Patents by Inventor I-Ting Kao

I-Ting Kao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Machine for sealing a cryotube with a film
    Patent number: 7459045
    Abstract: A machine for sealing a cryotube with a thermoplastic film, which is heated and shrunk, is disclosed. The cryotube has a cap with threads, a tube body and a tubular thermoplastic film, wherein the cap is threadably connected to an open end of the tube body and the thermoplastic film is received by the cap and the tube body at the connection thereof. The machine includes a holder for holding the cryotube, a rotation mechanism for rotating the cryotube around a longitudinal axis of the cryotube, and a heating mechanism for heating the thermoplastic film of the cryotube hold in the holder, so that the thermoplastic film shrinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Food Industry Research and Development Institute
    Inventors: Shiaw-Min Hwang, I-Ting Kao, Hsin-I Chen, Chen-Der Tsai, Hann-Tsong Wang
  • Machine for sealing a cryotube with a film
    Publication number: 20060137824
    Abstract: A machine for sealing a cryotube with a thermoplastic film, which is heated and shrunk, is disclosed. The cryotube has a cap with threads, a tube body and a tubular thermoplastic film, wherein the cap is threadably connected to an open end of the tube body and the thermoplastic film is received by the cap and the tube body at the connection thereof. The machine includes a holder for holding the cryotube, a rotation mechanism for rotating the cryotube around a longitudinal axis of the cryotube, and a heating mechanism for heating the thermoplastic film of the cryotube hold in the holder, so that the thermoplastic film shrinks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Food Industry Research and Development Institute
    Inventors: Shiaw-Min Hwang, I-Ting Kao, Hsin-I Chen, Chen-Der Tsai, Hann-Tsong Wang