A method of mixing liquids in a tank includes inputting a first liquid into the tank through a first inlet, inputting a second liquid into the tank through a second inlet near the bottom of the tank and directing the second liquid towards a mixing paddle within the tank, and rotating the mixing paddle, thereby forming a mixture within the tank.

A blender assembly includes a base and a blender pivotally mounted on the base such that the blender pivots in only a single plane. A magnetic locking assembly releasably locks the blender to the base and unlocks the blender from the base to allow the blender to pivot with respect to the base.

A mixing tank disposed onboard a unit for coiled tubing oilfield operations includes a mixing paddle within the mixing tank capable of agitating liquids therein, a water inlet capable of introducing water into the mixing tank and directing water flow toward the mixing paddle, and one or more chemical inlets capable of introducing one or more chemicals from chemical storage units into the mixing tank.

A tank apparatus and a system for dispersing by circulating a mixture that prevents powdery additives from adhering to an inner face of a tank from scattering in the tank, from drifting on the surface of a liquid, and from agglutinating, are presented. The tank apparatus that stores a raw material that is slurry or liquid and supplies powdery additives to the raw material to mix them with the raw material comprises a tank for storing the raw material and a screw-type device for supplying powdery additives that is integral with the tank and supplies the powdery additives to the raw material in the tank, wherein a tip of a part for supplying powdery additives of the screw-type device for supplying powdery additives is inserted into the mixture in the tank.

An accessory configured to be connected to a self-propelled landscaping device. The accessory includes a frame that is releasably connectable to the device. The accessory includes a hopper supported on the frame and configured to hold bulk material in an interior area thereof. The hopper includes an upper opening for receiving bulk material and a lower opening for discharging the material. A conveyor extends below the hopper. The conveyor is selectively operative to move bulk material discharged from the lower opening in a first direction toward a conveyor first end or in a second direction toward a conveyor second end. A spreader is configured to engage and propel bulk material that is discharged at the conveyor first end. A conveyor extension is movably mounted on the frame and that includes an outward end that is selectively positionable outward in the second direction. Material delivered from the conveyor second end is movable on the conveyor extension and discharged at the outward end.

An accessory configured to be connected to a self-propelled landscaping device. The accessory includes a frame that is releasably connectable to the device. The accessory includes a hopper supported on the frame and configured to hold bulk material in an interior area thereof. The hopper includes an upper opening for receiving bulk material and a lower opening for discharging the material. A conveyor extends below the hopper. The conveyor is selectively operative to move bulk material discharged from the lower opening in a first direction toward a conveyor first end or in a second direction toward a conveyor second end. A spreader is configured to engage and propel bulk material that is discharged at the conveyor first end. A conveyor extension is movably mounted on the frame and that includes an outward end that is selectively positionable outward in the second direction. Material delivered from the conveyor second end is movable on the conveyor extension and discharged at the outward end.

The present invention concerns an apparatus for treating and cooling foundry moulding sand, comprising a mixing container and a mixing tool rotatable about a drive shaft, wherein there is provided an air feed for the feed of air into the container interior. To provide an improved apparatus with which a more uniform fluidised layer is produced as far as possible over the entire cross-section of the mixing container, wherein moreover the proportion of the solid particles entrained with the gas flow is to be reduced, it is proposed according to the invention that the mixing tool has at least two mixing vanes spaced from each other in the vertical direction and at least one mixing vane has a mixer blade with a surface which is inclined relative to the horizontal.

An agitator assembly for use with industrial mixers that includes at least two rotating agitators, wherein each rotating agitator includes an agitator shaft, wherein the agitator shaft defines an axis of rotation extending from a first end of the agitator shaft to a second end of the agitator shaft; and first, second, and third sweep blades mounted on the agitator shaft, wherein the pitch angle of each sweep blade relative to the axis of rotation of the agitator shaft is between 30-60; and wherein the rotating agitators rotate in opposite directions relative to one another when the assembly is in use.

There is provided a thermocouple temperature detector mounting structure for a mixing tank for which the temperature detecting end of the thermocouple temperature detector mounted on the high viscosity mixing material mixer is capable of measuring temperature in real time and for which the mechanical load applied, by the flow of the material being mixed, on the temperature detecting end is made as small as possible. A temperature sensing portion with a hemispherical tip, of a protective inner tube that accommodates a thermocouple element of a thermocouple temperature detector, is mounted on a mixing tank, for mixing a high viscosity mixing material, so as to project from the end of a protective tip that projects into the mixing tank. With the outside diameter of a projecting base section of the protective tip that projects into the mixing tank being 2 to 3 times that of the protective inner tube, and with the projecting length (h) that projects into the mixing tank being the same length as the difference of the radius of the projecting base section of the protective tip and the radius of the protective inner tube, the outer circumferential face of a shoulder section of the protective tip, that is from the projecting base section of the protective tip to the site connecting to the outer circumference of the protective inner tube, is formed in a convex arcuate face that has a radius that is the difference of the radius of the projecting base section of the protective tip and the radius of the protective inner tube.

A method according to an embodiment may be used to make a carbonated protein beverage composition for large quantity mass production purposes. The method includes flowing a liquid protein concentrate and water, and mixing them to form a beverage composition pre-mix. The temperature of the pre-mix is sensed, and the water temperature of the water prior to mixing with the flowing protein concentrate is controlled to maintain a substantially constant temperature of the beverage composition pre-mix. Carbonation is added to the temperature controlled pre-mix to form the carbonated protein beverage composition, which is then containerized.