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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117803 | Vessel filling system Atmosphere in a sterilization box 18 is prevented from entering into a filler chamber 44 side, and also, atmosphere on the filler side is prevented from flowing on the sterilization box 18 side. An intermediate chamber 40 is disposed betw... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7975453 | Apparatus for molding and assembling containers with stoppers and filling same A stopper and container body are molded in the same molding machine. An assembly device, such as a pick and place robot, transfers the stopper from one mold cavity into the opening in the container body located within another mold cavity, or vice versa, to assemble ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7818947 | Automatic medicine packing machine with cleaning device Disclosed is an automatic medicine packing machine having a cleaning device for automatically cleaning dust generated in the packing machine while packing successively various medicines dose by dose. An automatic medicine packing machine includes a plurality of cass... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7770357 | Tablet filling device A tablet filling device for supplying a vial container of desired size certainly with no mistake comprising a plurality of containing means containing vial containers by size, a means for taking out a vial container from the containing means based on prescription da... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7703259 | Apparatus for transporting rolls during packing An assembly for moving paper, board and cellulosic web rolls in a roll packaging system includes a plurality of roll handling stations incorporating at least one receiving station for the entry of rolls into the system, one wrapping station for winding at least one ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7673435 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having bottle plate support tables therein A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having bottle plate support tables therein. The bottle plate support tables each have removable and replaceable top plate portions to permit replacement of worn friction linings, or to per... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661243 | Apparatus for transporting rolls during packing A method for moving paper, board and cellulosic web rolls in a roll packaging system comprising a plurality of roll handling stations. The system imports at least three rolls (10, 16, 17) via a receiving station (5), the rolls (10, 16, 17) are m... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7596926 | Device for producing and palleting packaging boxes For the dispatch-ready packing of, in particular, cigarette packs or cigarette bundle packs (12), a device is provided, in which the box packer (14) and the palleting station (29) are combined, in order to introduce the bundle packs (12) ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7571586 | Method and apparatus for refilling a container with a fluid A method and apparatus for cleaning, sanitizing, and refilling reusable containers in order to reduce the non-biodegradable waste and environment contamination. The apparatus and process allows a person/consumer to refill the containers with any fluid dispensed by a... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7571585 | Beverage bottling or container filling plant having a beverage bottle or container handling machine and a method of operation thereof Beverage bottle or container filling plant having a stretch blow mold machine for the manufacture of bottles or similar containers by stretch blowing using preforms made of thermoplastic plastic, with a preheating station for the preheating of the preforms fed to th... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7533512 | Apparatus and process for aseptically packaging food products in presealed pouches An apparatus for aseptically packaging of a food product in presealed and internally presterilized pouches. The apparatus comprises a filling chamber (2b) positioned above a sterilization pre-chamber (2a) of the pouches (S). At an opening... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533511 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a packing machine and a rotation machine for rotating packed boxes A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having a packing machine and a rotation machine for rotating packed boxes. The rotation machine includes a conveyor belt for conveying packages and a rotating wheel including downwardly ex... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7506486 | Modular packaging system A modular packaging system includes a base system configured to manipulate a product and configured to receive at least one of a group of packaging modules, wherein the base system is used with a variety of packaging modules depending on a desired packaged output. T... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7415816 | Beverage bottling plant having a beverage bottle closing machine with a bearing system to guide a reciprocating shaft in the beverage bottle closing machine A container filling plant having a container closing machine with a bearing system to guide a reciprocating shaft in the container closing machine. The bearing system is designed to be cleaned to minimize the presence of contaminants in the bearing system and in the... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415809 | Packaging machine former support A packaging apparatus 10 including a cabinet 11 provided with a door 12 which is movable relative to an axis opening 13. Within the cabinet 11 is a packaging machine 15 with which there is associated a former 14. The ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409808 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material A plant for the cold aseptic bottling of a liquid in bottles with a conveyor line on which bottles are moved by at least one bottle handling machine in a sterile space which is separated by a housing from at least one non-sterile space, whereby the housing is formed... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404278 | Method for producing prefillable syringes A method for producing prefillable syringes includes the steps of producing syringe bodies with a cylindrical drum portion which has a first open end for receiving a syringe plunger and has a second open end for discharging of contents. An inner surface of each syri... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404277 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having an information adding station Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having an information adding station. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404276 | Beverage bottling plant for aseptic filling of beverage bottles with a liquid beverage filling material A plant for the cold aseptic bottling of a liquid in bottles with a conveyor line on which bottles are moved by at least one bottle handling machine in a sterile space which is separated by a housing from at least one non-sterile space, whereby the housing is formed... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401444 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having an information adding station Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having an information adding station. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7383673 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a sealing system for sealing a transition between a movable portion and a stationary portion A plant for the cold aseptic bottling of a liquid in bottles with a conveyor line on which bottles are moved by at least one bottle handling machine in a sterile space which is separated by a housing from at least one non-sterile space, whereby the housing is formed... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7360345 | Beverage bottle cap treatment device A treatment device handles and treats bottle or container caps, which treatment device may be used in a capping machine in a beverage bottle or container filling plant. The treatment device transports the caps on carrier rings and transfer chutes inside a housing, w... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357893 | Method and device for the production and filling of containers In a method for the production and filling of containers (12), at least one tube (3) of plasticized plastic material is extruded into an open mold (6). The tube (3) is bonded at its advancing end on closing the mold (6) to form the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341079 | Machine for the aseptic treatment of containers in bottling plant Machine for the aseptic treatment of containers (10) in bottling plant, of the rotary type provided with a plurality of stations (9) for treating the containers and so shaped as to cause the treatment of the containers to take place under substantially... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331156 | System for securely conveying articles and related components A system is disclosed for conveying articles for processing, the system including a conveyor configured to convey articles to the processing station. The conveyor includes a plurality of links, each link including at least one movable gripper for gripping an article... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331152 | Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement. The orientation and positioning arrangement includes the use of cameras, and an evaluation and control system. A first camera is configured and d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328544 | Bag-manufacturing and packaging system In order to provide a bag-manufacturing and packaging system that can smoothly convey a bag in a conveyance section disposed downstream of the bag-manufacturing and packaging machine, the bag-manufacturing and packaging system of the present invention includes a rot... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325374 | Modular infeeds for automatic forms/fill/seal equipment Apparatus for the automatic packaging of one or more articles. One or more modular infeed systems are provided, each adapted to feed product to a wrapping machine, and each preferably adapted to communicate with a wrapping machine to identify its configuration to th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325368 | Apparatus for feeding inner wrapper for wrapping cigarette bundles An apparatus for feeding an inner wrapper for an inner pack in a cigarette package has a rotatable web roll (R) formed by winding a web for the inner wrapper. The web has aluminum foil and a paper layer laminated onto the aluminum foil and containing menthol. The fe... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325775 | Automotive gauge mounting bracket with frictional fit apertures An automotive gauge mounting bracket is provided that is engagable to an automotive vehicle interior. The bracket comprises at least one gauge receiving aperture formed in the bracket. The aperture is provided with a perimeter defining a plurality of displaceable ga... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322170 | Apparatus and method of sterile filling of containers An apparatus for the sterile filling of containers sterilizes the containers before supplying them, with their caps on, to a substantially airtight chamber for filling. A precision lead screw precisely positions each container under the appropriate capping/uncapping... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322165 | Closing cone Proposed is a closing cone for screwing screw closures onto containers, particularly bottles, with a receiving part, with a pick ring coupled therewith in rotation-resistant manner and with a pick-up system. The closing cone is characterized in that the pick ring ( | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320202 | Stacking of lumber pieces An apparatus for picking, conveying, stacking and bundling lumber pieces from the ground for example for removing stacked support lumber during laying of a pipe line comprises a tracked vehicle to which is attached a frame carrying a transport conveyer along the sid... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320204 | Process and apparatus for encapsulating a photo-stimuable phosphor imaging plate within a barrier envelope and a barrier envelope therefore There are disclosed by a process and apparatus for positioning and sealing photostimuable phosphor imaging plates within barriers envelope blanks therefore and formed on a roll thereof wherein a barrier envelope blank including a U-shaped heat sealed portion thereof... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7299606 | Method for dispensing fluid substances into containers In a machine (1) for filling containers with fluid products, different fluid substances are directed by means of a rotary valve assembly (19) into a tank (7) furnished with separate compartments (12, 13, 14, 15), isolated one from another... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290380 | Packaging machine and method for closing containers A packaging machine for closing containers (5) is provided having a supply device (1, 2) for supplying containers (5) to be closed; a removal device (11) for removing closed containers (5″); and a closing device (25) betwe... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273157 | Article feeder A screw feeder adapted for rapid changeover of screw types. The feeder has a collator section having a floor with slots to collate random screws into rows and an enclosure about the floor for retaining random screws on the floor. The screws are collated by tilting t... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269930 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a device for labeling of containers with continuous feeding of labels, even upon some label supply arrangements being emptied of labels A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles or containers with a liquid beverage which has a labeling device for labeling the bottles or containers. The labeling device has at least two labeling stations, wherein at least one labeling station can be moved from an ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270153 | Maintenance device for a filling valve apparatus The subject invention discloses a variety of different maintenance devices for use with a filling valve apparatus. The maintenance devices each include a movable component and a locking mechanism. An actuator of the locking mechanism is coupled to a caming section o... | 09/18/2007 |
