Abstract: A conditioner and a method are disclosed for the production of food or animal foodstuffs. The conditioner includes at least one detention element and a mixer which is located thereabove, and is provided with a dosing element. The mixer and the detention element have the same face plates enabling them to be connected to each other on at least one front side.

Abstract: An agitation mixer 10 comprises a casing 12 through which a fluid passes, an agitator body 15 installed inside the casing 12 and connected to rotation means 92, a liquid inlet 22 for feeding a liquid into the casing 12, and a powder inlet 24 for feeding a powder into the casing 12. In the agitation mixer 10, the powder inlet 24 is attached to a powder feeding apparatus 55 in which a screw for transporting the powder is installed and connected to rotation-vibration means 53.

Abstract: Said device comprises a substantially tubular mixing chamber (1), a first inlet orifice for a stream (4) of the first gas at one end (2) of said chamber, a second inlet orifice (6) for a stream of the second gas, located downstream of said first orifice in the direction of flow of the stream of the first gas, means (10) for homogeneously mixing said streams of the first and second gases, said means being located downstream of said second inlet orifice, an outlet orifice (3) for the mixture, located downstream of said mixing means (10), at the other end of said chamber, and an orifice (11) for sampling said mixture of the first and second gases, said orifice being located between said mixing means (10) and said outlet means (3) for the mixture, said device furthermore including means (5, 8, 9) for sending the stream of the first gas into said chamber with a controlled flow rate and for sending the stream of the second gas into said chamber with a controlled flow rate.

Abstract: An apparatus for agitating ice cream in an ice cream vending machine including a screw member rotatably disposed on an inner lower side of a canister, a worm wheel disposed in contact with an upper end of the screw member, rotatably driven by a rotational movement of the screw member, and an agitating member, a lower end of which contacts the worm wheel, and an upper end positioned at an inner upper side of the canister. The agitating member agitates ice cream particles filled in the upper and lower portions of the canister evenly by being resiliently vibrated upward and downward by rotational movement of the worm wheel. Accordingly, by evenly agitating ice cream particles at upper and lower portions of the canister, the bead-shaped ice cream particles are prevented from attaching to each other.