A mounting assembly is provided, including: a drive coupler shaped to engage a coupling member on a shaft positionable within a container defining an aperture to allow passage of the shaft; and a funnel positioned within the aperture to receive the drive coupler and guide the drive coupler to the coupling member. The assembly provides ergonomic advantages as the user is not required to lift the drive to reach the aperture.

A combination crystallizer washer filter dryer device and methods of using the device for producing washed and dried product of a reaction are disclosed. The device consolidates the functions of a crystallizer with the filtering, washing, and drying steps to a single vessel, eliminating the need for an additional crystallizer separate from the filter washer dryer device, the transfer of a reaction product or crystallized product from a crystallizer to a subsequent vessel for completing the filtering, washing, and drying process of the solid phase of the slurry.

A combination crystallizer washer filter dryer device and methods of using the device for producing washed and dried product of a reaction are disclosed. The device consolidates the functions of a crystallizer with the filtering, washing, and drying steps to a single vessel, eliminating the need for an additional crystallizer separate from the filter washer dryer device, the transfer of a reaction product or crystallized product from a crystallizer to a subsequent vessel for completing the filtering, washing, and drying process of the solid phase of the slurry.

A powder mixing device, having: a stand; a frame mounted to the stand, the frame being rotatable around a first axis of rotation; and a mixing vessel mounted to the frame, the mixing vessel being rotatable around the first axis of rotation; wherein the mixing vessel comprises at least two components, a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment has a work function higher or lower than a work function of the second segment, and a work function of a powder to be mixed is within the work function of the first segment and the second segment.

A powder mixing device, having: a stand; a frame mounted to the stand, the frame being rotatable around a first axis of rotation; and a mixing vessel mounted to the frame, the mixing vessel being rotatable around the first axis of rotation; wherein the mixing vessel comprises at least two components, a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment has a work function higher or lower than a work function of the second segment, and a work function of a powder to be mixed is within the work function of the first segment and the second segment.

Mixing systems that include a mixer housing and one or more disk assemblies for mixing and processing materials is disclosed. The disks rotate to mix an additive into the material and to carry agglomerated solids toward a discharge of the mixing system. The disks may have a plurality of fingers or lobes which extend from a central portion of the disks.

A system and method for mud mixing using a container to hold a joint compound and the water. The container having a lid to keep the container shut and preventing the liquids from escaping wherein the container may then be shaken by the user to mix the joint compound with the water. The user then may remove lid and pull on a rod and plate connected to one another at the bottom of holding container. Rod and plate act as a pressure seal, whereby when the rod is pulled all of the mud may be removed from the container and placed into a pan for use.

The mortar mixer paddle assembly includes a rectilinear shaft having a centrally registered longitudinal axis, a tow-end and an engine-end axially opposed from the tow-end, and a plurality of rectilinear paddle arms radially extending outwardly from the centrally registered longitudinal axis. A mechanism for entraining air into the mortar mixture and along the rectilinear shaft inside the existing polyethylene drum is provided. A mechanism for horizontally reciprocating a mortar mixture slurry along a bi-directional linear travel path parallel to the centrally registered longitudinal axis of the rectilinear shaft is provided. A mechanism for radially redirecting slow-moving mortar mixture slurry, traveling along the rectilinear shaft, upwards into faster moving arcuate travel paths rotating about the rectilinear shaft thus eliminating mortar mixture slurry build-up on the rectilinear shaft and the rectilinear paddle arms is provided.

A mixing apparatus for mixing powder and liquid, includes: an apparatus main body having an internal space; a cylindrical member arranged in the internal space with one end facing upward and the other end facing downward, the one end and the other end being opened; a powder dispersing portion arranged above the apparatus main body, the powder dispersing portion dispersing the powder into a space of the cylindrical member; a liquid spraying portion arranged in a vicinity of the powder dispersing portion, the liquid spraying portion spraying the liquid into a space of the cylindrical member; a collection portion arranged below the apparatus main body, the collection portion collecting a mixed powder consisting of the powder dispersed by the powder dispersing portion and the liquid sprayed by the liquid spraying portion; a filter arranged around the cylindrical member in the internal space; and a discharge port discharging air in the internal space through the filter.

A frame delimits an inside space and includes a peripherally closed side wall and two transverse openings or one transverse opening and a transverse end wall. It is capable of allowing the airtight engagement of the open free edge of a side wall in film form of a receptacle that is at least partially deformable. It is specially designed for the creation of a 3D container. The frame is also able to act as a support for at least one functional port or attachment port of a functional element. Its axial size is adequate for delimiting a space of a size that is at least equal to the axial dimension of the functional element, so that the latter can be completely housed within the inside space.