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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246639 | Suspended containment system The present invention provides methods and apparatus for containing aircraft fuel. According to some embodiments the apparatus includes a structural connector comprising an open shape, a first surface and a second surface, a seal defining a suction area disposed in ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7017630 | Fueling nozzle device A device for use with a fueling nozzle including a handle assembly and a spout, the device includes a connection component for coupling to the fueling nozzle, proximal the spout, and a resilient member extending from the connection component. When in use, the connec... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6752183 | Waste funnel system A waste funnel system for pouring liquids into a container. The waste funnel system has an adapter with a closure that can be mounted to an opening of the container. A funnel body has a cover that is pivotally connected to the funnel body and is used to open and clo... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6592159 | Scooping device for flowable material A flowable material can be transferred from a contained mass of material to a remote container, by using a manual scooping implement that includes an elongated hollow tube having a funnel configuration. One end of the tube is closed, while the other end i... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6572827 | Method of using collection device A biological fluid collection device with a pivotable faucet is disclosed. The device is designed to collect, hold and transfer a biological specimen into a non-evacuated tube through an integrated pivotable faucet component. This device uses no needles, ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 5848625 | Bag filling device An apparatus for filling flexible bags with a fluent material that includes a receiving bay, a curvilinear cylinder and a support frame. The receiving bay has an open top for receiving fluent material and funnels down to a discharge opening. The curviline... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5540327 | Antifreeze/coolant replacement kit The present invention features a kit and method for replacing used antifreeze/coolant in the cooling system of an automobile. The kit is composed of inexpensive parts, consisting of: (1) a plastic, flexible capture tank; (2) a flexible plastic drain sleev... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5513677 | Remote fill receptacle A remote fill receptacle device is provided comprising (1) a receptacle body and (2) a receptacle conduit, the device being employed in conjunction with a tree stand including a water reservoir for conveniently filling/refilling the tree stand's water res... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5480072 | Fluid pouring guide As an article of manufacture, a fluid pouring guide is formed from a length of rigid sheet material folded to define an open end V-shaped trough having opposing marginal side edges converging toward one end.... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5381839 | Liquid disburser device A liquid disburser device for simultaneously equally filling a plurality of liquid containers from a source of liquid including a top member having an upper funnel chamber section for receiving liquid and a lower liquid discharge column leading downwardly... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5381833 | Insulated pipe assembly and pipe support therefor This invention is a pipe support for a pipe covered by a cylindrical bat of insulation. The insulated pipe is suspended by a pipe hanger having a clevis extending round and beneath the pipe. The pipe support comprises an upwardly concave saddle engageable... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5349997 | System for watering inside trees A portable and highly efficient method for filling the hard to reach watering stands of inside trees, and particularly where the environment or nearby objects are susceptable to damage from splashes or spilled water. The invention is made up of approximat... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5261468 | Ice cube funnel An ice cube funnel which has a combination receptacle and funnel where the ice cube funnel is contemplated to slide onto the lip of an ice tray creating a hood above ice cubes in the ice tray such that the tray may be flipped upside down and pressed to re... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5236021 | Powder filling apparatus A powder filling apparatus comprised of a frame means having a cylindrical channel extending therethrough. A cylindrical funnel means is rotatably mounted in the channel, the funnel means having a bore extending therethrough. The bore has an axial section... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5188156 | Waste oil recycling apparatus An apparatus to include a storage container arranged for vertical mounting to a support surface, wherein the storage container mounts an outlet conduit and valve associated therewith. The container is provided with a cavity to receive and store a fluid-re... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5184757 | Double-barreled epoxy injection gun A double-barreled gun adapted to inject a two component epoxy bonding agent into a hole to anchor a hardware element therein. The base resin and hardener components of the epoxy are stored in seperate foil packs received in parallel barrels of the gun. Th... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5184751 | Drum pump adapter A drum pump adapter which provides for the return of spilled fluid to the drum interior. The drum pump adapter includes a hollow body having a substantially cylindrical interior with an inlet and an outlet opening. The lower portion of the body is provide... | 02/09/1993 |
| 4970817 | Vehicle remote oil fill apparatus A vehicle 10 is provided with a remote oil fill apparatus 12. The remote oil fill apparatus 12 includes a volume chamber 18 coupled to one side of the raised frame 11 of the vehicle 10. A motor 14 having an oil fill opening 16 formed therein is mounted in... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4913201 | Liquid fuel funnel The liquid fuel funnel features a no-drip configuration which includes an elongated generally horizontal fuel-receiving rear portion with an open top, which may bear a closeable lid, and a front, fuel-dispensing, spout portion which is preferably oval in ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4823848 | Multipurpose funnel A multipurpose funnel is designed to be threadably attached to the top of a container to thus facilitate the filling of the container with a chosen material. Interchangeable internally threaded caps may be used in combination with the funnel to permits it... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4531881 | Adapter for refuse compacting vehicle A funnel body for mounting at the rear of a garbage compaction truck which includes a rear wall flanked by sidewalls; the sidewalls having lower portions which are generally vertical and upper portions which are outwardly flared; the forward portions of t... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4347878 | Funnel A funnel has a relatively wide-mouthed bowl for receiving a liquid such as gasoline or the like. The bowl communicates the liquid for gravity flow downwardly through an angularly disposed central section, and further through a relatively small-mouthed spo... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4261683 | Pill counting tray A tray for counting a discrete number of pills or capsules from a bulk supply including a housing having a bottom wall, two vertical opposed sidewalls and a pair of arcuate-shaped end walls that are arranged to turn upwardly and inwardly from the bottom w... | 04/14/1981 |
