There is provided an apparatus and a method for producing a play compound and the play compound itself which, in one embodiment is a compound which sufficiently fluid to be pliable and is typically cold and slimy to the touch. The apparatus and a method provide a powder and liquid to a user, which can be a non-skilled person and thereby allow the mixing of the powder and liquid together by that person to form the play compound outside of a factory environment whilst ensuring that the play compound which is formed has the desired characteristics. Most typically the user which performs the mixing can be the end user, such as a child, who will play with the compound and so the formation of the play compound forms a new part of the play experience.

There is provided an apparatus and a method for producing a play compound and the play compound itself which, in one embodiment is a compound which sufficiently fluid to be pliable and is typically cold and slimy to the touch. The apparatus and a method provide a powder and liquid to a user, which can be a non-skilled person and thereby allow the mixing of the powder and liquid together by that person to form the play compound outside of a factory environment whilst ensuring that the play compound which is formed has the desired characteristics. Most typically the user which performs the mixing can be the end user, such as a child, who will play with the compound and so the formation of the play compound forms a new part of the play experience.

The present invention involves the use of a small profile device for preparation and/or delivery of cold slurry into the human body. The cold slurry can be generated within the device itself or within a separate small chamber, both of which produce a cold slurry using a cooling source and an injectable fluid. The delivery device provides continued agitation to the fluid/slurry through rotation and/or vibration of blades within the device. The fluid/cold slurry is cooled/kept cool through the use of an external cooling device, such as a cooling sleeve, that at least partially surrounds the delivery device. The cooling sleeve can cool or maintain the temperature of the cold slurry through a number of mechanisms. The cold slurry can be delivered using a device in accordance with the present invention to any tissue inside the body, including subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, and brown fat.

A mixing apparatus has a chemical moving part, a motor, a paddle, and a plate. The chemical moving part is configured to receive and output a chemical in a pipe. The motor is configured to rotatably drive a shaft coupled to the motor at a first end of the shaft. The shaft defines a central rotational axis. The paddle is connected to a second end of the shaft and configured to rotate with the shaft. The plate is configured to secure the motor to the pipe and has a first side facing the motor and a second opposite side facing a projection of the paddle. The first side defines a first length extending in a direction perpendicular to the shaft and the second side defines a second length extending in a direction perpendicular to the shaft. The first length is greater than the second length.

A system for processing material has a power supply and a machine having a hopper for receiving and passing material to an auger. The auger has a shaft with an axis about which it rotates, a helical flighting mounted to the shaft, pins mounted to the helical flighting, and paddles mounted to the shaft. The radial outer edge of the helical flighting is crenelated with periodic notches that form rectangular blades on the helical flighting. The pins are rotationally and angularly aligned with leading edges of the rectangular blades. The system may include a vehicle, such as a trailer, having first and second compartments separated by a partition. The power supply is located in the first compartment and has a power supply member extending though the partition. The machine is located in the second compartment and coupled to the power supply member.

A system for processing material has a power supply and a machine having a hopper for receiving and passing material to an auger. The auger has a shaft with an axis about which it rotates, a helical flighting mounted to the shaft, pins mounted to the helical flighting, and paddles mounted to the shaft. The radial outer edge of the helical flighting is crenelated with periodic notches that form rectangular blades on the helical flighting. The pins are rotationally and angularly aligned with leading edges of the rectangular blades. The system may include a vehicle, such as a trailer, having first and second compartments separated by a partition. The power supply is located in the first compartment and has a power supply member extending though the partition. The machine is located in the second compartment and coupled to the power supply member.

The present invention concerns a mixing shaft comprising a tool holder and a mixing blade, wherein the tool holder has a recess in which a portion of the mixing blade is fixed. To provide a simple mixing shaft, there is proposed a clamping portion fitted into the recess for fixing the mixing blade portion in the recess, wherein the clamping portion, the recess and the mixing blade portion are of such a configuration that a force-locking connection of the mixing blade in the recess is implemented by means of the clamping portion.

The present invention provides a stirrer for manufacturing glass including a stirrer shaft and a multi-staged rod-shaped stirrer blade fixed so as to penetrate through the stirrer shaft. This stirrer blade is a hollow cylindrical body including: a cylinder obtained by seam welding of two opposing sides of a flat plate made, for example, from strengthened platinum containing platinum or a platinum alloy as a matrix and metallic oxide dispersed in the plate; and a disk welded to an entire circumference of both ends of the cylinder and made from an identical material, and it penetrates so that a weld line crosses a center axis of the stirrer shaft, and is fixed so that a locus of an end portion of the blade forms a spiral shape. In addition, the rod-shaped stirrer blade has a core layer showing a dispersed structure that exists in a cross-sectional structure at a fixing portion with the stirrer shaft and does not receive heat effect resulting from fixing. The present invention is effective in stirring of molten glass having high viscosity, and has enhanced stirring operation and improved durability against deformation and damage.

A particulate material leveling system includes an agitating system disposed within a storage tank for a particulate material. The agitating system includes a drive system and a shaft coupled to the drive system. Further, the drive system drives the shaft to rotate about a central axis. The agitating system also includes a wrapped wire coupled to the shaft. The wrapped wire extends around the shaft along a helical path in an axial direction and a circumferential direction, and the wrapped wire moves the particulate material in the axial direction in response to rotation of the shaft in a first direction about the central axis.

A particulate material sensing and agitation control system includes a controller with a memory and a processor, where the controller is configured to receive at least one sensor signal indicative of a measured profile of a particulate material within a storage tank of an agricultural system, determine whether a variation between the measured profile and a target profile is greater than a threshold value, and output a first output signal to a user interface indicative of instructions to inform an operator of a profile variation, output a second signal to an agitating system indicative of activation of the agitating system, or a combination thereof, in response to determining that the variation between the measured profile and the target profile is greater than the threshold value.