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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7351221 | Container for agitating and injecting a multi-component medium A system for dispensing a medium includes at least a first container to hold the medium, a pressurizing device, such as a pump, in fluid connection with the container for pressurizing the medium, and an agitation mechanism or device to maintain the components of the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7291194 | Intermittent mixer with low pressure drop A thermal mixer reduces the temperature of flue gas supplied to a fabric filter. Two spray dry absorbers are operable to cool flue gas. A housing of the mixer has first and second inlet passages for gas from the absorbers, an outlet passage for gas to the fabric fil... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288128 | Intermittent mixer with low pressure drop A thermal mixer reduces the temperature of flue gas supplied to a fabric filter. Two spray dry absorbers are operable to cool flue gas. A housing of the mixer has first and second inlet passages for gas from the absorbers, an outlet passage for gas to the fabric fil... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7213964 | Flexible whisk A kitchen whisk having a whisk-head attached to a grippable handle by a coupling, the handle having a flex zone for enhancing the “whipping” action of the whisk-head. A cable can be embedded within the flex zone region of the handle for reinforcing the same, the... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6991362 | Agitators for wave-making or mixing as for tanks, and pumps and filters A tank agitator connects to a low head feed and causes agitation by discharging through a port that might rotate, oscillate, or otherwise issue a pulsing stream. This agitator has a housing with a turbine plenum and an exhaust plenum. A turbine in the turbine plenum... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6834990 | Impeller for mixing small volumes of reaction materials Method and apparatus for mixing small volumes of reaction components. In one application, a plurality of removable vessels are placed in a parallel reactor, and reaction components are delivered to each vessel. An impeller is rotated in each vessel to mix the compon... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6834175 | Developer agitating member The developer agitating member has a shaft portion, a spiral rib and an inclined rib protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion and provided in the spiral rib in the axial direction of the shaft portion. As a result, in a developing apparatus,... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6655830 | Agitators for wave-making or mixing as for tanks, and pumps and filters A tank agitator connects to a low head feed and causes agitation by discharging through a port that might rotate, oscillate, or otherwise issue a pulsing stream. This agitator has a housing with a turbine plenum and an exhaust plenum. A turbine in the tur... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6488088 | Mixing and pumping vehicle A vehicle, such as a truck, includes mixing and pumping equipment for mixing a liquid and a particulate material (e.g., cement) and for pumping the mixture. One application is to pump the mixture into a wellbore for cementing a casing or liner to the well... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6488401 | Agitators for wave-making or mixing as for tanks, and pumps and filters A tank agitator connects to a low head feed and causes agitation by discharging through a port that might rotate, oscillate, or otherwise issue a pulsing stream. This agitator has a housing with a turbine plenum and an exhaust plenum. A turbine in the tur... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6379032 | Flow-through agitator The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for improved mixing of powder and liquid mixtures through the use of flow-through agitator apparatus. The apparatus of preferred embodiments of the present invention comprises a wire-frame object with... | 04/30/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6280072 | Hand held cemetitious mixing tool A handheld cementitious mixing tool with a rectangle shaped mixing head vertically oriented and attached to an end of a tubular tool handle with a plurality of horizontal mixing blades angled so that when the mixing head is pulled towards the user the cem... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6270249 | Vertically reciprocating perforated agitator The present invention comprises a horizontal, perforated agitator element and means to cause the agitator element to reciprocate vertically within a reservoir containing a fluid suspension, solution, or mixture. The perforations in the agitator element ar... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6234662 | Cooking whip A cooking whip for mixing foods is disclosed. The cooking whip includes an elongate tubular handle portion. A whip portion has a head and a plurality of resiliently deformable loops extending from the head. The whip portion is detachably coupled to the lo... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5984520 | Blade for a mixing device A blade for a mixing device, especially for the mixing of different particles or different liquids, where the blade is mounted on a substantially horizontal rotor and extends in a straight line perpendicular to the rotor axis. The blade has a curved cross... | 11/16/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5829648 | Sheet spray and sprayer with beads An apparatus for use by a user to entertain the user and to dispense a fragrance includes a container made of plastic which contains a colorless or lightly tinted liquid and about 2 to 6 beads of hard plastic or glass. The user shakes the container to pro... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5823671 | Apparatus and method of mixing materials in a sterile environment An apparatus for mixing a particulate material into a liquid includes a pair of variable volume receptacles interlinked by a communication passage. A combined volume of liquid and particulate material is received within the variable volumes, and the volum... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5795061 | Vortex mixing implement for sample vessels A method for improving the efficacy of vortex-mixing a liquid sample, in which a mixing implement and the sample are placed inside a microcentrifuge tube or sample vessel. The presence of the upright mixing implement in the tube or vessel does not substan... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5774772 | Toner cartridge having a toner stirring member A toner cartridge for an image forming apparatus is provided with a toner stirring member, which is mixed in with the toner in the toner cartridge. Blocking of the toner is prevented and fluidity of the toner is improved by the movement of the toner stirr... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5769537 | Method and apparatus for handling and dosing of an additive while collecting a liquid A method and an apparatus for sucking up and transporting liquids of various kinds through a suction unit (D) to a mixing and defoaming unit (F). A liquid or a liquid/air/gas mixture is sucked up by a suction nozzle (17) at the end of a suction unit (D) a... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5716132 | Agricultural agitator An agricultural agitator used for disturbing matter such as compost includes a rod, a handle mounted on a top end of the rod, a first flat section formed at a middle portion thereof and a second flat section formed at a bottom end thereof. The second flat... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5582644 | Hopper blender system and method for coating fibers A system for coating discontinuous fibers with a liquid coating material uses a hopper/blender which entrains the fiber particles in a toroidal mass of moving fibers. The hopper/blender has an inverted conical section with an agitator assembly rotated the... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5568973 | Antifoam beverage stirrer or straw An antifoaming agent is deposited on a stirring or straw element to be placed in a beverage receptacle. The disposition of this material on the element speeds up the pouring process and is useful in high volume environments, such as airliners, convenience... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5544960 | Faceted stirring object for solid and liquid food substances A generally spherical body having a cluster of facets produced by truncation of the sphere, used for agitating and stirring solid foodstuffs in powdered form with liquid foodstuffs within a container. The removal of material to create the facets unbalance... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5327816 | Fruit milk shake apparatus A recipe for a bunky-shake is provided and consists of seven green plantains, one yellow banana and a list of other ingredients. Also provided is a process for making the bunky-shake, while an apparatus is for preparing all of the ingredients for the bunk... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5246670 | Pharmaceutical mixing container with buoyant mixing element A pharmaceutical mixing container for storing a liquid having at least two factions which tend to separate during storage. A housing has an inner volume and is closed at one end by a septum arrangement and at another end by a slidable sealing member. A bu... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5237228 | Submersible machine A submersible machine has an electrically driven rotating mixer. The electric motor and hydraulic part are connected by a rotary shaft. The shaft end opposite from the hydraulic part is resiliently supported in a stator casing which surrounds the motor.... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5236262 | Agitator for a spray can A dense body having a projecting radial flange about its middle is used to agitate the contents in a spray can. When the can is shaken, the agitator moves inside the can to mix pigment or other solid particles with a liquid vehicle in the can. The flange ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5207320 | Compartmented mixing device with bead A device comprising a generally cylindrical plastics container sealed at its ends and having an area intermediate said ends defined by one or more temporary seals, thereby dividing the container into two compartments and an intermediate area between the c... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5180083 | Gel dispenser apparatus for expressing a flammable gel A flammable gel is arranged for extrusion through a nozzle of the associated container, wherein the container includes support legs pivotally mounted about a cylindrical collar secured to the container adjacent a top portion of the container, with the col... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5125751 | Stirring device An organization is provided with an elongate handle formed with a mounting cap at a forward end thereof, with a "Y" shaped support bracket mounted to the mounting cap mounted to a serpentine stirring member thereon, wherein the serpentine member is orient... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4836688 | Whisk A whisk composed of an elongated handle and an operative section connected to one end of the handle. The operative section is composed of a plurality of blades arranged side by side in a laterally spaced relationship. Each blade has a relatively broad sur... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4730939 | Mixing and whipping whisk The disclosed mixing and whipping whisk is composed of a drive shaft, a number of coil wires and a plug-shaped clamping element which permits the coiled wires to be secured to the drive shaft by a simple clip action in a tension-proof and anti-torsion man... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4720195 | Agitator An agitator of impeller shape includes an agitator hub with a plurality of radially extending arms for attachment to a drive shaft for the mixing of substances in vessels, such as substances that tend to material build-up, incrustation and/or incipient po... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4641974 | Aerosol can agitator An improved aerosol can agitator is described. An unbalanced, multi-pronged, agitator aids in more complete more thorough mixing of the contents of an aerosol can. Additionally, paddle-like devices on some of the prongs are utilized to increase the surfac... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4640623 | Stirring member for liquid suspensions in sealed spray containers A stirring member for liquid suspensions in a sealed spray container. The stirring member is formed as an essentially spherical body which is provided along its jacket face with a number of ribs. These are arranged to increase the effects of the stirring ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4469446 | Fluid handling Systems for mixing gaseous medium streams at different temperatures are for changing the direction of flow of a stream which alleviate the effect of pressure losses. A plurality of hollow airfoil shaped vanes are positioned within a first gaseous stream, ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4339992 | Stirring apparatus A stirring apparatus includes a motive device, such as a motor, fixedly mounted on a support brace adapted to extend across the open top portion of a container. A paddle is connected releasably to a connector, which, in turn, is driven rotatably by the mo... | 07/20/1982 |
