Agitating inventions 04/07

20070091716 - Pneumatic bioreactor: A pneumatic bioreactor includes a vessel containing a fluid to be mixed and at least one mixing device driven by gas pressure. A first embodiment includes a floating impeller that rises and falls in the fluid as gas bubbles carry it upward to the surface where the gas is then... Agent: Belasco, Jacobs & Townsley LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070091717 - Device for dosing and mixing powdery materials: The invention relates to a device for dosing and mixing powdery materials, said device comprising essentially horizontally adjacently arranged reservoirs for the starting materials, provided with a closing and dosing cap (27) on the lower side, dosing devices (12) for dosing the materials, and at least one mixing device (10)... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070091718 - Splatter guard: The present invention provides a splatter guard having an elastic sizing ring for adapting the splatter guard for use on mixing bowls of varying size.... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Suite 1600

20070086270 - Concrete mixing drum cleanout apparatus and method: An integrally mounted apparatus for washing out vehicle-mounted concrete mixing drums is disclosed. The washout apparatus includes an open-ended elongate, relatively rigid shaped hollow guide tube mounted in fixed relation to the support structure support of an inclined mixing drum and extending in fixed relation to the open end of... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070086271 - Stirrer tool: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a stirrer tool that includes a head component having a first plurality of projections extending substantially radially out from and substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of a body portion. Head component may also have a second plurality of projections extending in... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070081415 - Electronic whisk: An electronically operated whisk mechanism. Such whisk mechanism including a wire frame mixing portion having each of a first predetermined length and a predetermined number of wires. A generally hollow handle portion has a portion of the wire frame extending into a first end thereof. The generally hollow handle portion... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070081416 - Apparatus and method for orienting a paint container in a paint mixer: An improved paint mixer of the type rotating a paint container about a tumbling axis and a perpendicular spin axis, the improvements of a clamp assembly and lock, splash guards protecting a range-of-travel of upright clamp portions, low friction guide plates, an adjustable height strike plate and roller, a rigid... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070081417 - Concentric gear drive for paint mixer: An improved paint mixer of the type rotating a paint container about a tumbling axis and a perpendicular spin axis, the improvements of a clamp assembly and lock, splash guards protecting a range-of-travel of upright clamp portions, low friction guide plates, an adjustable height strike plate and roller, a rigid... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070081418 - Paint mixer with offset mass to stop mixing frame in upright position: An improved paint mixer of the type rotating a paint container about a tumbling axis and a perpendicular spin axis, the improvements of a clamp assembly and lock, splash guards protecting a range-of-travel of upright clamp portions, low friction guide plates, an adjustable height strike plate and roller, a rigid... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070081419 - Portable dc motor driven laboratory assembly for uninterrupted stirred processes: By coupling small laboratory bench-top mixer/stirrer or stirred tank reactor with a small portable low voltage DC motor for agitation power, these laboratory devices become portable with uninterrupted power supply and without compromising their continuous operation and high power input capability. This type of small portable DC motor is commercially... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070081420 - Static mixing device, discharge device and supply container comprising said mixing device, use of said mixing device and discharge method: A static mixing device (1), containing at least one first mixing element (A) which contains a plurality of particularly parallel channels (2), which are orthogonal in relation to the main direction of flow (H), on a front side, wherein the channels (2) are not connected to each other but comprise... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070081421 - Feed mixing tank: The present invention is a feed mixing tank. The regulating portion is a topology structure and has at least one collecting part, at least one shunt part and at least one flow channel, wherein the collecting part, the shunt part and the flow channel are connected to each other to... Agent: G. Link Co.,ltd

20070076519 - Mixing container stabilizing platform: An apparatus for stabilizing a container during mixing includes a base platform, an engagement arm and a brace member. The engagement arm is pivotally attached to the base platform via a hinge. Additionally, the engagement arm includes two components hingably affixed together. The brace member is located opposite the engagement... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070076520 - Agitator for mixing or agitating target material by rotating vessels containing the material: The agitator of the present invention comprises: a drive source; a differential unit; a rotation-direction switching unit; and a brake unit. The drive source generates rotational driving forces. The differential unit and rotation-direction switching unit are positioned in a driving-force transmission path between agitation vessels containing agitation-target material. The brake... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Attention: Joseph W. Price

20070076521 - Agitator with integrated dual independent flow control: The aim of the present invention is to provide a method of liquid flow control to an agitating instrument for mixing in a reaction vessel two or more substances of which at least one is a liquid phase. The vessel preferably comprises a container having an open upper end which... Agent: Ian K. Glasgow

20070076522 - Mixing apparatus and method with ceramic impeller bearings: An impeller system for a mixer is used with a vessel for holding a material to be mixed. A stationary shaft extends into the vessel. A rotor having impellers extending therefrom is supported on a ceramic roller bearing assembly that supports the rotor for rotation about the shaft. The bearing... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070076523 - Blender blades for reducing plate out: A high intensity blender for mixing color pigment into plastics wherein the mixing is done by blender blades, which have a length, and a cross section perpendicular to that length, wherein the blender blades are mounted on a hub, wherein the hub is driven by a mixer motor, the improvement... Agent: Kathleen K. Bowen