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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381271 | Colorant dispensing system for adding colorant to pre-comminuted material and method of coloring same The present invention is a system for adding colorant to pre-comminuted material. The colorant dispensing system includes a supply hopper to selectively retain and discharge dry colorant. The colorant dispensing system further includes a colorant dispensing assembly... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7334705 | Container The invention provides a container 10 which simultaneously discharges agents A and B respectively charged in an outer container 11 and an inner container 21 from an outer nozzle portion 40C and an inner nozzle portion 40D in accord... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7306126 | Multicomponent cartridge A multicomponent cartridge, particularly a two-component cartridge, contains a coaxial outlet with an outer outlet tube and an inner outlet tube concentric to the outer tube. A cap detachably connected to the coaxial outlet. A seal with at least one seal flange is a... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7258251 | Multi-chambered dispensing container A multi-chambered dispensing container which has a unique means for seating the cap portion of the container to the bottle portion of the container. The cap portion can be attached to the bottle portion such that the contents of one chamber of the container do not l... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7219818 | Controlled dispensing device A dispensing device that can economically and reliably dispenses predetermined quantity of fluids accurately comprising an elongated rod with one or more through holes formed perpendicularly through its axis defining one or more fluid flow paths. Adjacent to each th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198077 | Filler apparatus for multiple chamber receptacles An improved machine and method for automatically proportioning-out or measuring-out a predetermined quantities of a variety of selected products and feeding the predetermined quantities of product into the individual chambers of a multiple-chamber dispensing contain... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195117 | Soap holding device A soap holding device, besides fixedly holding a cake of soap, allows it to dry rapidly by draining off the water, thus obviating the possibility of a portion of the soap cake getting soft due to contact with moisture. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185766 | Skimmer A skimmer device and a method for skimming a liquid, foam, fat or other solid or liquid material or anything else that a user wants to remove or separate from a remaining liquid or solid that is left in a container. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172705 | Skimmer A skimmer device and a method for skimming a liquid, foam, fat or other solid or liquid material or anything else that a user wants to remove or separate from a remaining liquid or solid that is left in a container. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7140553 | Device for diffusing volatile substances, in particular deodorants for vehicle interiors A device for diffusing volatile substances, particularly deodorants for vehicle interiors. The device comprises a container designed to contain a liquid volatile substance to be diffused, a wick disposed partially in the container and a lid applied to the container ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134574 | Integral pour spout for paint cans and similar containers An improved resilient pour spout for paint cans and similar containers that seals off the groove into which the lid of the container mates while preventing the liquid contents from flowing down the surface of the container. When not in use, the spout is stored on th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124917 | Spout assembly having a plurality of fluid passages The present invention relates to a spout assembly having a plurality of fluid passages so as to enable easy and convenient drinking of liquid beverages contained in the container through an associated straw and easily dispense the liquid beverages into another conta... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121438 | Multiple lid closure with open lid retention feature A dispensing closure system is provided with two or more dispensing apertures and two or more pivotable lids. Each lid can be selectively opened and retained in a fully opened orientation. In a preferred form of the invention, the lids are incorporated in a top that... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7090097 | Multi-chambered container fluid selection valve A selection valve (10) for use with a multi-chambered fluid container having outlet openings in communication with the fluid container chambers. The selection valve (10) utilizes an outer housing (12) having a bore (14) for receiving a fl... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083070 | Condiment dispensing container and carousel Substantially cylindrical condiment containers with extendable and retractable pouring spouts are provided. A dispensing mechanism in each container can be actuated by simply rotating a portion of the body of the container, without the need for separate knobs or lev... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6955722 | Method and apparatus for application of a material to a substrate An apparatus for applying a material to a substrate includes a housing having an inlet passage, a plurality of exit openings, and a recess in fluid communication between the inlet passage and the exit openings. A valve element is disposed in the recess wherein the v... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6902702 | Devices and methods for producing microarrays of biological samples The present invention is directed to systems and methods for producing microarrays of biological samples using an improved slide platform, vacuum manifold, and variable pin contact velocity. Slides onto which spotting pins produce the microarray of biological sample... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6854888 | Multispout flask with pump A flask is formed of two panels heat sealed together along with a base or bottom insert. Two spouts are provided proximate the top one of which is for the extraction of fluids and the other of which is for the introduction of fluids. The flask may have a bite valve ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6824077 | Dispenser head having two nozzles A dispenser head includes a body defining two housings, which receive a respective nozzle-carrier provided with a nozzle. Each of the housings communicates with the outside via a first opening and via a second opening. Each nozzle-carrier communicates with a feed du... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6792695 | Fabric treatment device The invention provides a device for treating fabrics in a tumble dryer comprising: a reservoir for storing a fabric treatment composition and transfer means to expose fabric treatment composition from the reservoir to airflow generated inside the tumble drier and/or... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6779663 | System and method for loading pills into a pillbox A pill loader system comprising a pillbox loader and a matching pillbox for loading pills into the pillbox. The pillbox loader has a plurality of loader containers, and the pillbox has an identical number of pillbox containers. The pillbox loader is positioned on to... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6732888 | Bottle having multiple outlets A squeeze bottle is provided for dispensing a flowable liquid material. The bottle includes an axially extending squeezable container having a side wall and a base at one end of the side wall to define an interior chamber for housing the flowable liquid material. Th... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6705487 | Assistance tray for manual distribution used in medicine sharing and packing device An assistance tray for manual distribution used in a medicine sharing and packing device with a disk-type tray for manual distribution of pills mounted in the front side. The assistance tray includes an assistance tray body at the rim portion of which a plurality of... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6701974 | Automated nugget dispenser A dispensing machine for dispensing items from a storage container and into an object container is disclosed. The dispensing machine dispenses items such as frozen chicken nuggets or other food items which are normally cooked and sold by volume. According... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6685041 | Dual-chamber container and closure package A one-piece integrally molded container includes a finish having a deck and a pair of outlet openings surrounded by associated annular walls. A peripheral ring extends upwardly from the deck, and has a radial lip that helps retain the container in the mol... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6609311 | Fabric treatment device The invention provides a device for treatment fabrics in a tumble dryer during multiple tumble drying cycles. The device comprises: a reservoir for storing a fabric treatment composition, means to expose fabric treatment composition from the reservoir to ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6457611 | Pill dispenser loader A loader for an automated pill dispenser has a plastic body with two rows of pill cavities which are positioned to overlie pill compartment blocks in the speciality pill dispensing carousel of a conventional automated pill dispenser. Two guides affixed be... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6416718 | Sample wash station assembly A wash station assembly and method for washing selected samples in a sample containing assembly. The wash station assembly includes a wash station having a frame and a fluid dispensing assembly connected to the frame. The fluid dispensing assembly has a s... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6376256 | Rapid process for arraying and synthesizing bead-based combinatorial libraries A mixture of beads of uniform size from is deposited in an array by establishing discrete attachment areas each consisting either of a droplet of adhesive or a small area of a continuous adhesive layer exposed through an aperture in a mask. Beads which ar... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6318645 | Variable rate flow divider A fluid distribution system is especially useful in agricultural apparatus for delivering liquid agricultural chemicals to agricultural fields. The system includes a flow divider with a cylindrical stator with a ring of collection chambers around the bott... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6318599 | Electrically operated viscous fluid dispensing apparatus and method An electrically operated fluid dispenser for dispensing a pattern of viscous fluid onto a substrate during a run mode. The dispenser is turned off and does not dispense the viscous fluid during a standby mode of operation. The dispenser includes a dispens... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6269978 | Dispensing and dosing machine for dyestuffs A dispensing and dosing machine for dyestuffs includes pins having the same diameter as ducts wherein which the pins are located, the pins acting to both dispenses dyestuffs and clean the walls of the ducts.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6223942 | Container and closure A container for dispensing two products kept separate prior to application, for example, surfactant and skin benefit agent. The container comprising two chambers, adhered to each other. Although the chambers are essentially identical when viewed from thei... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6193114 | Personalized hygienic toothpaste dispenser and toothpaste container holder A hygienic toothpaste dispenser comprises a main body member having a plurality of tubular spouts (27, 28, and 29), from which an individual can dispense toothpaste from his or her own personally assigned tubular spout permanently marked by indicia (30), ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6126375 | Material testing apparatus The invention consists of a hopper to place material in, and a door beneath it to hold back the material until it is to be released onto a grid consisting of four separate compartments or chutes that direct the material into four separate sample container... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6109486 | Dry sand pluviation device Dry sand is "rained" or pluviated into a receptor container used in the sy of soil mechanics. A supply vessel in the shape of an open-top rectangular box has four vertical side walls, a perforated bottom tray, and a slidable perforated tray in contact th... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6082594 | Snowfall simulator with agitating dispenser A snowfall simulator which houses and dispenses artificial snow from a box-like housing 20 using agitation. The housing or dispenser has openings 32 uniformly placed on the bottom horizontal plane. Thin shredded white plastic flakes, used for snow, are pl... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5992709 | Dispenser for viscous liquids A viscous liquid dispenser (1) having a dispensing container (6) with a dispenser bottom (2) having a multiplicity of drainage holes (3) a grooved track (5) within the inside wall of the dispensing container parallel to and above the dispenser bottom, and... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5979716 | Vented container seal with pouring spout The fluid control device of the invention can be a reusable device for use on a variety of liquid containers. The fluid control device includes a set of air vents and a spout molded into its body. The device screws onto a container. There may be optional ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5976470 | Sample wash station assembly A wash station assembly and method for washing selected samples in a sample containing assembly. The wash station assembly includes a wash station having a frame and a fluid dispensing assembly connected to the frame. The fluid dispensing assembly has a s... | 11/02/1999 |