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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7703484 | Method and device for filling a container with a predetermined quantity of fluid, filling machine A device includes a nozzle (14) for delivering a fluid flow into a container (12), a valve (16) having a movable valve member (27) for controlling the fluid flow, a member (54) for sending a position control signal to the movable v... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337594 | Food dispensing device and method An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7219468 | Automatic watering device for hanging baskets and planter boxes An apparatus for automatically watering a plant in a container by regulating a flow of water to the container through flexible tubing. Upper and lower jaw members are interconnected by a horizontal pivot axis so that they develop a scissors action. A jaw area is for... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7143907 | Dispenser assembly including a rotating dispensing carousel A dispenser apparatus including a rotating carousel to feed material from an inlet to a discharge outlet. In the illustrated embodiments, the carousel includes a cone shaped portion to facilitate material flow to dispense a metered quantity of material. The apparatu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7104422 | Fluid dispensing apparatus having means for measuring fluid volume continuously A fluid dispensing apparatus is described, the operation of which involves installation thereinto of a single-use fluid dispenser cartridge. The cartridge itself comprises a pliable fluid reservoir and a fill tube assembly. The fill tube assembly—the component whi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6871677 | Method and system for preventing vehicle misfuelling A method and system for preventing vehicle misfuelling by utilizing an apparatus that receives a fuel nozzle into the filler neck, and activates a vacuum on the nozzle inserted therein. Using the pump's internal shut-off mechanism, this prevents the fuel pump from d... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6712102 | Method and system for preventing vehicle misfuelling A method and system for preventing vehicle misfuelling by utilizing an apparatus that receives a fuel nozzle into the filler neck, and activates a vacuum on the nozzle inserted therein. Using the pump's internal shut-off mechanism, this prevents the fuel pump from d... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6609541 | Method for assembling and filling device a fluid dispenser product A method of assembling and filling a dispenser device for dispensing a fluid substance made up of an active substance and of a propellant. The device includes a receptacle and a dispenser member, such as a metering valve, for dispensing the fluid substanc... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6520220 | System for safe and controlled filling of dispensers A gas/liquid transfer device for delivering a fixed quantity of pressurized gas/liquid to a dispensing device including a fixed volume chamber for receiving the pressurized gas/liquid, the chamber being in fluid connection with a system of controllable fi... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6499517 | Batch dispensing system for fluids A system for dispensing batches of fluid comprising a flowmeter (5), a pump or valve (6) for starting and stopping the flow and a controller (9) for controlling the pump or the valve. In order to reach a target batch size, the settling time at start of th... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6460580 | Self-contained liquid storage, delivery, and automatic fill apparatus and method A self-contained liquid storage, delivery, and automatic fill apparatus and method for a semi-frozen or chilled liquid beverage machine having a bowl to contain semi-frozen beverage. The apparatus includes at least one refrigerated storage cavity for rece... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6418981 | Method of checking that a system for recovering vapour emitted in a fuel dispensing installation is operating correctly and installation enabling said method to be implemented A dispensing installation for fuel or other volatile liquids comprises a storage tank, a pipe and a pump for dispensing fuel, a vapor recovery pipe and pump for recovering vapor and delivering it back to the tank, and a controller maintaining the vapor de... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6397906 | Batch dispensing system for fluids A system for dispensing batches of fluid comprising a flowmeter (5), a pump or valve (6) for starting and stopping the flow and a controller (9) for controlling the pump or the valve. In order to reach a target batch size, the settling time at start of th... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6340030 | Apparatus for metering a plurality of different liquid or pasty materials An apparatus for metering a plurality of different liquid or pasty masses to a receiving container including: first support for supporting containers for the masses in fixed positions; a fixedly disposed annular frame bearing a number of dispensing nozzles con... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6234221 | Automatic fluid container refill device An automatic fluid container (10) refill device. Pressure container (12) is charged with a pressurizing gas and fluid. A hydraulic cylinder (26) with an interior volume and having piston (30) located therein with an attached drive shaft (32) that extends ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6152192 | Controller for system for filling gas cylinders with single gas or gas mixture A cylinder-filling system includes plural manifolds, for respectively coupling to groups of product containers to be filled, each manifold being connected through suitable valving and pumps to sources of different compressed gases. Respectively connected ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6148877 | Fluid filling system with fill time optimization A fluid filling system is disclosed wherein containers to be filled with fluid materials are supplied first to one or more time-metered filling stations, and then to a weight-metered filling station. At first, the time-metered filling station(s) is/are in... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6135170 | Filling containers with gas Methods and apparatus for filling containers with a gas or gas mixture under pressure are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a fixed volume vessel for containing the gas at a pressure P1, a line extending from the fixed volume vessel to a buffe... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131622 | Single stage area bulk food dispenser method and apparatus A method and apparatus are provided for dispensing articles into a manually placed receiving basket and for controlling the dispensing mechanism to more accurately dispense the desired articles. The dispenser 20 includes a main storage area 39 which can t... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5992478 | Method and apparatus for filling containers with gas mixtures Gas cylinders are filled with mixtures of gases comprising a minor component, which is to be present in the mixture at a concentration of 10% or less of the total volume of the cylinder, and a major component, which is to be present at a concentration gre... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5957331 | System for filling containers with bulk material A container, normally a vehicle such as a hopper car or truck, capable of holding a predetermined maximum weight and a predetermined maximum volume with a bulk material is filled by feeding a batch of the material from a supply to a bin, weighing the batc... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5896900 | Method and apparatus for filling a liquid volume into receptacles In a method for filling a liquid volume into receptacles wherein liquid is admitted into a volumetric metering chamber by opening an inlet valve, the inlet valve is closed when an upper switching level is reached, the liquid is discharged from the meterin... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5884807 | Vending machine for a sequential purchase of goods The present invention is a vending machine with the ability to accept multiple purchase requests per money transaction. As the vending machine dispensing receptacle is of limited size, a weight sensor determines if an article in the multiple dispensing se... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5787943 | Process and device for dosing free-flowing media A procedure and a device for dosing free-flowing media irrespective of its viscosity into containers. It is based on the task of providing an inventive solution for filling machines of the procedure, allowing the dosing of free-flowing media into containe... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5704405 | Process and apparatus for filling insulating glass panes with heavy gas For metering of heavy gas which is intended for use in filling insulating glass panes with heavy gas or in the assembly of heavy gas-filled insulating glass panes, heavy gas is introduced into A space (5) of a cylinder (1) whose internal space is divided ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5634501 | Disinfection of containers A method and related apparatus for monitoring steam conditions in a container, such as a beer keg, during disinfection, usually in a washer/racker. Temperature and pressure are taken repeatedly within the container during the disinfection process. Resulti... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5623976 | Method and apparatus for supplying containers Method and apparatus for automatically supplying containers with a liquid using an electronic scale and high speed microprocessor for measuring the weight of liquid introduced into the containers. The first container is partially filled to a predetermined... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5586587 | High rate pressure vessel filling process The invention comprises a high rate pressure vessel filling process which improves the accuracy of filling pressure vessels to required gas mass. The approach overcomes heating effects of high rate filling and volume variation effects by slowly prefilling... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5570731 | Apparatus for dispensing liquid into containers Apparatus for supplying a plurality of containers with liquid. The apparatus performs the steps of introducing into a first container a first percentage of a predetermined final amount and subsequently introducing in steps additional liquid until said pre... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5551486 | Method and equipment for filing casting molds with casting resin or similarly casting-ready liquid media The present disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for filling casting molds with casting resin or similar casting ready liquid media using a feed system including pumps or a pressurized vessel. In order to carry out mold filling in a prep-programmed ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5464047 | Method and apparatus for dispensing paint into containers A method of supplying a plurality of containers with liquid including the steps of introducing into a first container a first percentage of a predetermined final amount and subsequently introducing in steps additional liquid until said predetermined amoun... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5439036 | Method and apparatus for the automatic checking and quality determination of tablets or pills A method and an apparatus is provided for the automatic testing of tablets or pills, discharging from a tablet machine (20). The tablets are delivered to containers (5, 6). Tablet batch samplings are removed from the tablet stream for performing a quality... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5309957 | Fuel dispensing apparatus capable of automatically discriminating fuel sort A fuel dispensing apparatus for automatically discriminating a sort of fuel in a fuel tank of a vehicle in advance of fuelling, by sucking the fuel vapor in the tank into a chamber provided on a fuelling nozzle and accomodating a gas sensor for sensing th... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5148841 | Filling apparatus for filling receptacle with metered weights Filling apparatus for filling receptacles, the apparatus comprising a feed member connected to at least one filling spout via a flow control member connected to an output of a weight processing unit having an input connected to a weighing member in order ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5022444 | Apparatus for filling predetermined quantities of material into containers Apparatus for filling containers alternately with predetermined quantities of material has two container positions to be fed alternately and a material guide arrangement with alternative outlets that supply the material to containers at these two position... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4796787 | Apparatus for precisely measuring and supplying liquid An apparatus for supplying an accurately measured volume of liquid, comprising a vessel filled with the liquid, a cylinder loosely and slidably fitted into the vessel from above, and a sealing box at the top of the vessel sealing the vertical motion of th... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4483376 | Natural gas loading station The loading station of the invention includes an intake fitting, a pair of pressure operated motorized flow control valves, and a pair of loading boom assemblies that are all mounted on a movable equipment skid. The intake fitting is connectable with a so... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4457348 | Food product fill pump A food product fill pump apparatus and method are disclosed which greatly facilitate accurate and efficient sequential filling of containers with food product which is flowable in nature. The fill pump is adapted for use with associated packaging machiner... | 07/03/1984 |
