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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7999688 | Embedded assessment of refuse for activity monitoring Embodiments of the present invention provide devices and methods for monitoring the waste output of one or more individuals. Embodiments provide a waste receptacle equipped with one or more cameras capable of imaging the contents of the waste receptacle and optional... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7403127 | Device for establishing and/or monitoring a predetermined fill level in a container A device for establishing and/or monitoring a predetermined fill level in a container is provided, to indicate the fill level in a container and exhibiting a best possible, optimum fit for an application, which device includes: a mechanical oscillatory structure pla... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7167097 | Blood donation device A blood donation device with a receptacle for a blood donation container and a control section at which utensils required by the operator can be accommodated and/or by means of which parameters of the donation process can be varied, detected and/or retrieved. Bendin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7145450 | Compactor service and monitoring system In this compactor service and monitoring system, compactor fullness and other critical parameters are monitored by an on-site processor. Compactor fullness is monitored using a pressure sensor capable of measuring hydraulic fluid system pressure for a compactor ram ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146294 | Weighing baled material An apparatus, a method, and a system are provided for measuring and reporting the weight of bales in a baler. The weight may be determined by a variety of methods. The system may display or store the weight of the bale in the baler. The system may schedule the remov... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7102528 | Device for determining and/or monitoring a predetermined filling level in a container A device for establishing and/or monitoring a predetermined fill level in a container is provided, to indicate the fill level in a container and exhibiting a best possible, optimum fit for an application, which device includes: a mechanical oscillatory structure pla... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6922144 | Monitoring system for a mobile storage tank A remote monitoring system for a mobile storage tank having a product container in which a remote telemetry unit gathers liquid level and head space pressure data and global position data. The remote telemetry unit effects a wireless transmission of a standard messa... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6744362 | Consumable replacement by mobile input/output bins This invention relates to self-propelled, mobile input/output bins (MIOB). Such structures of the type, generally, allow the MIOB to replenish the consumable handling device. For example, the MIOB can be used to replenish the paper in a printer and/or printing devic... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6696962 | Resonant tube level sensor Acoustic level sensing by creating, or failing to create, resonance in a tube having a free end. An acoustic transducer at one end of the tube injects sound at a frequency that could produce resonance, depending on whether the free end is open or closed. ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6561085 | System and method for variably adjusting the pick-up level of one or more waste compactor containers A method and system for remotely managing a network of one or more waste compactor containers, each of which is associated with a monitoring unit and has a set of operating parameters including a container pick-up level. The method and system further allo... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6408261 | Systems for remote management of a network of waste containers A system for remotely managing a network of waste containers (12), each of which is associated with a monitoring unit (38), utilizes a central computer (50) having a communication link to each monitoring unit (38). The central computer (50) provides a dyn... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6218948 | Bilge sentry The invention is an oil-water detection device for monitoring the presence of water in a container. The device consists of a probe having two thin strips of sheeting within a fiberglass circuit board for sensing the presence of water in a container and ge... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6066252 | Alarm mechanism for chlorinator in aerobic waste treatment system An alarm mechanism for use in chlorinators using chlorine tablets. The alarm mechanism signals when the chlorine tablets have dissolved to a pre-determined quantity and are in need of replenishment. The alarm mechanism has a low tablet register mechanism ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5861805 | Drop box signalling device Method and apparatus for effecting continuous automated querying of collection receptacles from a passing motor vehicle to ascertain whether articles have been deposited in each collection receptacle. Each collection receptacle has a detector capable of d... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5680110 | Blood donation monitoring means for monitoring the flow of blood through a receptacle A blood donation monitoring means comprising a support platform (12), being rockably supported by a support (18), a drive means (37, 39, 40) supported operatively connected to the support platform (12) to cause a rocking of the support platform (12), a we... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5644298 | Drinking container with serving counter, and methods of constructing and utilizing same A drinking container having a serving counter, comprising a vessel for receiving a substantially standard serving of fluid; a serving counter mechanism comprising a ring member which is slidably engaged with the vessel and which includes a series of numbe... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5244020 | Dispenser A dispenser of foodstuff is particularly well adapted to deliver cheese for pizza making. A refrigerator contains a bin which may be completely removed from said refrigerator for cleaning, as in a dishwasher, for example. The bin features inwardly sloping... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5112319 | Infusion alarm system An infusion alarm system comprised of a housing, an upper cover attached to the housing at the top, a control circuit set in said upper cover, a battery box set inside the housing and an inner shell set between the housing and the battery box, a tension s... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5101228 | Storage vessel detecting mechanism A storage vessel detecting mechanism is used for detecting an error condition of a storage vessel, which is detachably fitted in a main apparatus. The vessel is movably fitted in the main apparatus, and one end of a movable member, which is pivoted, is en... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5099221 | Inductive load weight sensor for controlling brake and audible alarm In an apparatus for indicating the load on trucks, particularly the weight of the useful load which has been picked up by garbage collecting, which trucks have a frame which is movable relative to the axles and is supported on the axles by springs, a devi... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5003489 | Totalizer apparatus for flow rate measurement devices A totalizer apparatus, used with belt scales and other flow rate measuring devices producing output signals subject to zero drift, maintains an auxiliary totalizer register during zeroing operations so that should zero flow conditions be interrupted durin... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4931777 | Low level alarm for drop-feed injection liquid A low level alarm device for drop-feed injection liquid comprises a mechanical arrangement where an injection liquid containing bottle is hung on one arm of a mechanical balance to be balanced by a counter weight provided on the other arm of the balance. ... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4929929 | Leakage control mechanism A leakage control mechanism for aggregate (10) containing liquid and/or with liquid running through them has a receptacle (28) for liquid escaping from the aggregate (10), mounted elastically in vertical direction and equipped with a device (46, 66) for d... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4835719 | Method for monitoring payload A payload monitoring system of a work vehicle includes a software controlled method of predicting when one additional bucketload of material will properly fill the vehicle to its rated capacity. The system calculates the actual magnitude of each bucketloa... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4787890 | Feeding system for enteral feeding The invention relates to a feeding system (1) for enteral feeding comprising a container (2) preferably constructed as a disposable article for receiving the food. Said container (2) is disposed in a suspension means (3) which is constructed such that the... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4682156 | Solvent detector An apparatus and method are provided for detecting solvents, including hydrocarbons. The apparatus includes a hydrocarbon-soluble plastic rod which interconnects a mass or weight and a weighing assembly. The weighing assembly is operatively joined to an a... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4638674 | Sample-collecting device for gaseous or vaporous condensable radioactive substances, especially for collecting traces of tritium Sample collecting system for gaseous or vaporous condensable radioactive substances contained in the ambient air, especially for collecting traces of tritium via the T2 O vapor content in the exhaust air of a nuclear plant. A gas stream of exha... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4577181 | Alarm system for electric range An alarm system for an electric range which detects when a burner is energized without a utensil in place on the burner wherein the sensing means comprises an electrical switch mounted below the stovetop having a first switch position and a second switch ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4467844 | Flow monitoring method and apparatus The present invention provides an economical quick and accurate method and apparatus for transferring and monitoring a preselected amount of fluid from a fluid source container to a receiving container. The method and apparatus monitors the flow rate of t... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4437090 | Apparatus for indicating creosote buildup in a chimney In order to provide an indication of the extent to which creosote has built up in a chimney, an accumulator on which creosote will also build up is held suspended in a chimney in a zone where a major creosote buildup is anticipated. The accumulator is so ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4198626 | Intravenous alarm device An intravenous alarm device provides an alarm signal to indicate that a predetermined amount of liquid remains in a liquid dispensing container of the type such as an I.V. bottle or bag adapted to be suspended from an arm. The device includes an attitude-... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4195500 | Automatic washing machine An automatic washing machine which automatically carries out the steps of washing, rinsing and dehydrating in accordance with a preselected program, comprises an indication means for indicating the occurrence of abnormal operation if it occurs in the step... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4176349 | Intravenous alarm system A monitoring device which monitors the extent of infusion of intravenous solutions and provides an alarm signal when such infusion has progressed to a predetermined degree. The device comprises a cylindrical container to which is coupled, at its upper end... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4174902 | Detection of developer powder amount contained in a developer reservoir An opening is formed in a bottom wall of a developer reservoir, where a U-shaped diaphragm is secured. The diaphragm is bent downward when developer powder is present in the developer reservoir more than a predetermined amount. When the quantity of develo... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4137915 | Flow control for an intravenous feeding system The flow control hereof is applied to a known system of feeding a patient intravenously and contemplates the use of a clamp applied externally to the delivery tube extending from the intravenous bag, bottle or other appropriate container to the patient, s... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4034361 | Method and apparatus for storing biological matter The supply of cryogenic fluid used for controlled storage environment of biological materials is monitored so as to insure an adequate level. The monitoring is effected by employing a beam balance mechanism. Counterweights associated with the beam balance... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3965317 | Apparatus for indicating cylinder fluid level A hydro-pneumatic accumulator of the type in which a piston slidable within a cylinder separates a liquid and a gas under pressure, is provided with an end closure of a non-magnetic material within which closure is provided a magnetically actuated switch.... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3958527 | Automatic product depletion indicator The indicator of this invention comprises a product "empty" signal means actuated responsive to the product container achieving an empty condition, automatically actuating the empty signal means, to provide a visual empty signal, so that the user will be ... | 05/25/1976 |
