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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083091 | Gardening refuse container An improved gardening waste receptacle has an open top and presents an opening with square corners. The receptacle opening has an arced strip along one side of the rim on the interior for retaining scooped material, and a non-deformable strip extending along the sam... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7967165 | Reinforced transportation container A metal reinforcement fitting 10 including a strip 12 curved vertically upward is attached to a bottom 20b of a transportation container 20, and thus upward force can be applied to the bottom 20b. The upward force of ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7370491 | Method and apparatus for water dispensing systems within a refrigerator A fluid storage tank includes a wall defining a cavity therewithin. An inlet opening is formed through the wall and provides communication between a fluid source and the cavity. A projection and at least one obstruction are positioned within the cavity. The projecti... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7299938 | Freight container for air transport A freight container for air transport containing a floor element and a container structure, which is arranged on said floor element and which has lateral walls, a roof wall and a loading opening. The lateral walls and roof wall contain or are comprised of wall linin... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7156094 | Breathing apparatus and pressure vessels therefor There is described a wearable garment capable of supplying air to a user comprising a plurality of compartments disposed about the garment, a plurality of air storage vessels for fitting into respective ones of the compartments, an air regulator, a connector for con... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7069875 | Portable raceway A large low cost vessel for holding flowable materials is disclosed. The vessel has a body formed of elongate rollable sheets of buoyant material that when assembled into an upwardly concave vessel having bulkheads at its ends, the vessel is self-supporting in both ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6945591 | Storage box for a pickup truck formed from metallic and composite materials A storage box for a pickup truck or similar vehicle is formed from a combination of metallic and composite materials. The storage box includes an internal storage box frame that is formed from a plurality of metallic tubular components that are secured together, suc... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6785355 | Method and system for manufacturing storage container for storing nuclear fuel A method for storing nuclear fuel in a container (10) including a concrete body and a fuel receiver embedded in the concrete body, comprises the steps of: providing formwork (62) for the concrete body and supporting the fuel receiver within the formwor... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6771731 | Device for storage of hazardous material A device (10) for storage of hazardous material, especially heat-producing hazardous material, such as radioactive spent nuclear reactor fuel, comprises a substantially cylindrical reinforced concrete body (12) and has an axially elongate storage space... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6729495 | Beverage container A beverage can cap member (16, 100) is configured so that its exterior surface (28) extending radially inwardly from the rim (18) or rim forming portion (140) is substantially flat or continuous, or has a slight curve from apposition adja... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6526699 | Water holding and dispersing apparatus A water holding and dispersing apparatus for catching and retaining rainwater for later watering usage. The water holding and dispersing apparatus includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a seco... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6425493 | Beverage container A beverage can cap member (16, 100) is configured so that its exterior surface (28) extending radially inwardly from the rim (18) or rim forming portion (140) is substantially flat or continuous, or has a slight curve from a position adjacent from the rim... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6394301 | Shipping and display container for chain and bulk goods A shipping and display container for use for bulk materials, particularly directed to use with chain, providing an upright container having a rectangular cross section and of a predetermined height and width to accommodate the shipping and display, for me... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6382457 | Reinforced wall structure for container The container includes a floor panel, two side walls, two end walls, and a ceiling panel. The two side walls are made from a corrugated metallic sheet, defining flat wall portions with vertical ribs being formed between two successive flat wall portions. ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6357439 | Gas containment apparatus A gas containment and supply apparatus is described consisting of a gas reservoir vessel (1) capable of pressurised gas containment fitted with a gas supply aperture (8) provided with supply means connectable to the gas supply aperture to provide for supp... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6354457 | Pressure vessel A pressure vessel having a housing forming a chamber of a polygonal cross-section, the sides of the housing being formed by at least one panel, the panel forming one side being connected to the panels forming an adjacent side by a connector assembly that ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6350225 | Support bridge for preventing centrifugal forces from collapsing a container placed in a centrifuge rotor A container assembly having a support bridge to prevent centrifugal forces from collapsing the container. A lid is positioned on top of the container, and the support bridge is disposed between the lid and an upper portion of the container.... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6241117 | Pressure differential containment structure A pressure differential containment structure, including a vacuum chamber and a pressure vessel, for operation in the pressure range of 1 to 2 atmospheres of pressure differential, using relatively thin wall material and incorporating strengthening member... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6227372 | Component carrier tray for high-temperature applications A component carrier tray for holding electrical components includes a support frame and a pocket insert supported by the support frame. The frame has at least one opening or concavity therein. The pocket insert is located in the opening or concavity and i... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6155450 | Composite shell shaped as a body of revolution The invention relates as a whole to composite structures and may be used, in particular, in the manufacture of bodies or compartments of flying vehicles used in rocketry and aeronautics. A composite shell shaped as a body of revolution comprises a load-bearing... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6012872 | Flood control system A flood control system, in one aspect involving providing a plurality of substantially rigid containers, at least some of the containers having a top portion, a bottom portion and substantially rigid sidewalls operably connecting the top and bottom portio... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5871117 | Tubular load-bearing composite structure The invention relates to machine-building. More specifically, it pertains to shell fabrication of airframe parts, which are used in aerospace equipment operating under compound stress. The invention also covers methods and apparatus for the fabrication of... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5720403 | Shipping crate A generally rectangular shaped shipping crate formed from abutting plywood panels and having at each one of the vertices an externally ribbed fitting made from high tensile strength, impact-absorbing plastic fixedly fastened to and securing abutting panel... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5685451 | Carrying case with inserted nameplate A double-walled thermoplastic article includes a double-walled body having inner and outer walls and an insert having visible portions and recessed runner sections. The body includes an insert portion in which its inner and outer walls are contiguous. The... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5624049 | Intermodal container with inner receptacle An intermodal container having a non-metallic tuner receptacle in an external frame, where the inner receptacle has a bottom wall and side walls formed of a one-piece, completely integral sheet.... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5586675 | Reinforced material handling container A material handling container (10) of the type for packaging, shipping and inventorying goods and of the type for stacking one upon the other when not in use, made of molded thermoplastic and having a plurality of plastic reinforcement members (86) arrang... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5582311 | Portable liquid storage tank with external frame A portable liquid storage tank has an external frame and internal walls defining an at least partially enclosed storage volume for liquids. The rigid frame includes a plurality of members connected by moment-resisting joints. The tank walls are formed of ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5460292 | Agricultural container with corner struts A Plastic fruit bin having four vertical walls and a bottom joined to the walls. Two supporting elements extending along and attached to the bottom elements. An array of gas injection tubes disposed on the lower side of the bottom element and extending up... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5232119 | Multi-walled pipes and storage tanks for toxic and corrosive fluids Improved multi-wall containers and pipes for transporting fluids which have to be protected against leakage and mechanical forces, have an inner and outer wall separated by a continuous foam layer integrated into the containers. Improved strength and resi... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5033640 | Wall for a fluid container A wall for a fluid container which includes a pair of vertically extending side beams between a pair of horizontally extending upper and lower beams. An arcuate panel is secured in the area defined by the vertically and horizontally extending beams. When ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4997125 | Cylindrical container The invention relates to a cylindrical container comprising a bottom, a cylindrical body and a lid. The invention has for its object to design a container of the kind set forth so that it satisfies requirements with respect to strength and stackability an... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4960221 | Pressure vessel A pressure vessel comprising a hollow cylindrical member and a cylindrical body section slidably fitted into the cylindrical member, the body section being formed as an integral member consisting of disc-like end-wall sections provided at its ends and a m... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4923075 | Thermostatically controllable tank container The thermostatically controllable tank container has a support structure with the dimensions of a parallelepipedic, standardized container. In the support structure (1) is provided a circular cylindrical tank (3) with a non-supporting thermal insulation j... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4901885 | Container for free-flowing, fluid, and like materials A container for free-flowing, fluid and like materials, comprising a tubular outer envelope (1; 4; 7; 13; 17) that can be closed at both ends and a tubular inner member (2; 5; 8; 14; 18) which at at least four positions spaced about the circumference of t... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4886180 | Reinforcement for a plastic fuel tank A fuel tank of blow molded plastic which has an elongated bottom needing reinforcement, the reinforcement including an elongated groove or channel molded in the tank bottom and an elongated tubular plastic reinforcement member, both member and channel hav... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4844280 | Container with reinforced corner structure The corners of a transit case which has been erected from a flat metal blank are reinforced with closure caps which serve to seal off case corner openings which are left in the case incident its erection from a sheet blank.... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4834257 | Reinforced wall structure for a transformer tank A reinforced wall structure for a transformer tank characterized by a tank having opposite tank walls and braces on the walls for stiffening the walls against deflection. A transformer assembly including a transformer mounting end frame and a transformer ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4778076 | Container Container suitable for preheating, retorting and cooling of shale under pressure comprising a vessel (2) and a primary stiffener system comprising side stiffeners (16, 17), a top stiffener (20) and a stiffener connecting system (21), wherein the primary s... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4722473 | Rigid, multipurpose, polyhedric structure which can be folded away on its own base A rigid, multipurpose, polyhedric structure which may be folded away on its own base has a base, a roof, vertical lateral surfaces (3), (4) and (5) provided with grooved fold lines extending along the diagonal of each lateral surface, and a side surface f... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4717038 | Disposable pan A disposable oven pan is formed of stamped aluminum sheet material having a bottom, side walls and a rim at the periphery of the side walls. A pair of handles are fastened to the rim at opposed locations. Stabilizing bars bridge the connection points of e... | 01/05/1988 |
