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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Nch Corporation, Irving, TX (US);
Inventors:
Wayne Anthony Fleming, Dallas, TX (US);
William Pierre Boesch-Deveze, Plano, TX (US);
Jose Eduardo G. Evaro, Mansfield, TX (US);
Robert C Pearce, III, Arlington, TX (US);
Miguel Eugene Rushing, Denton, TX (US);
Michael Joseph Trevino, Bedford, TX (US);
Assignee:
NCH CORPORATION, Irving, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/36 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); B24B 37/013 (2012.01); B24B 37/04 (2012.01); B65B 1/36 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5086 (2013.01); B24B 37/013 (2013.01); B24B 37/042 (2013.01); B65B 1/366 (2013.01); H01L 22/20 (2013.01); H01L 22/26 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus useful for feeding a particulate starter material comprising nutrient and bacteria to a mixing tank, for solubilizing the starter material inside the mixing tank, for promoting growth of the bacteria and for discharging an aqueous slurry comprising the bacteria from the mixing tank. The apparatus preferably has a gravity-flow feeder and discharge port, does not require a pump, and comprises disposable parts.