Patents Issued in September 21, 2004
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Patent number: 6793069Abstract: A modular conveyor belt formed of rows of belt modules pivotally interlinked by transverse pivot rods and specially adapted for following a curved conveyor path. The modules include a top, product conveying surface and a bottom, sprocket-driven surface. The belt modules have a plurality of first link ends disposed in the direction of travel of the conveyor belt and a plurality of second link ends disposed in the opposite direction. Transverse holes in the link ends are aligner to accommodate a pivot rod. When the link ends of the consecutive rows of side by side modules are intercalated, the pivot rod serves as a hinge pin in a hinged joint between consecutive interlinked rows. To permit the belt to flex sidewise, the openings in the first link ends are slotted longitudinally in the direction of belt travel.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Habasit AGInventor: Dieter Guldenfels
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Patent number: 6793070Abstract: A shipping case and display apparatus for transporting articles to a display and vending location, comprising a blank having bottom, rear, side and front panels therein, and further having a hook for releasably attaching said apparatus to a pegboard. Upon articulating the blank into a tray, the hook may be positioned in an undeployed orientation in a rear panel region, and the tray may be stocked with articles and sleeved for shipping. Upon arrival at the vending location, the hook may be positioned in a deployed orientation, the shelf may then be hung on a pegboard and the sleeve may then be removed.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Stone Container CorporationInventor: Robert George Dye
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Patent number: 6793071Abstract: Packaging is provided for removably holding a pan and cover together. The packaging includes a sheet provided with a top and bottom panel and adapted to accommodate a cover of a pan between the top and bottom panels when expanded to form a loop. The top panel may define a first hole adapted to receive a cover handle. A portion of the sheet defines a second hole adapted to receive a handle of a pan. When the cover is inserted in the loop and the handle of a pan is inserted through the second hole, the cover is removably secured to the pan such that it can lie over an opening of the pan, yet be moved to view the inside of the pan thereby allowing a prospective buyer to inspect the interior of the pan. In the preferred embodiment, a rectangular sheet with two opposed ends secured together forms the packaging. The second hole, adapted to receive a handle of a pan, is provided adjacent the secured opposed ends.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: World Kitchen, Inc.Inventors: Edward B. Rhyne, Bradley P. Woolaway
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Patent number: 6793072Abstract: A cover for protecting a head and/or adjacent shaft portion of a golf club is opened and closed by an over-center biasing means upon application of an external force to partly open or close the cover. The cover comprises a pair of wings adapted to be opened and closed about a longitudinal hinge formed between them and having a slot laterally formed in the pair of wings. Elongated elastic means such as rubber cords bias the pair of wings alternatively toward the open position and the closed position, by acting as an over-center device, passing through the slot openings at or adjacent the hinge and being fixed at both ends to the wings. A two-hinge form of the cover is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Seop Maeng
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Patent number: 6793073Abstract: A window blind is mounted within a rectangular box having two opposite opened ends. The box has a longitudinal length shorter than the width of the window blind such that two end portions of the blind extend beyond the opened ends of the box respectively. Spacers are provided by tabs integrally formed on top and bottom panels of the box, which are foldable downward inwardly to locate between the slats and the head rail of the blind. The spacers press the slats and the head rail respectively tightly against the side panels of the box, and they also provide the required space for locating the end portions of the slats and the head rail in the cutting means of a trimming machine for trimming the window blind to a desirable width.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Kevin Tien-Jen Tu
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Patent number: 6793074Abstract: A chainsaw case for a chainsaw having a bar is provided. The case includes a base having a lower, a rear, and two end walls, one of the end walls having a slot therein. A front member is pivotally connected to the base and is pivotable from a closed position toward a position in which the front member is substantially coplanar with the lower wall. A top member is pivotally connected to the base about a pivot axis which is substantially parallel to the pivot axis of the front member, and is pivotable from a closed position toward a position in which the top member is substantially coplanar with the rear wall. The case also includes a scabbard for being applied to the bar of the chainsaw, the scabbard having an end portion adapted to be received within the slot when the chainsaw is disposed within the base.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Custom-Pak, IncInventors: Jeffrey Scott Anderson, Patrick T. Jones, Ronald A. Zimmer, James M. Wiese
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Patent number: 6793075Abstract: A drinking cup having a spill proof lid and a container. The lid fits to the container. The container has a place to write information, such as a medication dosage. The container also scaled gradations to determine the volume of fluid in the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Michael Jeter
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Patent number: 6793076Abstract: A glass bottle protective enclosure (10) designed to protect a glass bottle (100) in the event the bottle is subjected to an impact shock. The enclosure is provided with a leak-proof seal and is particularly adapted for protecting glass bottles (100) containing toxic injectable medication. The enclosure (10), which is preferably made from a transparent plastic, consists of a lower bottle container (12) which includes a base (14) and a plurality of shock absorbing protrusions (30), which are located to allow a bottle label to be clearly visible, on the base (14) is located at least one sensor cavity (120) into which is inserted an enclosure leakage sensor (122) consisting of either a water soluble sensor (124) or an electronic sensor (126). Both of which provide an indication if a bottle leakage occurs. To complete the enclosure (10) the container (12) includes a threaded bottle container cap (36) which includes a plurality of cap shock absorbing protrusions (52).Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Mary Ziping Luo, Jack Yongfeng Zhang, Frank Z. Xia, Rong Zhou, Denny R. S. Ko
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Patent number: 6793077Abstract: A child-resistant yet senior-friendly packaging for tablets, capsules or similar pharmaceutical products. The packaging is a blister pack (12) with at least one cup (24) that receives tablets in an external package (10), arranged between a base part (14) and an intermediate part (16), and that is closed by a cover film (26) that can be pressed through. The intermediate part (16) is covered by a cover part (18). A first adhesive (30) is arranged between the base part (14) or the blister pack (12) and the intermediate part (16). A second adhesive (32) is arranged between the intermediate part (16) and the cover part (18). The second adhesive (32), in the closed state of the external package (10), has a lower adhesiveness vis-à-vis the first adhesive (30) and, once the cover part (18) is released from the intermediate part (16), a higher adhesiveness vis-à-vis the first adhesive (30).Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.Inventors: Peter Kancsar, Laurenz Zellweger, Michael Krohn, Claudia Schmauder, Susanne Marti
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Patent number: 6793078Abstract: A kit is disclosed which includes a blister tray and a blister card sized and shaped to be inserted within the blister tray. The blister card includes indicia printed thereon relating to the medical device. A main panel and retaining mechanisms for retaining the blister card within the blister tray are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventor: Constance E. Roshdy
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Patent number: 6793079Abstract: A process of separating a desired constituent from a mixture of particulate matter including the steps of: conditioning a liquid mixture of particulate matter with a frothing agent to create a pulp; aerating the pulp to generate a float fraction of froth supported on the surface of a non-float fraction of pulp; separating a portion of froth from the float fraction; draining the separated froth; washing the separated froth with a liquid to dislodge particles comprising one or more of non-selectively attached, entrained, and entrapped particles; and recovering the washed froth, is disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are a froth cleaning apparatus and a froth flotation apparatus for separating a desired constituent from a mixture of particulate matter.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: University of IllinoisInventors: Latif A. Khan, John Lytle, Ken Ho
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Patent number: 6793080Abstract: A shoe rack for mounting to an upright surface, or for hanging over a door, includes a pair of plastic, vertical side frame members and a plurality of shoe-retaining bars positioned between the side frame members upon which shoes, boxes and the like may be supported. A number of different embodiments are shown, each of which incorporates different features. Among the embodiments are structures having support arms that extend both inwardly and outwardly beyond the side frame members to prevent lateral displacement off of the rack and structures having accurate side frame members that provide barriers against lateral displacement off of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Lynk, Inc.Inventors: Richard B. Klein, Chris Serslev, John W. Scott
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Patent number: 6793081Abstract: A locking neck ring device that is placed over a capped bottle or container and grips the bottle neck ring, and together with a padlock or other securing means, prevents access to the bottle cap. The locking device comprises a clamp member that jackets a capped bottle neck; a cover which fits over the clamp member causing it to clamp on to the neck below the neck ring, and means to hold the clamp member to the cover. Provision is made for attaching a padlock or other securing means which holds the locking ring device in place. The bottle or container cap can then not be accessed for removal. The device is applicable to all sizes of drug containers, wine and liquor bottles for effectively locking access to the container contents.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Jay S Derman
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Patent number: 6793082Abstract: The present invention provides a closure with a thread configuration adapted for snap-on or screw-on application to a container neck finish. The closure is optionally provided with at least one member attached to the tamper-indicating ring which cooperates with the arcuate projection to assist in breaking said indicating ring during removal of the closure from the container neck.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1998Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: International Plastics and Equipment CorporationInventor: Charles J. Long, Jr.
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Patent number: 6793083Abstract: A preblended additive composition and process for the preparation of polyester resins useful in the manufacture of plastic containers such as bottles is disclosed. The additive composition includes a cobalt-containing compound that is preblended with a phosphorous compound. The polyester resin, e.g., a PET resin, may be prepared by reacting ethylene glycol with dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) or terephthalic acid (TA) in an esterification reaction. The additive composition may be prepared by quickly dumping the phosphorus compound into the cobalt compound such as cobalt acetate, and the resulting composition is added to the reactor vessel before the polycondensation reaction. On the other hand, the additive composition may be prepared by slowly dumping the phosphorus compound into the cobalt compound over a period of at least 5 minutes. Such preblending substantially eliminates any yellow or blue color, or haze in the product article.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Invista North America S.A.R.L.Inventors: Rehka V. Kulkarni, Ligia Dominguez
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Patent number: 6793084Abstract: Collection, transportation and storage container (10) for liquid and/or solid substances, having a container body (12) which is of double-walled form in the base and circumferential regions as a result of an inner container inserted into the outer container and continuously cylindrical from the base to the filling aperture, and has at its top a filling aperture which is of circular outline in plan view and can be hermetically sealed by a pivotable lid (14) with an annular seal. The inner container has a continuous cylindrical shape from the base to the filling aperture, and the lid (14) is circularly defined, at least in a part-region on the container side in the closed state, so that it can be pivoted to fit into the inner container.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Claus Wunsch
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Patent number: 6793085Abstract: A high-stability composable case of the type comprising a thermoformed element made of plastic material consisting of a central panel (12) having a quadrilateral shape, the sides of which are connected, by means of fold-inviting lines (17, 18), to four sides of side panels (13, 14, 15, 16), which may be folded, in a box-like manner, on the central panel (12), there being provided corner elements for forming and blocking (25) between the central panel and the side panels, where the side panels are equipped with flap-like edges (20, 21) which protrude outwards with respect to the side panels (13, 14, 15, 16) and which can be set alongside one another in a closed box-like position of the case to be inserted two by two within a slit (37) of each corner element for forming and blocking (25), in which the flap-like edges (20, 21) provide longitudinal and transverse elements for engagement and connection (23, 27; 29, 30; 31, 32) designed to bring about a stable reciprocal positioning between the flap-like edges (20,Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Costruzioni Meccaniche Luigi Bandera S.p.A.Inventor: Gerlando Russo
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Patent number: 6793087Abstract: Sealing device having an essentially flat opening area (14), an opening tab (18) formed in the opening area and an opening device (30) attached at a connection point (32) in the opening area. Moreover, through leverage action, the sealing device is arranged to press down the opening tab in the opening area so that it creates an opening therein. After the opening is created, opening device (30) is arranged so that it can be twisted parallel with opening area (14) around connection point (32) until it reaches a resealing position where it closes the opening with a covering surface. To make it possible, in a simple manner, to block opening device (30) at the resealing position, it is proposed that among other things opening device (30) be provided at its periphery with blocking devices including at least one tab (36, 40) formed so that opening device (30) alternately engages the upper and lower edge areas of opening (22).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Effektivator Foretagens LedningsresursInventor: Leif Dyrèn
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Container and method for preventing leakage therefrom through isolating deformation in the container
Patent number: 6793088Abstract: A container and method for preventing leakage therefrom through isolating deformation in the container caused by external forces. The container comprises a container wall having an opening therein, the opening capable of receiving a closure bushing with a sealing member wedged between the closure bushing and the container wall, and a weakened portion of the container wall not in wedged engagement with the sealing member capable of bending in response to an external force so as not to deform the portion of the container wall in wedged engagement with the sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Rieke CorporationInventor: Gary M. Baughman -
Patent number: 6793089Abstract: A can (20) includes a main body (22) having a predetermined cavity (21) for storing beverage, a seal member (30) sectioned by an arch shaped notch portion (24) formed on an upper surface of the main body and having first and second inclined portions (32, 33) with respect to a support wrinkled portion (31) formed with a step, a thimble portion (34) formed at the seal member such that the support wrinkled portion adjacent to the notch portion can be vertically disposed at a central portion thereof, a wrinkled portion (35) formed at the second inclined portion and bent in a wave shape when the notch portion is destroyed, and an initial destruction portion (36) formed at a portion adjacent to the thimble portion and the notch portion for initially destroying the notch portion when the thimble portion is bent.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Magicpia IncorporationInventor: Namyoung Kim
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Patent number: 6793090Abstract: An ovate-shaped container cover includes one layer of cover material that substantially covers a container, while a second layer of cover material adapted with an elastic border for gripping the walls of a container is substantially adjacent to the walls of the container. The container cover, when placed atop a container, is capable of forming a dome. Further disclosed is an automated method for manufacturing container covers of the ovate design described above.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: S.C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.Inventors: Bryan L. Ackerman, Leland J. Smith
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Patent number: 6793091Abstract: A fuel cap is equipped with the torque mechanism 80. The torque mechanism 80 comprises the handle engagement element 46a formed on the cover 40; the torque plate 90, having the torque piece engagement element 94b; and a spring. When the cover 40 is rotated in the closing direction, the handle engagement element 46a disengages from torque piece engagement element 94b and the engagement gives the user a feeling of attachment by an audible click. At that time, elastic torque piece 94 elastically deforms so that the handle engagement vertical surface 46b is pushed in the radial direction by the engaging vertical surface 94d, a slot 94c. Conversely, when the cap is rotated in the opening direction, the engaging inclined surface 46c pushes the engaging inclined surface 94e and elastic torque piece 94 inclines with the support end 94a, and thus the cap transitions to a non-engaged state, and the cover 40 is returned to an initial position relative to the casing main body 20.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., LTDInventors: Hiroyuki Hagano, Masayuki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 6793092Abstract: A disposable container for disposing of used oil. The container includes a housing, tin foil, an oil absorbent material, and a filter. The housing is made from cardboard and has a substantially open top and an interior. The tin foil lines the interior of the housing and prevents the used oil poured into the housing from leaking therethrough, so as to form therewith, an oil-proofed housing. The oil absorbent material fills the interior of the oil-proofed housing and absorbs the used oil poured thereon. The filter is sandwiched between the oil absorbent material and the substantially open top of the housing and filters particles in the used oil as the used oil is poured through the substantially open top of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventors: Warren Hayakawa, Mark Shimabukuro
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Patent number: 6793093Abstract: An anti-stick cookware is manufactured by a process including a step of spinning a metal plate made of an aluminum alloy to form a cookware body having a bottom portion, a side portion extending upward from the bottom portion, and an inner cooking surface defined by the bottom and side portions. The side portion of the cookware body has a thickness thinner than that of the bottom portion of the cookware body. The thickness of the bottom portion of the cookware is at least 2.5 mm, and the thickness of the side portion of the cookware is at least 1.8 mm. The thickness of the side portion is 30%-64% of that of the bottom portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Tung-Hung Tsai
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Patent number: 6793094Abstract: A container of storing and dispensing liquids which is resistant to tipping. The container preferably has a substantially semi-spherical outer surface. The container includes a body with a top, a bottom and a side wall which form a substantial portion of the container and which define an interior cavity. The body has a central axis extending from the bottom to the top. A lid is removably attached to the top of the body. The lid includes a dispenser for dispensing liquids from within the container. A counterweight is located in the bottom of the container and is positioned so as to maintain the central axis substantially vertical when the container is placed on a surface. The container is particularly beneficial for small children, the elderly and the physically handicapped.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Mitchell Turnbough
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Patent number: 6793095Abstract: A pressurized vessel, such as a tank liner, is formed of a thermoplastic injection-molded connector or insert and a thermoplastic blow-molded vessel body. A noncylindrical skirt of the connector having a substantial surface area is spin-welded to a mating interface formed on the outer surface of the vessel body adjacent an orifice into which the insert is received. In a preferred embodiment, a sacrificed portion of an upstanding orifice sidewall forms a molten weld bead, which flows in a channel to fuse the skirt to the mating interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1998Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Essef CorporationInventors: Michael Dulisse, Charles D. Poellet, Rick Fogle
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Patent number: 6793096Abstract: A food item receiving container. A case defines a receiving space. A lid functions to close the case. Locking wings are integrally formed at edges of the lid, so that they can be pivoted upward and downward. Flange portions are formed on upper end outer surfaces of sidewalls of the case, so that the locking wings are engaged with the flange portions to be maintained in a locked state. An engaging groove is defined on a lower surface of each flange portion. Each locking wing has an elastic engaging part which is formed to be flexed and cover the lower surface of the flange portion when the corresponding locking wing is pivoted downward, and engaging protuberances which are horizontally formed on an upper surface of the elastic engaging part to be engaged with the engaging groove of the flange portion while elastically deforming the elastic engaging part.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Hana Cobi Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chong-Chul Seok
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Patent number: 6793097Abstract: A rotation mechanism is provided for use with dispensers for rolled products. The rotation mechanism can be utilized with dispensers configured for a number of different paper, plastic, foil or other products supplied as rolled sheets on tubes or rolls, The rotation mechanism provides mild resistance to the rotation of a roll of products such that a desired quantity can be removed from the roll without excess material unraveling from the roll.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Lifetime Hoan CorporationInventor: Matthew Kamenstein
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Patent number: 6793098Abstract: A dispensing system for mixing at least first and second components and dispensing an expanding foam is disclosed. The system includes separate vessels, each containing a foam component, and a dispensing apparatus. The dispensing apparatus includes a cartridge assembly mounted on a body assembly. The cartridge assembly includes a mix chamber and first and second ports, each for supplying a foam component to the mix chamber. A pair of adjusting valves is mounted to the cartridge assembly with each valve operable to adjust the flow of each foam component to the mix chamber. A pair of hoses connects the vessels to the cartridge assembly. Each adjusting valve is a variable orifice device in the cartridge assembly having the capability of varying the flow area of the port. The present invention also includes a method for adjustably controlling, at the dispensing apparatus, the flow of each of the first and second components to the mixing chamber to alter their ratio therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Polyfoam Products, Inc.Inventors: E. Richard Huber, Pat L. Murray, Robert L. Ferrante, Pat Donahue
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Patent number: 6793099Abstract: A supply system for providing water from a bottled water cooler includes a pump which pumps water from an upright bottle of water. A pressure sensor turns the pump off when the bottle of water is empty. A prime pump control starts the pump to initiate the flow of water from a new bottle of water.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Ali Ahmed Sleiman
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Patent number: 6793100Abstract: A pump for discharging bubbles is provided on a neck portion of a container body. The pump for discharging bubbles comprises a cylinder for liquid in which a first piston slides, a cylinder for air in which a second piston slides, a pump head on which a nozzle is provided and which is connected to the first piston and the second piston so as to drive the both pistons, a vapor-liquid mixing chamber in which liquid delivered from the cylinder for liquid and air delivered from the cylinder for air are joined and a bubbling member provided between the nozzle and the vapor-liquid mixing chamber. Liquid within the container body and outside air are pumped up to be joined in the vapor-liquid mixing chamber and the vapor-liquid is bubbled via the bubbling member to be discharged in a foamy state from the nozzle by depressing the pump head.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeo Iizuka, Hiroshi Mizushima, Haruo Tsuchida, Tadao Saito
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Patent number: 6793101Abstract: The bottle cap unit (1) of this invention comprises an inner cap (2), which is tightly fitted to the bottleneck (24) to form a pour spout, and an outer cap (15), which is detachably screwed on or off the inner cap (2) to close or open the pour spout. The first locking part (5) is disposed on the outer wall of the attaching cylinder (3) of the inner cap (2). The second locking part (23) is disposed on the locking cylinder (22), which is connected to the outer cylinder (20) of the outer cap (15) via the breaking pieces (21). This second locking part (23) is engaged from underside with the first locking part (5) to lock the outer cap (15). The attachment of the inner cap (2) to the bottleneck (24) is set at such a strength that allows the inner cap (2) to be manually snapped out of the bottleneck (24). In this configuration, the bottle cap unit (1) can be easily snapped out of the bottleneck (24) for separate collection.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Natuo Shinozaki, Masaru Tamura
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Patent number: 6793102Abstract: A drinking-fluid dispenser includes a bottle disposed on a dispenser base. Mounted inside the bottle is a valve proximally connected to a float by an actuating arm. The valve is positioned above the fluid inside the bottle and is connected to a continuous-flow fluid source. During normal use, the float which buoyantly floats on fluid, closes and opens the valve, respectively, when the fluid rises and falls inside the bottle. There is also a pressure-vent unit having an orifice and is disposed through the bottle above the bottle fluid to maintain atmospheric pressure inside the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Access Global, Inc.Inventors: Ah Beng Tan, Peter H. M. Chang
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Patent number: 6793104Abstract: A cork device comprises a cork member and a control member. The cork member comprises a lower end to be inserted into a mouth of a bottle and an upper end. The lower end of the cork member including a liquid passage having a lower end communicated with an interior of the bottle and an upper end. The control member is pivotally mounted to the upper end of the cork member and movable between a sealing position and an open position. The control member includes a liquid outlet passage. The upper end of the liquid passage of the cork member is blocked by the control member when the control member is in the sealing position. The upper end of the liquid passage of the cork member is communicated with atmosphere via the liquid outlet passage when the control member is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: I-Feng Kao
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Patent number: 6793105Abstract: An automatic soap dispensing device having a housing, battery box and a control box, characterized in that one side of the material-delivery cylinder is provided with a tubular material inlet portion, the top end of the material inlet portion passes through the battery box and exposes eternally, the material inlet portion is provided with a material inlet passage having a tapered diameter, a connection section is formed into a conic shape soap inlet, the other side of the material inlet cylinder is provided with a piston holding section with piston passage, the bottom section of the material inlet cylinder is a tapered diameter material delivery passage, the connection section is formed into a conic shape soap outlet and a large diameter hole is rotatably locked with an ejector with a through passage, the soap inlet and soap outlet are provided with a steel bead, the bottom section is resiliently urged to seal the soap inlet and outlet, the piston passage is provided with a piston, and the external end is pivType: GrantFiled: May 27, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Globe Union Industrial Corp.Inventor: Scott Ouyoung
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Patent number: 6793106Abstract: A removable, storage box for use within a canoe or other small boat. The shape of the box is such that it fits securely within the tapered bow or stem of a canoe or any watercraft having adequately shaped bow and/or stern regions, without degrading the watercraft's stability or seaworthiness. The key to the utility of the box is that because of its overall shaped it can be wedged in between the watercraft's floor and the underside of its gunwale flanges. Once the box is so situated, its wedged fit holds it in place both for water travel; during portaging, it can be removed for carrying on one's back or it can be left in place to be carried along with the canoe. Also, because of the wedge fit, the lid of the box is held firmly closed during travel by the gunwale flanges. Because of the thermal insulation of the box, this tight closure of the lid allows either hot or cold items to be transported without their undergoing undesired temperature chages.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Parker Kerry
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Patent number: 6793107Abstract: A stowable automotive coat hanger support for a vehicle roof has a support structure and an outer panel in assembled relationship and a headliner in affixed spaced relationship to the support structure. The coat hanger support is comprised of a fabric webbing loop which is connected to the support structure in the space between the support structure and the headliner. The webbing loop extends from the space to a coat-hanger-receiving position and is foldable to a collapsed stowed position against the headliner. A hook-and-loop fastener is used to retain the collapsed webbing loop against the headliner.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: General Motors CorporationInventor: Joseph Richard Karner
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Patent number: 6793108Abstract: An apparatus for holding a gun or a bow securely to an all terrain vehicle. The apparatus has one or more adjustable support arms each having a quick release and lock mechanism. The support arms serve as a way to allow the gun or bow to fit closely to the contour of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Ambers F. Williams, Jr.
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Patent number: 6793109Abstract: An offset holding device configured to be attached to a support structure and to carry elongate objects, including an attachment base configured to be attached to the support structure. A holding member can be attached to the attachment base and can include a generally “U”-shaped member having two upright arms and can be open at the top so as to define a containment area configured to receive the elongate object. A plurality of resilient gripping teeth can extend from at least one of the upright arms into the containment area, the gripping teeth being configured to at least partially deflect upon insertion of the elongate object into the holding member to releasably secure the elongate object within the containment area.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: All Rite Products, Inc.Inventors: George D. Gates, Travis D. Gates
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Patent number: 6793110Abstract: An automated motorcycle saddlebag including a storage tub for stowing items on the motorcycle. A lid is pivotally connected to the storage tub for covering the interior storage space of the storage tub. A powered lid actuator is carried by the storage tub for pivoting the lid between a closed condition covering the storage tub and an open condition allowing access to the storage tub. An elongated actuator arm of the lid actuator interconnects the lid actuator with the lid. A drive unit is connected with the actuator arm for reciprocating the arm to open and close the lid. A control unit is in communication with the drive unit for controlling power to the drive unit. A remote switch is in communication with the control unit for signaling the control unit to deliver power to the drive unit to operate the lid actuator to open and close the lid.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: William R. Hamilton
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Patent number: 6793111Abstract: An outer assembling mechanism of a backpack for carrying a detachable skate. The mechanism includes a base plate fixed to assembling seats. The assembling seats are adapted to releasably engage with the detachable skate for walking or to disengage with the detachable skate for skating.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Chun-Cheng Chang
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Patent number: 6793112Abstract: A shoulder carrier having at least one shoulder strap connected to a container. A connection point between the shoulder strap and the container may be moved laterally without disconnecting the strap from the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Airpacks, Inc.Inventor: Jill Greene Ammerman
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Patent number: 6793113Abstract: A universal and precise stapling assembly is provided and includes (a) a moveable stapling head for driving staples at precise locations through an aligned set of sheets on any one of plural types of alignment apparatus; (b) a drive device coupled to the stapling head for moving the stapling head relative to the any one of plural types of alignment apparatus and the aligned set of aligned sheets on the any one of the plural types of alignment apparatus; (c) sensors for sensing a position of the aligned set of sheets; and (d) a programmable controller connected to the drive device, to the sensors, and to the stapling head, and including calculating capability for precisely calculating a precise staple location responsively to a type of any one of the plural types of alignment apparatus and to the secured position of the aligned set of sheets, thereby reducing staple mislocation due to a tolerance stack up from components of the stapling head and components of any one of the plural types of alignment apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Amalesh Chakraborty, Raymond Ruthenberg
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Patent number: 6793114Abstract: A soldering heater cartridge with replaceable tips and a soldering iron for use therewith is constructed of a tip heater cartridge with an elongated cartridge body that has a tubular body member, electrical connectors at a first end of the tubular body member for plug-in connection with an electrical connector assembly of a soldering iron handpiece, a soldering tip for mounting on the cartridge body and a heater mounted within the cartridge body and electrically connected to the electrical connectors. The tip end part is located at a second end of the cartridge body and the heater is located within the tip end part, the soldering tip being replaceably mountable over the tip end part in heat exchange contact with it.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Pace, IncorporatedInventors: Paul Alan Dunham, William Jordan Siegel, Gary Silas Sines, John Franklin Wood, Jeffrey Alan Snell, John Walter, Charles H. McDavid
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Patent number: 6793115Abstract: The vocal circuit for a hand tool includes a circuit board, a switch connected with the circuit board, and a chip and a speaker installed on the circuit board. The hand tool may be a gas-burning soldering device including a fuel reservoir, a soldering iron subject to heat caused via burning fuel flowing from a pipe and an igniter received in the shell for igniting the fuel. The switch of the vocal circuit is located between a button of the igniter and a main switch mounted on the shell. The main switch includes a pin extending into the shell for contact with the switch of the vocal circuit and the button of the igniter through the switch of the vocal circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: Arlo H. T. Lin
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Patent number: 6793116Abstract: A solder ball achieves a desired quantity of solder material for a solder joint easily without increasing the thickness of a solder layer formed to cover a core. The solder ball comprises a conductive core having depressions on its outer surface, and a solder layer formed to cover the outer surface of the core in such a way as to fill the depressions of the core. Thus, the quantity of the solder material included in the ball is supplemented by the solder material filled into the depressions. Preferably, the core has a higher melting point than the solder layer and wettability to the solder layer. The core may have a cavity in its inside, thereby forming a shell-shaped core. The core may be made of a porous metal body having pores, in which part of the pores reaches the outer surface of the core, thereby forming the depressions.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: NEC Electronics CorporationInventor: Tomoko Harada
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Patent number: 6793117Abstract: Grooves 18 formed to face plates 11 and 12 of a hollow shape member 10 at an abutted region with hollow shape member 20 receive projections 28 formed to face plates 21 and 22 of member 20. A connecting plate 14 orthogonal to the face plates 11 and 12 is provided to the hollow shape member 10. There is no connecting plate orthogonal to face plates 21 and 22 disposed on the end of the hollow shape member 20. Friction stir welding heat causes the face plate 21(22) to wove toward the thickness direction of hollow shape members 10 and 20, but such movement is suppressed by the groove 18 and projection 28. Thereby, the abutted region is welded flatly.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masakuni Ezumi, Kazushige Fukuyori
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Patent number: 6793118Abstract: A laser-assisted friction stir welding method for joining workpieces, that includes the step of providing a side face for each workpiece between first and second workpiece surfaces, each side face shaped such that, in a pressed-together condition, the side faces touch each other at the second workpiece surface and are spaced from each other in a middle region of the side faces so that a gap exists between the side faces at the first workpiece surface. The method also includes pressing together the side faces so as to form a joint area, and advancing a welding probe, while the probe is in rotary motion, along the joint area at the first workpiece surface and irradiating workpiece material located in front of the welding probe using laser radiation so as to plasticize the workpiece material along the joint area. The method also includes removing the welding probe from the joint area before the workpiece material completely solidifies.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbHInventor: Frank Palm
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Patent number: 6793119Abstract: Process for welding duplex steel in the presence of a shielding gas without use being made of welding aids and with nitrogen being added to the shielding gas and with an austenitic-ferritic duplex steel with a chromium content of between 28 and 35 wt. % and a nickel content of between 3 and 10 wt. % being used.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Joseph Maria Gerardus Eijkenboom, Jozef Hubert Meessen, Hendrikus Catharina Guillaume Maria Schrijen
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Patent number: 6793120Abstract: An electrical connector is soldered or affixed to a conductive element of a glass sheet of a vehicular window via radiation heating of a layer of solder with an infrared radiative heating device. The heating device may include an infrared lamp and a reflector, which functions to direct the radiant energy from the lamp to a target region generally corresponding with the location of the solder layer between the electrical connector and the conductive element. The heating device is operable to rapidly and substantially heat the solder layer to a desired temperature to melt the solder layer, while substantially limiting directing of heat to the glass sheet. The electrical connector may be affixed at a vehicular or modular window assembly plant, such that the glass sheet may be transported from a glass manufacturing plant to the vehicular or modular window assembly plant without the electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2003Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Donnelly CorporationInventor: William A. Johnson