Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
366342000 | AGITATOR | 58 |
20080253224 | Agitator for a food mixer - A food mixer ( | 10-16-2008 |
20090161484 | MIXING DEVICE - A mixing device for mixing nail polish and other liquids. There is: a tubular housing member; a compressible tubular casing member, disposed in an interior of the tubular housing member; a shaft member, coupled to the tubular housing member; a power module, in communication with the shaft member; and a control module, in communication with the power module, configured to control the provision of energy from the power module to the shaft member. The control module includes a timer module. The compressible tubular casing member is removably disposed in an interior of the tubular housing member. The power module comprises a motor. There is also a storage container, coupled to an end of the shaft member opposite the tubular housing member. The timer module is coupled to an exterior of the storage container; and the power module is disposed within the storage container. | 06-25-2009 |
20100034050 | Apparatus and Method for Cultivating Algae - Apparatus and methods for cultivating photosynthetic organisms, such as algae, in a bioreactor may include a bioreactor having a primary tank. Light and carbon dioxide are provided in the tank sufficient to promote algae growth. The algae is agitated inside the tank to increase the amount of algae receiving sufficient light exposure inside the tank. Agitation may be provided by a closed loop circulation system or a mixer having a plurality of rotating blades. The gas source may be positioned and oriented with respect to the light source to keep the light source free of adhered material. | 02-11-2010 |
20110051549 | Nucleation Ring for a Central Insert - A central insert causes maximum fluid velocity to shift away from an external tube wall reducing friction losses at the tube wall. Centrifugal forces pull fluid away from a central insert wall minimizing friction at the insert wall. The insert may be used in the context of nozzles, flow tubes, vortex tubes, and other fluid pathways. In a nozzle, grooves may be added to the nozzle wall. By introducing these grooves at the exit or end of a nozzle, nucleation may be improved and cavitation may be triggered prior to a fluid entering an expansion tube. The nucleation ring may also be placed at the beginning of a nozzle such that cavitation starts within the nozzle. | 03-03-2011 |
20120020182 | Sterile drape and agitator for slush solution - A method of fusing a sterile drape and an agitator together for containing a slush solution in a medical device. A die, at a specified temperature, is forced against a drape and an agitator with a specified force for a specified time to form a fused area that has a shear strength that is not substantially reduced from the tensile strength of the drape itself. Additionally, the drape adjacent the fused area is not substantially weakened by the fusing of the drape to the agitator. In one embodiment, the drape is a polyurethane material and the agitator is a polycarbonate material. | 01-26-2012 |
20120201095 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING AND MIXING MULTI-PART MEDICANT - Disclosed is a system for mixing and dispensing bone cement. The system includes a flexible bag containing isolated liquid and powder components that are reactive with each other to form bone cement and a mixing device that has first and second primary pressure surfaces and first and second secondary curved pressure surfaces. The system allows the bag to attach to the first and second secondary pressure surfaces. The system is operated such that the first primary pressure surface exerts force on the bag against the first secondary pressure surface and the second primary pressure surface exerts force on the bag against the second secondary pressure surface. Relative movement of the primary pressure surfaces with respect to the bag causes mixing of the components within the bag. | 08-09-2012 |
20140286124 | Automated Reagent Manager of a Diagnostic Analyzer System - A reagent manager for a diagnostic analyzer system includes a reagent manager housing, a high-speed reagent bottle spinning device, a processor, and a memory. The reagent manager housing is for housing reagent bottles. The high-speed reagent bottle spinning device is disposed within the reagent manager housing for spinning at least one of the reagent bottles. The processor is in electronic communication with the high-speed reagent bottle spinning device. The memory is in electronic communication with the processor. The memory includes programming code for execution by the processor. The programming code is configured to spin the high-speed reagent bottle spinning device to spin the at least one reagent bottle to remove microparticles from a bottom surface of a septum of the at least one reagent bottle. | 09-25-2014 |
20150146500 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING A BLOOD COMPONENT CONTAINED IN A SYSTEM OF BAGS - An apparatus for extracting at least one blood component contained in a primary bag of a system of bags, said system of bags comprising at least one bag of solution containing an additive solution for said blood component and at least one collecting satellite bag configured to collect said blood component to which said additive solution has been added, said bags being connected to one another by tubes, said apparatus comprising an extraction device configured to extract the blood component by compressing the primary bag, and a control device configured to transfer said extracted component or of said extracted component and of the additive solution, to the collecting satellite bag by the intermediary of tubes, further comprising: an agitation device, and a drive system, said system being designed to enable the uniform mixing of the extracted blood component and of the additive solution in said collecting satellite bag. | 05-28-2015 |
366343000 | Stirrer | 50 |
20080219092 | WINE WHISK - A wine aeration tool comprises a bottle stopper for stoppering a bottle. The bottle stopper has a first end for insertion into the bottle and a second end. An agitator connects to the second end of the bottle stopper for aerating wine in a container. | 09-11-2008 |
20080291777 | MIXER WITH PIVOTABLE BOWL - A mixer system including a bowl for receiving a material to be mixed, a mixer body having a rotatable output component, and a hinge. The bowl is pivotable about the hinge relative to the mixer body such that the bowl can be pivoted between a loading/unloading position and a closed position relative the mixer body. The mixer may include a magnetic bowl detector and the bowl may include a magnet thereon. | 11-27-2008 |
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 cure agent being mixed into a coating material. Furthermore, magnet force is used for giving rotation force to the rotor | 12-18-2008 |
20090016156 | Mixer Compound Structure - A mixer compound structure includes a body and one or a plurality of molded layer; the body contains multiple components; at least one molded layer is given a style or thickness as designed to reduce consumption of the principal material for reducing production cost; the molded mixer is further coated with a surface layer to deliver specific appearance as desired by using surface treatment method to deliver an attractive appearance for the mixer as a whole. | 01-15-2009 |
20090052276 | Agitator - An agitator head tailored for mixing a viscous liquid such as driveway sealer or paint has an elongated shape consisting of two arcs which meet at their end points, and a common chord between the two arcs passes through a center of the head. Each arc is radiused to match the radius of a container holding the liquid to be mixed. A plurality of tapered openings in the head permit easy vertical movement through the liquid in the container. Vertical ribs in the head provide the structural strength necessary to withstand the force of agitation and keep the head from breaking. | 02-26-2009 |
20090086573 | Apparatus for moving liquid in container - An apparatus for swirling wine within a wine glass or a decanter, or for moving a liquid within a container. A driver is mounted to move a driving element with respect to a housing. A base for holding or removably attaching the glass, the decanter or the container, is moveably mounted with respect to the housing. A receiver and a connector are moveably mounted with respect to each other and with respect to the housing. When the driver moves the base, the base and thus the container follow a path defined by movement of the connector with respect to the receiver. When the glass, the decanter or the other container is mounted with respect to the base, the base moves the glass, the decanter or the container to impart a swirling motion of wine or another liquid within the glass, the decanter or the container. | 04-02-2009 |
20090135668 | Stirrer Tool With Radially and Distally Extending Flexible Projections - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a stirrer tool that includes a head component having a first body portion and a second body portion connected to the first body portion with a first plurality of projections extending substantially radially out from and substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of a body portion. Head component may also have a second plurality of projections extending in a substantially distal direction away from a distal end of the body portion, and all of the projections may be made of a substantially stiff material that is flexible enough to be bent to fit through an opening in a container that is smaller in diameter than a diameter of the head component and stiff enough to mix viscous products. The system may further include an elongate shaft, which may be coaxially aligned with and a distal end of the elongate shaft may be attached to the head component and the proximal end of the elongate shaft may be configured to be removably held in a device to rotate the elongate shaft. | 05-28-2009 |
20090141586 | Mixing apparatus - The mixing rod having attached blades, the blades being of the propeller type or the impeller type, including propellers or impellers that are elongated flat-plate, curved, or contoured. The blades have arched projections extending upward or downward, or both. The arched projections are formed so that material to be blended or mixed can flow through the arch, that is, under the arch, when the blades are rotated. The blades optionally have apertures or holes therethrough, which apertures or holes, when present, are under or otherwise adjacent to the arched projections. | 06-04-2009 |
20090219782 | Mixing Blade With Removable Wearing Element - The invention relates to a mixing blade ( | 09-03-2009 |
20100118643 | AGITATOR FOR ABRASIVE MEDIA - Disclosed is a agitator ( | 05-13-2010 |
20100124146 | AGITATOR TOOL FOR PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMP - The invention relates to an agitator tool for use with a progressive cavity pump for agitating a slurry of sand, heavy oil or water. The agitator tool has an elongate body having a lower end, an upper end, and a plurality of longitudinal grooves spaced between the lower and upper ends and radially about the body. The upper end is configured for coupling to a pump rotating element. Agitation members are pivotally mounted within the longitudinal grooves so as to be movable from an actuation position wherein the agitation members project outwardly from the body during rotation to agitate the slurry, to resting positions wherein the agitation members are folded within the grooves during installation or removal of the tool. | 05-20-2010 |
20100124147 | High Efficiency Mixer-Impeller - A mixer impeller having high efficiency blades. The impeller may include a central hub and a plurality of blades attached to and extending radially outwardly from the hub such that leading edges thereof are inclined upwardly from trailing edges thereof. Each of the blades may include a root attached to the hub, a tip, a first crease extending along substantially an entire length of the blade dividing the blade into a leading portion and a trailing portion, the leading and trailing portions meeting at the first crease such that the leading portion is angled downwardly from the trailing portion, and a second crease extending from a portion of the leading edge of the leading portion between the root and the tip diagonally along the leading portion to the tip, the second crease intersecting the tip at a point spaced from a point where the first crease intersects the tip, the second crease forming a tip portion of the leading portion that needs a remainder of the leading portion such that the tip portion is angled downwardly from the leading portion. | 05-20-2010 |
20100172204 | LIQUID CONTAINER, HEAD CARTRIDGE, INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STIRRING METHOD FOR LIQUID CONTAINER - A swing member that is provided in an ink containing chamber is swung according to movement of a carriage of a printing apparatus. Accordingly, an ink flow occurs in a hollow portion of the swing member from one of openings to the other opening, such that ink in an ink tank is stirred. | 07-08-2010 |
20100182869 | STIRRING DEVICE FOR ACTIVATED SLUDGES - The invention relates to a stirring device for activated sludges comprising a hyperboloid stirring body ( | 07-22-2010 |
20100260010 | CONTAINER WITH FLEXIBLE WALLS - A container with a flexible container wall, in particular a disposable bioreactor, with a container interior in which a a mixer is arranged at one end of a mixer shaft which is passed through the container wall and is drivable from the outside, wherein the mixer shaft and/or mixer is/are designed such that it/they are foldable and such that it/they can be stabilized from the outside. | 10-14-2010 |
20100278007 | Stirring Apparatus - It is an object of the present invention to provide a stirring apparatus which can exhibit excellent stirring characteristics in a wide range of viscous regions and which can reduce the mixing time. A stirring apparatus includes a stirred tank having a bottomed cylinder shape, a rotation shaft concentrically or substantially concentrically disposed inside the stirred tank, and a bottom blade that extends from the rotation shaft so as to extend in a radial direction and a vertical direction, of the stirred tank, and a lower edge of the bottom blade has a shape conforming to a bottom wall surface of the stirred tank. Here, a clearance is formed between the lower edge of the bottom blade and the lower wall surface and the clearance satisfies the following condition: 1% of the inner diameter of the stirred tank11-04-2010 | |
20110026361 | STIRRING BLADE AND SEALED STIRRING APPARATUS - An up/down movable diaphragm is disposed to an upper surface portion of a stirring vessel so as to airtightly cover the upper surface portion, a drive shaft passing through the diaphragm is fixed and vertically disposed to the diaphragm, and a stirring blade coupled with and fixed to a lower end portion of the drive shaft so as to be orthogonal thereto is composed of a laterally long and oval sheet-shaped member having a major axis and a minor axis passing through a center thereof, and a stirring is performed by moving the stirring blade up and down. With this arrangement, there are provided a stirring blade and a stirring apparatus which do not apply a strong shearing force to a stirring liquid, do not have an anxiety of polluting the stirring liquid, and can sufficiently fluidize, mix, disperse, and homogenize the stirring liquid in a stirring blade and a stirring apparatus for performing a stirring in fields of medicine and food. | 02-03-2011 |
20110032792 | PROCESSING CONTAINER STRUCTURE FOR FOOD PROCESSOR - A processing container structure for food processor is provided. The structure has a processing container main body whose inside walls are uniformly provided with multiple ribs arranged vertically. The ribs have certain lengths and thicknesses and protrude inwards. The protruding areas of the ribs are gradually increased from top to bottom. | 02-10-2011 |
20110085412 | ROTARY BEATER AND KITCHEN APPLIANCE FOR USE WITH A ROTARY BEATER - A rotary beater is provided which comprises a drive shaft ( | 04-14-2011 |
20110228632 | Cup holding assembly for a food mixing machine - A food mixing machine ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110228633 | AGITATOR - An agitator assembly configured for mounting on a container such as a liquid manure or biogas tank. The assembly includes a tube with a closure member, a drive shaft operably connected to a motor and having a propeller attached thereto, and a flange with a seal. The drive shaft and propeller are longitudinally moveable in and out of the container within the tube while maintaining a seal on the tube to prevent the escape of liquids or gasses from the container. The tube can be closed and the drive shaft and propeller removed without having to empty the container. | 09-22-2011 |
20110249529 | FLANGE STIRRER - The invention relates to a stirring element and to a stirrer, in particular for industrial stirrers, formed of a shaft, at least one torque arm ( | 10-13-2011 |
20110280099 | MIXER - A mixer including a rotatable mixing container including a container drive, a mixing head attached in the mixing container, a rotatably mounted mixing tool, and a tool drive to drive the mixing tool. The mixing tool includes a shaft and a frame arranged concentrically around the shaft. The shaft and the frame are interconnected by at least two circulating elements. The at least one shear pin is arranged on the frame and is configured to be guided during an operation by at least one shear groove disposed in the mixing head. | 11-17-2011 |
20120014210 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL MIXER - A multi-functional stirrer includes a frame, a container, a beater and a driving mechanism. A circular rail is installed at a lower portion of the frame; a bottom of the vertical cylindrical shaped container is a conical shaped barrel bottom which can be driven to lift up and down by a lifting mechanism automatically; the driving mechanism drives a container assembly to rotate on the circular rail of the frame in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the beater at the same time of driving the beater to rotate; the beater is composed by fixing a plurality of stirring bars onto a horizontally arranged stirring bar frame; a rotation axis of the stirring bar frame is eccentrically disposed with respect to an axis of the vertical cylindrical shaped container. The present invention has different functions of mixing, peeling, cleaning, polishing and dampening, etc., when the stirring bars with different structures are used. | 01-19-2012 |
20120092953 | MIXING PADDLE FOR ICE CREAM MACHINE - A mixing paddle for use in a conventional ice cream maker includes two vertical arms that have outer contact edges that exceed the inner diameter of the freezer bowl in which they are positioned during use. This enables the contact edges to effectively scrape ice cream ingredients from the inner wall of the bowl during use and direct the ingredients toward the center of the bowl. The mixing paddle also comprises two cross-members that have pin-wheel style shapes that move ice cream ingredients vertically during use. The combined effect of the vertical arms and the cross-members optimally and uniformly mixes the ice cream ingredients during use and ensures efficient cooling. | 04-19-2012 |
20120120757 | TO CHEMICAL REACTOR APPARATUS - Support apparatus for a chemical reactor vessel comprises a mounting system comprising a collar device ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120163118 | Stirrer organ in composite construction - The invention relates to a stirrer organ ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120176857 | Reducer Assembly For An Industrial Mixer - A reducer for an industrial motor including a housing assembly, an input shaft assembly, an output shaft assembly and a cogged belt. The housing assembly defines a cavity. The input shaft assembly includes a first sprocket. The input shaft assembly is coupled to the housing assembly and positioned within the housing. The input shaft is configured for coupling to a motor positioned outside of the cavity through the input opening. The output shaft assembly includes a second sprocket, and is coupled to the housing assembly while being positioned within the housing. The output shaft is configured for coupling to a mixer agitator assembly having an impeller positioned outside of the cavity through the output opening. The cogged belt couples the first sprocket to the second sprocket and being positioned within the cavity. | 07-12-2012 |
20120250453 | Torque limiting disposable agitator for a food mixer - An agitator ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120269030 | Mixing Chamber, Cartridge, and Method for Mixing a First and a Second Component - A mixing chamber includes a container for receiving a first and a second component; an obstacle structure, which is designed such that, under the effect of a centrifugal force or magnetic force acting on the mixing chamber, it moves through the first and second components in the container and mixes them with each other; and a connection piece, which is connected at one end to the container and at the other end to the obstacle structure. | 10-25-2012 |
20130003495 | PROPELLER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING ONE HUB AND AT LEAST TWO BLADES - The inventions refer to a mixer assembly for generating and maintaining a movement within waste water, comprising a hub ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130107661 | Beater for Mixing | 05-02-2013 |
20130135964 | BEATER TOOL FOR A STAND MIXER COMPRISING A SCRAPER - Beater assembly for mixing ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer with planetary drive, the assembly ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130188445 | IMPELLER ASSEMBLY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A mixing apparatus and system includes a hub, a plurality of blades, and a respective hinge for each blade to pivotally secure each blade to the hub. Each hinge including a lock having a tab and a detent to secure the respective blade in an operating conformation. | 07-25-2013 |
20130208560 | FRACTAL IMPELLER FOR STIRRING - A fractal impeller design for stirred tank reactors comprising plurality of main branches, each of which further having plurality of sub-branches with each sub branch having plurality of blades to distribute/dissipate energy in uniform manner and to achieve uniform temperature throughout the reactor while operating it at lower impeller speed to avoid high shear zones; wherein, the angular distances covered by the blades vary and yield variation in the local blade passage velocity for a given impeller rotation speed. | 08-15-2013 |
20130215711 | PARTICLE SIZE BREAKUP APPARATUS - A mixer of the rotor-stator type that includes a stator having a plurality of openings and a rotor disposed on the inner side of the stator and spaced by a predetermined gap away from the stator is described, wherein the mixer that is capable of improving the shearing stress applied upon the liquid being processed and provides the higher performance is proposed, more specifically, the mixer that allows the shearing stress applied upon the liquid being processed to be changed and adjusted accordingly or allows the flow rate in which the liquid being processed flows to be changed and adjusted accordingly is proposed. | 08-22-2013 |
20130223183 | TORQUE LIMITING DISPOSABLE AGITATOR FOR A FOOD MIXER - An agitator ( | 08-29-2013 |
20140036619 | MULTI-ANGLE SCREW TOP - A material processing machine having a rotating element formed of a core rotatable about a generally vertical axis, and a top cap having a pair of facets which abut together at a join line. The join line extends downward from perpendicular to the generally vertical axis at an angle. The core has a continuous outer wall that is substantially vertical, and the facets extend inward from the outer wall to the join line at a non-perpendicular angle. Each of the facets extends inward from the outer wall to the join line at an angle that is different from angle of the other facet. | 02-06-2014 |
20140204698 | BLENDER BLADE OR MIXER BLADE GUARD DEVICE - A blender blade or mixer blade guard device includes a guard housing having a top portion and a sidewall and a plurality of openings disposed in the guard housing. Each of the opening is located on the guard housing proximal to either the top portion, an interface between the top portion and the sidewall, the sidewall or any combinations thereof. | 07-24-2014 |
20140247688 | STIRRING WAND - A stirring wand is configured for selective engagement with a mixing device. The stirring wand comprises a substantially vertical portion having an upper end and a lower end, a first tapered surface that includes a first pitch angle proximate the upper end of the substantially vertical portion and a second pitch angle proximate the lower end of the substantially vertical portion, a substantially horizontal portion having a base and a distal tip, and a second tapered surface extending from the base to the distal tip. The second tapered surface includes a third pitch angle proximate the base and a fourth pitch angle proximate the tip. | 09-04-2014 |
20150049576 | HORIZONTAL AGITATOR - The invention relates to a horizontal agitator for producing a substantially horizontal flow in a wastewater treatment tank, a propeller being installed on a polygonal shaft driven by means of a submersible motor, wherein the propeller is produced form a first material, which is formed from a polymer reinforced with first fibres, and as hub has a sleeve which corresponds to the outer shape of the polygonal shaft and which is produced from a second material which is different from the first material. | 02-19-2015 |
20160023172 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING STIRRING BLADES - A device and a method for adjusting stirring blades on a stirring blade receptacle of a stirrer, wherein the stirring blades can be fixed with a stirring blade axis in receiving bores, which are arranged transversely to an axis of rotation and are a part of the stirring blade receptacle, at intended predetermined angle of attack relative to a virtual plane that is arranged transversely to the axis of rotation of the stirrer. An associated device body is provided with a receiving element for receiving the stirring blade receptacle with unfixed stirring blades. A stop is arranged on the device body for each lower face, which faces the receiving element and is a part of the stirring blades, outside the respective stirring blade axis. Each respective stirring blade is then brought into abutment against its associated stop, to place it into the predetermined angle of attack. | 01-28-2016 |
20160192810 | FREE FLOATING MIXING BLADE | 07-07-2016 |
20160193575 | FOLDING MIXING IMPELLER | 07-07-2016 |
20160199797 | STIRRING DEVICE COMPRISING A MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR A STIRRING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MOUNTING A STIRRING ELEMENT | 07-14-2016 |
20170232410 | Device for Stirring | 08-17-2017 |
20220133092 | MIXING BEATERS FOR USE WITH A STAND MIXER - A mixing beater for a stand mixer includes a collar configured to removably couple the mixing beater with the stand mixer. A frame is coupled with the collar and includes a pair of opposing first and second arms. The first and second arms are coupled at their respective distal ends by a frame tip. A central axis of the mixing beater extends through the frame tip, between the opposing first and second arms. A plurality of ribs extends between the first and second arms. Each rib has a rib central axis that extends orthogonal to the central axis of the mixing beater and each of the plurality of ribs is spaced from an adjacent rib to define a space between adjacent ribs. | 05-05-2022 |
366344000 | With ejector | 2 |
20110116341 | BEATER AND MIXING DEVICE WITH BEATER | 05-19-2011 |
20130343150 | REMOVABLE BLENDER SPINDLE WITH CONTAINER COVER - A removable spindle for a blender that is compact enough for home use, rugged enough to blend frozen beverages, simple to use and safe. The spindle preferably includes a quick release coupling member, a rotating shaft, cup cover and rotating cutting blades. To facilitate cleaning of the spindle assembly, the quick release coupling member allows the spindle to be quickly detached from the blender. The rotating shaft is preferably housed in an outer sleeve for structural/alignment purposes and to keep the shaft free from food/beverage particles. Slidably attached to the outside of the outer sleeve and trapped between the quick release coupling member and the rotating cutting blades is a moveable cup cover. | 12-26-2013 |
366345000 | Ambulant over material-supporting surface | 1 |
366346000 | Track guided | 1 |
20100110827 | STIRRING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an improved stirring system and its operating method. The disclosed system includes at least two stirrers and a drive for driving the at least two stirrers to move between their stirring position and non-stirring position, the drive driving the stirrers to perform a stirring operation for a single purpose at a time. The system employs a single drive to drive a plurality of stirrers, which effectively avoids the disadvantage of redundantly stirring the reaction solutions in the reaction vessel not necessary to be stirred, reduces the risk of cross contamination caused by the stirrers and affecting the results by abnormal change in the absorbance, and makes the test results more accurate. | 05-06-2010 |