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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162011 | Automated liquid dispensing system An automated liquid dispensing system employs a mechanism which moves a container [1230] relative to a fill tube [1240] to fill the container [1230] with the proper amount of liquid [1131] with a designated amount of foam [1137]. T... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8151833 | Machine for testing container capacity An inspection machine for inspecting the volume of liquid contained by a bottle filed to its defined fill height. A head is lowered and has a sealing plate which seals the open finish of a bottle. A fill tube assembly is part of the head and continues to be lowered ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146625 | Fail-safe method and apparatus for aspirating and/or dispensing liquids in automated laboratory instruments A method for preventing either the introduction of air into a liquid aspirated from a container through an aspiration line passing through a container cap, or the over-filling or non-filling of a container by a liquid dispensed through a dispensing line passing thro... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8122918 | Pressure differential system for controlling high pressure refill gas flow into on board vehicle fuel tanks A high pressure fuel flow control device wherein pressure sensors are interposed on either side of the main restriction point of a refueling depot when the vehicle tank(s) to be refilled are interconnected in a flow circuit that connects the refilling depot and the ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8069884 | Automotive fluid reservoir An automotive fluid reservoir for storing and dispensing automotive fluids, such as motor oil and transmission fluid, into the engine and transmission of a vehicle is provided. The automotive fluid reservoir comprises a housing having a top side, a bottom side, a pa... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8051882 | Tanker truck monitoring system A system and method is provided to monitor a tanker truck. The system includes a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors configured to detect an event. The system also includes a monitoring unit electrically coupled with the plurality of sensors to de... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8028726 | Automatic venting of refillable bulk liquid canisters Methods, systems and apparatus for automatically maintaining a pressure differential for the continuous delivery of a liquid to semiconductor manufacturing equipment. A refillable bulk liquid delivery system includes a plurality of canisters residing along a liquid ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020589 | Hydrogen dispensing station and method of operating the same A hydrogen dispensing station and method of operating a hydrogen dispensing station for dispensing to multiple receiving vessels. The station and method limit receiving vessel gas temperature during dispensing. Various components used to limit receiving vessel gas t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7963302 | Machine for testing container capacity An inspection machine for inspecting the volume of liquid contained by a bottle filed to its defined fill height. A head is lowered and has a sealing plate which seals the open finish of a bottle. A fill tube assembly is part of the head and continues to be lowered ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963303 | Manual hair dye apparatus and method for using the same In one embodiment of the present system invention, the operator enters the customer name into the color management system and the computer screen displays the customer's history. If this is a new customer, a history file is created. The operator selects desired colo... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7958917 | Valve unit for filling machines The present invention relates to a valve unit for container filling machines, particularly for glass bottle fillers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a valve unit (1), particularly for container filling machines (8), comprisin... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7938151 | Safety device to prevent overfilling The invention relates to a device for preventing overfilling of a plurality of fuel tanks (8) at a gasoline station, in the event that fuel tanks are filled simultaneously by multi-chamber tank vehicles (7). The fuel tanks (8) are equipped with ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7866354 | Hydrogen tank filling station and method of filling hydrogen tank with hydrogen A hydrogen tank filling station includes a high-pressure hydrogen storage tank, a hydrogen supply nozzle for filling a hydrogen tank mounted on a vehicle with hydrogen from the high-pressure hydrogen storage tank, a hydrogen supply pipe, a holder stand for holding t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861748 | Refueling facility, refueling device, and refueling method A refueling facility (200) according to the present invention comprises a refueling source (210) for refueling a fuel cell vehicle with fuel, a power supply source (220) for supplying power to the fuel cell vehicle, and a controller (230)... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7789112 | Method and system for inflating an inflatable object A method and system for inflating an object includes providing a portable, programmable inflation system having a logic processor, a memory, a visual display, manual inputs, a compressor with an attached inflation hose, a pressure sensor, and an actuator attached to... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7748416 | Visual fuel system for an engine welder A fueling assembly for a fuel tank positioned in an engine driven welder. The fueling assembly includes a filler tube, a fuel level monitor and a grommet. The filler tube has a bottom portion and a top portion. The fuel level monitor includes a fuel level sensor pos... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7650916 | Container filling element for open-filling of containers A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a filling element and a filling machine having such filling elements. The filling elements each have a movable probe which may be moved into a bottle or container to be filled in or... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7621302 | Coriolis dosing system for filling gas cylinders In a system including a gas source, a target cylinder for receiving gas, a conduit for carrying gas, and a valve for controlling the flow of gas, a method of dosing the target cylinder with gas is disclosed. The method comprises the step of calculating a mass flow r... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7568507 | Diagnostic method and apparatus for a pressurized gas supply system A diagnostic method for a gas supply system includes: determining a desired ramp rate for filling a vessel from a supply of compressed gas; monitoring the actual pressure of gas entering the vessel; and discontinuing the flow of gas into the vessel when the actual p... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7533703 | Determining fuel usage A system, device, and method for quantifying fuel flow from a substantially stationary consumer container is contemplated. The system includes a flow sensor, a communications medium, and a receiver. Both the flow sensor and the receiver are in communication with the... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7487807 | Visual fuel system for an engine welder A fueling assembly for a fuel tank positioned in an engine driven welder. The fueling assembly includes a filler tube, a fuel level monitor and a grommet. The filler tube has a bottom portion and a top portion. The bottom portion of the filler tube has a cross-secti... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7458401 | Method for loading reactor tubes A tool that can be used to load catalyst into a chemical reactor. In a preferred embodiment, the tool may also be used to measure the outage in the reactor tube. Also in a preferred embodiment, the tool provides a way to prevent dust from accumulating on the upper t... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7441569 | Will call wireless tank level monitoring system A wireless tank level monitoring system is provided. The system includes a transmitter that is located in close proximity to the storage tank. The transmitter is coupled to a remote-ready tank level gauge, which provides a ratio-metric voltage output proportional to... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441568 | Rechargeable dispensing head An adhesive liquid dispensing apparatus includes a gun manifold, a dispensing module, and a dispensing orifice. The inlet port of the gun manifold is directly coupled with a reservoir of adhesive hot melt liquid that is fixedly attached to the manifold. The contents... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7419548 | Liquid crystal dispensing apparatus having separable liquid crystal discharging pump A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus includes a container to contain liquid crystal, a discharge pump, and a nozzle to dispense liquid crystal from the discharge pump onto a substrate. The discharge pump has a separably formed case, a cylinder received in the case,... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418964 | Anesthetic agent cassette with overlaid analog/digital signal interfaces An anesthetic agent cassette is provided for selectively communicating with an anesthesia machine using either analog or digital communication techniques. The anesthetic agent cassette includes an input contact that receives an input signal from an anesthesia machin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415995 | Method and system for independently filling multiple canisters from cascaded storage stations A canister filling system is provided for independently filling multiple canisters from a common set of storage stations prioritized in a cascaded manner. The system includes first and second fill stations configured to receive and independently fill canisters with ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412994 | Fuel dispensing system and method This application relates to a fuel dispensing system and method for safely regulating transfer of fuel between a fuel dispenser and a fuel recipient. The fuel dispensing system may be used, for example, to replenish electric vehicles that use refillable electrochemi... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404420 | Tank sprayer with integrated measuring device A portable sprayer includes a tank and a measuring device in selective fluid communication with the tank. The measuring device may be located adjacent to a funnel at the top of the tank and a valve provided to selectively control the flow of fluid from the measuring... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398803 | Identification and communication system for inflatable devices A pneumatic system consists of an inflatable/deflatable article, for example, a compression garment connected to a pump by connectors, respectively. The connector attached to the garment carries an RFID transponder and a corresponding radio circuit is located within... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7373958 | Liquid crystal dispensing apparatus A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus facilitating detection of vapor within liquid crystal material, facilitating removal of residual liquid crystal material, and facilitating precise control of predetermined dispensing positions and dispensing amounts includes a c... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363948 | Apparatus and method for dispensing liquid crystal A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus dispenses liquid crystal onto a substrate. The liquid crystal dispensing apparatus includes a frame, a table, at least one liquid crystal discharge device, and a liquid crystal amount inspecting portion. The table is installed o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7343943 | Medication dose underfill detection system and application in an automated syringe preparing system An automated system is provided and includes a safety and cost reducing feature that is capable of detecting whether an underfill condition exists within the product container as a unit dose of medication is delivered thereto. More specifically, the medication is ty... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333921 | Scalable, concurrent, distributed sensor system and method A sensor system and method for collecting and analyzing sensor data transmitted by various distributed sensors in a secure, scalable, and efficient manner. Sensors having sensor data to transmit establish concurrent connections with a central server that is configur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333900 | Automatic parasitic echo storage Described is a method for automatically initiating an update of a parasitic echo storage device in a fill level meter operating according to a runtime method. In this method individual echoes of echo curves of different ages are allocated, according to their typical... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325577 | Tank venting system A tank venting system includes a diaphragm valve movable to open and close a passageway leading to a fuel tank. The system also includes a fuel vapor recovery canister used to adsorb hydrocarbons associated with fuel vapor flowing through the passageway. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322387 | Reception, processing, handling and distribution of hydrocarbons and other fluids An integrated energy hub facility capable of bringing together all aspects of hydrocarbon and other fluid product movement under controlled conditions applicable to the reception, storage, processing, collection and transmission downstream is provided. Input to the ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322490 | Liquid crystal dispensing system and method of dispensing liquid crystal material using same A liquid crystal dispensing system includes a container to contain liquid crystal to be dispensed, a discharge pump to receive the liquid crystal from the container and to discharge the liquid crystal, a nozzle to dispense the liquid crystal discharged from the disc... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7308917 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a bottle filling machine with a filling valve for filling bottles with a liquid beverage A beverage bottling plant and method for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a bottle filling machine with a filling valve for filling bottles with a liquid beverage. The filling valve having a gas cutoff element comprising a plurality of channels... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304588 | Monitoring technology An apparatus for monitoring an article or system, particularly an LP or propane tank, includes a transmission unit, a base unit and a host unit. The transmission unit is disposed on or near the article or system and detects at least one parameter related to the arti... | 12/04/2007 |
