By Contact With Conveyer Projection Patents (Class 141/189)
  • Patent number: 7455082
    Abstract: Keg filling plant for filling kegs with a liquid beverage material, such as beer, wine, soft drinks, or juice, and a method of operating same, and a handling and treatment station for kegs. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b ). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b ): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: KHS Maschinen -Und Anlagenbau AG
    Inventor: Alois Monzel
  • Patent number: 5464047
    Abstract: A method of supplying a plurality of containers with liquid including the steps of introducing into a first container a first percentage of a predetermined final amount and subsequently introducing in steps additional liquid until said predetermined amount is reached, introducing into a second container a percentage of said predetermined amount greater than the initial percentage introduced into said first container and then introducing additional liquid into said second container in steps until said predetermined amount is reached, and continuously introducing into a third container an amount of liquid within a tolerance of said predetermined amount, and wherein the amounts of liquid introduced into the container are measured and determined by weight. A microprocessor connected in circuit with a scale is used to control a valve through which the liquid is introduced into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Benjamin Moore & Co.
    Inventor: Dominic Muscara
  • Patent number: 5344300
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting and dispensing segments of thermoplastic material into receptacles such as crowns includes a conveyor for conveying the crowns through a passageway at predetermined speeds, an extruder for extruding thermoplastic material through a discharge opening, a rotary knife having blades for cutting the extruded material into segments and depositing the segments into the receptacles as they are conveyed through the passage, and an adjustable belt drive system for rotating the blade in response to the conveying of the receptacles. The belt drive system includes a drive and driven pulley, two pairs of fixed idler pulleys, and a third pair of idler pulleys which are coupled to a laterally shiftable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Zapata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Shapcott
  • Patent number: 4466435
    Abstract: An improved bone cement nozzle and method for use in filling a long bone medullary canal with bone cement. The nozzle includes an expandable shield which scrapes the canal wall and pressurizes the cement as it enters the canal so that it flows into interstices in the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Inventor: William M. Murray