Patents Issued in October 14, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100258551
    Abstract: Disclosed is a contact lens warming apparatus (100) adapted to warm a contact lens (109) stored in a removably inserted lens container (102), the apparatus comprising a controller (106), a heatable cavity (103) shaped to be conformal to a corresponding contact surface (108) of the inserted lens container (102), said conformal contact surface facilitating the rapid repeatable warming of the contact lens (109), and a heating element (107), wherein the controller (106) is adapted to direct the heating element (107) to warm the inserted lens container (102) thereby warming the contact lens (109) in the lens container (102) in order to reduce discomfort otherwise felt by a wearer of the contact lens (109) when inserting the unwarmed contact lens (109) into their eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Matthew David Hadfield
  • Publication number: 20100258552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polytetrafluoroethylene (hereinafter referred to as PTFE) heating product, the technical solution of which includes embedding at least one piece of electrical heating element inside a PTFE substrate with the electrical heating element wiring terminal(s) exposed out of the substrate for connecting an external power source to energize the heating product. Depending on varied purposes, the PTFE heating product can be manufactured into the cylindrical type, which is used in cylindrical apparatuses such as tank reactors, towers, storage tanks, pipes etc. in the chemical industry, or the plate type, which is used in square-type tanks (as equipment) and as domestic heating radiators, or other special types. The present invention also involves the manufacturing methods and installation of the related apparatuses of said PTFE heating product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Yonggao Zhao, Wei Zhao, Guolong Chen
  • Publication number: 20100258553
    Abstract: An induction hardening monitoring apparatus (20) comprising: a current sensor (21) for detecting output current from a high-frequency inverter (11); a voltage sensor for detecting a voltage generated in a heating coil (14) connected between output terminals of the high-frequency inverters (11) together with a capacitor (12) in an equivalent circuit manner; and a controller (23) for monitoring a hardening processing based on a detection signal from the current sensor (21) and a detection signal from a voltage sensor (22), wherein the controller (23) monitors a hardening processing by calculating an effective value of output current from the high-frequency inverter (11) based on a detection signal from the current sensor (21) and calculating an effective value of voltage generated in a heating coil (14) based on a detection signal from the voltage sensor (22); or further calculating load impedance based on each effective value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: NETUREN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Yang, Fumiaki Ikuta, Taichi Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20100258554
    Abstract: A soldering iron system includes a power assembly that provides power to an induction heater at a variable voltage and a variable frequency. A control assembly adjusts the temperature of the heater in accordance with signals from a current detector coupled to the induction heater and a selection made by the user on an operating level selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Mitsuhiko Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20100258555
    Abstract: A direct current electromagnetic heating element using the principle of electro-heat energy transferring via the DC electromagnetic field is disclosed. When the direct current is passing through a coil and fully charges a closed magnetic field, the magnetic field would form an extra 2D heating space from the DC line circuit. The magnetic medium in this 2D heating space would expel enormous heat energy. Comparing to the common AC heating devices, the heating device with the circuit via the DC electromagnetic field would save more than 40% electric power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Sik Ping Cheung
  • Publication number: 20100258556
    Abstract: Provided is a low cost and highly safe electromagnetic induction heating device capable of uniformly heating an object to be heated. A work coil (26) has a basic coil (28) located at the innermost position, a first coil (30) located at the intermediate position, and a second coil (32) located at the outermost position, the latter two coils being connected in series to the basic coil (28). The first coil (30) and the second coil (32) are connected in parallel to each other. A switching circuit (16) for supplying a high-frequency current is connected to the first coil 30, and a second switching circuit 18 for supplying a high-frequency current is connected to the second coil 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Takakazu Hayashi, Sizunao Hattori
  • Publication number: 20100258557
    Abstract: A heating fuser includes: a rotating member configured to heat a toner transferred onto a sheet; a first coil body configured to generate a first magnetic field for inducing eddy-current in a first area including the center in a rotation axis direction of the rotating member; second coil bodies configured to generate second magnetic fields for inducing eddy-current in second areas of the rotating member adjacent to the first area in the rotation axis direction; third coil bodies located to extend over the first and second coil bodies when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis direction; and a driving circuit configured to drive the third coil bodies between a first state in which the third coil bodies generate magnetic fields for weakening the first magnetic field and a second state in which the third coil bodies generate magnetic fields for strengthening the second magnetic fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kinouchi, Kazuhiko Kikuchi, Hiroshi Nakayama, Hiroaki Yamauchi, Shuji Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20100258558
    Abstract: A streamline container for a van, comprises a base frame, two side panels and a front end panel mounted on the base frame via floor bearers, and a roof sheet mounted on the two side panels and the front end panel via roof bows. At the outside of the roof bow, there is provided a streamline angle-wrapping component protruding outwards for shunting the airflow. The angle-wrapping component is smoothly and transitionally connected with the roof bow. In the present invention, due to the streamline angle-wrapping component, it is possible to effectively shunt the airflow, significantly decrease the wind resistance during the running of the van and help to reduce the energy consumption of the van.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: T.H. Huang, Robert Wang, Guohao Huang, Duanjun Ma
  • Publication number: 20100258559
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to electrical panels or enclosures. More particularly, the invention encompasses a removable endwall plate for electrical panels or enclosures. The present invention is also directed to a novel electrical panel or enclosure where an endwall is removably attached to a frame. The endwall can be removed and can be cut at desired locations to create holes or openings for electrical components. The removable endwall can also have one or more knockouts which can be removed from the endwall as needed. One could also have at least one knockout within the knockout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristopher Scott Robinson, Jeffrey K. Hudgins, JR., Arthur Shumate, Brian J. Rusch
  • Publication number: 20100258560
    Abstract: An anti siphon device constructed of polyethylene balls and placed within a fuel filling neck, above the fuel tank. The anti-siphon device is comprised of an outer perforated ball with an inner axis mounted ball on the interior. The device will allow the free flow of fuel while blocking siphon mechanisms to pass through and reaching the fuel stored below. The device is inexpensive to manufacture and install and does not negatively affect the vehicle operation or fuel refilling capacities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: James Hilton Parnell
  • Publication number: 20100258561
    Abstract: A combination liquid petroleum storage tank and emergency drainage system for draining rain water accumulated on the roof of the storage tank, including: a. a storage tank including a roof, side walls and a base which define an interior space, b. at least one rainwater drain duct having an inlet adapted to receive rain water accumulated on the roof, the drain duct having a predetermined bore diameter and extending downward about a central axis and communicating with the interior space, c. a petroleum vapor barrier valve in the drain duct at an axial location downstream of the inlet, the valve formed as a multi-blade rotor that is rotatably mounted in the drain duct for rotation about a central rotor axis extending generally perpendicular to the drain duct central axis at the axial location, d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Zaid Sulaiman Farraj Al-Farraj
  • Publication number: 20100258562
    Abstract: A container for substances, for example drinks, comprises an upper wall, which functions as a lid, and a central zone on which a closed line of weakening is defined that defines a stopper, in the shape of a tongue, which normally closes a relative aperture for the substance to pass through, a lever, associated with the tongue, which can be driven so as to remove the stopper, at least partly, from the upper wall, detaching it along the line of weakening and thus freeing the aperture, and a connection element of the flexible type which is connected both to the stopper and also to the upper wall. The lever has a first end pivoted in correspondence with the peripheral rib, a second end, which functions as a gripper element, disposed in substantial correspondence with the central zone, and an intermediate zone between the two ends, by means of which the lever is connected to the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PATENTS AND BRANDS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paolo Linden, Edmondo Camurri
  • Publication number: 20100258563
    Abstract: A closing arrangement includes a neck having an end closed by a wall and an associated cap. The end of the neck is provided with a weakening line that surrounds the neck. The cap is provided with an opening promoting device arranged for engaging with a further opening promoting device of the wall to separate at least a part of the wall of the neck along the weakening line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: SACMI Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa Cooperativa
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Parrinello, Fabrizio Pucci, Bo Larsson
  • Publication number: 20100258564
    Abstract: A container apparatus and a method for using the container apparatus is disclosed. The disclosed apparatus can be implemented in a wide variety of ways, including but not limited to that of a food or beverage container. The container apparatus can include a lid and a body that are integral to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: George A. Sarson
  • Publication number: 20100258565
    Abstract: The present invention provides a safe means for disposing of many kinds of medications and other substances so as to mitigate the many hazards associated with flushing them down the toilet, pouring them down the sink or placing them in the trash. For example, the inventive device comprises a closeable container into which pills, capsules or liquids may be placed. Once filled or as otherwise desired, this container may be reliably sealed prior to transporting it to a reclamation place suitable for processing and/or neutralizing the chemicals, or prior to placing the entire container in the trash. A reliably sealed container in the landfill would inhibit drugs from contaminating the water supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: James D. Isaacson, Curtis Jensen
  • Publication number: 20100258566
    Abstract: This invention provides a means to secure the garbage receptacle lid to the container and have the ability to secure the lid over the garbage receptacle even in the event that the refuse is higher than the upper edge of the opening of the container. It allows for quick detachment when the garbage containers are emptied manually or by automated refuse trucks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Ernest Lee, William E. Lee
  • Publication number: 20100258567
    Abstract: A fluid receiver being a tank or container (2) comprising a body with a plurality of compartments therein, the compartments (13) being separated from each other by inner walls (11) in the form of baffles or bulkheads. A one-way check valve (1) is positioned at an inlet port (3) with a lip (5). The valve has valve body having a neck (8), a sealing plate (6), and a biasing means (7) for spring loading the plate (6). The plate (6) is movably attached to the lip and the biasing means presses the sealing plate against the lip to form a closed position and the plate is able to separate from the lip to form an open position in which fluid—liquid, gas, freely moving particulate such as flour, can enter the receiver. The valve can have at least one fluid level control plug for controlling the amount of fluid that can enter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Colin Gibert Tobeck and Rosalie Bernadette Tobeck as Trutees of the Progressive Endeavours Trust
    Inventor: Ekapote Vanagosoom
  • Publication number: 20100258568
    Abstract: An assembly for wetting a medical device is provided. The assembly comprises a compartment for a fluid medium and a package for the medical device. The compartment and the package are separate elements, which are joined together. An outlet from the compartment is movable so as to be able to connect to an entrance to the package and hereby establish communication for the fluid. This way the medical device may be wetted. The fluid medium may contain an anti-microbial agent such as hydrogen peroxide. The medical device may be a urinary catheter. A method for manufacturing such an assembly and a method of using it is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: COLOPLAST A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Mads Frederiksen, Anna Granath, Henrik Jeppesen, Kim Becker, Lars Olav Schertiger, Klaus Sommer Ipsen
  • Publication number: 20100258569
    Abstract: A food package for sliced food products to be maintained with a fluffed appearance, the package including a rigid base member forming a compartment for receiving the food product and a rigid lid sealed to the compartment. Advantageously, the base member includes a bottom wall and side wall portions that are configured to engage the food product to hold the slices in a fluffed arrangement thereof. Preferably, one or more tapered side wall portions hold the food product upwardly toward the lid and inwardly toward a center of the package. In preferred embodiments, the base member and lid provide a rigid-rigid construction of the food package. In preferred embodiments, the food package is also configured to stand-up in a vertical display orientation and does not require the food product be contained within a sealed pouch within the compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Bonita May Hinze, Chad Michael Evenson, Andrew Scott Ives
  • Publication number: 20100258570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reservoir tank for an automobile, which is provided with a height-adjustable sub filler neck so as to be retracted when not in use and extracted when filling coolant, whereby the reservoir tank can be disposed low in the automobile. The reservoir tank forming a cooling module together with a condenser, a radiator and a fan and shroud assembly is disposed at a carrier, and includes a filler neck for filling coolant and a cap for closing the filler neck, and is communicated with a radiator so as to control an amount of the coolant in the radiator, wherein the reservoir tank is integrally formed with a shroud of the fan and the shroud assembly, and the filler neck is formed with a sub filler neck which is retracted into and extracted from the filler neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Ki Sam KOO, Shin-Won Yun, Yong Chin Song, Sang Hyun Lee, OK Ryul Min, Jun Ho Kim, Se Young Park
  • Publication number: 20100258571
    Abstract: A storage tank containment system including a cubic-shaped tank having an outer shell having cylindrical walls for the efficient storage and transportation of large quantities of fluid, for example, liquid and compressed natural gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: ALTAIR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Regu Ramoo, Mohan Parthasarathy, Thomas Lamb
  • Publication number: 20100258572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tank for pressurised gas composed of multiple cells joined by means of connection plates (P), in which each cell (C) is composed of a tubular body sealed at the two ends by means of two caps (2) and the adjacent cells communicate in pairs through a series of ducts, which comprises one or more radial ducts (5) obtained on the head (2a) of each cap (2), annular ducts (9) that surround the head (2a) of each cap (2) and transversal holes (10) obtained on the connection plates (P) and designed to provide communication between the adjacent pairs of annular ducts (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Nicolantonio Luongo
  • Publication number: 20100258573
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressurised container comprising two plastic casings (12, 14). The aim of the invention is to produce a leakproof container or storage arrangement which is economical to produce. To achieve this, a gap opening (24) between the casings (12, 14) extends up to a point, at which the casings (12, 14) are positioned together in a coaxial manner and an external support ring (22) comprising a wedge-shaped tapering (28) extends to said point, said external support ring being embodied as an individual piece or comprising at least two metal, ring-shaped individual segments (28, 30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Norbert Weber
  • Publication number: 20100258574
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable cooler device comprised of recyclable materials. Some embodiments of the device comprise components constructed entirely of, or substantially of, cellulose. Other embodiments may be comprised of recyclable materials not classified as cellulose such as, but not limited to, cotton, bamboo, hemp, or other natural fibers. The specific percentages of recycled and/or recyclable content are not limiting factors for the invention; however, most embodiments have consistent materials of construction such that the entire device may be recycled in a single recycling process without the need for deconstruction. Further, if not recycled, embodiments are operable to biodegrade within a reasonable amount of time when exposed to the elements in a landfill. Typical embodiments are comprised of an inner shell, an outer shell having an integrally hinged lid, and pressed cellulose insulating boards sandwiched between the shells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Kevin William Bentley
  • Publication number: 20100258575
    Abstract: A vessel comprising a fluid-confining surface, a basal surface disposed below the fluid-confining surface, and a light guide. The light guide includes a first window partly defining the basal surface and a second window partly defining the fluid-confining surface, where the second window is disposed above a lowest region of the fluid-confining surface. In other embodiments, an isolating structure is provided that substantially surrounds the light guide between the first and second windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yun Fang, David Michael Morelock, Prafulla Masalkar
  • Publication number: 20100258576
    Abstract: A dual-use lunch box comprises of an outer rectangular housing unit with one opening supported by five side walls in bond with each other. Herein container railing affixed to two parallel sidewalls serves to support removable food and beverage storage containers. An outer fabric cover with a zippered front flap encloses the rectangular box and is encased with insulation to maintain constant temperature. The outside of said fabric cover includes side pockets or pouches. Two sets of connectors are flanked 90 degrees apart on the outer sidewalls of said fabric cover to fasten a carrying strap in two different positions. The dual-use lunch box is distinctive in that it has a dual function. It allows food and beverage items to be stored in an organized manner in removable storage containers. The other function allows the storage containers to be removed to accommodate larger food items. References Cited U.S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: James Eugene Marquez
  • Publication number: 20100258577
    Abstract: A lid for industrial or commercial large size solid waste containers has a ribbed single layer central portion and a peripheral edge having a hollow double wall boxed configuration. The lids have substantial symmetry so that the lids may be stacked and nested with alternate lids oriented in opposite front-to-back directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Craig V. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20100258578
    Abstract: Discussed herein are methods and devices for storing, handling, loading or dispensing of pipette tips. Some embodiments allow repetitive loading of an array of multiple pipette tips that are stored in a nested configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: BIOTIX, INC.
    Inventor: Arta Motadel
  • Publication number: 20100258579
    Abstract: A braking assembly used in a dispenser that dispenses a continuous supply of material such as paper. The braking assembly includes a support structure. A first fixed gear is rotatably connected to the support structure. A movable chassis is also connected to the support structure. A second movable gear is held by the chassis and moves with the chassis. Teeth of the first gear and teeth of the second gear intermesh with each other and allow the paper to pass therethrough. The chassis maintains the teeth of the first and second gears in contact with each other while enabling a distance between gears to be adjustable. The assembly further includes a braking mechanism that varies an amount of force required to rotate the gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: SCA TISSUE NORTH AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Craig BILLMAN, Jeffrey J. BRICKL, Wayne HANSEN, Edward A. RALEIGH, Rodney WILSON, John W. GROSZ
  • Publication number: 20100258580
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing having a dispensing wall, a bottom wall disposed opposite the dispensing wall, two side walls connecting the dispensing wall to the bottom wall, and two end walls connecting the dispensing wall, the bottom wall and the two side walls. A first slot aperture is disposed in the dispensing wall centered between the two end walls, the first slot aperture having a major axis oriented perpendicular to each of the two side walls. A second slot aperture is disposed in a first of the two side walls, the second slot aperture having a major axis oriented relative to the major axis of the first slot aperture such that the first slot aperture and the second slot aperture define a contiguous aperture between the dispensing wall and the first of the two side walls, the second slot aperture having a width less than a width of the first slot aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Kip K. Decker, Micheal S. Lerch
  • Publication number: 20100258581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vending machine including a display cabinet of containers (2) for the products, a numerical selector (3), a coin slot (5), an information display (4) and an outlet (6). The machine is characterised in that the containers (2) rotate with an internally secured spring (7) in order to dispense the product. The invention includes a hopper (18) which receives the product dispensed by the container (2) and which can be moved both horizontally an vertically in order to be positioned below the container (2) housing the product that has been selected. The invention also includes a system for automatically filling the bags that receive the product supplied by the tilting of the hopper (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Julian Picazo Serrano
  • Publication number: 20100258582
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser or similar discharging container, particularly for lump form food (5), having a housing (1), the bottom side (2) of which determines an installation plane, and having a gate (6) disposed in the housing (1) in a movable fashion that, when activated, is moved with a circumferential region (17) past an edge (8) of the housing (1), characterized in that said dispenser comprises an appendage (9) connected to the gate (6) via at lest one target breaking section (10); upon the activation of said gate, said appendage impacts the edge (8). The dispenser further comprises at least two feet (11) extending downward through the installation plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Werner Schick
  • Publication number: 20100258583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser or similar discharging container, particularly for tablets or similar bulk material (3), having a housing (1) and a gate (2) disposed in the housing (1) in a movable fashion, a dispensing opening (4) for individual pieces of material (3) being released by activating the gate (2), and a ramp (9) for conducting the material (3) in the direction of the dispensing opening (4) being established on part of the dispenser 92), wherein the dispenser is characterized in that the ramp (9) is movable relative to the part (2) of the dispenser for changing the position of the material (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Werner Schick
  • Publication number: 20100258584
    Abstract: A dispensing system and method of use for the transient storage and dispensing of solid particulate materials is described. The dispensing system includes: a container comprising front and back walls and two side walls, a bottom, a pour spout affixed to the front wall, a container support tube joined to the side walls of the container; a container support stand comprising a base affixed to two upright members adjacent to the side walls of the container; a support rod which passes through the bag support tube and rotatably connects the container to the upright members of the container support stand; and a locking member which when engaged prevents rotation of the container; wherein the container can rotate at least about 180 degrees from the vertical when the locking member is not engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Richard Shaw
  • Publication number: 20100258585
    Abstract: A warming device that employs a sheet and a pocket that is coupled to the sheet and configured to hold an exothermic heat pack. The sheet is formed of an insulating material that reflects radiant heat. The pocket is formed of a thermally conductive air permeable material. The warming device is configured to transmit heat into a cartridge containing a viscous liquid to heat the viscous liquid to a desired temperature and/or maintain the viscous liquid at the desired temperature even while working in an environment with a relatively low ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Tommy L. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20100258586
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for accurately and repeatably depositing edible particulates on edible products. A dual-drum rotary feed system accurately meters an amount of edible particle for each edible product with a first rotary drum while a second rotary drum deposits the edible particulates onto or within the edible product. The dual-drum rotary feeder can comprise replaceable drums wherein drums can be quickly removed and replaced for cleaning, sanitization and to adjust processing conditions such as, for example, changes in production rates and/or product size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Lisa Jo Ryan, Peter A. Huberg, Gary O. Bendickson, Joana A. Montenegro
  • Publication number: 20100258587
    Abstract: A windshield washer fluid dispenser providing a delayed start function, whereby the user can open the hood of their vehicle and cap to their fluid reservoir. A windshield washer fluid dispenser utilizing a cellular credit card processing system for payment means, whereby the processing system is configurable for a given application. Embodiments with proximity device, RFID and wireless telephone verification are included. A windshield washer fluid dispenser having a ready light, a warning light, a start button, a flow meter and a programmable logic circuit. A windshield washer fluid dispenser system providing for a replaceable fluid drum. Methods pertaining to the disclosed apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Loyde A. Wheeler, David A. Wheeler, Cynthia M. Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20100258588
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drink bag which has a pocket and makes improved cooling of the bottled drink possible via the pocket. The bag is filled with a drink and closed in a fluid-tight manner. It has a sealed dispensing section and a pocket which is attached to the flexible bag, protrudes freely into the interior of the drink-filled bag and is made from a material which is impermeable for the drink. In an inwardly lying position, the pocket has an opening to the outside for inserting a flat paddle element which has two sections. It is set in motion via the first section which lies outside the bag, with the result that this movement is transmitted to the drink filling by way of the second section which lies on the inside; this takes place together with the driving movement of the inner pocket which protrudes into the interior of the drink-filled bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Wolfgang Jobmann
  • Publication number: 20100258589
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a spout having an evacuation structure for a flexible container. The evacuation structure ensures that the walls of the flexible container do not block the spout of the container during evacuation of fluid from inside the container. The evacuation structure additionally pivots away from the spout during the filling of the container so that the evacuation structure does not impede the fluid entering the container during filling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: DS SMITH PLASTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: MARK A. SMITH, DANIEL PETRIEKIS
  • Publication number: 20100258590
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to dispensing system configured for dispensing a food product. The invention also relates to a peristaltic pump that has a pumping member configured to move along a path through a pumping position and a loading position. The pump also includes a motor in drivable association with the pumping member to move the pumping member along the path and a backing member having a surface configured to cooperate with the pumping member to pinch a conduit therebetween when the pumping member engages the conduit to establish peristaltic association in the pumping position to peristaltically pump a fluid therethrough. When the pumping member is in the loading position, the pumping member is disposed to allow the conduit to be received in and removed from a pumping space. The present invention also relates to a method for dispensing a food product using a peristaltic pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas S. Orzech, Gary Helstern, Stephen C. Fog, Richard L. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20100258591
    Abstract: There is provided a paste application device which can solve problems of an increased exclusively occupied space attributed to an arrangement of a syringe and of deterioration of a tube. In a paste application unit 15 (a paste application device) for applying a paste 7 stored in a syringe 16 to an application target material, a configuration is adopted in which a pump mechanism 18 for sending the paste 7 under pressure is formed by causing a discharge thread portion 32b provided at a lower portion of a rotary member 32 to rotate about an axis AX within a discharge space 31b provided in a casing portion 31, in which a discharge port 17a, which communicates with the discharge space 31b, is provided at an end portion of the casing portion 31, and in which the syringe 16 is disposed coaxially with the rotary member 32 for detachable connection thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuzuru Inaba, Osamu Okuda
  • Publication number: 20100258592
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a volume of viscous material on a substrate includes a frame, a gantry system coupled to the frame, and a dispenser unit coupled to the gantry system. The dispenser unit includes a housing having a chamber, and a piston disposed in the chamber. The piston has an elongate body and is configured to move between a pre-dispense position and a dispense position within the chamber. The dispenser unit further includes a motor to drive the movement of the piston within the chamber. The motor includes a rotating shaft, a wheel coupled to the rotating shaft, the wheel having at least one drive magnet, and a driven magnet disposed between wheel and the piston. The dispenser further includes a nozzle coupled to the housing. The nozzle has an orifice to dispense viscous material. Other embodiments of the dispenser and methods of dispensing are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert W. Tracy, Kenneth C. Crouch
  • Publication number: 20100258593
    Abstract: A closed loop dispensing system including a mechanical venting assembly which ensures that sufficient air may enter the interior of the container as liquid is being drawn from the container. The mechanical venting assembly of this invention ensures that the vent openings associated therewith will not become plugged with debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Rodney Laible
  • Publication number: 20100258594
    Abstract: A dispensing head for dispensers of fluid products includes: a connecting body (3) operatively engaged to a dispensing pump of a respective dispenser (2) of the fluid product; and a nozzle (4) for dispensing the liquid product, associated to the connecting body (3) and rotatably associated on a surface (7) of the connecting body (3) to rotate between a position of use in which it projects from the surface (7) of the connecting body (3), and a position of non use in which it is retracted inside the overall size of the surface (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: EMSAR S.P.A.
    Inventors: Lamberto Carta, Marco Zavarella
  • Publication number: 20100258595
    Abstract: A flow control device for dispensing a multi-phase oral composition. The device includes a housing, a restrictor and an insert that fits within and cooperates with the housing and restrictor to dispense the oral composition. A flowpath is formed in and around the insert, as well as in the housing such that the composition passes through one or more channels defined by the cooperative arrangement of the insert and housing. Changes in relative position between the insert and the housing facilitate selective alignment of the various channels with a discharge orifice formed in the housing such that a user can vary the way the proportions of discreet fluids making up the oral composition are dispensed through said orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Girard Maietta, William Herbert Poff, III, Ralph Albert Sagel, Neil Anthony Strausbaugh
  • Publication number: 20100258596
    Abstract: A clamp-type garment hanger comprises a main body, a hook, and two clamps. The hook is connected to an upper side of the main body while the clamps are provided at two ends of the main body for clamping and holding an article. Each clamp includes a first jaw and a second jaw that are connected with each other. The first jaw and the second jaw are provided with opposite inner griping surfaces. The first jaw is provided with an arm protruded from the inner griping surface thereof and the arm is disposed with a step part on one side thereof. The second jaw is provided with a hole and an engaging protrusion is disposed at one peripheral side of the hole on the inner griping surface of the second jaw. When the clamp is closed, a tight engagement between the first and second jaws can be formed by inserting the arm into the hole to have the engaging protrusion and the step part engaged with each other for holding an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Szu Fu KAO
  • Publication number: 20100258597
    Abstract: A stackable clothes hanger includes a hanging hook and a shoulder supporting part formed extendedly with inclination to right and left respectively f for upholding the shoulder part of an upper garment, and the central part of said shoulder supporting part is formed with a hollow penetrating part as vertical penetration having a dimension that is equal to or larger than the size to have inserted a hanging hook of the same kind of clothes hanger and the shoulder supporting includes a receiving space capable of accepting at least a portion of the shoulder supporting part of the same kind of clothes hanger. Structure for enabling the clothes hangers to be stacked one over another is simplified so that productivity might be enhanced and volume reducing effect might be maximum when such clothes hangers are stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Dong Sug LEE
  • Publication number: 20100258598
    Abstract: A garment hanger having two clamps respectively provided on two ends thereof, each clamp includes a first jaw and a second jaw adapted to closing to each other for clamping and holding an article; wherein the second jaw of the clamp has an engagement hole located on the inner surface with a locking protrusion lying alongside on the outer surface of the second jaw, and the first jaw has a barb-like member located on the inner surface, wherein the barb-like member projects toward the inner griping surface of the second jaw from the inner griping surface of the first jaw, and the barb-like member has a projection at the upper end thereof for sliding into the engagement hole and engaging with the locking protrusion to form a tight engagement between the first and second jaw when the clamp is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Szu Fu Kao
  • Publication number: 20100258599
    Abstract: A clip for clamping an object (25) has a clip body (5) where a pair of clip members (1, 2) are pivotally connected to each other, clamping force increasing members (6, 7) for increasing a clamping force of the clip body; and fixing means (8) for supporting the clamping force increasing members on the clip body. The clamping force increasing members have slip prevention sections (6a, 7a) disposed between leading ends of the clip body and clamped by the clip body together with the object, and have also transmission sections (6b, 7b) connected to the slip prevention sections and fixed to the clip members by the fixing means, to cause the friction force that the slip prevention sections receive from the object to be transmitted to the clip body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: TAYA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Haruo Sugita, Kiyoshi Sugita
  • Publication number: 20100258600
    Abstract: An Apparatus for Assisting Oneself in Dressing comprises a Cord, a First Engaging Apparatus and a Second Engaging Apparatus. The First Engaging Apparatus and the Second Engaging Apparatus are used to temporarily grasp, affix, hold, or otherwise engage with the article of clothing of which one person desires to get dressed. In some preferred embodiments, the First Engaging Apparatus and the Second Engaging Apparatus may further include an Upper Interfacing Member and a Lower Interfacing Member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Pfistor, Gail S. Pfistor