| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 366114000 | Vibrator attached to mixing chamber wall or platform | 16 |
| 20080212398 | HYDRAULIC ACTUATED CAVITATION CHAMBER WITH INTEGRATED FLUID ROTATION SYSTEM - A method for initiating cavitation within the fluid within a cavitation chamber is provided. In the cavitation preparatory steps, a hydraulically actuated piston is fully retracted and then the cavitation chamber is isolated. The hydraulic piston is then fully extended after which the chamber is partially opened until a predetermined cavitation piston position is obtained. After the chamber is once again isolated, cavities are formed and imploded by retracting and then extending the cavitation piston. At least one impeller, located within the cavitation chamber, is rotated in order to stabilize the cavities. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080225634 | STIRRING VESSEL, STIRRING METHOD, STIRRER, AND ANALYZER PROVIDED WITH STIRRER - A stirring vessel is for stirring a retained liquid by an acoustic wave, and includes at least one acoustic wave generating unit that emits an acoustic wave into the liquid and is provided as deviated on the stirring vessel. | 09-18-2008 |
| 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 to provide the powder thereto, wherein the mixer is configured to induce a vibration therein for substantially avoid an occluding cake build-up of the mixture thereat. | 12-04-2008 |
| 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 second inlet port to an outlet port thereof. An elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly extends within the housing and is operable at a predetermined ultrasonic frequency to ultrasonically energize the formulation and antimicrobial agents within the housing. An elongate ultrasonic horn of the waveguide assembly is disposed at least in part intermediate the inlet and outlet ports, and has a plurality of discrete agitating members in contact with and extending transversely outward from the horn intermediate the inlet and outlet ports in longitudinally spaced relationship with each other. The horn and agitating members are constructed and arranged for dynamic motion of the agitating members relative to the horn at the predetermined frequency and to operate in an ultrasonic cavitation mode of the agitating members corresponding to the predetermined frequency and the formulation and antimicrobial agents being mixed in the chamber. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100046319 | Acoustic Acceleration of Fluid Mixing in Porous Materials - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for uniformly mixing fluid phases entrained in a porous material. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100074046 | AGITATION DEVICE - The present invention provides an agitation device ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100128554 | METHOD FOR MIXING AND/OR CONVEYING, MIXING AND/OR CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND SAMPLE PROCESSING CHIP COMPRISING SUCH AS DEVICE - A mixing and/or conveyance method and a mixing and/or conveyance device for a fluid substance, comprising a sample chamber, a cavity communicating with the sample chamber, said cavity being configured for accommodating a compressible medium, and a sound source that may be coupled to the compressible medium for the production of a fluctuation in pressure in the compressible medium. In the region of its mouth, the cavity is designed such that, in the case of an expansion in the volume of the compressible medium in the cavity, a directed fluid stream of the fluid substance escapes from the cavity through its mouth. A sample processing chip (‘lab on a chip’) comprising such a mixing and/or conveyance device. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100135103 | VIBRATORY APPARATUS WITH ANTI-STICK DECK SECTION - A vibratory apparatus includes a trough having side walls, and a deck section having a deck plate defining at least in part a deck and side walls, the side walls of the deck section resiliently coupled to the side walls of the trough. The apparatus also includes a primary vibratory generator coupled to the trough, the primary vibratory generator operating a first frequency and a first amplitude, and a secondary vibratory generator coupled to the deck section, the secondary vibratory generator operating at a second frequency and a second amplitude, the second frequency being higher than the first frequency and the second amplitude being smaller than the first amplitude. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100135104 | ACOUSTIC MIXING ELEMENT AND MIXING DEVICE HAVING SUCH AN ELEMENT - The invention relates to a mixing element for a flowable substance, comprising a body enclosing a cavity, wherein the cavity has at least one opening and the cavity and the opening are located relative to the body such that a fluid flow of the flowable substance out of the cavity through the opening transfers a torque to the mixing element. The invention further relates to the use of a tube or hose section as such a mixing element and a mixing device comprising such a mixing element, a container, and a sound source coupled thereto for generating an oscillating pressure. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110044124 | BONE CEMENT MIXER - Mixer for obtaining bone cement for medical applications comprising a mixing chamber in which the mixing of at least two components which form the cement is carried out, comprising means for generating and transmitting vibrations to the mixing chamber and a luer attachment through which the cement can exit. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20130003488 | FLEXIBLE MIXING BAG FOR MIXING SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES - In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a disposable and flexible mixing tank, configurable as a bag, having a sealed sleeve therein for arrangement of a mixing device. The volume of the mixing tank is defined by an inner wall of the mixing tank and an inner wall of the sleeve. The mixing tank may be used to mix, store, reconstitute and/or dispense materials therein. Draining of a mixture may be aided with pressurized gas. Heating or cooling of the contents of a mixing tank may be accomplished with a thermal exchange fluid disposed within a thermal exchange vessel and in thermal communication with the tank. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130201781 | Acoustic Acceleration of Fluid Mixing in Porous Materials - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for uniformly mixing fluid phases entrained in a porous material. A mixer may have a vessel and at least one porous material held by the vessel. At least one actuator may be acoustically coupled with at least one wall of the vessel for generating a wave. The wave effects mixing of at least two fluids in the porous material. The actuator may be a linear motor actuated with a control signal of predetermined frequency. The actuator may have a number of actuator pairs each including respective first and second actuators at respective first and second sides of the vessel. The actuators may be hinged for reciprocal movement. The actuators may be actuated to form a compression expansion wave to effect fluid motion in the porous material. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140036615 | MEDICINE STIRRING APPARATUS AND MEDICINE STIRRING METHOD - A stirring apparatus includes a container support section supporting a medicine container, a rotational driving section rotating the medicine container supported by the container support section around a central axis of the medicine container, a vibration driving section reciprocal vibrating the medicine container supported by the container support section along the central axis of the medicine container, pressing rollers arranged opposed to the container support section, the pressing rollers pressing the medicine container across the medicine container between the pressing rollers and the container support section, and a control part controlling the rotational driving section and the vibration driving section. The pressing rollers are diagonally arranged. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140269150 | BULK MATERIAL HANDLING ASSEMBLY HAVING A CLAMP MOUNTED VIBRATOR AND METHOD RELATED TO THE SAME - A bulk material handling assembly comprises a pair of spaced-apart walls, an elongate vibrator, a pair of saddle clamps, and a pair of locking members. The saddle clamps encircle and releasably secure the axial end portions of the vibrator to the spaced-apart walls of the bulk material handling assembly. The locking members are secured to the saddle clamps and to the end portions of the vibrator. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160096155 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND METHOD OF VIBRATING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - In embodiments of the present disclosure, a vibrator is used to generate a vibration wave with a variable frequency that can agitate and facilitate the circulation of the processing fluids, thereby enhancing the uniformity and efficiency of the resulting semiconductor device features, the vibrator may be a piezoelectric vibrator or other similar vibrators. In some embodiments, the vibration of the processing fluids can facilitate the processing fluids in circulating in and out of narrow channels or features, or the vibration of the processing fluids can facilitate the bubbling out of the microbubbles entrapped in the processing liquid or entrapped between the surface of the semiconductor wafer and the processing liquid. In another embodiment, the vibrations generated by the vibrator have vibration waves with a variable frequency to avoid resonance that may damage the semiconductor wafer and the features thereon. | 04-07-2016 |
| 366115000 | By bonding | 1 |
| 20090285049 | FIXING OF SCREENING MEDIA - An adapter system for fixing different screening media to a vibrating screen. By way of the adapter system, different side hold downs used for different screening media may be fixed to a wall of the vibrating screen without any modifications of the wall. The adapter system includes an insert to be placed in an opening of the wall. An adapter is attached to the insert at a desired height in relation to the insert. The insert has a number of parallel grooves co-operating with parallel ribs on the adapter in order to attach the adapter to the insert. | 11-19-2009 |
