Abstract: A kneading device kneads a main raw material of high viscosity and a secondary raw material of liquid or powder and continuously delivers a kneaded raw material obtained, and a ropesizer includes a sheet forming unit, and a delivering unit applies a second raw material onto a first raw material, which is elongated into a sheet shape and is conveyed by the sheet forming unit, so as to be in a strand form.

Abstract: A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing livestock feed and the like. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the feed. The container includes a housing and a wall extending away from the housing. The wall defines an opening which is disposed remote from the housing for the reception therethrough of the feed. The arrangement is such that the housing and the wall define therebetween an enclosure for the feed received through the opening. An auger is disposed within the enclosure, the auger having an axis of rotation which extends through the housing. The mixer apparatus further includes a further auger which is disposed within the enclosure, the further auger having a rotational axis disposed approximately parallel and spaced from the axis of rotation of the auger.

Abstract: A body (1) for cutting and mixing wagons for plant products is disclosed, comprising a base (2) with a plurality of walls (3a, 3b, 3c) defining a room (4) adapted to receive the plant products to be cut and mixed through one or more screws arranged inside the body (1). The walls (3a, 3b, 3c) are removably connected to each other and to the base (2) through connection means (7, 8).

Abstract: The machine comprises a container (1) which is fitted with a base (2) that extends between the lateral walls (3 and 4) and the end walls (5, 6). The base (2) partially covers (i) a mixing rotor (10) and (ii) a feed auger (11) which moves the products in the skip either in a closed circuit or in a circuit towards a distributing chute (13). A transfer screw (12) is mounted on top of the feed auger (11). The transfer screw can comprise cutting members in the form of sectioning parts (15). The sectioning parts co-operate with teeth (16) which are disposed on a beam (19). The teeth (16) can be positioned as necessary either on a beam located in the container or on one or more beams located on the lateral wall (4). Similarly, the feed auger (11) can also comprise sectioning parts that co-operate with teeth if required.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for agitating a liquid hardener used for improving soft ground. The apparatus comprises a storage tank section formed with an introduction part and having storage tanks in which mixing impellers are arranged, and transparent indicator tubes which are communicated with the storage tanks each; an agitation tank section positioned underneath the storage tank section and having agitation tanks, supply valves which are installed on the agitation tanks, and agitation impellers which are respectively arranged in the agitation tanks; a liquid mixture supply section having connection pipes which are connected to the storage tanks, a supply pipe which is connected to the connection pipes, and distribution pipes which are connected to the supply pipe; and a cleaning water tank section positioned in front of the agitation tank section and having a plurality of cleaning water tanks.

Abstract: A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing livestock feed and the like. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the feed. The container includes a housing and a wall extending away from the housing. The wall defines an opening which is disposed remote from the housing for the reception therethrough of the feed. The arrangement is such that the housing and the wall define therebetween an enclosure for the feed received through the opening. An auger is disposed within the enclosure, the auger having an axis of rotation which extends through the housing. The mixer apparatus further includes a further auger which is disposed within the enclosure, the further auger having a rotational axis disposed approximately parallel and spaced from the axis of rotation of the auger.

Abstract: A kneading device kneads a main raw material of high viscosity and a secondary raw material of liquid or powder and continuously delivers a kneaded raw material obtained, and a ropesizer includes a sheet forming unit, and a delivering unit applies a second raw material onto a first raw material, which is elongated into a sheet shape and is conveyed by the sheet forming unit, so as to be in a strand form.

Abstract: A body (1) for cutting and mixing wagons for plant products is disclosed, comprising a base (2) with a plurality of walls (3a, 3b, 3c) defining a room (4) adapted to receive the plant products to be cut and mixed through one or more screws arranged inside the body (1). The walls (3a, 3b, 3c) are removably connected to each other and to the base (2) through connection means (7, 8).

Abstract: A fodder mixer (1, 20, 30, 40) is described, which comprise a mixing chamber (2) having a fodder discharge opening (6, 26) and a bottom (4, 24, 34). The mixing chamber is provided with at least two vertical screws (7, 37), which are adapted to be rotatingly driven and which are used for mixing the fodder and for moving it in a feed direction (F) to the fodder discharge opening (6, 26), each vertical screw being provided with a pick-up edge (9) which picks up fodder from the bottom and which sweeps over a flight circle projected onto said bottom. In order to optimize such a fodder mixer with respect to its conveying capacity, the present invention suggests that a fodder baffle surface (12, 13, 22, 23, 33) should be provided, which extends upwards from said bottom and which is effective in a direction opposite to the feed direction (F), said fodder baffle surface being associated with the flight circle of the pick-up edge (9) in a transition area (11, 21, 31) between neighbouring vertical screws.

Abstract: A mountable reusable paint container is configured for mounting on a wall and includes one or more separate storage compartments formed in a downward sloping configuration with each compartment having a spigot coupled at the base for dispensing the stored paint product. The paint container further includes molded air tight lids configured for fitting over each of the compartments. Each of the paint containers preferably have a stirring mechanism formed within the lid which extends into the paint container when the lid is positioned over the paint container. The stirring device extends downward into the reusable paint container and includes a top handle portion, a threaded distance rod and a bottom fin portion. The bottom fin portion includes a plurality of small evenly spaced fins formed of plastic which rotate with the stirring device in the paint container when the top handle portion is manually activated.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for agitating a liquid hardener used for improving soft ground. The apparatus comprises a storage tank section formed with an introduction part and having storage tanks in which mixing impellers are arranged, and transparent indicator tubes which are communicated with the storage tanks each; an agitation tank section positioned underneath the storage tank section and having agitation tanks, supply valves which are installed on the agitation tanks, and agitation impellers which are respectively arranged in the agitation tanks; a liquid mixture supply section having connection pipes which are connected to the storage tanks, a supply pipe which is connected to the connection pipes, and distribution pipes which are connected to the supply pipe; and a cleaning water tank section positioned in front of the agitation tank section and having a plurality of cleaning water tanks.

Abstract: A domestic kitchen appliance (1) comprises a container (2) with a central axis (3), a transmission frame (4) positionable on the container (2) and carries a drive element (5), a carrier element (6) which is rotatably journaled relative to the frame (4) about the central axis (3), and at least two coupling elements (7,8) which are rotatably journaled relative to the carrier element (6) about individual axes of rotation (17, 18), a transmission unit (9) carried by the transmission frame (4) for transmitting a rotation of the drive element (5) to a rotation of the carrier element (6) about the central axis (3) and rotations of the coupling elements (7,8) about their axes of rotation (17, 18), a drive unit (10) for driving the drive element (5), and at least two tools (27, 28) couplable to the coupling elements (7, 8). In the domestic kitchen appliance (1) in its assembled condition,the coupling elements (7, 8) are positioned on the carrier element (6) at different distances (a, b) from the central axis (3).

Abstract: A mixing system with a vessel for supplying a liquid and a device for supplying solid pieces to mix with the liquid. The system has an elongate enclosure with a first end opposing a second end. The enclosure defines a chamber in fluid communication with the vessel to receive the liquid. The chamber also has a inlet and an outlet with the inlet being closer to the first end than the outlet. The chamber receives the pieces from the device through the inlet and issues the pieces through the outlet. A motor driven mixing auger positioned in the chamber between the first and second ends rotates a selected direction about a rotational axis to intermix the liquid and pieces. The auger includes a first helical flight between the inlet and the outlet to convey the pieces from the inlet to the outlet when the shaft is rotated the selected direction. The auger also includes a second helical flight between the first flight and the second end to urge the solid pieces in a direction opposite the first flight.

Abstract: A system includes a first pump to meter colorant and a second pump to pressurize a mixture of water and the colorant. Also included is a mixer body defining a chamber with an inlet and an outlet and one or more liquid input ports in fluid communication with the second pump to receive the mixture. The chamber receives solid pieces through the inlet and discharges the pieces through the outlet. One or more rotary conveying members are included that are positioned in the chamber to intermix the mixture and the solid pieces and convey the solid pieces from the inlet to the outlet. These members can be rotated by one or more drivers. A process and system for treating cinders are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided to process material contained in one or more drums. In one exemplary method, waste material is transferred from one or more drums to a first tank. Waste material in the first tank is agitated with an agitator contained in the first tank, and the waste material is passed from the first tank to a second tank on a mobile wheeled chassis. The method also includes transporting the second tank from a location where the first tank is located.

Abstract: A magnetic brush development station including a housing forming, at least in part, a reservoir for developer material. A development roller is mounted within the housing for delivering developer material from the reservoir to a development zone. A plurality of rotatable augers are located in the housing for mixing developer material within the reservoir, and are arranged substantially side-by-side with respective parallel longitudinal axes, the most outboard of the plurality of augers being positioned to be raised and toward the center with respect to the housing of the development station. Accordingly the overall width of the development station is reduced while maintaining centerline distances between each of the plurality of augers so that individual augers do not interfere with one another.

Abstract: An apparatus and method useful for simultaneously stirring a plurality of reaction mixtures has been developed. The apparatus includes N gears, where N is at least 2, with each gear having a hub and multiple teeth, material removed from the hub to form a passage through the gear; a motor associated with at least one gear; N reaction vessels associated with the N gears; and a stirrer fastened to each of the gears, with the stirrers extending into the reaction vessels.

Abstract: A mixer appliance for automatically and accurately stirring foods without someone having to watch over the mixing thereof. The mixer appliance includes a housing having a base portion, a main portion extending upwardly from the base portion, and an overhang portion extending outwardly from a top of the main portion; and also includes a utensil drive assembly being disposed in the housing; and further includes utensils being removably and rotatably attached to the utensil drive assembly; and also includes a utensil drive control assembly being attached to the housing and being connected to the utensil drive assembly; and further includes a support assembly for securing and supporting the housing upon a countertop.

Abstract: A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing livestock feed and the like. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the feed. The container includes a housing and a wall extending away from the housing. The wall defines an opening which is disposed remote from the housing for the reception therethrough of the feed. The arrangement is such that the housing and the wall define therebetween an enclosure for the feed received through the opening. An auger is disposed within the enclosure, the auger having an axis of rotation which extends through the housing. A final driven wheel is disposed within the housing, the final driven wheel being rotatable about the axis of rotation. The final driven wheel is drivingly connected to the auger so that when the final driven wheel is rotated within the housing, the auger is rotated therewith within the enclosure. The final driven wheel and the auger together as a unit are removable and replaceable relative to the housing and enclosure respectively.

Abstract: A vertical mixing device for fodder includes a mixing chamber comprising at least two adjacent vertical augers provided in longitudinal direction of the mixing chamber one behind the other at the bottom and between essentially upright walls. Both vertical augers can be driven with the same sense of rotation in order to convey the fodder upwardly. In the wedge areas between the rotational courses of both vertical augers distributor cones are situated at the walls. The surface of each distributor cone comprises guiding surfaces extending with differing steepness from a bottom sided base situated within one wedge area to a tip positioned at least close to the wall. Each distributor cone is inclined obliquely towards one of the vertical augers the sense of rotation of which is directed towards this distributor cone.

Abstract: A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing livestock feed and the like. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the feed. The container includes a housing and a wall extending away from the housing. The wall defines an opening which is disposed remote from the housing for the reception therethrough of the feed. The arrangement is such that the housing and the wall define therebetween an enclosure for the feed received through the opening. An auger is disposed within the enclosure, the auger having an axis of rotation which extends through the housing. A final driven wheel is disposed within the housing, the final driven wheel being rotatable about the axis of rotation. The final driven wheel is drivingly connected to the auger so that when the final driven wheel is rotated within the housing, the auger is rotated therewith within the enclosure. The final driven wheel and the auger together as a unit are removable and replaceable relative to the housing and enclosure respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus and method useful for simultaneously stirring a plurality of reaction mixtures has been developed. The apparatus includes N gears, where N is at least 2, with each gear having a hub and multiple teeth, material removed from the hub to form a passage through the gear; a motor associated with at least one gear; N reaction vessels associated with the N gears; and a stirrer fastened to each of the gears, with the stirrers extending into the reaction vessels.

Abstract: A vertical mixing device for fodder includes a mixing chamber comprising at least two adjacent vertical augers provided in longitudinal direction of the mixing chamber one behind the other at the bottom and between essentially upright walls. Both vertical augers can be driven with the same sense of rotation in order to convey the fodder upwardly. In the wedge areas between the rotational courses of both vertical augers distributor cones are situated at the walls. The surface of each distributor cone comprises guiding surfaces extending with differing steepness from a bottom sided base situated within one wedge area to a tip positioned at least close to the wall. Each distributor cone is inclined obliquely towards one of the vertical augers the sense of rotation of which is directed towards this distributor cone.

Abstract: A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing livestock feed and the like. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the feed. The container includes a housing and a wall extending away from the housing. The wall defines an opening which is disposed remote from the housing for the reception therethrough of the feed. The arrangement is such that the housing and the wall define therebetween an enclosure for the feed received through the opening. An auger is disposed within the enclosure, the auger having an axis of rotation which extends through the housing. The mixer apparatus further includes a further auger which is disposed within the enclosure, the further auger having a rotational axis disposed approximately parallel and spaced from the axis of rotation of the auger.

Abstract: A mixing apparatus which prevents erosion of left and right side walls 12a 12b for a flow path 12 for a molten substance of high temperature M and homogenizes the molten substance of high temperature while occurrence of air bubbles is prevented, wherein there are a plurality of mixing units 11 in the flow path 12; an even number of pairs of mixing units 11 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line in a longitudinal direction of the flow path 12 and the gap s between a left side wall or a right side wall and an outer peripheral edge of a mixing blade 14 is determined to be 0.04-0.1 times as much as the distance W between the left and right side walls 12a, 12b.

Abstract: A feed mixer comprising a plurality of mixing members wherein each mixing member is longitudinally mounted for rotation about an axis and the mixing members further comprises a chopper auger and a shredding auger, each having a flighting. In addition, the mixing members may also comprise a third mixing auger having a flighting. The auger flightings may further provide chopping knives, or sickle knives, on the outer peripheral edge of the flightings.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for creating dry coated particulates from particulates and a liquid. A mixer receives the particulates and liquid and creates a wet mixture which is then subjected to hot air from a hot air generator to dry the mixture and produce the dry coated particulates. In a preferred form the apparatus includes a floating coupling between the mixer and the generator to permit some relative movement, and load cells are used to control the amount of particulates loaded into the mixer. There is similar control of the liquid and a control console is provided to receive data and send instructions to cause the apparatus to cycle through repetitive batch processes in a continuous process. The mixer preferably includes structure to cause the hot air to enter the mixture as it moves downwardly in the mixer for enhanced drying.

Abstract: A machine that is set up with the required potatoes, milk, butter and other seasonings for mashed potatoes and that when turned on proceeds to boil the potatoes, add the flavoring ingredients and whip the potatoes to a degree set by the user.

Abstract: An enclosed kneading apparatus which can smoothly knead and disperse kneaded products of various kneading conditions without the maintenance of a rotor moving mechanism for a first and second rotors and the operation which sacrifices the handling capacity of the kneading apparatus and at the same time, prevent an excessive increase in the temperature of the kneaded products. In the apparatus, the kneaded product of a desired kneading state is obtained by flowing a kneading object in tip clearances between the inner wall of a chamber and a first and second rotors while rotating the first and second rotors in the chamber, and by imparting a shearing force to disperse the kneading object. The respective first and second rotors are provided with three long wings in helical fashion each having a plurality of tip portions for providing a plurality of three tip clearances in the axial direction.

Abstract: A cheese processing vat of the type having a pair of interconnected generally cylindrical wall portions with agitator panels rotating therein to sweep generally cylindrical volumes includes agitator panels which are driven to rotate in opposite directions such that the panels move through a common swept volume between their axes of rotation in the same direction. The panels are mounted such that one panel leads the other during movement through the common swept volume.

Abstract: An enclosed food processing device is provided having one or more conveyor belts and vertical agitators positioned above the belt. The agitators have forward and backward prongs that stir the food being processed without causing physical damage to it. The food enters the device through an inlet and is evenly distributed across a draining screen by an inlet deflector plate, which is adjustable to account for the different rates at which the food may flow into the device. Ramps are positioned under the device to collect liquid drained from the food, and the ramps have independent segments that separate the liquid based on the stage of the process at which it is drained from the food. A salting apparatus is provided for conveying salt to the food to be processed. The salt is dispensed in proportion to the amount of food to be salted. Salt is moved from a salt hopper into a chamber by a rotating dispensing wheel.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus for continuous processing of pourable and flowable materials having a plurality of axis-parallel, rotatable shafts disposed at the same central angle distance along a circle in a space in a housing. Each shaft carries a number of processing elements disposed axially one behind the other with which adjacent shafts closely mesh. The housing is provided on the radially inside and outside sides of the space with axis-parallel concave segments of a circle which receive and guide the particular shaft with its processing elements. At least one material supply opening is provided at one end of the housing and at least one material discharge opening is provided at the other end of the house. At least one radial opening is provided along the circle for passage of the material from the radially outside to the radially inside sides of the space.

Abstract: A viscous liquid stirring device comprising a first rotary shaft and a second rotary shaft which are arranged in parallel to each other in the horizontal plane in the vessel. The rotary shafts have a plurality of rotors thereon and are rotated at the same speed and in the same direction that the upper face of the first rotary shaft moves away from the second rotary shaft. A viscous liquid inlet portion is formed on the top portion of the inner wall of the end plate of the vessel.

Abstract: Mixing machine for elastomers, plastomers and the like, comprising a closed mixing chamber (8) having housed inside it the rotors (4) rotating about respective parallel and horizontal axes of rotation (4a), wherein said chamber (8) has semi-cylindrical walls (6) with axes (6a) parallel to the axes (4a) of rotation of the rotors (4) and symmetrically translated with respect to the latter, said translation being effected outwards in a direction lying on the horizontal plane containing said axes of the walls (6) and the rotors (4) and perpendicular to the latter.

Abstract: A continuous mixer has an elongated trough with two mixer assemblies mounted therein in a mutually parallel, laterally spaced apart relationship for axial rotation in opposite directions. Each mixer assembly has a rigid shaft with a plurality of blades mounted thereon which are shaped and mutually arranged to achieve an intersecting helical effect in the trough. The blades are arranged in sets of at least two, axially adjacent ones of said blades, wherein the blades within each set has a substantially identical circumferential position on its shaft, and the sets are positioned in a circumferentially staggered pattern about the shaft to axially balance the mixing assemblies, and thereby alleviate vibration, even during high speed mixing. Counterbalance weights or eccentric blades on the shafts can also be used to improve the dynamic balance of the mixing assemblies.

Abstract: A stand mixer having a mixer head that can be locked in an up or down position. The locking mechanism includes a pin slideably retained in the pedestal of the stand, which is removeably received in one or more recesses in the mixer head.

Abstract: A self-propelled material mixer is provided for mixing fluent and non-fluent material. The material mixer includes a mixing tank having one or mixing members therein. A drive system delivers power to the wheels of the material mixer. An operator maneuvers the material mixer using a control mechanism that controls both the speed and direction of the mixer.

Abstract: The fermentation apparatus according to the invention is of a vertically oriented, multistage type comprising one or more fermentation tanks, an outlet port provided at the top of the fermentation tank, a maturation tank disposed below the fermentation tank, and a preliminary fermentation tank disposed below the maturation tank. Each fermentation tank includes a support member rotatable in the circumferential direction, an agitation member removably connected to the support member and including a plurality of agitation blades rotatable in the horizontal direction relative to the bottom surface of the fermentation apparatus, a gas intake device disposed below the agitation member, a transfer opening member for open-close movement, and a filter member provided at the top of the fermentation tank.

Abstract: A conche for producing chocolate compound consists of a conche container (10) with a main chamber (12) and subsidiary chambers (13, 14). Mixing vanes (22, 23 and 30, 31) are disposed therein on central shafts (19, 20, 21) in order to intimately mix the components fed in from above. In order to improve the mixing effect, additional mixing tools in the form of mixing worms (37, 38) are disposed in the lower part of the conche container (10), in particular in the main chamber (12). Stripping means (24, 25) moved along a cylindrical container wall (15) are supported solely in the region of a central transverse plane on a main shaft (19) in the main chamber (12). The main shaft (19) is provided with a clear cross-sectional thickening (28) which at the same time fills a dead space in the conche container (10).

Abstract: Sewage sludge is mixed with organic material such as woodchips in a three screw mixer so that moving masses are created in the mixing compartment, there being a shearing action at the interfaces between the masses. The mixer includes the mixing compartment and a holding compartment into which dewatered sludge is continuously charged. There is a gate between the compartments which is opened when it is desired to convey sludge from the holding compartment to the mixing compartment. The shearing action results in the organic material being coated with a thin layer of sludge without the formation of dewatered sludge lumps which would rot instead of composting.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for transporting and agitating a substance having solid and liquid constituents. The apparatus includes a mobile wheeled chassis having a pressure vessel mounted thereon. The vessel has a floor and at least one wall with an inner surface defining a vessel interior space for containing the substance. A plurality of supports are located within the interior space and mounted to the inner surface. A plurality of motors each having a shaft are located and mounted to a respective support. A plurality of agitator blades are each coupled to a respective shaft and rotated about a substantially vertical axis for directing the substance toward the floor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for mixing liquid products, in particular to prepare coloring substances for paints and the like. The apparatus includes a base supporting a substantially horizontal table with supports, on the top face thereof, a plurality of vessels for the liquid products to be mixed. Inside each vessel is applied a stirring element which projects by its driving end portion from the vessel. The apparatus further includes a coupling element for coupling the driving end portions of the stirring elements to a driving device which can be actuated to simultaneously drive the stirring elements.

Abstract: A small batch mixer particularly suited for preparing small quantities of mixture blends dry powdered material with an aggregate and a liquid. The ingredients may be cement, sand, and water. The batch mixer has two screw augers. The first auger feeds dry mix into an elongated mixing chamber of constant diameter. The second auger mixes the dry and liquid mix constituents, and conducts blended mixture to a discharge port located at the end of the elongated mixing chamber. The blade of the second auger is formed in three sections. In respective order, these sections include a first section wherein the blade is configured as a screw auger; a second section wherein the blade has intermittent gaps, thereby forming paddles pitched to urge the mixture onward to the third section; and a third section which, like the first section, includes a blade configured as a screw auger. The liquid is metered by a valve controlled in accordance with the feed rate of the solid constituents.

Abstract: A cheese processing vat of the type having a pair of interconnected wall portions each having a compound frustoconical shape, with agitator panels rotating therein to sweep volumes which correspond to the frustoconical wall portions, said agitator panels having radially inner edge portions spaced radially outwardly from the axis of panel rotation, and the axes of rotation of the two panels are spaced at a distance less than the radius of the volumes swept by the panels. In this manner, the overlap in the volumes swept by the respective panels permits the radially outer edge portion of one panel to pass through the normally quiescent space at and beyond the axis of rotation of the other panel. A unique divergent cutting blade orientation positions a framework of outwardly extending blades and intersecting longitudinally extending blades so that the blades are neither parallel to nor perpendicular to the axis of panel rotation. This provides beneficial cross cutting of the cheese mass during processing.

Abstract: In a kneading machine for food products, the product to be kneaded is fed within an endless channel defined within a circular bowl. In the channel there are located helical kneading tools each rotating around a respective axis while all moving simultaneously along the endless channel. Within the channel there project walls, each obstructing the channel immediately behind a respective kneading tool, so that each kneading tool is contained within a kneading chamber separated from the remainder of the channel, this kneading chamber moving along this channel from a loading area for the product to be kneaded to an unloading area for the kneaded product. The machine receives a continuous elongated mass of product to be kneaded and discharges at its outlet a sequence of batches of kneaded product which form again a continuous elongated mass of dough.

Abstract: In an apparatus and a method of the invention, a large amount of fluid is processed in a short time, and it is possible to use even in a square tank without losing certain and desirable stirring. The apparatus includes a fluid tank for accommodating fluid therein, and at least one agitating device situated in the tank. The tank includes a bottom having a slope to allow the fluid to flow from one side of the bottom to the other side thereof, and a plurality of discharge ports disposed near the other side of the bottom. The agitating device includes a rotation axis suspended from an upper portion of the tank, a set of stirring blades attached to a lower part of the rotation axis and extending radially outwardly from the rotation axis, and a rotating device engaging the rotation axis. When the rotating device is actuated, the stirring blades can stir the fluid in the tank.

Abstract: A mixing blade assembly having two vertical shafts oriented parallel to one another, each shaft carrying two blades, wherein an upper (horizontal) element of each blade is rectilinear and shorter in length than a bottom "S" shaped curved element of each blade, the upper and bottom elements of each blade of one shaft are connected by curved side elements that are the inverse of the curved side elements connecting the upper and bottom elements of the blades of the second shaft.

Abstract: A cheese processing vat of the type having a pair of interconnected generally cylindrical wall portions with agitator panels rotating therein to sweep generally cylindrical volumes includes agitator panels which have radially inner edge portions spaced radially outwardly from the axis of panel rotation, and the axes of rotation of the two panels are spaced at a distance less than the radius of the volumes swept by the panels. In this manner, the overlap in the volumes swept by the respective panels permits the radially outer edge portion of one panel to pass through the normally quiescent space at and beyond the axis of rotation of the other panel. A unique divergent cutting blade orientation provides beneficial cross cutting of the cheese mass during processing.

Abstract: A soil mixing and pumping truck system comprising a support region for a truck having a cab at the forward end; a chamber for the receipt of soil to be dispensed located on the support region, the chamber including a bottom wall, side walls and tapering intermediate walls therebetween, the chamber having an aperture extending downwardly therefrom with a conduit to a mud pump, the chamber having three linearly extending rods rotatable on bearing members, each rod having plural sets of blades for churning soil thereadjacent; drives for rotating the rods and blades in a common direction, the drives include a motor, transmission and drive box with associated chains between the drive box and the shafts for the rotation thereof during the pumping of the soil from the container; a mud pump located on the support region rearwardly of the chamber and coupled at an input end to the conduit from the chamber with a hose at an outlet end for the dispensing of soil from the container; a water pump located on the support re

Abstract: A twin screw extruder and torque splitting transmission has two output shaft portions that are axially spaced apart a distance and are connected to elongate shafts where at least one is bent along its length and powered by a driven pinion gear that has a diameter that is greater than the distance between the axes of the twin screws.