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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122920 | Beverage container tapping apparatus The invention relates to a beverage container tapping apparatus, with: a transporting device for transporting beverage containers from an introducing position to a first and a second position, a disinfecting device... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8037908 | Slide valve for a bottle A slide valve system for a powder or liquid reservoir bottle which closes the reservoir bottle and allows the reservoir bottle to be tipped away from a subjacent dispensing bottle fed by the reservoir bottle. Once the reservoir bottle is tipped away the slide valve ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7665490 | Loader device for a hopper-fed processing machine A loader device for a hopper-fed processing machine has a top plate pivotally secured to a bottom plate. The plates are attached between the processing equipment throat and the material hopper, or vacuum receiver/reservoir. As the top plate pivots upon the other, po... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7434603 | Bottom load water cooler A liquid dispensing apparatus and method for using same, including a dispenser for dispensing liquid such as water to a user. A liquid container is located below the dispenser and removably attachable to a pivoting cradle engaging the liquid container. The cradle ma... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7377407 | Modular water vending system and dispenser A purified water filtration, storage and vend system has a distributed housing design with a main unit having a filtration module, a storage tank, and a vend station. A slave unit has a storage tank and a vend station. A retractable nozzle assembly feeds each vend s... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363948 | Apparatus and method for dispensing liquid crystal A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus dispenses liquid crystal onto a substrate. The liquid crystal dispensing apparatus includes a frame, a table, at least one liquid crystal discharge device, and a liquid crystal amount inspecting portion. The table is installed o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353850 | Dispensing device for drinks A dispensing device dispenses drinks or similar dosable liquid foodstuffs, especially coffee, milk, soft drinks or soups. The dispensing device includes an identification device for identifying a vertical height of a container for receiving the foodstuff and for emi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322361 | Method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product The invention relates to a method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco rod of a smoking product, wherein the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the tobacco rod is formed. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320639 | Lid to lower basket sealing apparatus for a cotton packager machine A cotton receiving basket for an on-board cotton harvesting machine including a lower basket having a plurality of upwardly extending walls having upper portions including elongate upper seal elements extending therealong, respectively; a basket lid having a plurali... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318461 | Container carrier for samplers with transport cap The container carrier serves to hold containers for fluid samples. For the transport of the sample containers, the container carrier, which is directly but detachably connected with a cover part during the dispensation of fluid samples into the sample containers, is... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309588 | Nucleic acid assays The present invention relates to the detection of specific nucleic acid sequences after an amplification process, or directly without amplification. In particular, the invention provides for the automation of the amplification and detection process, the amplificatio... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7284578 | Apparatus for placing products into blisters of a blister band In an apparatus for filling a blister band with products, two or more work units are carried by relative carriages and have hoppers fed with different kinds of products. The products are then supplied to discharge conduits leading to the blisters of the band. Strips... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277288 | Heat sink assembly with retention module and clip A heat sink assembly of the present invention includes a printed circuit board (10), a retention module (20), four pins (30), a heat sink (40) and a clip (50). The printed circuit board (10) has an electronic package (100... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7262008 | Nucleic acid assays The present invention relates to the detection of specific nucleic acid sequences, either by a process of amplification of specific nucleic acid sequences or not. More particularly the invention provides for improved compositions and methods for reducing the chance ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7207360 | Container and coupling system for transferring garanular and other materials A hermetic container and coupling system for transferring granular material from a first container to a second container, the latter being typically an applicator. The first container includes a neck and a base opposite to the former. The base includes through openi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191806 | Oil injecting apparatus The opening of an oil container 11 for storing oil 12 is sealed airtight with a cover member 32. A one-sided-bag-shaped fluid dynamic pressure bearing 10 is seated on an O-ring 25 and fixed airtight onto the upper surface of a bear... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7128107 | Device for dispensing flowable material components A device for dosed allocation of a flowable material component with at least one supply container for receiving the material component has an outlet and an associated removal device having an inlet via which the material component can be removed from the supply cont... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7080673 | Quick LNG offloading A system of the type wherein LNG from a tanker (30) is offloaded to a moored vessel (16), which has a regas unit (36) which heats the LNG to transform it into gaseous hydrocarbons, and which has a pump unit (38) that pumps the gaseous hyd... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059369 | Self-cleaning product transfer device A product transfer device is provided that includes telescoping tubular arm sections that collectively define a fluid passageway and are arranged so that a terminal arm section has the smallest diameter, while the diameters of the succeeding arm sections are increas... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043839 | Method and apparatus for charging oil into fluid-dynamic-pressure bearings, spindle motor utilizing fluid-dynamic-pressure bearings, and signal record-and-playback device utilizing fluid-dynamic-pressure bearings Manufacturing method enabling optimal volume oil-fill even where differing from bearing to bearing due to machining fluctuations in volume-production dynamic pressure bearings. In a first charging method, injection of oil is divided into two cycles. The first is car... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032631 | Medicament vial having a heat-sealable cap, and apparatus and method for filling the vial A resealable cap (110, 210) for a medicament vial (114, 214) has a base portion (112, 212) formed of vulcanized rubber or like material known for providing a stable environment for the medicament contained within the vial, and a resealable porti... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028726 | Rotary-drive dispenser A liquid dispenser that uses rotary motion to create a relative movement between one or more dispensing elements and one or more receivers is disclosed. The dispensing elements are fluidically coupled to one or more reservoirs, which contain ingredients that are to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021342 | Apparatus and method for dispensing liquid crystal A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus dispenses liquid crystal onto a substrate. The liquid crystal dispensing apparatus includes a frame, a table, at least one liquid crystal discharge device, and a liquid crystal amount inspecting portion. The table is installed o... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6973948 | Gas offloading system A system is described for offloading LNG (liquified natural gas) from a tanker for eventual delivery to an onshore gas distribution station. The system includes a floating structure that floats at the sea surface and that is connected to the tanker so they weatherva... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6931950 | System and processes for particulate analysis A system for analyzing particles including: a source of solid particles; a sampler apparatus attached to and integral with the source of solid particles which apparatus is adapted to enable removal of small amounts of sample material from the source; a sonication ce... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6889727 | Apparatus and method for the preparation of experiments using proteins contained within gels An apparatus and method for dispensing protein-containing materials, such as, for example, pastes, gels, lipidic cubic phases, lipidic mesophases, and mixtures of the foregoing into containers, e.g., wells of assay trays. The invention further provides a method for ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886612 | Method and apparatus for transferring a defined quantity of powder There is provided a method of transferring a defined quantity of powder comprising compacting a target area of powder; dipping a tube into the compacted target area of powder to fill the tube with a defined volume of powder; and transferring the defined volume of po... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6810930 | Apparatus for metering powdered filling material An apparatus for metering powdered filling material has a filling material container whose bottom is provided with bores which cooperate with tamping plungers and transfer plungers. Underneath the bottom is a stop ring which functions as a counter support for the ta... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6808089 | Powder filling method and powder filling apparatus Disclosed is a powder filling method in which powder is filled in a powder box having a discharging port at its bottom segment, the powder box is moved over a cavity to be targeted while being slid on a die plate, thereafter the powder in the powder box is dropped i... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805170 | Method for filling a vial A resealable cap for a medicament vial has a base portion formed of vulcanized rubber or like material known for providing a stable environment for the medicament contained within the vial, and a resealable portion overlying the base portion. The resealable portion ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6772807 | Sealing structure of drinking water tank A sealing structure of a drinking water tank. The water tank has a mouth covered with a cap. The cap has a hollow guide recessed from a center thereof, and a sealing cover receiving the hollow guide therein. The hollow guide defines an opening for water contained in... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6745778 | Device for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product The invention relates to a method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product (2), wherein the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the rod is formed, as well as to a device for supplying a flowable m... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6708739 | Labor saving, high speed, high volume, liquid filling machine, for palletized containers A machine consisting of a vertically mobile liquid manifold filling system, and a horizontally mobile carriage for maneuvering pallets under a multi-head filler, for simultaneously filling entire pallet tiers of empty containers, such as 2.5 gallon metal or plastic ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6684916 | Medicament vial having a heat-sealable cap, and apparatus and method for filling the vial A resealable cap for a medicament vial has a base portion formed of vulcanized rubber or like material known for providing a stable environment for the medicament contained within the vial, and a resealable portion overlying the base portion. The resealab... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6679303 | Tube-filling machine A tube-filling machine has a supply device for transporting a tube through different processing stations. The processing stations include a filling station in which a filling pipe is introduced from above into the substantially vertical tube. A filling me... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6662828 | Telescoping filling head A telescoping filling head comprising a driving portion, a nozzle block portion and a two-stage telescoping nozzle, the innermost portion of the nozzle having positionable apertures. A telescoping filling head can be retrofitted on an existing filling dev... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6662833 | Apparatus for incorporating components and filling liquid for liquid-sealed vibration-proof mount An improved apparatus for conducting the operation of incorporating components and filling liquid for the assembly of a liquid-sealed vibration-proof mount by sequential steps of: depressing a liquid tank disposed above a main components body held to be f... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6659142 | Apparatus and method for preparing fluid mixtures A system and method for preparing and dispensing fluid mixtures is provided. Fluid wells are positioned below a plurality of fluid dispensing devices, such as syringes configured to dispense fluid into the individual fluid wells. The fluid dispensing devi... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6640847 | Device for distributing liquid to a number of consumers, and drinks machine provided with a device of this type The invention relates to a device for distributing liquid to a number of consumers, in particular for use in a drinks machine. The device comprises a number of receptacles which are positioned next to one another which corresponds to the number of consume... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637479 | System for offshore transfer of liquefield natural gas A system for transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) between two vessels (1, 2). The system comprises a coupling head (7) mounted at one end of a flexible pipe means (4) and arranged for attachment on a platform (19) at one end of one vessel (1) when it i... | 10/28/2003 |
