| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 366154100 | Agitation of material in feeder or supply reservoir | 17 |
| 20100284240 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMMISCIBLE LIQUID-LIQUID REACTIONS - Methods of contacting two or more immiscible liquids comprising providing a unitary thermally-tempered microstructured fluidic device [ | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100290309 | COMPACT MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURES FOR MANIPULATING FLUIDS - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for manipulating fluids. The apparatus may include a microfluidic structure including inlet channels ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110063943 | CHANNEL CROSS-SECTION GEOMETRY TO MANIPULATE DISPERSION RATES - The present invention provides novel methods for controlling/manipulating materials flowing in a fluidic device. In particular, the methods of the invention create and utilize differences between dispersion rates and/or average velocity of materials in order to manipulate the materials. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110103176 | ACCURATE AND RAPID MICROMIXER FOR INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - The invention may provide a microfluidic mixer having a droplet generator and a droplet mixer in selective fluid connection with the droplet generator. The droplet generator comprises first and second fluid chambers that are structured to be filled with respective first and second fluids that can each be held in isolation for a selectable period of time. The first and second fluid chambers are further structured to be reconfigured into a single combined chamber to allow the first and second fluids in the first and second fluid chambers to come into fluid contact with each other in the combined chamber for a selectable period of time prior to being brought into the droplet mixer. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110305102 | Semi-Continuous Feed Production of Liquid Personal Care Compositions - A mixing assembly for use in a semi-continuous process for producing liquid personal care compositions, such as shampoos, includes a main feed tube carrying a base of the composition to be produced, a plurality of injection tubes in selective fluid communication with the main feed tube, and an orifice provided in a wall at an end of the main feed tube downstream of the plurality of injection tubes. The wall in which the orifice is provided includes a curved (e.g., semispherical) entry surface on an upstream or inlet side of an orifice, and a curved (e.g., semi-elliptical) exit surface on a downstream or outlet side of the orifice. The orifice may have a rectangular or elliptical shape. By maintaining symmetry of the injection tubes with respect to the orifice, and leveraging delay between introduction of dosed modules and increased viscosity, effective mixing may be achieved with minimal energy. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120269027 | MICROFLUIDIC MIXING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A microfluidic mixing device for mixing at least two fluids to form a mixed fluid comprising; a first mixing chamber ( | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130021868 | Static Fluid Mixer and Method - A carrier fluid and an added input fluid are mixed together in a static mixer to create an emulsified output fluid mixture. The static mixer comprises a plurality of mixing chambers whose cross-sectional size expand considerably relative to an inlet, a series of bent and curved baffle plates which divert, rotate, divide, reverse and otherwise create turbulence in the combined flow, and inlet chamber in which the added input fluid is dispensed upstream into the carrier fluid, and a number of other structural mixing elements which, through turbulence, abrupt pressure drops and velocity changes, subdivide the added input mixture into very small volumetric quantities evenly dispersed within the carrier fluid to create a homogeneous output fluid mixture. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20140177380 | METHOD FOR FEEDING CHEMICAL INTO A LIQUID FLOW - A method to feed a chemical into a liquid flow using a feed device including a nozzle casing having an isolated mixing space including: feeding the chemical to the isolated mixing space in the feed device; feeding a mixing liquid to the isolated mixing space; mixing the chemical and the mixing liquid in the isolated mixing space to form a mixture of chemical and mixing liquid, and feeding the mixture of chemical and mixing liquid to the liquid flow. | 06-26-2014 |
| 366155100 | Rotatable impeller | 4 |
| 20090016153 | Turbine driven mixer - An improved fluid mixing apparatus is disclosed for the mechanical mixing of fluids or solids-laden slurries contained within a vessel. The invention utilizes a fluid driven turbine to drive a submerged mixing impeller through a speed reducing gearbox. A fluid conducting stator houses one or more turbine blade row(s) that are rotated as a working fluid is pumped through the turbine section by an external pump that circulates fluid at the required flow rate and head. The turbine shaft is rigidly connected to the high speed input shaft of a speed reducing gear box. The low speed output of the gearbox is rigidly attached to submerged mixing impeller(s). | 01-15-2009 |
| 366155200 | Having radially projecting pinlike element | 1 |
| 20120269028 | Animal feed Mechanism - An animal feed mechanism includes a manually operated slide valve interposed between a set of upper agitators and a set of lower screw conveyors. In some examples, two upper agitators are installed within a plastic funnel, and two lower screw conveyors are disposed within a metal auger housing. Each screw conveyor includes an auger driven by its own separate motor. Thus, there are two motors for rotating the two augers. The two motors can be energized individually to selectively rotate either auger or to rotate them concurrently. In some examples, a transmission coupling the two augers to the two agitators conveys power to rotate both agitators regardless of whether either one or both motor driven augers are operating. | 10-25-2012 |
| 366156100 | Screw conveyor | 2 |
| 20120147695 | FEEDER WITH VARIABLE RHOMBOIDAL WALL - A feeder with variable rhomboidal walls includes a base housing, a soft hopper, a plurality of extrusion mechanisms, a pusher screw pole, a motor, and a decelerator. The extrusion mechanisms are respectively provided at four appropriate positions of the soft hopper, and are activated by protruding wheels with the aid of the motor in conjunction with the decelerator, so that the four extrusion mechanisms operate in pairs to squeeze the soft hopper while rendering a rhomboidal space change. Accordingly, a bridge effect associated with the prior art is eliminated to allow a raw material to fall and then to be dispensed by the pusher screw rod for further processing. | 06-14-2012 |
| 366157100 | Coaxial or unitary with stirrer | 1 |
| 20110255364 | POWDER/PARTICULATE MATERIAL AGITATOR - An agitator | 10-20-2011 |
| 366158500 | Stationary deflector | 5 |
| 20090097352 | PAINT PRODUCING METHOD AND PAINT PRODUCING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method for producing paint and a system for producing paint, which enable, in a paint-producing process, moderate stirring and dispersive mixing without causing entrainment of air bubbles, and are also economically advantageous and easier to clean. The system includes a tank | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100226198 | Apparatus and Method for Homogenizing Two or More Fluids of Different Densities - An apparatus for blending two or more fluid streams, wherein a first fluid has a higher density than the other fluids, includes a first fluid director and at least a second fluid director providing fluid communication of a first and second fluid stream, respectively, to a primary mixing chamber. The first fluid director includes one or more baffles to disturb the first fluid stream and to direct it toward a rearward portion of the first inlet to the primary mixing chamber. A secondary blending chamber is in fluid communication with the primary chamber outlet and includes at least one, and preferably two static mixers. When two static mixers are serially retained in the secondary blending chamber, they may be skewed rotationally relative to each other such that the orifice profiles of each static mixer are not in alignment. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20120063261 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HOMOGENIZING TWO OR MORE FLUIDS OF DIFFERENT DENSITIES - An apparatus for blending two or more fluid streams, wherein a first fluid has a higher density than the other fluids, includes a first fluid director and at least a second fluid director providing fluid communication of a first and second fluid stream, respectively, to a primary mixing chamber. The first fluid director includes one or more baffles to disturb the first fluid stream and to direct it toward a rearward portion of the first inlet to the primary mixing chamber. A secondary blending chamber is in fluid communication with the primary chamber outlet and includes at least one, and preferably two static mixers. When two static mixers are serially retained in the secondary blending chamber, they may be skewed rotationally relative to each other such that the orifice profiles of each static mixer are not in alignment. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20130250716 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING TWO STREAMS OF CATALYST - A process and apparatus for mixing streams of regenerated and carbonized catalyst involves passing a catalyst stream around an insert in a lower section of a riser. The insert fosters mixing of the catalyst streams to reduce their temperature differential before contacting hydrocarbon feed. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140056098 | INJECTOR NOZZLE FOR QUENCHING WITHIN PIPING SYSTEMS - An injection system may include a first hollow pipe through which a first fluid flows and a second hollow pipe through which a second fluid flows, the first fluid for mixing into the second fluid. The second hollow pipe may reside through a wall of the first hollow pipe and have an opening near its end that is near a centerline of the first hollow pipe. A longitudinal baffle may reside within the second hollow pipe and together with the second hollow pipe, define a first and second baffle flow path within the second hollow pipe for the second fluid. A transverse baffle may be attached to the longitudinal baffle to protrude into the opening of the second hollow pipe. The transverse baffle divides the opening into a first baffle flow outlet and a second baffle flow outlet, for the first baffle flow path and the second baffle flow path. | 02-27-2014 |
