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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278349 | Carafe with outlet in handle A beverage carafe including a main section having a first liquid dispensing system comprising a pouring spout, and a handle connected to the main section for tilting the main section. The beverage carafe can be tilted to pour liquid from the pouring spout. The caraf... | 10/09/2007 |
| 6382461 | Apparatus and method for metering a particulate substance A method and device are disclosed for metering a predetermined amount of a particulate substance in a reliable and exact manner. The claimed invention avoids crushing or packing the material to be metered, and can be utilized with fine particulate substan... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6367669 | Fluid dispensing apparatus Fluid dispensing apparatus for dispensing small precise metered quantities of fluid, for example in a semiconductor manufacturing process, comprises two metering chambers disposed in series. Each metering chamber has an associated piston rod and fluid is ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6283339 | Twist bottom dispenser A two-part dispenser for attachment to the bottom of a cylindrical container for dispensing a pre-calibrated amount of powdered or granular product from the container by twisting or rotating one part of the dispenser with respect to the container. The dis... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6264806 | Plating fluid replenishment system and method A plating chemical replenishment system is described having a tank for supporting a chemical solution used in a plating fluid, a container having a pre-determined volume, a first valve for selectively coupling the chemical solution from the tank to the co... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5746355 | Dispenser for pulverulent material A dispenser for pulverulent materials includes receptacle for receiving a container holding the material to be dispensed. A valve body defining metering cavities is mounted in the valve body. A gate also mounted in the valve body includes a first portion ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5119971 | Device for controlled measuring and dispensing of a fluid A device is provided for controlled dispensing of a measured quantity of fluid from a flexible wall container. The device has a chamber adapted to hold a measured quantity of fluid when the container is inverted and righted. This fluid is then dispensed f... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5088626 | Salad bar apparatus An apparatus wherein an upper housing fixedly secures an aligned series of dispensing tubes. The dispensing tubes include an upper opaque portion overlying a conical lower transparent portion. The upper portion includes a first valve to dispense food comp... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4821921 | Liquid dispensing apparatus Liquid dispensing apparatus is disclosed having at least one liquid dispensing chamber and an associated prefill chamber with displacement mechanism for transferring liquid therefrom to the dispensing chamber. The dispensing chamber is in communication wi... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4252299 | Method and apparatus for discharging material from a shaft furnace A method and apparatus for discharging freshly reduced material from a shaft furnace and controlling release of spent reducing gases so that they are not a hazard. The apparatus includes a pair of surge bins and means for directing material selectively to... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4175591 | Apparatus for distributing slurries This invention relates to an improved stationary slurry distributor characterized by a centrally-located standpipe to receive the incoming slurry, a multi-apertured manifold at the base of the standpipe for continuously distributing the contents of the la... | 11/27/1979 |
| 3999689 | Device for simultaneously delivering equal amounts of liquid A device for transmitting equal amounts of liquid simultaneously to a plurality of locations. An airtight enclosure has a bottom wall formed with a plurality of inwardly opening wells of equal volumes all having bottom openings through which liquid can fl... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3986270 | Apparatus for continuously drying separate charges of material while maintaining the charges separate A plurality of members are arranged in side by side relation to form a plurality of horizontal rows, vertically stacked in a vertical drier. Movable means are associated with selected rows of the members and are movable to form a floor to separate one par... | 10/19/1976 |
