Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
366208000 | BY MOVEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR REMOVABLE MIXING CHAMBER | 42 |
20100135108 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CUSTOM COLORED SEALING COMPOUND - A system and method for custom coloring sealant is generally provided with one or more dispensing cartridges, containing a quantity of low viscosity sealant base solution, which in some embodiments is as fluid, or more-so, as common latex paint. One or more such dispensing cartridges are secured within a cartridge case. A coloring agent is added to the dispensing cartridge. The system may then be agitated by hand or in a mechanical agitator, such as a commercial paint shaker, until a desired color is attained. The sealant thickener may then be added and mixed by similar agitation of the system to obtain a non-sag, high viscosity sealant. Embodiments of the cartridge case are provided for use with various mechanical agitators and dispensing cartridges. | 06-03-2010 |
20110096620 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING EMULSIONS - A vortex mixer and method for forming an emulsion wherein the mixer is adapted to form an emulsion with a desired droplet size and having a desired volume. The vortex mixer provides improved uniformity in emulsion preparation and may be used to create multiple emulsions simultaneously. | 04-28-2011 |
20150098300 | Apparatus And Method For Producing An Orbital Movement In A Plane For A Fluid Sample - An apparatus ( | 04-09-2015 |
20160252306 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO APPARATUS FOR STIRRING AND METHODS OF STIRRING | 09-01-2016 |
366209000 | Mixing chamber secured to support | 31 |
20090040865 | System for securing a container within a mixing machine - A holder and system for mixing a volume of material within a closed container in a mixing machine. Holders and systems in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may permit mixing of fluids in containers that are otherwise ill-suited for conventional mixing machines. The holder may include a receptacle or bucket into which a first insert or adapter is placed to receive and hold one end of the closed container. A second insert may also be inserted into the bucket to receive and hold a second end of the closed container. The bucket may include a tapered inner sidewall surface and one or both adapters may include side surfaces that generally conform to the sidewall surface. | 02-12-2009 |
20090067281 | COCKTAIL SHAKER - A cocktail shaker uses a motor to cause a container to be shaken. The shaker includes a following member coupled to a following device that is engaged in a directional mechanism, such as a slot or rod. The directional mechanism defines the path and angle of the motion imparted to the container. The throw is defined by the mechanism that transforms rotational motion of a motor to a shaking motion of the container. A mechanism for transforming rotational motion to a shaking motion may include a rotational member and an attachment member pivotally coupled to the rotational member on one end and coupled to the device holding the container on the other end. A combination of throw, path, and motor speed are capable of providing a mechanism for shaking the container that is similar to shaking the container by hand. For example, the motor speed and duration of shaking may be continuously variable or discretely selectable, which may be selected by the user. | 03-12-2009 |
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 ( | 07-30-2009 |
20090196119 | Containing device for containing and holding in a removable manner a closed container for fluid products inside a mixing machine - Containing device for containing and correctly holding closed container ( | 08-06-2009 |
20140219049 | Apparatus for restricting bail or handle movements in mixer - The invention relates to an apparatus for restricting the movements of a bail ( | 08-07-2014 |
20160114298 | MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR SECURING VESSELS TO A SHAKER - A magnetic attachment system for securing vessels to a shaker includes a base having an upper side and a lower side; a plurality of flanges on the upper side of the base, each flange having an arm that extends away from the base and engages with the vessel so that the arms retain the vessel to the base; and a magnet on the lower side of the base that magnetically attaches the base to the platform, thereby releasably retaining the vessel to the platform. Each flange may be repositioned at a common distance from the center of the base to accommodate different sizes of vessel. | 04-28-2016 |
366210000 | Support oscillatory only | 5 |
20100149907 | TORSIONALLY FLEXIBLE, SEALED DRIVE - A simple, robust and low-cost torsionally flexible, sealed drive that allows external drives to provide agitation within a container. A torsionally flexible tube is sealed to a torsionally rigid portion of a container. A second end of the tube is sealed to a driven element within the container. The driven element is coupled to a drive-shaft that is partly contained within the tube. Motion of the protruding end of the drive shaft imparts a corresponding motion to the driven element, while maintaining a water-tight seal between container and drive-shaft. One useful motion is a rotary oscillation. A stepper motor may operate via such a drive to impart a rotary oscillation to an impellor in a bioreactor, or mixing container, suitable for agitating a cell culture in a nutrient medium or hydrating a powdered media in water. The drive is suited to use in disposable bioreactors and mixers. | 06-17-2010 |
20140293734 | REACTOR - The invention relates to a reactor driven in an oscillatory-rotary manner about its fixed, preferably vertical, axis, for preferably biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications. By means of its process-intensifying properties for mixing, suspension, gaseous material transport, heat transfer, irradiation and particle retention, the applicability on the industrial scale is ensured. The reactor which succeeds without a shaft seal permits particularly robust production with respect to sterile technique with avoidance of cleaning and cleaning validation required when the reactor is constructed as a single-use reactor. | 10-02-2014 |
366211000 | Motor driven | 3 |
20080232188 | AUTOMATIC BEVERAGE SHAKER - A motorized beverage mixing device having a housing adapted to accommodate a beverage mixing container. The housing is adapted to removably-retain the mixing container while the housing is rotated in an oscillating motion. The housing is preferably adapted to rotate the mixing container to or past a horizontal orientation in at least one rotational direction. | 09-25-2008 |
20080267007 | Device for Mixing or Amalgamating Products in Liquid, Granular or Powder Form - The device ( | 10-30-2008 |
20160175790 | CONTAINER AGITATING SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
366212000 | Support rectilinearly reciprocable only | 1 |
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 | 12-25-2008 |
366213000 | Support rotatable only | 16 |
20100074047 | ANTI-ROTATION DEVICE FOR A GRIPPING MEMBER OF A MIXING MACHINE FOR FLUID PRODUCTS CONTAINED IN A CLOSED CONTAINER - An anti-rotation device for a gripping member of a mixing machine for fluid products contained in a closed container. The mixing machine comprises a fixed structure and the gripping member comprises a supporting structure rotary with respect to the fixed structure and on which two gripping elements are mounted, able to be selectively moved nearer to or farther from each other by means of a screw, in order to determine the temporary clamping of the container with respect to the supporting structure. The device comprises clamping members associated coaxially with the screw in order to keep the screw temporarily constrained angularly with respect to the supporting structure of the gripping member, and unclamping members mounted on the fixed structure in order to be selectively moved, so as to cooperate with the screw, so as to de-activate the action of the clamping members and to de-constrain the angular movement of the screw with respect to the supporting structure, and actuation members able to automatically and selectively command both the unclamping members and also the clamping members. | 03-25-2010 |
20120201093 | MULTI-SIZE MIXER - A gyroscopic paint mixer having a rotatable frame with a clamp lock providing automatic transfer from an unclamping to a clamping condition, providing silent operation through the use of one way clutches, the mixer also having a vertical stop apparatus coupled to an access door for stopping and holding the rotatable frame in an upright position, the mixer also having a bail retainer supported by a carriage assembly mounted for rotation on a clamp plate with a cam urging the bail retainer to the side of the frame when the bail retainer is released from the paint container with the paint container in an upright position in the rotatable frame. | 08-09-2012 |
20120294110 | MIXER FOR MIXING CONTENTS OF PAINT POT - The invention relates to a mixer for mixing the contents of a paint pot, the mixer comprising pressing means ( | 11-22-2012 |
20130242690 | Shaking Machine Adaptor For Containers Having Different Shapes - An adaptor for a vortex paint mixer. The adaptor includes a pair of semi-cylindrical holding structures pivotably connected together by a pair of pivot links. Each of the halves has a depression formed therein. When the holding structures are placed together, the two depressions form a cavity having first and second regions adapted to hold a conventional cylindrical quart paint container and a rectangular quart paint container, respectively. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242691 | Shaking Machine Adaptor For Containers Having Different Shapes - An adaptor for a vortex paint mixer. The adaptor includes a pair of semi-cylindrical holding structures pivotally connected together by a pair of pivot links. Each of the halves has a depression formed therein. When the holding structures are placed together, the two depressions form a cavity having first and second regions adapted to hold a conventional cylindrical quart paint container and a rectangular quart paint container, respectively. | 09-19-2013 |
20140064019 | SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SAMPLE PROCESSING METHOD - A sample processing apparatus comprising a controller; an agitating section configured to agitate a sample in a sample tube; and a processing section configured to process the agitated sample, wherein the controller is configured to control the agitating section to agitate a sample in a first type of sample tube under a first agitation condition, and to control the agitating section to agitate a sample in a second type of sample tube, which contains a sample of lower volume than the first type of sample tube, under a second agitation condition different from the first agitation condition. | 03-06-2014 |
20140126321 | NAIL POLISH MIXING APPARATUS - A nail polish mixing apparatus for stirring the mixing balls and nail polish contained with a nail polish bottle comprises a base, a vertical support column having an opening defined by a slot, and a motor in connection with a first end of a shaft. A linkage includes a top end that is rotatably fixed to a guide pin sized and configured to move up and down within the slot, and a bottom end that is rotatably fixed to a peripheral edge of a wheel that is in connection with a second end of the shaft. A ring on the linkage is provided for securing the nail polish bottle. Upon activation, the motor rotates the wheel, causing the bottom end of the linkage to move in a circular motion and the top end of the linkage to move up and down, thereby mixing the contents in the nail polish bottle. | 05-08-2014 |
20160082401 | NAIL POLISH MIXING APPARATUS - A nail polish mixing apparatus for stirring the mixing balls and nail polish contained with a nail polish bottle comprises a base, a vertical support column having an opening defined by a slot, and a motor in connection with a first end of a shaft. A linkage includes a top end that is rotatably fixed to a guide pin sized and configured to move up and down within the slot, and a bottom end that is rotatably fixed to a peripheral edge of a wheel that is in connection with a second end of the shaft. A ring on the linkage is provided for securing the nail polish bottle. Upon activation, the motor rotates the wheel, causing the bottom end of the linkage to move in a circular motion and the top end of the linkage to move up and down, thereby mixing the contents in the nail polish bottle. | 03-24-2016 |
20160136600 | EVAPORATION-CONTROLLING CONTAINER INSERTS - An apparatus configured for mixing the contents of one or more fluid containers includes a fluid container support platform configured to hold one or more fluid containers. The fluid container support platform is configured to index the container to one or more specified locations and to be moved in an orbital path about an orbital center independently of the rotation about the central axis of rotation. The apparatus further includes an indexing drive system configured to effect indexing movement of the container support platform and a vortex drive system configured to effect powered orbital movement of the container support platform about the orbital center. An evaporation limiting insert placed within containers reduces exposure of the fluid contents of the container to atmospheric air, thereby reducing susceptibility of the fluid contents to evaporation. | 05-19-2016 |
20160144324 | FORMULATIONS - A receptacle includes a cardboard box in which is arranged a plastics container. A first securement element associated with the plastics container is positioned in a gap defined by the cardboard of the box thereby to restrict movement of the container within the box. | 05-26-2016 |
366214000 | And means to clamp plural mixing chambers | 6 |
20120163117 | MIXING APPARATUS - An apparatus and a method for mixing a substance such as tattoo ink or nail polish may comprise a rotor rotatable about a fixed axis, one or more holders on the rotor for receiving a container containing the substance and disposing the container perpendicular to the fixed axis, and a motor for applying a force to rotate the rotor around the fixed axis at less than about 120 revolutions per minute (RPM). The method may comprise receiving a container containing the substance into one or more holders on a rotor, in which the rotor is rotatable about a fixed axis, and applying a force to rotate the rotor about the fixed axis at less than about 120 RPM. | 06-28-2012 |
20140133264 | LAB RACK ROTATOR AND METHODS THEREOF - A lab rack rotator includes a motor coupled to a shaft arranged to rotate in at least one direction in response to the motor. One or more mounts are located along the surface of the shaft and are configured to receive a lab sample rack which holds a plurality of lab samples contained in lab sample containers such as test tubes. Rotation of the shaft permits inversion of the plurality of lab samples, for instance whole blood samples. The lab rack rotator increases the number of lab samples that may be agitated in an automated process while decreasing the amount of time required for necessary pre-testing agitation of samples. | 05-15-2014 |
20140269158 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO AGITATE A LIQUID - Method and apparatus to agitate a liquid are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall substantially parallel to the first sidewall. The example apparatus also includes a top wall coupled to the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The example apparatus further includes a bottom wall opposite the top wall and coupled to the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The bottom wall has a first side to define a cavity to hold a liquid. The example apparatus also includes a protrusion extending from the first side of the bottom wall toward the top wall. | 09-18-2014 |
20150023131 | NAIL POLISH DISPLAY SYSTEM - A nail polish display system includes a case, which may take the form of a shelving system or platform, sized to hold and display multiple bottles of nail polish. The bottles are attached to coupling devices, such as clamps, sleeves, magnetic couplers, etc. to an agitator, which preferably takes the form of a rotatable rod. A motor operates the agitator to move, rotate or otherwise agitate the bottles and therefore sufficiently and continuously mix the nail polish within the bottles. The system may include one or more sensors configured to detect the presence of a patron, configured to detect a position of the motor or agitator, and/or configured to detect when a door to the case is being opened. Further, the motor may be programmable and receive instructions from either a controller or control logic using input from one or more of the sensors. | 01-22-2015 |
20150103621 | PAINT STORAGE AND MIXING SYSTEM - A novel canister storage system, mixing system, canister assembly, dispensing system, and tracking system. In one or more embodiments, the systems are used for storing, mixing and dispensing fluids. In one application, the fluid includes one or more paint toners. | 04-16-2015 |
20160199800 | HOMOGENIZER PROCESSING PLATE FOR SELF-SECURING OF SAMPLE TUBES | 07-14-2016 |
366215000 | Support pivotally mounted by plural linkage | 2 |
20090316521 | POUNDING STATION - A paint mixer support and tray apparatus providing a pounding station for reclosing a paint container having friction fit lid. The support allows for vertically supporting up to two paint mixers, each supported on a separate horizontal plate. The tray is movable between a horizontal operating position wherein the paint container may be placed on the tray and the lid pounded down against the container, and a vertical storage position wherein the tray is pivoted up out of the way, where it may rest against a paint mixer, retained there by magnets. In the absence of an upper paint mixer, the tray may be further pivoted to rest against the upper plate resulting in a shipping position for the tray and stand. The tray may have a pair of arms in contact with the stand to support the tray in the operating position. | 12-24-2009 |
20160121278 | Reciprocating tube-shaking mechanisms for processing a material - Agitation mechanisms for homogenization devices for processing sample materials in tubes that are secured by tube holders to the agitation mechanisms. Each agitation mechanism includes a first rotary member having a first fixed rotational axis, a second rotary member having a second fixed rotational axis, and a connecting member that extends between them, is rotationally mounted to them at third and fourth non-fixed rotational axes, and to which the tube holder is mounted, with the first and third rotational axes defining a first offset, and with the second and fourth rotational axes defining a second offset. When the first rotary member is driven through rotation, the sample in the tube in the tube holder on the connecting member is driven through a nonlinearly reciprocating motion profile to produce a grinding shear action to better homogenize the samples. Other disclosed embodiments produce linearly reciprocating motion profiles. | 05-05-2016 |
366217000 | Support rotates about plural axes | 1 |
20130286768 | PAINT CAN-CLAMPING DEVICE APPLICABLE TO DOUBLE-GYROSCOPIC MIXER - A paint can-clamping device applicable to a double-gyroscopic mixer is disclosed, including a lower supporting plate, left and right guide rails, an upper pressing plate and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes an upper pressing plate-fixing frame, a locking piece and a locking piece spring. The upper pressing plate is connected to the upper pressing plate-fixing frame via a guide pole. A cam structure having a cam handle is mounted in the upper pressing plate-fixing frame, and is cooperated, via a cam pressing mechanism for pressing the locking piece downwardly, with the locking piece such that the locking piece moves away from the V-shaped groove of the guide rail to be in unlocking state, thereby achieving a linear movement of the upper pressing plate along the guide rails. | 10-31-2013 |
366218000 | Mixing chamber conveyed by support during agitation | 7 |
20100177592 | APPARATUS WITH AUTOMATIC BALANCING FOR MIXING PAINT DISPOSED IN CONTAINERS HAVING DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS - An apparatus and method are provided for mixing paint disposed in either a conventional one gallon paint container or a square paint container having a body with a handle passage extending therethrough. The apparatus includes a square bucket for holding the container. A rocker is pivotably mounted to a side wall of the bucket and includes a pair of heads aligned over a pair of openings in the side wall. A floor of the bucket has a plurality of support structures extending upwardly therefrom. When the conventional one gallon paint container is disposed in the bucket, the container rests on the floor, the vertical axis of the container is offset from the central axis of the bucket, and both heads of the rocker are disposed against the container inside the bucket. When the square paint container is disposed in the bucket, the container is supported on top of the support structures so as to be elevated above the floor, the vertical axis of the container is collinear with the central axis of the bucket, and one of the heads of the rocker is disposed in the handle passage of the container. | 07-15-2010 |
20100265790 | Salad Mixing Apparatus - A salad mixing apparatus includes a first bowl having an inner surface, an interior area, and a plurality of mixing ribs in the first bowl interior area and at least one partition configured for removable attachment to the mixing ribs to form a plurality of compartments. The apparatus includes a lid extending across the partitions whereby the inner surface, the at least one partition, and the lid selectively enclose the plurality of compartments. A second bowl having an interior area is configured for selective attachment to the first bowl whereby the first bowl interior area and the second bowl interior area collectively form a unitary interior area when the at least one partition is separated from the mixing ribs and the second bowl is attached to the first bowl. | 10-21-2010 |
20120182829 | Process and Device for Mixing a Heterogeneous Solution into a Homogeneous Solution - The present invention relates to a process for mixing a heterogeneous solution containing at least two different liquids and, optionally, at least one solid entity, so as to obtain a homogeneous solution, the process comprising the following steps:
| 07-19-2012 |
20140086004 | STIRRING DEVICE AND STIRRING METHOD - A stirring device according to an aspect is provided with a holder which holds a specimen container accommodating a specimen in an upright position and a rotation mechanism section configured to rotate the specimen container, thereby stirring the specimen therein. | 03-27-2014 |
20140092706 | CENTRIFUGAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A centrifugal processing device has structures in which a storage container housing a material is supported such as to rotate freely by a revolving body with a rotating shaft therebetween, and that applies revolution force and rotation force of the storage container to the material by rotating the storage container while revolving the storage container. Rotating shafts and are supported by the revolving body such as to intersect a revolving body center line of the revolving body. | 04-03-2014 |
20140269159 | APPARATUS FOR INDEXING AND AGITATING FLUID CONTAINERS - An apparatus configured for mixing the contents of one or more fluid containers includes a fluid container support platform configured to hold one or more fluid containers. The fluid container support platform is configured to index the container to one or more specified locations and to be moved in an orbital path about an orbital center independently of the rotation about the central axis of rotation. The apparatus further includes an indexing drive system configured to effect indexing movement of the container support platform and a vortex drive system configured to effect powered orbital movement of the container support platform about the orbital center. An evaporation limiting insert placed within containers reduces exposure of the fluid contents of the container to atmospheric air, thereby reducing susceptibility of the fluid contents to evaporation. | 09-18-2014 |
20150298160 | Caulk Tube - A caulk tube adapter for allowing mixing of coloring compositions into caulk is provided. The caulk tube includes baffles on the inside surface of the tube for facilitating mixing of the caulk and coloring composition. An adapter for allowing the caulk tubes to be positioned into a paint mixer is also provided. | 10-22-2015 |