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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177082 | Flexible membrane valve for cell culture vessel An assembly for culturing cells includes a housing defining a reservoir for containing cell culture media and an opening in fluid communication with the reservoir. The cell culture assembly further includes a filter valve assembly configured to sealingly engage the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7381453 | Packaging film The present invention relates to packaging film for use in packaging of food products which may be heated whilst still packaged. In particular, the invention relates to packaging which may be hermetically sealed and, during heating, is able to allow a build up of pr... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7350656 | Probe actuated bottle cap A cap for use with bottled water dispensing systems. The cap includes a main cap and a liner. The main cap has an opening which receives and seals against a probe. The liner is gripped between the main cap and the bottle neck and has a outside part and an inner mova... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7314146 | Closure with pressure release system There is described a neck structure in combination with a closure. The neck structure defines a neck opening with a cylindrical sealing surface surrounding the neck opening and an external neck surface. The closure comprises a cap formed of resilient material having... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7296598 | Vacuum canister A vacuum canister includes a storage space and a removable lid. The lid includes a pump housing that defines a pumping chamber within which a sliding piston is disposed. The piston is connected to a handle via a piston rod and features a skirt-like piston valve that... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7237698 | Pressure activated self opening container and seal A multi layered frangible seal is bonded over the pour spout opening of flexible plastic bottles containing pourable products such as motor oil. The seal provides a leak proof closure that is strong enough to remain intact when the filled uncapped container is held ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7217145 | Safety plugs for cylindrical openings A safety plug includes a body configured to be inserted into a cylindrical opening. A locking device is connected to an end of the body, wherein the locking device has a larger diameter than the cylindrical opening in which the body is configured to be inserted. Fol... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214177 | Culture tube and angle rotor receiving the tube in centrifuge A culture/centrifugal tube includes a tube and a cap. The cap has a disk portion and an annular portion that define an annular groove therebetween. The annular groove opens at a position level with the surface of the disk portion. The open end of the tube extends in... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214214 | Sealing rubber closure for syringe/container A sealing rubber closure is provided for use with a syringe/container specified by ISO (the International Organization of Standardization) and having a Luer nozzle to be inserted into a Luer-nozzle-receiving part of the sealing rubber closure. The Luer-nozzle-receiv... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207453 | Closure and a container for packing products A closure, particularly for use on liquid-packing containers, comprising a first substantially circular portion from the periphery of which a second substantially cylindrical portion projects substantially orthogonal to the first portion, the closure comprising a se... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7182986 | Container cap Disclosed is a container cap having, as a sealing gasket, a layer of a resin composition as adhered to the surface of the cap body of polypropylene, wherein said resin composition comprises (A) from 25 to 70% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174708 | Method for managing particulate filter backwashing means A method is provided for backwashing, by heating, a particulate filter to be purified of exhaust gases (G) of an internal combustion engine (M), in particular an internal combustion engine equipping a motor vehicle (V). The method includes controlling the start-up o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7147228 | Pressure relief device A circular seal (19) for the end face of a substantially cylindrical canister, the seal (19) having a substantially rectangular cross-section, and a recess (21) in one side thereof to reduce the area of said cross-section. In use the recessed ar... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7086310 | Non-slip bottle opener A non slip bottle cap opener (100) for installing onto a key ring or key chain with other keys is formed with the approximate length and thickness of a standard key to allow it to be comfortably carried on the key ring or chain like an ordinary key. The opene... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7014060 | Twist opening sealing container A resealable container is provided with a twist opening end closure which is suitable for storing perishable solids and liquids, and in one embodiment an easy open tab feature to facilitate venting. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6983857 | Venting liner A venting cap liner used in a pressurized container closure arrangement. The cap liner includes a multi-layer sandwich structure having a first layer and a generally flat resilient intermediate layer. The layers include at least one perforation extending through the... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976669 | Self-sealing valve Shut-off valve, composed of a container (3) provided with valve seat (4), and also a valve body (2, 22, 42) that can be moved through the opening bounded by the valve seat (4), in order to provide a seal. The valve body (2, 22, 42)... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6935380 | Reversible dual size plumbing end cap A plumbing end cap for sealing an end of a selected pipe having either a first outer diameter or a second outer diameter includes a fluid impervious base for overlying the end of the selected pipe. The end cap also includes an endless wall fixed to a perimeter of th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923339 | Sealing plug for a water globe A sealing plug for a liquid-filled container having a lower opening therein with an extended skirt thereon. The plug comprises a peripheral cylindrical wall for sealingly engaging the skirt of the container. The plug further has a flanged annular base extending inwa... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6726047 | Air tight canister with vacuum relief valve A resilient vacuum relief valve 52 is urged tightly on the lid stem 44 engaging the lid bottom 42 while encircling the vent 46 preventing air passage through the vent 46. The vacuum relief valve 52 is also formed of a pliabl... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6540099 | Sealing plug for a water globe A sealing plug, for a water globe having a lower opening therein with an extended skirt thereon, having a fixed peripheral portion for sealing the container and supporting an object within the container and having a flexible diaphragm adapted to adjust fo... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6474492 | Multiple hot zone igniters The present invention relates to ceramic igniter devices, and more particularly, to such devices that contain two or more segregated hot zone regions that are electrically connected such as in series or in parallel. These devices are suitably incorporated... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6364152 | Food storage container A food storage container 10 includes a base 12 and lid 14. The base 12 has a sealing flange 22, and the lid 14 has a sealing lip 32 which seals against the sealing flange 22 as with a suction cup. The lid 14 may include resilient deformable sections 46, 5... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6199604 | Clean box, clean transfer method and apparatus therefor Using a clean box comprising a box body having an aperture in one side surface, a side lid for hermetically closing the aperture, and gas inlet and outlet valves provided in the box body and having neither an evacuation device nor a transfer device, the g... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6183982 | Fermentation bung device and method A fermentation device and a method for making a substance using the device are provided. The fermentation bung may have an outer plug that includes a central inner annular hole and a one or more holes surrounding the central hole, the outer plug fitting w... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6164470 | Hermetic seal and wide-mouthed bottle sealed by the seal A hermetic seal for sealing a mouth of a wide-mouthed bottle having a body portion thinly formed by stretch blow molding, and a wide-mouthed bottle a mouth of which is sealed by the hermetic seal. A synthetic resin laminated sheet comprising an aluminum s... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6131753 | Vacuum jar apparatus A vacuum jar apparatus is provided, including a jar having a jar wall terminating at a jar upper end in a jar opening surrounded and defined by a jar upper rim; and a jar lid structure including a sealing panel for resting against the jar upper rim and th... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6095357 | Tamper proof for reusable closure system The present invention relates to closure systems (10) for a container for pourable material in particular for pourable material for human consumption such as beverages. The closure system (10) comprises a closure frame (20) and a sealing means (30) which ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6062407 | Centrifugally loaded self-sealing integral one-piece cap/closure A capping and sealing assembly for a sample-holding centrifuge container which features a self-sealing lid that forms a fluid-tight seal in an opening of the canister with a predetermined amount of force, with the force being dependent upon the centrifuga... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6021912 | Closure for a bottle or the like A closure for a bottle, comprising a cap-shaped closure component; a projection directed inwardly from an edge of the cap-shaped closure component to grip behind an outwardly directed projection at a neck of a bottle; a substantially cylindrical sealing e... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5992666 | Sealing cap for a vacuum seal container A sealing cap fastened to a vacuum seal container and controlled to extract air out of vacuum seal container, the sealing cap including a cap body unit fastened to the vacuum seal container, and an extracting unit mounted in the cap body and controlled to... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5957317 | Evacuation actuating closure for a container An evacuation actuating closure includes a lower cap member with a valve seat plate defining a plurality of angularly displaced venting holes at a central area. An annular guiding wall has upper and lower annular portions above and below the valve seat pl... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5954214 | Cap for vacuum container having double frangible seal and container having such a cap A hermetic cap for a container containing product packed in said container under vacuum. The cap has an orifice through it and a first frangible seal hermetically sealing the orifice on one surface of the cap and a second frangible seal hermetically seali... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5947311 | Plastic closure with liner having a periphery spaced from the skirt of the closure and a sealing surface angled axially with respect to the base wall of the closure A plastic closure and method of making such a closure for a container that has a finish with a top surface portion, a cylindrical outer surface portion, and a curved portion at the juncture of the top surface portion and the outer surface portion. The clo... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5855288 | Resealable closure A combination of a container and a lid is provided. The container has an inner peripheral surface around an opening to the container interior. The lid is movable between (1) a closed position to cover the opening, and (2) an open position to expose the op... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5855289 | Centrifugally loaded self-sealing integral one-piece cap/closure A capping and sealing assembly for a sample-holding centrifuge container which features a self-sealing lid that forms a fluid-tight seal in an opening of the canister with a predetermined amount of force, with the force being dependent upon the centrifuga... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5833087 | Button-type tamper indicating metal closure A tamper indicating closure cap for a vacuum sealed container includes a metal end panel, a rim portion formed in the outer margin of the end panel and a skirt depending from the rim portion. The metal end panel includes a central tamper indicating area c... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5826739 | Cup and closure A container and closure assembly includes a container including a bottom portion and an encircling wall extending therefrom and defining a body portion. The body portion has an open end with a span equal to or different than the span of the body portion. ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5785196 | Closure for a pressurized container The closure cap of a closure and container package for a pressurized liquid is designed with a sealing flange which depends from the cap top at an angle to a sealing location on the container wall so that an increase in container pressure will increase th... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5779082 | Easily-cleaned reusable lid including an evacuating pump The lid consists of two unitary parts both of which are molded from a soft rubbery substance. The body of the lid butts against the mouth of a container and includes a vacuum release valve and a check valve through which air may be evacuated from the cont... | 07/14/1998 |
