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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7905259 | Advanced carbon dioxide fuel tank inerting system An onboard inert gas generation system includes an evaporator comprising a vessel that receives a hydrocarbon fuel from a fuel tank, separates vapor fuel components from liquid fuel components, establishes a nearly constant fuel vapor composition, and outputs the fu... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7374601 | Air separation system and method with modulated warning flow An inerting system and method characterized by a primary air separation module configured to communicate with an upstream source of pressurized air at elevated temperature for production of a primary downstream flow of nitrogen-enriched air to be delivered to a spac... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7322227 | Tank container with electronic monitoring device A tank container with electronic monitoring device includes a tank barrel and a container frame supporting the same. The tank barrel includes a valve assembly and a valve assembly protection box. The electronic monitoring device is installed inside the valve assembl... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7249618 | Device for filling a flexible pouch A device (1) fills a flexible pouch (100) with medicinal fluids. The pouch is mounted with its distal end (113) upward and attached to a filling infuser (110) which is supported in a supporting bore (121). A neck end of the supply ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232046 | Pressurized dispenser for beverage bottle An apparatus securable to a top opening of a beverage bottle for selectively dispensing fluid therefrom includes a body that has a plurality of vertically aligned chambers, a spout extending outwardly from one of the plurality of chambers and a bellow section dispos... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219480 | Capping and nitrogen dosing apparatus A capping and nitrogen dosing apparatus for containers includes a rotary capping machine which is configured to serially receive filled containers, and apply closures to respective ones of the containers. The present apparatus includes a dosing system for injecting ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7191983 | Methods and systems for controlling flammability control systems in aircraft and other vehicles Methods and systems for controlling fuel tank flammability control systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for use with an aircraft or other vehicle includes a flammability control system and a controller operably coupled to the flammability contro... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7165581 | Method and apparatus for preserving beverages and foodstuff Systems and methods for preserving a perishable material sensitive to oxygen and bacterial spoilage are taught. The systems in some embodiments comprise a pressurized source of a first gas other than oxygen and a container for the perishable material, the container ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162851 | Method for changing a stopper A stopper change device (10) includes an airtight chamber body (21) detachably mountable on a head of a bottle, a gas supply port (19) for supplying N gas to the chamber body, an air vent valve (57) for discharging air from the chamber bo... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152635 | Commercial aircraft on-board inerting system An inerting system (10) for an aircraft (12) includes one or more fuel tank circuits (15) associated with fuel tanks (16). An air source (17) supplies pressurized air. A heat exchanger (56) cools the pressurized air. An air ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7104033 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage, having a filling element and filling machine with such filling elements A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage, having a filling element of a filling machine with a rotary construction for filling bottles or similar containers with a liquid has, in a filling element housing, a liquid duct for the controlled... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093789 | Delta-winged hybrid airship In one aspect, a hybrid airship including an outer shell, a plurality of helium filled gas envelopes, and an all-electric propulsion system may have the shape of a delta-wing. In some embodiments, the hybrid airship may be launched using buoyancy lift alone and aero... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7047762 | Compact preservation and refrigeration system for perishable substances A device for storage of an opened food container such as a wine container. The device includes a housing for receiving the opened food container in a substantially vertical orientation. A poppet valve assembly is provided for insertion in an opening in the opened fo... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7007893 | Methods and systems for controlling flammability control systems in aircraft and other vehicles Methods and systems for controlling fuel tank flammability control systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for use with an aircraft or other vehicle includes a flammability control system and a controller operably coupled to the flammability contro... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6938654 | Monitoring of ultra-high purity product storage tanks during transportation System for the transportation and storage of a product which comprises a tank including cylindrical wall section and two ends, wherein the cylindrical wall section and two ends define a cylindrical tank periphery, and wherein the tank periphery has an interior and a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935524 | Depressurizing pump assemblies and closures for beverage container An assemlby for depressurizing an opened beverage bottle including a bottle closure having a valve to permit depressurization of the bottle by a removable pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a stretchable diaphragm having roller being moveable on tracks within... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932122 | Method and apparatus for carbonating bottled liquid with minimum oxygen entrainment A system for carbonating a liquid with carbon dioxide gas comprises a pressurized source of carbon dioxide gas, a user-operable three-way valve system having a first, a second, and a third orifice providing a first, a second and a third valve state, which in the fir... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6880592 | Canister guard A canister guard for preventing liquid contamination of an oulet to a canister containing liquid. The canister guard may include baffles extending from a sidewall. Additionally, the canister guard may be configured to be replacable or for retrofitting to conventiona... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6832634 | Method and apparatus for carbonating bottled liquid with minimum oxygen entrainment A system for carbonating a liquid with carbon dioxide gas comprises a pressurized source of carbon dioxide gas, a user-operable three-way valve system having a first, a second, and a third orifice providing a first, a second and a third valve state, which in the fir... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6820659 | Aircraft fuel inerting system for an airport A multicomponent, ground based system for reducing the hazard of explosion of aircraft fuel in the on board tanks of aircraft. The system is adapted to provide a supply of scrubbed fuel having a low concentration of dissolved oxygen. The scrubbed fuel can be supplie... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6786254 | Retractable air supply connector system for a fuel cell assembly In a retractable air supply connection system for air supply lines extending between a blower supply plenum and hot zone components of a solid-oxide fuel cell assembly, each such hot zone component is provided with a socket for receiving a retractable connector. Eac... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6739359 | On-board inert gas generating system optimization by pressure scheduling A modular, on-board, inert gas generating system for aircraft is disclosed in which main components such as a heat exchanger, filter, and an air separation module, and a pressure scheduling valve are provided in a modular unit sized to provide a variable flow of nit... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6729359 | Modular on-board inert gas generating system A modular, on-board, inert gas generating system for aircraft is disclosed in which main components such as a heat exchanger, filter and air separation module are provide in a modular unit sized to provide predetermined flow of nitrogen-enriched air to the aircraft ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6651703 | Transportation and storage of ultra-high purity products A system for the transportation and storage of a product comprising a tank including a cylindrical wall section and two ends which define a cylindrical tank periphery, wherein the tank periphery has an interior and an exterior; a recessed valve box includ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6604558 | Aircraft fuel inerting system for an airport A multicomponent, ground based system for reducing the hazard of explosion of aircraft fuel in the on board tanks of aircraft. The system is adapted to provide a supply of scrubbed fuel having a low concentration of dissolved oxygen. The scrubbed fuel can... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6595109 | Wine preserving assembly A wine preserving assembly which simultaneously delivers an inert-gas to the headspace of a wine bottle while simultaneously evacuating undesirable gas contained in the headspace through the action of operatively engaging an inert gas-containing vessel to... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6568435 | Ventilation of a closed space or closed containers with only one venthole and filled with solids A system and method that removes an unwanted gas or unwanted gases or volatile liquids from containers or spaces that have only one venthole. The unwanted gases are replaced by a desirable, usually inert gas. The containers may be filled with granular sol... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6533000 | Substrate transportation container A hermetic substrate transportation container permitting storage of an electronic substrate is provided, keeping a rise of internal moisture concentration low, thus preventing generation of natural oxidation film on the surface of the electronic substrate... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6530401 | Method for the preservation of an opened drink bottle A device of the present invention includes a closure plug for a drink bottle. The plug is provided with an inlet and an inlet valve which is arranged therein and is embodied as a reflux valve that is closed in a rest position. The device also comprises a ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520218 | Container chemical guard In a first respect this invention is a container, comprising: a cylindrical, hollow body capped on both ends by a base and a top; a conduit that bisects the top and extends into the interior of the container; and a perforated housing that encompasses the ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6463964 | Method of operating a machine for filling bottles, cans or the like beverage containers with a beverage, and a beverage container filling machine A method of operating a carbonated beverage filling machine for filling beverage containers, such as beverage bottles and beverage cans, with a beverage, and also a carbonated beverage filling machine for filling beverage containers, such as beverage bott... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6425421 | Method and apparatus for decanting wine A method and apparatus (10) for transferring wine from a wine bottle (100) to a decanting receptacle (200) wherein the apparatus (10) includes: a pump unit (11) for introducing pressurized air into the interior of the wine bottle; a fluid withdrawal unit ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6418979 | Method and apparatus for processing tool interface in a manufacturing environment A method and apparatus for automated interfacing with a processing tool in a manufacturing environment having a tilt mechanism and a rotation mechanism. In one embodiment, semiconductor wafers in a cassette are presented to a processing tool by tilting th... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6352165 | Replacement cap and pressurizing mechanism for bottle An apparatus for sealing and pressurizing a bottle having an opening in a top end section and external threads extending around the end section includes an internal cap section having a bottom end with a bottom opening, a top end, and a generally cylindri... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6302159 | Apparatus and method for carrying out flow through chemistry of multiple mixtures An apparatus and method for chemical processing of multiple mixtures is disclosed. The apparatus provides selective purging of a liquid-phase of the mixtures. The apparatus can be used for processing many different types of mixtures under a wide variety o... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6182715 | Liquid nitrogen injection system with flexible dosing arm for pressurization and inerting containers on production lines A liquid-nitrogen injection system comprises a vacuum-insulated reservoir that is held aloft and to one side of a flexible dosing arm. Such reservoir is completely sealed and capped on its top and sides, the vent, feed, return, and supply conduits enter o... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6164343 | Method and apparatus for verifying an encapsulation of quick-setting adhesive in small reservior cups A method of verifying an encapsulation of quick-setting adhesive in a small hermetically sealed reservoir cup from which the adhesive is dispensed on depression of a reservoir piston sealing the mouth of the reservoir cup. The method includes feeding a gr... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6135165 | Pressurized container of paint additives and method of making same A pressurized package of paint additives is prepared by mixing water, emulsion, stabilizers and a propellant in a pressurizable container. This pressurized container is then sold to retail stores where a water borne paint composition is injected into the ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6112780 | 4-tube apparatus for gaseous contaminant control during bottling processes A four-tube bottling system that greatly reduces the oxygen or other air-borne contaminants in bottled beverages. The apparatus allows for the injecting of inert gas into the bottom of the container while the atmosphere escapes through the forth tube near... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6076570 | Closure containing a fluid for mixture with a beverage A closure including an integral chamber for storing a fluid separately from a beverage stored in a container to which the closure is attached is provided with a pre-formed court or aperture and a valve, the valve being operable to an open position when in... | 06/20/2000 |
