"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011522 | Synthetic closure with multiple internal layers, each layer having a variable cross section (VCS) along the closure length A container closure includes an inner core having a non-cylindrical profile created by a variable longitudinal cross-sectional area. One or more outer layers concentrically surround the core and have a cross-sectional area inversely correlated to the inner core so t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7886923 | Container stopper with synthetic resin skin A container stopper, and a manufacturing method therefor, capable of reliably preventing adverse influences of various smells entering from outside the container and absorption and adsorption of the flavor of the contents, as well as preventing adverse influences of... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7770747 | Synthetic closure By achieving an extruded, foamed core formed from plastic material peripherally surrounded and integrally bonded with a plurality of cooperating synthetic, plastic, extruded, outer layers, a unique, multi-component, multi-layer synthetic closure is provided which ma... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7426999 | Bottle closure A bottle closure including a shell having an open first end, a closed second end, an inner wall and an outer wall, the combination forming conical space and a tapered core having a first end, a second end and conical surface positioned between the first end and seco... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7374054 | Sample vial and vial closure device for use in gas analysis A vial closure device, a sample vial incorporating such a vial closure device, and certain methods of using such a vial and closure device. The vial and closure device are intended to contain a gaseous sample or a headspace gas present above a liquid or solid materi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370653 | Closure devices for access ports of respiratory apparatuses A closure device (10) is disclosed for use with an access port (62,72,82,92) of a medical respiratory apparatus (60,70,80,90). The closure device (10) comprises a cap (14) that seals the access port (62,72,82,92) save for an... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7314661 | Synthetic closures having improved physical properties The synthetic closures disclosed herein are made from novel compositions that comprise a thermoplastic elastomer, polypropylene, a foaming agent, and a plurality of gas-encapsulating thermoplastic microspheres. Without necessarily prescribing to any scientific theor... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7285315 | Closure in synthetic material for containers The present invention relates to a closure which is made of synthetic material with characteristics similar to or even better than those of cork and which can therefore be used in all applications in which a cork closure is normally used. In particular, the closure ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267486 | Protective cap for wheel support bearing assembly To avoid an adherence of metallic particles from a knuckle to a magnetic encoder during coupling of a wheel support bearing assembly to the knuckle and/or transportation of the wheel support bearing assembly, a protective cap (18) is provided. The wheel suppo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7198685 | Method of fusing a component to a medical storage of transfer device and container assembly A method of fusing a component to a sterilized storage or delivery device formed of a cyclic olefin polymer which includes forming the storage or delivery device from a cyclic olefin polymer, forming a second member or component having at least a surface layer forme... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7156248 | Overcap closures with rolled apron Overcap (1, 11, 12) designed to overcap a neck (80) of a bottle (8) closed by a cork (82) containing a liquid to be packaged (83, 84) includes a rolled skirt (3) and a top (2) fixed to the rolled skirt around a circul... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143903 | Stopper for bottling wines A stopper for closing wine bottles. The stopper has a tubular duct to communicate residual interior gaseous atmospheric volume with the outer ambient. A membrane is secured transversely in the duct to allow the passage of gaseous atmosphere through the membrane and ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7021506 | Vent and pour cap A cap assembly cooperates with a container to form a vent portion and a pour portion when a cap is oriented in an open position relative to the container. The cap is dimensioned to seal the container opening in a closed position. The cap and opening are oblong, pref... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008132 | Surgical scrub appliance A surgical scrub appliance is disclosed having a rigid housing (10) to which a sponge (20) is connected, the housing forming at least one container (30, 40) for liquid, the container having a sealable opening. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| RE38816 | Dispensing cap with gripping means A dispensing cap intended to equip a reservoir containing a liquid or viscous product includes a body provided with at least one dispensing opening and a lid articulated to the body around an axis. The lid is intended to stopper the dispensing opening in the storage... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6915920 | Bottle stopper A bottle stopper mainly includes a body, a plug and a jacket. The body has an expansion spread by the plug and outwardly confronting with the jacket. The plug comprises two necks for two different engagements alternatively engaged with the body to provide a locking ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910597 | Collection container assembly The present invention is a container assembly that includes an inner tube formed from a plastic that is substantially inert to bodily fluids and an outer tube that is formed from a different plastic. Collectively, the container assembly is useful for providing an ef... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902075 | Container closure A one-component seal and wadding system (1) for a screw-cap includes a seal (3) having lower layers (4,5) forming an induction heating sealable system for attaching the seal (3) to the neck of a container, a seal substrate (6) incl... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6868978 | Closing cap for infusion and transfusion bottles The invention relates to a closing cap for infusion and transfusion bottles. The inventive cap is provided with a flanged cap which encompasses a flanged neck of the bottle, secures a closing plug in the bottle and is provided with a middle recess that is closed by ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6817990 | Fluid reservoir piston An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slid... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6796449 | Closure for containers, in particular plug for bottles A closure for containers having an opening, comprising substantially rigid supporting and sealing means for insertion in a container opening, and a covering body made of flexible and resilient plastic material which covers at least a portion of and is connected to t... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6769560 | Bottle stopper A bottle stopper is constructed to include a stepped tubular stopper body, a split inner cap capped on a split bottom shank of the stopper body, a flexible outer cap capped on the inner cap, a press member mounted in the stopper body and movable between a first posi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6763961 | Apparatus for opening a bottle sealed with a cork stopper An apparatus for removing a cork from a bottle in which an anchor is embedded in the cork and a cork-pulling sleeve is provided for engaging the anchor for removal of the cork. The cork-pulling sleeve includes inner threads that mate with external threads on the nec... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6720044 | Polyolefinic closures comprising penetrable plugs and annular channels The invention relates to pharmaceutical closures for containers made of flexible polyolefinic materials which are suitable to be filled with parentally administrable fluids prior to their sealing and sterilization. The polyolefinic closures have an excellent reseali... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6719160 | Bottle stopper A bottle stopper for sealing and resealing a bottle neck. The bottle stopper includes a body, a plug and a jacket. The body includes legs and axially guiding grooves thereof provided on its inner circumference. The plug includes axially positioning ribs adapted to e... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6651834 | Bottle stopper with pressure indicator A stopper for a bottle includes a resilient outer body having an axial bore, a rigid inner body disposed within the bore, and a valve actuator moveably disposed within an axial opening of the inner body. A lower flange portion of the outer body extends ra... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6645635 | Laminated rubber stopper for a medicament vial The present invention aims at providing an improved thermoplastic film-laminated rubber stopper for a medicament vial, having more sufficient and excellent sealing property as well as barrier effect of permeation, in which the whole lower surface or the w... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6616997 | Synthetic closure By achieving an extruded, foamed core formed from plastic material peripherally surrounded and integrally bonded with a cooperating synthetic, plastic, extruded, outer layer, a unique, multi-component, multi-layer synthetic closure is provided which may b... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6607087 | Stopper for forming a gas-tight seal for a variety of bottles An adjustable bottle stopper that stoppers a bottle by expanding a cylindrical elastic spacer within the neck of the bottle. According to the invention, the bottle comprises of: a threaded disk nut, a bolt that is screwed into said threaded disk nut, a lo... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6601722 | Composite stopper with controlled permeability A composite stopper for closing bottles, in particular wine bottles, comprising a body made of a compressible material such as cork, provided at least at its end facing the contents of the bottle to be closed with matching element forming a joint. The ele... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6558628 | Compartment cover, kit and method for forming the same A vial pack cover, a vial pack kit, and a method for forming the vial pack cover is provided. The vial pack cover can simultaneously cover a plurality of containers while preventing the contents of the containers from degrading or permeating through the c... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6536618 | Bottle plug A bottle plug having a body, a plug and an elastomer member. The body defines a space having an inner circumference that forms a retracted surface that projects inwardly with respect to an axis of the body to define an expansion portion. The plug includes... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6510957 | Apparatus for opening a bottle sealed with a cork stopper An apparatus for removing a cork from a bottle in which an anchor is embedded in the cork and a cork-pulling sleeve is provided for engaging the anchor for removal of the cork. The cork-pulling sleeve includes inner threads that mate with external threads... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6499618 | Sealing device for a bottle containing sparkling wine The invention concerns a device for sealing a bottle containing a sparkling wine and includes a stopper, particularly made of cork or a synthetic material, capable of being inserted in the neck of the bottle, maintained thereon by a wire cap, and run thro... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6478178 | Fermentation lock for wine barrel An improved stopper apparatus for use with wine barrel bung holes includes a generally frusto-conical stopper member having a central aperture, a top surface, a bottom surface, and an outer circumferential surface adapted to seal against the inner circumf... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6467638 | Easy opening closure with strippable structure A closure for receptacles such as bottles which includes an annular sealing member which is internally reinforced by a cylindrical core. The cylindrical core includes a helically or spirally shaped frangible structure along which the cylindrical core can ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6435362 | Attachment for extraction of corks and similar bottle stoppers The invention refers to the attachment for extraction of cork and similar bottle stoppers enabling extraction of cork stopper without application of additional tool and/or special opener, designed for the respective purpose. The attachment referred to in ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6415936 | Easy opening closure with strippable core member A closure for receptacles such as bottles which includes an annular sealing member which is internally reinforced by a cylindrical core. The cylindrical core includes a hectically or spirally shaped frangible structure along which the cylindrical core can... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6382441 | Plastic tube and resealable closure having protective collar A closure assembly is provided that includes an outer cap with a skirt dimensioned to telescope over the open top end of the tube. An annular shoulder extends inwardly from the top end of the skirt and includes an aperture through which a needle may be di... | 05/07/2002 |