Abstract: Apparatus for mixing food ingredients is disclosed including a cabinet for supporting a mixer for the ingredients. A frame is arranged within the cabinet for being raised and lowered relative thereto. The frame supports a plate having a through hole for receiving the mixer and a movable tray for supporting a container for the ingredients. The tray is moved under the plate and the frame is raised by a weight arrangement, whereby the mixer engages the container and is actuated for mixing the ingredients therein.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in processing radioactive waste materials for shipment and storage in solid form in a container is disclosed. The container includes a top, and an opening in the top which is smaller than the outer circumference of the container.The apparatus includes an enclosure into which the container is placed, solution feed apparatus for adding a solution containing radioactive waste materials into the container through the container opening, and at least one rotatable blade for blending the solution with a fixing agent such as cement or the like as the solution is added into the container.The blade is constructed so that it can pass through the opening in the top of the container. The rotational axis of the blade is displaced from the center of the blade so that after the blade passes through the opening, the blade and container can be adjusted so that one edge of the blade is adjacent the cylindrical wall of the container, to insure thorough mixing.

Abstract: A waste disposal mixer is shown suitable for the encapsulation of radioactive wastes in synthetic resins. The mixer permits the selective discarding of the agitator member and of a drip pan selectively positionable to receive dripping material from the agitator. The agitator can be selectively replaced, all movements being controlled remotely.

Abstract: The present invention is a tamping and stirring rod for use with a receptacle of a food and beverage blender including a plurality of rotating blades disposed inside. The receptacle has an open top and a top cover formed out of a flexible material with a hole in its center. The tamping and stirring rod urges either foodstuff or ice cubes into the receptacle. The tamping and stirring rod includes an elongated, substantially cylindrical member which has a distal end and a proximal end and which is formed out of a flexible material. The elongated, substantially cylindrical member is an integral member with a foot at its distal end. A plastic cap is snugly inserted into the top cover and has a bore having a diameter that is slightly larger than the diameter of the elongated, substantially cylindrical member which is concentric to the hole in the top cover and through which the elongated, substantially cylindrical member is slidably inserted.

Abstract: Described is an apparatus for closing and continuously emptying the container of a processing machine by means of a closure cover (6-9) which is arranged in the bottom (1) of the container and which is driven so that it can be moved into and out of the emptying opening (2) in the bottom (1) of the container by way of a pivotal shaft (17) acting as a lifting means on a mounting means, for example a mounting arm (16), outside the container.

Abstract: An apparatus for mixing a cementitious material, such as those quick-setting cementitious materials utilizing a volatile liquid, has a solid frame as the top of a mixing chamber. An inlet end of the solid frame is pivotably mounted on a vehicle. An auger or mixing screw is mounted in the frame, the auger being removable from the frame due to the mounting of one bearing in a removable plate member and the provision of a releasable flexible coupling between this end of the auger shaft and the drive motor. A low pressure gas may be inserted into the housing of the other bearing to prevent seepage of liquid or fumes into that bearing. A removable elastomeric trough forms the bottom of the mixing chamber and contains a discharge opening. A substantially dry material is inserted into the mixing chamber through an inlet hopper and a liquid injection arrangement introduces a liquid into the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A splatter shield is provided for use with a conventional portable mixer having a speed control switch and a pair of laterally spaced drive sockets. A pair of beaters each includes one end portion adapted to be detachably secured within the drive sockets, a shaft having a generally circular member for keeping the ingredients being mixed out of the drive sockets, and beater blades at the opposite end portion. A mixing bowl holds ingredients to be mixed by the beater blades and a splatter shield having a flat bottom is operably disposed on the rim of the bowl for preventing the escape of ingredients therefrom when the mixer is in operation. The shield is preferably made of polypropylene for ease of cleaning, unbreakability and chip-proof characteristics. A central portion of the top integral surface is raised and reinforcing ribs are disposed about the periphery of the top shield surface and radially in toward the raised portion.

Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus having a chamber, defining an open bottom, and having a closed top, the size of such chamber being sufficient to receive a processing container, and the height of such chamber being sufficient to fit completely over such container, and stirring means extending downwardly within the chamber to extend into the container, when enclosed within said chamber, and having power operated rotating means and sealing means around the open bottom of the chamber, for forming a good air-tight seal, means for raising and lowering the chamber and means for evacuating air from said chamber.Also disclosed is a method of processing the contents of a container, in which the contents are first stirred in a container by a stirrer at atmospheric pressure and are then further stirred, in the same container under vacuum, by means of a stirrer located in a vacuum chamber.

Abstract: A splatter shield (42) is positioned on a frontwall (34) of a hollow upright standard (14) of an electric drink mixer (10). The splatter shield includes a one-piece body (44) having a top flange (60) bent to form a rear flange (68) which engages an inner surface (38) of the hollow standard frontwall to cooperate with a mounting bolt (46) extending through an aperture (48) in the body into engagement with the frontwall to mount the splatter shield on the standard. A switch actuator mechanism (30) for activating a drink mixer motor (18) via a switch assembly (36) extends through a slot (32) defined in the frontwall and a slot (58) in the body to be contacted by a container (24) supported on a container support (54) which is also one-piece with the body.

Abstract: A barrel loading and unloading station that includes a barrel support stand 10 for supporting a plating barrel 18 in predetermined positions and a door handling apparatus 14 for releasing and separating a barrel access door 16 from the plating barrel. The door handling apparatus 14 includes a door assembly 40 mounted for reciprocating motion towards and away from the plating barrel by a pair of trackways 42 that are mounted to an elevator mechanism 44 that is operative to raise and lower the trackways to increase accessibility to the barrel after the access door has been removed. One embodiment of the door handling assembly 40 includes a pair of rotatable spindles 56 operative to engage and rotate locking knobs 220 on the barrel access door 16 and a slide mechanism 120 for unlatching the door from the barrel. Another embodiment of the door handling assembly 40' includes a plurality of clamp engaging spreader arms 366 operative to spread and release resilient clamps 352 from the plating barrel.

Abstract: A spectacle cleaning device for domestic use comprises an open-ended container adapted to contain a liquid detergent and the spectacles to be cleaned, a movable cover for sealing the container, means for agitating the liquid detergent and means for actuating said agitating means. The latter may comprise either an air diffusor fed by a pressurized air generator, or a propeller driven by an electric motor.

Abstract: A vortexer apparatus having a hold down plate detachably mounted to an upright cylindrical support, said support having a pair of splines formed thereon, the end of one spline being spaced from the near end of the other spline by a circumferential groove, said hold down plate being supported from an elongate sleeve axially engageable with said support, and having a key engageable with said pair of splines. A torque arm is provided for selectively locating the cylindrical support and hold down plate relative to a base and an agitated platform.

Abstract: An electric household blender which effectively disables a person from placing his hand in the container while the blades are still rotating. The electric blender includes a container holder 2 and a motor base 4 having associated guide surfaces, a lock ring 9 rotatably mounted within said motor base, and lock bolts 8 arranged on the lock ring so as to protrude through openings 13 in the motor base housing. The lock bolts cooperate with pins 7 arranged on the container holder so as to align the lock bars with lock bolt supports 12 arranged in the container holder. The blender further includes a lock bar 11 which has a stud on one end and which defines a recess 29. The stud is adapted to cooperate with the lock ring for the rotation thereof, and the recess is adapted to selectively block or allow movement of a lock rod 26 equipped with a shoulder, which prevents rotation of said electric operating switch when the above locking elements are in their unlocked positions.

Abstract: A filler cap for the container of a household mixer with a locking arrangement including a filler tube with a filling opening to receive the products to be mixed, which is arranged concentrically to the axis of rotation of the mixer and a sealing ring. The filler tube is provided with ribs tangently positioned to the filling opening and extending from the filling opening to the sealing ring which is positioned at a lower side of the filler tube. In operation the ribs produce an effect tending to hold the filler cap in its position on the container.

Abstract: In a process for the admixture of radio-active waste with an encapsulating resin in a container which will accompany the waste to a disposal site, the improvement which comprises providing a generally annular deflectable foil at an upper open end of the container to minimize contamination by splashing.

Abstract: In an apparatus for blending and kneading ingredients comprising an open-topped container for the ingredients to be blended and kneaded into a cohesive mass, such as dough, a lid for the container, rotary drive means mounted on the lid, and a kneader arm removably mountable to the rotary drive means for rotatable drive thereby, the improvement comprises means for mounting the lid so as to enable limited angular movement of the kneader arm axis within the container for enabling the axis of rotation of the kneader arm to sweep across the container bottom during rotation of the kneader arm as the viscosity of the mixture of ingredients being kneaded increases. This is achieved by using interengaging parts on the lid and container, preferably lugs on the lid and handles on the container, which allow for rocking and elevational movement of the lid. Preferably a flexible lid is utilized, and experiences an undulating movement enhancing the angular movement of the kneader arm axis.

Abstract: A void cap having a stepped configuration converging to a discharge end enhances blending action by disrupting the sliding action of the materials as they pass along the void cap. Sloped angles at each of the stepped configurations facilitate discharge of material. The void cap is particularly adapted for attachment to one or both ends of steel or fiberboard drum containers thereby changing the total volume of such containers to facilitate addition of materials and/or blending of materials.