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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7740145 | Bottle cap A bottle cap is disclosed, which displays an opened state and cannot contain contents again once it is opened. The bottle cap includes a cap having a screw formed on its inner surface to be engaged with a screw formed on an outer surface of a nozzle of a bottle, a r... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7328816 | Beverage dispenser A food and beverage dispenser with a dispenser lid and a dispenser body. The dispenser body has four walls and a bottom. The dispenser lid seats on the dispenser body. The dispenser lid is secured to the body by cooperation of the lid with the body. Rotation of the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7306109 | System and method of administering pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals as part of a beverage container A system and method for providing a dry consumable with a liquid in the same assembly. The assembly includes a fluid container that is covered with a cap assembly. The cap assembly can be manually opened and closed, thereby selectively controlling the flow of fluid ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7276202 | Method of manufacturing ceramic bottle for plastic cork The present invention forms screw-like projection at the entrance of ceramic bottle and enables air-tightening with plastic cork, formed with screw-like projection in its body. It guarantees air tightening of ceramic bottle, and does not use imported cork, which dec... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7207454 | Method and apparatus for sealing and re-sealing an annular vessel opening A stopper assembly for sealing an opening of a vessel has a threaded body having a tapered head; an elastic jacket fitted over a portion of the body; a retention housing fitted over the body and jacket, the retention housing retaining the jacket from lateral displac... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204383 | Seal container A seal container includes a container, a lid, a knob fitted on the lid, a soft seal fitted over a lower side of the lid, and a depressing member arranged under the knob and connected with a middle of the seal at a lower end; the depressing member has several slopes ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7074313 | Processing chamber A device having a processing chamber, for electroelution and/or dialysis of a substance carried in a sample with respect to an external liquid medium. The chamber has a closed end and an opening at the other end, sufficiently large to permit a sample, particularly a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6915920 | Bottle stopper A bottle stopper mainly includes a body, a plug and a jacket. The body has an expansion spread by the plug and outwardly confronting with the jacket. The plug comprises two necks for two different engagements alternatively engaged with the body to provide a locking ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6607087 | Stopper for forming a gas-tight seal for a variety of bottles An adjustable bottle stopper that stoppers a bottle by expanding a cylindrical elastic spacer within the neck of the bottle. According to the invention, the bottle comprises of: a threaded disk nut, a bolt that is screwed into said threaded disk nut, a lo... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6170690 | Air-tightly sealable container with bell jar covering Provided by the invention is an air-tightly sealable bell jar container comprising a base plate and a bell jar covering mountable on the base plate. An air-tight sealing mechanism is obtained by forming a laterally and downwardly opening annular groove in... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6044670 | Theft prevention device A theft prevention device is provided for an anhydrous ammonia tank having a feed pipe with an open end. The theft prevention device includes a plug body which is inserted into the open end of the feed pipe. The plug body includes a flexible member which ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5740935 | Bung hole plug A bung hole plug formed of resilient synthetic material interfitted between a front and back plate. A threaded post is attached to the back plate, and used, in conjunction with a lock washer and nut, to draw the front and back plates together, thereby squ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5735425 | Reusable beer keg plug An improved reusable beer keg plug replaces the conventional wooden bung and is formed of an elastomeric material as a tapered, expandable plug suited to being snugly fitted within a conventional beer keg sidewall tapered hole and thereafter expanded by a... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5307841 | Test plug for waste pipe A test plug for sealing a waste pipe includes a generally cylindrical piston having an inwardly tapered lower end with a maximum outer diameter slightly smaller than an inner diameter of a waste pipe. A threaded rod has a segment that extends through the ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5275299 | Closure device for an in particular evacuable cylindrical housing A closure device for a front side of an in particular evacuable cylindrical housing comprises a cap surrounding said front side of said housing with a front wall in which a borehole is arranged. A sealing device is arranged between the borehole and an int... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5131553 | Tubular plastic shipping, storage and dispensing container and parts usable therewith A container (20) made of a rigid tubular conformation, each end (21, 22) of which is flattened to produce and provide outwardly protruding edges (25). A transition portion (33) between the flattened end portion (22) and undeformed body portion has a slope... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5109997 | Expandable stopper A stopper for a bottle mouth includes a hollow body closed at its lower end and defining a cylindrical cavity, into which a plug of relatively soft material is placed. A cap having a core portion sized to fit within the cavity, and external helical thread... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4930657 | Floatable drain plug A drain plug, which has a hollow cylindrical body, an expander assembly within the body and a manually manipulatable handle, is fabricated of a material such that the drain plug floats. The handle is connected to the expander assembly and when the handle ... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4687115 | Removing sediment from wine The method for rendering wines sparkling is characterized by forming a dreg collection chamber inside the stopper, keeping said chamber in communication with the bottle interior during the dreg removal stage when the bottle is inverted or inclined, in ord... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4674662 | Dispenser for bottled liquid A dispenser for bottled liquid is provided comprising a housing attached to the bottle, the housing having a chamber for a source of pressurized gas, and a stopper for the neck of a bottle having a conduit connecting the stopper and the housing containing... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4550841 | Closure having integral formed sealing means A closure for a container includes a closed top, a peripheral skirt and an integral engagement portion which extends from the closure top having an outer sidewall which is spaced radially inwardly from the inner sidewall of the skirt a distance sufficient... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4440309 | Hermetical stopper for liquid receptacle A hermetical stopper used for liquid receptacles made of aluminum including minicasks of beer. Unlike the case in conventional receptacles in which the discharge ports usually have been hermetically sealed with aluminum as the same material for the main b... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4401228 | Mechanism for rapid and hermetic closing of ceramic containers A ceramic cover (1) has a metal bottom (3) equipped with a support (9) with a pin (12) with a very broad spiral threading (13) on its lower part; said pin is held in hole (11) on the top (10) of support (9) with considerable slack. The peripheral edge (5)... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4316550 | Canister closure A closure is provided for canisters, in particular canisters having a relatively large mouth or opening, and designed for keeping foodstuffs in the kitchen. The canister opening is defined by a sidewall, and the closure comprises a skirt that is radially ... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4310029 | Expandable tube plug An expandable plug for use in effecting a fluid-tight seal at a remote location in a tube includes a compressible sleeve located between a rigid cylindrical member and a rigid sleeve. A bolt extends through the two sleeves and is threaded into the cylindr... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4126240 | Tamper indicating closure A unitary, integrally-formed, molded plastic closure used to seal containers having threaded necks and a radially extending collar situated therebelow. Closure includes internally threaded cap, plurality of tongues spaced about lower periphery of cap, fra... | 11/21/1978 |
