Agitating inventions 02/08

20080049543 - Segmented auger for a concrete dispensing apparatus: A segmented auger mechanism is mounted in the hopper of a concrete dispensing apparatus used to distribute a hydrated concrete mixture into a horizontally disposed form to manufacture pre-cast concrete structures, such as concrete wall panels used to form a foundation for a residential or commercial building. The auger mechanism... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC

20080049544 - Process for mixing wellbore fluids: A method for mixing a drilling fluid formulation that includes establishing a flow path for a base fluid, adding drilling fluid additives to the base fluid to create a mixture, aerating the mixture of base fluid and drilling fluid additives, and injecting a compressible driving fluid into the mixture of... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20080049545 - Acoustic acceleration of fluid mixing in porous materials: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for uniformly mixing fluid phases entrained in a porous material.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20080049546 - Blenders: A material transfer device, in particular for use with blenders associated with a material processing device such as a plastics extruding device. The material transfer device can be used for controlling delivery of measured amounts of particulate material to or from a weigh hopper, or for mixing materials in a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049547 - Water agitation system for water retention structure: A water agitation system for use with a water retention structure, such as a bird bath or livestock water trough, includes a motor operatively connected to a drive shaft, and a blade assembly extending outwardly from the drive shaft. The motor is operable to rotate the blade assembly in order... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080049548 - Component mixing method, apparatus and system: A mixing device and method for mixing at least one first ingredient and at least one second ingredient. The device includes a body which has a wall defining a cavity. A first inlet communicates with the cavity for introducing the first ingredient and a second inlet communicates with the cavity... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080049549 - Method for mixing a fluid dispersion disposed in a container having either a cylindrical or square shape: Apparatus and method for mixing a fluid dispersion disposed in a container having either a cylindrical or a square shape. The apparatus includes a holding structure having a retaining structure connected to a base. The retaining structure prevents lateral movement of the container both when the container has a cylindrical... Agent: Susan D. Pitchford Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

20080043567 - Treatment device for plastic products for the purpose of recycling and process for using such device: A device for processing plastics for recycling purposes, including adjustable oval blades (6) enabling improved mixing properties to be achieved, particularly in terms of the mixing time, and further readily adaptable for use with a variety of different mixtures. A method for processing plastics using said device is also disclosed.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080043568 - Whisk, in particular for culinary use: A whisk, in particular for culinary use, having a handle and an active part with a predominately pear-shaped general shape and that is mounted on the handle. The whisk also includes an attachment clip mounted on the handle and that has a spatula-shaped end part at its free end. The... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20080043569 - Immersion blender spatula ring: An immersion blender which includes a motor housing and an elongate shaft housing extending from the motor housing to a blender working end. The working end includes a rotatable mixing tool enclosed in part by a blade guard. A resilient spatula ring is attached to the blade guard as an... Agent: Steven C. Schnedler Carter Schnedler & Monteith, Pa

20080043570 - Micromixer: Methods and apparatus for mixing fluids are provided. The devices and methods operate without moving parts, and generate well-mixed fluids over a broad dynamic range of flow rates. Preferred embodiments include junction-type mixers, bundled mixers, and co-axial mixers. The devices and methods are optimized to produce rapid, accurate gradients to... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080043571 - Mixing hoe and blade: A mixing tool includes: an elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis; and a mixing blade located at an end of the shaft, the mixing blade having a bottom, a top, two sides, and a mixing blade face disposed therebetween. Two flow ports each including an opening is disposed in the... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080037359 - Continuous kneading apparatus and kneading system using same: A continuous kneading apparatus, which suppresses heat release and deterioration of a material to be kneaded and has an improved apparatus life, is provided. It is a two-shaft kneading apparatus (1) having two screw sets (4) each furnished with a blade portion (7) on an outer surface of a rotating... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080037360 - Blending assembly: A method of preparing a blended food product includes the steps of: introducing a composition of food product(s) into a container, providing a closure for the container, the closure carrying an impeller; inverting the container so that the closure with its blending element lies lowermost; and driving the blending element... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080037361 - Mixer apparatus: A mixer apparatus comprising a mixing chamber assembly, a mixing agitation assembly and an orifice assembly. The mixing chamber assembly includes a housing defining a cavity, an inlet providing fluid communication with the cavity and an outlet providing fluid communication with the cavity. The mixing agitation assembly includes a motor... Agent: The Watson Intellectual Property Group, PLC

20080037362 - Device at bone cement mixer: The present invention relates to a device at a bone cement mixer, wherein the bone cement mixer (1) comprises at least one mixing space (5) for mixing powder and liquid components (2, 4), preferably a polymer and a monomer respectively, to make bone cement, the powder component (2) is placed... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080037363 - Agitation system and method for measuring settling rate of solids from a suspension: An agitation system including a motor that is capable of measuring the torque output of the motor required to mix a suspension. The motor is attached to an agitator which is placed in a suspension to be measured. The agitator is placed in the suspension and the agitation system is... Agent: Brett L. Nelson Eastman Chemical Company

20080037364 - Method and device for pneumatic treatment of powder materials: The invention relates to a method for pneumatic treatment of powder materials in a recipient chamber (22), with introduction of two material streams into the above through two inlet tubes (40, 40a), optionally in a counter-current and/or approximately tangential sense and swirled in the recipient chamber (22). The material streams... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080037365 - Device at bone cement mixer: The present invention relates to a device at a bone cement mixer, wherein the bone cement mixer (1) comprises at least one mixing space (5) for mixing powder and liquid components (2, 4), preferably a polymer and a monomer respectively, to make bone cement, the powder component (2) is placed... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080037366 - meter flow conditioner: A fluid conditioner for a fluid traveling through a conduit, the conduit having a longitudinal axis and substantially circular cross-section. The fluid conditioner includes a static mixing element and a straightener plate. The preferred static mixer is one having a flat generally rectangular central portion having first and second sets... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20080031080 - Counter-flow drum mixer asphalt plant method for two stage mixing: A counter-flow drum mixer asphalt plant equipped with a secondary feeder for introducing RAP to direct radiant heat of the combustion zone. Heated virgin aggregate and RAP in the combustion zone are delivered through a transition piece to a first stage of the mixing zone where liquid asphalt is combined... Agent: Joseph B. Bowman

20080031081 - Mixing device for delivering a resin or other products mixed with a foaming gas: A mixing device for delivering a resin mixed with a foaming gas comprises a body including a fitting for a container for holding a material to be delivered, the body comprising an inner cavity coupled to a delivery opening and to the container through a coupling duct, thereby the material... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080031082 - Flexible mixing bag for mixing solids, liquids, and gases: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a disposable and flexible mixing tank, configurable as a bag, having a sealed sleeve therein for arrangement of a mixing device. The volume of the mixing tank is defined by an inner wall of the mixing tank and an inner wall of the sleeve.... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20080031083 - Chemical-liquid mixing method and chemical-liquid mixing apparatus: The present invention provides a chemical-liquid mixing method and a chemical-liquid mixing apparatus capable of sufficiently generating a peroxomonosulfuric acid that is effective in removing a resist from a substrate, when a sulfuric acid and a hydrogen peroxide solution are mixed with each other. At first, an inner tank 10... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080031084 - 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 - West Bldg.

20080031085 - 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 - West Bldg.

20080031086 - Rotary slurry distributor: A rotary slurry distributor is provided, including rotary container. The feeding inlet is mounted on the upper part of the aforesaid rotary container for receiving a mineral slurry. A guide structure is provided on the side wall of the rotary container. Along the rotary container, the guide structure has a... Agent: Bryan H. Opalko, Esquire Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080031087 - Dispensing blender: A dispensing blender for blending foodstuff and dispensing foodstuff therefrom. The dispensing blender includes a base enclosing a motor, a jar removably mountable to the base, a collar removably mountable between the base and the jar and a dispensing spout mounted to the collar. At least a portion of the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20080031088 - Light pressure rotator and light pressure rotating device: The light pressure rotator (1) is the light pressure rotator being light pressure trapped by irradiation with light and light pressure rotating about the central axis O of rotation, characterized in that a reverse torque generating section generating a torque for rotating the rotator in the direction reverse to the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080031089 - Low-volume mixing of sample: Low-volume mixing includes introducing a sample into a container having at least one elastimeric section. The container is configured to leave a layer of gas between the sample and the elastomeric section. A portion of the elastomeric section is then urged into the layer of gas. The change in pressure... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.