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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421831 | System and method for simultaneous capping/de-capping of storage containers in an array The system for removing or replacing caps for vials in a fixed array includes a removable cartridge with a plurality of sets of gripper plates corresponding to the number of columns in the array. Each plate has a plurality of gripper arms corresponding to the number... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7401447 | Container closer A closer for pressing a lid onto a container includes a presser foot mounted for reciprocating movement into and out of force applying engagement with the lid; an actuator moveable between retracted and extended positions; and a force multiplying assembly disposed i... | 07/22/2008 |
| 6655115 | Method of forming a seal over a cork in a necked bottle An apparatus and an automated method are disclosed by which embossed seals are created in the necks of corked bottles. A die is employed with an image bearing die surface. The bottle moves along an automated bottle track. Molten seal material is introduce... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6499279 | Capsule filling machine A capsule filling machine is provided which is characterized in that contents substance m is force fed into a body B accommodated and held in a body pocket 221 using a force feeding screw 33 to fill the contents substance m.... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6205744 | Bottle sealing apparatus An embossed seal is formed in a cavity in the neck of a corked bottle over a cork using a die having a die surface with a die image. A first molten seal material is introduced into a die cavity. The die cavity is formed in part with the die surface. The i... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5732751 | Filling ink supply containers An ink supply container for an ink-jet printer is provided with a main reservoir, which is typically maintained at ambient pressure. The main reservoir is coupled to a variable volume chamber via a one-way valve which allows the flow of ink from the reser... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5400573 | Kit and method for opening, refilling and sealing a cartridge A kit for opening and sealing a cartridge having an interior ink reservoir coupled to an access port extending from a reference surface comprises a rigid plunger, a plate and a rigid spherical plug. The plate has one or more regions of varying thickness a... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5185985 | Apparatus for handling syringe bodies An apparatus for handling a plurality of elongated tubular bodies each having a small-diameter neck and a large-diameter shaft has a pair of support plates formed with respective similar arrays of throughgoing openings generally complementary to the secti... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4729208 | Method and apparatus for preparing syringes containing a lyophile medicine A series of syringe bodies with their lower ends closed is filled with a solution of medicine to a predetermined level in the bodies. The syringe bodies are placed in a lyophilizer with the bodies arranged in a predetermined pattern. A plurality of plunge... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4640733 | Apparatus for forming and inserting an internal lid in a container An apparatus for inserting an internal lid (6, 7) in a tubular formed container (1) and for sealed connections of the lid to the inner of the container tube by constant heat welding, high frequency welding or ultrasonic welding and comprising a carrier (8... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4599123 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a container having an inner end closure A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a tin-like container comprising a sleeve formed body or jacket (1) and at least one end closure (2, 3), in which the jacket (1) and the end closure or the end closures (2, 3) at the interior side of the containe... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4597245 | Apparatus for filling and sealing a container An apparatus for filling a container (12) having a receiving passage (14) with material and sealing the receiving passage (14) with a spherical sealing plug which is larger than the receiving passage (14) of the container (12) with the container (12) bein... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4527377 | Washing device in a container sealing apparatus An improved washing device in washing a sealing portion of an apparatus for sealing a container such as a bottle includes a washing cap adapted to be detachably mounted to a bottom of a sealing plunger of the sealing apparatus, and a washing liquid circul... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4437291 | Method and apparatus for stoppering modified bottles with a one-piece corking means A closure arrangement for stoppering bottles with pressurized, carbonated, water-based liquid contents which comprises in combination; a bottle having a body portion, an elongated neck portion with two annular flanges thereon, and a mouth portion; and a o... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4389833 | Bottle closing machine having bottle neck washing arragement An arrangement for closing containers with crown corks and the like, has a piston, a guiding opening in which the piston reciprocates, and a passage for supplying a cleaning liquid, which passage is open into an annular gap formed between the piston and t... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4338764 | Closure inserting method The disclosure is of a novel closure for air evacuated tubular containers and comprises a tubular body having flexible, elastic sidewalls, an open end, a closed end formed by a cannula-pierceable, flexible, elastic end wall having a concavo-convex configu... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4259419 | Vibratory welding of battery components Thermoplastic battery cover and container piece parts are fused together using vibratory energy, particularly ultrasonic welding, in which the horn has a depending skirt extending along an outer wall of the container and which serves to maintain the cover... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4161857 | Freeze drying container with manual stoppering A manual stoppering container assembly having a central shaft which is threadedly secured to a handle on an upper portion and fixedly secured to a stoppering plate at a lower portion. The handle is rotatably secured in the cover plate for imparting recipr... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4118914 | Vial assembler An automatic machine is provided for partially filling a cylindrical vial having one open end with a liquid, inserting a plug into the open end and fitting a cap onto the open end. The machine includes two turrets. Each of the turrets has a plurality of n... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4068449 | Tool for placing lids on cups A tool for placing a lid or closure on a cup or container, such as a cardboard or plastic cup containing hot coffee delivered to a customer at a take-out food service establishment. The preferred form of tool has a upright handle with spring-loaded telesc... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3992857 | Arrangement for capping machines A capping machine of the rotary type for closing filled bottle type packing containers for beer or other liquids which are made from a plastic material includes a lower wheel on which the bottles to be capped are placed and an upper wheel which supports c... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3932977 | Ball inflating apparatus and method Ball inflating apparatus automatically operable through succession of cycles in each of which a ball inflation needle is momentarily exposed for reception of an end of the same through apertured valve housing of an inflatable ball of stretchable material.... | 01/20/1976 |