With Receiver Support, Guide Means, Or Shield Patents (Class 141/369)
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Patent number: 12214657Abstract: A tractor including: a traveling body having an engine; a post-processing device configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine; and a reductant tank configured to store a reductant to be supplied to the post-processing device. A pair of left and right fuel tanks are arranged respectively on left and right sides of a longitudinally midway portion of the traveling body. A tank-accommodation recess for accommodating a reductant tank is formed at a lower-front portion of one of the left and right fuel tanks. While the reductant tank is accommodated in the tank-accommodation recess, an upper front portion of the fuel tank and the reductant tank are aligned up and down.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiaki Kurokawa
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Patent number: 12151839Abstract: A machine is for the preparation of medical product. The machine includes a worktop for receiving containers. The worktop includes a series of holes for the introduction into each of them of an injection point belonging to a medical container to be filled. The holes give access to an interior of the machine, so that the injection points of the medical containers remain inside for their filling by the machine. The machine includes a removable device for loading medical containers into the machine. The removable device includes housings for the medical containers and detachable fasteners to the worktop of the machine.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Kiro Grifols, S.L.Inventors: Borja Lizari Illarramendi, Naiara Telleria Garay, Patxi Urtzelai Aranbarri, Jose Ignacio Andres Pineda, Amaia Ilzarbe Andres
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Patent number: 12152830Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body having a storeroom, an inner door rotatably coupled to the main body and having a door opening, an outer door rotatably arranged in front of the inner door to open or close the door opening, a dispenser including a water-intake space and an operation lever and configured to supply water to the water-intake space by manipulation of the operation lever, and an automatic water supplier including a water container installation space formed to have a water container mounted and a water level sensor configured to detect a water level of the water container, and configured to supply water into the water container to fill the water container with a certain amount of water. The water-intake space and the water container installation space may be arranged in the door opening of the inner door to be accessed while the inner door is closed.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Juno Kwon, Jin Jeong, Gahyeong Kim, Hocheol Cho
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Patent number: 12109878Abstract: A tractor comprising a traveling body having an engine; front wheels and rear wheels that support the traveling body; front fenders that cover the front wheels; steps for getting on and off an operation unit on the traveling body; a fuel tanks for supplying fuel to the engine; a post-processing device configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine; and a reducing agent tank that stores a reducing agent to be supplied to the post-processing device, wherein the reducing agent tank is accommodated in a tank recess of the fuel tank, wherein at least a portion of the reducing agent tank and the fuel tank are placed between the front fender and the steps, and wherein the fuel tank extends rearward from between the front fender and the step through the inward of the reducing agent tank in in the width direction of the machine body.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiaki Kurokawa
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Patent number: 11992460Abstract: The adapter includes a housing and a filling nozzle provided in communication with a containing portion in the housing and coming into contact with an end surface of the injection device, in which the injection port of the injection nozzle is formed, when the housing is attached to the injection device. An open end of the filling nozzle is set to be smaller than an inner diameter of the containing portion and larger than the injection port. Of an internal space of the housing from a partial region of the containing portion to the open end, at least a predetermined space being continuous and including the partial region is formed in a manner where an inner diameter of the predetermined space decreases toward a side of the open end. According to this configuration, the injection fluid can be suitably transferred from the outside to a needleless injector.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yuzo Yamamoto, Takamasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 11505060Abstract: A tractor including: a traveling body having an engine; a post-processing device configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine; and a reductant tank configured to store a reductant to be supplied to the post-processing device. A pair of left and right fuel tanks are arranged respectively on left and right sides of a longitudinally midway portion of the traveling body. A tank-accommodation recess for accommodating a reductant tank is formed at a lower-front portion of one of the left and right fuel tanks. While the reductant tank is accommodated in the tank-accommodation recess, an upper front portion of the fuel tank and the reductant tank are aligned up and down.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiaki Kurokawa
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Patent number: 11462427Abstract: An interface device for a purging unit for purging a wafer container with a purging gas, which comprises a contact piece for contacting a purging interface of a wafer container, wherein the contact piece is movably arranged in the purging unit and has a gas passage in its interior. A corresponding interface device is provided. The object is to specify an interface device which, when the wafer container is coupled to the purging unit, makes it possible to seal a gas inlet or a gas outlet, to introduce or to discharge a purging gas into the wafer container, thereby compensating for and adapting to vertical and horizontal movements, preventing wear, and fulfilling a passive coupling and sealing function as well as offering maximum durability and reliability. This is achieved by a contact piece which is suspended directly or indirectly in the purging unit by means of a spring device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Fabmatics GmbHInventors: Bernhard Stein, Cornelius Günther, Udo Scheller, Heinz-Martin Esser, Steffen Pollack
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Patent number: 11261077Abstract: A dispensing assembly for an appliance includes a dispenser and a mounting panel positioned below the dispenser, the mounting panel defining a sliding pocket and a locking indentation. A tray assembly is slidably mounted to the mounting panel within the sliding pocket and includes a drip tray defining a locking flange for receipt within the sliding pocket and a plunger mechanism movably mounted to the drip tray for moving a locking pin between an engaged position where the vertical position of the drip tray is locked and a disengaged position where the drip tray is movable along the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Danister Abeygunawardana, Jianwu Li, Gregory Scott Carr, Brent Alden Junge
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Patent number: 10314420Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for controllably dispensing a selected beverage media into a reusable single serving filter cup. The dispensing apparatus includes a housing having a single serve filter cup receiving opening for receiving the single serve filter cup and a reservoir for holding a predetermined volume of the beverage media. The reservoir has an inlet opening for receiving the beverage media and an outlet opening for dispensing the beverage media into a dispensing receptacle that is rotatably carried by the housing for movement between a first position wherein the inlet opening of the dispensing receptacle opening is aligned with outlet opening of the reservoir and a second position wherein the outlet opening of the dispensing receptacle is aligned with the single serve filter cup.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Inventors: John DePierro, Lucian Scripca
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Patent number: 9296502Abstract: The ground coffee dispenser for making coffee pods includes a tray from which extends a housing and storage compartment. The storage compartment features a door that opens to enable access to a coffee ground canister. The coffee ground canister is connected to a funnel that extends down to a dispensing member. The dispensing member is responsible for receiving a pre-defined amount of coffee grounds into a receptacle, tamping said pre-defined amount of coffee grounds inside of said receptacle via a plunger member, and then dispensing a tamped amount of pre-defined coffee grounds from said receptacle into a reusable single-serve coffee pod. The receptacle features an outlet that is positioned above a coffee pod support bracket. A dispenser conduit is seated inside of the receptacle, and includes a dispenser port.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Inventor: Aaron Hollander
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Publication number: 20150000789Abstract: A processing facility is disclosed in which a container side contact surface and a support side contact surface are in contact with each other and a supply hole or a discharge hole, and a communicating hole are allowed to communicate with each other when a container is supported by a container support, and in which the container side contact surface is formed to be flat at least in a periphery of the communicating hole, and the support side contact surface is formed to have a shape that is gradually lower as a distance increases from the supply hole or the discharge hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Hiroshi Otsuka, Shinsuke Kawamura, Tadahiro Yoshimoto
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Patent number: 8919393Abstract: The invention is based on the insight that a filling system obtained by combining a “Kruse” compatible threaded socket and an annular magnet as required for the operation of the “Elaflex” nozzle, will exhibit air exchange problems related to the difference in the positioning of the respective air intake openings of the “Kruse” bottle and the “Elaflex” nozzle. More particularly, the invention is based on the insight that by judiciously providing a chamber in fluid communication with the volume of air or vapor in the tank, filling may be made possible with a “Kruse” bottle as well as with an “Elaflex” nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research S.A.Inventors: Laurent Budzyk, Paul Elong
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Publication number: 20140230964Abstract: The present utility patent consists of a hydraulic system which is intended for inflating deflated balls which are hanged, it has a hydraulic system to inflate balls and likewise deflating it, intended for commercial use in order customers purchase deflated balls and they may inflate and deflate them in the same exhibitor module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Cigarsolo, S.A DE C.V.Inventor: Luis Medina Anguiano
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Publication number: 20140137986Abstract: A modularized system for processing, storing and/or disposing of a hazardous waste material is described. In one exemplary embodiment, the modularized system includes a container configured to sealingly contain hazardous waste material; a first cell, the first cell comprising a first area for manipulating the container; and a second cell, the second cell comprising a second area for manipulating the container, the second cell being isolated from the first cell, the first cell held at a first pressure and the second cell held at a second pressure, the first pressure being less than the second pressure. The first cell can include a filling station and the filling station can include (a) a blender configured to mix the hazardous waste material with additives; (b) a hopper coupled to the blender; and (c) a fill nozzle coupled to the hopper and configured to transfer the hazardous waste material and additive mixture into the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Australian Nuclear Science And Technology OrganisationInventors: Salvatore Moricca, Walter Guillermo Bermudez, Allan Grant Murray
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Patent number: 8695827Abstract: A system including a DEF tank and a fuel tank arranged in a portion of a vehicle to give that portion multiple structural functions. The system may be arranged to form a part of a counterweight on a work vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Aaron S Klauer, Nitin N Patil
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Publication number: 20130312873Abstract: A portable barrier installation system and release mechanism is provided. A support frame comprising a first support arch is coupled on each end to a first and second support base. A second support arch, parallel to the first support arch, is coupled on each end to the first and second support base. A hopper assembly is coupled to the support frame. Rotation of the hopper assembly causes the hopper assembly to be in a fill or storage position. A release mechanism facilitates the release and placement of filled bags.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: LANDMARK EARTH SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: TIMOTHY CHARLES STAMPS, BARTON WADE DANIEL
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Patent number: 8534507Abstract: A granule dispenser for dispensing granules into a receiving cup, the granule dispenser including a dispenser and a base. The dispenser includes a collector rotatably mounted to the dispenser and configured to receive a predetermined volume of granules. The collector defines a cavity defining a dispensing volume and a port providing access to the cavity. The base supports the dispenser from underneath the dispenser and includes a chute, a support, and a catch plate. The support is configured to releasably mount the receiving cup beneath the chute in a position to receive granules from the chute. The catch plate is spaced beneath the support in a position below the receiving cup when the receiving cup is mounted to the support to catch granules that are not transferred to the receiving cup. In some examples, the collector rotates between a receiving position where the port is positioned to receive granules and a dispensing position where the port is positioned above the chute.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Inventor: Mike Gronholm
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Publication number: 20130195556Abstract: A fluid fillable structure has a reservoir body comprising a top surface and at least one fluid fill port at a first end. There is a first connector on the top surface of the reservoir body adjacent to the first end and a second connector spaced from the first end, the first end of the reservoir body being folded back onto the reservoir body and secured by releaseably securing the first connector to the second connector such that the at least one fluid fill port remains open.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: James Andrew Mills, Gregory Allan Parrent
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Patent number: 8490662Abstract: A machine and method for filling a container is provided. The container has a fitment. The fitment includes a spout having a collar. The collar includes a support surface for supporting the container in suspension. The machine includes a filling apparatus configured to fill the container with a product, a rail system, a loader, and a carrier. The carrier is configured to hold multiple containers. The carrier is generally elongated and has a pair of spaced apart flanges. The spaced apart flanges define a slot extending the length of the carrier. The slot is configured to slidingly receive the spout of the container and the support surface of the collar engages each of the pair of flanges so as to suspend the container within the carrier. The carrier may be placed into communication with the rail system so as to feed the containers to the filling apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Pouch Pac Innovations, LLCInventor: R. Charles Murray
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Publication number: 20130146179Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a fresh food compartment and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet and including an interior surface in communication with the fresh food compartment when the door is closed. A liquid dispenser is arranged on the interior surface of the door, and a container is supported on the door and configured to receive liquid from the liquid dispenser. A sensor is configured to sense a property of the container, and a control is in communication with the sensor. The control is configured to regulate dispensing of liquid into the container based upon the sensed property of the container. In one example, the sensor is resiliently biased into contact with the container to sense a property of the container. In another example, the control indicates a stale liquid condition if a timer expires before the container has been removed from the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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Publication number: 20120298259Abstract: A granule dispenser for dispensing granules into a receiving cup, the granule dispenser including a dispenser and a base. The dispenser includes a collector rotatably mounted to the dispenser and configured to receive a predetermined volume of granules. The collector defines a cavity defining a dispensing volume and a port providing access to the cavity. The base supports the dispenser from underneath the dispenser and includes a chute, a support, and a catch plate. The support is configured to releasably mount the receiving cup beneath the chute in a position to receive granules from the chute. The catch plate is spaced beneath the support in a position below the receiving cup when the receiving cup is mounted to the support to catch granules that are not transferred to the receiving cup.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventor: Mike Gronholm
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Patent number: 8316897Abstract: A toy water gun assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a water gun and a filling station. The filling station connects to a water source such as a hose. The gun connects to the filling station such that, when connected, the trigger is secured in a locked stated, preventing the user from discharging the gun while mounted on the station. In operation, the gun is connected to the filling station until the water reservoir on the gun is filled. The gun is then released from the filling station by engaging a release lever or button. The gun is fully charged, with the water being pressurized during the filling process.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Mattel, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Francis Lucas
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Patent number: 8307859Abstract: Preferred processes are provided for unloading a particulate substance from a container using a cover system comprising a cover and a wand extending through the cover. The processes can include installing the cover system on the container so that the cover mates with the container and the wand extends into the particulate substance, connecting a pipe or a hose to the wand, and drawing the particulate substance through the wand and the pipe or hose.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.Inventors: Alfred F Jordan, Lenny L. Albin, Sr., Charles A Cross
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Publication number: 20120279613Abstract: A paint cup assembly filling station includes an upper paint cup tray formed with at least one upper hole configured to receive a paint cup assembly, a lower paint cup tray formed with at least one lower hole configured to receive a paint cup assembly, and a housing separating the upper paint cup tray from the lower paint cup tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS, SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC.Inventors: Biagio P. Pellegrino, Clemens E. Zoellner, Thomas R. Nixon, Ronald J. Cuccia
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Patent number: 8291948Abstract: The centering guide for automated bottling machinery is secured to its filler unit by a central saddle. Two laterally opposed posts slide in holes through the saddle. A bridge extends across the upper ends of the posts. The bridge provides attachment for a cam roller traveling on a cam as the bottling unit and guide rotate with its filler unit. The lower ends of the posts are threaded into a base plate holding a single piece guide bell removably therein. The bell has a resilient seal removably installed therein. As the cam roller is reciprocated by the stationary cam during rotation of the bottling unit, the bridge, posts, and base are also actuated to raise and lower the guide bell over the bottle mouth in concert with the filling operation. Springs are installed between saddle and base plate to assure proper operation when the bell is lowered.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Inventor: George H. Marks
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Patent number: 8287513Abstract: A female piercing member protection device for connection with a male connection part, and a method for connecting the device to a male connection part. The device includes an outer casing and a connection member at least partly enclosed in the outer casing. The outer casing is moveable between first and second positions. In the first position, the connection member is substantially locked from movement along the longitudinal axis A, and in the second position the connection member is able to move along the longitudinal axis A. The device also has an activated position and an inactivated position. When the outer casing is in the second position, a deformable locking device is prevented from deformation by the outer casing to prevent disengagement of the male connection part. A secure piercing member protection device significantly minimizes the risk for a user to be exposed to contaminants and the piercing member itself.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Carmel Pharma ABInventors: Anna Ellstrom, Tobias Rosenquist
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Publication number: 20120222776Abstract: A powder container includes a container body that can be attached to and detached from a powder processing apparatus and that includes an outer wall having an opening; a lid that covers the opening and that is held by a lid holder such that the opening is not covered by the lid when the container body is attached to the powder processing apparatus; a retaining frame that projects from the periphery of the opening and retains the lid in a movable manner; and a suppressing body that projects from the lid by an amount set such that the suppressing body does not come into contact with the outer wall when the lid is moved and such that, if the lid is inclined while being held, the suppressing body comes into contact with the outer wall to suppress the inclination of the lid before the lid is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi SAKAMOTO, Hiroaki OKUMA
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Publication number: 20120222774Abstract: A closed path vial fill system includes a bulk product vial, a peristaltic pump operated by a stepper motor, a dispensing manifold assembly to which may be coupled at least one final product vial, an optional quality check station, and an optional waste collection system. A concentration, activity, and volume (CAV) sensor may be incorporated into the system to receive a radiopharmaceutical product directly from a synthesizing unit. A control system may be integrated into the system to provide automated control of various aspects of the radiopharmaceutical dispensing process. The system is used to aseptically dispense finished radiopharmaceuticals into receiving vessels, such as a Quality Control vial, a sterility vial, and/or final product vials, while providing users an efficient means for removing and discarding contaminated disposable components.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: CARDINAL HEALTH 414, LLCInventors: Mehmet HUSNU, Dennis Eshima, Derrick Alcaide, Scott N. Danhof, Jim Gleeson, Eric Hassenpflug, Jim Prescott
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Patent number: 8256472Abstract: A domestic appliance apparatus having a container is connectable to a fluid-containing reservoir that includes a movable actuator for activating a pump for dispensing the fluid. The reservoir is put in communication with the container and the actuator is activated by an auxiliary device to transfer a quantity of fluid from the reservoir to the container. The auxiliary device includes a housing which accommodates a holder for holding the reservoir and an actuator driver for activating the actuator. The auxiliary device may be part of a refilling assembly, which also includes the reservoir and/or the refillable container.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Bartele Hendrik De Vries, Reinier Niels Lap, Olaf Martin De Jong
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Patent number: 8210546Abstract: A tube holder for a tube filling machine includes a cup-shaped housing having a tube receptacle that opens towards the top and into which one end area of a tube can be inserted. At least one vertical groove is formed in the area of the inner wall of the tube receptacle into which a clamping element is inserted, wherein the clamping element can be radially displaced substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal central axis of the tube receptacle and is pivotably disposed about a pivot axis that extends substantially tangentially relative to the inner wall of the tube receptacle. A clamping force that acts radially from the outside onto the inserted tube can be applied by the clamping element under the action of upper and lower spring elements. The pivot axis is thereby formed on a pivot bearing which permits radial displacement of the pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: IWK Verpackungstechnik GmbHInventor: Bernd Köhler
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Patent number: 8205647Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine (10) and adaptor device (18) for allowing supply of beverages in containers having different sizes at least in height. The device (18) is fixed to a component (15) of the machine (10) and comprises supporting means (53, 54) arranged to rotate substantially in a plane from a first position, in which the machine (10) is apt to supply the beverages in containers having a first height, to a second position in which the machine (10) is apt to supply the beverages in containers having a second height, lower than the first one. The device thanks to the simple construction can be equipped with a motor in order to rotate the supporting means (53, 54). The device (18) may be adapted also to machines in use.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Rancilio Group SpAInventor: Carlo Carbonini
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Publication number: 20120125483Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for dispensing a prescribed material into a Petri dish, each Petri dish including a removable lid capable of being arranged on a bottom that is not as broad as the latter, bringing the Petri dish to a material-dispensing station. According to the disclosure, the device includes a piston comprising a plate for supporting the bottom at the material-dispensing station and a device for rotating the plate on itself relative to the dispensing head, arranged so as to rotate the bottom relative to dispensing head in the position for dispensing the material into the bottom, in which the material outlet tip is arranged relative to plate in order to dispense the material into the rotated bottom.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: AES ChemunexInventor: Nicolas Brelivet
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Publication number: 20120118416Abstract: This invention relates to an adaptor used in a fitment valve assembly, said adaptor comprising an outer ring collar having a top and a bottom, and an outer and an inner surface; a flange moulded to the bottom of said outer ring collar; an interior ring collar having a top and a bottom, and an outer and an inner surface moulded in adjacent relationship to said outer ring collar near the top of said interior ring collar; an inverted dome structure moulded toward the bottom of said inner surface of said interior ring collar defining at least one opening for the flow of fluid there-through; a groove for an O-ring moulded in said inner surface of said interior ring collar above said dome structure; a lip moulded onto said bottom of said interior ring collar for forming a seal with said fitment valve assembly; and a groove for an O-ring moulded in said outer surface at the bottom of said interior ring collar.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Liqui-Box CorporationInventor: James W. Johnson
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Publication number: 20120073703Abstract: The transport and handling retention member comprises an adapter ring which has a central opening for receiving a tubular container for receiving samples, a gripping member for gripping the adapter ring, and a transfer head which can be moved between a rest position and an operating position, the transfer head in the operating position coming into operational contact with a tubular container which is received in the adapter ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Martin Brandlhuber, Uwe Aulwurm
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Patent number: 8141597Abstract: An installation for filling an aerosol container with liquid, whereby the aerosol container including at least one frame, elements for holding a scoop of liquid for filling on the frame at a mount point located above the point where the aerosol container is mounted, a pushing element with a removable piston head, and elements that indicate when the piston head is not attached to the pushing element. The indicating elements assume the shape of a movable stop between an active position—in which the stop is placed on the trajectory followed by the scoop during its installation in its mount point on the frame and prevents the installation—and an inactive position—in which the stop allows the installation, whereby this stop, returned to the active position, is held in the inactive position by the piston head, in the attached state of the piston head on the pushing element.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Fillon TechnologiesInventor: Antoine Chassaing
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Publication number: 20110247719Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to transferring fluidic media from a vial to a reservoir. In various embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a housing portion to move a plunger head located in the reservoir to draw fluidic media from the vial to the reservoir. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir while the reservoir is held by a holding unit and vibrated by a vibrator to remove air from the fluidic media. In some embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a handle operatively connected to a bias member for assisting with the transfer of fluidic media. In other embodiments, the transfer of fluidic media may be assisted by a bias member and a needle connecting atmosphere and the vial.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventor: Julian D. Kavazov
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Patent number: 8025083Abstract: The invention relates to a support carrier for supporting a container to receive cooled goods from a cooled goods dispensing machines delivering cooled liquids and water ice cubes. Cooled goods dispensing machines are often integrated into refrigerators in such a way that a refrigerator door is provided with a recess into which a drink container is set. For the recess to be useable with containers of different sizes, and at the same time to ensure a secure support for the containers, a support carrier is provided having at least one joint and which can be, for example, folded out of the recess to permit a relatively larger container to be supported relative to the recess.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach
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Patent number: 8016000Abstract: Preferred processes are provided for unloading a particulate substance from a container using a cover system comprising a cover and a wand extending through the cover. The processes can include installing the cover system on the container so that the cover mates with the container and the wand extends into the particulate substance, connecting a pipe or a hose to the wand, and drawing the particulate substance through the wand and the pipe or hose.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.Inventors: Alfred F. Jordan, Lenny L. Albin, Sr., Charles A. Cross
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Publication number: 20110214778Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus including: a table configured to receive a container that stores an object therein, the container including a bottom surface provided with a positioning groove and including a charging inlet through which a gas is charged into the container; a positioning pin projecting from the table and adapted to engage with the positioning groove of the container; a nozzle configured to charge the gas into the container through the charging inlet; and a drive unit configured to move the nozzle into contact with the charging inlet of the container after the positioning pin is engaged with the positioning groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo NATSUME, Mitsutoshi Ochiai, Takumi Mizokawa
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Publication number: 20110146843Abstract: An intermittent rotating machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products is provided with a conveying wheel having a group of pockets distributed according to at least two mutually parallel rows and a feeding device for feeding a capsule into each pocket; the feeding device having a hopper for containing the capsules, at least two rows of extraction channels of the capsules from the hopper, and a plurality of orienting channels adapted to transfer each capsule from the respective extraction channel to the relative pocket and each provided with at least two respective inlet portions, which are aligned to two extraction channels of two different rows, and are limited by respective bottom walls mutually parallel and distinct.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Angelo Ansaloni, Ernesto Gamberini
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Publication number: 20110083772Abstract: Apparatus and methods to couple fuel delivery system components to fuel tanks are described herein. An example liquid containment apparatus includes a fuel tank having a cavity to store a liquid fuel. The fuel tank includes only one opening in fluid communication with the cavity. A coupling apparatus is coupled to a portion of the fuel tank to provide a passage between an exterior surface of the fuel tank and the cavity. The coupling receives a plurality of components of a fuel delivery system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventors: Sean Whelan, Robert Tate, Brian Scott
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Publication number: 20110030846Abstract: Distribution device for a powdery food product comprising a stand (1), a distribution head (2), mounted on the stand, and comprising a reception housing (20) suitable for receiving a container of powdery food product, an outlet opening (22), a channelling device, a dosing device. The distribution head (2) is connected by an articulated linkage (3) to the upright of the stand, sliding vertically and swivelling between a loading position in which the reception housing is oriented downwards, and a distribution position in which the outlet opening is oriented downwards.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONEInventors: Patrick Vandamme, Frederic Bourdin, Fabrice Peltier, Didier Cosson
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Patent number: 7810527Abstract: A machine for the treatment of containers (12) provided with a neck (14), includes at least one, treatment station provided with a nipple (22) having gripping elements (26) in order to seize a container (12), the gripping elements (26) including a tubular supporting cuff (50) which is provided with a series of radial drillholes (52), each intended for receiving a ball (54) movable radially between an inner gripping position and an outer release position, characterized in that the gripping elements (26) include a tubular control cuff (56) which is mounted slideably between a locked position, in which a frustoconical bearing surface (58) cooperates with the balls (54) in order to stress them toward their gripping position, and an unlocked axial position, and in that the nipple (22) includes controlled drive elements (62) capable of causing the sliding of the control cuff (56).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Sidel ParticipationsInventors: Marc Mouchelet, Laurent Danel, Yves-Alban Duclos
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Patent number: 7775381Abstract: In a support device for bottles processed on a bottle filling and closing machine, a substantially elongated body has a bayonet coupling at a bottom part for connecting the device to a rotary conveyor of the machine. An upper lateral portion of the body has gripping wings, for receiving resiliently a bottle, introduced between the wings by pushing the bottle at a matching point between an auger conveyor for conveying the bottles and the rotary conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Marchesini Group S.p.A.Inventor: Giuseppe Monti
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Patent number: 7762292Abstract: A dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products, said device comprising a dispenser opening for the products, which is situated in a recess on the front of the device and a support that can be removed from the recess and has at least one first tray surface for a container that is to be filled from the dispenser opening. The support comprises a base part that is detachably fixed in the recess and a tray part, on which the first tray surface is formed. Said tray part is connected to the base part in such a way that it can be displaced between a first position, in which the first tray surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a first distance and a second position, in which the tray surface lies opposite the dispenser opening at a second distance that is greater than the first.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Martin Buchstab, Irene Dumkow, Adolf Feinauer, Klaus Flinner, Bernd Heger, Peter Nalbach, Kasim Yazan
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Publication number: 20100180984Abstract: This invention refers to a base with inflated mechanism for vending machine of deflated balls integrated by an exterior pedal connected to two pneumatic pistons joined in its superior part to a manometer, of which a hose joins connected to a T form connection which in its inferior part includes a pulley wheel to which two springs attached join to the internal walls of the vending machine that allows the hose with valve that is located in the exterior of the machine to inject the air to the ball. The T connection, joins another hose that in its final part has one relief valve covered in the exterior of the machine by a lever that releases the flow of air injected to the ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: July 22, 2010Inventor: Pablo Ignacio Michel Ontiveros
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Patent number: 7753096Abstract: A filling device for container filling machines including an exchangeable centering socket for a mouth of a container, a bayonet joint for mounting the centering socket to the filling device, and at least one permanent magnet for removably fixing the centering socket in a locked position.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Krones AGInventors: Stefan Poeschl, Rupert Meinzinger
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Patent number: 7721772Abstract: Protective devices are provided subjacent to the filler port within an aircraft's wing fuel tank so as to protect the lower wing skin from being struck by a nozzle associated with refueling equipment. When inserted into the filler port, the nozzle is brought into contact with the protective device which serves to deflect the nozzle in laterally (e.g., in an inboard direction) to thereby prevent the nozzle from striking the lower wing skin. Thus, when initially inserted into the filler port in a generally perpendicular orientation relative to a horizontal plane, the terminal end of the nozzle will contact with the arcuately concave inner surface of the device such that continued insertion of the nozzle into the filler port will cause the nozzle to assume an angularly canted condition in an inboard direction (i.e., a direction toward the aircraft's fuselage).Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: EMBRAER - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.Inventor: Leandro Aparecido Cardozo
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Patent number: 7690406Abstract: A hazardous material transfer system for the transfer of waste from a containment cell through a transfer port to a storage vessel. A port door in the containment cell is movable between a open and closed positions relative to the transfer port. The port door has a closure face with a first connector set. A storage vessel sealed by a storage vessel cover is provided for receipt of waste transferred through the port. The cover has an outside face that carries a second connector set that interlocks with the first connector set on the port door. The inside face of the vessel cover has a third connector set. A fourth connector set is located on the storage vessel and mates with the third connector set to lock and seal the cover to the vessel. The connector sets are the variety that engage and disengage upon rotational motion.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.Inventor: Isaac M. Giesen
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Patent number: RE46173Abstract: Garden torches, hurricane lanterns and other oil lamps can be refueled through a flexible hose terminating in a tube or hollow needle insertable into the lamp's fuel reservoir through a wick slot. This method avoids skin contact with fuel and with soot deposited on the oil lamp reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Ricardo J Jorge