An automatic apparatus for dispensing a predefined dosage form, comprising a housing and a pressable means coupled to said housing for activating said apparatus, said housing comprising: a chamber for accommodating a gel based carrier, an inlet for receiving a pharmaceutical composition, a mixing means interconnected with said chamber, motor means for operating said mixing means; and an outlet for dispensing said predefined dosage form. The pharmaceutical composition admixed with said gel based carrier by said mixing means forming and administrating a homogeneous mixture of a predefined dosage form by a single press action on said pressable means.

A hand blender containing a blade arrangement for a domestic appliance for cutting and comminuting food containing a rotatable blade with a hub which lies at a center of rotation of the blade for receiving a shaft. The blade includes at least one cutter which extends radially and which has a cutting edge that lies on a front side in the rotational direction and defines a circular cutting zone when circulating. The blade also includes a milling rib which protrudes upwards from the blade in an axial direction and is oriented so as to produce a milling effect when circulating and defines a corresponding milling zone that extends from the hub to the cutting zone of the cutter.

A method of producing a granular aggregate in which wet granulated substances including active material particles, conductive material particles, a binding agent for binding the active material particles and the conductive material particles, and a solvent are aggregated includes adding a binding agent solution in which the binding agent is dissolved in the solvent to the active material particles having a solvent absorbing property, mixing the binding agent solution and the active material particles such that a primary granular aggregate in which granulated primary granulated substances are aggregated is produced, and mixing the conductive material particles into the primary granular aggregate and producing a granulated granular aggregate.

An implement for stirring or comminuting, containing a drive motor arranged in a motor housing, a stem, in which a shaft connected to the drive motor in a rotationally rigid manner is mounted, and which is divided into an inner and an outer assembly, wherein the outer assembly has a shield at an end remote from the motor housing, and a working part surrounded by the shield, wherein the shaft is guided in an axially immovable manner in the inner assembly and the inner assembly is axially movable relative to the outer assembly. The working part is fixedly connected to the stem and is mounted in an axially immovable manner in the inner assembly, such that the working part can move in relation to the shield.

A device (1) for mixing which comprises a housing (2) with at least one inlet (3). A first process region (4) mixes the supplied substances which are introduced via the inlet (3) while a second process region (5) discharges the mixture via an outlet (6). A first gap-forming element (7), preferably a rotor, is assigned to the first process region (4) and comprises openings (8), and a second gap-forming element (9), preferably a stator, is assigned to the second process region (5) and corresponds with the first gap-forming element (7), wherein the second gap-forming element (9) comprises openings (10). At least one of the gap-forming elements (7, 9) is rotatable relative to the other gap-forming element (7, 9). The openings (8, 10) of the first and second gap-forming elements (7, 9) are arranged such that a mixture passes through the openings from the first into the second process region.

Provided an apparatus and method for carbonation treatment capable of efficiently carrying out a carbonation treatment. Provided is a carbonation treatment apparatus for subjecting a solid matter contained in a treatment object to a carbonation treatment by bringing the treatment object into contact with carbon dioxide while stirring the treatment object. The apparatus includes: a reaction vessel having a housing space in which the treatment object is housed; at least one stirrer that rotates about a vertically extending axis to stir the treatment object housed in the housing space; and the at least one stirrer being configured to move in planetary motion in the housing space when the treatment object is stirred.

Provided an apparatus and method for carbonation treatment capable of efficiently carrying out a carbonation treatment. Provided is a carbonation treatment apparatus for subjecting a solid matter contained in a treatment object to a carbonation treatment by bringing the treatment object into contact with carbon dioxide while stirring the treatment object. The apparatus includes: a reaction vessel having a housing space in which the treatment object is housed; at least one stirrer that rotates about a vertically extending axis to stir the treatment object housed in the housing space; and the at least one stirrer being configured to move in planetary motion in the housing space when the treatment object is stirred.