The device includes a vessel to be filled with a mixture of water and a component producing foam, where the vessel comprises a device for blowing air into the mixture to produce foam. It is provided according to the disclosure that the device comprises at least two vessels to be filled with the mixture arranged one above the other in a vertical direction in tiers, where the vessels comprise the device for blowing air into the mixture to produce foam, where the vessels are open towards an outlet region such that the foam produced in the vessels is merged in the outlet region.

[Object] To provide a mixing device capable of accurately mixing a solution in a multi-well plate.

[Solving Means] A mixing device 1 is configured to be attachable to a multi-well plate 30 and includes a casing 100, a plurality of stirrers 11, a plurality of motors 12 as a drive portion, and a mounting portion 16. The casing 100 includes a main surface portion 101 facing an upper surface 301 of the multi-well plate 30. The stirrers 11 protrude from the main surface portion 101 toward wells 31 of the multi-well plate 30. The motors 12 are disposed to the casing 100 and rotate the stirrers 11 about axes thereof. The mounting portion 16 is provided to the casing 100 and is mounted to the multi-well plate 30 to position the casing 100 on the multi-well plate 30.

In one example, a liquid mixture nozzle for flowing a liquid mixture therethrough includes a body having a flow inlet and a flow outlet. The flow inlet is configured to couple to a first piece of piping and the flow outlet is configured to couple to a second piece of piping. The liquid mixture nozzle also includes a converging section having a decreasing diameter positioned adjacent the flow inlet, an orifice positioned at a narrow end of the converging section, an intermediate section having a constant diameter positioned adjacent the orifice, a diverging section having an increasing diameter positioned adjacent the intermediate section and the flow outlet.

A transportable system for creating an ORP in water includes an ozone supply unit and a manifold housed in separate enclosures on a wheeled frame. The ozone supply unit feeds into the manifold which contains a plurality of fluid paths and has one or more ozone intake ports. The ozone intake ports are fluidically coupled to one or more ozone output ports of the ozone supply unit. The manifold includes flow switches configured to transmit control signals to one or more controllers of the ozone supply unit in response to sensing a flow of water through the fluid paths in order to cause the ozone supply unit to generate ozone. The manifold also includes fluid mixers that are fluidically coupled to the ozone intake ports and configured to introduce the ozone generated by the ozone supply unit into the water flowing through the fluid paths.

A first solution is mixed and diluted with diluting liquid to make a first dilute solution, a second solution is mixed and diluted with diluting liquid to make a second dilute solution, and the first dilute solution and second dilute solution, both diluted with diluting liquid, are mixed in a sealed tank.

A fine bubble generating apparatus has a storage tank, a liquid feeding unit suctioning and feeding liquid stored in the storage tank, a gas discharge unit discharging gas into the liquid which is being fed by the liquid feeding unit, and a storage tank. The gas discharge unit includes a gas discharge member with pores having pore diameters of 1.5 μm or less, and a base member having a groove formed in a surface contacting the gas discharge surface of the gas discharge member. The liquid feeding unit moves the liquid along the gas discharge surface of the gas discharge member by causing the liquid to flow in a flow channel enclosed by the gas discharge surface of the gas discharge member and the groove of the base member such that a velocity relative to the gas discharge member is not less than 1 msec.

The present invention provides a system and method for automatic nucleic acid extraction and qualitative analysis. The system comprises a magnetic rotary mixer which comprises a plurality of magnetic rods for generating magnetism, configured to be retractable from the magnetic rotary mixer; a plurality of spin shaft for mounting tips, and the plurality of magnetic rods extend therein; an auto stage comprises a plate holder, which allows a plate place thereon; a mixer holder to hold the magnetic rotary mixer over the plate holder; and a heat plate, disposed under the plate holder for heating the plate. The present invention provides an automated high-throughput nucleic acid extraction and qualitative diagnosis with high efficiency and high accuracy, which is easy to interpret for operators, and realize that nucleic acid extraction and molecular detection can be completed at one time in a single device.

An apparatus, vortex generator assembly and method for automated cell lysis and nucleic acid purification and processing. The vortex generator assembly includes sample holder having a lysis well, at least one wash well, and an elution well. The vortex generator assembly also includes a sample holder cover having a plurality of vibration rods for creating a vortex in the wells of the sample holder. The apparatus includes motor operating a rotating cam to cause the vibration rods to vibrate and create the vortex in a well holding fluid and magnetic beads, wherein the vortexing speed is sufficient to overcome the magnetic attraction between the beads and disperse the beads in solution, to collect nucleic acids such as DNA.

A static mixer (100), comprising a static mixer housing, having an inlet port (120) for receiving a fluid, a channel (104) in fluid communication with the inlet port (120), a raised rib along a perimeter of the channel (104), a flow splitter for splitting the fluid into a first stream (106a) and a second stream (106b) within channels, a second flow splitter for splitting the first stream (106a) into a third stream (110a) and a fourth stream (110b) within channels and a third flow splitter for splitting the second stream (106b) into a fifth stream (110c) and a sixth stream (110d) within channels, a first T-style junction for rejoining and mixing the third stream and the fourth stream within a channel (112a), a second T-style junction for rejoining and mixing the fifth stream and the sixth stream within a channel (112b), and a third T-style junction for rejoining and mixing the streams; and a plastic film, the plastic film sealed to the raised rib, forming a static mixer (100) capable of mixing the fluid while remaining in a state of laminar flow.

Apparatus for mixing polymer, the apparatus comprising (i) a mixer housing including an internal chamber, said internal chamber having first and second sections in fluid communication with each other through a passageway; (ii) a first ram received in said first section; and (iii) a second ram received in said second section, where the apparatus is adapted to receive a composition including polymer within said internal chamber and move said composition between said first and second chambers through said passageway by operation of said first and second rams.