Mixing apparatus
United States Patent D279499
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Electric dental material mixer
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/0184894.html
Parks - November, 1876 - 0184894
/D228222.html
Mantelet - August, 1973 - D228222
/0235505.html
Buck - December, 1880 - 0235505
Housing for centrifugal casting machine
Goodrich et al. - February, 1980 - D254325
Electric dental material mixer
Porteous - January, 1981 - D258085
Inventors:
Case, Kirt L. (Warsaw, IN)
Application Number:
D/467704
Publication Date:
07/02/1985
Filing Date:
02/18/1983
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Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc. (Warsaw, IN)
Primary Class:
Other Classes:
D07/376
Field of Search:
D7/376, D7/378, D7/379, D7/384, D7/386, D7/412, D7/47, D24/22, 241/168, 241/169.1, 366/279, 366/205, 366/314
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Foreign References:
| FR1008837 | May, 1952 | 241/168 |
Other References:
Stryker.RTM. Brochure-MixEvac.RTM. Cement Mixer, .COPYRGT.Aug. 1978.
DePuy Brochure-Vacu-mix.RTM. Orthopedic Cement Mixing System.
Zimmer.RTM. Catalog p. #A212-Monomer Fume Evacuating System Product Nos. 5049-9/13, 1981 Catalog.
Howmedica.RTM. Brochure-Howmedica.RTM. Mix-Kit I.TM. and Howmedica.RTM. Mix-Kit II.TM. Bone Cement Mixing System, .COPYRGT.1980.
DePuy Brochure-Vacu-mix.RTM. Orthopedic Cement Mixing System.
Zimmer.RTM. Catalog p. #A212-Monomer Fume Evacuating System Product Nos. 5049-9/13, 1981 Catalog.
Howmedica.RTM. Brochure-Howmedica.RTM. Mix-Kit I.TM. and Howmedica.RTM. Mix-Kit II.TM. Bone Cement Mixing System, .COPYRGT.1980.
Primary Examiner:
Ansher, Bernard
Assistant Examiner:
Titolo, Linda
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Geringer, Margaret L.
Claims:
1. The ornamental design for a mixing apparatus, as shown and described.
Description:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mixing apparatus for surgical bone cement or the like showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof, the inner mixing bowl has been omitted for ease of illustration;
FIG. 6 is a top perspective view of an inner mixing bowl shown separately for clarity of illustration.