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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141599 | Expanded color space architectural paint and stain tinting system White-pigmented and unpigmented base paints and stains are custom-tinted using an automated colorant dispenser having a minimum fluid dispensing quantity less than 0.01 fluid ounce ( | 03/27/2012 |
| 8127805 | Beverage dispensing system A beverage dispensing system has a container with an upper lip, a bottom and a cylindrical sidewall. A read/write radio frequency identification tag is on a container. A beverage dispenser has a plurality of dispensing valves associated with a plurality of different... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8069885 | Apparatus and method for dispensing liquid and gaseous hydrogen A service station, in particular a hydrogen service station for filling a motor vehicle with a gaseous and/or a liquid medium, in particular with gaseous or liquid hydrogen, is disclosed. The station includes a) a reservoir for storing a liquid medium, b) a liquid m... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8020590 | Nozzle for filling a container with at least two viscous materials Nozzle for filling a container with at least a first and a second viscous or paste-like material, of the type including an outer cylindrical body having a delivery mouth. The nozzle has at least two cylindrical chambers, placed inside an outer cylindrical body and f... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7967037 | Apparatus and system for dispensing liquids An apparatus for pumping fluids comprises a suction pump and an inlet tube extendible into a container containing the fluid. A sealing plate is provided over the liquid surface to form a circumferential seal with the inner wall of the container and the outer wall of... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963304 | Multi-station liquid dispensing apparatus with automatic selection of proper flow rate A multi-station dispensing apparatus which affords an automatic flow rate for the product to be dispensed. It also provides a single control knob which can select from several different chemical concentrates to be diluted and dispensed. In addition, a bottle can be ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7690405 | Multiple fluid dispenser An improved multi fluid dispenser for simultaneous dispensing of a plurality of fluids shown and described. The dispenser includes a controller that is linked to a coordinator board. The controller has a memory with a plurality of recipes stored in the memory. A coo... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7578323 | Container for the safe storage of a dangerous liquid A container (10) for storing a liquid with a device (11, 12) for feeding one or more substances thixotroping the liquid to the liquid in the container (10) is characterized in that the device (11, 12) is designed so that it feeds the thix... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7516763 | Multi-station liquid dispensing apparatus with automatic selection of proper flow rate A multi-station dispensing apparatus which affords an automatic flow rate for the product to be dispensed. It also provides a single control knob which can select from several different chemical concentrates to be diluted and dispensed. In addition, a bottle can be ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516764 | Color changing system for vehicle A color changing system for a vehicle that allows an individual to change the visible color of a vehicle by using a plurality of paints inserted in between a pair of transparent layers that are attached to multiple portions of the vehicles. The paints are located wi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7513280 | Apparatus and methods for discharging particulate material from storage silos The silo includes at least three hoppers terminating in rectilinear discharge openings extending lengthwise transversely of a loading area below the discharge openings. Clam gates are movable between open and closed positions to discharge material. The discharge are... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7475710 | Apparatus and method for custom cosmetic dispensing Improved custom cosmetic formulation dispensing system including ingredients reservoirs for syringe dispensing. The ingredients reservoirs are carried by a translatable carrier to bring the respective reservoirs into dispensing alignment with a package, into which a... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7418981 | System for dispensing biological fluids Systems, including methods and apparatus, for dispensing biological fluids, such as allergens. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7395841 | Method and system for high-speed tablet counting and dispensing A medicament tablet dispensing system and method dispenses any selected number of tablets, up to a maximum number, with minimal dispensing delays. During fill operations, a preset number of tablets are counted and stored in dedicated storage compartments. Dispensing... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387681 | Liquid dispensing method and apparatus A method of dispensing a liquid, which handles a minimum amount of liquid without wasting it and to dispense and spray an exact amount of the liquid without precipitating solid particles. The method including the steps of regulating a flow rate of liquid in a flow p... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7360668 | Tablet packing apparatus A tablet packing apparatus having a tablet feeding section and storage shelves for storing tablet vessels in which tablets fed from the tablet feeding section are packed. The storage shelves include a plurality of container chambers in which the tablet vessels which... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349858 | Method of dispensing and tracking the giving of medical items to patients A method of tracking and dispensing the dispense of medical items for use by patients associated with a health care institution, includes storing in a data store in connection with a computer, data representative of patients and medical items prescribed for the pati... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347007 | Low pressure high capacity dryer for resins and other granular and powdery materials A vacuum dryer and method for drying granular or powdery material including at least one canister for holding said material being movable among a series of locations including material heating and vacuum drying locations, means for moving said canister among said lo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343941 | Method of preparing a pressurized container of pigmented paint A pressurized package contaning an initial paint formulation having a neutral or clear color is prepared by mixing a propellant and a clear non-pigmented base or a clear pigmented base or a white pigmented base in a pressurizable container. This pressurized containe... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334379 | Automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine An automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine simultaneously fills a plurality of product package templates in parallel with desired pharmaceutical dosing requirements. The templates are subsequently positioned over a temporary storage template having caviti... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328726 | Ramp rate blender The invention provides processes for delivering a blend of two or more compressed gas streams to a receiving vessel at a preset ramp rate under pressure regulation control in response to cumulative mass ratio when at least two of the streams have different compositi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7313898 | Container carrying system and method for use in an automated filling process In a container carrier system and method for use in an automated process for filling containers of multiple sizes, pucks of various sizes are inserted into compartments of container pallets to allow containers of different sizes to be held in the compartments. A puc... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308914 | Device for instant manufacture of customized paint, a control system for use in the said device and a process for making the paint using the device A device for instant manufacture of customized paint which comprises a container housing at least two cans, the cans are interconnected by means of a pipe, the pipe having valves which operate on electronic signals, connected to a pump the pump being provided with a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305279 | Information input device for tablet automatic packing machine Disclosed is an information input device for a tablet automatic packing machine capable of easily and directly storing tablet information in a memory chip and updating/reading the tablet information in/from the memory chip at a user side. The information input devic... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292914 | Remote access to chemical dispense system A system for controlling and monitoring operations of a chemical dispense system from a remote location is disclosed. The chemical dispense system includes a formulator for preparing a chemical product using one or more component chemical concentrates. The chemical ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285255 | Deodorizing and sanitizing employing a wicking device A device and method for sanitizing and deodorizing including the selective transportation of a sanitizing composition by the capillary action of a wick to an acidic composition which may be held in a reservoir, or which also may be selectively transported through th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284576 | Apparatus for filling receiving containers A container filling apparatus for topping off receiving containers that are partially filled with an initial amount of a solution of a concentrate and a diluent includes a dispenser for discharging additional concentrate into the receiving container, the dispenser b... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281361 | Method of article portioning A method for detecting and discriminating articles that are within a predetermined range of a specification into lots feeds a plurality of articles into an article portioning system having a counting head assembly that includes an article detecting unit located abov... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278452 | Filler for filling drink liquid The drink liquid, such as beer, soft drink, etc., stayed in stay portion 5 of filler during the filling operation is recovered without dropping of the quality. The filler is composed of cylinder rod 4 connected to the cap 3 of container 2... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277776 | Information input device for tablet automatic packing machine Disclosed is an information input device for a tablet automatic packing machine capable of easily and directly storing tablet information in a memory chip and updating/reading the tablet information in/from the memory chip at a user side. The information input devic... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267143 | Dynamic filling with high-pressure gas mixtures, particularly an NO/Omixture A method of manufacturing a gas mixture of at least two components. Oxygen, nitrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and carbon monoxide are all suitable for use as components in this method. Defined amounts of the components are dynamically mixed in order t... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258248 | Tablet cassette for medicine packing machine A tablet cassette for a medicine packing machine is disclosed. The tablet cassette for a medicine packing machine includes a cassette for accommodating tablets and having a passage formed at one side of a lower end thereof, a cassette support with which the cassette... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252122 | Bulk compounder manifold The present invention provides a manifold for receiving fluid tubes in a bulk compounder. In its simplest form, the manifold includes a plurality of inlets, each inlet defining an opening to a respective fluid passageway, and each passageway contains a check-valve. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240699 | Automated means for storing, dispensing and orienting injectable drug vials for a robotic application An automated medication preparation system according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a medication preparation station where a dosage of medication is prepared in a just-in-time manner and a holding station for storing multi-use injectab... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234247 | Low pressure dryer A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material includes a plurality of canisters rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material heating, vacuum drying and material inventory discharge positions; pneumatic piston-cylinder means for rotating the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225053 | Information input device for tablet automatic packing machine Disclosed is an information input device for a tablet automatic packing machine capable of easily and directly storing tablet information in a memory chip and updating/reading the tablet information in/from the memory chip at a user side. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225052 | Method for simultaneously preparing pharmacy vial label and drug-specific warning labels A method for preparing both main label and warning label portions for a container useful in dispensing drugs by a pharmacist in which the main label portion contains specific drug or patient information and the warning label portion contains one or more warnings spe... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210598 | Authomated pill-dispensing apparatus An under-counter portable automatic pill-dispensing apparatus includes a double array of storage units for storing pills in bulk, a retriever between the two arrays for retrieving selected storage units, and a pill-dispensing module for unloading pills into a vial. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206664 | Device and method for mixing substances The device, which serves to mix substances, especially coloring substances, has a processor unit, a local memory unit for storing mixing formulas, a display unit, and an input unit, as well as a measuring device, in particular a scale, with which portions of substan... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204823 | Medication delivery system and monitor Systems and methods for the delivery and monitoring of a medication, such as insulin, to a recipient are provided. An exemplary feature-rich system comprises an infusion pump with a control system for controlling medication delivery by the infusion pump and a bolus ... | 04/17/2007 |
