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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284578 | Apparatus for placing products into blisters of a blister band In an apparatus for filling a blister band with products, two or more work units are carried by relative carriages and have hoppers fed with different kinds of products. The products are then supplied to discharge conduits leading to the blisters of the band. Strips... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275570 | Desiccant dispensing system A method and apparatus for controlling dispensing of a desiccant material into an interior region of an elongated spacer frame member. The appropriate desiccant dispensing nozzle is automatically selected and/or the distance between the desiccant dispensing nozzle a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7112449 | Combinatorial chemical synthesis Combinatorial synthesis methods obtain a plurality of compositions having materially different characteristics using an apparatus having a plurality of collectors. A first quantity of fluid reactants are reacted to form a first quantity of product composition. Follo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6896849 | Manually-operable multi-well microfiltration apparatus and method A multi-well microfiltration apparatus and method are provided and feature a manual touch-off system for transferring pendent drops hanging from discharge-conduits of a discharge-conduit array to respective receiving wells or receiving holes of a corresponding recei... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6681816 | Device for injecting a product at a predetermined location of a moving object A device for injecting a product towards a predetermined site of objects continuously moving along a given path while being spaced apart from one another by a specific step. The device (10) includes a series of injectors (26) borne by a mobile support (28... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6435228 | Drilling apparatus for filled pots during movement An apparatus for successively subjecting objects to a processing, comprising a transporting device for transporting the objects; a feed device for feeding the objects for processing to the transporting device; at least one processing device for processing... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6395231 | Pipette and handling automatic machine for microtitration plates with permeable bases A device for filling and suction of filter plates in a microtitration plate format which is comprised of a simultaneously working multipipette, two stacking elements, a plate transfer car with a suction station, four lifting drives, and an electric plate ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6244307 | Transportation, feeding and filling apparatus of irregular-formed vessels and transportation and feeding method A filling apparatus of irregular-formed vessels having an intermittent swinging table (111) disposed above a continuous rotation table (5) and having a plurality of filling nozzles (121) at a same pitch as the vessel holding pitch, filling means for pushi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6237650 | Machine for metering liquid pharmaceutical products The machine provides for metering liquid pharmaceutical products into bottom shells, and has: a bottom part rotating about a respective vertical axis; a number of first vertical through holes formed in the bottom part; a piston movable reciprocatingly alo... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6145552 | Particulate product following system and method A container following system for use with a particulate product measuring and dispensing machine having a discharge opening for allowing measured quantities of particulate product to drop therefrom into a moving container. The container following system c... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6135169 | Automatic cupped drinks dispenser The dispenser comprises a plurality of delivery stations (20a-20b, 30) for the constituent substances of the drink, a delivery station (40) for empty cups, a location (10) for release of the drink to the user, and an automatic control unit which automatic... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6058985 | Bottling machine with a set-up table and a set-up table for a bottling machine and a set-up table for a bottle handling machine A set-up table or conveyor system for bottle handling machines with inlet and outlet star wheels and corresponding guide rails for the bottles. The drive mechanisms for the individual star wheels are located below and at a distance from the star wheels. T... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5971041 | Container filling apparatus with walking nozzles bank A machine for filling fluid product into containers delivered in a row by a conveyor has a filling station with a walking nozzle bank. Containers are processed batchwise through the filling station, the nozzle bank including elongated gripper plates that ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5829493 | Apparatus for filling containers with a liquid An apparatus for filling containers with a liquid which includes a plurality of independent tanks positioned successively along a track that supports a series of containers. Each tank includes a weir for dispensing a liquid into the containers. The tanks ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5765607 | Machine for metering pharmaceutical products into containers A machine for metering pharmaceutical products into containers, each presenting, at least one given portion, a seat for a pharmaceutical product in the form of small-size particles; a conveyor being provided to convey the containers in a given direction t... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5564482 | Method and apparatus for transferring a predetermined portion of product to a container The disclosure relates to apparatus for delivering a predetermined portion of product to a plurality of containers. The apparatus includes a driven endless conveyor having a plurality "of" horizontal flat plates pivotally connected to one another. Fences ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5494085 | Container filling apparatus A container filling apparatus includes a tank mounted over a conveyor, and containers being moved along a conveyor under the tank. An elongated slot is formed in the bottom of the tank and aligned over the containers on the conveyor, to dispense fluid int... | 02/27/1996 |
| 4972882 | Automatic weight sorting machine An automatic weight sorter used with a rotary container filling machine for sorting filled containers by weight. The filling machine has a rotary platform with a plurality of filling stations in which the containers, such as bottles, are supported for fil... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4960156 | Method and apparatus for topping off containers with liquid to predetermined headspace level Accurately reproducible filling to a selected headspace level of a rapidly moving line of containers is obtained by using a single feeder screw through at least a final portion of a filling region and an outfeed zone following the filling region. The cont... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4899790 | Filling apparatus for a powdery product The filling apparatus for a powdery product, especially for a freeze-dried food product, has a container conveyor for a plurality of containers, a measuring device and a plurality of filling funnels which are placed in the containers. The container convey... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4557313 | Continuous sequential casting apparatus An apparatus for the continuous sequential casting of metals and their alloys wherein a furnace is rotated about an axis and a series of molds is continuously transported to the furnace and the molds are sequentially filled with molten metal poured from t... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4498358 | Oscillating head filler device An arrangement for use in a conveying and filling device where a conveyor is provided which travels along a linear path in a selected direction to carry articles, for example, recepticles to be filled. A dispensing device is carried by a mounting arm loca... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4398577 | Flowable product metering and dispensing machine A machine is provided which accurately measures and dispenses predetermined quantities of flowable products through an orbiting dispenser into conveyorized containers moving therebeneath. Orbital movement of the dispenser is synchronized with the linear s... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4349053 | Method and apparatus for filling containers with liquid Equally spaced pusher bars moving continuously around a closed path individually engage open top containers and push them in single file through a filling region where they are filled with liquid flowing freely in a continuous sheet from an elongated disc... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4227556 | Method and apparatus for slush molding articles of footwear In a slush molding process for producing a boot or shoe from a plastisol, a mold in the shape of the article of footwear is filled with liquid plastisol, the mold is heated to form a skin, the mold is tilted to pour out excess plastisol, and, after fillin... | 10/14/1980 |
