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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418984 | Method and wheel for transferring top shells of capsules on a machine for filling capsules with at least one pharmaceutical product On a continuous machine for filling capsules with at least one pharmaceutical product, the top shell of a capsule is transferred by advancing the top shell inside a relative seat, which is normally connected to a suction device to retain the top shell as of a loadin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409971 | Machine for dispensing fluid substance into containers In a machine (1) for filling containers with fluid products, different fluid substances are directed by means of a rotary valve assembly (19) into a tank (7) furnished with separate compartments (12, 13, 14, 15), isolated one from another... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396508 | Automated molecular pathology apparatus having independent slide heaters Apparatus and methods for automatically staining or treating multiple tissue samples mounted on microscope slides are provided. Individualized slide temperature control is accomplished by the heating system according to the present invention that has thermal platfor... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7350546 | Filling valve apparatus having a quick connect/release mechanism A filling valve apparatus having a flange for mounting to a beverage filling machine. A shank extends through the flange and is mounted to the beverage filling machine. A locking device is coupled to the shank with the locking device having an unlocked position loos... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347231 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a filling machine for filling bottles with a liquid beverage Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a filling machine for filling bottles and other beverage containers with a liquid beverage. The filling machine having a gas tube being configured and disposed to permit evacuation of gas from... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341079 | Machine for the aseptic treatment of containers in bottling plant Machine for the aseptic treatment of containers (10) in bottling plant, of the rotary type provided with a plurality of stations (9) for treating the containers and so shaped as to cause the treatment of the containers to take place under substantially... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7303725 | Automated high volume slide staining system An automated slide processing apparatus includes a plurality of work stations arranged in a stack, and a transport/elevator for transporting slides between the various work stations. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299833 | Filling valve apparatus A filling valve apparatus having a body portion with an inner wall terminating at an aperture to define a sealing seat. The inner wall extends below the seat to define a trap for a fluid. A cage extends from the body portion with the cage having an inner wall mating... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7270785 | Automated molecular pathology apparatus having fixed slide platforms Apparatus and methods for automatically staining or treating multiple tissue samples mounted on slides are provided, in which the slides and reagent bottles are held in fixed position, and the reagent and wash solutions brought to the slides. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7250301 | In situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining method An automated in situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining method and apparatus for treating a plurality of microscope slides. The process of heat induced antigen recovery and the process of staining the biological sample on the microscope slide are conducted i... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7220589 | Slide acqueous volume controlling apparatus Apparatus and methods for controlling the fluid on a slide are provided. Fluid reduction is accomplished by directing stream(s) of fluid at an edge of the slide, the streams of fluid being at an angle with the slide of less than 90°. The surface tension at the edge... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210507 | Capsule filling machine The capsule filling machine is provided with special volumetric dosing stations each having two or more adjacent dosing units (9, 9′, 22), fixed at equal distances from each other on the periphery of the carousel and located outside and at a distance from t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7192558 | Multi-well rotary synthesizer An apparatus for synthesizing polymer chains includes a controller, a plurality of precision fit vials circularly arranged in multiple banks on a cartridge, a drain corresponding to each bank of vials, a chamber bowl, a plurality of valves for delivering reagents to... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178562 | Pellet transfer apparatus and method An apparatus for transferring a mold charge pellet to a molding machine having a mold with a mold cavity includes a hub rotated about an axis, at least one arm extending generally radially from the hub to rotate with the hub around the axis, and a cam system extendi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165582 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, a beverage container filling machine, and a beverage container closing machine There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, a beverage container filling machine, and a beverage container closing machine, wherein only the top portions of containers being processed are disposed in a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156267 | Valve unit for filling machines The present invention relates to a valve unit for container filling machines, particularly for bottle fillers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a valve unit (1), particularly for machines for filling containers (8), comprising a holl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150998 | Multi-well rotary synthesizer An apparatus for synthesizing polymer chains includes a controller, a plurality of precision fit vials circularly arranged in multiple banks on a cartridge, a drain corresponding to each bank of vials, a chamber bowl, a plurality of valves for delivering reagents to... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7127870 | Replacement lock lever for an automatic beverage filling machine Replacement lock levers and related methods are disclosed which accommodate adjustment to acceptable tolerances of the force applied to cans being filled by the platform lift cylinder assemblies of the automatic beverage filling machine, due to an eccentricity of th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121062 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, having a container handling machine with interchangeable receptacles for the container mouth A container handling machine for containers, such as bottles, with a carousel that rotates around a vertical axis, with handling stations located at appropriate intervals for the handling of the containers, whereby the handling stations are located in a space that i... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114535 | Circular motion filling machine and method Continuous circular motion filling machine is provided for filling containers. The machine includes a rotating platform having an in-feed section disposed to receive empty containers and an out-feed section disposed to transfer filled containers from the rotating pl... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108025 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a container filling lifting device for pressing containers to container filling machines A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a container filling lifting device for lifting containers in container filling machines. The lifting device is designed to lift a container, such as a bottle, to a first level... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073658 | Unit for feeding solid drug forms to a conveyor line of a machine for filling capsules At least one solid drug form is fed into a capsule, housed inside a pocket on a first conveyor movable along an endless first path extending in a given first plane, by means of a seat on a second conveyor movable along an endless second path extending in a second pl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7062894 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a container filling plant container information adding station, such as, a labeling station having a sleeve label cutting arrangement, configured to add information to containers, such as, bottles and cans A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, a container filling plant, a closing station, a container information adding station in the form of a labeling station having a electromagnetic operated sleeve label cutting arran... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6983577 | Circular motion filling machine for processing parallel rows of containers and method An apparatus and method is disclosed for processing containers or other articles by using continuous rotation of processing heads in a circular path about a single vertical axis and controlling the processing heads to independently rotate about a swivel axis causing... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6901972 | Capsule filling device and method of operation A device and method of operation for filling medicine capsules, in which a fixed quantity of open capsules to be filled are supported in a circular array by a holder plate beneath the periphery of a rotatable distribution drum. In use, a measured supply of filling m... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6817389 | Feeding unit for feeding substances, in particular powdery, granular and similar substances, to containers A unit for feeding powdery and/or granular products to containers includes a main body and a revolving funnel, through which the product reaches the main body. Driving means are provided for rotation of the revolving funnel with respect to the main body. Conveying a... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6810927 | Device for in-line supplying of additives to a base product, in particular for filling machines, and associated filling machine Device for supplying additives (A, B, C) and machine for filling containers (4) with a fluid product (6) supplied to delivery heads (5) by means of a header (7; 7; 107) and distribution ducts (7a; 7b) comprisin... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6736172 | Filling machine comprising having at least one chamber enclosure with a controlled atmosphere A machine for filling containers includes a series of filling stations, each of which is equipped with an impervious chamber for receiving a container to be filled. The chamber is opened in order to load or unload the container and closed in order to control the atm... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6729361 | Method for packaging in a container a product containing different miscible ingredients The method of packaging a receptacle (2) with a product comprising different miscible ingredients comprises the steps of filling the receptacles (2) in part with a first portion of the ingredients in a first filling unit (4) comprising a series ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6655421 | Weight-based, multiple filler filling machine A weight-based, multiple filler filling machine has a simplified wiring arrangement. The filling machine fills a plurality of bottles with a predetermined amount in weight of an article through associated ones of a plurality of valves. The weight of the a... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6644363 | Equipment for filling containers with materials, preferably liquids Containers are filled with liquids by equipment incorporating a carousel rotatable about a vertical axis, and a number of filler heads mounted to the carousel, each comprising a platform on which to set a container, a nozzle aligned with the platform and ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6607013 | Automatic bar An automatic device for preparing mixed and non-mixed beverages having a load-bearing structure (22), a conveyor (21) designed to convey containers (26) into a set position under a motor-driven rotary head (12,32) having a plurality of receptacles (13,33)... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6595249 | Machine for filling capsules with a powdered product On a continuous machine for filling the bottom shells of capsules with a powdered product, the bottom shells are conveyed so as to be equally spaced along a given path with a first spacing; the machine having a number of metering wheels rotating about res... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6546971 | Apparatus for inserting bags into an outer container Apparatus for inserting a plurality of bags, in particular stand up bags filled with a beverage, into an outer container, including a bag conveyor and a feed conveyor for the container, the bags being insertable into the container under the action of grav... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6533001 | Filling machine with filling heads that are respectively provided with a downward skewed valve A filling machine including at least one filling tube (22), whereby a product flows through said filling tube and said filling tube is placed opposite the opening of a receptacle that is to be filled. The feed for the filling tube is controlled by a valve... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6463968 | HIGH-CONSISTENCY LIQUID FILLING SYSTEM FOR SOFT VESSEL AND TUBULAR MEMBER, AS VESSEL, TRANSPORTING SYSTEM AND HIGH-CONSISTENCY LIQUID FILLING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FILLING HIGH-CONSISTENCY LIQUID INTO SOFT VESSEL AND DEVICE AND VESSEL FOR FILLING HIGH-CONSISTENCY LIQUID The present invention is a system for filling a container main body at least whose drum body is made of a flexible film, with a viscous material. A viscous material is charged by the charging means into container main bodies conveyed by the container conv... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6450218 | Fraction collector A fraction collector (1) for dispensing liquid from a liquid source into receptacles (23) carried on a rotatable turntable (6), wherein the turntable is connected to the fraction collector casing (5) via a support arm (7) such that the turntable is rotata... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6357490 | System, method and apparatus for filling containers Method and apparatus for providing a precisely controlled amount of dry material to a container. A powder slug is formed, preferably under vacuum, in a dosing hole formed in a dosing plate. The powder slug represents a precisely metered amount of material... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6352861 | Automated biological reaction apparatus An automated immunostaining apparatus having a reagent application zone and a reagent supply zone. The apparatus has a carousel slide support supporting a plurality of slide supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel slide support for consecu... | 03/05/2002 |
