Abstract: A draft tube mixer is disclosed particularly adapted for use with digestion processes and apparatus wherein a vertical shaft (13) is driven by motor (15) through a suitable drive (14) to rotate a ragless propeller (12). The propeller (12) has a series of three lobes or blades (40-42) which are concentrically arranged at 120.degree. apart positions so that the minimum diameter of the blades are at the ends of a hub (43) from which the blades integrally extend. The blades extend over the length of the hub over about a 360.degree. of rotary motion helix. The blades (40-42) are symmetrical from their ends to the mid points on the vanes from either direction top or bottom so that the propeller is reversible without loss of efficiency.

Abstract: A conversion unit is provided which permits the conversion of a portable hand-held appliance, such as a mixer having a pair of beaters, to a stationary drink mixer having a single depending stirring shaft. The conversion unit includes a power unit receptacle that securely supports the portable appliance power unit in a manner which permits the driving engagement of the stirring shaft by a power take-off of the portable appliance power unit. Stabilizing fingers in the power unit receptacle additionally engage the power unit to provide enhanced stability. Storage for the pair of mixer beaters may be provided at the rear of the unit when the portable appliance is an electric mixer so that all components of the convertible mixer combination are maintained within a single integrated unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat resistant vaned stirrer for use in a high temperature atmosphere. To endure stirring operations in high temperature molten metals of 300.degree.-1200.degree. C., the stirrer vanes are formed of a carbon-ceramics composite material which is produced from coke powder blended with 10-50% by volume of ceramics powder and which has a bending strength higher than 200 kg/cm.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a multi-hubbed, separable blade agitator assembly wherein the exterior surfaces of the hubs of each agitator blade as well as the exterior surface of the drive shaft are coated with glass and the hubs are interference fitted to the drive shaft in glass-to-glass surface contact sufficient to withstand torque imparted to the agitator blades by the drive shaft.

Abstract: A base is provided for holding a detachable and portable casing to which may be attached a kitchen appliance unit, such as whisk, a spatula, a mixer or the like. These kitchen appliance units fit into receptacles whereat they are accommodated for storage, these units and the portable casing extending vertically upwards from the base. For an operation a unit may be detachably inserted into the portable case which houses a gear train, as well as a motor for driving the same. The portable case, moreover, accommodates a rechargeable battery arrangement for driving the motor. In the portable case, is accommodated one half of a recharging unit consisting of a secondary winding of a transformer and a coil which is encircled thereby. The primary winding and associated core is accommodated in the base. When the portable casing is accommodated in the base, the cores are juxtaposed in coaxial alignment, whereby an alternating current source coupled to the primary winding charges the rechargeable battery arrangement.

Abstract: Mixing systems for liquids having fibers suspended therein wherein the fibers tenaciously adhere to and accumulate on the leading edge of the impeller, thereby increasing the drag of the liquid on the impeller as it rotates and the consequent increase in the power required to rotate the impeller. Axial flow of the liquid in a tank is produced by the impeller within a draft tube. The leading edge of the blades of the impeller are inclined with respect to radial lines extending from the axis of rotation of the impeller beyond the angle of repose of the fibers on the leading edge. Also, the coefficient of friction of the portion of the impeller, extending from the leading edge toward the trailing edge thereof, to which the fibers adhere is reduced by providing the surface thereof with a low coefficient of friction material.

Abstract: A submersible mixer with a housing, within which housing sits a motor and gear box or other drive means, attached to said housing is a high-efficiency impeller, said housing being supported by vanes which baffle liquid flow when being mixed, and which when said impeller axis is aligned vertically form the base, and which when said impeller axis is aligned horizontally form two points of a tripod.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agitator for the agitation of liquid media, and more specially for use while completely submerged in the medium. The bearings and the coupling for the agitator shaft are placed in a downwardly opening gastrap, there being a gas cushion between the bearings and the coupling on the one hand and the medium to be agitated on the other hand in order to keep the medium clear of the bearings and the coupling and damaging same.The gas cushion may replenished through a supply duct periodically or continuously.

Abstract: A fluid mixer in which a pair of interconnected blades (6,6') are mounted either side of a rotatable shaft (8), the blades are each formed from a flat plate bent to form two or more planar portions (40, 42, 44) and mounted to the shaft so that the leading edge (52, 54, 56) of each portion is at a lesser radial distance than the trailing edge (54, 56, 58) of each portion. In this way each blade portion is angled inwardly accurately and the whole blade is easy to form.

Abstract: A mixing apparatus for mixing material in a mixing chamber (19) is provided. A rotor (21) is mounted on a shaft (15) which is both rotated and moved axially simultaneously. Motors (13) through gears (14,16) rotate shaft (15) and rotor (21)' and hydraulic cylinders (9) move the rotor (21) axially. Motors (13), the gears (14,16), the rotor shaft (15), and the rotor (21) are all supported by carriages (11) which slide on horizontal rods (7). The rotor (21) has internal radial mixing slots (39). A rotor cleaning apparatus is provided which includes two separable collar parts (41, 41') having a plurality of cleaning prongs (43) in the form of a comb. The collar parts (41, 41') are supported by comb carriages (45, 45') which move the collar parts (41, 41') radially from a non-use position into cleaning position. When the rotor cleaning apparatus is in cleaning position, the cleaning prongs (43) are in alignment with the radial slots (39).

Abstract: The invention relates to an immersible aerator and/or mixer apparatus to be lowered onto the bottom of a basin or tank containing liquid, often also solid substances, and particularly the invention relates to the supporting structures of the said apparatus as well as to the devices for protecting the motor and power transmission chambers of the said aerator and/or mixer apparatus from the liquid contained in the said vessel.

Abstract: A portable mixing device particularly for use with power drills or the like, having a helicoidal flight of coil units of equal dimensions leading up from a bottom, that has a radial edge to scrape material off the bottom of a can and a rounded corner that prevents the edge from cutting into a can, the several coils of helixes terminating at the top in another radial edge with a rounded corner to prevent cutting into the side of the can, with a circular baffle plate spaced a predetermined distance above the top edge of the helical flight to deflect the material being stirred upwardly by the device, outwardly to that it can then circulate back downwardly to effect the mixing circulation.

Abstract: A reactor for gasifying solid fuels, particularly coal, comprises with the fixed bed of fuel at least one stirring arm, which is rotatable about a vertical axis and is approximately triangular in cross-section. The forward knife edge and the rear crushing edge of the stirring arm are provided with replaceable armoring. The armoring at the knife edge consists of a plurality of armoring elements (7), which are approximately V-shaped in cross-section and are arranged one beside the other so as to define an expansion joint. The armoring at the crushing edge consists also of a plurality of elements (10), which are mounted on the stirring arm so as to be movable at ambient temperature.

Abstract: There is provided a mixing device for low velocity and low shear mixing. The device is of special value for mixing of delicate materials, such as cell suspensions, microspheres and the like, as used in fermentors and the like. The device is based on the suction effect obtained by low velocity rotation of a cylinder provided with tangential openings.

Abstract: A small, light-weight stirring apparatus for stirring liquid solutions and suspension comprises a power source, a rotable or vibratory motor and an inexpensive, disposable hollow stirring shaft made of a polymeric material. The inexpensive hollow stirrer is disposed after each stirring operation, thus obviating cleaning of the stirrer.

Abstract: Bread-dough mixing apparatus 1 comprises a support member 2, a shaft-support structure 3 carried by and rotatable relative to the support member 2, a drive shaft 4 and a driven shaft 5 rotatably mounted on the shaft-support structure 3, and a flexible coupling 6 connecting one end (4b) of the drive shaft 4 with one end (5a) of the driven shaft 5. The shafts 4, 5 are mounted on the shaft-support structure 3 so that their axes of rotation 7, 8 are inclined to each other. A mixer element 9 is carried by the other end (5b) of the driven shaft 5 so as to rotate therewith. An electric motor 15, a belt drive 16 and a pulley 17 are provided for rotating the drive shaft 4 so that the driven shaft 5 flexibly coupled thereto rotates the mixer element 9.

Abstract: A novel rotor is provided for attachment to the lower end portion of the motor-driven shaft of a liquid-mixing device, such as a liquifier or mixer commonly used in the preparation of milkshakes, malts and like ice cream mixes. The rotor features a one-piece element in the form of a V having a flat bottom and a pair of upwardly and outwardly divergent arms providing mixing blades related in diametrically opposed fashion. A disk having a central opening receives the shaft and is disposed in radial plane spaced axially above the flat bottom and its periphery is affixed to the terminal upper ends of the blade arms. The disk has an annular flange which presents a smooth circular surface that prevents the blades from damaging the mix container during operation of the mixer as well as during removal of the container while the shaft and rotor are still rotating.

Abstract: Propellers including blades affixed to a hub which provide generally axial flow of a fluid medium through the blade area. The blades are formed from cylindrical segments and include a generally straight leading edge and a generally convex trailing edge.

Abstract: A swizzle stick made up of a plurality of golf tees and ball markers. The tees are connected in an end-to-end relationship with the point of one tee preferably connected to the ball support end of an adjacent tee. One or more ball markers may be attached at the ends or at locations intermediate of the tees. The ball supporting end of the tees has a flat circular surface and three similarly shaped elements projecting above the flat surface, the elements also being equally spaced about the perimeter of the surface.

Abstract: A portable spot mixing apparatus (10) including a drive unit (11), a mixing unit (12), a handle (13), and a brake unit (14). The mixing unit (12) serves to stir and mix grain (53) within a specified local area and the brake unit (14) prevents the apparatus (10) from becoming buried in the grain (53) during use.

Abstract: A longitudinally extending housing with end closures forms a closed mixing chamber within the housing. A mixer that has a fluid material inlet at each end thereof with longitudinally spaced, opposed ends forming fluid material outlets and a central peripheral discharge from the mixer between the end outlets is supported on a rotatable shaft that extends through one of the end closures to position the mixer in the mixing chamber. Housing inlet means comprising a pair of conduits communicate fluid to the closed mixing chamber for discharging it thereinto adjacent, but spaced from the end fluid inlets of the mixer, and housing outlet means is aligned with the mixer to receive the central discharge therefrom. The diameter of the mixer is about one-half the diameter of the closed mixing chamber, and the length of the mixer is about one-third the longitudinal extent of the closed mixing chamber. The mixer is positioned substantially equidistant from the sides and ends of the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A name identifying drink mixer, comprising an elongated flush member, its ends having broadening base and top portions, contoured to form decorative matching objects, the base portion functioning as a mixing implement, while the top portion thereof extends rightangularly rearward into a platelet for imprinting of a name thereon and terminates downwardly therefrom in two legs, disposed spatially apart, for attachment to the rim of a drinking glass.

Abstract: A mixer implement for liquids in which longitudinally spaced guard rings are supported by a rotary shaft through radial struts formed as impeller blades and which also support complemental helically formed impeller blades extending between them. Liquid motion patterns are set up by shaft rotation which effects rapid thorough mixing action which can be accelerated by an attendant stirring motion if desired.

Abstract: A wall scraping mixing tool for mixing, drying or reacting dry materials, semi-dry materials, or viscous, pasty materials with or without fillers or fibers, within the walls of a mixing container having a main shaft, and at least one support arm coupled to said main shaft. The mixing tool has a generally flat, rectangular plate mounted perpendicular to the radial plane of the support arm having a forward straight edge disposed adjacent to the container wall and a rear edge disposed away from the container wall so that the rectangular plate is inclined with respect to the container wall. There are two substantially triangular planes disposed on the rectangular plate, having side surfaces inclined relative to each other and connected at one edge thereof forming a wedge-shaped double-sided body for connection to the end of the support arm. The forward edges define a point located on the forward straight edge of the plate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus useful for blending solids with fluids. In a specific application of the blender, sand is mixed with a gel composition to obtain a fluid mixture suitable for stimulation treatments of oil and gas wells. Basic components of this blender are a slinger member and an impeller member, which are enclosed within a casing. The slinger and impeller are fastened together, with the impeller being positioned underneath the slinger. In addition, the slinger has a toroidal configuration and the impeller has a vortex configuration, and the slinger has a larger surface area than the impeller. The toroidal shape of the slinger, and its larger size, contribute to a good pressure balance within the fluid composition as it circulates inside the casing during the mixing operation. A more thorough mixing of the sand and gel composition is achieved by improving the pressure balance in the manner described.

Abstract: A centrifugal reaction chamber for enhancing the chemical reaction between two or more reactants, one of which is solid particulate material and another of which is a liquid in which the particulate matter is dispersed. The chamber normally is formed by a cylindrical tub having a drive shaft for rotating divider means secured to the shaft and forming one or more radial dividers extending between the shaft and cylindrical wall of the tub. Each divider includes two panels spaced apart and converging in a radial direction away from the shaft. One panel urges the particulate material from the center toward the wall of the tub. The particulate material then is directed back toward the center by the second panel.

Abstract: A heating device generates heat by working a liquid in a closed container with a rotating stack of finely perforate square plates and recovering the heat from the thus heated liquid. In one embodiment a stack of a multiplicity of flat square plates radially offset one from another is rotated in an oil bath in a container under an inner perforate non-rotating cover over which is a similar non-rotating cover that is imperforate. The thermal energy developed through the mechanical working of the liquid is transferred to the main liquid bath and is then removed, as for example, by circulating air or a liquid around the outside of the container with the thus heated air or liquid being used to heat a house or the like.

Abstract: A mixer arranged for crushing food materials immersed in a liquid comprises a motor unit and a mixing foot. A shaft extends within the mixing foot and is coupled at one end to the motor unit. At its other end the shaft carries a mixing screw which is housed in a cover carried by said mixing foot. The mixing screw is movable between a safety position, in which it is located in the cover, and a mixing position, in which it projects outwardly of the cover. The mixing screw is moved into its mixing position against the action of elastic restoring means by a force resulting from the screwing effect in the liquid.

Abstract: A mixing device (e.g., a stirrer) to ensure thorough mixing of metals and metal alloys comprising a generally rectangular solid and a series of off-side, but area-equivalent ports on each side of the axial center, wherein the size and number of ports on one side is different from the size and number of ports on the other side, the upper and lower limits of the ports being defined by oppositely opposed anguarly directed fin portions wherein the fins on one side of the axial center are directed in one direction and the fins on the other side of the axial center are directed in the opposite direction. The invention also embodies a method of mixing molten metals and alloys with the device.

Abstract: A small, battery operated, electric motor contained in an underwater waterproof housing operates a submerged propeller in a stationary location for the purpose of creating ripples on the surface of still water. Such ripples in a decoy-spread simulate motion of the decoys to waterfowl flying overhead, and thus create a more lifelike and inviting attraction. The underwater motor may be operated by remote control.

Abstract: A separable blade agitator having the impeller blades joined to the drive shaft in an interference fit effected by a hub on one of the separable impellers which embraces both the shaft and the other impeller.

Abstract: A paddle particularly adapted for use in stirring fluid such as paint and for scraping and measuring. The paddle includes a linear, elongate handle and a blade fixed to the handle having a leading side edge offset from the handle. A leading end edge is perpendicularly orientated relative to the leading side edge. A relatively narrow, resilient wiper lip extends along the leading side edge and leading end edge and is adapted for surface engagement of a surface to move fluid away therefrom as, for example, for engagement with the interior surfaces of a paint can. The blade and handle can have graduations to measure the depth of paint remaining in a paint can.

Abstract: A stirring apparatus includes a motive device, such as a motor, fixedly mounted on a support brace adapted to extend across the open top portion of a container. A paddle is connected releasably to a connector, which, in turn, is driven rotatably by the motive device. The paddle extends into the interior of the container for revolving about its axis for stirring the contents thereof. The support brace includes a device to enable the length of the brace to be adjusted longitudinally so that the brace can fit over different size container openings, and has devices for securing it releasably to the container. A plurality of different size interchangeable paddles are provided and each one is adapted to be connected removably to the motive means so that the paddles can be interchanged readily and can be cleaned easily.

Abstract: A planetary-type kitchen mixer-kneader having two spindles both of which turn in the same direction and travel in identical circular orbits as they sweep in an orbital path along the inside wall surfaces of the mixing bowl. The spindles are adapted to carry wire whips, flat beaters, and dough hooks, the latter in pairs which cooperate by means of their shapes and deflector blades, to simultaneously mix and work the dough and retain it low in the bowl.

Abstract: A mixing and kneading tool for a motor-driven shaft of a mixing and kneading machine has two blades having a common axis of rotation and located adjacent to one another in an axial direction. The blades are offset relative to one another in a direction of rotation by an angle equal to substantially 180.degree.. The blades together have a shape, as considered in a direction transverse to the axis, which substantially corresponds to the curve of a full period sine function. The blades may be mounted on a sleeve-shaped supporting member which can be fitted over the shaft of the machine. The blades together have a contour resembling a seemingly closed curve, as considered in the axial direction.

Abstract: A beating blade member for beating or whipping cooking material such as egg into froth. The blade member has blades each of which has a vertically stretched and radially extending beating surface in which formed are a multiplicity of meshes. Thanks to the provision of these meshes, it is possible to obtain fine contact of the material with the blade to promote the stirring and beating. Also, these meshes effectively catch the ambient air to permit a better mixing of the material with the air. At the same time, the material is guided to flow radially inwardly, as well as in the vertical direction, so as to ensure the interference of the material with the meshes of the blades. Consequently, the material is beaten and whipped into froth in quite a short period of time.

Abstract: An improved liquid mixing device or mixer can be constructed so as to utilize a disk having flat upper and lower surfaces as a boundary layer type rotor for causing fluid movement. This disk is mounted on a shaft which is supported and coupled to a motor in such a manner that vibration is not transmitted to the shaft as the motor is operated so as to turn the shaft. Such a liquid mixing device is considered to be primarily valuable for use in mixing a wide variety of various types of beverages.

Abstract: The mixing impeller of the invention has a central, axial hub adapted for attachment to a rotatable driven shaft of a mixer motor. Mounted on the hub is a disc that extends radially from the hub. Circumferentially spaced around the disc are a number of impeller blades. Each blade has two different surfaces for mixing a liquid. One surface is flat and rectangular; the other surface is arrowhead-like, converging from the axial ends of the rectangular surface toward the middle of the rectangular surface of the next adjacent blade. When rotated at a given speed in a fluid in one direction, the impeller draws considerably less power than when rotated in the same fluid at the same speed in the opposite direction. Under certain operating conditions, the impeller has a higher mass transfer efficiency, in both directions of rotation when compared to other impellers. The blades of the impeller may be either open or closed, thereby further modifying the power characteristic of the impeller.

Abstract: A slip-on shroud to protect the shank of a mixing paddle of an asphalt mixer. The shroud is disposed on the shank and is formed with a generally triangular cross-sectional area to protect the front of the shank while reducing the quantity of material used to form the shroud and is formed with a generally triangular opening to receive the shank. The shroud is also formed with flanges confronting the opening to retain the shroud on the shank while reducing the quantity of material required to hold the shroud on the shank.

Abstract: An egg fluffer having mixer blades with copper surfaces thereon for interacting with egg white albumen in whipping processes to produce high-volume, stable foams.

Abstract: A food mixer having a stand with a mixer head pivotally mounted thereon for mixing foods is disclosed herein. The mixer includes means for cooling a drive assembly by drawing air in through a forward portion of the head and exhausting it out a bottom portion of the stand. The mixer is provided with a locking latch interconnecting the head and the stand in order to mix or knead properly heavy or viscous foods, such as bread dough. A pair of dough hooks, which are adapted to force dough away from the head during kneading, are detachably connectable to the head. A high outer wall turntable is rotatably supported on a base of the stand by a peripheral thrust bearing to provide a stable platform for a mixing bowl. Each mixing bowl used with the mixer has the same diameter bottom and lower contour regardless of bowl volume. A mechanical governor is connected to an electronic control to provide accurate motor speed regulation throughout the range of motor speed operation.

Abstract: A relatively low-power egg beating device for scrambling an egg within its shell. The device includes an improved smoothly curved axially offset needle which is rotated by a motor. The configuration of the needle permits effective beating at relatively low RPMs. The motor is normally off, and in addition, a brake limits rotation of the axially offset needle to facilitate the user grasping the egg shell and impaling it upon the needle. As the egg is fully impaled on the needle, the shell engages and moves a control member which automatically turns on the motor and releases the brake. As the user holds the shell, the needle rotates to beat the egg within the shell. When the user then begins to withdraw the egg shell from the needle, the shell disengages from the control member which automatically turns the motor off and reengages the brake. This permits ready removal of the egg from the stopped needle. Because of its low power requirements the device may be battery powered, fully self-contained and portable.

Abstract: A symmetrical, balanced, glass coated, four bladed impeller for use in closed vessels having blades arranged so that the impeller may fit through a relatively small manhole even though the effective diameter of the impeller is substantially larger than the manhole.

Abstract: The improved apparatus has, in combination with a relatively long shaft and a two-blade propeller means fixed at one end thereto, a kicker bar in the form of a flat longitudinal bar also fixed to the same end of the shaft and disposed perpendicularly thereto. The bar protrudes outwardly from both sides of the shaft a distance that is preferably no greater than the distance the propeller means protrudes outwardly from the shaft.

Abstract: An agitator for tower type abrasion mills has a screw blade assembly composed of an inner screw blade and a number of outer screw blade units each having a fixed size. The outer blade units are positioned side by side along the peripheral portions of the inner blade and are fixed thereto. This realizes a long life of the agitator, low repair costs, and a remarkably short work stoppage period for the repair.

Abstract: A toilet for biological degradation of excrement comprises a collecting vessel for excrement and for material suitable for the degradation thereof and a container for receiving a mixture of excrement and material discharged from the collecting vessel. The mixing and the discharge of the excrement and material are performed by a cultivator rotationally supported in the collecting vessel. The cultivator consists of a wire construction running continuously between two opposed walls of the collecting vessel and preferably being manufactured in one single piece.

Abstract: An injection molding screw for use in processing heat sensitive polymeric materials and a process for plasticating such materials. The screw has an inlet end, a discharge end, means for mounting a backflow valve on the discharge end, and at least one section which applies high shear and high compression to the polymeric material and controls the material flow rate. A flighted screw section is disposed between the high shear and high compression section and the discharge end; that screw section includes means for decompressing the polymeric material and pumping it to the discharge end of the screw in the decompressed state at a rate at least equal to the pumping rate of the zone of high shear and high compression.

Abstract: An impeller-type mixing machine is provided with movable wedge-shaped or ploughshare shaped mixing tools. Each tool has a tip running upstream and lateral cheeks emanating from it and acting as working surfaces. At least one of the cheeks is placed obliquely to the direction of movement of the mixing tools. The cheeks of each mixing tool run at an obtuse angle to the longitudinal axis thereof.

Abstract: A separable blade agitator has a glass coated drive shaft and a glass coated impeller interference fitted to the end of the shaft in a gasketless, glass surface to glass surface joint. The interference fitting of the impeller to the shaft is accomplished by super cooling the end of the shaft with nitrogen or the like so that it can be inserted into a glass coated bore in the impeller.

Abstract: There is provided a mixing device for low velocity and low shear mixing. The device is of special value for mixing of delicate materials, such as cell suspensions, microspheres and the like, as used in fermentors and the like. The device is based on the suction effect obtained by low velocity rotation of a cylinder provided with tangential openings.