Agitating inventions 07/09

20090190433 - Apparatus fro mixing salt with a liquid to generate a salt slurry: An apparatus is disclosed for mixing salt with a liquid to generate a salt slurry for spreading on a road surface for snow and ice control. The apparatus includes a chute having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet receiving therein the salt. The chute defines a passageway which is... Agent: David J. Archer

20090190434 - Straight through cement mixer: A cement mixing method for mixing cement used in cementing oil wells casing and the mixer used in that method. The mixer employs a straight bulk cement inlet, five annular recirculation jet and five annular water jet orifices located downstream of the recirculation jets so that all of the jets... Agent: Molly D Mckay, P.C.

20090190435 - Straight through cement mixer: A cement mixing method for mixing cement used in cementing oil wells casing and the mixer used in that method. The mixer employs a straight bulk cement inlet, five annular recirculation jets and five annular water jet orifices located downstream of the recirculation jets so that all of the jets... Agent: Molly D Mckay, P.C.

20090190436 - Apparatus for preparing beverages from soluble preparations with improved aroma-preserving device: c

20090190437 - Clamping device and method to temporarily clamp, in a mixing machine, a container containing a fluid product: Clamping device and method to temporarily clamp, in a mixing machine (11), a container (12) containing a fluid product, comprising two clamping elements (20, 21), opposite each other and able to clamp the container (12) in a determinate position. A movement mechanism (22), controlled by a control unit (24), is... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090190438 - Mixing machine with associated bowl guard system: A mixing machine includes a mixer body including a head portion that extends over a bowl receiving location. An output member extends downward from the head portion toward the bowl receiving location. A drive system is linked to the output member for effecting planetary rotation of the output member. A... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090190439 - blender: Disclosed is a food blender. The blender comprises an epicyclic gear set so that at least one of the beater moves along a hypotrochoid trace and rotates along its axe at the same time. The blender provides a better mixing result comparing to food blenders in prior arts.... Agent: Shuang Zhang C/o Ling Guo

20090190440 - Vertical mixer with deflectors: A mixer includes a housing having one or more augers therein. The augers are turned so that they lift the material being mixed upwardly. Fixed on the side walls, which include baffles, are one or more deflectors which impart a downward motion on the mixture being mixed so that the... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090185443 - Mixing machine and associated bowl support arrangement: A mixing machine includes a head including a rotatable output member for receiving a mixer tool. A mixer body includes a bowl receiving assembly below the head. The bowl receiving assembly includes a pair of bowl support arms extending outwardly from the mixer body to respective ends located at opposite... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090180348 - Volumetric concrete mixing method and apparatus: An improved volumetric concrete mixing system and method of the present invention utilizes load cells for measuring weight loss from the aggregate and cement bins. Load cells may also be used for measuring weight loss from the water tank. The load cells provide input data corresponding to the weight loss... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090180349 - Apparatus for mixing and dispensing components: Apparatus and methods for mixing and dispensing components. The methods and apparatus of the invention are particularly advantageous to manually mix the components of radiopaque bone cement and inject the resulting radiopaque bone cement into skeletal structures. The manually actuated apparatus of the invention comprises: (1) a sealed mixing chamber... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090175117 - Conveying screw member for plastic granule cutting and transporting mechanism: A conveying screw member for a plastic granule cutting and transporting mechanism includes a plastic granule collector, a heating conduit, a conveying screw, a plastic granule molding structure and a power transmission device. The plastic granule collector is a hollow cylinder which has an outlet being positioned thereon. The heating... Agent: Lin, Chun-jung

20090175118 - Extrusion method and apparatus: An extrusion apparatus including a mixing chamber comprising two intersecting housing bores and an inlet positioned to receive material into the mixing chamber. Two screw shafts are supported for rotation about respective generally parallel axes and include respective screw sections positioned for co-wiping intermeshing rotation within the respective housing bores... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090175120 - Extruder having variable mid-barrel restriction and adjacent high intensity mixing assembly: Improved, high Specific Mechanical Energy extrusion systems (20) are provided including a single or twin extruder (22) and an upstream preconditioner (24). The extruder (22) includes an elongated barrel (26) with at least one elongated, axially flighted, rotatable screw assembly (58) therein. The barrel (26) includes a mid-barrel variable restriction... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090175119 - Single screw extruder for processing of low viscosity preconditioned materials: Improved single screw extruders systems (40) are provided including a single screw extruder (42, 92) as well as an upstream preconditioner (44). The extruders (42, 92) include a single, internal, elongated, helically flighted, axially rotatable screw assembly (52) having one or more improved screw sections (74, 74a, 76). The screw... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090175121 - Process and mixing unit for the preparation of isocyanates by phosgenation of primary amines: The invention relates to a mixer reactor of the rotor-stator type. This mixer reactor comprises a substantially rotationally symmetric housing which has a distributing chamber, a mixing chamber, a front plate that modifies the cross-section of the housing between these two chambers, and there are separate inlets into the mixing... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20090175122 - Homogenizer device having horizontally mounted gear rims: In the case of a homogenizer device (100) for dispersing and/or homogenizing substances capable of flow, having a container (110) having one or more inlet openings for introducing the substances to be homogenized, which container has a container outlet opening (111) for feeding the substances into a processing unit (120)... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090175123 - Control drip mixer attachment: A control drip mixer attachment is in combination with a hub type food mixer. The control drip mixer attachment includes a container with a side wall and a bottom wall forming an interior of the container. A shaft is connected to the container, with the shaft being adapted and arranged... Agent: Daniel V. Thompson Thompson & Gustavson, LLP

20090168590 - Ultrasonic treatment chamber for preparing antimicrobial formulations: An ultrasonic mixing system having a treatment chamber in which antimicrobial agents, particularly, hydrophobic antimicrobial agents, can be mixed with one or more formulations is disclosed. Specifically, the treatment chamber has an elongate housing through which a formulation and antimicrobial agents flow longitudinally from a first inlet port and a... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27839) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090168591 - Ultrasonic treatment chamber for particle dispersion into formulations: An ultrasonic mixing system having a particulate dispensing system to dispense particulates into a treatment chamber and the treatment chamber in which particulates can be mixed with one or more formulations is disclosed. Specifically, the treatment chamber has an elongate housing through which a formulation and particulates flow longitudinally from... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27839) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090168592 - Agitator for portable substance identification system and method: A substance identification system is configured to identify at least one detection target faster and with greater accuracy than is possible using prior substance identification systems and/or prior substance identification techniques. An agitator for a portable substance identification system includes a body. The body has a receptacle formed therein. The... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090168593 - Blender base with food processor capabilities: A blender base that may be used with a food processor container, a blender container, and a single use beverage container. The blender container includes a novel blade unit having a food processor-style blade and blender type blades. Programs with preprogrammed motor commands for desired operations are stored in memory... Agent: Sunbeam Products, Inc.

20090168594 - Accessory socket assembly: An accessory socket assembly for a mixer is provided. The assembly includes an accessory shaft, with a threaded end and a non-threaded end and with at least a first pin therebetween, and an accessory socket, with a bore sized to receive the accessory shaft. The accessory socket has at least... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC