Patents Issued in August 31, 2004
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Patent number: 6782990Abstract: A method and an assembly is disclosed for sorting rolls of paper and paperboard web for shipment into a desired sequence based on customer orders, in which method and assembly a roll to be sortedis imported to an infeed conveyor (2), and from at least two first conveyors (3, 4, 5) is selected a suitable conveyor onto which the roll is transferred. Subsequently, the roll is transferred onto the selected conveyor so that its leading end remains at the receiving end of said selected conveyor, and the rolls are transferred onto the first conveyors (3, 4, 5) in a similar fashion so that the rolls thus placed onto the conveyors remain in a close disposition to each other so as to form a group of end-to-end abutting rolls until at least one of the first conveyors contains a roll group forming a unit load for an upender lift.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.Inventors: Jukka Joutsjoki, Raimo Ruohio, Pertti Ojala
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Patent number: 6782991Abstract: A board turner (1, 31) is intended for use on a conveyor (3) for transporting large volumes of boards. The conveyor (3) defines a plane for carrying boards (14) and the board turner (1, 31) has a rotation unit (4) and a gripping unit (7) mounted on the rotation unit (4). The gripping unit (7) has an open position and a closed position and is switchable between these positions in response to a signal from a sensor. In the open position, the gripping unit (7) rotates past the carrying plane without making contact with the synchronously arriving board (14). A signal from the sensor switches the gripping unit (7) between the open position and the closed position while the gripping unit (7) grips two opposite surfaces of a sideways extending part of the board (14) and continues to rotate above the belt conveyor (3) in order to turn the board (14) in this way.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Renholmens Mekaniska Verkstad ABInventor: Jan Johansson
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Patent number: 6782992Abstract: The invention provides a vibratory parts-feeding unit wherein downsizing and an improvement in performance of the unit can be compatible and also an improvement in maintainability and a reduction in motion failure is possible. A vibratory parts-feeding unit (100) comprises a vibrating body 113 provided with a spiral parts-lifting path (133a) on the outer circumference thereof, a first linear-feeder (130) which receives parts at a parts-sending portion (133c) of the parts-lifting path (133a), and a second linear-feeder (140) having a parts-collecting path (145) for receiving parts rejected from a parts-feeding path (135) provided on the first linear-feeder (130). The parts-collecting path (145) is installed in parallel with the parts-feeding path (135) and is also, throughout its whole length, arranged lower than the parts-feeding path (135).Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignees: Daisin Co., Ltd., Sanki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taro Mimura, Hironobu Nonaka
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Patent number: 6782993Abstract: Mobile conveyor modules are used for transporting aggregate over a long distance, or for transferring the aggregate to other modules, and for stacking the aggregate either linearly or radially. These modules may be used in various combinations by themselves or in combination with existing conveyor systems and bridge stackers to stack aggregate on and off multi-lift leach pads and on multi-lift dump sites. The mobile conveyor modules are designed to be steerable and self-propelled, providing increased maneuverability and reducing relocation/reformation time. Multiple stacking methods may be used with the mobile conveyor modules either separately, or at the same time, advance and retreat stacking, the stacking of a berm, or the filling in of a corridor, may be accomplished on a variety of terrain.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Terra Nova Technologies, Inc.Inventors: George M. Bernard, Ronald R. Kelly
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Patent number: 6782994Abstract: A plurality of laterally spaced apart, longitudinally extending, V-shaped upper conveyor slats (10) are provided. Each upper conveyor slat (10) has a crown and opposite side portions that slope laterally outwardly and downwardly from the crown. The side portions have lower surfaces. A plurality of laterally spaced apart, longitudinally extending, V-shaped lower conveyor slats (12) are provided. These lower conveyor slats (12) are positioned between the upper conveyor slats (10). Each lower conveyor slats includes a valley and side portions that slope laterally outwardly and upwardly from the valley. The side portions have upper and lower surfaces. The side portions of the upper conveyor slats (10) overhang the side portions of the lower conveyor slats (12). A plurality of slide bearings (14) are positioned vertically between the upper and lower conveyor slats (10, 12) where the side portions of the upper conveyor slats (10) overhang side portions of the lower conveyor slats (12).Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Keith Investments L.L.C.Inventor: Raymond Keith Foster
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Patent number: 6782995Abstract: A two-way vibratory conveyor includes at least one trough mounted on a base and a drive which reciprocally moves the trough(s). The conveyor, which in one embodiment has two interconnected troughs and in another embodiment has a single trough, includes a drive which uses a single motor. In the two-trough conveyor, the two troughs are driven in opposite directions. In the single-trough conveyor, the single motor is used to selectively drive the trough in one of two opposite directions. The troughs are mounted to a base using springs and stabilizer arms. The stabilizer arms, which are made of ductile iron, have been found to be withstand larger loads and have a longer useful life than currently available stabilizer arms.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Precision Components & Assemblies, Inc.Inventors: Michael S. Didion, Fred T. Chauvin
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Patent number: 6782996Abstract: A conveyor roller includes at least one axle cartridge and is mounted at opposite sidewalls of a conveyor. The axle cartridge includes a bearing assembly at an outer end and an inner support at an inner end. The bearing assembly provides rotational support of a roller portion about the axle portion, while the inner support is spaced from an inner end of the axle portion during normal use of the roller. The inner support may provide contact support at the inner axle portion in response to loading induced deflection of the roller, whereby the inner support limits flexing or bending of the roller portion and may limit binding of the bearing assembly during such loading conditions. The axle portion may include one or more guide members arranged along a generally tapered or conical-shaped axle end for guiding the axle portion into a correspondingly formed opening in the conveyor sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Rapistan Systems Advertising Corp.Inventor: Stephen C. Wolf
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Patent number: 6782997Abstract: Deflecting device for a conveyor, comprising at least one profiled element (10) and deflecting devices (25) and in which a continuous conveyor chain is driven in the profiled element and the said deflecting devices. The profiled element comprises a first guide (11, 11′) for the motion of the chain in the direction of a deflecting device and a second guide (12, 12′) for the motion of the chain away from the deflecting device. The said at least one deflecting device has a third guide (26, 29, 40) on a pair of mutually opposing wall elements (25) actively connectable to the first and second guides and comprises a part (30″, 30″) which reverses the motional direction of the chain. Each wall element has a fixture device (30), configured in one piece therewith, for snapping-in of the guide/slide element on both sides of the conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Flexlink Components ABInventors: Göran Abbestam, Andreas Rundqvist
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Patent number: 6782998Abstract: A protective case partially surrounds one or more credit card sized articles permitting the card to flexed to pop them in and out of the protective holder. The holder has a bottom wall, four lateral walls and a plurality of protrusions that extend inwardly over the bottom wall to retain one or more credit card sized articles in the holder. The bottom wall has an elliptical opening in it to permit the user to insert her/his finger to belly out the card(s) to shorten its/their effective length facilitating removal from the holder. The procedure may be reversed to insert the card back in the holder. A scraper may be formed along a lower edge of one end wall to permit frost removal from the vehicle's windshield using the credit card holder of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: James A. Koren
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Patent number: 6782999Abstract: A travel toothbrush system that includes a keychain structure for attaching keys and a toothbrush that is attachable to the keychain structure so that the toothbrush has an enlarged handle for use.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventors: Katrina M. McCoy, James E. Kunkle
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Patent number: 6783000Abstract: A portable disc holder comprises a frame member 1 adapted to circumferentially surround a disc at the disc's edges and being at least partially in contact therewith to restrain planar movement of the disc when held in the frame member, the frame member 1 including flange means 7, 8 for preventing or inhibiting planar movement of the disc, and remote from the flange means 7, 8 on a generally opposite portion of the frame member 1 a resiliently moveable means 7, 8 adapted to restrain planar movement of an adjacent edge portion of the disc when the disc is mounted in the frame member 1, the resiliently moveable flange means 7, 8 permitting entry of the disc into the frame member 1 following resilient deformation of the flange.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventors: Robin James Price, Christian Egner
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Patent number: 6783001Abstract: A magazine for a screwdriver. The magazine is provided with a magazine strip used to store screws which can be successively inserted into and extracted from an object. The magazine strip has a central web and a flange running along each edge. The magazine has a guide made up of a guiding part with a guiding slit on each side of the magazine strip. The guiding part is dimensioned in such a way that the enlargement extends respectively in positive fit outside the guiding part when the belt piece is inserted into the guiding slit.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Ahorn Geräte- und Wekzeuge-Vertriebs GmbHInventor: Markus Wollner
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Patent number: 6783002Abstract: An anti-needlestick system has a needle assembly with a needle in a 90 degree shaped configuration having flexible wings secured at an intermediate extent to the needle. A shield assembly is formed as a generally planar sheet with long side edges and short end edges and a slot at a central extent for receiving the wings of the needle assembly when held together and adapted to be placed beneath the wings above a patient's skin. The shield assembly is divided up into a male section on one side of the slot and a female section on the other side of the slot. Each section has an upwardly facing side wall along the side and end edges of the planar sheet. A locking member formed in the side wall includes a male locking member and a coacting female receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: John A. Pavlo
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Patent number: 6783003Abstract: A needle holder has a variety of features that make it an optimal device for safe storage and disposal of hypodermic needles. The needle holder of the present invention includes at least one hypodermic needle retainer for engaging and keeping a hypodermic needle. Further, the needle holder includes a receptacle that may accommodate surgical needles or other small sharps or biologically contaminated articles. The needle holder may be easily and conveniently employed in a variety of settings. Alternative embodiments will accommodate double-ended hypodermic needles, and will also accommodate larger versions of hypodermic needles such as thoracic, cardiac, or spinal needles, and which has additional support provision including hook arms and an adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventors: Kendell Simm, Dale Emis
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Patent number: 6783004Abstract: A kit of medical tools for removing screws from a patient in surgical procedures, including both the kit and the method of arranging the kit and its bits and tools. There are two removable trays in a container, one for the bits and one for the tools, and the trays stack upon the other in the container. Corresponding indicia are on both the bits and the supporting trays so the bits can be organized and readily selected by the surgeon, and an abutment aligns the bits in resilient grippers on the bit tray.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Pilling Weck IncorporatedInventor: James A. Rinner
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Patent number: 6783005Abstract: A new way of shipping cartons and other packages so as to minimize the cost and the resource used. The invention is directed in the first embodiment to a liner, particularly for use in combination with shrink wrap packaging, which includes corners for compressive strength and yet panels having deceased height intermediate such corners. The decreased height panels result in conversation of the resource used to make the liner. In a preferred embodiment, the liners are nestable so that they fit closely one on top of each other in the manufacturing process, therefore conserving space. Moreover, nestability of the liner blanks helps promote conservation of resource particularly when the liner blanks are cut from the same fiberboard blank.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2000Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Edward John Giblin, Corinne Saso
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Patent number: 6783006Abstract: The present invention relates to sealed containers for storing chemicals, the wall of said containers comprising at least two superimposed single layer homogeneous and water-soluble polymer films that stick together by weak adhesion and are separable without tearing the films. The present invention also relates to the fabrication of such sealed containers and to their use for the preparation of aqueous application formulations.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1996Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Syngenta Investment Corp.Inventor: Christoph Sontag
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Patent number: 6783007Abstract: A device enabling the timely removal and subsequent recycling of residues remaining in a pouring chute through which the load of a cement from a mixing drum of a mobile delivery vehicle was discharged. A strainer on a movable arm attached to the vehicle is placed under the chute to receive an effluent which results from spraying the inside of the nozzle with water. Solid particulates are retained by the strainer and a slurry which emerges from the strainer is pumped into the mixing drum, allowing the separated materials to be recycled when the vehicle returns to its base.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Cataldo S. Arbore
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Patent number: 6783008Abstract: A restraining system for hollow fibres is provided. The restraining system includes a plurality of longitudinally extending elements spaced from one another and supported by a number of discrete spacer elements, each spacer element extending generally transverse of said longitudinal elements, such that in combination with said longitudinal elements they define a cage-like structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: U.S. Filter Wastewater Group, Inc.Inventors: Fufang Zha, David John Cox
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Patent number: 6783009Abstract: A baffle has no shape-holding facilities other than bends that define and hold the configuration of structural channels, and controls the flow of liquid in basins of liquid treatment equipment. Methods provide an unbent blank for making such baffle, and provide operations for bending such unbent blank to provide such baffle. A preferably stainless steel unbent baffle blank may be deformed by the bending operation into a configuration that defines the plurality of structural channels of the baffle. The deformed blank need not be held bent in such configuration by any fastener or welding. The plurality of structural channels render the baffle able to withstand the various forces applied to the baffle by incoming liquid and by liquid having a reverse flow direction in the basin.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Meurer Industries, Inc.Inventor: Charles Lonnie Meurer
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Patent number: 6783010Abstract: A glass pane handling assembly consisting of a base frame having left and right roller tracks; a lock bar having a helical bolt receiving slot, the lock bar extending parallel to the left and right sides of the base frame; ball bearings interconnecting ends of the lock bar with the base frame; a glass carrying frame having upwardly extending glass pane supporting arms; rollers extending leftwardly and rightwardly from the glass carrying frame, the rollers interconnecting the base and glass carrying frames; a helical bolt extending into the lock bar's bolt receiving slot, the helical bolt being rigidly attached to the glass carrying frame; and an electric motor and pulley assembly operatively connected to the lock bar and adapted for alternately rotating and counter-rotating the lock bar.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Unruh Fab, Inc.Inventor: Monte R. Berger
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Patent number: 6783011Abstract: A hanger for merchandise to be displayed on a stand. The hanger includes a vertical back plate and hooks which can be placed on a stand made of horizontal rods. Merchandise holders extend forwardly from the back plate and receive merchandise thereon. The merchandise can be placed on the hanger at the manufacturing end, so that the store owner can easily fill a display stand by placing only a few hangers on the stand.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Bradshaw International, Inc.Inventor: Michael Rodrigue
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Patent number: 6783012Abstract: A rack merchandising system comprising a movable pallet base having openings to receive lifting forks, and a central support structure, the central support structure perpendicularly attached to the moveable pallet base and having two vertically extending sides. The central support structure may also comprise at least one transverse support member extending between the two vertically extending sides. The system further has at least two vertical upright supports that are spaced apart from each other and are located at or near a peripheral edge of a top surface of the movable pallet base, each vertically extending side being aligned with one of the vertical upright supports. The system further has at least one inclined shelf having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side and the fourth sides being parallel to each other and perpendicular to the second and third sides.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Paul Hyten Webb
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Patent number: 6783013Abstract: A dual rail tool holder may be used to store and organize garden and lawn tools with long handles in an inverted position, as well as to store and organize accessories. The tool holder consists of a first rail and a second rail, that are vertically and horizontally offset from each other forming an opening therebetween. Ends of tool handles are inserted in the opening between the rails and are stored in a generally vertical orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Richard N Spann
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Patent number: 6783014Abstract: A bottle closure having an outer shell with a frusto-conical configuration and a rib-supported threaded inner shell is described. The frusto-conical configuration of the outer shell allows the user to easily pickup the package and grip the closure and remove it from a bottle. The inner shell is threaded to allow the closure to engagingly mate with threads on a bottle or similar container. The inner shell is supported by ribs which face toward the outer shell. The ribs provide that the inner shell can be unscrewed from a threaded core of a manufacturing mold during production without causing noticeable distortion in the closure.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Rexam Medical Packaging Inc.Inventor: C. Edward Luker
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Patent number: 6783015Abstract: A closure cap comprises in a transition range (7) between the cap base (2) and the cap skirt (3) a bulge (6) for pressing a sealing disk (5) against a container opening. The bulge (6) comprises an undercut (8) and in sections (9) is provided with weakenings (10) which give the bulge (6) a radial flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies CorporationInventors: Udo Bösl, Georg Pfefferkorn
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Patent number: 6783016Abstract: A collapsible container has two loops, a flexible wall web attached about and extending between the loops, and a bottom web. The loops are twistable into compact, layered array into collapsed and much smaller configuration for transport.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Grace Wang
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Patent number: 6783017Abstract: A dual functioning lid that seals a container using a container sealing lip (10), and holds a bagel using a bagel steadying lip (20) and a bagel steadying protrusion (30), allowing the user's hand to be insulated from a hot bagel while applying an edible spread to the bagel.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Matthew L. Griffin
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Patent number: 6783018Abstract: A lid device for a minnow bucket for converting a conventional bucket into a minnow bucket. The lid device for a minnow bucket includes a panel having a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral edge. The panel has a diameter generally equal to an inner diameter of a bucket. A peripheral lip is coupled to and extends upwardly from the peripheral edge. The peripheral lip has a bottom edge having a slot extending upwardly therein and adapted for receiving a top edge of the bucket, the panel has an opening therein. A door selectively opens and closes the opening. The door has a shape generally identical to a shape of the opening. The door is hingedly, coupled to the panel such that the door may be moved between an open and a closed position. The door has a plurality of holes extending therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Gary M. Rondeau
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Patent number: 6783019Abstract: A lid includes a top having a cover receiving portion having a first aperture and a second aperture formed therein, a hinge positioned about a center of the cover receiving portion such that the first aperture is on one side of the hinge and the second aperture is on an opposite side of the hinge, and a cover having two directly opposing sidewalls rotatably attached to the cover receiving portion via the hinge. Each sidewall includes a protrusion extending therefrom shaped to fit within one of the first and second apertures. The cover pivots relative to the cover receiving portion so as to engage either the first aperture or the second aperture, and when the protrusion on one sidewall of the cover is pivoted towards the first aperture, the protrusion on the other sidewall simultaneously pivots away from the second aperture.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventors: Jeffrey J. Zettle, Gregory Ball, Anthony Weber, Anthony R. Miller, William L. DiMieri
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Patent number: 6783020Abstract: A cup that is used for children that transitions them from sippy cups to conventional drinking cups. The cup does not require any suction by the child when drinking yet is spill proof when locked for transit. The cup features a reservoir, a top and a lid. Within the top is a central passage and a plate that contains vents. When closed, the lid is flush against the plate and prevents any liquid from leaking. When the lid is rotated open, a gap is exposed between the lid and plate to allow liquid to flow from the reservoir and through the vents to the child's mouth. Regardless of whether the lid is opened or closed, the lid always remains below the top rim of the top.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Gerber Products CompanyInventors: David E. Featherston, Brenda J. Meyers, Charles Quinn
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Patent number: 6783021Abstract: An animal feed apparatus comprises in combination, a circular container having a peripheral sidewall closed by a bottom panel, and at a top end outwardly extending with an integral lip. An interior surface of the sidewall is formed with an inwardly directed slope, and a lid provides an annular lip having a pair of annular, outwardly facing and outwardly extending, spaced apart ribs positioned for intimate frictional contact with the sloped sidewall of the container and adapted for vacuum engagement with the container so as to seal an interior space of the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Kamaljit S. Kaura
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Patent number: 6783022Abstract: A ventilation device for a fuel tank includes an antisurge element designed as a porous component manufactured from sintered plastic. The antisurge element prevents fuel which is sloshing around in the fuel tank from penetrating into an activated carbon filter of the ventilation device. The antisurge element is a fixed component that does not require any movable parts and is produced particularly cost-effectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AGInventor: Martin Essing
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Patent number: 6783023Abstract: A legged pot has a pot body and at least one leg. The leg has a fluid conduit in fluid communication to and from the pot body. The legged pot can be used with a fluid source, a plastic film, or a tray to reduce watering cost, labor and material cost, water and fertilizer lose, environmental contaminate, and soil in use, and to avoid plant damage by water.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1997Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Jian-Hua Fan
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Patent number: 6783024Abstract: The present invention relates to a spout assembly for thin-film containers having an upper side end, a lower side end, a right side end, a left side end and a rounded corner side end comprising a fixing support fixed to the rounded corner side end, a spout portion extended from the fixing support to the outside of the container, a cap coupled with the spout portion, and a fluid guide member extended from the fixing suport to the lower side end of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Jung Min Lee
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Patent number: 6783025Abstract: A lid type vessel of an elastic plastic material for laboratory use, specifically in the PCR procedure, comprising a tubular vessel which has a vessel bottom at one end and a vessel opening at the other end, a lid which has a lid bottom and has at least one hollow cylinder on one side of the lid bottom, which is adapted to be inserted into a sealing seat at the vessel inner wall through the vessel opening, and/or which is adapted to be placed onto the end of the vessel having the vessel opening and in a sealing seat on the vessel outer wall in the area of the axial portion, and at least one axial portion of the hollow cylinder or vessel in the area of the sealing seat by means of which the hollow cylinder or vessel is alternately subdivided into harder and softer segments in a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Eppendorf AGInventor: Jürgen Löhn
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Patent number: 6783026Abstract: An articulated flag body member permitting bi-directional passage of an object. The articulated flag body member has a flag body pivotably connected to a flag foot. As rotation of the flag foot occurs in one direction, the flag body rotates by engagement of a recess of the flag foot with a stop member extending along a projecting leg of the flag body. As the flag body rotates, a notch at the upper portion of the flag body changes positions such that light, or other signals, may no longer pass through the notch. Thus, positional indication of an object detected by rotation of the flag body. As rotation of the flag foot occurs in an opposite direction, an object may be extricated or removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Richard G. Chambers, Craig F. Robillard, Barry G. Mannie, Donald B. Maclane
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Patent number: 6783027Abstract: An underarm product and a spray package having a metered-dose valve assembly. The underarm product is contained and pressurized inside of the package. The underarm product being in the form of a liquid or emulsion. The underarm product is an antiperspirant or a deodorant. The underarm product contains a solubilized and/or non-solubilized propellant.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Theresa Louise Johnson, Kenneth Michael Schroeder, Scott Edward Smith
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Patent number: 6783028Abstract: Fuel dispensing nozzles which are equipped with novel systems which enable the user to fuel vehicles, while at the same time, to participate in a passive or interactive activity such as a novel game, quiz, survey, coupon system or, be exposed to an illuminated information area or system. Also included are audio and/or video systems which are electrically or electronically linked to the novel passive or interactive activities.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1998Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Advanced Information SystemsInventors: Alan S. Ambrose, James D. Ferguson
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Patent number: 6783029Abstract: A tube provided with a head and a skirt having an orthogonal cross section of particular shape in which the largest inscribed circle has a diameter D. The head, which is designed for fixing of a rigid closure, is provided with a circular cylindrical wall extending towards the inside of the tube and enclosing an orifice concentric to the inscribed circle and having a large diameter, typically more than 0.8D, and takes up substantially the internal volume of the skirt end over a height less than D, preferably less than D/3. The invention is further directed to a closure element, in particular a convenience closure, adapted for fixing substantially irreversibly on the tube head, comprising a base having an external outline matching the shape of the orthogonal cross section of the tube skirt, and a skirt having a diameter in the range of 0.5D to 0.9D.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Cebal S.A.Inventor: Bernard Schneider
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Patent number: 6783030Abstract: A pouch style containment and dispensing package for flowable products is provided. The package comprises at least three layers of thin materials selected from a group of materials including heat sealable plastic films, metal foils, oxygen barrier films, plastic moisture barrier films, adhesives, coextrudable plastics and high strength plastics. The package includes an aperture or aperture forming means and a flap portion that is folded over and sealed to cover the aperture or aperture forming means, so that when the flap portion is folded back and away, an aperture is exposed or created. The layers may be selected so that a contact face of the flap member is sealed at a lower temperature than a sealing temperature for forming edge seals on the inner product contacting wall layers. Also, one layer may comprise a high strength layer that will not lose a significant amount of strength at temperatures substantially higher than the edge sealing temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Sanford Redmond
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Patent number: 6783031Abstract: A two-piece dispensing cap for a container has a body and an insert mounted for rotation within the body. The body has a sidewall defining a cylindrical chamber with an open first end and an end wall forming a partially closed second end. The body sidewall has an inlet while the body end wall has an axial opening, a non-axial outlet, and a protruding flange for attachment to a container mouth. The insert is received into open first end of the cylindrical chamber. The insert has a peripheral wall dimensioned to conform to the cylindrical housing interior surface and a first insert end wall including a protruding handle extending through the axial opening in the body end wall. The insert includes openings to permit filling of the insert from the container and dispensing of the contents of the insert. An insert second end wall is integrally formed with a hinge to the insert peripheral wall while an over-cap is integrally formed with a hinge to the body portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventors: Edward S. Robbins, John J. Miller, Ronald R. White
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Patent number: 6783032Abstract: Inside a steel container (1, 17, 23), a bin (3) of corrosion-resistant material is fitted. This bin (3) is fastened to the container walls. The side walls and the top wall of the bin are substantially identical in shape to those of the steel container. The container is intended for the transport of bulk goods, especially plastics particle material, the contamination of this material by steel particles, which have come loose as a result of corrosion, being prevented.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Jansens & Dieperink B.V.Inventor: Bas Fons
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Patent number: 6783033Abstract: A dispenser for magnetic objects includes a base having a curved rack. A barrel is attached to the base and has an opening with a magnet adjacent to it for retaining paperclips or other magnetic objects in an easy-access position. The barrel is mounted on a pivot arm and has a pinion attached to its side that co-operates with the rack upon pivotal movement of the pivot arm relative to the base so that the barrel rotates to an inverted orientation. The invention is particularly useful when the barrel becomes almost empty of paperclips. Pivotal inversion of the barrel allows remaining clips to fall toward the opening to be retained by the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: C. C. & L Company LimitedInventor: Sik-Leung Chan
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Patent number: 6783034Abstract: A carrier of liquid is manually portable, thermally insulated, and pressurizable for dispensing the liquid, particularly cold or hot potable beverages such as beer, water, lemonade, sports drinks, tea, and the like. A container for holding the liquid can be pressurized by hand or other pump or by a gas cartridge, and the liquid flows when desired from the container through a tube and a dispensing valve mounted in the carrier wall. The carrier is thermally insulated to retain cold or heat in the liquid, and ice or hot briquettes can be placed about the container within the carrier walls to retain the desired temperature for a longer period. Handles and wheels can be mounted to the carrier to make the article more easily portable.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Timothy Brent
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Patent number: 6783035Abstract: Fluid product dispenser having a fluid product reservoir (13) containing a fluid product, the reservoir (13) and, a distribution orifice (32; 22) through which the fluid product is forced in the form of a spray when the actuation wall (36) is pressed. The reservoir includes a deformable actuation wall (36) that is pressed to reduce the internal volume of the reservoir, a bottom plate (1), an intermediate plate (2) defining an opening (24), and a cover plate (3) including the actuation wall (36), and wherein the opening (24) is formed in the intermediate plate (2) defining the useful volume of the reservoir (13) with the bottom plate (1) and the cover plate (3).Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Valois S.A.S.Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Alex Millian
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Patent number: 6783036Abstract: A liquid storing and dispensing package comprising a bottle having a dispensing spout, a cap normally closing the dispensing spout for storage, and a push-in portion in the bottom of the bottle. A push rod has a head stored in the spout and responsive to actuation of the push-in portion to emerge with the spout and allow liquid dispensing. In one aspect of the invention, the push rod head can be refixed and resealed within the spout, by one hand of the user, to prevent further dispensing and to save part of the contents of the bottle for late dispensing, prior to the installation of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Oyvind Haugestad
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Patent number: 6783037Abstract: A modified spray cap and extension tube. Positive mechanical interlocking features are added which lock the extension tube to the cap. The extension tube therefore does not fly out of the cap when in use. The modified spray cap is configured so that a conventional diffused spray pattern is still achieved when the modified extension tube is removed.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: John E. Bonham
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Patent number: 6783038Abstract: A metering gate for liquid metal flow control with reduced clogging with a top plate, having a first flow channel bore with an inlet having an inlet axis and an outlet having an outlet axis. The inlet axis and the outlet axis are offset. A throttle plate slidably mounted on the top plate selectably receives flow from the top plate. The metering gate provides a less tortuous and more symmetrical flow path when the gate is partially open, but provides a relatively straight downward flow channel allowing full flow when the gate is fully open.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Vesuvius Crucible CompanyInventors: Dong Xu, Lawrence J. Heaslip, James D. Dorricott
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Patent number: 6783039Abstract: An assembly for storing a compact spare tire in a motor vehicle in which a second tire of regular size (larger than the compact spare) is secured at a predetermined space adjacent or within the vehicle on a second plane distal from the plane of the storage location of the compact spare, after the compact spare tire is removed and the regular tire is replaced, for example, in the event of a flat. The assembly includes first and second brackets cooperatively oriented to secure the tires in first and second separated planes.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Robert G. Zum Mallen, Derik Thomas Voigt, Kerry Stephen McClure