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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146447 | Contamination analysis unit and method thereof, and reticle cleaning system A contamination analysis unit and method for inspecting pollutants remaining on a target side of an inspection object such as a reticle after cleaning the object is provided. After steeping the target side in a solution, a sampling liquid may be abstracted therefrom... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8069738 | Probe The present invention relates to a probe having an elongated main body with a proximal end for attachment to a wall of a duct or volume and a distal end that is disposed on the interior of the duct, such that the main body forms a measurement space through which the... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7984660 | Pipeline sampling device A sampling device (10) includes a sample extraction portion (28) which reciprocates within a cylindrical sample housing portion (26). The sample housing portion is axially moveable through a gate valve (22) to permit removal and maintenan... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7874221 | Devices for obtaining cylinder samples of natural gas or process gas, and methods therefore A sample pump system for metering the amount of sample taken from a pressurized fluid process such as a natural gas pipeline or the like, the sample pump system designed for immersion, directly or indirectly, into the pressurized fluid stream so that the sampling is... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7748280 | Sidestream gas sampling system with closed sample circuit The invention provides a sidestream gas sampling apparatus having a gas sampling circuit and a set of reusable elements. The gas sampling circuit carries the gas sample from a main flow of gas, through a sample analysis area, and vents the gas sample to an analyzed ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7730796 | Method for sampling flue gas for analysis containing gas component having high susceptibility to adsorption An object of the invention is to realize high-accuracy analysis of a flue gas in terms of a trace amount of ammonia so as to control the level of ammonia gas to be added to a flue gas NOx removal apparatus. Since the ammonia gas to be determined is a high... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7427379 | Liquid dispensing apparatus A liquid dispensing apparatus comprises a liquid reservoir (32), an outlet port (6; 36) and driving means for forcing liquid (4) through the outlet port (6, 36). The driving means generates a pulse of gas which impinges upon the liquid ( | 09/23/2008 |
| 7396512 | Automatic precision non-contact open-loop fluid dispensing A rugged, all-electronic fluid dispensing system for use with pipettes or in other contexts indirectly measures fluid flow by using a non-linear system model to correlate vacuum existing at the top of a column of suspended fluid. Non-contact operation is provided to... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7363830 | Discrete volume sampling device using a vacuum A discrete volume vacuum sampling device is provided with a vacuum tube, a sample tube, and a sample container. The container defines a discrete volume of product to be sampled from a product bed within a processing machine. The sampler tube extends between the cont... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7318461 | Container carrier for samplers with transport cap The container carrier serves to hold containers for fluid samples. For the transport of the sample containers, the container carrier, which is directly but detachably connected with a cover part during the dispensation of fluid samples into the sample containers, is... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303728 | Fluid dispensing device The invention concerns a fluid dispensing device, characterised in that it comprises: a dispensing member (10) including: a conduit (42, 44) allowing through a transporting liquid (52), a valve (48) fixed to one of the ends (38) of... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299690 | Particulate sampling system and method A method for controlling the flow through an exhaust sampling system includes sensing an operating characteristic of a power source, extracting a sample of an exhaust flow of the power source, combining the sample with an additional flow of fluid, and measuring a pa... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293477 | Disposable, pre-sterilized fluid receptacle sampling device The present invention provides a fluid sampling device comprising a port insert, a plurality of flexible conduits, and a plurality of sample containers. The port insert comprises a body having a plurality of shafts therethrough and sample gating means for individual... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281439 | Volatile organic compound monitoring A system, method and apparatus for monitoring the subsurface at facilities for the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A surface penetration is made in a facility surface providing access to the subsurface soil beneath the facility. A soil probe is placed... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267800 | Drainage system In a system for sucking and discharging a solution from a vessel (micro-plate assembly 6) by suction nozzles 2, processes for suction, discharge, separation, etc. can be carried out with use of a simple mechanism, including suction nozzle moving means ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7253005 | Catalyst sampling system A method and apparatus are provided for obtaining a reproducible sample of solid particles. The reproducible sample is obtained by receiving solid particles into a collection system that includes a sheltered volume. Solid particles that settle outside of the shelter... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243559 | Exhaust gas particulate measuring system A gas sampling system 36 capable of testing and certifying internal combustion engines 16 under transient conditions is provided and includes a partial flow dilution tunnel 38, master and slave mass flow controllers 80,60 and a transient ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7223978 | Method for measuring gaseous species by derivation The invention relates to a method for measuring the quantity of chemical species contained in a high-temperature gas, and especially the quantity of CO and/or CO2 contained in a gas emitted from a metal treating furnace, especially a light-arc furnace (EA... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216556 | Tubing for transporting air samples in an air monitoring system An air monitoring system includes a tubing having a metallic inner layer and an outer jacket to provide optimal transport of air samples. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213474 | Sampling apparatus An apparatus for use in sampling material on-line in a process system, comprising a sample collector (1) for receiving a sample of material, an elongate shaft (10) defining a passageway (14) carrying a measurement probe (11) for taking me... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210336 | Gas link leak evacuation and monitoring system An apparatus and method for evacuating gas from the soil surrounding a leaking gas conduit utilizes non-sparking and static dissipating components to reduce the risk of an explosion. The evacuation of gas from probes in boreholes in the vicinity of the leak is induc... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194920 | Sensor probe and pipeline construction and method A sensor and carrier device are provided in combination with a pipeline for either placing a sensor element within the flow stream of the pipeline or a device to divert flow outside of the pipeline to measure a parameter of the conditions within the pipeline or of t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7100424 | Apparatus for accessing container security threats and method of use A system and method for accessing the security threat of a cargo container by sampling the air contained therein. The system is capable of analyzing the air disposed within the container for security threats including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073403 | Method and apparatus for the collection of samples A system for the collection of near real time confirmation samples is provided to quickly eliminate false positive alarms by confirming the presence or absence of a chemical agent when a monitor operating in near real time to detect the presence of that chemical age... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071000 | Method for sampling reaction products A method for sampling reaction products includes delivering a reactant through a sampling probe to contact a substance deposited on a substrate and reacting the reactant to form a reaction product. At least a portion of the reaction product is withdrawn through the ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7044009 | Dilution tunnel A dilution tunnel having a flow chamber structure with an inlet, an outlet, and an internal flow passage for a sample gas, the sample gas being adapted to flow in a flow direction between the inlet and the outlet. The flow chamber structure having a plurality of por... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7004041 | System for retrieving a gas phase sample from a gas stream containing entrained liquid, and sample conditioner assembly therefore A system for the retrieval and initial conditioning of sample gas for “on line” analyzers or filling of gas sample cylinders. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates a system configured to obtain a representative gas phase sample from a pr... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993984 | Method and apparatus for supplying sample sand from a mixing machine to a sand-property-measuring apparatus A method and apparatus for supplying sample sand from a mixing machine to a sand-property-measuring apparatus so that sample sand having no clump of sand is sampled, and so that the value of the compactibility correlates with the value measured by conventional sand-... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976397 | Multi-point sampling method for obtaining isokinetic fluid composition flows in a non-uniform velocity flow field A method and system of obtaining a spatially representative sample of fluid flowing through a duct comprises providing a sample probe having a plurality of inlet ports in the duct, controlling a back pressure within the sample probe so that the back pressure within ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6973818 | Exhaust volume measurement device A vehicle exhaust measurement system is provided includes that a conduit having a conduit inlet and a conduit outlet. A make-up air tube is connected to and is in fluid communication with the conduit inlet. The make-up air tube provides make-up air for mixing an exh... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968750 | Rod sampling A probe for use in sampling rods from a mass flow of parallel rods moving perpendicular to their axes, the probe including an elongate body of generally wedge shaped cross section which has first and second main faces diverging away from a narrow edge to a wider bas... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964139 | Precast concrete column for use in post-frame construction A column for use in post-frame construction having a two piece construction in which a first or foundation column portion of the column is set into the earth with a proximal end thereof protruding from the earth. The proximal end of the foundation column includes a ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6928891 | Material sample preparation apparatus and method An automated apparatus for preparing material samples includes a rotatable drum support assembly, a drum rotatably contacting the drum support assembly, a fan, and a powered drive mechanism. The drum includes a hollow main section and first and second hollow end sec... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6913934 | Apparatus and methods for parallel processing of multiple reaction mixtures A cannula for use in transferring small volumes of fluid materials, such as in a parallel reaction process. The cannula comprises a long thin needle having various end (port) configurations, and an adapter for connecting the needle to a fluid line. The adapter may i... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6886420 | Sampling apparatus An apparatus for extracting samples of product such as liquid or gas from a product chamber. The apparatus comprises a sample chamber arranged in a housing for movement between positions projected into and retracted from the product chamber. The housing is connected... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6864091 | Sampling probe A sampling probe for delivering a reactant to a substance deposited on a substrate to form a reaction product and for transporting the reaction product to a product analyzer for analysis. The probe includes a tip positionable over the substance on the substrate. The... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6851459 | Air samplers An air sampler for use in analyzing biological or other analytes, comprizes an airflow chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet. An extract from an air mover draws ambient air in through the inlet, and then through the chamber, to discharge it back to atmospher... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6845676 | Continuous fluid sampler and method An aseptic, continuous sampling arrangement used in a fluid transportation system, the arrangement including an elbow pipe and a septum cartridge. The sampling arrangement further including a needle, a tube, and a collection reservoir, arranged such that the collect... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843103 | Automatic system for collecting, weighing and releasing solid particles A automatic system for the capture, weighing and expulsion of solid particles, consisting of an airtight weighing chamber, inside which there is an inner container in which the particles entering the chamber through an entrance duct are collected. Said container tra... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6820507 | Apparatus for extracting a representative sample of water, oil and sediment from a container A method and apparatus for extracting a representative sample of water, oil and sediment from a container. The apparatus is a container closure having a tube extending therethrough, such that fluids can be extracted from any closed container through the tube when cl... | 11/23/2004 |
