Embodiments are described for a vessel with an aperture positioned at the top end of the vessel. A gasket having an opening is provided and disposed at the top end of the vessel such that the gasket is between the first and second sidewalls of the vessel. A selectively operable lid permits the opening of the vessel. At least one agitator is provided within the vessel to mix a stored material therein with a fluid.

Methods and systems for magnetic mixing. Particular embodiments relate to applying a magnetic field to move a magnetically responsive component in a chamber.

Method and apparatus for controlling acoustic treatment of a sample to mediate a tagmentation process used on double stranded DNA.

Method and apparatus for controlling acoustic treatment of a sample to mediate a tagmentation process used on double stranded DNA.

The invention relates to a method and a bioreactor for drying biogenic residues to a dry mass comprising filling the residues into a bioreactor filled with spheres and mixing the spheres and the residues so that films of the residues form on the surfaces of the spheres, drying the films of residues with the formation of crusts of dry mass with a residual water content on the surfaces of the spheres by feeding a drying medium into the bioreactor,

grinding and further drying the dry mass by mixing and grinding off powdery dry mass from the spheres.

EZE CHEF is a device a transparent plastic sheath that when placed over a bottle will measure ingredient levels to insure perfect recipe presentations of finished food entrees is disclosed. My invention improves on others by allowing a user to change the size of the mixing vessel without changing the ratio between ingredients and still come out with the same perfect end result.

A baby feeding container contains a bottle, a whisking ball, a sealing ring, and a liquid outlet. The whisking ball is positioned within the bottle. The liquid outlet is pressed against an opening of the bottle with the sealing ring. The liquid outlet includes a nipple collar and a feeding nipple that ensure the liquid within the bottle flows out of the feeding nipple. If the user intends on measuring the amount of liquid within the bottle, a plurality of quantity markers can be used. Moreover, the whisking ball is insulated in a rubberized coating to minimize any noise generated when the baby formula is mixed in water by shaking the bottle.

The disclosure is directed to a sample preparation apparatus for grinding or homogenizing test samples. More specifically, the disclosure relates to grinding samples using rotational and linear motion. Grinding samples can be accomplished with an apparatus with a slider-crank mechanism that is attached to an oscillating connecting linkage. The amplitude of oscillatory motion can be greater than or equal to a length of a sample processing chamber.

A kit and a method for using the kit to generate nanoseeds from protein nanocrystals and aggregates is disclosed. The method comprises mixing a plurality of beads with a protein nanocrystal or aggregate, and agitating the mixture to generate the nanoseeds. Nanoseeds made by disclosed embodiments may be of a high quality, as evaluated by TEM, and can be used to produce high quality protein crystals. Additionally, spectroscopic techniques, such as UV fluorescence and/or brightfield microscopy can be used to identify aggregates suitable to produce nanoseeds.

The present invention relates to a container-insertable agitation device comprised of a tether having a first end coupled to a container and a second end coupled to an agitator device, wherein the agitator device is suspended within the interior of the container via the tether.