Abstract: A paint mixing container comprising a main body (2) of circular cross section with a base (4), side walls and an open top (6). There is a stirring arm (40) comprising a rotatable central shaft (42) with a helical blade (43) rigidly mounted about the central shaft. As well, there is a removable cover (20) with locking means (12,52) to allow the cover to be attached to the main body. The removable cover has a sealable opening (22) and means (24) to rotatably support the stirring arm in the interior of the main body.

Abstract: A water bath shaker apparatus including a drive mechanism for producing a shaking motion and equipped with a tube for accommodating water, and a shelf having secured thereto a container of liquid to be shaken such as, for example, Erlenmeyer flasks. The tub has a filling zone for the water bath in the form of a closed ring with a central passage for the drive shaft of the drive mechanism, with the shelf being essentially constructed as a circular ring and being mounted at the upper end of the drive shaft so as to be driven by the drive shaft.

Abstract: A combination carrier and protector for infants and small children, which is designed for maximum safety, comfort and versatility. The combination carrier and protector is adaptable to almost any means of transporting a child, including by automobile, by bicycle and by foot. The carrier is versatile--it is waterproof and warm in inclement weather, yet lightweight and cool for summertime use. The design also allows incidentals such as bottles, food, diapers, etc., to be transported with the child, and when the child outgrows the carrier, it becomes a doll carrier or a backpack.

Abstract: A modularly constructed, trailerable, skid mounted, multi-compartmented concrete mixer and cement storage silo having a plurality of longitudinally aligned, bottom mounted, driven feed chains. In a combination construction, a single motor is cooperatively coupled to the feed chains of each mixer compartment and the feed chain of the cement silo to feed the cement/sand/aggregate in metered quantities to a turreted, separately powered auger where water is added and along the length of which the concrete is mixed. A silo vent column includes a plurality of fabric collection filters and means for vibrationally removing and reclaiming the cement. Air infiltration ports mounted along the bottom of the cement silo and one or more vibrators mounted to the mixer adjacent the sand and aggregate bins prevents crusting. Alternatively, the silo may be self-powered, and/or the mixer and silo may be transported independent of one another and/or without the trailer.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a frame in which a vessel is mounted. Water is delivered into the vessel through one inlet, polymer is delivered into the vessel through a second inlet, and a further liquid is delivered into the vessel through a further inlet. A pulsating pump delivers the polymer to the vessel and a continuously operated pump delivers the further liquid into the vessel. Either pump can be energized separately or both pumps can be energized depending upon the situation. For example, the polymer pump is energized when it is desired to deliver an emulsion polymer to the vessel and the other pump is energized when one wants to deliver a solution polymer.

Abstract: The wiper arm assembly according to the invention comprises a mounting head (1) rigidly secured to a drive shaft (A-B), a channel (2) rotatably connected to the mounting head (1), spring means (4) capable of biasing the channel (2) towards the surface to be wiped, a sliding element (9) located inside the channel (2) and provided with an arm extension (3) for attaching thereto (3a) a wiper blade (not shown), and a rod (12) articulated at one of its ends (11)to the sliding element (9) and, at the other of its ends (11a), to the vehicle body (14) at a certain distance from the drive shaft (A-B). When the channel (2) is oscillating about the drive shaft (A-B) said rod (12) imports a back and forth movement to the sliding element (9) and thus to the arm extension (3) and to the wiper blade (not shown). Solid anti-friction means are provided between the sliding element (9) and the channel (2). The solid anti-friction means may consist of a plastic sheath (13), or of a ball bearing, or of a roller bearing, etc.

Abstract: A gas-liquid mass transfer apparatus and method, such as for the rapid heating of a liquid stream by a heated gas stream, such as steam, or the rapid dissolving of a gas stream into a liquid stream, which apparatus comprises: a housing having an axial flow path; static or motionless mixing elements disposed in the axial flow path; and passages in the housing to provide for the direct introduction of the gas stream into and about the liquid stream in the axial flow path and substantially along the length of the static mixing elements to provide a mixed product stream.

Abstract: Industrial treatment machines having a rotating vessel, wherein the vessel is driven in rotation via the door for obturating the access opening, so that, by switching on a gear motor, the door automatically closes, while reversal of the direction of rotation of the motor provokes opening of the door.

Abstract: Apparatus for drying material which is mixed with a solvent. Material and solvent are mixed in a mixer (1) and simultaneously vibration energy is radiated by one or more high frequency vibration generators (9) towards the free surface (10) of the mixture mass in the container with a frequency of 2450 MHz.Thereby the solvent, which is a polar material, is heated and vaporized so that a quick drying of the product is obtained without damage thereto.The structure of the apparatus is such that also when no product is present leakage radiation remains within the safety limits and a minimal reflection of the radiated energy within the apparatus takes place.

Abstract: A whipping machine comprising: a mixer body provided with a motor therein; a container placed on said mixer body; and an agitator with at least a disc portion provided in close proximity to the inner bottom surface of said container, said agitator being rotatably provided in said container substantially at the central portion of the bottom surface thereof in such a manner that the center axis of said discal portion is perpendicular to said bottom surface so as to agitate and whip a material charged into said container, and said disc portion being integrally provided with an indicator rod which protrudes upward from the center of the rotation of said disc portion and has a mark for indicating the height that the upper surface of the central portion of the whipped material is to reach when said material charged into said container has been whipped to said predetermined degree by the rotation of said agitator, which is suitable for whipping ice cream materials.

Abstract: The screw conveyor has at least one feed and mixing screw having a plurality of vanes extending radially from a shaft arranged in at least one series like a coil or spiral. In particular, the screw conveyor can have at least two substantially equal motorized feed and mixing screws rotating in opposite rotational directions and positioned substantially parallel with each other in a common trough. The screws are located beside each other spaced so that the vanes of one screw engage in the gaps between the vanes of the neighboring screw. To maintain at least as thorough a mixing of bulk materials as was the case heretofore while achieving a reduction in the structural length of the screw conveyor the screws are each provided with more than one helical flight of vanes.

Abstract: A method for feeding a solid-liquid mixture comprised of a liquid and a solid having a specific gravity greater than that of the liquid comprising depositing the solid component around a feed opening disposed at the bottom of a mixing container and feeding the solid-liquid mixture to a container for packing the same through the opening is provided and the method can effectively be carried out utilizing an apparatus comprising a mixing container, a feed opening disposed at the bottom of the mixing container, a feed controlling device disposed below or within the feed opening and characterized in that it comprises a collecting device for depositing the solid component of the mixture around the feed opening.

Abstract: A dual-spindle blender includes a container having two intersecting lobes forming a figure-eight cross section with a cutter blade assembly disposed centered in each lobe. The bottom of one of the lobes is lower than that of the other lobe so that, when small quantities of material are treated, it preferentially falls into the lower bottom to produce a deeper pool which can be operated on by the associated cutter blade assembly. In one embodiment of the invention, the cutter blade assemblies are at the same height and are spaced with their planes of rotation non-intersecting. In another embodiment of the invention, the cutter blade assemblies are displaced in height, whereby the blades are offset from each other. In this embodiment the offset of the blade heights optionally permits their planes of rotation to intersect without suffering blade strikes.

Abstract: A stirring device having a casing for forming a stirring chamber, a driving rotary shaft disposed in the casing, a plurality of stirring paddles fitted on the rotary shaft as being dispersed axially of the shaft and a plurality of projections attached to an interior wall surface of the casing. The projections are provided adjacent each other at least one in number on each operational track of a leading edge of the paddle so as to remove excess substance adhered to the paddle thereby preventing frictional wear of the casing by the substance. Also, because of an interspace provided between an axially adjacent pair of projections, the projections do not obstruct the stirring operation of the device.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning the external surface of a spherical dome in which two transparent, almost semi-spherical bodies are joined with each other by the use of a flange mechanism to form an almost spherical dome and in which a solar ray collecting device is accommodated. The cleaning device comprises fixed members of a oneside-opened and hollow rectangular shape capable of being attachably and removably joined to a portion of the flange mechanism.

Abstract: A agitating and supplying device arranged in a powder developer cyclic path of a developing apparatus comprises a pairs of flanges, a plurality of first supplying members and a plurality of second supplying members, all supplying members being arranged between both of the flanges. By rotation of the agitating and supplying device, a developer is transferred while being agitated in the axial direction and the centrifugal direction thereof and supplied on the surface of a magnet sleeve roller.A mold for molding the agitating and supplying device, comprises a plurality of mold members opening in the radial direction with respect to the axis of the device, the number of said member being the same as those of the first supplying members. The flanges, the first supplying members, and parts of the second supplying members of the agitating and supplying device are molded integrally by the mold.

Abstract: A helmet with a chin strap to reliably secure it to a user's head. The chin strap is comprised of a retainer strap having a fastening member (e.g.: `D`-ring) and an operational band intended to be tightly fastened through the fastening member of the retainer strap. The retainer strap is provided at its free end, typically above the fastening member, with either a male or female connector means (e.g.: "snap"), and the operational strap is provided at its free end with the mating connector means.

Abstract: A two-piece combination pouring trough and splash shield for use with a food mixer bowl. The two pieces may be selectively locked together or separated as desired. When locked together, the two pieces form a frusto-conical splash shield. Integrally formed with the splash shield is a pouring trough. A pair of concentric annular ribs are secured to the frusto-conical splash shield whereby the assembled splash shield may rest on the top edge of a bowl and may accommodate various sizes of mixing bowls. The locking mechanism for locking the two pieces of the splash shield together may be configured as a ball and socket arrangement or a tab and slot arrangement.

Abstract: A shower-partition contains a pivoted door which is hinged to a compensating section by means of hinges. The compensating section is secured, in such a manner as to be horizontally adjustable, to a second profiled rail by means of connecting elements. It is proposed to make it possible to align the pivoted door both horizontally and vertically in a simple manner, with little increase in production costs. The compensating section shall comprise an open longitudinal groove which faces the pivoted door and comprises an undercut for attachment of the hinge-holders. The compensating section is adapted to be aligned vertically, jointly with the pivoted door, in relation to the second profiled rail, the compensating section and/or the holder of the lower hinge being mounted upon the floor or the upper edge of a shower-tub.

Abstract: A container lid can be used for open-mouthed containers having a peripheral curl about the rim of the container. This peripheral curl defines a rim receiving cavity which may be snap fit over the rim of the container to attach the lid to the container. The container may thereafter be effectively closed by the lid. This lid may additionally have a central web portion for providing support for the lid and a drink-through element having a raised element within a well portion of this drink-through element. By applying a downward force to a top surface of the raised element, eye-shaped slits may be formed at frangible areas adjacent the corners of this element. These eye-shaped slits permit contents within the container to be discharged therethrough. For instance, a beverage may be held in the container. After applying a downward force to the raised element to form slits in the container lid, the beverage may be ingested directly through the lid.