Abstract: A kneading device adapted for preparing calcium phosphate-based cement and for applying the cement directly to a required site which comprises a cylinder 1 which includes a hollow cylindrical body portion 11 and a nozzle 12 formed at the distal end of the cylindrical body portion; a plug 2 having an axial through-hole 21 slidably disposed within the proximal end of the cylindrical body portion; a piston assembly 3 which includes a shaft 31 extending through the through-hole 21 of the plug 2 for axial and rotatable movement, a kneading element 32 at the distal end of the shaft 31 within the cylindrical body portion, and a handle 34 formed at the proximal end of the shaft 31 external of the cylindrical body portion; a cover member 4 attached to and forming a closure for the nozzle 12; and a stop member 5 for locating the plug 2 in position at the proximal end of the cylindrical body portion.

Abstract: A device for emptying a storage and transport container for liquids has a base frame, a pivot frame pivotably connected to the base frame, and a pivot drive connected to the pivot frame. The pivot frame has an initial low position and an upper pivot end position. The pivot drive can pivot the pivot frame from the initial low position into the upper pivot end position and from the upper pivot end position into the initial low position. The pivot frame receives the storage and transport container in the initial low position and secures the storage and transport container in the upper pivot end position. The upper pivot end position is the emptying position of the storage and transport container received on the pivot frame.

Abstract: Device for producing a pourable product with a guide vane therein and method for using the device. The device includes a rotor chamber in which a rotor is arranged with a vertical rotor axis. The rotor has, at least in its radially outer third, the shape of a conical shell. Guide vanes for circulating starting materials or the product are arranged statically on an inner wall of the rotor chamber above the plane of the upper edge of the rotor. The guide vanes have, in cross section to the rotor axis, essentially the shape of a segment of a circle or spiral. The inner ends of the guide vanes lie approximately in the middle part of the rotor radius. The conical shell may have at least partially sheet-like gas passages in the form of perforations or screens. The device is used for producing pourable products.

Abstract: An ice cream mixing apparatus comprises a funnel for holding ice cream and flavor additives, an auger and a linear actuator for moving the auger into the funnel, in which position a rotation of the auger will mix the ice cream and the flavor additives. The funnel forms part of an enclosure with at least one spray nozzle for pointing a water spray at the auger for washing purposes. The auger has at least one vane in an area which is hit by the water spray during the relative movement of the funnel and auger, causing a deflection of the water spray.

Abstract: A food mixer which includes a container having an impeller adapted to be driven by drive means adjacent the lower surface of the container and which impeller is adapted both to cooperate with various mixing devices and to rotate in either the clockwise or anti-clockwise direction.

Abstract: An ice cream mixing apparatus comprises a funnel for holding ice cream and flavor additives, an auger and a linear actuator for moving the auger into the funnel, in which position a rotation of the auger will mix the ice cream and the flavor additives. A spring is arranged in series with elements transferring linear motion from the linear actuator to the auger.

Abstract: A stirring machine and method for automated mixing of multi-part encapsulants used for coating microelectronic devices such as integrated circuits. The stirring machine includes a variable speed motor; a stirring rod coupled to an output shaft of the motor; a lead screw for vertical adjustment of the stirring rod; a stirring head secured to the stirring rod, the stirring head including at least two spaced apart arms, each of the arms being radially equidistant form the axis of rotation; and a control system for varying the rotational rate and height of the stirring head and the duration of stirring. The stirring machine and method significantly reduce the amount of air entrained in encapsulants in accordance with existing manual methods of production, thereby reducing the time required for de-airing encapsulants.

Abstract: An installation for immersing the grape in its juice in a vinification tank includes a support installed over an opening of the tank. A paddle is moved on the support by a rod between a top area which in use is above the juice and a bottom area which in use is in the juice. The paddle pivots by a predetermined angle about the axis of the rod when the paddle is in the top area. The top end of the rod is mounted on the support and fixed against movement in translation.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing dispersions of solids in a fatty phase has at least two parts (1, 4) which can be driven with the aid of at least one drive and caused to rotate relative to one another, form a processing gap (6, g1, g2, g1′, g2′) between one another and are mounted relative to one another by means of at least one rotary bearing (2 or 3). One part is in the form of processing container (1) having at least one feed orifice (9) and at least one outflow orifice (11). The other part (4) is arranged essentially concentrically with the first part (1) and with the axis of rotation (A). At least one of the two parts (1 or 4) is provided with shearing tools (7, 8) on the surfaces (12, 16) facing one another. The processing container (1) is essentially conical, the cone having its smaller end face on the side of the feed orifice (9).

Abstract: A mixing apparatus for mixing delicate materials, has a rotor extending into a vessel for containing a quantity of material to be mixed, a support associated with the vessel, the mixing rotor mounted on the support for positioning in the vessel, the rotor comprising a rotatable shaft, a plurality of disc packs made up of a plurality of circular discs, each disc having an aperture in a center thereof, and means for mounting the discs on the shaft in axially spaced relation for enabling liquid to flow into the center of the discs and outward between the discs, and a motor drivingly connected to the rotor for rotating the rotor.

Abstract: An impeller mixer assembly is provided for stirring a radioactive material in a vessel having a combination of liquid and solid substances, until that combination turns into a liquid slurry that can be pumped out of the vessel. The impeller mixing assembly includes a folding blade assembly for stirring the radioactive material in the vessel. The folding blade assembly has a folded position when a mixing shaft assembly is not rotating, and an open position when the mixing shaft and the folding blade assembly are rotated at a predetermined speed and the folding blade assembly is submerged in the radioactive substance. A method is provided for stirring a radioactive material in a vessel having a combination of liquid and solid substances, until that combination turns into a liquid slurry that can be pumped out of the vessel.

Abstract: A continuous mixer for liquids comprises a casing having a conical interior surface and a discharge outlet at the apex of the cone formed by the conical interior surface, a rotor that rotates at its center on the axis of the cone and has a conical exterior surface whose vertical angle is approximately equal to the vertical angle of the conical interior surface, a pressure-transport device that has one or more feed lines which communicate with a gap between the interior surface of the casing and the exterior surface of the rotor a position removed from the discharge outlet and that delivers one or more liquid inputs under pressure through the feed lines, and a gap-adjustment device capable of axially adjusting the rotor within the casing to adjust the gap. The internal pressure and temperature or the mixer can be controlled or adjusted while the rotor is rotating by changing the gap width along the axial direction.

Abstract: A blender includes a housing with a lower portion and an intermediate portion, the lower portion being movable in relation to the intermediate portion to permit the housing to be extended during use. The housing encloses a motor and a shaft extending axially in the housing. The shaft has a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is coupled to and rotated by the motor, and the second part is slidably coupled to a blending blade structure. A coupler links the blending blade structure to the lower portion of the housing, to enable the blending blade structure to move axially in tandem with the lower portion of the housing.

Abstract: Disclosure relates to a self stirring, automatic device to overlie a cooking vessel, during conventional or microwave oven cooking. The device hereof includes a protective housing containing a wound, coiled spring, rotary mechanism. Aditionally, there is provided an adjustable system for mounting the protective housing to a variety of different sized cooking vessels, and an adjustable stirring mechanism.

Abstract: An agitator lid for a can of coloring substance on paint-agitation machines of the type including an agitator spindle (7) mounted so as to be free in translation relative to the lid, provided with an axial rod (13) which is driven in rotation and with a lower agitation blade (15), the agitator spindle (7) being suitable for butt-type application on the base (17) of the can under the thrust of the blade during agitation. The agitator spindle (7) includes, at its lower end, an end piece (31) for application on the base of the can, this end piece being mounted so as to be free in rotation on the agitator spindle (7) and being provided with at least three lower projecting elements (39) suitable for coming into contact via one and the same plane perpendicular to the spindle with the surface of the base (17) of the can.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dough transport device having an improved dough pump, an improved manifold for dividing dough, and a rotational cutter for cutting dough into pieces of uniform shape and size. The auger dough pump operates using a auger which is tapered to provide for more efficient control over the transport of the dough. Further, the rotational cutter cooperates with a curved face of each outlet nozzle in the manifold to provide for a curved dough shape upon initial cutting of the extruded dough.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing dispersions of solids in a fatty phase has at least two parts (1, 4) which can be driven with the aid of at least one drive and caused to rotate relative to one another, form a processing gap (6, g1, g2, g1', g2') between one another and are mounted relative to one another by means of at least one rotary bearing (2 or 3). One part is in the form of processing container (1) having at least one feed orifice (9) and at least one outflow orifice (11). The other part (4) is arranged essentially concentrically with the first part (1) and with the axis of rotation (A). At least one of the two parts (1 or 4) is provided with shearing tools (7, 8) on the surfaces (12, 16) facing one another. The processing container (1) is essentially conical, the cone having its smaller end face on the side of the feed orifice (9).

Abstract: A dissolution tester has a plurality of test vessels for receiving dissolution samples and a plurality of stirring elements for stirring the dissolution samples, the stirring elements being disposed in a vertically adjustable housing. A discharging device is provided having discharging tubes for discharging predetermined volume fractions of the dissolution samples to the test vessels. The discharging tubes are disposed at a predetermined working position in the test vessels in accordance with the filling level of the dissolution sample and the stirring element used. The discharging tubes are disposed on a frame and the frame is disposed on the housing in vertically adjustable manner. A stepping motor moves the frame and thus the discharging tubes to the particular working position in program-controlled fashion in accordance with the input data on the filling level and the stirring element. A computing device stores the measurement data and predetermined parameters.

Abstract: An agitator apparatus for agitating pellets of raw material of synthetic resins includes an agitation vessel for receiving pellets and coloring agents and removably housed in a supporting frame. An agitator is mounted elevatably on the supporting frame for entering into and withdrawing from the vessel. The agitator has a plurality of agitating legs and agitating blades which are mounted to respective lower ends of the agitating legs. The agitation vessel is provided in the center bottom thereof with an upright guiding pillar to which a stationary blade is fixed and is provided in the inner peripheral wall thereof with a plurality of mixing blades for agitating the pellets together with coloring agents in the agitation vessel to accomplish uniform coloring of the pellets.

Abstract: Apparatus for mixing a processing medium with a pulp suspension within a vessel is disclosed, including a housing attached to a wall of the vessel, a rotary shaft extending into the vessel through an opening in the housing, bearings supporting the rotary shaft within the housing, seals for sealing the rotary shaft within the housing, a propeller with a hub attached to the rotary shaft within the vessel, the hub including an extending portion adapted to sealingly engage the opening in the housing, the rotary shaft being axially movable between a normal operating position in which the hub and the opening in the housing are separated by a gap and a sealed position in which the gap is closed and the extended portion of the hub sealingly engages the opening in the housing, and a locking ring for locking the rotary shaft in its sealed position whereby the housing is accessible while the vessel remains filled with the suspension.

Abstract: A dissolution test apparatus which utilizes a fixed base upon which is movably mounted a drive head. The fixed base which supports a plurality of flasks. Mounted within the drive head are a plurality of mixing paddles. The drive head is to be manually movable from the upper position to a lower position. In the lower position each mixing paddle to be located within a flask. Also mounted in the drive head is a plurality of sample tubes with a sample tube to be located in direct juxtaposition to a mixing paddle. Each sample tube is separately movable relative to the drive head. With the drive head in the upper position the mixing paddles are located spaced from their respective flasks. The weight of the drive head is counterbalanced by a counterbalancing weight assembly. A caliper type of braking arrangement is mounted on the drive head and when in the at-rest position the drive head is fixedly positioned relative to the base.

Abstract: A main tank for preparation of glue having agitation effect and shearing effect far larger than in the conventional tank is fitted with an agitator having multiple blades on a shaft supported to allow rotation on the bottom of a tank. A disc is provided having numerous teeth in the radial direction, with a gap .delta. from the lower surface of the agitating blade. One or more baffles having a triangular cross-section are provided on the inner side surface of the tank and one or more baffles of the same construction are on the bottom. The lower surface of the agitating blade is of a flat shape, and can have teeth at an angle crossing the teeth of the disc. The gap .delta. between the agitating blade and the disc is adjustable.

Abstract: A free standing motor driven stirrer appliance for stirring food in a utensil located beyond the base of the appliance such as food cooking in a pan on a heating source. An adjustable support extends upward and transversely from the base to reach a utensil containing food and includes receiving means driven by the motor for attaching and rotating a downwardly directed stirrer element. Interchangeable stirrer elements have a shaped bottom end for stirring and are removable and adjustable in length.

Abstract: An apparatus for the preparation of mixtures, especially dye solution. The apparatus includes a device for withdrawing a predetermined batch of product at a withdrawal station and for transferring the product to a separate dissolution station (SD). A device is provided for the dissolution of the product in the solvent, disposed in the dissolution station. A programmable electronic device is provided for operating the devices for withdrawal, transfer and dissolution of the product. The device for dissolution includes in a fixed horizontal plate with an annular seal housed in a corresponding channel of the lower surface of the plate making up a tight-sealing element for the mouth of a corresponding cylinder vessel containing the product to be dissolved. The vessel is associated with a vertical operating cylinder for driving the vessel from a lower to an upper position.

Abstract: A mixing machine including a machine base, a horizontal suspension arm horizontally suspending above the machine base, a lifting mechanism controlled to move the horizontal suspension arm vertically relative to the machine base, a transmission mechanism mounted on the horizontal suspension arm, a mixing container suspended from the horizontal suspension arm, a mixing blade unit suspending in the mixing container and driven by the transmission mechanism to mix material in the mixing container, wherein: the transmission mechanism includes a horizontal motor and a vertical motor respectively mounted on the horizontal suspension arm, a vertical center spindle coupled to the vertical motor, a horizontal transmission shaft coupled to the horizontal motor, a first sleeve mounted around the vertical center spindle and turned by the horizontal transmission shaft, a second sleeve mounted around the first sleeve and turned by the horizontal transmission shaft in one direction reversed to the first sleeve; the mixing bla

Abstract: Apparatus for the storage, delivery and mixing of fluid substances. The aratus consists of a compact, pre-assembled, movable operative unit, enabling the storage of a large number of substances and the management of a large number of delivery points in an extremely small area. The apparatus comprises a conveyor and at least one set of storage tanks on a support frame along one or both sides of the conveyor; pumping device and a multi-valve delivery head are provided for supplying metered quantities of the substances to be mixed, in a container positioned on a conveyor section above an electronic scale. The electronic scales and corresponding section of the conveyor are laterally translatable on a vertically movable shelf to selectively position a mixing container under a multi-valve unit according to an operative program governed by a programmable control unit; a mixer is provided at the end of the conveyor which is opposite the multi-valve unit.

Abstract: A modular high shear mixer has a shaft guard substantially enclosing the rotating mix shaft thereof and a mixing member guard substantially surrounding the mixing member formed upon the lower end of the mix shaft so as to enhance safety without undesirable affecting the performance of the mixer.. Modular construction facilitates both mechanical and fluid shearing utilizing a plurality of interchangeable mixing members. The mix shaft is driven by a AC motor, the speed of which is determined by a controller so as to eliminate the need for multiple pulleys.

Abstract: A mixer includes a vessel for storing materials to be mixed. The vessel has cylindrical inner walls. A beater assembly is rotatably mounted and centrally disposed within the vessel. The beater assembly includes a drive shaft and a plurality of helically extending mixer blades operatively connected to the drive shaft for rotational movement about an axis defined by the drive shaft. The mixer blades cooperate upon a single rotation of the beater assembly to move materials residing immediately adjacent to the inner walls of the vessel inwardly towards the axis of rotation, and to move materials residing near the axis of rotation outwardly towards the inner walls of the vessel. A motor is operatively connected to the drive shaft for rotating the beater assembly relative to the vessel.

Abstract: A free standing motor driven stirrer appliance for stirring food in a utensil located beyond the base of the appliance such as food cooking in a pan on a heating source. An adjustable support extends upward and transversely from the base to reach a utensil containing food and includes receiving means driven by the motor for attaching and rotating a downwardly directed stirrer element. Interchangeable stirrer elements have a shaped bottom end for stirring and are removable and adjustable in length.

Abstract: An agitating apparatus for a digestion tank includes a draft tube having two open ends. The draft tube is fixed in an upright direction in a digestion tank such that one open end thereof is submerged in sludge in the digestion tank. A watertight pipe is mounted in an outer wall of the digestion tank to be just above the draft tube such that the watertight pipe has an axis thereof aligned with an axis of the draft tube. An upper end of the watertight pipe protrudes outside of the outer wall of the digestion tank, a lower portion of the watertight pipe protrudes into an upper space of the digestion tank and a lower end of the watertight pipe is spaced apart from the draft tube. The agitating apparatus also includes a cover removably attached to the upper end of the watertight pipe. A watertight connection connects the draft tube and the watertight pipe to each other. An underwater agitator is inserted through the watertight pipe and is disposed in the draft tube.

Abstract: A cover assembly is provided for a paint can. The cover assembly includes a lid which is dimensioned to overlie the open top of the paint can and the lid includes a spout for dispensing paint from the can. Locking feet detachably secure the lid to the paint can chime. The cover assembly further includes a stirring assembly having an elongated shaft which extends through the lid so that a lower end of the shaft is positioned within the interior of the paint can while an upper end of the shaft extends upwardly above the lid. A paddle is secured to the lower end of the shaft so that rotation of the shaft stirs the paint within the paint can. A driven member is secured to the upper end of the shaft and this driven member cooperates with a drive mechanism in a paint can rack. Furthermore, a resilient locking dog is mounted to the driven member which cooperates with transversely extending and axially spaced slots formed along the drive shaft.

Abstract: A basket is so disposed that a portion of the outer periphery thereof is faced to the inner peripheral wall on one side of the tank. The starting materials thrown from the hopper portion formed on the other side of the tank which is opposite to the above inner peripheral wall, are efficiently premixed by the secondary vanes that are rotating near the center of the tank under the basket. The grains of the blend are dispersed by the primary vanes that are rotating in the basket 20 and pass through the slits formed by numerous wires having a circular shape in cross section in the side wall of the basket.

Abstract: Apparatus for mixing ingredients in a receptacle includes a lid having an aperture which is engaged by the receptacle when the receptacle is raised. A mixer shaft extends downwardly through the lid aperture and the shaft is movable relative to both the lid and to the receptacle to permit a mixer head connected to the shaft to move downwardly and upwardly within the receptacle after the lid has engaged the receptacle.

Abstract: A device for promoting gravity flow of zirconium tetrachloride and other non-free-flowing solids has a rotatable shaft. At least two flexible lengths have first ends attached to and axially spaced on the shaft and also distal second ends. A collar is slidably mounted on the shaft between the spaced first ends of the flexible lengths for slidable axial and circumferential movement on the shaft. At least one sweep arm has a first end pivotally attached to the collar and a second distal end attached to the second distal ends of the flexible lengths. The collar slides relative to the shaft as the sweep arm encounters resistance from bridged solids. The relative movement of the collar and shaft causes the flexible lengths to wrap around the shaft and the arms to collapse toward the shaft. A device with collapsible arms will have a minimal torque requirement. When the solids dislodge from the collapsed sweep arms, the arms extend to sweep outwardly to a maximum extent.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a vessel-mouth annulus that precisely fits the inside-diameter of the upper mouth-opening to a water-containable tablet-dissolution stirring vessel, the vessel-mouth annulus being rigidly mounted on an anchoring structure rigidly attached to a paddle-shaft stirring device with one or more of the anchoring arm and/or the paddle-shaft stirring device being mounted in a predetermined fixed position on a base support structure such that a center of the dissolution vessel is centered in exact alignment with a predetermined fixed-position of a downwardly-extending lineally-extending stirrer-paddle shaft on which at-least one stirrer paddle is mounted on a lower end thereof for stirring liquid contained in the dissolution vessel during its operational use, and dissolution vessel support structure positioned to support the dissolution vessel in a state of alignment when the dissolution vessel is pressed upwardly against the aligning guide and holding means in a state of being aligned agains

Abstract: A mounting assembly for the primary mixing paddles in a pan-type mixer includes a single bolt paddle support arm mounting and adjustment device, and a two bolt paddle mounting feature, both of which are constructed and located to provide reliable adjustability and demountability and to protect the assemblies against the ingress of contaminants and abrasive wear from the materials being mixed. The single bolt clamping device also provides simple vertical adjustment of the paddle height in a manner which retains the adjustment mechanism enclosed against the entry of contaminants. The two bolt paddle mounting assembly encloses both threaded connections inside the body of the paddles, and includes a protective enclosing shroud and positions the exposed bolt heads at the back of the assembly out of the direct path of abrasive materials.

Abstract: The device enables a first component such as a mixture of powdered dyes to be dissolved intimately in a liquid solvent. To a slide movable vertically are attached a duct for making the liquid solvent flow into a basin in which the powdered mixture is located and a plurality of rotary whisks or helical agitator members able to dip into the solution so as to cause the intimate mixing thereof due to their rotation. The movable slide also carries a protective hood which surrounds the agitator members and the duct. After the solution has been taken from the basin by suction through the said duct it is possible to wash the basin and all the parts of the device which have come into contact with the solution in order to avoid contamination of a mixture intended to be prepared subsequently in the device.

Abstract: The vessel of a mixing device accommodates a mixing tool having suitable blades fixed to a hub. A rotary drive shaft extends into the vessel and is coupled to the hub in such manner as to rotate the tool while enabling the tool selectively to be displaced axially on the shaft between an operative position in which the blades are in close proximity to the base wall of the vessel, and an inoperative position in which the blades are spaced sufficiently from the base wall to provide access for cleaning. Axial displacement of the tool is controlled through external actuation of a threaded lifting device provided within the hub and acting between the hub and shaft.

Abstract: A device for guiding a submersible mixer 1 through a receptacle comprises two cable sections 7 having upper ends fixed to the receptacle and lower ends received by supporting members 10 mounted to the bottom surface of the receptacle. A guide slide 4, alternatively attached to the receptacle and the submersible mixer by two connecting elements 13, has two tubular posts 60, 61 that are slidably coupled to the cable sections 7. After lowering the submersible mixer 1 onto the guide slide 4, the connecting elements 13 are detached from the receptacle and attached to the submersible mixer, one after the other, so that the guide slide 4 is firmly anchored to the receptacle until the submersible mixer 1 is secured to the guide slide 4. The guide slide 4, with the submersible mixer 1 secured thereon, is then lowered through the receptacle and onto the two supporting members 10 so that the submersible mixer 1 can conduct operations in the receptacle.

Abstract: Simple, narrow bands are secured to a generally planar platform, and joined together, above the platform, by a tether-attaching bolt. The bolt mounts a lifting eye for a hook and tethering cable. One of the bands and the platform, receive mixer-mounting bolts for replaceably fixing the mixer on the platform. To inhibit unwanted migration of the apparatus across the bottom of a liquid-confining tank or reservoir, the platform has pointed-end feet depending therefrom, and removable weights are set atop the bands, whereat the latter are joined together.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high speed homogenizer which has an adjustable gripping means to grip and hold containers of varying size. This gripping and holding means can be centered or decentered under the homogenizing tool. Decentering a container held by the gripping and holding means tends to minimize or even eliminate vortexing problems. The homogenizer also has electronic means for controlling the speed and time of operation of the homogenizing tool. The electronic control means of the homogenizer can also monitor the temperature of the sample being homogenized and respond to changes in temperature when necessary. The homogenizer can be easily adjusted up and down a vertical support post by a counter weighting mechanism such as a constant force spring.

Abstract: A cooking utensil with a built-in automatic stirring device includes a pot body and a cover which is provided on an open top of the pot body and which confines an enclosed space. A rotary knob is rotatably mounted on the cover and has an axial shaft which extends into the enclosed space. The rotary knob is rotated so as to set a desired stirring method. A gear set is provided inside the enclosed space and rotates with the axial shaft of the rotary knob. A stirring implement has a shaft portion which is rotatably driven by the gear set and which extends into the pot body. The shaft portion has a lower end which is disposed adjacent to a closed bottom of the pot body and which is provided with at least one radially extending stirring blade. A spiral spring is connected to the gear set and is wound when the rotary knob is rotated. The spiral spring gradually unwinds to drive rotatably the gear set and cause axial rotation of the stirring implement for the duration of the stirring period.

Abstract: A paddle shaft assembly having adjustable-pitch paddles for use in a magnetic stirring apparatus. The paddle assembly is particularly useful for magnetic stirring apparatus used for suspending cell, or tissue, cultures in a growing medium. The paddle shaft assembly includes an upper support shaft lockable to a lower support shaft for allowing the assembly to be mounted within a magnetic stirring vessel closure. The lower shaft includes a bore for accommodating removable stirring magnets. The paddle shaft assembly further includes removable paddle members having a hollow body sized and configured to be positionable within a 360 degree arc upon end portions of stirring magnets.

Abstract: A planetary mixer having blades which conduct a planetary motion within a tank. A head vertically movably provided above the tank has a drive shaft extending downwardly. The drive shaft has a rotary body, which is provided with three driven shafts at positions corresponding to the respective apexes of an equilateral triangle. The blade is provided at the leading end of each driven shaft. When the rotary body is rotated by the drive shaft, a planetary gearing causes the three blades to rotate on the respective axes of the driven shafts and to simultaneously revolve them around the drive shaft, so that they conduct the planetary motion.

Abstract: A machine specifically for making milkshakes and malts out of hard ice-cream in sixty seconds or less. The ice-cream and ingredients are placed in a container that can be locked and sealed to the underside of a housing designed especially for that purpose. Inside the housing are two gearmotors--one is used to rotate a shaft and mixing head at a given R.P.M. and torque. This gearmotor, with shaft and mixing head, is positioned vertically above the container and supported between two diametrically opposed rods, in a manner that permits easy vertical movement of the mixing head within the container. A second gearmotor provides the necessary R.P.M. and torque for this vertical movement. Secured to a mounting plate in the upper part of the housing; this second gearmotor, is linked to the first gearmotor by means of a rotor arm and rod member connected to a stud on the first gearmotor.

Abstract: At the bottom of the tank there are provided supports (4), (5), while the under side of the mixer is provided with corresponding surfaces (6), (7) for receiving the supports. In order to prevent the reaction force from the propeller (2) from tilting the front end of the mixer upwards, at least one of the supports (5) is arranged at a level above the level of the propeller shaft.

Abstract: A drive unit for a nutsche filter which includes a drive shaft assembly and an impeller shaft assembly which rotate together but which telescope relative to one another. Moving parts of the overall drive shaft assembly are enclosed for protection from corrosion and wear problems. The drive unit is supported above a filter vessel and enters the vessel through a sealed opening.

Abstract: Apparatus for treating material mixtures such as fiber mixtures is disclosed, including conically shaped corresponding inner and outer members defining a gap between their treating surfaces and being relatively rotatable with respect to each other, with at least one of the inner and outer treating surfaces including longitudinally extending grooves, and cleaning wings for cleaning the grooves protecting into the grooves and being movable along the grooves in order to do so.

Abstract: A sealing system for a process vessel of the type having a bottom entry mixer shaft includes a motion seal around an exterior portion of the mixer shaft and a mechanical seal around the mixer shaft at the bottom wall of the vessel. The two seals are interconnected by a cylindrical tubular bellows expansion piece having an upper rigid ring containing a "TEFLON" bushing. A water flushing system is supplied to the bushing and to the motion seal to flush abrasive grit away from the mixer shaft.

Abstract: Mixer apparatus including a high horsepower motor and transmission drive for an impeller, together with associated shafts, impellers and a bearing and seal assembly, are supported on a tank without excessive loading and vibration of the top head of the tank and without special construction to support the apparatus from the foundation. The support structure of the mixer apparatus is provided by a machine base having connected beams on which the motor and the transmission (gear box) are located. A noise containment enclosure on the base may be used to lower radiated noise levels. The impeller shaft and shaft extensions thereof are disposed in telescoping relationship with the transmission, aligned along the same axis. The machine base is parallel to the foundation and is supported on vertical columns, which depend from one end of the base and from opposite ends of a cross beam at the other end of the machine base.