Agitating inventions 03/07

20070070801 - Pre-combustion mix drum: A counter flow VAM and RAP asphalt plant having concentric drums, each with a conveyor for introducing material, the concentric drums with a plurality of passages between them permitting material to move from the inner drum to the outer drum and from the outer drum into the inner drum, thereby... Agent: Simmons Perrine PLC

20070070802 - Intermeshing kneader: A closed kneader mixing machine including a tilting mixing chamber and a pair of counter-rotating intermeshing rotors rotatably mounted within the tilting mixing chamber. The counter-rotating intermeshing rotors may be synchronous rotors.... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20070070803 - Point-of-use process control blender systems and corresponding methods: A blender system is provided that maintains a chemical solution bath at desired concentrations. The blender system includes a blender unit configured to receive and blend at least two chemical compounds and deliver a solution including a mixture of compounds at selected concentrations to a tank that retains a selected... Agent: Air Liquide

20070070804 - Transmission adjusting balance device for a dental molding powder mixing machine: The invention discloses a transmission adjusting balance device for a dental molding powder mixing machine, and the transmission adjusting device includes a pulley that can be displaced for changing a belt of the pulley easily and gives a tuning effect to avoid the belt from being elastically exhausted or affecting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070805 - Processing unit: A device for cutting/shearing in a process vessel (1) product clusters and/or materials (3) into smaller particles and dispersing them in a liquid product bulk (4) or for mixing in the process vessel liquid products with each other that are difficult to mix. The device has an electric motor (13)... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070070806 - Mortar mixer and trunnion assembly: A mortar mixer includes a substantially cylindrical drum having end plates supporting trunnion assemblies, with housings, having an interior space defined by an interior surface around the paddle shaft. A first seal is located adjacent the end plate and is positioned around the shaft and is mounted between the shaft... Agent: Arthur G. Yeager, P.A.

20070070807 - Process to upgrade kerosenes and a gasoils from naphthenic and aromatic crude petroleum sources: The invention relates to a mixing device for the homogenization of temperatures and/or concentrations in a fluid flow, having a hollow element, for conducting the fluid flow, which hollow element has: (a) a first insert positioned within the hollow element and defining an excentric passage; (b) a second insert positioned... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070064518 - System and method for controlling the release of pressurized fluid for concrete mixing: A system and method of controlling the release of pressurized fluid in a concrete mixer. Particularly, a system and method employing an electric switch mechanism within a cab portion of a vehicle to provide operator access to control the amount of water added to the mixing drum of the vehicle.... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20070064519 - Closed single-use system for mixing, storing and homogenizing liquids in clean or sterile conditions: A closed single-use system for mixing, storing and homogenizing liquids, comprising an assembly constituted by a rigid container (1) fitted with a non-invasive pump (4), said container (1) enclosing a generally parallelepipedic single-use bag (2), the lower face and the upper face of which are connected in fixed manner by... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070064520 - System for blending liquids in selected ratios: A system that consistently blends together liquids at a specified ratio to create a particular resultant chemical solution stops operating and notifies an operator when the level of one of the supplied liquids is low. This ensures that the proper ratio of blended liquids will be maintained during operation of... Agent: Boyd D. Cox

20070064521 - Apparatus for vibrating sample containers: An apparatus for shaking containers holding samples is disclosed having a motor with a rotatable shaft defining a shaft axis. A rotor is coupled to and rotatable with the shaft, and at least three cam assemblies are coupled to and rotatable with the rotor. Each cam assembly includes a cam... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull One North Franklin

20070064522 - Polish bottle spinner: The polish bottle spinner is a spinning device to mix a liquid container of nail polish or other liquid. The polish bottle spinner has a base having a motor inside. The motor has a power connection that includes a user operable motor control. A drive shaft connected to the motor... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070064523 - Mixer apparatus: A mixer apparatus comprising a pair of counter rotating beater elements operating in a rotating bowl for the mixing of food ingredients; at least one of said beater elements provided with urging means adapted to urging small quantities of said food ingredients from a thin distributed layer into a mixable... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070064524 - Polymer mixing apparatus: Polymer mixing apparatus strips oil from polymers in an oil phase continuous emulsion and at least partially hydrates the polymers by injecting the emulsion and a pressured aqueous solution into a mixing zone. The emulsion and solution are passed through a confined space, where the oil is stripped from the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070058482 - Syringe control device: A syringe control device includes a linear reciprocating mechanism and a syringe mechanism. The linear reciprocating mechanism has a power drive including an electric control unit and an actuation rod driven by the power drive to act a linear reciprocating motion. The actuation rod has a first contact portion provided... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070058483 - Fluid oscillations on structured surfaces: A device comprising a substrate having a surface that comprises a conductive base layer. The device also comprises fluid-support-structures on the conductive base layer. Each of the fluid-support-structures has at least one dimension of about 1 millimeter or less. Each of the fluid-support-structures is coated with an electrical insulator. The... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Lucent Technologies Inc.

20070058485 - Extruder and cylinder exchanging method thereof: In an extruder of the invention, a screw receiving portion penetrates through a cylinder from one connection surface to the other connectionsurface thereof and the connection surface of the cylinder is connected to the connection surface of other cylinder, a key groove for positioning the other cylinder and a recess... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070058486 - Rotary processor: The present invention provides an apparatus for increasing the intrinsic viscosity of a polymer. The apparatus includes a rotary kiln with internal walls for delaying progress of the polymer to the exit of the kiln to be subject to sufficient processing to obtain desirable intrinsic viscosity.... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20070053237 - Gas processing device: An object of the present invention is to provide a gas processing device capable of mixing together a plurality of gases sufficiently so that the gases are diluted. A gas processing device for mixing a first gas (H2) and a second gas (air) comprises a flow passage (110) through which... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070053238 - Disposable sanitary mixing apparatus and method: A mixing apparatus and method uses a disposable assembly including a closed vessel with a rotating shaft supported in the vessel. The shaft has radially extending impellers. The shaft is driven via an external magnetic drive system. The vessel can be cleaned during manufacture and discarded after use.... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070047379 - Composition for and method of pumping concrete: A composition for and a method of promoting the flow of a concrete slurry through a conduit is provided. The composition is preferably a liquid polymer mixture including water and polyacrylamide polymers. The composition, when mixed with a suitable quantity of water, is useful, in a method of priming a... Agent: Myers Wolin, LLC

20070047380 - Extruder screw tip: A tip adapted to be mounted to the downstream end of an extruder screw. The tip includes a nose section and an extruder screw mount section. The nose section includes an upstream face and a first and second downstream faces. The upstream face has a major plane that is substantially... Agent: Robert E. Howard

20070047381 - Method for continuously blending chemical solutions: Provided are a method and apparatus for continuously blending a chemical solution for use in semiconductor processing. The method involves the step of mixing a first chemical stream with a second chemical stream in a controlled manner to form a stream of a solution having a predetermined formulation. The apparatus... Agent: Air Liquide

20070047382 - Apparatus for dissolving a solid material in a liquid: An apparatus for dissolving a solid material in a liquid including a container for receiving the solid material and the liquid. A turbidimeter measures the turbidity of the liquid in the container. A blender stirs the liquid in the container until the turbidity thereof, as measured by the turbidimeter, falls... Agent: Stephen R. Greiner, Esquire Greiner Law Offices, P.C.

20070047383 - Control system for and method of combining materials: An apparatus and method for combining multiple materials into a stream. The multiple materials may include both a major material and one or more minor materials. The minor materials are added using inlet tubes. The major and minor materials are added at transient or steady state flow rates, depending upon... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070047384 - Control system for and method of combining materials: An apparatus and method for combining multiple materials. The multiple materials may include both a major material and one or more minor materials. The major and minor materials are added at transient or steady state flow rates, depending upon a command from a control signal. The actual flow rates track... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070047385 - Particulate tester with mixer for analytical application: A mixer for analytical application mixes a container of fluid without a magnetic stir bar. A device for testing a liquid for particles can use the mixer. The mixing can occur in a sealed container, and liquid can be transmitted to the device from the sealed container.... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070047386 - Fresh fruit juice blender: The Fresh Fruit Juice Blender is the only juice blender that mixes the fruit with the water manually without electrical current. The pieces of fruit are cut up and placed in the bottom of the blender. The internal are then placed in the blender and by manually moving the internal... Agent: R & G Consultants LLC

20070047387 - Reaction block for supporting flasks of different sizes for chemical synthesis on a hot plates stirrer: A reaction block for mounting various round bottom flasks upon a laboratory, magnetic hot plate stirrer. An aluminum inner flask holder effectively conducts heat and does not interfere with a magnetic flux. A solid heat insulating material substantially surrounds and is spaced from the flask holder, in order to keep... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070047388 - Fluidic mixing structure, method for fabricating same, and mixing method: A fluidic micromixer comprises a plurality of fluid inlets in communication with a mixing chamber, the plurality of fluid inlets being adapted to introduce into the chamber a corresponding plurality of distinct fluid streams. The mixing chamber comprises at least one surface patterned to define hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions spaced... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl