Agitating inventions 11/07

20070274151 - 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 enclosure for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070268778 - Aggregate preheating system, kit and method: A system, kit and method for preheating aggregate supplied to a drying drum uses in the HMA manufacturing process. The system includes a conveyor belt, at least one infrared chamber disposed in substantially parallel relation to the conveyor belt at a distance sufficient to allow infrared heating of the aggregate... Agent: Michael J. Persson Lawson & Persson, P.C.

20070268779 - Agitator: An agitator includes a hub for attachment to an agitator shaft, and at least two agitator blades which are connected to the hub and extend in a radial direction for rotation about an axis, with the agitator blade angled in relation to the axis. Each agitator blade has a free... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070263477 - Method for mixing fluids in microfluidic channels: Methods and apparatus are provided for mixing fluids. In one embodiment of the invention, a fluid mixer is provided including one or more fluid inlet ports, a curved channel connected to the one or more fluid inlet ports including a first curved channel section and a second curved channel section... Agent: Gardere Wynne-houston

20070263478 - Hydraulic power system: The invention provides a hydraulic power supply for fitting to a transit mixer truck including an engine and a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic pump is operably connected to the auxiliary engine to produce pressure in hydraulic conduits attached thereto. The conduits are configured to enable attachment of the hydraulic pump... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070263479 - Screw extrusion press as well as conveying and mixing method for processing thermoplastic and not reticulating polymers: A screw extrusion press for processing thermoplastic and not reticulating polymers comprises a conveying screw (1) in a cylinder (2). The screw comprises a conveying zone (7) and a mixing zone with 10 mixing rings (3). These mixing rings comprise a passage hole (5) that extends from the bottom (10)... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070263480 - Mixers and scrapers: The invention relates to a horizontal mixer with a cylindrical mixing vessel and a horizontal shaft located in the mixing vessel, which shaft is connected with at least one mixing tool and at least one scraper, with which a or the lowermost point of the interior of a mixer can... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070263481 - Method and device for agitation of tank-stored material: A device and method for use with the transportation of materials including holding materials having solids in a tank and allowing the materials to flow from the tank through an inlet/outlet configured with the tank, and agitating the materials by directing the materials into the tank through at least one... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20070263482 - Apparatus for preparing food: The present invention is concerned with an apparatus for preparing food (10), in particular baby food made from fresh vegetables or the like, the apparatus comprising a body (12) and heating means (32) adapted to heat and/or cook food placed within the body, preferably by steaming, the apparatus (20) also... Agent: Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone

20070263483 - Introduction of additives into bulk polymer: An apparatus for distributing a second material into a flow stream of a first material includes a distributor plate assembly coupled to an additive enriched stream. The distributor plate assembly is mounted within a vessel for a flow stream and distributes the additive enriched stream at various locations within the... Agent: Dennis V. Carmen Eastman Chemical Company

20070263484 - Mixing bag or vessel with a fluid-agitating element: A vessel receives and agitates a fluid using an internal fluid-agitating element driven by an external motive device. In one aspect, the vessel is a bag including a first receiver for receiving and holding a fluid-agitating element at a home location. The first receiver may be in the form of... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070263485 - Twin-vortex micromixer for enforced mass exchange: The present invention discloses a vortex-modulation based micromixer for enforced mass exchange. The micromixer of the present invention comprises a mixing chamber with grooves on one wall thereof and a special-shape barrier on another wall. As different fluids are injected into the mixing chamber respectively from two inlets of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070263486 - Static mixer: A mixing element is constructed for installation in a fluid-conducting conduit having an inlet opening of a first cross-section and an outlet opening of a larger second cross-section which is arranged in a plane disposed substantially normal to the main direction of flow. The mixing element has a cross-sectional design... Agent: Francis C. Hand, Esq. C/o Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi,

20070258315 - Method and apparatus for feeding chemical into a liquid flow: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for feeding chemical into a liquid flow by means of a feeding device including a nozzle casing and apparatus disposed in connection therewith, having means for feeding chemical and means for feeding mixing liquid to an isolated space disposed in connection... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070258316 - Method of mixing a paper making chemical into a fiber suspension flow: A method of and apparatus for feeding a chemical into a liquid flow are especially suited for use with a headbox of a paper machine, particularly for feeding a retention aid into a fiber suspension flow going to the headbox so that in a mixing apparatus feed liquid is added... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070258317 - Split-vane blender method and apparatus: An impeller vane assembly for blending liquids with solid particulate matter in which a center drive shaft extends through a housing having a solid particle inlet and a liquid inlet together with an outlet, and upper and lower impeller vanes are aligned respectively with the particle inlet and liquid inlet... Agent: Reilly Intellectual Property Law Firm

20070258318 - Method and apparatus for reservoir mixing: One or more turbulent jet flows of fluid are discharged from inlet nozzles communicating with an inlet pipe to mix fluid in a reservoir, such as a water storage tank. The turbulent jet flows are directed to reach the surface of the fluid already existing in the reservoir. A horizontally... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20070253278 - Method and apparatus for mixing a composition: An apparatus for mixing a dry mix masonry component and a liquid component to produce a masonry composition is disclosed along with associated methods of using the apparatus. A method may include providing a flexible container having an opening for receiving the dry mix component and the liquid component and... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070253279 - Homogenisation of nanoscale powders: Method for the homogenisation of nanoscale powders, in which mixtures of nanoscale powders having the same or different chemical composition and/or structure and in solid form are introduced in the presence of a regulable gas stream into a vessel, the gas stream being adjusted so that the nanoscale powders remain... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070253280 - Dosing arrangement for dispersion paints: The invention relates to a dosing arrangement which is used to mix a dispersion paint. Said dosing arrangement comprises a mixing vessel and one container for the aqueous paint components. Each container is connected to a dosing valve, which is arranged in the supply area of the mixing vessel, by... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070253281 - Manifold and system suitable for introducing one or more additives into a fluid stream: A manifold comprises a conduit for conveying a fluid stream, a plurality of nozzles, and a plurality of valves. Each nozzle is connected to a corresponding port in the conduit, and each valve is connected to a corresponding nozzle. The ports can be disposed at discrete locations on two or... Agent: Legal Department (m-495)

20070253282 - Mixer apparatus: Apparatus and an associated method is disclosed for mixing material in a container in response to an applied rotational force at one end of a shaft protruding through an aperture in a skirted lid placed over the open end of the container imparting a rotating motion to an agitator-mixing head... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070253283 - Blending jar having a vortex shifting means: A blending apparatus includes an articulable housing operatively coupled to one or more switches to actuate a blending motor. Upon mounting a mixing jar and associated lid on top of the housing, downward pressure is placed on the lid/jar assembly which places, in turn, downward pressure on the housing. Such... Agent: Holland & Hart LLP

20070253284 - Shaker device for analyzer apparatus and analyzer comprising same: A shaker device for shaking liquids in a clinical chemistry analyzer comprises an eccentric pin on a rotatable disk, a motor for rotating the disk and a movable piece having a joint for receiving the eccentric pin. The movable piece is mounted on a first movable part of a first... Agent: Roche Molecular Systems Inc Patent Law Department

20070253285 - Method and apparatus for controlling and monitoring temperature differences within a cavitation chamber: A method and apparatus for forming a temperature difference between two regions within a cavitation chamber is provided. The cavitation chamber is partially filled with cavitation fluid, thereby forming a cavitation fluid free surface which divides the chamber into a first region located above the cavitation fluid free surface and... Agent: Ross Alan Tessien

20070253287 - Disposable unit: A disposable unit (1) for processing products (2) has a thin-walled container (3) of a soft material for holding the products and a processing unit (6) inside the container to make the products move. The container is in its lower portion (4) reinforced with a support (5) of a dimensionally... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070253286 - Novel agitator for the feed industry: A novel agitator for the feed industry is provided herein. In the middle of the agitating vessel disposed is a vertical agitating shaft (z-axis), which is installed inside the shaft liner of the vessel cover. The agitating shaft moveably fitting the shaft liner can move up and down. A handwheel... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20070253288 - Container having flexible walls: A container having flexible walls, in the interior of which container there is arranged a mixer which has a mixing element arranged at a first end of a mixer shaft, it being possible for the mixer shaft with the mixing element to be set moving longitudinally by a drive arranged... Agent: Casella & Hespos