Outwardly Increasing Width Patents (Class 366/330.4)
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Patent number: 8894272Abstract: An agitator 1 has a vessel 4 provided between an upper powder/particulate material supplier 2 and a lower powder/particulate material discharger 3 to hold therein powder/particulate material to be stirred. The agitator 1 also has a stirrer 7 provided in the vessel 4 to have a stirrer rotating shaft 5 arranged in a horizontal direction and main paddles 6 fastened to the rotating shaft 5, and a multi-feeder 8 provided in the powder/particulate material discharger 3 to have both forward rotation and reverse rotation. The multi-feeder 8 has a discharger rotating shaft 81 and small-size auxiliary paddles 9 integrally rotated with the rotating shaft 81 and designed to be smaller in size than the main paddles 6.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Tsukasa Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fumio Kato
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Patent number: 8826649Abstract: An assembly for mixing liquid within a gas flow includes a hollow conduit that is configured for containing a flow of gas and liquid droplets. The assembly also includes multiple spaced blades and an impingement element. Each of the blades is operatively connected to and extends from the impingement element and is connected to an inner wall of the conduit. The impingement element is upstream of the blades in the flow of gas. The impingement element and the blades are configured to create a preferred distribution of the liquid droplets within the gas flow downstream of the blades within the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Jianwen Li, James B. Rodgers, Chijou Wang, Rahul Mital
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Patent number: 7712952Abstract: A mixer device for materials made up of various divided solid waste, in a vertical silo (1). The device includes the following: a central working area extending along the entire height of the silo (1); a peripheral zone; elements (6) which are distributed vertically at different successive levels (n1, n2, n3 . . . n21) of the working area, along the entire height of the silo (1) and which can lift materials from each of the levels of the working area and release the materials; elements (1a, 19) for bringing matter from the upper part of the peripheral area to the lower center part of the silo (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2004Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Syndicat Intercommunal pour la Valorisation & l'Elimination des Dechets du Centre Ouest Var.Inventor: Jean Ridelle-Berger
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Patent number: 7473025Abstract: An impeller blade has a flat central disk portion, at least a pair of extensions extending from a central disk portion, and at least two leading edges defined by the outer periphery of the disk portion. Each leading edge spans from one extension to an adjacent extension, and each leading edge has at least a portion at which the radius of the leading edge from the center increases to form a continuous increasing radius curve. Each leading edge forms an increasing radius spiral edge surface in between the extensions.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: SPX CorporationInventor: Richard Howk
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Patent number: 7178973Abstract: High levels of treated fumed silica, processing fluid and high molecular weight silicone polymer are continuously compounded into a homogeneous silica filled heat-vulcanizable silicone composition by forming a premix in a continuous annular layer mixer and continuously discharging the premix into a compounding apparatus for compounding to form the filled heat-vulcanizable silicone composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jodi Boffard, Navjot Singh, Alan L. Tate, Robert Dean, Devesh Mathur
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Patent number: 6866414Abstract: The present invention provides component parts for a mixing assembly adapted to be used with clean in place techniques. The component parts may include an impeller assembly, an adjustable hub assembly and a steady bearing assembly. In one embodiment, the blades of the impeller assembly may be adapted to direct a portion of the water initially aimed at the top surface of the blade towards the bottom surface of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: JV Northwest, Inc.Inventor: Frank Kupidlowski