Patents Represented by Attorney Janis C. Schneck & McHugh Henry
  • Patent number: 5496517
    Abstract: A heated cover for a receptacle containing a vaporizable substance. The cover is heated to a temperature above the temperature of the substance so as to prevent condensation of vapor evaporated from the substance. A device for placing and removing the cover with respect to the receptacle is designed in connection with a temperature-controlled heating/cooling plate which controls the temperature of the contents of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Beckman Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Pfost, Nebojsa Avdalovic