Patents Examined by Niki Eloshway
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Patent number: 9266650Abstract: A lid-opening/closing device includes a device body on which a pod including a container body, a lid portion defining a bottom portion openable and closable relative to the container body, and a locking mechanism performing unlocking and locking of the lid portion with respect to the container body is placed; a plurality of moving units that perform unlocking to cause the locking mechanism to perform unlocking and locking to cause the locking mechanism to perform locking by moving engaging pins configured to engage with the locking mechanism; a linkage unit that causes the moving units to perform unlocking by moving the moving units in conjunction with each other when causing the locking mechanism to perform unlocking, and causes the moving units to perform locking by moving the moving units in conjunction with each other when causing the locking mechanism to perform the locking; and an air cylinder that simultaneously drives the moving units and the linkage unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventor: Noriyuki Kuratsu
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Patent number: 9267521Abstract: A batten joint for an internal floating roof of a fluid tank. The floating roof has at least a first panel having a first panel edge and a second panel having a second panel edge. The batten joint comprises a first panel retainer or retaining means adapted for retaining the first panel edge, a second panel retainer or retaining means adapted for retaining the second panel edge, and at least one batten engaging the first and second panel retainer or retaining means in a spaced apart configuration.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Baillie Tank Equipment Pty LtdInventor: Robert James Baillie
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Patent number: 9266651Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing device for a container having an opening and an outer projection, including: a septum for closing said opening, a cap having a retainer capable of switching from a first position, in which the retainer does not limit the axial movement of said cap with respect to said container, to a second position, in which the retainer limits the axial movement of the cap, and a sleeve receiving said cap and movable axially with respect to said cap between a distal position, in which said sleeve does not exert a radial inward force on said retainer, and a proximal position, in which said sleeve exerts a radial inward force on said retainer. The sleeve includes a guiding element capable of cooperating directly or indirectly with said outer projection, so as to limit rotation of said sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Becton Dickinson FranceInventor: Romain Lanier
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Patent number: 9259960Abstract: A paint can assembly that prevents spilling and seeping of paint. The assembly includes a receptacle, a liner bag for holding the paint, a mounting ring, and a removable lid. The mounting ring has several projections along its periphery that are aligned with holes in the liner bag. The holes in liner bag are sized to fit over the projections of the mounting ring that holds the liner in place within the reservoir of the receptacle. After paint is poured into the liner bag, a lid that has slots to fit the projections of the mounting ring is placed over the projections and rotated to lock the lid to the mounting ring and receptacle, and sandwiching the liner to prevent paint from seeping out of the liner bag. The liner bag may have bulges near its top periphery that rest within recessed threading in the mounting ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Inventors: Johnny Tepsi, Fadi Tepsi
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Patent number: 9248695Abstract: Provided is a mosaic piece having a body contour inscribed within a circle, and being formed with at least one projection having a projection contour.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: DOOP MUSZAKI ES FORMAFEJLESZTO KFT.Inventor: Gabor Radvanyi
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Patent number: 9242757Abstract: A system for catching and containing a spill of a liquid from a rail tank car consisting of a series of catch pans attached end-to-end and placed between the rails of a railroad track is provided. The end walls of each catch pan are shorter than its side walls, with the catch pans located at either end of the series having an end wall extension attached to raise the height of the end wall to that of the side walls. A sealing gasket is placed between adjacent catch pans, and at least one opening extends through the end walls and the sealing gasket between adjacent catch pans. A drain is located in the bottom of at least one of the catch pans.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Southwire Company, LLCInventors: Ronald R. Martin, Zachary W. Butterworth, Joel R. Dicks
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Patent number: 9237805Abstract: A storage system including a first component (102), and an extendable component (130) slidably mounted on the first component. The extendable component includes a pair of side members (132) spaced apart to accommodate a container (150) in use and at least one base member (132) arranged to support a lower surface of the container in use. The extendable component includes a first fixing arrangement (138) located at or adjacent one end of the extendable component and a second fixing arrangement (134) located at or adjacent another end, in use, the first and second fixing arrangements being configured to releasably engage with members on a container supported by the extendable component.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Inventor: Allan Grainger
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Patent number: 9227748Abstract: A metal bottle can comprises a mouth part having a curl portion at the end, a neck part having a straight part in parallel to the can axis, a taper-shaped shoulder part, a barrel part, and a bottom part. The metal bottle can is integrally formed from a primitive plate of the thickness (wall thickness T) of 0.48 mm to 0.30 mm by drawing-processed. The metal bottle can has the barrel part with the diameter A of 40 mm to 70 mm, the neck part with the diameter B of 20 mm to 35 mm, the straight portion of the neck part with the length S of 10 mm to 40 mm, the shoulder part with the angle ? of 40 degrees to 70 degrees, the mouth part with the wall thickness X of 0.46 mm to 0.33 mm, and straight portion of the neck part with the wall thickness Y of 0.43 mm to 0.30 mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: TAKEUCHI PRESS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Nakagawa, Osamu Kume, Yoshio Asai
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Patent number: 9216891Abstract: A refueling assembly of an engine is provided. The refueling assembly includes a housing, a door positioned within the housing and a flow guide positioned within the housing and downstream of the door including an inlet in fluidic communication with the door, an outlet to flow fuel into a downstream filler pipe in fluidic communication with a fuel tank during a refueling operation, a planar nozzle seating section receiving a fuel nozzle during the refueling operation, and a contraction section positioned downstream of the planar nozzle seating section.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Chretien, Michael Wohlfahrter, Shahid Siddiqui
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Patent number: 9216840Abstract: A container including a metal sidewall is provided. The metal sidewall includes a first end; a second end; a center portion having a principal width; a first feature positioned between the center portion and the first end, the first feature extending from the sidewall such that the maximum width of the sidewall at the first feature is greater than the principal width; and a second feature positioned between the center portion and the second end, the second feature extending from the sidewall such that the maximum width of the sidewall at the second feature is greater than the principal width. The container further includes a first bead located in the center portion of the sidewall; and a second bead located in the center portion of the sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Silgan Containers LLCInventors: Elizabeth A. Metzger, Thomas J. Clyde, Thomas S. Diss, Kamchat Soisuvarn
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Patent number: 9199760Abstract: The flat bottle includes a cylindrical body and a bottom closing a lower opening of the body, and is formed in a flattened shape in lateral cross-section having a major axis (La) and a minor axis (Sa). A bottom wall of the bottom includes a rising circumferential wall extending upward; an annular movable wall projecting inward from the rising circumferential wall in a bottle radial direction; and a recessed circumferential wall extending upward from the movable wall. The movable wall is movable around a connected portion with the rising circumferential wall. The length of the bottom along the major axis is 1.2 to 2.0 times the length of the bottom along the minor axis. The length of the movable wall along the major axis is 0.8 to 2.5 times the length of the movable wall along the minor axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Nagaoka, Hiroki Oguchi, Tetsuo Takahashi
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Patent number: 9198537Abstract: In summary there is provided in one embodiment a quick-cook bean pot which creates an environment whereby beans cook far more efficiently than traditional methods. The constant low-temperature applied to the base causes the food to travel up the large, spherical cooking chamber toward the narrow, short cylindrical neck. At the short cylindrical neck, the (relatively cooler) beans encounter the relatively hotter beans that have traveled more recently from the base and the “cooler” beans travel back to the base which again heats them, sending a constant flow of hotter beans from the base through the spherical cooking chamber, up the cooler short cylindrical neck where the cooler beans settle and the cyclical process is repeated continually until the beans are done and the heat source is removed.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Inventors: Eliza Sproat, Tarik EL-Maraghy
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Patent number: 9194229Abstract: An apparatus for production testing. According to one aspect, the apparatus is modular and suitable for transport and assembly in the field. The apparatus comprises a platform and one or more pressure vessels. The platform includes a mounting bracket for the pressure vessel and the mounting bracket includes a guide mechanism. The guide mechanism allows the pressure vessel to be lowered into the mounting bracket and coupled to the platform for example using a load sling on a helicopter. According to another aspect, the pressure vessels comprise spherical containers and the spherical containers are configured to be heliportable to a field site.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: C&J Energy Production Services—Canada, Ltd.Inventor: Larry James Heighington
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Patent number: 9187232Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a latching mechanism/device is provided, as well as a method of maintaining a closed position between opposing first and second portions of a container. The latching mechanism includes a latch attached to the first portion and a latch keeper integrally molded to the second portion. The latch keeper includes an elongated keeper slot and a recessed pocket formed in the keeper slot, such that when at least a portion of the latch is received within the recessed pocket, the container is closed and/or sealed.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventor: Roy Joseph Seiders
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Patent number: 9187889Abstract: The invention relates to a tank (100) provided with at least one effluent-filling opening and at least two effluent-emptying openings, a bucket capable of tilting between a filling position, in which it can be filled with an incoming effluent through said at least one filling opening, and a discharge position, in which it can discharge the contents thereof through one or more of said emptying openings. According to the invention, the tank (100) includes means for modifying the position of the bucket (200, 200?) so as to change the direction thereof or to enable the replacement thereof with another bucket of a different type. It is thus possible to modify the effluent outlet direction by a simple change in the bucket position. It is also possible to replace a bucket with a bucket of a different type. In this way greater versatility of the adaptation to the connection of the tank on the installation site is afforded.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignees: MAYA GROUP, PREMIER TECH TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Yannick Juhere, Jean-Pierre Dautais
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Patent number: 9190819Abstract: A fastener assembly for releaseably fastening a first body to a second body is disclosed. The fastener assembly has a manual rotating mechanism to permit closing of the fastener by hand. Once closed, the manual rotating mechanism is not easily accessible to the user by hand. A separate tool operating rotating mechanism is accessible by a tool when the fastening mechanism is in the closed position. The fastening mechanism can be used to fasten a lid to a box in which case the lid has a recess for receiving the manual rotating mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: IPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: David Gordon Jones, Richard Hugh Schlieker
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Patent number: 9181007Abstract: A can end for a beverage container has a center panel with a stay-on tab opening system. A tear panel is defined by a first frangible score and a non-frangible hinge segment. A tab is attached to the center panel by a rivet. The tab has a void region partially surrounding a rivet island. A first circle has a first center point located at a center of the rivet and a first radius equal to a distance from the center of the rivet to a radially outermost point of the void region on a first axis running through the nose and lift ends of the tab and a center of the rivet. A second circle has a coincident center and a second radius less than 2.5 times first radius. A second frangible score is spaced completely radially outwardly from the rivet island and between the first and second circles.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Rexam Beverage Can CompanyInventors: Randall Forrest, Michael Gogola, Derek Siegal
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Patent number: 9181001Abstract: A tamper-evident cap is disclosed having a circular closure member, a cylindrical annular wall depending generally from the periphery of the closure member terminating with a base and having a plurality of serrations, and a tamper-evident band circumferentially positioned around the base having teeth and attached to a portion of the base. The tamper-evident band may be mounted to the base by at least one of the teeth or attached by at least one of the serrations extending below the base. The interior and/or exterior of the cylindrical wall may be stepped. The tamper-evident band may have a groove between the teeth for retaining the tamper-evident band on a neck finish. A neck finish having at least one set of teeth and optional raised portions for securing the tamper-evident band in place is also disclosed. The neck finish may be stepped to correspond with a cap having a cylindrical wall with a stepped interior. A cap and neck finish combination for a container is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Omega Cap Solutions LLCInventors: Luca Molinaro, Robert E. Crisci
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Patent number: 9168781Abstract: This device is comprised of a paint tray, a handle, an attachable and removable paint screen, a canopy, and ladder step hooks. The screen attaches to the paint tray, which allows painters to roll off excess paint from their paint rollers. The excess paint will drip through the screen and drain to the deep end of the paint tray. The canopy, handle, and attachable paint screen provide painters with an alternative option of using the device in a vertical position rather than a horizontal position. The canopy additionally obstructs paint from spilling out when a painter is dipping the paint roller in the paint at the deep end of the paint tray and prevents any remaining paint in the tray from being contaminated with debris. The canopy and handle also provide painters with an option of holding the paint tray and a paint roller in each hand.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Inventor: Greg Cooper
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Patent number: 9156719Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass container with a cylindrical neck (1) suitable for plugging the container by means of a stopper inserted in said neck, said neck (1) comprises an internal thread (6) allowing for reversible plugging and unplugging of the container by screwing and unscrewing said stopper, wherein the internal thread (6) of the neck consists of at least two independent thread turns (7) allowing unplugging and plugging of the container by screwing and respectively unscrewing the stopper by rotating it over an angle of less than 180°.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Dalmazio Perrone, Frederico Campodonico, Gino Giovanni Brignolo, Ambrogio Morettin, Benoit Villaret De Chauvigny