Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
366338000 | Curved deflector surface | 18 |
20080279041 | FLUIDIC MIXER WITH CONTROLLABLE MIXING - In one embodiment of the disclosure, a fluid mixing device comprises a flow duct, with a wall having an inner surface defining a fluid flow path for a primary flow, and at least one deployable and retractable projection. The projection is adapted to controllably generate at least one secondary flow adjacent the inner surface. In other embodiments, methods are provided of controllably mixing at least one fluid within a fluid mixing device. | 11-13-2008 |
20090022008 | Method and Apparatus for Mixing a Gaseous Fluid With a Large Gas Stream, Especially for Introducing a Reducing Agent Into a Flue Gas Containing Nitrogen Oxides - A method and apparatus for mixing at least one gaseous fluid stream with a large gas stream flowing in a gas duct, especially for introducing a reducing agent into a flue gas containing nitrogen oxides. The gas stream is directed against at least one disk-shaped mixer element on an inlet side that is inclined at an angle counter to the direction of flow of the gas stream, wherein eddy-type whirls form at the mixer element. The gaseous fluid stream is guided essentially to the center of an impact surface associated with the discharge side of the mixer element and is admixed with a gas stream downstream of the mixer element and is guided essentially perpendicularly onto the center of the impact surface on the discharge side such that the gaseous fluid is distributed over the entire discharge side from the center thereof and is incorporated across the entire whirl system formed at the peripheral edge of the mixer element. | 01-22-2009 |
20120300576 | PLANAR LABYRINTH MICROMIXER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A planar labyrinth micromixer is disclosed that includes an inlet port, a plurality of curved channels, a plurality of abrupt turns, and an outlet port. The inlet port is for receiving a plurality of input fluids to be mixed. The plurality of curved channels induce transverse Dean vortices that rotate processing streams. The plurality of abrupt turns fold laminar flow of the processing streams, shift elliptical points corresponding to centers of Dean flow regions, and disrupt flow islands. The output port is for providing the processing streams as a mixture of the plurality of input fluids. | 11-29-2012 |
20130100761 | 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. | 04-25-2013 |
20130223182 | MICROFLUIDIC MIXING USING CHANNEL WIDTH VARIATION FOR ENHANCED FLUID MIXING - A fluid mixing method using a micromixing apparatus which includes a mixing microchannel having a channel length and a continuously variable channel width defined by a first sidewall surface and an opposing second sidewall surface. The channel width varies from a minimum channel width h to a maximum channel width H in a ratio of H:h≧1.1:1.0. A first inlet injects a first fluid and a second inlet a second fluid into the mixing microchannel which both flow in a flow direction in the mixing microchannel along the channel length. The first sidewall surface includes first curved surface portions and the second sidewall surface includes second curved surface portions. The first and second curved surface portions are non-overlapping to provide the variable channel width. The flow velocity profile is passively varied and exclusively controlled by the continuously variable channel width. | 08-29-2013 |
20130336084 | Static Mixer - A static mixer may include a conduit section having a channel, an injector opening through an inner wall thereof, a tab having a main portion extending from the inner wall adjacent and downstream of the opening and extending radially inwardly at an angle away from the opening in the downstream direction, and having at least one finger extending at a non-zero angle from the main portion, the main portion and the at least one finger being configured such that a second fluid injected through the injector opening and into a first fluid flowing through the conduit section flows radially along the main portion toward a center of the conduit section, and radially outward from the main portion along the at least one finger, whereby the first and second fluids are thoroughly mixed as a result of turbulence imparted by the tab to the fluids. | 12-19-2013 |
20150298075 | Static Mixer - A static mixing device for use within an open channel includes a mixing section with at least one set of stationary mixing vane members. The vane members are supported within a mixing section and include a plate member having a base edge supported by the base member, the plate member including an upstanding oblong tab with a leading edge extending upwardly and rearward from a forward corner of the base edge to a plate peak, the leading edge connecting with a curved trailing edge, the trailing edge extending downwardly and rearward to a rear corner of the base edge and a mixing cap supported on the trailing edge to promote mixing of the fluids within the fluid channel. The mixing device also includes an injection nozzle positioned upstream of the at least one vane member, at approximately the plate peak and operatively constructed to transport additives into the stream of fluid flow. | 10-22-2015 |
20150343402 | INTERACTION CHAMBERS WITH REDUCED CAVITATION - Apparatuses and methods that reduce cavitation in interaction chambers are described herein. In an embodiment, an interaction chamber for a fluid processor or fluid homogenizer includes an inlet chamber having an inlet hole and a bottom end, an outlet chamber having an outlet hole and a top end, a microchannel placing the inlet hole in fluid communication with the outlet hole, wherein an entrance to the microchannel from the inlet chamber is offset a distance from the bottom end, and at least one of: (i) a tapered fillet located on a side wall of the microchannel at the microchannel entrance; (ii) a side wall of the microchannel converging inwardly from the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber; (iii) a top wall and/or bottom wall of the microchannel angled from the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber; and (iv) a top fillet that extends around a diameter of inlet chamber. | 12-03-2015 |
366339000 | Helical ribbon or strand | 10 |
20080232191 | Static mixer - The static mixer comprises mixing elements for separating material to be mixed into a plurality of streams and a mechanism for the layered junction of the same, a transversal edge and guide walls that extend at an angle to said transversal edge, as well as deflecting elements arranged at an angle to the longitudinal axis and provided with openings. The mixer includes mixing elements comprising a transversal edge and a following transversal guide wall and at least two guide walls with lateral end sections and at least one bottom section disposed between said guide walls, thereby defining at least one opening on one side of said transversal edge and at least two openings on the other side of said transversal edge. In addition to a high mixing efficiency and a low pressure drop, a mixer of this kind provides reduced dead volumes and is thus more effective than mixers of the prior art. | 09-25-2008 |
20090122638 | MIXING ELEMENTS OF STATIC MIXER - To provide mixing elements of a Kenix type static mixer capable of decreasing fluids remaining wastefully in a casing without elongation of the casing, the mixing elements are arranged in a casing so that end parts adjacent in an axial direction are connected to cross almost orthogonally, the mixing element includes a partition wall part ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090141585 | Turbulent device to prevent phase separation - A mixer for use in a transmission pipeline and a wellbore fluids pipeline having a mixing device. The pipeline extends from a well head to a processing facility. The mixer perturbs the flow into a non-laminar state. Mixer embodiments include a body having a cone shaped leading edge and a hemi-spherical end. Other embodiments include a double cone having a series of helical fins on the trailing end of the double cone and fins extending perpendicular to the pipeline axis having a triangular cross section. The fins may be staggered with a mix of vertically and horizontally orientations. | 06-04-2009 |
20090161483 | HELICAL RIBBON MIXING GEAR - The invention relates to a helical ribbon mixing gear with a mixing vessel ( | 06-25-2009 |
20100260009 | COMPACT STATIC MIXER AND RELATED MIXING METHOD - A static mixing device that uniquely utilizes fluid shear, turbulence and impingement in a compact package to mix fluids, in particular liquids, entering the inlet of the device. The static mixing device enables a reduction in dead volume and/or pressure drop when compared to prior art static mixers. | 10-14-2010 |
20110128814 | FLUID MIXER AND APPARATUS USING FLUID MIXER - A fluid mixer which can mix fluid while making the distribution of concentration or distribution of temperature of the fluid in the direction of flow uniform without any unevenness and which is both compact and easy to install piping for is provided. This fluid mixer has a fluid inlet, a first flow path connected to the fluid inlet, a spiral flow path connected to the first flow path, a plurality of branch flow paths branched from the spiral flow path, a second flow path to which the plurality of branch flow paths are connected, and a fluid outlet connected to the second flow path, the plurality of branch flow paths branching from different positions of the spiral flow path and being connected with the second flow path at different positions of the second flow path. | 06-02-2011 |
20110188341 | MIXING DEVICE FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - The invention relates to a mixing device for liquid chromatography for the radial mixing of at least two fluids, in particular for the mixing of at least two eluents in high-performance liquid chromatography, with a tubular mixing line ( | 08-04-2011 |
20120307589 | FLUID MIXER AND APPARATUS USING FLUID MIXER - A fluid mixer includes a main flow path comprised of a first flow path and a second flow path, spiral flow paths formed around the second flow path in shapes substantially concentric with the second flow path and offset in position from each other in a circumferential direction, the spiral flow paths having first ends communicated with the first flow path, branch flow paths branched from a plurality of locations of the second flow path in a flow direction, the branch flow paths being communicated with the spiral flow paths at a plurality of locations of the spiral flow paths in the flow direction, a fluid inlet at an open end of either of the first flow path and the second flow path, and a fluid outlet at an open end of the other of the first flow path and the second flow path. | 12-06-2012 |
20120320709 | FLUIDIC MIXER WITH CONTROLLABLE MIXING - In one embodiment of the disclosure, a fluid mixing device comprises a flow duct, with a wall having an inner surface defining a fluid flow path for a primary flow, and at least one deployable and retractable projection. The projection is adapted to controllably generate at least one secondary flow adjacent the inner surface, In other embodiments, methods are provided of controllably mixing at least one fluid within a fluid mixing device. | 12-20-2012 |
20140247687 | FLUID STIRRER, METHOD OF STIRRING FLUID AND METHOD OF PREPARING TONER - A static fluid stirrer includes a flow channel pipe passing a fluid inside; a spiral flow forming member guiding the fluid to circle around a central axis parallel to a passing direction of the fluid to form a spiral flow in the flow channel pipe; and a spiral flow baffle member projecting from the inner wall of the flow channel pipe and baffling the spiral flow. | 09-04-2014 |