Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357277 | Cap assembly and container used therewith A container assembly having a container, a fitment and a cap assembly. The container has at least one panel and at least one seal sealing the at least one panel to define a cavity. The fitment is coupled with the container, comprising a body having a first end and a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7330325 | Proactive fault monitoring of disk drives through phase-sensitive surveillance One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that proactively monitors a disk drive to detect an impending disk drive failure. During operation, the system obtains a time-varying electrical signal which is generated by the spindle rotation during operat... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7178685 | Straw receptacle lid A lids for a child's drinking cup has a projection extending integrally from an underside of the lid, the projection defining, in an upper surface of the lid body, a straw receptacle. The projection defines a plurality of break lines, such as slits, terminating at b... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7137519 | Closure for a medicament bottle A closure (1) for a medicament bottle has a cap portion (2), which can be joined to the bottle and which has at least one opening (3) closed by an elastic, puncturable sealing layer (4). The opening (3) is covered on the exterior o... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7114625 | Twist cap A cap for sealing a container having a threaded spout. The cap is arranged so that it can be snapped onto and off the spout and so that it can also be screwed on and off the spout. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7097790 | Method of producing a container closure A method of producing a liquid container closure includes the acts of providing a cap and molding a cap liner on an interior surface of the cap and a grip portion on an exterior surface of the cap. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048137 | Drinking container with multilayer leak-proof closure A drinking container comprises a bottle and a permanently leak-proof closure. The bottle is formed with contours that facilitate grasping by a user and has an opening sized to facilitate placing ice cubes into the bottle. Graduations on the sidewall of the bottle pr... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7007817 | Container closure A liquid container closure includes a cap and a cap liner located in the interior region of the cap. The cap liner is arranged to establish a seal between the cap and the neck of a liquid container adapted to mate with the cap. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6921003 | Water bottle cap A water bottle cap includes a cap body including a sealing platform and a surrounding sealing wall extended from the sealing platform for sealedly enclosing around an opening of a water bottle, and a water dispensing arrangement including a guiding channel extended ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915918 | Removable sealing device A removable sealing device for a standard container having a neck, which allows the container to remain sealed while it is being properly positioned with respect to a receptacle and then to be remotely unsealed after it has been properly positioned with respect to t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6783014 | Double shell closure with support ribs A bottle closure having an outer shell with a frusto-conical configuration and a rib-supported threaded inner shell is described. The frusto-conical configuration of the outer shell allows the user to easily pickup the package and grip the closure and remove it from... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6752965 | Self resealing elastomeric closure A closure for containers has a septum of elastomeric material which is self-resealing when punctured by a blunt ended tubular implement to access to the contents of the container. In one application the elastomeric closure is incorporated in a cap for a bottle or vi... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6648161 | Tank cap apparatus with assisted opening indentation A tank cap has an upper longish handle portion engageable by a user's hand to open and close the cap relative to the tank. The handle also has, on each of its two sides, an indentation into which a screwdriver or the like can be inserted to aid in rotatin... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6609287 | Cosmetic container cap An improved cosmetic container cap assembly includes a molded plastic base cap including a wall having an inner surface for mating with a container and an outer surface including a plurality of substantially parallel vertical ribs disposed on the outer su... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6571974 | Container closure The invention provides a device for inhibiting unused adhesive paste held within a commercially available dispensing squeeze tube from becoming unwanted hardened solids trapped within the mouth and nozzle of the squeeze tube. The invention provides a knur... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6568549 | Cork extracting device and bottle system A cork extraction device includes a tubular member having a first open end, a second open end and a peripheral wall having an outer threaded surface. The tubular member is positioned over an top end of a bottle. A cover member has a top wall and a perimet... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564958 | Tamper evident closures A snap-on or screw type, tamper evident closure having first and second relatively moveable plastic parts (16, 18) which move from an initial position to a new limiting position when the closure is first opened, the new limiting position being visually di... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6543633 | Safety container A safety container has a container body of cylindrical shape and having a cap. Opening of the cap is prevented by a safety cover which surrounds the cylindrical body. The safety cover may be removed only by a user gripping the container body through oppos... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6513668 | Method and apparatus for an invertable container cap funnel A container and closure assembly, which includes a container and a container cap. The container cap is attached to the neck of the container through the use of an annual securing ring, which is incorporated into the cap and approximates the securing ring ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6484895 | Two stage dispensing cap for pressurized containers A two stage dispensing cap for a carbonated beverage container is described. The cap has a flip top which is hingedly connected to a collar wherein the collar is rotatable on the container. The cap, upon rotation of the collar, is first opened into a vent... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6481589 | Non-dispensing closure A closure is provided for a container. The closure includes a body which is mounted to the container. The body comprises a first, generally rigid piece which is molded from a material. A second piece is molded from a material onto the first, rigid piece a... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6375021 | Self closing bottle cap for dispensing chemicals with swabs A self-closing bottle cap having a cover plate (1) that is easily pushed aside with a light touch from a swab stick (17). The cover plate pivots aside and upward on a hinge (6) with an oblique pivot axis (10) that provides an ideal trajectory and gravity ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6361744 | Self-resealing closure for containers A closure for containers has a septum of elastomeric material which is self-resealing when punctured by a blunt ended tubular implement for access to the contents of the container. In one application the elastomeric closure is incorporated in a twist-off ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6308849 | Cap for containers used on drinking water dispensers The cap snaps onto the neck of a container used on a water dispenser and has an inner cylinder, which engages a probe in the dispenser when the container is installed on a dispenser. The end of the inner cylinder is closed by a membrane which is frangible... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6213322 | Container for photoprocessing materials A container for photochemical materials has a frangible closure. The frangible closure has a central weakness and a central portion having a thickness and a central portion of greater thickness than the thickness of the central weakness. A radial weakness... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6213324 | Photochemical frangible closure A frangible closure has a closure sheet having a central weakness formed substantially though a medial portion. The central weakness has a thickness and a central portion of greater thickness than the thickness of the central weakness so as to resist shea... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6179138 | Bottle stopper and opener A combination utensil has a one-piece plastic body with a bottle-cap-removing ring and an elongated bottle stopper projecting substantially radially outwardly from the ring. The ring has inclined end faces tapering toward the stopper and an opening positi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6170683 | Two stage dispensing cap for pressurized containers A two stage dispensing cap for a carbonated beverage container is described. The cap has a flip top which is hingedly connected to a collar wherein the collar is rotatable on the container. The cap, upon rotation of the collar, is first opened into a vent... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6089391 | Container cap and system A novel container cap and containment system is disclosed which includes a cap with an upper and a lower portion, being removable one from the other. The upper portion has an upper wall that is continuous with an outer rim. The outer rim is constructed su... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6039207 | Lidded insulator for a beverage container A lidded insulator for a beverage container comprising an insulator lid hingedly attached to an insulator body by means of a hinge. An insulator top ring having an insulator top ring bore is attached to the insulator lid. The hinge is made of resilient ma... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6032812 | One-piece cap for liquid dispenser container A one-piece cap (10) for closing a liquid container to be installed for supply purpose in upside down position onto a liquid dispenser. Such container has a neck (14) on which the cap is sealingly mounted and through which a liquid supply tube (70) passes... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6030582 | Self-resealing, puncturable container cap A self-resealing container cap configured to make a closing engagement with a container and a septum of elastomeric material supported in an opening defined by the cap periphery. The septum is puncturable by a blunt tip of an instrument such as a disposab... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6024234 | Closure device for a membrane sealed container The invention comprises a cap member having an annular wall and a top wall disposed within and connected to the annular wall. An arcuate pierce-plow member is disposed on an upper surface of the top wall at a position spaced from the annular wall. The pie... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5957316 | Valved bottle cap A cap for use with a dispensing system. The cap includes a main outer cap and an inner cap. The main outer cap has a central sleeve which receives and seals against a probe. The inner cap moves into and out of a sealing engagement with the central tube as... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5937921 | Stopper device for a bottle for a water fountain type liquid dispenser A stopper device for a bottle having a neck provided with an outside bead at its free end and intended for use with a water fountain type liquid dispenser comprises a plastics material capsule having an end wall from which project in the same direction a ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5779072 | Squeeze and turn flip top child resistant package A child resistant package includes a plastic container and a plastic closure. The container includes a body and a finish having an opening. The closure includes a base wall, an outer flexible peripheral skirt and an inner peripheral skirt. Interengaging r... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5758788 | Piercing container cap A closure device for containers comprising a cap having a piercing member, the cap moving first downward and then upward relative to a container to which it is affixed, when first rotated in the direction used to open the container, the piercing member ca... | 06/02/1998 |
