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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7228879 | Apparatus for dispensing paint and stain samples and methods of dispensing paint and stain samples An improved fluid dispenser specially adapted to provide sample-size amounts of a fluid mixture is shown and described. An automated closure and seal system is provided for the manifold that moves, on command from a controller, from a closed or sealed position there... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7121438 | Multiple lid closure with open lid retention feature A dispensing closure system is provided with two or more dispensing apertures and two or more pivotable lids. Each lid can be selectively opened and retained in a fully opened orientation. In a preferred form of the invention, the lids are incorporated in a top that... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6945438 | Pesticide spraying cart Provided is a pesticide spraying cart. In one embodiment, the comprises a pesticide tank, a retractable handle, two wheels, a recess provided between the wheels, a longitudinal hose compartment provided in a rear of the tank, a coil hose adapted to either extend out... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6848603 | Closure having improved tamper evident features A flip-top type tamper evident closure for dispensing material from a container includes a body portion having a dispensing opening, a lid portion hingedly connected to the body portion and a tamper evident band that is frangibly connected to the body portion. The t... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6821267 | Luer tip cap having reduced removal force A tip cap for a luer of a polymeric medical solution container. The tip cap has an integral body having an outer portion and a cavity extending to an inner portion. The cavity has a frustoconical inner surface and an annular ring extending from the inner surface rad... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6739781 | Scrubbing structure A dispensing closure that has a cover which is provided with a scrubbing structure that includes protuberances. In a preferred embodiment, the scrubbing structure is a resilient flexible material which has been molded on a generally rigid base. The base is injection... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6672400 | Apparatus for divot repair A divot repair device for transporting a mixture of fill material and dispensing the fill material into divots in order to fill and thereby fix the divots by promoting turf growth in the location of the divots, including a hopper for carrying a predetermi... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6610364 | Apparatus for dispensing liquid crystal and method for controlling liquid crystal dropping amount A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus and a method of controlling a liquid crystal dropping amount are provided to drop liquid crystal onto a substrate corresponding to at least one unit panel area. In one aspect, the apparatus uses a liquid crystal dispe... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6567710 | Program-controlled fluid supply system and controller therefor A fluid supply system controller includes a processor, a memory subsystem and fluid application code. The memory subsystem is coupled to the processor and stores data and instructions. The fluid application code causes the processor to perform the steps o... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6551611 | Hormone replacement therapy method Varying the daily dose of either or both of the estrogen and the progestogen administered for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is readily and inexpensively accomplished, without the necessity of the physician prescribing a new product each time the daily... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6488894 | Device for sequential discharge of flowable reagents The invention relates to a device in which at least two liquid or semi-liquid reagents can be stored separately. When used, the inventive device enables precise, chronologically defined, sequential reagent discharge in a reaction chamber by means of a lin... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484412 | Non-spill chalk line and measured refill cartridge A chalk line device adapted to receive chalk from a chalk refill container, the chalk line device includes a body defining at least one opening and a chalk line disposed within the body. A mounting structure provided adjacent the opening is configured to ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6458280 | Device and method for dispensing bacteriostat into humidifier A humidifier with an integrated bacteriostat dispenser is disclosed. In one embodiment, a hand-operated bacteriostat pump is mounted on the humidifier housing and dispenses a predetermined amount of bacteriostat into the water tray of the humidifier when ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6450268 | Apparatus for divot repair A divot repair device for transporting a mixture of fill material and dispensing the fill material into divots in order to fill and thereby fix the divots by promoting turf growth in the location of the divots, including a hopper for carrying a predetermi... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6398076 | Fitment and bottle A fitment and the combination of fitment and bottle and/or closure, particularly for dispensing household products such as heavy duty liquid detergents and fabric softeners. The fitment of the invention comprises an outer circumferential wall which extend... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6354467 | Device for opening and closing a package An opening and closing device for a package containing a pourable product. The device is affixed to the package at the top end of the package and includes a ring affixed to the surface of the package. The ring encompasses an intended pouring opening which... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6347723 | Method and security system for securing a flowable good The invention relates to a security system for flowable products in storage and/or transportation tanks, which have openings at least for filling, removing and/or controlling purposes. The security system comprises a control device and write-read devices ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6299037 | Press-control bottle stopper A press-control bottle stopper includes a hollow stopper shell fastened to the bottleneck of the body of a bottle, the stopper shell having an axial bottom hole and a water outlet for enabling liquid to pass out of the bottle, a hollow lining member mount... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6284549 | Reagent tube venting system and method In a system and method for venting trapped gas from a reagent chamber in a reagent tube system and method, the system includes a valve insertion tool for inserting a valve in the tube so as to seal the chamber and enclose a reagent therein, and so as to v... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6257449 | Reclosable package fitment having rear intrusion and front spout lift A reclosable fitment for a paperboard package having rear intrusion, anti-finger intrusion protection, and a raised spout to more naturally and directly allow the liquid within the container to be dispensed. The present invention provides a two piece fitm... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6216923 | Liquid pouring device A liquid pouring device that allows oil to be poured into an engine without the spillage and waste commonly accompanying liquid pouring from conventional plastic oil bottles. By use of the liquid pouring device, the user places the device up against the o... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6053366 | Closable pouring cap A closable pouring cap for a beverage container comprising a housing, a plunger movable in the housing and a pouring opening provided in the housing, while at its bottom side, which is placed on the container. The housing is provided with a fastener to at... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5976655 | Ribbons of dual lids A method of converting on a single line printing press, two webs of material into individual rolls of ribbons of dual-layered, peelably-bonded-together lids. One layer of each lid has dispensing holes formed therein, or otherwise is cut through to form pl... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5924605 | Dispensing head for a product of liquid to viscous consistency, comprising an elastic closing element and a dispensing unit thus equipped A dispensing head for the dispensing a product of a liquid to viscous consistency from a container includes a rigid cap (2) and an elastic closing element (4) joined to the cap (2), and a zone of smaller thickness delimited by the edges of a groove (6) ma... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5865354 | Easy open dispensing cap An easy opening dispenser closure is disclosed having a top and an annular depending base skirt with a lid mounted on the top. The lid has a downwardly depending annular edge which in turn has an extension with an end shaped to fit the end of a thumb. The... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5816449 | Cartridge for storing a viscous substance with a deformation preventing device An ink cartridge for use with, for example, a stencil printer and storing viscous ink therein is disclosed. The cartridge is free from damage and deformation during storage or transport in various kinds of atmospheres. Particularly, an ink outlet included... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5743668 | Adjustable tip caulking tube An adjustable tip caulking tube including a tapered nozzle having an open inner end and an open outer end. The open inner end has a diameter greater than a diameter of the open outer end. The open inner end couples with an opening in a front end of a caul... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5456804 | Inlet slice assembly, for a pulp slurry processing machine A chamber having a slurry-admitting inlet at one end has a metering opening lengthwise thereof for feeding slurry to an associated slurry processing machine. A rotatable bar, having a plurality of spaced apart grooves formed therein, is disposed in immedi... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5400929 | Slide-on closure for containers such as beverage cartons A slide-on closure for containers such as beverage cartons is in the form of a tubular body with a longitudinal slit having a divergent section at one end to facilitate sliding of the closure onto the container. The tubular body further includes reinforce... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5335862 | Discharge nozzle for a liquid filling assembly A liquid filling assembly includes a discharge nozzle arrangement which includes a closely wound spring operatively connected at its outer periphery to a diffuser chamber and including a plurality of coils adapted to retain a volume of fluid thereabove un... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5328597 | Electronic monitoring unit for monitoring number of uses of cartridge A self-contained electronic monitoring unit for attachment to a device, such as a water filter, designed to be used until the occurrence of a predetermined event such as a predetermined number of uses, includes transducer for providing distinct outputs su... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5190643 | Water treatment device having means to count times used and limit useage A lid assembly for a portable water treatment device of the type including a vessel with an opened upper end and a replaceable filter cartridge adapted to be contained therein. A lid assembly is adapted to be attached to the opened upper end of the vessel... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5142335 | Electrostatic latent image-developing device and toner cartridge used therefor An electrostatic latent image-developing device is equipped with a toner cartridge-holding means and a toner cartridge fitted thereto. The toner cartridge includes a container with a toner discharge openings, a toner contained in the container, and a seal... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5104011 | Self-cleaning feed apparatus A variable throttling feed apparatus, commonly known as a slice for breaking down clumps of fiber in various fiber processes, comprises a rotatable half round feed aperture bar which cooperates with the side of a cross flow feed chamber to form both a por... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5078302 | Paint dispensing apparatus Apparatus for sealing the colorant-dispensing nozzles of machines adapted for coloring paint base material. Container assemblies of the machine provide storage of the colorants and may include metering apparatus to discharge preselected amounts of coloran... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5000895 | Method for preventing plastic from hardening in a dispenser tip A method for preventing hardening of plastic material in a dispenser tip during periods of nonuse of the dispenser tip. The method involves providing a balloon around the dispenser tip, and then filling the balloon with plastic material.... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4974646 | Powder flow control valve The disclosure relates to a powder flow control valve comprising a nozzle formed from a material such as high density polythene having an upper frusto-conical section which converges towards the lower end of the nozzle and terminates in a cylindrical sect... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4919305 | Fuel dispensing nozzle with built-in flow regulator A fuel dispensing nozzle for refueling vehicles is disclosed. The nozzle provides a poppet valve for manually controlling the flow rate through the nozzle and an automatic flow control regulator for limiting the maximum flow rate through the nozzle to a p... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4887742 | One piece dispensing valve Dispensing valves particularly intended for use on bag-in-the-box type beverage containers comprise a molded one piece structure formed of a resinous plastic material. The structure includes a body defining a fluid passageway having an inlet end and an ou... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4819829 | Closure for pourable materials container A closure for containers of various sizes and configurations. The closure comprises of a cover member, a flange or similar structure for attaching the cover member to a container, and a slideway formed in the cover member with a slide disposed therewithin... | 04/11/1989 |
