B01F27/054

CONFIGURABLE FLUID MIXING SYSTEM HOUSING AND SUPPORT HARDWARE
20190218494 · 2019-07-18 ·

The present set of embodiments relate a system, method, and various devices for installation of a bioproduction system. The bioproduction system includes a rigid housing having a moveable platform to assist in the installation of a bioprocessing container within. The system also includes mounting systems for a variety of peripherals originating from the flexible container while safeguarding operators. More specifically, the system includes systems and methods for mounting bearings, organizing tube sets, and placement of the flexible container in its proper orientation.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CELL CULTURE SCALING
20190218496 · 2019-07-18 ·

The present set of embodiments relate to a bioproduction system, method, and apparatus for creating a scalable bioreactor system. Specifically, the present set of embodiments enable the determination of bioreaction performance characteristics of a commercial scale by matching operational parameters between a small test scale bioreaction to that of a commercial scale bioreaction. The system and methods do not rely on simply making bioreactor apparatuses across scales the same dimensionally which would not account for differences in fluid dynamic properties between very small to very large volumes, but requires tuning of a variety of systems (mixing assembly, sparger system, and headspace airflow system) in conjunction with one another to achieve predictive outcomes.

Mixing systems, methods, and devices with extendible impellers

A mixing device includes a base, shaft, impeller sleeve, and impeller blades. The base can be constructed for releasable attachment to an opening of a container, such as a 55-gallon drum. The shaft extends from the base and is coupled thereto such that rotation can be transmitted to the shaft by way of or through the base. The impeller sleeve is mounted on the shaft and supports the impeller blades. Each impeller blade includes an attachment leg and a stirring leg extending from the attachment leg. The impeller blades are supported so as to transition from a collapsed position with the stirring leg proximal to a central axis of the shaft to an extended position with the stirring leg distal from the central axis when the shaft is rotated. Each impeller blade can be formed of a plastic, such as a glass-filled polypropylene or glass-filled nylon.

DRUM ASSMEBLY
20190209986 · 2019-07-11 ·

A drum assembly, including a generally cylindrical barrel portion having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an interior storage volume therebetween, and a generally conical bottom member connected to the barrel portion at the distal end and a generally flat top member connected to the barrel portion at the proximal end, wherein the barrel portion and the top and bottom members enclose the interior storage volume. The bottom member defines conical shape extending towards the distal end. A top chime is operationally connected to proximal end and extending away from the distal end, and a bottom chime is operationally connected to the distal end and extending away from the proximal end. A first plurality of spaced first ribs protruding from the top chime, wherein any two respective first ribs are spaced sufficiently far apart to accept a third first rib therebetween. A second plurality of spaced second ribs protruding from the bottom chime, wherein any two respective second ribs are spaced sufficiently far apart to accept a third second rib therebetween.

Collapsible agitator assembly for a bioprocessing system

A mixing system includes a container for containing a fluid, and an agitator assembly disposable in the container for mixing the fluid. The agitator includes an extensible shaft and at least one impeller connected to the extensible shaft.

Photo-resistor draw devices

A photo-resistor draw device includes a photo-resistor bottle, a sealing cover arranged on an inlet of the bottle, an air tube passing through the sealing cover and being inserted within the photo-resistor bottle, and a photo-resistor draw tube. The photo-resistor bottle further includes a stirring component for stirring the photo-resistors. As the novel photo-resistor draw device includes the stirring component for preventing the high-precision photo-resistor from being subsided. Not only the stability of the color filter products may be enhanced, but also the defects may be eliminated. As such, the yield rate of the products is improved.

STRUCTURE OF DOUGH PREPARATION MACHINE
20190142018 · 2019-05-16 ·

A dough preparation machine includes a power unit, which drives, through rotational speed mechanism, a helical screw shaft that extends into a dough chamber so that the dough is compressed and pushed through rotation of the helical screw shaft to be discharged out of a jet nozzle mounted to the dough chamber. The dough chamber is provided, at a location above the helical screw shaft, with an auxiliary dough driver, which includes two movable blades that are opposite to each other and are selectively extendable outward and retractable inward. When one of the movable blades passes through a circular sidewall of dough chamber, it is pressed by the sidewall to get retracted inwardly and at the same time causing another one of the movable blades to extend outward to knead and poke dough. This process is cyclically repeated to efficiently knead the dough and prevent attachment of the dough.

Reel assembly for a mixer

A reel assembly for a feed mixer having a plurality of support plates connected to a central shaft. A plurality of reel bars extend between and are connect to adjacent support plates with a torsion spring assembly.

Container with Integrated Stirring Device
20190126216 · 2019-05-02 ·

A jar or other storage container with an integrated stirring device, where the contents of the jar or storage container can be stirred and mixed together without having to completely open the jar or storage container. The core components in one embodiment are a top portion that contains external threads, a lid portion which contains internal threads, a spindle with an etched self-reversing screw pattern, a hub, one or more stirring blades, and a nut. The stirring blades have one end attached at a hub that is free to rotate on the spindle, the other end is attached to a nut that can travel up and down the self-reversing screw pattern, and the spindle is fixed to the lid portion. The surface area of the stirring blade(s) can be changed to accommodate different thicknesses and viscosities of different fluids and semi-fluids placed in the storage container.