A mixing apparatus is configured to efficiently input noodles coated with an additive to a receiving tray, with no need to perform weighing again after the noodles are input to the receiving tray. The mixing apparatus includes at least two hoppers that each house falling noodles and that allows the noodles to fall through rotation of the hoppers. A supply device supplies a sauce to the noodles in the hoppers, and the two hoppers are spaced from one another in the falling direction.

A mixing apparatus is configured to efficiently input noodles coated with an additive to a receiving tray, with no need to perform weighing again after the noodles are input to the receiving tray. The mixing apparatus includes at least two hoppers that each house falling noodles and that allows the noodles to fall through rotation of the hoppers. A supply device supplies a sauce to the noodles in the hoppers, and the two hoppers are spaced from one another in the falling direction.

A dipping station is provided for coating bee hive frame members with a coating of wax. The dipping station comprises a housing having a reservoir for receiving a supply of melted wax. The reservoir approximates the dimension of a frame member. The dipping station is provided with a heating element to melt the wax placed in the reservoir. Water is added to the reservoir to avoid overheating the wax. Individual frame members are dipped into the reservoir containing the melted wax whereby they are coated with melted wax as they are dipped into and removed from the reservoir.

A method of applying a coating liquid to an optical fiber is described. An optical fiber is drawn through a guide die into a pressurized coating chamber and through the pressurized coating chamber to a sizing die. The pressurized coating chamber contains a coating liquid. The method includes directing coating liquid in a direction transverse to the processing pathway of the optical fiber in the pressurized coating chamber. The transverse flow of coating liquid counteracts detrimental effects associated with gyres that form in the pressurized coating chamber during the draw process. Benefits of the transverse flow include removal of bubbles, reduction in the temperature of the gyre, improved wetting, homogenization of the properties of the coating liquid in the pressurized coating chamber, and stabilization of the meniscus.

A heatable treatment container for receiving a treatment bath for treating a surface of at least one large-format component having a diameter or dimensions in the range of 0.5 m to 12 m includes a container base with a container bottom, a container wall adjoining the container base, a removable lid, and a central heating column. The central heating column extends from the container bottom towards the removable lid or from the removable lid towards the container bottom. In an example embodiment, the central heating column extends from the container bottom over at least 50% of a height of the container wall towards the removable lid. In another example embodiment, the central heating column extends from the removable lid over at least 50% of a height of the container wall towards the container bottom.

Aspects of methods and apparatuses herein relate to making elastic laminates, and more particularly, methods and apparatuses for applying fluids onto elastic material positioned on an advancing substrate. The elastic material may be in various forms, such as for example, elastic strands, ribbons, and/or panels. Particular embodiments of the apparatuses and methods disclosed herein provide for the application of viscous fluids, such as adhesives, in pre-determined patterns to elastic material positioned on an advancing substrate.

Apparatuses for increasing the effective size of gas-entrained particles in a particle detector are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an evaporation chamber, a condenser in fluid communication with the evaporation chamber, and an inlet in fluid communication with the condenser for receiving a stream of sample gas containing gas-entrained particles. The evaporation chamber includes a heating element and a porous support surrounding the heating element. The porous support carries thereon a working fluid, and the heating element vaporizes the working fluid to form vapor within the evaporation chamber. The porous support may include a portion which extends into a working fluid reservoir.

Providing a mixing apparatus capable of efficiently input noodles coated with an additive to a receiving tray, and having no need to perform weighing again after the noodles are input to the receiving tray.

The mixing apparatus 8 includes: a hopper 30 that houses the falling noodles and that allows noodles to fall while rotating; and a supply device 60 that supplies a sauce to the noodles in the hopper 30, and at least two hopper 30 are provided in a falling direction.

Methods and apparatuses provide for the application of viscous fluids, such as adhesives, in pre-determined patterns to elastic material positioned on an advancing substrate, wherein the elastic material may be in various forms.

Apparatus to make decorations on a prefabricated water-proofing bitumen-mix membrane, wherein the decorations are made by depositing solid particles, in the form of flakes, grains, sand or grit, suitable to adhere to at least one surface of said prefabricated water-proofing bitumen-mix membrane. The apparatus includes at least one transfer member provided with a support surface suitable to receive, support and transfer the solid particles toward the surface to be enhanced of the prefabricated water-proofing bitumen-mix membrane. The support surface is provided with a plurality of cavities suitable to receive the solid particles. The cavities are made inside at least one surface portion of the support surface and the surface portion, essentially reproducing the shape and sizes of at least one of the decorations.