Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
366138000 | WITH FLUSHING OF MIXING CHAMBER | 30 |
20080259719 | Food Waste Disposal System - The present invention provides a food waste disposal system including a housing with a food waste introduction opening and a door receiving depression, the door for covering the food waste introduction opening, a prefabricated mixing basin disposed inside the housing and composed of a box-shaped upper body, a hemispherical lower body, and a rotational shaft axially installed on a horizontal central line of the prefabricated mixing basin, a plurality of prefabricated mixing wings engaged with the rotational shaft for cutting food waste into small pieces and agitating the food waste in the prefabricated mixing basin, a geared driving motor for driving the rotational shaft, in which a touch screen panel installed on an upper surface of the housing and a personal computer incorporate PLC Ethernet cards respectively therein so as to allow the food waste disposal system to be controlled from a distance using the computer, which is networked. | 10-23-2008 |
20100008180 | APPARATUS FOR DISSOLVING SOLID PARTICLES AND LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN A LIQUID - The invention relates to an apparatus for admixture and/or dissolution of solid particles and/or liquid substances in a liquid, said apparatus being connected to a field sprayer or the like and comprising a container part with lid, supply of water and discharge pipe for the admixture or the solution, wherein an outlet opening ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100110825 | Mixer for desedimentation of the precipitate in vats for containing at least one suspension for agricultural use - A mixer for desedimentation of the precipitate in a containment vat of at least one suspension for agricultural use, which comprises dispenser for at least one pressurized fluid for washing the bottom of the vat to lift and disperse the precipitate. The dispensers comprise a first plurality of nozzles which generate concentrated jets of washing fluid which are mutually separate and at least directed toward the vat bottom. Spacers are provided for spacing the dispensers from the vat bottom, that are jointly associatable inside the vat proximate to the bottom. The dispensers comprise a box-shaped body, internally hollow, and provided with at least one inlet for washing fluid, connected with an inflow for introducing the washing fluid under pressure. A plurality of first seats are arranged at least on the lower wall of the body that is directed toward the bottom for accommodating at least the first plurality of nozzles. Concentrated jets from the nozzles mutually diverging so that each one dispenses washing fluid under pressure at least toward a specific region of the vat bottom to lift sediment therefrom. | 05-06-2010 |
20100128556 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BEVERAGE FROM LIQUID CONCENTRATE - An apparatus includes a tank for holding the diluent and a dispensing assembly. A pump is disposed in fluid communication with the tank and the dispensing assembly for supplying pressurized diluent to the dispensing assembly. An enclosure is provided having a sealable chamber for containing a concentrate container in fluid communication with the dispending assembly. An air pump pressurizes the sealable chamber and concentrate container to pressurize the liquid concentrate and supply the pressurized liquid concentrate to the dispensing assembly. The dispenser assembly is operable to permit and inhibit the flow of pressurized liquid concentrate and pressurized diluent to produce the beverage. | 05-27-2010 |
20100128557 | SELF-CLEANING MIXING HEAD FOR PRODUCING A MILK-BASED MIXTURE - A method for cleaning milk residues from a mixing head for producing heated milk in the form of a froth or water-milk mixture. The mixing head includes a steam feed, a milk inlet, a mixing area where the steam feed and milk inlet join and the steam and milk combine, an outlet nozzle for draining the resulting mixture from the mixing head, a rinsing medium supply, a milk supply and a transfer mechanism that provides relative movement between the milk inlet and the rinsing medium supply or the milk supply for selectively bringing the milk inlet into fluid connection with the rinsing medium supply or the milk supply, such that milk or a rinsing medium, as desired, can enter the mixing head at the milk inlet. The introduction of the rinsing medium cleans any residual milk from the milk inlet. | 05-27-2010 |
20100135105 | Apparatus and Method for Monitoring a Cleaning and/or Aeration System - An apparatus for monitoring and supporting the maintenance of a cleaning and/or aeration system for a device serving to receive and temporarily store contaminated liquid, in which the cleaning system includes one or more assemblies aspirating liquid present in the device and discharging the liquid into the device in the form of a jet or stream, and a method of monitoring and supporting the maintenance of a cleaning and/or aeration system including such a device. One or more measuring devices ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100208545 | HIGH-PRESSURE HOMOGENIZING APPARATUS - A high-pressure homogenizing apparatus, in which a material receiving recess can be easily cleaned without disassembling/assembling a pressurizing mechanism, is provided. The apparatus includes a high-pressure homogenizing mechanism ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100265787 | AUTOMATED FOOD MIXER CLEANING SYSTEM - A cleaning system for cleaning the interior of an industrial food mixing bowl of, for example, a dough mixer includes a cleaning lance with a spray nozzle assembly at an end of the lance, an actuator operable to reciprocally insert and retract the lance into or out of a food mixer bowl, and a pump operable to deliver cleaning fluid under pressure over a conduit to the lance and spray nozzle assembly. | 10-21-2010 |
20100278006 | DEVICE FOR MIXING POWDER WITH A LIQUID, THE DEVICE INCLUDING A DISPERSION TUBE - A device for mixing powder or the like with a liquid, the device comprising both a dispersion tube having its bottom portion open and designed to be in the liquid and having a delivery orifice for powder or the like in its top portion, and mixer means located in the dispersion tube and comprising a first rotary stirrer disposed in the vicinity of the bottom end of the dispersion tube and suitable for creating a first downward stream in said dispersion tube. The mixer means further comprise a second rotary stirrer disposed between the delivery orifice for powder or the like and the first rotary stirrer, and suitable for creating a second downward stream in said dispersion tube. | 11-04-2010 |
20110090756 | COMMERCIAL FROZEN FOOD PREPARATION APPARATUS - A machine prepares semi frozen food products and/or beverages from pre-prepared (e.g. frozen) cups. A user chooses the desired frozen cup, inserts it into the machine, chooses how they would like it prepared from a range of thickness options, and the machine then opens a sealed chamber door and inserts the product upward into the chamber and prepares the product by blending it in the cup. Upon removal of the product and resealing of the chamber door, the cleaning mechanisms provide thorough cleaning of all food contact surfaces and the chamber interior. Automatic high temperature steam sanitation takes place in the chamber if the machine is not used for an extended period of time, thus greatly reducing or eliminating the need for manual cleansing and sanitation by an attendant and ensuring healthy food preparation at all times. | 04-21-2011 |
20110211420 | DEVICES FOR CARRYING OUT MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL AND/OR THERMAL PROCESSES - A device for carrying out mechanical, chemical and/or thermal processes in a housing ( | 09-01-2011 |
20120087203 | Automated Mix In-Cup Apparatus and the Method of Operating the Same - The present disclosure describes an automated blend in-cup apparatus and the related method of operation. The disclosure relates generally to the field of mixing consumable material. More specifically, the disclosure relates to a mixer that is automatically operable to lower a mixing blade into a cup or vessel that contains material to be blended/mixed. A shield is automatically lowered to at least partially isolate the cup. After mixing, the shield and blade are automatically retracted, and the cup is removed from the apparatus. The shield and blade may be automatically lowered again for a cleaning operation. Use of the apparatus can be accomplished with one hand. Overall, the apparatus contains various structural and safety elements that provide a unique construction and method of operating the apparatus. The apparatus is effective, fast, easy to operate, safe, and clean. | 04-12-2012 |
20120230146 | MIXING SILO - A mixing silo for free-flowing finely divided solid materials, in particular for powdered, fibrous and/or granular mixed material, especially polymer granules, specifically suited for mixing polymer granules, having an excellent mixing quality and at the same time a simplified and improved suitability for washing out in order to avoid cross contamination. The mixing silo may be used for homogenizing possibly inhomogeneous polymer granule batches in the form of a stream of product from a process producing polymer granules. | 09-13-2012 |
20130058184 | MIXING APPARATUS FOR FROZEN PRODUCTS - An apparatus for mixing frozen desserts has a mixing chamber, and a spindle with driving portion for rotating the spindle. The mixing chamber has two main parts having a funnel and a top chamber forming a closed mixing chamber when brought together. The spindle is accommodated through the top chamber. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058185 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING AND WASHING A DESSERT MAKER - A method for ensuring continuous and hygienic operation of a mixing apparatus for mixing frozen desserts in a mixing chamber formed by a top chamber and a funnel brought together, wherein a spindle with a driving portion is accommodated through the top chamber, includes checking whether a predetermined time has passed since a last rinsing or washing operation has been performed, disabling mixing operation and notifying that a rinsing or washing operation is required if the predetermined time has passed, enabling mixing operation if the predetermined time has not passed, initiating a rinsing process when selected, initiating a washing process when selected, and performing a mixing operation of frozen desserts when enabled and selected. | 03-07-2013 |
20130128687 | RAPID RATE CHEMCIAL SOLUTION GENERATOR - A rapid rate chemical solution generator system and a method of generating a chemical solution from the system to rapidly treat a body of water. The system and method are especially useful in emergency situations. The system includes a tank for mixing chemical material with water, a hopper for storage of the chemical material, a gate valve disposed between the tank and hopper, a mixer to agitate and blend the chemical material with the water and form the chemical solution and a pump to aid in drawing the chemical solution out of the tank and toward a desired application. The system is configured to provide long-term storage of the chemical material in the hopper, while keeping the chemical material available for rapid delivery to the tank when needed. | 05-23-2013 |
20130135958 | BLENDERS - A blender has a mixing chamber for reception of materials to be blended. A mixing screw is mounted at a bottom of the mixing chamber for mixing materials within the mixing chamber and delivering mixed materials to an outlet feeding a processing line. A baffle is mounted at the outlet extending about the mixing screw. The baffle inhibits upward movement of material at the outlet tending to cram material into the outlet. | 05-30-2013 |
20130279288 | Frosty swirl machine - A frosty swirl machine includes a housing, a funnel, an auger for swirling ice-cream with other additives to become a mixture, a driving unit, and a protective cap. The protective cap has a passage opening movably mounted at a mixture outlet of the funnel, in such a manner that the protective cap is capable of moving between a opened position and a closed position, wherein in the opened position, the protective cap is moved to align the passage opening with the mixture outlet of the funnel so as to allow the mixture to pour out of the funnel through the mixture outlet and the passage opening, wherein in the closed position, the protective cap is moved to block the mixture outlet so as to prevent the mixture from being poured out of the funnel. | 10-24-2013 |
20130343149 | FLUID MIXING AND RINSING SYSTEM FOR A FLOW CYTOMETER - Disclosed is a system that can mix deionized water and concentrated sheath fluid to provide sheath fluid in a flow cytometer system having a desired concentration. Flow rates are low, which substantially match the flow rate of sheath fluid through the nozzle, so that turbulence and air bubbles are not formed in the sheath fluid. The available deionized water is then used for back flushing and removal of sample cells and deposited salts from the sheath fluid. | 12-26-2013 |
20140016432 | AUTOMATED SOLUTION DISPENSER - The present invention relates to an automated solution dispenser for dispensing a solution having a defined list of characteristics. In particular, the automated solution dispenser according to the present invention is provided with one or more of the following modules: Central Mixing Chamber (CMC), Flush and Verification System (FVS), Liquid Handling System (LHS), Control System (CS), Pivot Pipe System (PPS), Solid Handling System (SHS) (which includes a Delivery mechanism and a Measuring mechanism), a Bottle Handling System (BHS), a Water Purification System (WPS) and Bottle Marking/Label (BM). The combination of one or more of these modules enables the automation of the creation of solution having the required characteristics. | 01-16-2014 |
20140098627 | MIXING APPARATUS - A mixing apparatus which can reliably prevent an auxiliary liquid from being unintentionally mixed into a main unit even when a failure occurs in a switching device, and which can prevent the switching device or an auxiliary flow route from being damaged even when a pressurizing device malfunctions due to the failure. The mixing apparatus includes a pipe circulating dilution water; a pipe circulating a disinfecting solution; a pressurizing pump circulating the disinfecting solution in the pipe toward the pipe; and a check valve capable of optionally turning on and off the pipe. The mixing apparatus further includes a discharge flow route which consists of a flow route branched from between the check valve and the pressurizing pump in the pipe, and which can discharge the dilution water or the disinfecting solution; and an electromagnetic valve which can control the flow route between the check valve and the pressurizing pump in the pipe to have a pressure lower than that of the pipe when not mixing the disinfecting solution with the dilution water. | 04-10-2014 |
20140169120 | Dual Agitator Mixer with Sanitary Tank - Coaxial, dual agitator top-entering mixer has coaxial vertical drive shafts penetrating the center of the head of the vessel, driving a lower-speed outer scraper agitator and a higher-speed inner agitator. An inner rotary seal closes the upper end of an annular space between the inner and outer shafts. An outer rotary seal closes the opening around the outer drive shaft in the head of the vessel. A central bore along the inner drive shaft axis extends from its upper end down to a position just below the inner seal, with one or more cross-bored radial passages to the annular space between the drive shafts. A rotary fitting at the upper end of the inner drive shaft permits the introduction of a cleaning fluid into the central bore. The cleaning fluid passes through the bore and the radial passage into the annular space to clean accumulations from within the annular space. The cleaning fluid exits the annular space into the interior of vessel. A single-agitator mixer may also employ this through-the-shaft cleaning feature. | 06-19-2014 |
20150085598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STARTING UP STIRRING MACHINES IN A SEDIMENT - A system and an associated method for starting up stirring machines in a sediment in a controlled manner are provided, which system has the following: a container for receiving materials to be processed; a stirring device with stirring blades for stirring the materials to be processed in the container; a purging device; and a device for operating stirring machines. The purging device is arranged in such a way and set up so as to feed a medium for purging to a deposited sediment. Furthermore, a control is provided which initiates controlled re-starting of stirring machines after purging. | 03-26-2015 |
20150109877 | SYSTEM FOR DISPERSING FINELY DISPERSED SOLIDS IN HIGHLY VISCOUS PRODUCTS - A system for dispersing finely dispersed solids into high-viscosity products includes, in a container, a coaxial stirring system having stirring elements on two independently drivable, coaxially arranged shafts. A positive-displacement, close-wall-clearance stirring element on the one shaft and a plurality of stirring elements on a central shaft are arranged in such a manner that, in an upper mixing region of the container, a combination of the positive-displacement, close-wall-clearance stirring element and stirring elements for forming an ideally mixed zone is provided, and in a mixing region downstream of the upper mixing region of the container, stirring elements for developing a plug-flow zone are provided. A positive-displacement pump is provided in a region downstream of the plug flow zone as a discharge zone. | 04-23-2015 |
20150109878 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURE - A device for producing a multicomponent mixture having a mixing chamber which is surrounded by a chamber wall, the device further includes an outlet for a multicomponent mixture and into which at least two component valves and at least one flushing valve open, the flushing valve being in connection on the inlet side with a temperature control channel system which is associated with the chamber wall and through which water can flow. | 04-23-2015 |
20150124553 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PAINT - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for producing an aqueous paint from a plurality of premixed compositions at the point of sale wherein the apparatus is cleaned during the paint production. The premixed compositions include a pigment composition, a dispersant-thickening agent composition, a high resin content binder, and a low resin content binder. The dispersant-thickening agent, when supplied in a cleaning amount, effectively cleans the nozzles and valves, used to supply the premixed compositions to a receiving reservoir for the desired aqueous paint. | 05-07-2015 |
20150296951 | VALVE, BOWL FOR RECEIVING AND/OR MIXING FLUIDS, USE OF A BOWL AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND/OR MIXING FLUIDS - A valve for injecting a fluid into a bowl has a vent with an inlet and a flexible diaphragm for covering the discharge opening of the vent. The diaphragm is connected to a vessel body of a bowl, and the vent is connected to a stand of a bowl. The diaphragm has a closing area for closing the discharge opening and a connecting area for connecting the diaphragm with the vessel body spaced to the vent. At least one window is provided between the closing area and the connecting area. | 10-22-2015 |
20150367360 | TWO COMPONENT MIXING MODULE - A mixing module includes two inlets, an integrator, and a valve member. The integrator has two chambers each having a near end and a far end, and the valve member is movable between two positions. One of the inlets is connected to the near end of one of the chambers and the other inlet is connected to the near end of the other chamber when the valve is in one position. When the valve is in the other position, one of the inlets is disconnected from the chambers and the near ends of the chambers are connected. | 12-24-2015 |
20160016128 | Automated Pesticide Mixing And Dispensing System And Method Of Use - A system and method for mixing and dispensing one or more pesticides includes a plurality of pesticide containers ( | 01-21-2016 |
20160029661 | Frosty Swirl Machine - A frosty swirl machine includes a housing, a funnel, an auger for swirling ice-cream with other additives to become a mixture, and a protective cap. The protective cap has a passage opening movably mounted at a mixture outlet of the funnel, in such a manner that the protective cap is capable of moving between a opened position and a closed position, wherein in the opened position, the protective cap is moved to align the passage opening with the mixture outlet of the funnel so as to allow the mixture to pour out of the funnel through the mixture outlet and the passage opening, wherein in the closed position, the protective cap is moved to block the mixture outlet so as to prevent the mixture from being poured out of the funnel. | 02-04-2016 |