Externally Accessible Patents (Class 312/31.2)
  • Patent number: 11140959
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a sack comprising a second container and a first container, an activated carbon filter that is positioned between said first and second containers and a sealable rubberized zipper and the activated carbon filter is positioned such that it may absorb at least a portion of odor and moisture from items stored inside sack. In addition, an antimicrobial material may be infused into the material of the sack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventor: Whoman Bahrami
  • Patent number: 11006665
    Abstract: A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container including a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein configured to receive a product. An internal surface of one or both of the body portion and the cover may include a wood liner. The wood liner may be a wood veneer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Ercilia Hernandez Garcia, Percy D. Phillips, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James William Rogers, Craig Demarest
  • Patent number: 9468956
    Abstract: A cleaning and disinfecting apparatus for treating at least one container for human excretions. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus comprises at least one cleaning chamber with at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the container. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus is configured to carry out at least one cleaning program, wherein, in the cleaning program, the container is emptied and the cleaning fluid is applied thereto. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus furthermore has at least one image detector. The image detector is configured to identify at least one property of the container. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus is configured to influence the cleaning program in accordance with the identified property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marijan Simundic, Ingo Wiegand, Thomas Peukert
  • Patent number: 8920860
    Abstract: A pronged clamp apparatus for attaching a soda bottle to a soda machine includes prongs to attach the bottle to the soda machine and a locking mechanism to lock the bottle to the machine at least during carbonation. The apparatus also comprises a flexible seal to facilitate a closed carbonation environment and a ring to constrict the prongs underneath a ringed extension of the bottle thereby lifting the bottle towards the seal to clamp the bottle to the flexible seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: SodaStream Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Allan Ring, Avi Cohen, Doron Krom, Hagai Harduff, Amit Avigdor
  • Patent number: 8757737
    Abstract: A medical cabinet for storage of flexible scopes is in the form of a housing having an inlet to allow air to pass into housing and an outlet to allow air to pass out of the housing, with a pump to pump air into the housing via the inlet, a vacuum to suck air from the housing through the outlet, and an outlet connector connected to the outlet and also connectable to a port of at least one of the scopes. The outlet connector includes a vacuum pole, which extends substantially to the height of the housing. A method of storing a flexible scope by pumping air into the flexible scope located in a housing and sucking air through the flexible scope located in the housing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Smartline Machinery Pty Ltd
    Inventor: William Hugh Dawkins Smart
  • Publication number: 20130088129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laboratory climatic cabinet, in particular, a gassed incubator, having an interior enclosed by a housing and a steam generator arranged outside the interior, which has a heating device for heating a water reservoir and for generating water steam and is connected to the interior via a steam feed line. The steam generator is connected via a water feed line to an unpressurized water container and the water container is arranged in such a manner that the water level in the water container is above the water level in the steam generator during the steam generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Thermo Electron LED GmbH
    Inventor: Thermo Electron LED GmbH
  • Patent number: 8069860
    Abstract: A humidification control device comprising a container with a chamber for storing and dispensing liquids and a base section in which is formed an opening with a contact surface around the opening's periphery. Also provided is a cigar having at least one exposed cut end and a receptacle, which is hermetically sealed, inside the container's chamber for receiving and retaining the cigar. Additionally provided is a closure plug having a tubular housing member with a closed bottom, a top with an opening and a projecting flange for engaging the opening in the base section conformable to the shape of the area of the container peripheral to the opening. The device includes a humidification source and a tubular case, which is adapted to releasably join with the tubular housing member of the closure plug, for holding the humidification source, and an opening defined by a projecting rim in the tubular case through which the humidification vapors may freely pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Fuente Marketing Ltd.
    Inventors: John Soyak, Matthew Bogosian