Patents Examined by Abbas Rashid
  • Method and apparatus for aerating liquid
    Patent number: 9649606
    Abstract: A liquid aeration apparatus is a vessel with a neck and an opening that is interconnected to a body. The opening receives a quantity of liquid that is thinned as the liquid is transferred from the neck to the body. The liquid is then collected in the body of the vessel. The body includes at least one tripping mechanism that induces turbulence to the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventor: Jason Ruff
  • Fixture assembly for securing a spray gun to a shaker
    Patent number: 9649653
    Abstract: A fixture assembly for securing a spray gun to a shaking device includes a body securable to the shaking device. The body includes an open receptacle for at least partially receiving a reservoir of the spray gun. A support member is secured to the body and is configured to support the spray gun on the body while the reservoir is positioned in the open receptacle and shaken by the shaking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Julio A. Sanchez
  • Proportionate automated blending system for aqueous mixtures
    Patent number: 9643134
    Abstract: A proportionate automated blending system for aqueous mixtures has a plurality of liquid additive control modules which each provide a desired amount of additive to a dedicated mixing injector to blend each additive with water to provide a precise mixture of additive and water. The system has the capability, in between blending cycles, of purging the components of the additive control modules with air and water to displace any residue additive which may remain in the control module. The system is controlled by a controller which controls an actuated control valve to achieve the desired flow rate of liquid additive to acquire the desired proportion of liquid additive to water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Mazzei Injector Company, LLC
    Inventors: Angelo L. Mazzei, Celia Marie Cobar, Kenneth Cobar
  • Shakeable container with agitator
    Patent number: 9643141
    Abstract: A hand-held shake-able container that includes an agitator connected to a straw that is used for the mixing of powder and liquid, or differing viscosity liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: TRIMR, LLC
    Inventors: Kasey Kershaw, Gary Moore, Travis Winn
  • Dynamic cooling
    Patent number: 9643338
    Abstract: A polymer processing system includes a mixer. The mixer includes at least one side wall and a bottom wall that cooperate to define a chamber. At least one side wall also defines a bore. The mixer also includes a pair of rotors that are disposed in the chamber and are rotatably received by the at least one side wall for mixing polymers. The mixer also includes at least one injector that at least partially extends through the bore of the at least one side wall. The polymer processing system also includes a ram that is movably connected to the mixer. The polymer processing system also includes a compressed air supply that is fluidly connected to the at least one injector to supply compressed air to the chamber through the at least one injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: HEXPOL HOLDING INC.
    Inventor: Daniel C. Edwards
  • Venturi device and method
    Patent number: 9643137
    Abstract: An improved venturi device and method for facilitating the mixture of fluid substances, such as wine and air. The device may be combined with a dispensing valve to further promote functionality. The improved venturi device is especially effective in drawing a second fluid into the primary flow of a first fluid, and when combined with a dispensing valve it obviates the need for a venturi independent from a valve to accomplish mixing at low flows and low liquid head pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Casper, Jeffrey Casper
  • Vertically moving horizontal mixer assembly with high efficiency blade and stator design
    Patent number: 9643336
    Abstract: A vertically moving horizontal mixer assembly which includes a tank having an axis. A stator and blade support assembly is movable parallel to the tank axis. At least one rotatable blade substantially perpendicular to the tank axis is moveable parallel to the tank axis. The rotating blade may be a flat circular disk with raised tooth edges perpendicular to the disk around the circumference of the blade. An optional stator also directs and encourages movement and mixing of solids with liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Dennis D. Krivohlavek and Lucindy June Krivohlavek
    Inventor: Dennis Krivohlavek
  • Method and apparatus for mixing, transporting, storing, and transferring thixotropic fluids in one container
    Patent number: 9643138
    Abstract: A method for mixing, transporting, storing, and transferring a thixotropic fluid is disclosed. The method includes mixing a thixotropic fluid. The thixotropic fluid may be built within a fluid container that includes an agitation unit. Once it has gelled, the thixotropic fluid can be sheared using the agitation unit, which may be mounted within the fluid container. The thixotropic fluid can then be pumped out of the fluid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Kageler
  • Whisk
    Patent number: 9642495
    Abstract: A whisk includes a handle, a shaft and flexible wires. The handle has a cavity with a spiral internal track to engage and rotate the shaft with up and down motion of the handle. A collar is slidably mounted with a friction fit on the shaft. The flexible wires are coupled to the collar and to the second end of the shaft. Movement of the collar on the shaft changes the shape of the flexible wires. At the second end of the shaft, the flexible wires extend downwardly and then radially outwardly to lie in a plane and finally are bent toward the slidably mounted collar. A foot is rotatably mounted on the second end of the shaft and includes a bearing surface. The bearing surface extends from the second end of the shaft and beyond the defined plane within a clearance of coincidence with the defined plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MASTRAD, S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Venot, Mathieu Lion
  • Fracturing fluid process plant and method thereof
    Patent number: 9644795
    Abstract: A process plant includes a base having a plurality of module receiving areas, each area configured to receive a supply module. At least one of the receiving areas additionally configured to receive a blender. A plurality of interconnection pipings fixedly arranged relative to the base. Each piping interconnecting each of the module receiving areas to each other; and connections on each of the interconnection pipings at each of the module receiving areas. Each connection configured to selectively connect and disconnect either a supply module or blender within a respective module receiving area from its respective interconnection piping. A method of processing a fracturing fluid is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Blake Burnette
  • Concrete discharge boot accessory device and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 9643335
    Abstract: A cabling system and accessory for attachment to the rubber boot surrounding the metal chute area of either a front or rear loader concrete truck for improving and enhancing the function and purpose of the rubber boot and chute area of a ready mix concrete truck, and for increasing the safety, health, and environmental aspects of cleaning thereof, wherein physical exertion and risk of injury to the truck operator is minimized, wherein the quantity of water utilized for cleaning is reduced, wherein the overall cleanliness of the truck is improved, and wherein the functional life span of the boot, chute, mechanical parts, and the truck itself is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel J. Hojnowski
  • Plunge-mixing bag arrangement and plunge-mixing system
    Patent number: 9643142
    Abstract: A plunge-mixing bag arrangement includes a flexible mixing bag defining a mixing region, and a shaft extending from outside of the flexible mixing bag into the mixing region, the shaft comprising a sparger within the mixing region. The sparger comprises an interior channel and ports extending from the interior channel. The shaft is capable of axial movement within the bag to fracture gas bubbles being released from the interior channel through the ports. A plunge-mixing system includes a mechanism for raising and lowering the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Scientifics, Inc.
    Inventor: Rudolf Pavlik
  • Proportionate automated blending system for aqueous mixtures
    Patent number: 9643135
    Abstract: A proportionate automated blending system for aqueous mixtures has a plurality of liquid additive control modules which each provide a desired amount of additive to a dedicated mixing injector to blend each additive with water to provide a precise mixture of additive and water. The system has the capability, in between blending cycles, of purging the components of the additive control modules with air and water to displace any residue additive which may remain in the control module. The system is controlled by a controller which controls an actuated control valve to achieve the desired flow rate of liquid additive to acquire the desired proportion of liquid additive to water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MAZZEI INJECTOR COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Angelo L. Mazzei, Celia Marie Cobar, Kenneth Cobar
  • Multiple speed process for preserving heat sensitive portions of a thermokinetically melt blended batch
    Patent number: 9545361
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods for making a pharmaceutical composition by thermokinetic compounding, wherein the compositions include one or more thermolabile components, for example one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The methods comprise thermokinetic processing of the thermolabile components into a composite by blending certain thermolabile components in a thermokinetic mixer using multiple speeds during a single, rotationally continuous operation. The composite can be further processed into pharmaceutical compositions by conventional methods known in the art, such as hot melt extrusion, melt granulation, compression molding, tablet compression, capsule filling, film-coating, or injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: DISPERSOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Chris Brough
  • Mixing apparatus of the CDDM- and/or CTM-type, and its use
    Patent number: 9539551
    Abstract: A distributive and dispersive mixing apparatus comprising two confronting surfaces (1,2) having cavities (3) therein which on relative motion of the surfaces function as a cavity transfer mixer (CTM) or controlled deformation dynamic mixer (CDDM) or both, CHARACTERISED IN THAT the normal separation of the confronting surfaces varies in the direction of bulk flow, so as to define a plurality of regions of successive closer and wider spacing of the confronting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: CDDM Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher John Brown, Graeme Neil Irving, Adam Jan Kowalski
  • Multifunctional food processor
    Patent number: 9533269
    Abstract: A multifunctional food processor is provided comprising a driving device, a stirring container and a blade assembly. The driving device directly or indirectly drives the blade assembly, and the blade assembly is rotatably disposed in the stirring container. The blade assembly comprises a blade shaft capable of receiving at least two layers of stirring blades. At least one of the layers of stirring blades is consisted of a blade carrier and at least two blades, at least one of the blades extending in an angle of 85 to 95 degree with respect to the blade shaft, and at least another one of the blades extending upward in an angle of 0 to 80 degree with respect to the blade shaft. Another one of the layers of stirring blades is consisted of a blade carrier and at least one blade extending in an angle of 85 to 95 degree with respect to the blade shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: GUANGDONG XINBAO ELECTRIC JOINT-STOCK LTD.
    Inventors: Jiangang Guo, Dingxun Sheng
  • Slurry dispenser for radioisotope production
    Patent number: 9486761
    Abstract: A slurry dispensing system (10) is disclosed. A peristaltic pump (28) may direct a flow of slurry out of a horizontal mixer (20) to a slurry dispenser (140). This slurry dispenser (140) may be operated on a programmed manner by a controller (260) to dispense slurry into a container (36). Both a bypass valve (172) and a dispensing valve (204) of the slurry dispenser may be opened/closed on a programmed basis by the controller (260) to deliver slurry to a container (36), such as a glass column. Slurry may be intermittently directed into a metering chamber (194) of the slurry dispenser (140), while the remainder of the slurry being directed into the slurry dispenser (140) may be recirculated back to the horizontal mixer (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: MALLINCKRODT NUCLEAR MEDICINE LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Worley, Michael R. Mahoney
  • Injector nozzle for quenching within piping systems
    Patent number: 9487842
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Sandipan Kumar Das, Steven Alan Treese
  • Bone cement mixing and delivery system with reduced fume exposure
    Patent number: 9480955
    Abstract: A system for bone cement includes a vial holder configured for receiving a vial and including a holding structure for maintaining the vial in the vial holder. The vial includes a monomer component for bone cement. A holder chamber is configured to receive and secure the vial holder. The vial holder is advanced toward a vial-breaking device for breaking the vial and releasing its contents into the holder chamber past the elastomeric seal. Once the vial holder is advanced further the elastomeric seal is deformed to form a seal and prevent fumes produced from escaping from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: KYPHON SARL
    Inventors: Neil S. Sasaki, Bryan A. Click
  • Vacuum pug mill
    Patent number: 9475018
    Abstract: A pug mill having a housing and a cantilevered shaft extending through the housing includes, in seriatim, a vacuum chamber, a wall, a mixing chamber and a reduction cone. A communication port about the shaft is positioned in the wall between the vacuum chamber and the mixing chamber. Vacuum can be maintained within the mixing chamber by air passing through the port. An auger associated with the shaft forces clay toward the reduction cone. This creates a seal for maintaining vacuum within the mixing chamber and extrudes cylindrical blocks of conditioned clay without significant air bubbles. A deflection plate rotating with the shaft and a spiral element about the shaft keep the communication port clear. The shaft is eccentrically mounted. The dividing wall is removable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Jared Paz