Abstract: A device for mixing and dispensing a flowable material or mixture of materials, the device comprising a cup having a bottom with a protrusion having an opening; a plunger having a dispensing port and air vent holes; a plug; a nozzle; and, a lid. The plug can be associated with and plug the cup protrusion opening when the cup is being filled or mixed, or the plug can be associated with the plunger port to seal off the air vent holes when material is dispensed from the device. Also disclosed is a method of mixing and dispensing a flowable material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 4, 2025
Assignee:
FlackTek SpeedMixer, Inc.
Inventors:
Ian Thomas LaRose, Matthew L. Gross, David Gale
Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for mixing by asymmetric rotation using a servo motor to drive the symmetric rotation. The system may include a robotic arm and robotic controller.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 21, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2024
Assignee:
FLACKTEK SPEEDMIXER, INC.
Inventors:
Matthew L. Gross, Elliot Skultin, David Gallagher
Abstract: A rotation mixer including a housing, a drive unit coupled to the housing, a carriage mounted on the drive unit for rotation relative to the housing, and a basket mounted for rotation relative to the carriage. The basket receives material to be mixed. The carriage includes an arm and a drive line coupled to the arm. The arm is mounted on the drive unit for rotation about a first axis relative to the housing, and the drive line converts rotation of the arm into rotation of the basket about a second axis relative to the arm during use of the rotation mixer. The drive line illustratively includes a belt and plurality of pulleys upon which the belt travels in a continuous loop, the belt engaging with a gear on the basket to cause rotation of the basket.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 21, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 25, 2023
Assignee:
FLACKTEK SPEEDMIXER, INC.
Inventors:
Matthew L. Gross, Dale R. Flackett, Maxiliaan Gulden
Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for arranging metered dispensers in position within asymmetric rotation mixers for mixing substance contained within the metered dispensers.