge adjacent said cylindrical surface and spanning a length along said axis. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7131765 | Helical-ribbon mixer A helical-ribbon mixer having a rotation-symmetrical inner mixing vessel wall (2), a motor-driven central agitator axis (3) therein, on which, on lateral agitator arms (5), at least one helical ribbon (4) is held close to the vessel wall ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6946230 | Electrostatic image developing processes and compositions Compositions and methods for electrographic image development, wherein the image development process employs a two-component developer that includes toner particles having a radius RT and magnetic carrier particles having a radius RC, wherein R... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6752530 | Mixer with helical feeder and recirculation scroll for preparing material for animal feeding A mixer for preparing feedstuffs and mixing pre-shredded forage with various feedstuffs and seed products for animal feeding, comprising a container body which internally accommodates a cylindrical helical feeder rotatably supported by the heads of the container bod... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6585406 | Electrostatographic blender assembly and method The invention relates generally to development apparatus for mixing and applying developer material to a latent image on an image-bearing member in an electrostatographic reproduction machine, such as a copier or printer. More particularly, this invention... | 07/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6523727 | Dough feeding unit A metering unit for dough and related foodstuffs having a dough feeder unit, support structure, dough hopper, effluent housing, drive motor and centerless helix, with the effluent housing including an inlet, center and outlet section. The centerless helix... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6395516 | Vessel for mixing a cell lysate The invention relates to a vessel for mixing a cell lysate. The invention also relates to a method of using the vessel to mix a cell lysate in order to obtain high-purity products such as nucleic acids or proteins for use in a variety of applications. The... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6375345 | Heating worm conveyor Apparatus for transferring and heat-treating divided solids comprises at least one transfer member (2) having a longitudinal axis (3) and a helical portion (4) mounted to rotate about its own longitudinal axis in a tubular case (1) and connected to the ou... | 04/23/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6179458 | Forming a solution of fluids having low miscibility and large-scale differences in viscosity This invention relates to mixing two substantially immiscible fluids having substantial viscosity differences into a single phase solution. The invention particular includes a mixer comprising a specially designed conveyor flights to provide shear mixing ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6123445 | Dual stage continuous mixing apparatus A mixer for dry powder, very fine or granular materials and a liquid, e.g., mortar or cement and water, includes a dynamic input mixing stage, a static output mixing stage and a transition tube connecting the two stages in a manner which isolates the two ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6030112 | Slurry batcher mixer The slurry batcher mixer of the present invention includes a mixing vessel having a pair of vertical side plates with a trough supported along the length of the vessel between the side plates. A ribbon type screw conveyor is mounted in the trough and exte... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6012447 | Heated mixing kettle with dual acting agitators A heated kettle for melting and mixing a thermoplastic resin into a homogeneous mixture has a helically-formed agitator which rotates about a central shaft in close proximity to the internal wall of the kettle. Fixed to the shaft at approximately the cent... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5967657 | Mixer vehicle with helical sweep bars and a return auger Mixer vehicle is typically a tractor drawn and powered trailer for mixing and distribution of bulk materials such as farm animals feedstuffs. It includes a semi-cylindrical body (10) having a side discharge opening (22) with a single logitudinal agitation... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5906432 | Dough mixer apparatus for laboratory testing of the development of a dough sample A dough mixing apparatus for use in a bakery laboratory in order to test formulas and ingredients includes an upright mixing machine, a bowl with an upstanding center pin and a pair of dough arms approximating a double helix configuration. In operation, t... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5897206 | Agitator and agitator assembly An agitator for providing uniform and rapid material mixing is provided comprising a first sweep blade mechanically coupled to a second sweep blade. The first sweep blade extends from a first sweep blade origin to a first sweep blade terminus along a firs... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5882114 | Method of continuous extraction of crude wax and apparatus therefor A method and an apparatus for continuously extracting a wax component contained in a solid residue with a solvent, in which method, the solid residue obtained from the juice of sugar cane is used as a raw material. To make the extraction time uniform and ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5876117 | Agitator An agitator includes a trough having a first end, a second end, a top, a bottom, an inlet on the top and close to the second end, and an outlet on the bottom and close to the first end, an axle rotatably mounted between the first and second ends of the tr... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5823675 | Stepped helical scraper blade for ice cream maker This invention discloses a mixing tool for an ice cream maker. The mixing tool is substantially helix-shaped and is disposed within the freezing chamber of an ice cream maker. The mixing tool serves a three-fold purpose. First, the mixing tool scrapes fro... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5810470 | Device and method for mixing mortar with a specific ratio of sand, cement and water A mixing device (1) having at least two concentric tubular elements (2, 3) including an outer tubular element (2) and an inner tubular element (3) inside the outer tubular element, the outer tubular element and the inner tubular element each supplying a l... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5753498 | Garbage treating apparatus An agitating unit is provided in an upright fermenting reactor for purposes of carrying garbage from a lower portion toward an upper portion of the fermenting reactor. The horizontal distance between the agitator unit, or a spiral blade thereof, and an in... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5741066 | Helical ribbon mixer The mixer has a chamber with a shaft supported for rotation along an axis along the length of the chamber. Two sets of outer ribbon members are coupled to the shaft such that the two set of outer ribbon members are located about 180 degrees apart and exte... | 04/21/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5435494 | Spreader apparatus for spreading manure A spreader apparatus is disclosed for spreading manure. The apparatus includes a container which defines an opening for the reception therein of the manure. The container also defines an outlet for the discharge therethrough of the manure. A rotatable fee... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5411710 | Apparatus for processing materials The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing materials, a process for mixing, finishing and de-volatizing polyamide to make 66 nylon and the 66 nylon made by this process. The apparatus comprises an agitator section having an outlet adjace... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5401402 | Process and apparatus for treating sewage sludge A method of treating sewage sludge is provided, in which the sludge is mixed with an alkaline material in such a way as to provide intimate surface contact that enables the alkaline material to permeate even small particles of the sludge, and to deliver t... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5385403 | Mixing apparatus for mixing materials A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing materials. The apparatus includes a container which defines an opening for the reception therein of the materials. The container also defines an outlet for the discharge therethrough of the materials. A rotatable ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5382092 | Mixing apparatus and bottom ribbon blade used therein A mixing apparatus includes a bottom ribbon blade adapted for viscous fluid contents. The mixing apparatus includes a vertically positioned mixing vessel including a cylindrical wall and a bottom wall disposed on a lower portion of the cylindrical wall wh... | 01/17/1995 |
