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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395942 | Wine bottle closure apparatus An improved wine bottle closure and vacuum pump apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus provides an improved bulb structure to be used for pumping and storage purposes, the bulb remaining with a closure plug even after pumping is completed and the wine is to be stored... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7380678 | Lid for closing a container The invention relates to a lid (1) and a method of opening the lid which is used for closing a container (15) having means on the inner side of screwing on to the neck (2) of a container. Internally, the lid has an inner lid (5) which is ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7328730 | Food storage containers A food storage container includes a lid with a vent hole, and a removable cover removably secured to the lid to cover the vent hole. The cover has an evacuation hole. The food storage container further includes a one-way air valve disposed between the vent hole and ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328548 | Devices and methods for introducing air into, or removing air from, containers A device comprising a plug positioned within a housing to regulate air within a container, for example, plastic storage containers or bags. The plug is positioned within the housing to occlude a port hole in the housing. The housing is positioned within a container ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325381 | Devices and methods for introducing air into, or removing air from, containers Devices comprising a plug positioned within a housing to regulate air within a container, for example, plastic storage containers or bags. One embodiment utilizes a plug that occludes an opening in a housing. The plug is displaced from the opening to inject or evacu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7246555 | Portable vacuum food storage system Portable Vacuum Food Storage System with a housing that contains a vacuum pump, an on off power switch, a vacuum pressure switch and a plurality of rechargeable DC batteries. The top of the housing has a gripping member help the user to twist and fasten the housing ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7163113 | Vent disc with center knob A member that positions a vent disc in an end of a container is provided. The member has at least one projection extending from the vent disc virtually solely for positioning the vent disc in its secured position in the end of a container. The at least one projectio... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140402 | Vacuum storage system and method An exemplary system and method for providing and releasing a vacuum seal is disclosed as comprising inter alia: puncturing a portion of a lid closure with a penetrator device; actuating a vacuum pump to remove at least a portion of atmospheric gas from inside the co... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131550 | Food storage containers A lid for a food storage container includes a lid body with a vacuum sense opening and a vent opening extending through the lid body, a releasable cover disposed over the vent opening, and a pressure-indicating protrusion. The cover impedes air flow into the contain... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7048136 | Canister lid with improved evacuation and vent assembly A canister lid includes a cover member adapted to cover a canister, thereby defining an interior of the canister. An evacuation valve is adapted to allow evacuation of the interior of the container. A vacuum release valve is adapted to allow venting of the interior ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6994227 | vacuum container to preserve food A vacuum container for preserving food is disclosed herein that includes a cover member for covering an upper part of a container member in which food is filled, a piston member equipped with the cover member and ascending and descending movable, and first and secon... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992586 | Methods of conducting promotional contests and beverage containers for use therein A method of conducting a promotional contest by providing a portal that establishes a field for detecting the presence of a field-disturbing element, providing packages respectively having and lacking a concealed field-disturbing element, and distributing the packag... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6976669 | Self-sealing valve Shut-off valve, composed of a container (3) provided with valve seat (4), and also a valve body (2, 22, 42) that can be moved through the opening bounded by the valve seat (4), in order to provide a seal. The valve body (2, 22, 42)... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6877629 | Food storage device Container for storing food products including a base defining a product support surface for supporting the food product and a cover releasably engaging with the base such that when the cover engages with the base, a storage compartment is defined by the cover and th... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6789690 | Hose direct canister lid A hose direct cannister lid includes a port that accepts a hose connected to a source of vacuum in order to evacuate a cannister to which the lid is connected. The hose direct cannister lid includes a first valve for exposing the cannister to the source of vacuum wh... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6726047 | Air tight canister with vacuum relief valve A resilient vacuum relief valve 52 is urged tightly on the lid stem 44 engaging the lid bottom 42 while encircling the vent 46 preventing air passage through the vent 46. The vacuum relief valve 52 is also formed of a pliabl... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6651834 | Bottle stopper with pressure indicator A stopper for a bottle includes a resilient outer body having an axial bore, a rigid inner body disposed within the bore, and a valve actuator moveably disposed within an axial opening of the inner body. A lower flange portion of the outer body extends ra... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6644489 | Container assembly having a cover cap provided with a pump member to pump out air from a container A container assembly includes a cover cap mounted detachably and sealingly on a container. The cover cap has a pump-mounting wall portion defining a pump-receiving chamber, an inlet formed in the pump-mounting wall portion and in fluid communication with ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6637321 | Bottle cap for vacuum preservation Disclosed is a bottle cap for vacuum preservation, comprising a cap main body consisting of a cylindrical cap tube inserted in a vessel, and a holder part extended from an end, located at a vessel inlet, of the cap tube; a piston airtightly inserted in th... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6619493 | Sealable container A sealable container in the present invention has a container body and a cover closed on the container body and provided with a push button and a suction hole. The cover is combined with a release assembly and an outer cap therein. The release assembly in... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6520071 | Hand-held suction pump A hand-held suction pump for creating a vacuum in a container (2) provided with a suction valve (3), comprising an elongated outer casing in which an electric motor (7) and a piston pump (14, 15) driven by the motor (7) are accommodated, wherein the pump ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6513659 | Preservation container for food and the like A preservation container for food and the like comprising a sealable container main body (2), to which a lid (3) is attached, an opening (5) connecting the inside and the outside is provided on the lid (3), and a gas non-permeable sheet (6) having a vent ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6375024 | Vacuum apparatus for forming a vacuum in a container A vacuum apparatus for easily forming a vacuum in any bottle, container or the like and for providing a stable sealing. A lower cylindrical member together with a disc member forms a space portion in which a vacuum or an atmospheric pressure is applied, a... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6206220 | Vacuum container with reclosable sealing closure having a vaccuum release sealing button A vacuum pack food container is closed by releasable and reclosable sheet metal closure having a center portion defining an annular recess around an upwardly projecting integral vacuum release button with an undercut wall partially surrounded by a score l... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6194011 | Closure for vacuum-sealed containers with resealable pressure release A food container, of the type having a quantity of food vacuum-packed within a body of the container with a closure affixed on an open end of the body of the container, is provided with a low cost improvement for facilitating removal of the closure from t... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5992666 | Sealing cap for a vacuum seal container A sealing cap fastened to a vacuum seal container and controlled to extract air out of vacuum seal container, the sealing cap including a cap body unit fastened to the vacuum seal container, and an extracting unit mounted in the cap body and controlled to... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5979688 | Vacuum container with reclosable sealing closure having a vacuum release sealing button A vacuum pack food container is closed by releasable and reclosable sheet metal closure having a center portion defining an annular recess around an upwardly projecting integral vacuum release button with an undercut wall partially surrounded by a score l... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5971180 | Sealing plug cap for a sealing container A sealing plug cap includes a plug cap body fastened to the mouth of a sealing container to seal the passage of the mouth by a deformatable peripheral flap thereof, an air buffer device fastened to the bottom end of the plug cap body inside the sealing co... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5957317 | Evacuation actuating closure for a container An evacuation actuating closure includes a lower cap member with a valve seat plate defining a plurality of angularly displaced venting holes at a central area. An annular guiding wall has upper and lower annular portions above and below the valve seat pl... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5954214 | Cap for vacuum container having double frangible seal and container having such a cap A hermetic cap for a container containing product packed in said container under vacuum. The cap has an orifice through it and a first frangible seal hermetically sealing the orifice on one surface of the cap and a second frangible seal hermetically seali... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5955127 | Closure for vacuum-sealed containers with resealable pressure release A food container, of the type having a quantity of food vacuum-packed within a body of the container with a closure affixed on an open end of the body of the container, is provided with a low cost improvement for facilitating removal of the closure from t... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5944212 | Container capable of being evacuated by rotating a cap member thereof A container includes a container body, a cap member, a disk member and an evacuating unit. The cap member is mounted on a top open end of the container body and is rotatable about a vertical axis. The disk member is provided beneath and inside the cap mem... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5833090 | Metal lids for vacuum-sealing of packaging for foodstuff preserves The present invention comprises a metal lid constituted by a circular panel, endowed with downward short turned rim or skirt and provided in its inner peripheral circumference a circular groove containing a sealing gasket and having a circular concave dep... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5779082 | Easily-cleaned reusable lid including an evacuating pump The lid consists of two unitary parts both of which are molded from a soft rubbery substance. The body of the lid butts against the mouth of a container and includes a vacuum release valve and a check valve through which air may be evacuated from the cont... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5697510 | Container and valved closure A container includes a cover engaged on an open top. A channel and an opening are formed in the cover. A knob is slidably engaged in the channel and includes a tube having a pair of shoulders. A plug has a pair of hooks engaged into the tube and engaged w... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5692632 | Container with a self-contained evacuation lid This invention relates to a container with a self-contained evacuation lid. The container is provided for preserving food and is closed on the top by the evacuation lid. The lid includes a piston rod to be reciprorated up and down such that air inside the... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5651470 | Vacuum container A vacuum container has a vessel and an installed air extraction device covering the vessel. The installed air extraction device has a cap, an air extraction device disposed in the cap, and an air inlet valve passing through a center of the cap. The cap ha... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5638971 | Vacuum seal container A vacuum seal container comprises a cylindrical container body having a peripheral seal extending therearound and a lid including an outer skirt for engaging the seal. The skirt defines an access port for communication with a vacuum-generating source. The... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5558243 | Sealing cap for vacuum containers A sealing cap for coupling with an upper edge of a container includes a base disc, a spiral spring, a sucking plate and a soft cap body combined together. The soft cap body is able to be pressed down manually and pushed up by the spring and the sucking pl... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5535900 | Bottle cap with an air removing device A bottle cap with an air removing device consists of a cap unit and an air stopper combined together. The cap unit includes an upper cap portion, a lower cylindrical portion and a valve formed in an interior of both the upper cap portion and the lower cyl... | 07/16/1996 |
