Patents Issued in June 6, 2000
  • Patent number: 6070717
    Abstract: A point-of-sale display box and kit is partitioned to include a plurality of compartments for small item storage and display. A cover is selectively engageable with a top surface of the box and with a slot defined in slot extensions of the left and right side panels. With this construction, the point-of-sale display box is suitable for shipping or storage in a covered mode and also serves as a convenient display for retail sales. The cover and/or panels are preferably provided with display indicia to attract customers and for product advertising.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Superior Merchandise Company Inc.
    Inventors: Alan H. Philipson, Andre R. Philipson
  • Patent number: 6070718
    Abstract: A insulated container system for facilitating storage of items with minimal temperature change over time. The insulated container system includes a container of insulated material having a removable lid stabilized by magnets, a table top stabilized by magnets, and a compartmented removable insulating insert generally conforming to an interior shape of the container. The compartments of the insert are designed for retaining hot or cold packs within the main compartment. Additional side compartments and a storage drawer are provided. The table top is foldable for storage between brackets on the main compartment. It is most preferred that the container include a flared bottom portion for preventing tippage of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: David A. Drabwell
  • Patent number: 6070719
    Abstract: A greeting card and gift box combination made from a single sheet of cardboard-like box stock having a gift box member with a window for viewing a gift mounted therein, a greeting message on the gift box member above the window, a greeting card front flap hindedly attached to a side of the gift box member, an envelop cover integrated into the front flap to selectively hide a greeting or message viewable through a frame or window in the outside panel of the front flap, and a gift mount system for mounting a gift within the gift box member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Christopher S. Pollock
  • Patent number: 6070720
    Abstract: Apparatus for displaying and protecting a garment in an unfolded, substantially visible condition, the apparatus including a generally planar backing member including a body portion and at least two limb portions attached to the body portion at locations corresponding to the locations of limb receiving members of the garment, the limb portions of the backing member being preferably bendable relative to the body portion to allow insertion of the backing member into the garment such that the limb portions are received in arm or leg portions of the garment, and a protective envelope constructed of overlapping generally transparent film members having outer peripheral edge portions joined together forming an interior cavity adapted for receiving the backing member when located in the garment, the backing member and the protective envelope each having a profile shape corresponding to the profile shape of the garment when in an unfolded condition, the protective envelope being marginally larger for receiving the ba
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Linda Faye Johnson
  • Patent number: 6070721
    Abstract: A display case for simultaneously displaying a phonograph album and record includes a shallow rectangular open topped base tray having a width to receive an album and a length to receive the album and at least a portion of a phonograph record. A support post projects from the bottom of the tray to support and position the record in the case at the end of the tray opposite the album preferably with a portion of the record inserted into an open side of the album. A hinged transparent cover is mounted on the tray to cover the album and record, and a latch is proved to releasably retain the cover in a closed position. Hanger brackets may be mounted on the back of the tray for hanging the case on a wall for displaying the album and record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Richard J. Levitan
  • Patent number: 6070722
    Abstract: A compact protective cartridge structure including a box body and a box cover pivotally with the box body. The box body is a flat rectangular box body a front side of which is formed with an opening. An upper face of the box body is formed with a slot within which a push block is slidable back and forth to drive a cartridge connected under the push block. The box cover is formed by two lateral walls and a front wall. The two lateral walls are formed with pivot shafts. A top face of the box cover is formed with an elongated window along the front wall. A compact disc can be received and clamped in the cartridge which is back and forth slidably received in the box body to facilitate placing, taking and carriage of the compact disc. The box cover achieves a dustproof effect and prevents the compact disc from dropping out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Chan-Pao Ng
  • Patent number: 6070723
    Abstract: A reclosable package and method having an integral reclosable door adjacent one end that permits article removal from the end of the package. The package is comprised of a thermoformed blister body joined to a thermoformed backing body. The blister body has sidewalls, endwalls and a peripheral flange broken into a first section adjacent the door where the height of the sidewalls decrease and a second section opposite the door with the first section angled relative to the second section. The backing body carries the door and has an integral peripheral rib inboard of a peripheral flange with the flange having a first section about the door and a second section disposed away from the door. The rib has a pair of longitudinally-extending sections divided by a notch that preferably is a transverse rib that causes the door to bend about a desired fold line that runs generally through or adjacent the ribs or notches when urged away from a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Portage Plastics Corp.
    Inventor: Gregg S. Lewis
  • Patent number: 6070724
    Abstract: In order to depict features such as pivoting and/or the flexure of elements of an article or articles which are enclosed within a package, at least one holographic generating layer is disposed on the package to provide an enlarged highlighted view of a portion of an image which is printed on the surface of the package. In accordance with the invention, it is also possible to have two holographic image generating layers overlaid one on the other and adhered to the surface of a package. The outer layer permit the images produced by the underlying layer to be also viewed, although at different angles from the images produced by the upper or outer layer. This permits the simulation of different movements which are exhibited by the article or articles enclosed within the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: American Safety Razor
    Inventor: Gregory F. McCool
  • Patent number: 6070725
    Abstract: A cosmetic container (10) comprises a housing assembly (1, 3, 4, 7, 9) with an annular projection (8) and a cap assembly (11, 12) with an inner cap member (12) engageable with the annular projection. The inner cap member has a thin wall portion (15) defined between a pair of upper and lower annular external swells (16, 17), which is deformed to provide air-tight engagement with the annular projection in a capped condition. The lower swell (16) acts as a first stopper against removal of the cap assembly from the housing assembly, whereas the upper swell (17) acts as a second stopper against excessive insertion of the housing assembly into the cap assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Hidan Co.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ito, Tetsuo Kobayashi, Masahisa Koyama, Yoshinobu Abe
  • Patent number: 6070726
    Abstract: A corrugated cardboard pallet usable either by itself or as the base member of a palletized container. The pallet includes a tray having side walls and a bottom wall; a plurality of blocks positioned within the tray proximate the side walls at spaced locations about the periphery of the side wall and each having a bottom face position on the bottom wall of the tray and an upper face lying in a common plane with the upper faces of other blocks; and a panel positioned within the side walls on top of the blocks. A plurality of flaps are provided in the side walls of the tray and the flaps, following placement of the panel within the side walls over the blocks, are folded upwardly and inwardly out of the side walls between adjacent blocks against the underface of the panel and secured to the underface of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Graham Creative Packaging
    Inventor: Steven Edward Graham
  • Patent number: 6070727
    Abstract: A corner protector comprising a pair of layers of padding material superposed on each other and open along one edge and closed along three other edges by securement of the layers of padding material against each other. The three closed edges comprise a central edge joined at each of its ends to a closed edge at an obtuse angle of 135.degree.. The three closed edges are straight, and the central edge is substantially shorter than the other two closed edges and parallel to the open edge. Each closed edge other than the central edge meets the open edge at an angle of 45.degree.. To protect a corner of an object, the corner protector is bent until the two closed edges other than the central edge are disposed parallel to each other and spaced apart a distance equal to the length of the central edge, thereby to form a pocket, and the corner to be protected is inserted into this pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Manufacturer's Equipment & Supply Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Avalon Tindoll, Stanley Hendrix, Brian P. Tindoll, J. Scott Tindoll
  • Patent number: 6070728
    Abstract: A hermetic package for fine particulate material. The package is arranged to be filled and vacuumized to hold the fine particulate material therein and isolated from the ambient atmosphere. The package, which may be in the form of a pouch or a gussetted packages, is formed of a flexible material to have at least a front and a rear panel. At least one degassing valve is mounted in at least one of the panels to enable gas within the interior of the package to vent to the ambient atmosphere. A filter sheet, e.g., a spun-bonded plastic, such as Tyvek.RTM., is secured to the interior of the package over the valve to prevent the fine particulate material within the package from entering into the valve and clogging it. The filter sheet may cover only a small portion of one of the panels of the package or may cover a major portion of that panel, or even cover substantially the entire interior of the package. The package includes a top portion forming a mouth, which is arranged to be opened, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Fres-co System USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Overby, Jeffrey Scott Beer, Daniel R. Wigman
  • Patent number: 6070729
    Abstract: A new hairstyling accessory organizing system for storing and carrying hairstyling products. The inventive device includes a curling iron carrier having a generally rectangular configuration. The curling iron carrier has interior layers of cotton batting and muslin, an outside layer of a durable fabric, and an inside layer of a heat resistant material. A stove bag is dimensioned for receiving a hairstyling stove therein. The stove bag has interior layers of cotton batting and muslin, an outside layer of a durable fabric, and an inside layer of a heat resistant material. A protective holder is provided having interior layers of cotton batting and muslin, an outside layer of a durable fabric, and an inside layer of a heat resistant material. A carrying bag is dimensioned for holding the curling iron carrier, the stove bag, and the protective holder therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Sallie L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 6070730
    Abstract: A container for disks has an improved latching mechanism. The container comprises a cassette with sidewalls with slots for holding disks in an axial arrangement, two opposite endwalls each have a U-shaped recess extending downwardly from the open top, a top cover with a rectangular top portion and two end portions extend downwardly to cover the U-shaped recess. The top cover latches to the cassette by way of a latching mechanism which includes a living hinge, an extension portion, and a hook portion all on each end portion. The hook portion cooperates and engages with a cooperative catch member on the cassette. The extension member is under tension to secure the top cover in place. In an alternate embodiment, recesses on the extension portion connect to nubs on the cassettes or on the bottom cover to secure the top cover in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Fluoroware, Inc.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Narisawa, Kazuo Kaneko, Timothy D. Schmidt, Dale A. Maenke, Michael C. Zabka
  • Patent number: 6070731
    Abstract: An IC receiving tray storage device is provided which is capable of securedly identifying the category of the tested ICs sorted for each category and received in the corresponding tray in the unloader section after end of test. Mounted to the tray storage is a casing comprising a generally rectangular base plate and a plurality of outer walls standing substantially upright and separately from each other on the base plate. A category identifying indicator is attached to at least one outer wall of the casing. This category identifying indicator indicates the category of ICs received in the tray. Also, in the base plate of the casing is formed an opening 71 through which a vertically movable unit is free to move. By the category identifying indicator, the category of the tested ICs received in the tray can be easily confirmed after the tray storage device has been taken out from the IC handler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshito Kobayashi, Hiroto Makamura
  • Patent number: 6070732
    Abstract: A tool box includes a housing having a chamber for rotatably receiving one or more tool holders each of which is pivotally secured to the housing at a pivot shaft. The tool holders may be used for holding the tool bits or the tool members. One or more springs are engaged with the tool holders for biasing the tool holders to rotate about the pivot shaft and to slightly elevate the tool members such that the tool members may be easily obtained. The tool box may include a cover for enclosing the chamber and for forcing the tool holders inward of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Ying Wu Chen
  • Patent number: 6070733
    Abstract: Shredder waste light fraction is converted into injectable material by being comminuted to an appropriate size. The copper and/or silica is then separated by magnetic separation so that the material may be injected into a metallurgical furnace or cement kiln.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Heckert Multiserv PLC
    Inventor: Dirk Osing
  • Patent number: 6070734
    Abstract: Excessive vibration in industrial mixers such as flotation cells and draft tube mixers is attenuated by connecting a vibration dampening device to a rotor or impeller which is disposed in a mixing tank for pumping a nonhomogeneous fluidic material placed in the tank. In a draft tube mixer, where the rotor is connected to a drive shaft in turn connected to a motor for rotating the rotor, the vibration dampening device is connected to the shaft on a side of the rotor opposite the motor. In a froth flotation cell, if the rotor is hollow, the vibration dampening device is disposed inside a pipe in turn mounted inside the rotor along an axis thereof. The vibration dampening device takes the form of a tuned mass dampener tuned to a resonance frequency of the particular mixing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Jerry W. Hunt, Dennis M. Greenlee, Lyn Maurice Greenhill
  • Patent number: 6070735
    Abstract: Calculation is made of a collision point and a collision time of collision between a sputter particle and a surrounding gas particle (step 102). The collision time is compared with a unit time having a predetermined length (step 104). When the collision time is smaller than the unit time, calculation is made of the temperature distribution of a surrounding gas at the collision point with reference to a result of thermal analysis performed in a preceding unit time (step 105). Then, the energy variation of the surrounding gas particle is calculated by the use of the temperature distribution (steps 106-109). After the calculation is performed for all collision coordinates within the unit time, the temperature distribution of the surrounding gas at the collision point. is obtained by thermal analysis with reference to the result of calculation of the energy variation and the unit time is renewed (steps 111-113).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Ohta
  • Patent number: 6070736
    Abstract: A screen frame and screen are secured into sealing engagement within a screening machine by a screen frame sealing mechanism and method which allows the user to simultaneously raise an entire side of the screen frame into sealing engagement. Advantageously, the entire screen frame can be raised into sealing engagement to prevent the escape of fine material being screened and avoid metal-to-metal contact during the screening process from a single location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Rotex, Inc.
    Inventors: Brady P. Ballman, William W. Heyob
  • Patent number: 6070737
    Abstract: The method and system of the present invention provides for fast, convenient and low cost installation and removal from a particulate screening assembly of an apparatus for protecting the underlying structural members of the screening assembly from the adverse affects caused by the flow therethrough of particulate material. The subject system includes a wear protector system designed for direct attachment to and removal from the structural members which support the screening assembly. This direct attachment and removal operation occurs without the need to detach or disassemble the support structure from the screening assembly. Thus, the wear protector system can be readily removed and replaced without expending substantial downtime in completing system maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Western Wire Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynn A. Russell, Warren A. Strout
  • Patent number: 6070738
    Abstract: The monitoring and control of jig separators is effected by monitoring the time variation within a jig cycle of at least one operating parameter of the jig, and manipulating the operating parameter(s) to produce the sought after form of the time variation within the jig cycle. Operating parameters include bed voidage, water level, particle velocity in the bed and water or air pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Geoffrey John Lyman, Andrew Jonkers
  • Patent number: 6070739
    Abstract: A filtering device includes a screen including support rods extending in the axial direction of the screen and arranged generally cylindrically with a predetermined interval, and a cylindrical filter member attached fixedly on the outside of the support rods, a vibrator including a shaft provided in the central portion of the screen coaxially with the screen and at least one leaf spring which is fixed in one end portion thereof to the shaft and is capable of abutting in the other end portion against a part of each of the support rods, and a drive unit for rotating at least one of the screen and the vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Tadayoshi Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 6070740
    Abstract: A protector for holding a filter medium thereon is made of resin and composed of a plurality of pillar members. The pillar members are disposed in parallel with each other in a longitudinal direction thereof and forming a circular shape with intervals respectively between adjacent two pillar members. Accordingly, the protector can be easily manufactured by molding and can be easily scrapped after its use. The protector further has a positioning member for positioning the protector in a case. Accordingly, a number of parts in a filter device can be reduced, resulting in a decrease in man-hours for assembling the parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Sanami, Toshihiro Takahara, Shuji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6070741
    Abstract: A memorial death care merchandise display unit and method of displaying the unit that maximizes the types and styles of death care merchandise comprising two vertical, parallel, spaced wing walls and a vertical back wall attached to a rear end of each wing wall. Attached to the back wall and/or the wing walls is at least one angled display board to engage the line of sight of a prospective purchaser and provide a location for the multi-planar display of a variety of death care merchandise, decedent confinement chambers, and visual materials. Additionally, the unit may further contain a cornice and/or at least one illumination source to improve the visibility and notoriety of the death care merchandise. Alternatively, at least two display units are combined to create a modular memorial death care merchandise display unit capable of depicting a plurality of death care merchandise, decedent confinement chambers, and visual materials design lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: The York Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Bachman, Lynn A. Taggart, Alton F. Doody
  • Patent number: 6070742
    Abstract: A foldable cable management apparatus for holding cables in a rack mounted system. The apparatus includes a plurality of segments pivotally attached to one another. One or more of the plurality of segments include cable trays for holding the cables and include cable fasteners. One or more of the plurality of segments is adapted to nest with other segments so that the combined depth of the apparatus is less than the sum of the depths of the individual segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Dell USA, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew L. McAnally, Christopher S. Beall
  • Patent number: 6070743
    Abstract: A supporting shelf for compact disks includes at least a first tubular housing and a second tubular housing and each has a different inner diameter but a similar cross section. The second tubular housing that has a small inner diameter is disposed within the first tubular housing. Each of the first and second tubular housings has its opening directed upward for readily engagement therebetween. Each of the tubular housings is provided with a plurality of retaining slots at the outer wall and that are parallel to each other, wherein a CD can be readily inserted and retained by the retaining slots of the housings. When a plurality of first and second tubular housings are engaged with each other, a tower-shape supporting shelf can be configured. Each of the receiving slots can be directed upward and angularly. The engagement between the first and second tubular housing can be facilitated through retaining holes and pin-shaft or retaining ball and recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Ching-Ling Hsueh
  • Patent number: 6070744
    Abstract: The display assembly includes an elongated support member attached to a supporting surface upon which the display assembly is adapted for attachment. The support member includes a downwardly extending flange with at least one opening formed in the downwardly extending flange. The display assembly also includes at least one display holder adapted for releasably receiving merchandise information such that the merchandise information is presented to consumers as they move past the display assembly. The display holder includes a U-shaped clip hook which is shaped and dimensioned for releasable receipt in the opening formed in the downwardly extending flange such that the display holder is pivotally mounted to the elongated support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventors: Lawrence Levinson, Eric L. Levinson, Jared S. Levinson
  • Patent number: 6070745
    Abstract: A holder system for interchangeable socket members comprises at least one socket receiving member, a base, and a lock member. The socket receiving member has a central axis and nub for engaging a socket. The socket receiving member is also removably attached to the base. The lock member has a lock stop, and the lock member is removably insertable into the receiving member. The lock member also prevents the nub from releasing the socket receiving member. The base and the lock stop prevent movement of the lock member in either direction along the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Andrew E. Dembicks
  • Patent number: 6070746
    Abstract: A tool display device includes a backboard, a panel having an upper end pivotally connected to an upper end of the backboard, and a base plate having a first end pivotally connected to a lower end of the backboard and a second end releasably engaged with a lower end of the panel. The base plate includes bolts of various sizes to allow the buyer to try the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Bobby Hu
  • Patent number: 6070747
    Abstract: A merchandising display assembly structure mounted to a vertical support surface, the support surface having an elongate and single slotted backplate with a plurality of spaced apart and linearly extending slots. At least one horizontally extending member is mounted to and extends from the support surface. The horizontally extending member in a specific embodiment includes first and second elongated portions and axially adjusting means for establishing a length between the elongated portions. An elongated display member is secured to an outer end of the at least horizontal member and extends in parallel fashion relative to the vertical support surface at a spaced distance. The display member exhibits a substantially flattened display area for securing thereon a plurality of hanger portions which are in turn capable of supporting large volumes of small sized merchandise without obscuring additional merchandise located on the vertical support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Thomas M. Shea
  • Patent number: 6070748
    Abstract: A break away overcap (1) is used for maintaining a closure (6) in sealing engagement with the open end of a vial (2). The overcap (1) is molded from a fracturable plastic and is provided with a pair of spaced, parallel score lines or V-grooves (5) extending across the top wall (3) of the overcap (1) and downwardly of the cap skirt (4) to the lower edge thereof on each side of the cap. Thumb and finger engaging portions (4a) are provided at the lower edge of the skirt (4) adjacent the terminal ends of the score lines (5) so that by pushing inwardly on the thumb and finger engaging portions, (4a) the overcap (1) breaks into three pieces to thereby expose the closure (6) for insertion of a syringe needle therethrough into the vial for removal of the vial contents therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Comar, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Storar
  • Patent number: 6070749
    Abstract: A makeup case is composed of a bottom (2) and a lid (4) which is hinged to the bottom and can be reversibly locked against the said bottom. The bottom and the lid are formed from identical molded parts. A joint structure is designed to be used interchangeably for hinging the bottom to the lid or for reversibly locking the lid against the bottom. The hinging of the bottom to the lid and the reversible locking of the lid against the bottom are provided by mechanical snap-fastening at the joint structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Gerard Joulia
  • Patent number: 6070750
    Abstract: A reinforced container, particularly of thin gauge metal, is encircled by a thermoplastic sleeve which is shrunk thereabout for applying a radial squeezing force to give the container adequate axial strength for withstanding the axial compressive pressures of conventional filling and closing machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Terry E. Kubitz
  • Patent number: 6070751
    Abstract: A container comprising a main portion (1) with variable capacity and a cover (2) which may be coupled in dovetail manner, with a leak-tight sealing and with no possibility of disassembly, the cover embodying a filling window (16) which may be shut by a rotatory disk (9) which in turn is provided with two diametrically opposite windows (17) and (19), the first of which faces the window (16) during the container-filling phases and is located diametrically opposite during the temporary-sealing phases, implementing a hermetic sealing; while in the second window there is located a blocking button (22) which, after the final filling of the container, is capable of being moved inside, immovably blocking the shutter disk (9) at the cover (8) and implementing the final, non-workable sealing of the window (16) of said cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Sanypick, S.A.
    Inventor: David Gonzalez Mejias
  • Patent number: 6070752
    Abstract: A closure is provided for use with a drink container wherein the closure includes an inner member, having an opening formed therein for receiving a straw and having a peripheral portion for mounting to the drink container, and an outer member configured to be fitted to the inner member forming a compartment therebetween. The outer member also has an opening, with the opening of the outer member aligned with the opening of the inner member while the outer member is fitted to the inner member. The aligned openings permit penetration of a straw therethrough. The inner member is shaped to prevent any beverage from within the drink container from entering the compartment even while a straw penetrates the aligned openings of the inner and outer members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: East End, Inc.
    Inventors: John Nava, John Lyons, Donald Farnsworth
  • Patent number: 6070753
    Abstract: A container holds fluids, such as motor oil, and is sized to hold about one quart or one liter. The container has a rectangular base portion, and a top portion is formed integral with the base portion, the top portion being shaped like an offset, inverted funnel. The top portion has an opening forming a mouth, an outside edge of the mouth being in substantial alignment with a first side of the base portion. A concave, arcuate top panel extends from an opposing second side of the base portion to the mouth, and the top panel has a ridge along the center of its length for increasing top load strength and for providing a flow channel for fluid within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Richard N. Hirst, Herbert M. Meyers, Richard C. Edstrom, Richard G. Kraft
  • Patent number: 6070754
    Abstract: A double-walled thermoplastic article includes a double-walled body having inner and outer walls and an insert having visible portions and recessed runner sections. The body includes an insert portion in which its inner and outer walls are contiguous. The insert is attached to the body insert portion such that the visible portions of the insert are exposed and the runner sections are embedded within the insert portion. The article can be produced by a double-walled blow molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Delta Consolidated Industries
    Inventor: John Parks Newby, Sr.
  • Patent number: 6070755
    Abstract: A disposable plastic lid with folding side tabs for holding and drinking from hot beverage cups. The lid is applied in the usual fashion to the pre-filled beverage cup. A shorter tab adjacent the drinking spout accommodates the user's thumb. A longer tab opposite the spout accommodates a multi-finger opposing grip. There is a additional top side finger grip in the lid opposite the drinking spout. The side tabs are attached by two point hinge mechanisms with a slit running between the hinge points along the radius of the flange dividing the tab from the flange. The flange retains its full diameter about the circumference of the lid. The tabs are pre-formed with a raised rib pattern and shaped to fit the curvature of the sidewall of the cup. The two point hinge allows the tabs to be folded down and inward below the lid flange into contact with the sidewall of the cup, providing thermal insulation to the user's grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Waddington North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G Evans, John Kevin Bruce
  • Patent number: 6070756
    Abstract: A dispenser for individually dispensing paper towels from a stack of interfolded paper towels. The paper towels are received in a housing and dispensed by their ends through a slot in a smooth and generally uninterrupted manner. The slot is formed with a narrow medial portion and enlarged end portions to release only one paper towel at a time. Moreover, the dispenser effectively resists a user pulling a bunch of paper towels from the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard E. Dodge, John S. Formon
  • Patent number: 6070757
    Abstract: A check-operated dispenser machine of hot snack stuffs includes a globe which in use contains a snack stuff such as for sake of an example, peanuts or other comparable nut or seed meats. The globe rests on a stand. The stand is modified from what is conventional in prior art gumball banks or other prior art check-operated dispensing machines of candies or novelties in that, such a prior art machine is modified to include a heat source. Most simply the heat source is configured as a low-wattage incandescent lamp bulb. The lamp warms the snack stuff contents in the globe. The dispensing machine has a conventional check- (eg., coin-) operated dispensing mechanism which allows a patron to serve him or herself and get a measured amount, such as about a hand-full, of such a snack stuff as say hot peanuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Bobby L. Detherow
  • Patent number: 6070758
    Abstract: An arrangement (10) and a manifold (12) are disclosed for feeding different sized or types of fasteners from a plurality of automatic screw feeding machines (11) into and through the manifold (12) to a fastening tool (21) at a remote location, whereby one fastener is output from the automatic screw feeding machines (11) and delivered to the remote location before another fastener is output from one of the screw feeding machines (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Nasco Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Graham
  • Patent number: 6070759
    Abstract: A container having a single unit dispensing feature built into the container cap is provided. The dispensing feature is an opening of sufficient dimensions to allow the controlled release of product. An optional incline located in the cap guides product toward the opening. The product is dispensed by inverting and tilting the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Bridge, Calvin G. Hill
  • Patent number: 6070760
    Abstract: A pumping system for use in a fuel service station including one or more fuel dispensers, a fuel storage tank and conduits connecting the fuel dispensers with the tank. The pumping system comprises a variable speed pump-motor assembly for pumping fuel from the storage tank to the conduit and the dispensers, and a control connected to the pump-motor assembly for holding the fuel pressure in a preset range. Preferably the range is that required for efficient operation of a vapor recovery system, or other requirement by the EPA or by another agency, or by a service station operator. The control includes sensors which respond to the pressure in the conduits leading to the fuel dispensers. The sensors may comprise, for example, a pressure sensor in the conduit, or they may comprise power consumption sensors connected to the electrical power supply for the variable speed pump-motor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: FE Petro Inc.
    Inventors: Donald P. Kenney, David M. Triezenberg
  • Patent number: 6070761
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a vial-loading mechanism for a system that prepares and delivers one or more IV drugs to a patient. The vial-loading mechanism is used to load a vial onto a cassette spike and includes a vertical support member located adjacent to the spike. A holding assembly holds at least one vial. The holding assembly is mounted to the support member so as to be positionable between an upper position for loading a vial and a lower position for piercing the vial with a spike. The holding assembly has an arcuate-shaped holding member for holding the vial. A catch is provided with an engagement unit for securing the holding assembly in the lower position. This arrangement provides an easy way to add, retain, and remove vials from the system and protects the clinicians that do this from contacting the spikes and hurting themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Nicole D. Bloom, Dean L. Kamen, Richard Lanigan, Charles M. Grinnell, Kevin Grant
  • Patent number: 6070762
    Abstract: A device (1) for emptying closed containers which are under pressure, especially fuel filters, which can be detachably fastened to the container, firmly seated thereon, and which has a drain channel with a drain opening, in which a drill (12) which can be actuated via a spindle drive (9) is arranged for drilling through the container wall (54). To break a vacuum generated during the emptying, a vent hole is created by a piercing spike (7) in the container wall (54) on the side opposite the drill (12). The piercing spike (7) is part of the entire device (1) and is used together with the drill (12) as a holding element for clampingly receiving the container during the drilling of the container by the drill (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Angelika Weibhaar
    Inventor: Horst Klann
  • Patent number: 6070763
    Abstract: A dispenser (1) for a liquid product (P), provided with a dispensing head (7) has an axially movable push button (26) defining a pumping chamber (22) having an intake opening (14) for the product, obturated by an admission valve (16) carried by a piston (12). The piston has at least one sealing lip (12a, 12b) in contact such that the internal sides are displaced between a high position and a low position, the passing from the low position to the high position causing the product to be drawn in and the reverse passing causing the drawn-in product to emerge through a dispensing valve (40). A spring (32) is provided for restoring the push button (26) into its high position. The admission valve (16) and the piston (12) are mounted on a collar (4) having a seat (18) for the admission valve (16). The sealing lip (12a, 12b) is made of a rigid or semi-rigid material, and the admission valve (16) is formed by a membrane made of a flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: 6070764
    Abstract: A dispensing system including a housing with an interior bulkhead and four progressive cavity pumps mounted within the housing on one side of the bulkhead. The pumps are mounted with the bores in vertical orientation. Gear boxes including bevel gears coupling the vertically mounted pumps with horizontally mounted motors located on the other side of the interior bulkhead. A dispensing head is located above the housing with outlet passages extending from the motors to the dispensing head defining a path to the dispensing head which is continuously upward. The dispensing head includes valves driven by a pneumatic cylinder. A solenoid controls flow of pressurized air to the pneumatic cylinder from a position adjacent the dispensing head on the boom supporting both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Fluid Research Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Cline, Timothy S. Clark, Stephen P. Gordon, Michael R. Engle
  • Patent number: 6070765
    Abstract: An aerosol valve cover (10) having a generally cup-shaped plastic body (12) with a cylindrical base wall for releasable attachment to an annular collar (52) of an aerosol valve mounting cup (51), a plurality of locking tabs (56A, 56B, 58A, 58B) carried by the base wall (16) extending inwardly from the base wall for locking receipt beneath a lower edge (50) of the annular collar, a plurality of preweakened score lines (32) in the base wall (16) to enable the base wall (16) to resiliently flex radially outwardly to be press fit down onto the annular collar (52) until the locking tabs resiliently pass over the edge and snap radially inwardly into locking receipt beneath the lower edge of the annular collar (52). An unlocking member (34) releasably attached to the base wall (16) at a break-away section (24) with an elongate neck (36) extending outwardly from the break-away section (24) to a distal manually engagable end (38) which is cantilever supported by the elongate neck (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Delta Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Holzboog
  • Patent number: 6070766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially leak proof tamper-evident container closure that combines a reusable, push-pull spout with a snap-on tamper evident closure which is substantially tamper proof. The closure has first and second locking members characterized by the first locking member having an inward flange with an upturned locking edge forming an annular groove in the flange. The push pull resealable pour spout with an opening therein which is partially closed by a second top having a secondary opening therein and a plug space thereabove with upwardly angled legs formed integral with the closure. Integrated into the periphery of the secondary opening is at least one and preferably two annular flanges. The annular flanges engage and create a sealing contact with the annular surface of the plug to provide a seal which is leak proof after many uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: International Plastics and Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Charles J. Long, Jr.