Agitating inventions 12/08

20080316853 - Internal vibrator provided with a liberation device: A system for routing telephone calls from a calling party instrument to a called party instrument and involving at least one internet protocol network includes: (a) a first internet protocol interface apparatus effecting a first communicative coupling between the calling party instrument and the at least one internet protocol network;... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080316854 - Microfluid mixer: A microfluid mixer is provided. The non-linear electrokineticsis is applied to the design of the microfluid mixer. The microfluid mixer comprises a first and a second microfluidic elements, a mixing reservoir, and a micro channel unit, wherein the micro channel unit has at least two control channels for respectively connecting... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080316855 - Composite mixer: Devices and methods for mixing a clotting agent with other inputs such as blood, blood derived product, bone marrow, and/or bone marrow derived product to form a congealed mixture.... Agent: Chief Patent Counsel Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080316856 - Method and system for calculating and reporting slump in delivery vehicles: A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drum 14 and hydraulic drive 16 for rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensor 20 configured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensor 22 coupled to the hydraulic drive and configured to sense... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080316857 - Device for automatically shaking an inhaler: The invention is concerned with testing of inhalers used for medicament delivery. Such devices are often intended to be first shaken by a user to prepare them, and then fired by operation of some mechanical mechanism. In order to automate testing, the invention provides a shake device having a carriage... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080316858 - Oscillatory flow mixing reactor: The present invention relates to an oscillatory flow mixing reactor (OPM) oscillatory flow which is designed so that a flow with angular momentum is superposed by means effecting circular acceleration on the mixture flowing in with oscillation, with the result that good mixing of the individual phases of the mixture... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080310247 - Concrete manufacturing facility and method of operation thereof: A facility for manufacturing concrete and a method of operation thereof which allow for the benefits of alkali metal activated fly ash hydraulic cement to be realized, which allow the disadvantages associated therewith to be avoided, which allows widespread implementation of alkali metal activated fly ash hydraulic cement as a... Agent: Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20080310248 - Apparatus for manufacturing set cellular cement: A process for manufacturing set cellular cement, including the steps of: (i) mixing cementitious material, water, foaming agent and optionally additives into a free flowing slurry having a slump of at least 100 mm; subsequently (ii) injecting and distributing air into the slurry of step (i) to form a cellular... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080310249 - Low emission energy efficient 100 percent rap capable asphalt plant: An HMA plant which uses combination direct exhaust heated and indirectly steam heated pre-heating drum in combination with a sealed indirect hot oil heated rotary shaft mixer, where the steam given off from the heated HMA is maintained, separated from the sulfur containing exhaust of a hot oil heater, so... Agent: Simmons Perrine PLC

20080310250 - Portable cement mixing and dispensing assembly: A portable assembly for mixing water with cement powder and dispensing produced paste into a predetermined area, comprising a removable mixer assembly including an elongated mixing shaft, means for generating and transmitting a rotational motion to the mixer assembly, an uprightly supported mixing body having a mixing chamber including an... Agent: Pedro R. Crespo

20080310251 - Elastomer mixtures for rubber manufacture: A device is disclosed for producing elastomer compounds for use in the production of rubbers. The device may include a mixing extruder with at least one mixing area, and at least one charging area for receiving an elastomer; and at least one dewatering area disposed downstream from the at least... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080310252 - Method for preparing a calibrated emulsion: The invention concerns a semi-continuous method for preparing an emulsion of droplets of a phase A in a phase B, including the following steps: (i) mixing an amount of phase A and an amount of phase B using a multishaft mixing system comprising at least one scraping agitator, so as... Agent: Leyendecker & Lemire, LLC

20080310253 - Multi-component mixing apparatus: When a drive gear (a driving rotary assembly) is actuated and rotates the rotor (a driven rotary assembly), agitator blades rotate and agitate a base compound (a fluid) and a cure agent (a fluid) in an agitation cavity thereby shearing them. This agitation results in the base compound and the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080304355 - Mixing and application device: The cartridge cylinder (1) has counter-hooks (14) as first counter-locking means, which interact with the radially outer locking means (41) of the locking ring (4). The plunger (3) has locking hooks (37) as second counter-locking means (37), which interact with the inner locking means (42) of the locking ring (4),... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080304356 - Drink swinging apparatus: A shaker is disclosed which is driven by a motor through a swing mechanism so as to swing a wine bottle, for example, drink within the bottle such as wine. The shaker comprises a base, a container, and a bottle seat disposed at a bottom in the container for receiving... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080298160 - Asphalt reactor and blending system: A modified asphalt Contactor reactor for blending and reacting asphalt cement and modifiers is described; for example, a vertically oriented vessel having an outer shell having an internal surface and an external surface, a lower end and a flat flanged top; an internal circulation tube having a base, a top... Agent: Venable, Campillo, Logan & Meaney, P.C.

20080298161 - Mixing head with creep barrier on the cleaning piston: A mixing head includes a mixing device which is secured to a housing and has a mixing chamber for mixing at least two plastic components to form a material mixture. Received in a recess of the housing is a cleaning device which has a cleaning piston for back-and-forth movement in... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20080298162 - Test-tube agitation device, comprising means for the optical detection of a test-tube: A powered test-tube agitation device (10) includes a small plate (12) having a rest (13) for a test tube (14) to be agitated and operated in agitation by a powered mechanism (15). The powered mechanism (15) is started by means (17, 117) of optical detection of the entry of an... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080298163 - Vibration assisted mixer: An embodiment of a mixer for mixing a powder with a liquid comprises a mix housing to accommodate a mixture of the powder and the liquid, a liquid delivery housing coupled to the mix housing to provide the liquid thereto, and a powder delivery housing coupled to the mix housing... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20080298164 - Cordless mixer: A cordless kitchen appliance (10) comprising a power unit (12), a detachable blade extension unit (14) and a base module (60); said power unit and said detachable extension unit adapted for retention in said base module when not in use; said detachable extension unit provided at a distal end with... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080298165 - Method for preparing a silicate-based foam, device for using this method, aerosol can and foam product obtained by the method: Method for preparing a silicate-based foam by mixing the silicate anti a pressurized carrier gas, characterized in that an accelerator, which causes the silicate to harden by chemical reaction, is added to the silicate. The accelerator can be selected from acids and acid-forming substances. While retaining the good properties and... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080298166 - Method and apparatus for preparation of granulated material: An apparatus for preparing samples of granulated material comprises an upper vessel having a floor including a plurality of planks, slots between each plank, and an open ceiling to allow passing of homogenized material, a lower vessel under the upper vessel and having a plurality of division plates that fit... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20080298167 - Device for manufacturing ready-to-use knifing filler by mixing a binder and hardener component: A device (100) for manufacturing ready-to-use knifing filler for spackling surfaces, in particular of motor vehicle bodies, by mixing a binder component and a hardener component to a pasty or fluid mixing material using a mixing device (1) consisting of a hollow cylindrical stator section and a rotor section rotatably... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20080298168 - Mixing vessels system and related methods: A system and methods for maintaining separation between substances such that the substances can be mixed as needed. The substances may be a liquid or a solid and may be edible or non-edible. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a system and methods that include an apparatus including... Agent: Charles C. Valauskas Valauskas & Pine LLC

20080298169 - Enclosure for a blending tool of a mixing device: A mixing device configured for shipment and/or storage includes a base housing at least one motor, a jar removably mountable to the base in an operating configuration for containing foodstuff, and a blade assembly loosely positioned in the jar. The blade assembly has a first surface and an opposing second... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080298170 - Stirrer and apparatus for small volume mixing: This invention is a stirrer, impeller or stirrer paddle used for mixing small volumes of liquid in a vessel having a small capacity for liquid, said impeller being characterized by an impeller blade connected to the bottom portion of a support, where the blade has an opening extending through the... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080298172 - Blender apparatus with alternate blade mechanisms: A blender apparatus (10) includes a blender jar (14) having a base (16) and a container (18) for receiving food products; and a blade mechanism at least partially disposed within the blender jar (14). The blade mechanism includes a drive shaft (32) defining a shaft axis and being engageable with... Agent: Lawrence Cruz Conair Corporation

20080298171 - Process for mixing and screening liquid compositions: b