Class 366: AGITATING ( Manual of U.S. Patent Classification )

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Class
366
AGITATING


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Subclass Title
ClassTitle ===> AGITATING
1[Patents]MORTAR MIXER TYPE
2[Patents] . Methods
3[Patents] . . Gas incorporating; fluid mixing, delivering, or conveying
4[Patents] . . . With heating or cooling
5[Patents] . . . Gas incorporating at delivery
6[Patents] . . Treatment or preparation of material
7[Patents] . . . By heating or cooling
8[Patents] . . . By ingredient proportioning
9[Patents] . Gravity type
10[Patents] . With gas incorporating; fluid mixing, delivering, or conveying
11[Patents] . . Gas incorporating at delivery nozzle
12[Patents] . . Into rotating mixing chamber
13[Patents] . . With rotatable stirrer
14[Patents] . Plural mixing chambers
15[Patents] . . Intercommunicating
16[Patents] . With ingredient proportioning
17[Patents] . . By condition sensing means
18[Patents] . . By weight
19[Patents] . . By volume
20[Patents] . . By screw conveyor charging means
21[Patents] . . By varying opening of charging means
22[Patents] . With heating or drying
23[Patents] . . Heating mixing chamber and ingredient preheater
24[Patents] . . Heating mixing chamber
25[Patents] . . . By hot gases to interior
26[Patents] . With elevating means
27[Patents] . With dynamic charging and dynamic delivery
28[Patents] . . Interrelated
29[Patents] . . . With automatic control means
30[Patents] . With dynamic charging
31[Patents] . . By vibration
32[Patents] . . . Of skip or hopper
33[Patents] . . Plural charge means
34[Patents] . . . Including dynamic liquid charge
35[Patents] . . . Including screw conveyor
36[Patents] . . . Skip and liquid
37[Patents] . . . Plural dynamic
38[Patents] . . By screw conveyor
39[Patents] . . Skip
40[Patents] . With liquid charge
41[Patents] . Movable charge hopper or chute
42[Patents] . With dynamic delivery
43[Patents] . . Including automatic control means
44[Patents] . . Rotatable mixing chamber reversible for delivery
45[Patents] . . Mixing chamber tiltable for delivery
46[Patents] . . . With stirrer
47[Patents] . . . Hand operated tilt
48[Patents] . . . . Wheelbarrow-type support
49[Patents] . . Endless belt
50[Patents] . . Rotary screw
51[Patents] . . Pump
52[Patents] . . Scraper or deflector
53[Patents] . Movable mixing chamber
54[Patents] . . Rotatable
55[Patents] . . . With additional diverse motion
56[Patents] . . . With agitator
57[Patents] . . . . Rigid deflector fixed to chamber wall
58[Patents] . . . . . Compartmental-type chamber
59[Patents] . . . . . Helical
60[Patents] . . . With specified actuating or control means
61[Patents] . . . . Hydraulic drive or control
62[Patents] . . . With specified support structure
63[Patents] . . . . Specified rotational mounting
64[Patents] . Movable stirrer
65[Patents] . . Vertical mixing chamber
66[Patents] . . Plural stirrers
67[Patents] . . Including scraper, wiper, or brush
68[Patents] . Movable chute
69[Patents]RUBBER OR HEAVY PLASTIC WORKING
70[Patents] . Candy puller type
71[Patents] . Roll couple and scraper
72[Patents] . Roll couple and work handler
73[Patents] . Roll couple having adjustment means
74[Patents] . Roll traveling within platen
75[Patents] . With specified vent means
76.1[Patents] . With specified feed means
76.2[Patents] . . Condition responsive
76.3[Patents] . . Screw feeder distinct from agitator
76.4[Patents] . . . Plural screws
76.5[Patents] . . Roller feeder
76.6[Patents] . . Plural feed means
76.7[Patents] . . Piston feeder (e.g., ram)
76.8[Patents] . . . Mixing rotor having recess for material
76.9[Patents] . . Chute or hopper with gravity discharge
76.91[Patents] . . . Having plural means to feed material to chute or hopper
76.92[Patents] . . . Having discharge valve
76.93[Patents] . . Including specific structure for controlling flow through the feed means
77[Patents] . With specified discharge means
78[Patents] . Rotating and reciprocating stirrer
79[Patents] . Stirrer is through-pass screw conveyor
80[Patents] . . With deflector
81[Patents] . . With additional stirrer element on screw conveyor
82[Patents] . . . Ring or disk
83[Patents] . . Plural screw conveyors on separate shafts
84[Patents] . . . In parallel intercommunicating mixing chambers
85[Patents] . . . . Screw conveyors intermeshing
86[Patents] . . . . Intercommunication by conduit
87[Patents] . . And downstream breaker plate or screen
88[Patents] . . Including sections of different pitch
89[Patents] . . Varying diameter of shaft
90[Patents] . . Notched, apertured, or interrupted thread
91[Patents] . Plural mixing chambers
92[Patents] . With means to move mixing chamber
93[Patents] . . Rotating mixing chamber
94[Patents] . . . With rotating stirrer
95[Patents] . . . . Single stirrer
96[Patents] . Stationary mixing chamber
97[Patents] . . With rotating stirrer
98[Patents] . . . Single stirrer
99[Patents] . . . . Horizontal
100[Patents] . Stirrer with specified drive means
101[Patents]BY INJECTING GAS INTO MIXING CHAMBER
102[Patents] . With stirrer
103[Patents] . . Plural stirrers
104[Patents] . . . Diverse
105[Patents] . Into rotating mixing chamber
106[Patents] . Intermittent or pulsating feed
107[Patents] . Plural gas feeders
108[Patents]BY VIBRATION
109[Patents] . Including endless conveyor
110[Patents] . Of holder for mixing chamber
111[Patents] . Of platform or mixing chamber supported by vibrator
112[Patents] . . Supported by vibrator solely
113[Patents] . Vibrator mounted in aperture of mixing chamber bottom wall
114[Patents] . Vibrator attached to mixing chamber wall or platform
115[Patents] . . By bonding
116[Patents] . With amplitude or frequency regulator
117[Patents] . Of stirrer
118[Patents] . . In mixing chamber
119[Patents] . . . Actuated by flow of material
120[Patents] . . Pencil type
121[Patents] . . . With lubricating means
122[Patents] . . . Specified end structure
123[Patents] . . . Actuated by rotary movement of unbalanced-weight shaft
124[Patents] . Vibrator actuated by fluid under pressure
125[Patents] . . Including shaft with radially movable element
126[Patents] . . Fluid acting on orbital rolling ball
127[Patents] . By electrostrictive or magnetostrictive transducer
128[Patents] . By rotary movement of unbalanced-weight shaft
129[Patents]OPERATOR SUPPORTED
130[Patents] . Mixing chamber type
131[Patents]HAVING INTERRELATED FEED AND DISCHARGE MEANS
132[Patents] . Including means to monitor or control operation
133[Patents] . By single endless or screw conveyor
134[Patents] . Plural feed or discharge means
135[Patents] . Rotatable mixing chamber
136[Patents] . Recirculating from and to mixing chamber
137[Patents] . . Directly
137.1[Patents]JET OR SPRAY IMPINGING FREE-FALLING STREAM
138[Patents]WITH FLUSHING OF MIXING CHAMBER
139[Patents]IN VACUUM CHAMBER
140[Patents]WITH SAMPLING
141[Patents]WITH WEIGHING
142[Patents]WITH TEST, SIGNAL, OR INDICATOR MEANS
143[Patents]WITH INSPECTION MEANS (E.G., WINDOW)
144[Patents]WITH HEATING OR COOLING
145[Patents] . Including temperature control
146[Patents] . Electrical heating
147[Patents] . Medium in stirrer or mixing chamber
148[Patents] . Of supply
149[Patents] . Fluid-filled jacket
150.1[Patents]HAVING SPECIFIED FEED MEANS
151.1[Patents] . Responsive to condition sensor
151.2[Patents] . . Responsive to location of mixing chamber
152.1[Patents] . . Proportioning plural material components
152.2[Patents] . . . By volume or fixed quantity
152.3[Patents] . . . By viscosity
152.4[Patents] . . . By electrical conductivity
152.5[Patents] . . Responsive to viscosity
152.6[Patents] . . Responsive to level of material in feeder
153.1[Patents] . . Controlling level of material in mixing chamber
153.2[Patents] . Layering
153.3[Patents] . Endless conveyor
154.1[Patents] . Agitation of material in feeder or supply reservoir
154.2[Patents] . . By vibration
155.1[Patents] . . Rotatable impeller
155.2[Patents] . . . Having radially projecting pinlike element
156.1[Patents] . . . Screw conveyor
156.2[Patents] . . . . Plural screw feeders
157.1[Patents] . . . . Coaxial or unitary with stirrer
157.2[Patents] . . . . . Screw stirrer
157.3[Patents] . . . . . . Vertical axis
157.4[Patents] . . . . . Vertical axis
158.1[Patents] . . . . Axis parallel to stirrer in mixing chamber
158.2[Patents] . . . . Varying diameter screw or shank
158.3[Patents] . . . . Discontinuous screw
158.4[Patents] . . . . Including upstream agitator
158.5[Patents] . . Stationary deflector
159.1[Patents] . Returning material to supply
160.1[Patents] . Adjustable mixing ratio control
160.2[Patents] . . Including pump
160.3[Patents] . . . By variable pump
160.4[Patents] . . . . Piston pump
160.5[Patents] . . By volume
162.1[Patents] . Predetermined mixing ratio
162.2[Patents] . . Rotatable feeder
162.3[Patents] . . Feed chamber of decreasing volume
162.4[Patents] . Impinging jets
162.5[Patents] . . Having clean-out rod
163.1[Patents] . By suction
163.2[Patents] . . By venturi or jet pump type device
164.1[Patents] . . By stirrer
164.2[Patents] . . . Conduit integral with stirrer
164.3[Patents] . . . . Detachably or adjustably mounted on drive shaft
164.4[Patents] . . . . . Stationary deflector in mixing chamber
164.5[Patents] . . . . Outlet behind blade
164.6[Patents] . . . Centrifugal type
165.1[Patents] . Material introduced so as to cause rotary motion in mixing chamber (e.g., cyclonic)
165.2[Patents] . . Including deflector in chamber (deflector may be part of chamber wall)
165.3[Patents] . . Rotating stirrer in chamber
165.4[Patents] . . Feed means having a flow regulator (e.g., valve or pump)
165.5[Patents] . . Manifold in feed means
166.1[Patents] . Print washer type
167.1[Patents] . Liquid injector within mixing chamber
167.2[Patents] . . Injector is rotatable body having internal material passage and peripheral outlet (e.g., slinger)
168.1[Patents] . . Including rotating stirrer
168.2[Patents] . . . Driven by material feed
169.1[Patents] . . . Fed through stirrer or stirrer drive shaft
169.2[Patents] . . . . Fed radially through side wall of shaft
170.1[Patents] . . . . Rotating mixing chamber
170.2[Patents] . . . . Plural coaxial rotating shafts
170.3[Patents] . . . . Passage through stirrer blade
170.4[Patents] . . . . Stationary feed conduit received within rotating stirrer or shaft
171.1[Patents] . . . Including cooperating stationary element
172.1[Patents] . . . Plural injectors
172.2[Patents] . . . Injector directs material onto stirrer
173.1[Patents] . . Plural injectors
173.2[Patents] . . . Plural injectors for material from same source
174.1[Patents] . . Deflector
175.1[Patents] . . . Rotating mixing chamber
175.2[Patents] . . . Injector directs material onto deflector
175.3[Patents] . . Moving mixing chamber
176.1[Patents] . Pump forces material through restriction (e.g., static emulsifier)
176.2[Patents] . . Variable restriction (may be manual or pressure responsive)
176.3[Patents] . . Piston pump
176.4[Patents] . . . Adjustable pressure regulator
177.1[Patents] . Plural related feeders having separate outlets to mixing chamber
178.1[Patents] . . Concentric
178.2[Patents] . . . Feed means has plural identical outlets
178.3[Patents] . . . Inner feeder passes through wall of outer feeder and extends along common axis at the wall
179.1[Patents] . . Intermittent feed
180.1[Patents] . . Rotating mixing chamber
181.1[Patents] . . Including chute or hopper with gravity discharge to mixing chamber
181.2[Patents] . . . Including distributor
181.3[Patents] . . . Including gate, valve, or closure
181.4[Patents] . . Rotating stirrer and cooperating stationary element
181.5[Patents] . . Stationary deflecting element in flow-through mixing chamber
181.6[Patents] . . Feed means has plural identical outlets
181.7[Patents] . . Feed to narrow space between stirrer and chamber wall
181.8[Patents] . . Fluid pump
182.1[Patents] . Including specific structure for controlling flow through the feed means
182.2[Patents] . . Including pump
182.3[Patents] . . Including feed container having valved outlet
182.4[Patents] . . Including valve in feed conduit
183.1[Patents] . Static conveyor with gravity discharge to mixing chamber
183.2[Patents] . . Obstruction or distributing means in outlet (e.g., screen)
183.3[Patents] . . To rotatable mixing chamber
183.4[Patents] . . . Closed connection between conveyor and mixing chamber (e.g., sealed joint)
184[Patents]WITH SPECIFIED DISCHARGE MEANS
185[Patents] . By tilting mixing chamber
186[Patents] . By endless belt or screw conveyor
187[Patents] . Rotatable or oscillatable mixing chamber
188[Patents] . . Closure-type discharge
189[Patents] . Batch discharge
190[Patents] . By pump within mixing chamber
191[Patents] . By suction or compressed air
192[Patents] . Valve or gate
193[Patents] . . Sliding gate
194[Patents] . With rotatable or oscillatable stirrer
195[Patents] . . Interrelated with discharge means
196[Patents] . . Discharge effected by stirrer
197[Patents]MIXING CHAMBER REMOVABLE FROM STIRRER AND SUPPORT
198[Patents] . Plural supports
199[Patents] . Removable power drive means
200[Patents] . Support rotatable only
201[Patents] . . Adjustable stirrer
202[Patents] . Support oscillatory only
203[Patents] . Support rectilinearly reciprocable only
204[Patents] . Mixing chamber mounted within container
205[Patents] . Stirrer mounted through mixing chamber bottom wall
206[Patents] . With motor control
207[Patents] . Adjustable
208[Patents]BY MOVEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR REMOVABLE MIXING CHAMBER
209[Patents] . Mixing chamber secured to support
210[Patents] . . Support oscillatory only
211[Patents] . . . Motor driven
212[Patents] . . Support rectilinearly reciprocable only
213[Patents] . . Support rotatable only
214[Patents] . . . And means to clamp plural mixing chambers
215[Patents] . . Support pivotally mounted by plural linkage
216[Patents] . . Support oscillatory with additional motion
217[Patents] . . Support rotates about plural axes
218[Patents] . Mixing chamber conveyed by support during agitation
219[Patents]BY MOVEMENT OF MIXING CHAMBER RELATIVE TO STATIONARY SUPPORT
220[Patents] . Mixing chamber rotatable only
221[Patents] . . With scraper
222[Patents] . . Interrelated stirrer and mixing chamber drive
223[Patents] . . . Effecting counter rotation
224[Patents] . . With rotatable stirrer
225[Patents] . . With deflector
226[Patents] . . . Foraminous type
227[Patents] . . . Helical type
228[Patents] . . . Attached directly to chamber wall
229[Patents] . . . . Additional deflector on support in chamber
230[Patents] . . . Deflector stationary
231[Patents] . . . . Suspended within chamber
232[Patents] . . Mixing chamber supported by shaft at one end only
233[Patents] . . Roller or suspended support for mixing chamber
234[Patents] . . Foraminous mixing chamber
235[Patents] . . Plural mixing chambers
236[Patents] . . Rectangular mixing chamber
237[Patents] . Mixing chamber oscillating only
238[Patents] . . With stirrer
239[Patents] . Mixing chamber rocking only
240[Patents] . Mixing chamber rectilinearly reciprocating only
241[Patents]STIRRER WITHIN STATIONARY MIXING CHAMBER
242[Patents] . Mounted in removable mixing chamber closure
243[Patents] . . Oscillatory stirrer
244[Patents] . . Rotatable stirrer
245[Patents] . . . Axis fixed
246[Patents] . . . . Coincident axes
247[Patents] . . . . Single stirrer
248[Patents] . . . . . Bent bar
249[Patents] . . . . . Motor driven
250[Patents] . . . . . . Fluid motor
251[Patents] . . . . . . Electric motor
252[Patents] . . . . . Gear driven
253[Patents] . . . . . . Having cooperating stationary element
254[Patents] . . . . . . Adjustable stirrer or stirrer element
255[Patents] . . Translatable stirrer
256[Patents] . . . Rectilinearly reciprocable only
257[Patents] . . . . Plural stirrers
258[Patents] . . . . With rotary input drive
259[Patents] . . . . Actuated by pivoted lever
260[Patents] . . . . Spring return
261[Patents] . With means to move stirrer and support
262[Patents] . Pump type
263[Patents] . . Centrifugal
264[Patents] . . . Impeller with outer stationary ring
265[Patents] . . . Impeller only
266[Patents] . . Screw
267[Patents] . . Piston
268[Patents] . . . Plural
269[Patents] . . . Inlet and outlet at same end of flow path
270[Patents] . . Propeller blade type
271[Patents] . Endless conveyor with paddles
272[Patents] . Gear-type stirrer
273[Patents] . Magnetic stirrer
274[Patents] . . Actuating means in base support
275[Patents] . Flexible diaphragm
276[Patents] . Oscillatory stirrer
277[Patents] . . With additional motion
278[Patents] . . Including rotatable input drive
279[Patents] . Rotatable stirrer
280[Patents] . . With movable element actuated by material
281[Patents] . . With support for attachment to mixing chamber rim
282[Patents] . . . With motor drive
283[Patents] . . . With gear drive
284[Patents] . . . . Including adjustable rim contact support
285[Patents] . . Adjustable
286[Patents] . . . Axially
287[Patents] . . Planetary
288[Patents] . . . Axes of rotation and revolution parallel
289[Patents] . . Also axially reciprocable
290[Patents] . . In at least one of intercommunicating adjacent mixing chambers
291[Patents] . . . Plural stirrers on parallel axes in adjacent mixing chambers
292[Patents] . . Plural stirrers
293[Patents] . . . Coaxial
294[Patents] . . . . Differing in speed
295[Patents] . . . . Diverse stirrers
296[Patents] . . . . Rotating in opposite directions
297[Patents] . . . On parallel axes
298[Patents] . . . . Differing in speed
299[Patents] . . . . Diverse stirrers
300[Patents] . . . . Rotating in opposite directions
301[Patents] . . . . Intermeshing with each other
302[Patents] . . Having cooperating stationary element
303[Patents] . . . Interdigitating
304[Patents] . . . . Parallel to axis of rotation
305[Patents] . . . Cylindrical or conical stirrer or element
306[Patents] . . . Element mounted on mixing chamber end wall
307[Patents] . . . Element mounted on cylindrical mixing chamber wall
308[Patents] . . Collapsible articulated stirrer
309[Patents] . . Including scraper, wiper, or brush
310[Patents] . . . Helical type
311[Patents] . . . Pivotally mounted on noncoincident axis
312[Patents] . . . Plural distinct scraping edges or wiping surfaces
313[Patents] . . . . Axially offset
314[Patents] . . Mounted in mixing chamber bottom wall
315[Patents] . . Disk-type stirrer
316[Patents] . . . Apertured or notched
317[Patents] . . . With projection
318[Patents] . . Screw-type stirrer
319[Patents] . . . With additional agitator elements on screw
320[Patents] . . . Openwork helical ribbon
321[Patents] . . . Opposite pitch
322[Patents] . . . Discontinuous screw
323[Patents] . . . Varying diameter of convolutions or shank or varying pitch
324[Patents] . . . Apertured or notched
325.1[Patents] . . Relatively fixed plural elements
325.2[Patents] . . . Pinlike radially projecting element
325.3[Patents] . . . Spiral arrangement
325.4[Patents] . . . Element mounted parallel to shaft, spaced therefrom, and having at least one free end
325.5[Patents] . . . . Opposite free ends
325.6[Patents] . . . Looped wirelike element
325.7[Patents] . . . Openwork having element supported by central shaft at opposite ends
325.8[Patents] . . . . Element axis parallel to shaft
325.9[Patents] . . . . . Apertured element
325.91[Patents] . . . . Apertured element
325.92[Patents] . . . Flat element having major surface lying in plane substantially including shaft axis (e.g., paddle type)
325.93[Patents] . . . . Apertured element
325.94[Patents] . . . Openwork having substantially no central shaft
326.1[Patents] . . . Adjustable or flexible
327.1[Patents] . . . Of different pitch
327.2[Patents] . . . . Rodlike element having enlarged outer end
327.3[Patents] . . . . Elements of opposite pitch
327.4[Patents] . . . Oppositely pitched element sections
328.1[Patents] . . . Notched element
328.2[Patents] . . . Apertured element
328.3[Patents] . . . . Noncircular aperture
328.4[Patents] . . . . . Square aperture
329.1[Patents] . . . Diverse size or shape
329.2[Patents] . . . . Elements having different lengths
329.3[Patents] . . . . Including movable scraper
330.1[Patents] . . . Axially directing blade (e.g., propeller, helix section, etc.)
330.2[Patents] . . . . Blade detachably secured to hub
330.3[Patents] . . . . Bowed or angled out of plane of rotation
330.4[Patents] . . . . Outwardly increasing width
330.5[Patents] . . . . Outwardly decreasing width
330.6[Patents] . . . . Nonhorizontal, nonvertical axis of rotation
330.7[Patents] . . . . Convex trailing edge in plane of rotation
331[Patents] . . With specified mounting means
332[Patents] . Rectilinearly reciprocable stirrer
333[Patents] . . In contact with mixing chamber
334[Patents] . . Plural
335[Patents] . . . On parallel axes
336[Patents]STATIONARY DEFLECTOR (DIVIDING AND RECOMBINING TYPE) IN FLOW-THROUGH MIXING CHAMBER
337[Patents] . Angularly related flat surfaces
338[Patents] . Curved deflector surface
339[Patents] . . Helical ribbon or strand
340[Patents] . Plate or block being apertured, notched, or truncated in shape
341[Patents]STATIONARY MIXING CHAMBER
342[Patents]AGITATOR
343[Patents] . Stirrer
344[Patents] . . With ejector
345[Patents] . . Ambulant over material-supporting surface
346[Patents] . . . Track guided
347[Patents]COVER OR SHIELD FOR MIXING CHAMBER
348[Patents]METHOD
349[Patents]MISCELLANEOUS
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CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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600[Patents]BODINE VIBRATOR
601[Patents]MOTOR CONTROL
602[Patents]AMALGAM MIXER, E.G., DENTAL FILLING
603[Patents]ANIMAL FOOD MIXER
604[Patents]LATHER MAKER
605[Patents]PAINT MIXER
606[Patents]TRACTOR-MOUNTED MORTAR MIXING CHAMBER
607[Patents]CHAIN-TYPE STIRRER
608[Patents]STIRRER IN MIXING CHAMBER SIDE WALL


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