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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7004360 | Easy pour tea kettle A tea kettle includes kettle body and a lid that covers a fill opening in the body. The lid includes a knob within which a whistle is positioned. A spout is attached to the kettle body and has a passageway. A ball seat is positioned within the passageway as is a str... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6920991 | Multi-chambered container and two-piece adapter A multi-chambered container assembly including a two-piece adapter having a base and a hollow member that cooperate to open and close a passage between a first chamber provided by a bottle and a second chamber formed in the hollow member. The base defines a first op... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6705482 | Ball and socket closure A closure for sealing the open end of body fluid collection, transport or storage containers or tubes. The closure includes a ball and socket arrangement, wherein the ball rotates within the socket to align a passageway through the ball with the opening in the tube.... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6255101 | Seal for reagent flask usable by a blood analyzer The invention concerns a seal for closing the neck of a flask. The seal comprises a stopper with a central coaxial channel for passage of an injection and/or sampling needle, this channel being sealed by at least one ball with a diameter slightly greater ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6237800 | Dual purpose water bottle Dual purpose water bottle with a water bottle having a cylindrical shape and having a perpendicularly disposed dividing wall roughly half way down the cylindrical shape and having a threaded opening on each end of the cylindrical shape, one the end receiv... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6161712 | Ball and socket closure A closure for sealing the open end of body fluid collection, transport or storage containers or tubes. The closure includes a ball and socket arrangement, wherein the ball rotates within the socket to align a passageway through the ball with the opening i... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6032813 | Ball and socket closure for specimen collection container incorporating an integral flexible seal A closure for sealing the open end of a specimen collection container from the environment is provided. The closure includes a generally spherical-shaped ball having a passageway extending therethrough. The ball is capable of rotative movement between an ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5988415 | Bottle flow controller A device for controlling the flow of liquid from a bottle having a chamber and a spout with a passage communicating with such chamber. A cage is partially located within the bottle at the spout passage. The cage defines a particular volume and includes an... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5971203 | Quick release vent apparatus for a fuel tank A vent apparatus of a fuel tank comprising a housing having a through-hole at the bottom communicating with a fuel tank; a valve body mounted on the housing, having a flange, vent slots and a partition wall; a lower cover mounted under the valve body, hav... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5972297 | Ball and socket closure for specimen collection container incorporating a septum A closure for sealing an open end of a specimen collection container from the environment is provided. The closure includes a socket mountable on an open end of the collection container for enclosing an interior region of the collection container. The clo... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5651940 | Sealed sample cuvette for volatile solutions The sealing apparatus of the present invention is a sample cuvette cap having a hole for inserting the nozzle of an auto-sampler therethrough. Located within the lumen of the hole is a small detent ball that can be positioned to block the lumen. The deten... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5499735 | Closure assembly for vacuum sealed containers An air valve apparatus for vacuum sealed containers comprises a cover having a groove at center portion and an aperture at center portion concentrically with respect to the groove. The aperture has projecting a pair of circular walls both from the upper s... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5232110 | Container closure A container closure for attachment to a threaded container neck and comprising a closure top having a pouring passage and an offcenter opening which receives a tube defining an air passage, the tube being adapted to extend to a position adjacent to the co... | 08/03/1993 |
| 4736083 | Microwave heating digestion vessel Microwave digestion vessel of Teflon PFA material including a Teflon PFA vessel with a threaded top and a Teflon PFA cap with internal threads for engaging the vessel threads. A valve assembly extends upwardly from a center portion of the cap and includes... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4613738 | Microwave heating digestion vessel Microwave digestion vessel of Teflon PFA material including a Teflon PFA vessel with a threaded top and a Teflon PFA cap with internal threads for engaging the vessel threads. A valve assembly extends upwardly from a center portion of the cap and includes... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4395940 | Appliance for making an aerated beverage and a cap for a bottle used therein The appliance includes a casing 10 in which is mounted a connection 13 for a container 12 of pressurized liquid carbon dioxide. A bottle 80 of water is provided with a special cap 82 having a dip tube therein which extends into the water. The cap has a no... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4142645 | Vacuum sealing closure lid for home canning operations A closure for food containers embodying an open-ended resilient tubular elastomeric nipple adapted for connection to a source of vacuum so that air within the container may be evacuated prior to storage of the container and its contents. The nipple is pro... | 03/06/1979 |
