Patents by Inventor Robert H. Thon

Robert H. Thon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 3973518
    Abstract: A blender for blending a mixture of flowable materials, such as the carrier and toner components of a developer for an electrostatic processor, comprises a rotatable chamber having radially angulated passageways extending through its periphery for guiding the materials into and out of the chamber and internal axially angulated plates for cross-mixing the materials. The passageways are open, but the mixture tends to at least temporally dwell in the chamber and is, therefore, subject to a tumbling action, because the radial angulation of the passageways exceeds the angle of repose of the mixture. The internal plates impart an axial component to the movement of the tumbling mixture to provide cross-mixing of the materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Stewart W. Volkers, Robert H. Thon