Filling Preformed Receptacle Patents (Class 53/473)
  • Patent number: 8104251
    Abstract: A method of transferring a contact lens from a first location to a primary package includes transferring the contact lens with an intermediate transfer member to the primary package, wherein the transfer member is sealed in the primary package with the contact lens. Additionally, according to another of many exemplary embodiments, a system for transferring a contact lens to a primary package includes a contact lens and a transfer member associated with the contact lens, wherein an automated lens transfer device is configured to couple the contact lens and the lens transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Menicon Signapore Pte Ltd.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Newman
  • Publication number: 20120018684
    Abstract: A method for producing uniform powder blends may include a multi-pass riffling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Arnold Allenic, Phillip Gohr, James Hojnicki, Michael Latusek, Richard Scott Odneal, Aaron Roggelin, Jeffrey Short, Christopher Wagner
  • Publication number: 20120017543
    Abstract: A system for loading a bale in a continuous storage bag includes a structure configured and disposed to releasably dispense the bag in response to receiving a bale directed inside the structure, the directed bale being inserted inside the bag. A bale wagon receives the bale and a push-off member directs the bale inside the structure from the bale wagon. A first member is selectably movable between a first position and a second position with respect to the bale wagon to selectably secure the bale wagon to the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: Edward H. PRIEPKE
  • Publication number: 20120017545
    Abstract: An item handling system includes a vacuum source, a transport element defining a plurality of vacuum openings in fluid communication with the vacuum source to create a securing force on an item proximate to the transport element for holding the item in contact with the transport element, and a drive element for driving the transport element to transport the item. The transport element further defines a plurality of sensor openings arranged in two substantially parallel arrays along a longitudinal direction of the transport element. The system further includes a sensor associated with each array of sensor openings for sensing energy passing through the sensor openings to thereby sense the item on the transport element. Each sensor is disposed at a common longitudinal position relative to the transport element. Sensing the item corresponds to a condition where the sensor associated with each array is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Russell W. HOLBROOK, Daniel J. WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20120017544
    Abstract: A storage method of storing a package with its contents under irradiation of light. At least part of the package is made of polyamide (A) which is obtained by polycondensation of a diamine component comprising 70 mol % or more of m-xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid component comprising 70 mol % or more of ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The oxygen transmission of the package including polyamide (A) is reduced by irradiation of light, to prevent the spoilage of the contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company ,Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Mitadera
  • Publication number: 20120005992
    Abstract: A packaging system for packaging food on a plurality of trays is provided. The packaging system has a main conveyor configured to move each of the plurality of trays about the packaging system and a tray unloader for unloading one tray from a tray stack onto the main conveyor. The packaging system has a food loader configured to place the food into each of the trays and a food accessory loader configured to place a food accessory into a storage compartment of each of the trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher N. Waldrop, Michael W. Waldrop, David R. Waldrop
  • Publication number: 20120006814
    Abstract: A logistics panel forms a side wall of a container (12) and has elongate metal recesses (16) formed in the surface and a logistics track (17) including a face portion (22), an elongate slot (23) in said face portion and a pair of elongate webs (24) each extending parallel to and between a respective said edge and the slot, the webs having a plurality of locating apertures, and a load carrier (18) located in said channel and extending out through the slot and having engagement pawls (26) selectively and positively locatable in said apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas James Crook
  • Publication number: 20120005991
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition, comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, at least one pigment or at least one filler or a mixture thereof and at least one diester of a linear diol having 2 to 8 C-atoms with a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acid having 6 to 44 C-atoms, wherein the fraction of diesters comprising different fatty acid radicals in a molecule is less than 10% by weight with regard to the total amount of diesters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Peter Daute
  • Patent number: 8091324
    Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to an erectable and/or collapsible floral easel for holding a floral object, and more particularly but not by way of limitation, to an erectable or collapsible floral easel for holding a floral object. In one aspect, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a floral easel for holding and/or supporting a floral object. In yet another aspect, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to methods of shipping a floral easel, methods of using a floral easel, methods of storing a floral easel, and methods of placing a floral object on a floral easel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Wanda M. Weder and William F. Straeter
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Publication number: 20120000125
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pick-up and delivery system including a pick-up assembly and a delivery assembly. The pick-up assembly includes a robotic arm, a pick-up device rotatably mounted on the robotic arm, and a first vacuum pressure supply port operably connected to the pick-up device. The delivery assembly includes an insertion device. The insertion device may include an insertion member having a tip and a release assistance piston arranged inside the insertion member. The release piston is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. When the release assistance piston is in the extended position, a proximal end of is substantially flush with an end of the insertion member. Further aspects are directed towards methods for grasping and releasing an object with a pick-up and delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY
    Inventors: Fredrick T. Rubatino, Michael W. Teodoro
  • Publication number: 20120002933
    Abstract: A laser optical fiber storage system (10) and method for temporarily storing a proximal section (12) of an elongated flexible optical fiber (14). The system and method include a storage housing (16) having a closed end (18) and an open end (20). A plug stopper (22) being laser energy impermeable is disposed within the open end of the elongated storage housing to prevent the escape of laser light from within the storage housing. The plug stopper has an access port (24) adapted to enable the proximal section of the optical fiber to be loaded into and withdrawn from the housing. The storage housing is configured to temporarily retain the proximal section of the elongated flexible optical fiber in an elongated configuration or in a spiral configuration. Structure (29) within the storage housing prevents laser light from passing through walls of the storage housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Allen D. Seftel, Stephen T. Pastor, Richard Alan Williams
  • Publication number: 20110314774
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for use thereof for loading bulk material into freight containers. One apparatus comprises a hopper configured to receive bulk material that is sized and shaped to be at least partially enclosable by a container to occupy a substantial volume of the container and a ram. The ram comprises a plate and a driver configured to move the plate from a back end of the hopper to an open end of the hopper to expel material into a container. Another apparatus comprises a hopper configured to receive bulk, material that is sized and shaped to be at least partially enclosable by a container to occupy a substantial volume of the container and a reciprocating conveyor floor system. Optionally, the apparatuses further include a stand and/or collapsible legs to further support the hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SA RECYCLING LLC
    Inventors: George Adams, Terry Scot Adams, Michael J. Adams
  • Publication number: 20110308852
    Abstract: A slide groove (27) is formed between opposed surfaces of an operation component case (11) and a display component case (12) coupled to each other so as to be slidable relative to each other. The slide groove (27) extends in single-layer space parallel to the opposed surfaces and is capable of storing a bundle of ultrafine coaxial cables (33). The slide groove extends portions of the ultrafine coaxial cables that have been drawn from cable holes (24, 28) opened in the opposed surfaces along the same sliding direction and stores the ultrafine coaxial cables in a state in which the ultrafine coaxial cables are curved in a plane direction between the opposed surfaces. The cable holes are opened at positions separated in the sliding direction at the beginning of sliding and at the end of sliding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventor: Fumiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110302887
    Abstract: Soy-based modeling product. The present disclosure includes disclosure of various embodiments of soy-based modeling products. In at least one embodiment, the soy-based modeling product comprises a quantity of water, a quantity of a salt, a quantity of an oil, and a quantity of a flour, wherein at least one of the oil and/or the flour is derived from soybeans. In another embodiment, the soy-based modeling product further comprises corn starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Sawyer Sparks, Sue Ellen Sparks
  • Publication number: 20110302888
    Abstract: A container (20) has a body (22) having a body opening (40). A spout fitment (24) is mounted within the body opening. A cap (26) has: a sidewall (120); a web (122) enclosing an upper end of the sidewall; a flange (124) extending outward from the sidewall; an external thread (132) along the sidewall below the flange; a removed condition disengaged from the body and spout fitment; and an installed condition threadingly mounted by the external thread to at least one of the body and spout fitment. In the installed condition, a perimeter portion (128) of the flange is below a rim (110) of the spout fitment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: PLASTEK INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alex S. Szekely, Peter A. Piscopo
  • Publication number: 20110296801
    Abstract: A rollable chairmat is provided that comprises a sheet of polymeric material having a plurality of parallel grooves across one of its surfaces. Adjacent grooves define a rib therebetween, with each rib defining a peak and each groove defining a valley. The grooves and ribs may run lengthwise, widthwise, or obliquely relative to the width and length of the chairmat. A method for storing a chairmat is also provided in which a grooved chairmat is rolled up into a tube, and the chairmat is maintained in its tubular configuration, by, e.g., placing it in a tube, encasing it in shrink-wrap, utilizing a strap or adhesive strip, or placing it in a box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Albert B. Cheris
  • Patent number: 8069636
    Abstract: An improved adhesive-backed carrier tape system for packaging of components. Components or devices are held within the compartments of the carrier portion by a low tack adhesive level layer while a high tack adhesive layer is affixed to the carrier portion to provide means for high speed, low cost automated handling of the packaged components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Inventor: Charles Gutentag
  • Publication number: 20110289888
    Abstract: For the reliable production of stacks 100 of medicament pockets 4, 4?, 4? containing medicament wafers 2 and having a marking 3 on a marking border 17 in one of a number of marking portions 18 arranged next to one another, the following process is carried out: stacking the medicament pockets 4, 4?, 4? one on top of the other to form at least one stack 100 of medicament pockets, so that in the at least one stack there are following one another medicament pockets 4, 4?, 4? of which the markings 3 are located in marking portions 18 following one another, and, if appropriate, a medicament pocket 4, 4?, 4? with a marking 3 located at a first end of the marking border 17 follows a medicament pocket 4, 4?, 4? with a marking 3 located at a second end of the marking border 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kathrin Reichardt, Sven Filler
  • Publication number: 20110295200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drug-eluting medical device, in particular a balloon for angioplasty catheters with drug elution to prevent the restenosis of the vessel subjected to angioplasty. More particularly, the present invention relates to a catheter balloon completely or partially coated with paclitaxel in hydrated crystalline form or in hydrated solvated crystalline form, having an immediate release and bioavailability of a therapeutically effective amount of paclitaxel at the site of intervention. The balloon can be made of a polyether-polyamide block copolymer, or a polyester amide, or polyamide-12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Ulrich Speck, Silvio Schaffner, Magdalena Renke-gluszko
  • Patent number: 8065861
    Abstract: The hardware for mounting the blinds is located in the head rail such that it does not interfere with the cutting operation but remains with the blind after the blind is cut-to-size. The hardware overlaps with a blind component and the hardware may include a mounting bracket that includes a notch for receiving the blind component. The ends of the blinds are aligned in a package by the manufacturer during the packaging process. The blinds are secured in the package such that the blind elements are properly aligned. The aligned blinds and the package are inserted into a cutting machine as a unit and the cutting machine cuts the blinds and the package simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Newell Window Furnishings, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Caputo
  • Patent number: 8065859
    Abstract: An agricultural bagger apparatus and method for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag including a moving hopper wall and mechanism for moving the wall at an input end of hopper. The wall moving mechanism and the moving wall of the hopper sweeps the feed adjacent to the sloping wall to prevent feed bridging. A safety enclosure isolates the wall moving mechanism from contaminants and prevents exposure to the wall moving mechanism. Some embodiments also compact feed in the upper portion of a tunnel, for example, by reciprocating a hinged piston above a primary compression mechanism. A tunnel-adjustment mechanism varies a cross-section area of the tunnel exit in order to control the amount of compaction on the feed as it leaves the tunnel and enters the bag. In some embodiments, dual counter-rotating toothed compression mechanism force feed between the rotors and into the tunnel at a rate and pressure greater than what is possible with only one multiple-toothed compressor rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Inventor: Paul R. Wingert
  • Publication number: 20110283666
    Abstract: A device and method for loading catalyst pellets into reactor tubes of a chemical reactor. A direct mechanical force is applied to one or more pellets where bridging occurs that is different from the forces applied to the surrounding pellets in order to break up the bridge so as to allow catalyst particles to fall through an opening into the reactor tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Clifford L. Johns, Munaf N. Chasmawala, Dennis McAndrews
  • Publication number: 20110283667
    Abstract: A tray is provided for receiving a plurality of pre-filled syringes each having a tubular body defining an outer surface and a chamber having an open first end sealed with a plug and an open opposite second end configured to establish fluid communication with a hypodermic needle. wherein a flange extends from the tubular body at the first end. The tray includes a plate defining a plurality of through-going ridges and a plurality of through-going grooves parallel to the ridges, wherein the ridges are interconnected with the grooves. A multitude of open apertures is defined at the ridges, wherein the apertures are configured for (a) receiving the flange of a syringe received between two adjacent ridges, and (b) permitting the passage of a gas through the plate to contact the outer surface of the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Flemming Hesseldahl
  • Patent number: 8061111
    Abstract: A method of loading a plurality of articles in a container. The method can include providing a container having a body and defining an interior chamber, providing a stack of articles comprising snack pieces having a convex surface, inserting the stack of articles at least partially into the interior chamber, and reorienting the leading article by forcing the leading article against the inner surface such that the convex surface of the article cooperates with the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerard Laurent Buisson, James Calvin McIntyre, Elizabeth Dominique Maczek, James Wagner Settelmayer, Jr., Douglas David Sena, Brian Adrian Miller, Benito Alberto Romanach
  • Publication number: 20110280554
    Abstract: A flow heater (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800) with a metal section (101, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701, 801), with at least one tube (103, 104, 203, 204, 303, 304, 403, 503, 603, 604, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810) for passing through a fluid to be heated is mounted and preferably pressed, at least in some sections, into the metal section (101, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701, 801). At least one tubular heating body (102, 202, 209, 210, 302, 402, 409, 410, 502, 602, 702, 703, 704) that is arranged outside the tube interior space, is mounted in and preferably pressed into, the metal section (101, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701, 801) at least in some sections. The at least one tubular heating body (102, 202, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702, 802) is surrounded by the one tube or by a plurality of the tubes (103, 104, 203, 204, 303, 304, 403, 503, 603, 604, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810) for passing through a fluid to be heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventor: Andreas SCHLIPF
  • Publication number: 20110275649
    Abstract: Novel combinations comprising HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, or statins, with partial fatty acid oxidation inhibitors (pFOXi), and methods for their use, are disclosed. These combinations are useful in preventing or reducing the risk of developing diabetes which results from therapy with a statin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Palmetto Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventor: Wayne H. Kaesemeyer
  • Publication number: 20110258973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for drawing a tubular film (1) over a stack of goods (2), wherein the tubular film is first gathered on a gathering device (R/Ü). The gathered tubular film is then drawn over the stack of goods using a covering device, in that the covering device is moved along the stack of goods and the tubular film is thereby ungathered. After reaching an end region of the stack of goods, the covering device is moved along a segment of the stack of goods (A) opposite the covering direction, so that a first tubular film segment (15) is laid on the tubular film already contacting the stack of goods. The covering device is then moved along at least part of the segment of the stack of goods in the covering direction again, so that a second tubular film segment (16) is laid on the first tubular film segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Enrico Czok, Reiner Hannen
  • Publication number: 20110256492
    Abstract: An environmentally friendly product packaging assembly having a secondary use after a product has been removed therefrom. The packaging assembly comprises a candle having a wall made of a vaporizable material and defining a cavity therein for retaining the product. The candle includes a wick embedded in the wall in a spiral, coiled or helical fashion and positioned to substantially encircle the cavity. The assembly may include a containment mechanism that at least partially restricts access to the cavity and thereby aids in retaining the product therein. The assembly may further include a base positioned under a bottom end of the candle. The containment mechanism and base may themselves be made out of recyclable or combustible materials. Once the product has been removed from the cavity, the assembly may be used as a conventional candle. The candle wall is vaporized leaving little to no waste for disposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Catalina Navarro
  • Publication number: 20110251979
    Abstract: A system for aggregating dog hair for making yarn includes: dog hair collection facilities including one or more dog hair undercoat collectors; an aggregation facility that accepts the collected contents of the plurality of dog hair undercoat collectors; and a logistics system that manages the collection and transportation of the contents of the plurality of dog hair undercoat collectors from the plurality of dog hair collection facilities. A method for aggregating dog hair for making yarn includes: collecting dog hair undercoat from a plurality of dogs at dog hair collection facilities; aggregating the collected dog hair undercoat; and providing the aggregated dog hair undercoat to one or more mills.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventor: Billy J. Watterson
  • Publication number: 20110247960
    Abstract: Various aspects of the invention provide systems and method for verifying authenticity of a product. Another aspect of the invention provides a system including: a tamper-evident package; and a unique identifier usable to verify the authenticity of the product, the unique identifier contained within the tamper-evident package. The unique identifier cannot be detected from outside of the tamper-evident package without demonstrating evidence of tampering. Another aspect of the invention provides a system including: a tamper-evident package; and a concealed unique identifier coupled to the tamper-evident package. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of providing a providing a unique identifier. The method includes: providing a tamper-evident package; and placing the unique identifier within the tamper-evident package, wherein the unique identifier cannot be detected from outside of the tamper-evident package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SPROXIL, INC
    Inventors: Ashifi Gogo, Alden Zecha
  • Patent number: 8033084
    Abstract: The automated bin filling system provides an efficient means of placing a relatively fragile bulk product into a container (such as a bulk storage bin) without substantially damaging the product. Specifically, the bin filling system moves bulk products (preferably fruits or vegetables) from a feed conveyor into a product accumulation section where the product is arranged to be uniformly loaded into a mobile tray. Once the mobile tray is filled, the tray is lowered into the bin and gently deposited. The empty tray is then elevated and retracted to its initial position and the loading cycle is repeated. This process continues until the bin is filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Donald Peterson, Scott D. Wolford, William C. Anger
  • Publication number: 20110239595
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for tilting and filling a carton with a pouch and a flowable food product are described. The carton can be tilted prior to filling in order to minimize a void between the pouch and a sidewall of the carton. The carton is pivoted to a tilted orientation, such that the sidewall includes a lowermost inclined segment. The pouch is then inserted into the carton either prior to or after pivoting the carton to the tilted orientation so that the pouch can substantially rest against the inclined segment. The flowable food product is then at partially deposited into the carton, such that the flowable food product substantially fills in next to the pouch instead of between the pouch and the inclined segment. After a sufficient height of flowable food product has been deposited into the carton, the carton can be returned to a vertical orientation and closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventor: Robert C. Jones
  • Publication number: 20110232238
    Abstract: Automated (poultry) bagging packaging systems include a plurality of spaced apart holding stations that are configured to rotate in concert about a defined endless travel path to automatically serially position a respective holding station to be in communication with each of a plurality of different workstations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Dennis J. May, Samuel D. Griggs
  • Publication number: 20110225935
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of packaging paper products (such as facial tissue) in a dispenser. A clip of paper product is folded. The folded clip has a central region and a pair of opposing peripheral regions separated from one another by the central region. The peripheral regions of the folded clip are pressed toward one another to compress the peripheral regions. After the peripheral regions are compressed, the folded clip is transferred into the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Celeste Osborne, Mike Ellis, Mike Ruark
  • Publication number: 20110226784
    Abstract: A cooler assembly comprises a cylindrical main body having an open first end and a closed second end, a first attachment means extending from an outer surface of the cylindrical main body, a cylindrical cover having an open first end and a closed second end, a second attachment means extending from an outer surface of the cylindrical cover, and an elongate attachment member coupled on a first end to the first attachment means and on a second end to the second attachment means, the attachment member connecting the cylindrical main body to the cylindrical cover. The open first end of the cylindrical cover is structured to be positioned adjacent to the open first end of the cylindrical main body to enclose a beverage container positioned within the cylindrical main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Evert J. Boerhave
  • Publication number: 20110226642
    Abstract: An apparatus for carrying one or more garments is described. The apparatus comprises a housing (12) and a first member (18) to be adapted to be stored within the housing. The first member is adapted to receive one or more garment and is deformable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: LATITUDE 56 DEGREES LTD
    Inventors: Kevin Fox, Lawrence Broadley
  • Patent number: 8020702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pack for pharmaceutical and/or medical products and/or food supplements, comprising a substrate which is fitted with one or more prefabricated, sealed product carriers which each contain one or more isolated products, for a given length of time, and is provided with instructions for application or administration time for the patient, wherein each product carrier exclusively contains products of a special active ingredient or a special combination of active ingredients in a special dosage, which is distinguished by the fact that each product carrier forms part of a single-strip blister pack that can be rolled up, and the product carriers each containing one or more isolated products are assembled on the substrate individually to the patient. Furthermore the invention concerns a method as well as an apparatus for the manufacture of such packs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: AvidiaMed GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai Strub, Gottfried Von Bismarck, Gerhard Breu
  • Publication number: 20110223363
    Abstract: A wafer is provided that is stacked on and anodically bonded to another wafer to form a plurality of package products each having a cavity in which an operation piece is contained between the wafers. In a portion of the wafer located inward with respect to the outer circumference of a product area in which a plurality of concave portions are formed each of which will be part of the cavity when stacked on the another wafer, a depressed area or through hole is formed having a plane area larger than that of one of the concave portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Takeshi Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20110220196
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lead wire for a solar cell having excellent bondability with a solar cell. The solar cell lead wire (10) has a band plate-shaped electroconductive material (12) that is formed with straight-angled cross-sectional shape and is covered by a molten solder plating layer (13), with the thickness of the oxide film on the surface of the molten solder plating layer (13) being 7 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Hajime Nishi, Yuju Endo, Ken Takahashi, Hiromitsu Kuroda, Hiroyuki Akutsu, Katsunori Sawahata, Hiroshi Bando, Iku Higashidani, Hiroshi Okikawa
  • Patent number: 8015776
    Abstract: A product packaging system is provided having a series of selector wedges that engage the lower portions of a series of products moving along a product infeed conveyor. The selector wedges separate the products into product groups for loading into product cartons moving adjacent the product infeed conveyor. At approximately the same time the selector wedges are engaging the products, a series of lugs are conveyed by an overhead lug system into engagement with each of the products being engaged so as to help stabilize the products and prevent tipping of the products as they are separated and loaded into their corresponding product cartons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Vicenc Alfonso Alfonso, Vicente Marquez Estevez
  • Publication number: 20110203231
    Abstract: A goods-to-person picking station and method of picking goods from a product container and placing the goods in at least one order container includes a product container-handling mechanism and at least one order container-handling mechanism juxtaposed with the product container-handling mechanism. The product container-handling mechanism supplies a product container to a pick area. The at least one order container-handling mechanism supplies at least one order container to the pick area. In this manner, an operator can pick goods from a product container at the pick area and place the goods selectively to the at least one order container at the pick area. The product container-handling mechanism includes a product container elevator assembly and a product container extractor assembly. The elevator assembly elevates a product container from the feed area to the pick area. The extractor assembly transfers a product container from the pick area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Dematic Corp.
    Inventors: Philipp J. Hortig, Matthew A. Steenwyk, Aaron J. Hayden, Raffaele Destro, Beat Losenegger
  • Publication number: 20110208673
    Abstract: The invention provides various antibodies that bind to lymphotoxin-?, methods for making such antibodies, compositions and articles incorporating such antibodies, and their uses in treating, for example, an autoimmune disorder. The antibodies include murine, chimeric, and humanized antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Camellia W. Adams, Jane L. Grogan, Austin L. Gurney, Krista McCutcheon
  • Publication number: 20110203230
    Abstract: A method of inserting postal items into envelopes, comprising, for each of said envelopes: holding the envelope in an inserting position with an open end oriented towards a postal item transport path and with an envelope edge perpendicular to the open end against an alignment surface that defines an envelope alignment axis at the inserting position; displacing one or more of the postal items along the postal item transport path into the envelope, an edge of the or each postal item, at least partway along the transport path, being urged against and guided by an alignment surface that defines a postal item alignment axis along the postal item transport path, wherein the envelope alignment axis is offset from the postal item alignment axis by a predetermined distance in a direction away from the postal item transport path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Harrie HEEMSTRA, Herman SYTEMA
  • Publication number: 20110198246
    Abstract: A novel snack food item container for stacking and transporting same is disclosed. The snack food items are uniformly sized and shaped, and have one or more openings thereon. The container has a tubular member, having one opening, and a snack food item holder having a base member and a pole member. The pole member is inserted to the opening of the snack food items, and the snack food items are stacked and aligned along the pole member. Then, the snack food items on the snack food item holder are inserted into the tubular member from the opening to enclose the items. The base member of the snack food item holder and the opening of the tubular member engage to enclose and seal the snack food items therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Sol Avisar, Greg Waite, Claude Bonnet
  • Publication number: 20110192121
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to mailers for shipping objects, and more particularly to mailers comprising an outer pouch and an inner inflatable liner and an inflation pathway through which a portion of gas can be introduced into said inflatable liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: SEALED AIR CORPORATION (US)
    Inventors: Charles Kannankeril, Ian M. Donegan
  • Publication number: 20110192069
    Abstract: Modular shooting rests and associated assemblies are disclosed herein. One embodiment of the disclosure, for example, is directed to a shooting rest assembly for supporting a firearm. The shooting rest assembly can include a first base portion and a second base portion. The first base portion has an exterior surface, an inner surface, and a bottom surface defining a bottom surface plane. The first base portion also includes an inner volume defined, at least in part, by the inner surface and the bottom surface plane. The second base portion is engaged with the first base portion in a configuration selected from (a) a first shooting rest arrangement, and (b) a second shooting rest arrangement. In the first shooting rest arrangement, the second base portion is received at least approximately completely within the inner volume of the first base portion in a nested configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Battenfeld Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell A. Potterfield, David Yale
  • Publication number: 20110188538
    Abstract: Protective enclosure and method for protecting heat sensitive, data recording devices in high temperature environments. The protective enclosure has a housing having at least one compartment for containing a heat sensitive, data recording device, e.g., a temperature recording device, and a jacket configured to contain a phase change material. The jacket may be vented and configured to at least partially surround the compartment. The housing may be sealed with an endcap. The recording device and a heat absorbing element are disposed within the same or within adjoining or adjacent sub-compartments within the enclosure. In a method, the enclosure with heat absorbing element and temperature recording device is placed within a heated environment or environment to be heated, e.g., a furnace. The recording device is connected to a thermal couple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: DESPATCH INDUSTRIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Hans L. Melgaard
  • Publication number: 20110185685
    Abstract: An ice bagging system and method according to which ice is automatically disposed in respective bags provided from a first source of bags, and ice is automatically disposed in respective bags provided from a second source of bags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Reddy Ice Corporation
    Inventor: Mark C. Metzger
  • Patent number: RE42766
    Abstract: In an automated prescription dispensing and packing system, empty prescription bottles are labeled and loaded in assigned locations in carriers. Pills are automatically dispensed into the prescription bottles in the carriers. Ranks of carriers containing filled prescription bottles are assembled at stations where the bottles are unloaded and packed into shipping containers with literature printed by the system. Multiple bottles of an order are automatically packed in the same shipping container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Lasher, Dennis W. Rice, Michael J. Szesko, Frank Modrowsky, James G. McErlean, Michael Kennedy, Paul Thomas Shupert
  • Patent number: RE42937
    Abstract: In an automated prescription dispensing and packing system, empty prescription bottles are labeled and loaded in assigned locations in carriers. Pills are automatically dispensed into the prescription bottles in the carriers. Ranks of carriers containing filled prescription bottles are assembled at stations where the bottles are unloaded and packed into shipping containers with literature printed by the system. Multiple bottles of an order are automatically packed in the same shipping container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Lasher, Dennis W. Rice, Michael J. Szesko, Frank Modrowsky, James McErlean, Michael Kennedy, Paul Thomas Shupert