Patents Examined by Tony G. Soohoo
  • Patent number: 10906014
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to a mixing device. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a fluidic inlet, a fluidic outlet, and a chamber, the chamber being configured to produce a plurality of fluidic vortexes within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: WIAB WATER INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Geir Hermod Almås, Bengt Olle Hinderson
  • Patent number: 10893775
    Abstract: A system for attaching a blender container to a blade assembly, which comprises a first mechanism to secure a blender container to a blade assembly. Some embodiments of the system include a second latch mechanism to lock the blender container to the blade assembly while the container and blade assembly are mounted to a base for operation of the blender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Colin Sapire
  • Patent number: 10894238
    Abstract: Mixers for adhesives and sealants that include automatic stroke length adjustment for different sizes and configurations of adhesive and sealant cartridges are disclosed. The mixers include a sensor for detecting when a mixing impeller reaches the top of a cartridge and the bottom of a cartridge, which sends a signal to a main pressure cylinder to reverse direction. The stroke length of the mixer is automatically adjusted without the necessity of manual selection based upon a particular cartridge size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: PRC-DeSoto International, Inc.
    Inventors: Goldi Singh, Paul Kuchinski
  • Patent number: 10874999
    Abstract: The mixing device of cell printing composition according to the present disclosure comprises a first syringe comprising a first container for containing first liquid, a first moving element discharging the first liquid contained in the first container; a second syringe comprising a second container for containing second liquid, a second moving element discharging the second liquid contained in the second container; a mixing container which comprises a rotating mixing unit and receives the discharged first liquid and the discharged second liquids; a power transmission unit for driving the first moving element, the second moving element and the mixing unit; a first threaded guide where the first moving element is movably connected; a second threaded guide where the second moving element is movably connected; and a rod for rotating the mixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: T&R BIOFAB CO., LTD., Korea Polytechnic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Geunseon Ahn, Jinhyung Shim, Jeongseok Lee, Ingyu Lee, Kyunghyun Min, Songwan Jin, Wonsoo Yun
  • Patent number: 10863865
    Abstract: A blender jar assembly comprises a container portion having an open end for receiving the foodstuff to be blended and for dispensing the foodstuff after blending and a base portion selectively coupled to the container portion. The base portion comprises a floor and a sidewall connected to and extending from the floor to form a chamber for receiving at least a portion of the foodstuff during a blending operation. The chamber has an open end in fluid communication with the open end of the container portion when the container portion and the base portion are selectively coupled. The base further comprises one or more rotatable blades that are fully contained within the chamber formed by the floor and the sidewall and do not extend beyond a rim of the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bock, David Matthew Schandel, Paul Diaz, Benjamin H Branson, III
  • Patent number: 10864537
    Abstract: Multi-component fluid mixing devices and methods of manufacturing and using such multi-component fluid mixing devices are provided. The multi-component fluid mixing devices include one or both of a serpentine flow path and an attachment point decoupled from an inlet of the multi-component fluid mixing devices. The method of use includes switching between multi-component fluid mixing devices with different length flow paths, while retaining a constant position of the outlet of the multi-component fluid mixing devices. A manufacturing method includes fusing two halves of a multi-component fluid mixing device together with mixing elements in a serpentine flow path captured in a mixer wall formed between the two halves of the multi-component fluid mixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Solutions Life Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Cambron, Justin Palmer
  • Patent number: 10856696
    Abstract: Apparatus for cooking foods includes an external container, an internal container, open at the top, a heating device and a rotating mixing device. The mixing device is selectively removable and comprises at least one mixing blade driven by the rotation motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventor: Giuseppe De' Longhi
  • Patent number: 10856697
    Abstract: A blending system is shown and described herein. The blending system may include a base including a motor, a blade assembly selectively and operably engaged with the base, where the motor drives the blade assembly, and a container having a cavity. The container includes a flute protruding from an inner surface. An exaggerated flute may extend closer to the blade assembly than the flute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Boozer, Stephen Rukavina
  • Patent number: 10850243
    Abstract: A fluid mixing system includes a flexible bag having a first end, an opposing second end, and an interior surface bounding a compartment. A first rotational assembly includes a first casing mounted to the first end of the flexible bag and a first hub rotatably mounted to the first casing. A second rotational assembly includes a second casing mounted to the second end of the flexible bag and a second hub rotatably mounted to the second casing. An elongated member has a first end coupled with the first hub and an opposing second end coupled with the second hub, the connector being flexible and having a uniform flexibility along its entire length. A first impeller is mounted to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy K. Larsen, Clinton C. Staheli, Brandon M. Knudsen
  • Patent number: 10843150
    Abstract: Method, system, and apparatus to facilitate mixing of at least one colour to achieve a desired colour consistency to perform one or more activities. Particularly, the present system includes multiple user devices, a cloud server, and a colour mixing dispensing apparatus. In operation, multiple user devices are accessible to a user via a user interface to input data by the user to select at least one colour coding parameter. The cloud server includes at least one memory adapted to store data for the at least one colour coding parameter in a colour database and at least one processor that is adapted to execute processor-executable code. In practice, the colour mixing dispensing apparatus is configured to provide instant colour mixing to the user by receiving a set of instructions from the cloud server via a communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Yin Nie Ong
  • Patent number: 10835878
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are fluidic mixers having bifurcated fluidic flow through toroidal mixing elements. The mixers operate, at least partially, by Dean vortexing. Accordingly, the mixers are referred to as Dean Vortex Bifurcating Mixers (“DVBM”). The DVBM utilize Dean vortexing and asymmetric bifurcation of the fluidic channels that form the mixers to achieve the goal of optimized microfluidic mixing. The disclosed DVBM mixers can be incorporated into any fluidic (e.g., microfluidic) device known to those of skill in the art where mixing two or more fluids is desired. The disclosed mixers can be combined with any fluidic elements known to those of skill in the art, including syringes, pumps, inlets, outlets, non-DVBM mixers, heaters, assays, detectors, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Andre Wild, Timothy Leaver, Robert James Taylor
  • Patent number: 10835879
    Abstract: A vane for an impeller of an agitator for mixing or agitating a process fluid includes a socket for mounting the vane to an impeller and a blade for mixing or agitating the process fluid, the blade being connected to the socket, the blade having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a blade tip extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge at the end of the blade facing away from the socket, and the blade having a height and a width. The height is the maximum distance of the blade tip from the socket and the width is the distance of the leading edge from the trailing edge. The blade has a maximum width that is at least 55 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SULZER MANAGEMENT AG
    Inventors: Mikael Andersson, Erik Blechingberg
  • Patent number: 10836568
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a method and system for controlling the flow rate of materials into and out of the blender. The system includes the control and management of an on-site storage system for each component of a mixture, regulating the delivery rate of a blend mixture into a blender hopper, regulating the exit rate of the blended mixture from the blender hopper, and coordinating the flow of materials into and out of the blender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SOLARIS OILFIELD SITE SERVICES OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: William Vaughn Managan, II, Joe Daniel Matkowski, Bryan Scott Lambert, Kelly Lee Price
  • Patent number: 10828610
    Abstract: A mixing assembly comprises a tubular member and a spherical body disposed within a portion of the tubular member. The spherical body has a central volume, and a wall defined by an outside diameter and an inside diameter. The spherical body includes an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of channels formed in each of inlet side and outlet side. The channels are oriented toward a center of the central volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventors: Yi Liu, Gregory N. Gilbert, Jonathan Carter Boul, Merlin Thomas Collins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10816382
    Abstract: An improved particulate metering system is provided. The system includes a flow path having an inlet in communication with an intake and an outlet in communication with a discharge. The flow path receives a first input and a plurality of inputs, each of the plurality of inputs having a separate origin. A mixing area within the flow path comprises a confluence of the first input and one or more of the plurality of inputs. One or more metering controls are in operable communication with the first input and the plurality of inputs for controlling a blend of the plurality of inputs at the confluence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MONTAG INVESTMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Montag, Isaac Mogler, Jason Fehr
  • Patent number: 10807053
    Abstract: Apparatus for mixing a powdered material with a liquid that includes a housing in which a working space having an inner wall is arranged and a rotatably-driven rotor being arranged in the working space. The rotatably-driven rotor includes a blade ring and bars, which are pointing toward the inner wall and are arranged at different positions in a circumferential direction of the rotor. The apparatus also includes a feed opening for the powdered material being arranged above the blade ring and an annular gap connectable to a liquid supply arrangement being arranged below the blade ring. In a direction parallel to an axial direction of the rotor, the bars one of connect to one another or overlap one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ZEPPELIN SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Jakob, Andreas Hofmann
  • Patent number: 10799071
    Abstract: A portable and rechargeable blender is disclosed. Exemplary implementations may include a base assembly, a container assembly, and control circuitry. The base assembly may include a rechargeable battery configured to power an electrical motor such that, during blending by the blender, no power is supplied to the electrical motor from an external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BlendJet Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Michael Pamplin
  • Patent number: 10799870
    Abstract: An insert for a liquid-holding container may include a body comprising a wall, open first and second ends, and a lumen extending from the open first end to the open second end. The insert also may include a plurality of first openings formed in the wall, the first openings being situated between the first and second ends, and each of the first openings defining an area, and one or more second openings formed in the wall, the one or more second openings being situated between the first and second ends, each of the one or more second openings defining an area that is greater than the area defined by any of the first openings, where at least one of the one or more second openings is situated closer to the first end than any of the first openings, and wherein each of the first and second openings is sized to permit the passage of a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Byron J. Knight, Vincent Chabot
  • Patent number: 10786795
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser for dispensing an effluent mixture comprises a manifold inlet connectable to a pressurized liquid source, at least one individual diluent outlet in fluid communication with the manifold inlet, and at least one backflow preventer and eductor system in fluid communication with the at least one individual diluent outlet. A flow regulator is in fluid communication with the at least one individual diluent outlet and the at least one backflow preventer and eductor system, located upstream of the at least one backflow preventer and eductor system and downstream of the at least one individual diluent outlet. The flow regulator is preferably individualized for the at least one backflow preventer and eductor system and interchangeable within the dispenser to facilitate a plurality of volumetric flow rates to the at least one respective backflow preventer and eductor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventors: John Boticki, Jim Bournoville, Paul Larson
  • Patent number: 10780407
    Abstract: To sum up, by using the shaker for mixing liquids (1-7) (e.g. shampoo, soap, etc) with water right before use, an optimal dose of the liquid is used and appropriate solution is used. A dissolved mixture is applied to the hair/body to most significant part immediately—the hair roots and the scalp. It works beneficial for the hair, especially the hair ends, preventing dry and split ends as the e.g. shampoo is not applied directly. The mixture is distributed more evenly throughout the hair, without adding additional water and washing out the unused shampoo. The foam evolves quicker and is greater, which makes the washing easier. The shaker enables the user to use multiple liquids at once if needed. The amount of the liquid used is decreased to an optimal dose for the user and is therefore also eco-friendly, as no excessive amount of liquid is used. The invention enables the user to close tap water/shower during use and therefore uses less water and is eco-friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Inventor: Carlota Supan