| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 141250000 | WITH MEANS TO MOVE SUPPLY MEANS AND/OR RECEIVER TO, FROM OR DURING FLOW RELATION | 37 |
| 20090205748 | MACHINE FOR FILLING CONTAINERS WITH AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT - On a continuous machine for filling containers with at least one product, each container is fed along a given path in time with a relative metering device, which withdraws the product from a tank, feeds the withdrawn product into the container, and has a piston and a cylinder movable axially with respect to each other; and a lock device provides for selectively locking the pistons and relative cylinders. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20110088812 | COMBINATION LOADER AND POST CURE INFLATOR - A combination loader and post cure tire inflator for use with a tire press is provided. A post cure inflator for inflating and curing vulcanized tires includes a plurality of inflator stations with each inflator station including a pair of axially aligned, vertically separable tire inflating chuck rings. A loading apparatus includes a loading arm movable along a linear track relative to the plurality of inflator stations to load and unload each vulcanized tire in a selected one of the plurality of inflator stations without rotating the vulcanized tires in a turnover operation. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120037272 | CONVEYOR INSTALLATION COMPRISING CARRIER BAGS FOR MATERIAL TO BE TRANSPORTED - A conveyor installation comprises carrier bags for material to be transported, wherein the carrier bags are suspended from carrier dogs which are moved in a transport rail in a transport direction. At a loading and unloading station, the carrier bags are rotatable from their transport position, which is transverse to the transport direction, into a position which points in the transport direction, wherein an upper loading opening is opened at the same time. Backwards rotation of the carrier bags is caused by the force of gravity. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20130032249 | BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL FIXED CARRIER ENCLOSING TIP, BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL FIXED CARRIER TREATMENT APPARATUS, AND TREATMENT METHOD THEREOF - A biological material fixed carrier enclosing tip, a biological material fixed carrier treatment apparatus, and a treatment method thereof. An object is to obviate attachment control and suction control for storing and retaining the carrier in the tip form vessel, to simplify complex reaction processes, and to make processing of the biological material fixed carrier to be easily executed as a result of a small-scale device configuration. The biological material fixed carrier enclosing tip comprises: a tip form vessel having an installation opening part that is installable to a nozzle, and a narrow tube that possesses an opening, through which fluid inflow and outflow is possible, that is narrower than the nozzle; a carrier in which a predetermined biological material is fixed or fixable, and has a size or a shape that is able to pass through the opening; and an enclosing section provided on the tip form vessel. | 02-07-2013 |
| 141251000 | Relatively receding discharge assistant and receiver engaging means | 5 |
| 20110011493 | CAM APPARATUS FOR A BEVERAGE FILLING ASSEMBLY - A beverage filling assembly and a cam apparatus for a beverage filling machine is disclosed. A cam housing defines a first aperture along a central axis and a second aperture transverse to the central axis with a filling valve aligned with the second aperture. The cam member is rotatably disposed in the first aperture and includes a shaft portion and an eccentric portion aligning with the filling valve. A lever is connected to the cam member for concurrent movement with the cam member. A bearing sleeve defines an orifice for receiving the shaft portion. The bearing sleeve is formed of a self-lubricating material for preventing frictional engagement between the cam housing and the shaft portion. The bearing sleeve includes a flange adjacent the cam housing for preventing movement of the bearing sleeve axially along the central axis during operation. The bearing sleeve is removable from the shaft portion during servicing. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110303326 | CAM APPARATUS FOR A BEVERAGE FILLING ASSEMBLY - A beverage filling assembly and a cam apparatus for a beverage filling machine is disclosed. A cam housing defines a first aperture along a central axis and a second aperture transverse to the central axis with a filling valve aligned with the second aperture. The cam member is rotatably disposed in the first aperture and includes a shaft portion and an eccentric portion aligning with the filling valve. A lever is connected to the cam member for concurrent movement with the cam member. A bearing sleeve defines an orifice for receiving the shaft portion. The bearing sleeve is formed of a self-lubricating material for preventing frictional engagement between the cam housing and the shaft portion. The bearing sleeve includes a flange adjacent the cam housing for preventing movement of the bearing sleeve axially along the central axis during operation. The bearing sleeve is removable from the shaft portion during servicing. | 12-15-2011 |
| 141256000 | Continuous feeding during filling (e.g., rotary auger) | 1 |
| 20130092289 | AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING PRODUCT TO A HOLDING CONTAINER - An agricultural system for conveying product to a holding container is provided. One agricultural system includes a product conveying system having a conveyor and a hopper. The conveyor is configured to move product from the hopper to a holding container. The hopper has an opening for receiving product, and the opening includes a first side adjacent to the conveyor, and a second side opposite the first side. The second side is substantially v-shaped, and configured to channel the product to exit the hopper through the opening while the opening is directed downwardly. | 04-18-2013 |
| 141258000 | Axially reciprocating discharge assistant | 2 |
| 20140251498 | REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING A DISPENSER - A refrigerator having a dispenser includes a cavity positioned on a front surface of a door of a refrigerator defining a predetermined space, a guide positioned at an upper portion of the cavity, a grip unit coupled to the guide and allowed to slide downward from the guide, and a water retrieval part provided at the grip unit. | 09-11-2014 |
| 141260000 | Reciprocating filling tube type discharge assistant | 1 |
| 20090301605 | FILING HEAD WITH LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER - The invention relates to a filling head with low Reynolds number, consisting of an inner body ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 141263000 | Relatively receding filling tube and receiver engaging means | 3 |
| 20140124094 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING ONE OR MORE BEVERAGES - In one embodiment, a beverage dispensing system includes a plurality of beverage dispensing devices, and a plurality of beverage hoses, each of the beverage hoses to provide fluid communication between one of the beverage dispensing devices and a beverage source, each of the beverage hoses passing through an aperture formed in a surface. Each of the beverage dispensing devices is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. In the extended position, a beverage dispensing device is moved toward a beverage container and a beverage hose is pulled through the aperture and toward a user-facing side of the surface, the beverage dispensing device adapted to dispense a beverage into the beverage container while in the extended position. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140124095 | VALVE FOR LIQUIDS - An apparatus for distributing a filling product includes a filling valve for liquids, a closure element, and an actuator. The filling valve is configured for opening and closing a distribution or flow opening by linearly displacing the closure element. The valve comprises a valve chamber in which the closure element is arranged. The actuator, which is arranged within a constant volume arranged within the valve chamber, influences movement of the closure element. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140166156 | OFFSHORE LOADING SYSTEM - A loading system comprising: a loading arm, said loading arm having a process pipe which provides a conduit to carry fluid during a process of loading the fluid by said loading arm; a control unit coupled to said loading arm, to direct a free end of said loading arm; an electronic logic controller coupled to said control unit; a first electronic sensor electronically coupled to said logic controller, said first electronic sensor adapted to detect movement of a first structure when said loading arm is mounted to said first structure, said movement relative to another second structure or the stationary world. | 06-19-2014 |
| 141266000 | With adjustable movable component | 4 |
| 20100218848 | Tumbler carrier for a refrigerator with a beverage dispenser - 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. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110220243 | MOBILE LIQUID WASTE LOADING SYSTEM - A mobile system for use in transfer of liquid waste reduces loading and/or unloading times required during transfer to a tank truck or transfer from a tank truck to other equipment such as spreading equipment. The system includes a transfer tank that is raised and lowered to provide improved transfer due to gravity assist. The tank is provided on a structural frame that includes a lifting arrangement for supporting the tank at least six feet above a ground position. Preferably the structural frame is part of a trailer to allow convenient transport. The system has particular application for liquid manure transfer systems. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110277881 | FILLING DEVICE - A filling device for filling containers with a liquid, including several filling elements, each of the filling elements having a filling valve, a filling tube and a return gas tube, where the filling tubes of the filling elements are arranged at a first common support and the return gas tubes of the filling elements are arranged at a second common support, and where the position of the second common support can be adjusted relative to the position of the first common support. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20130180624 | MEDICINE SUPPLY APPARATUS - A medicine supply apparatus that subdivides and supplies medicines is provided. The medicine supply apparatus includes: a cassette unit that is provided movably between a fixed position and a drawn position, and can temporarily retain the medicines in a subdivided manner; a cover provided movably between a closed position to cover the cassette unit from above and an opened position where the cassette unit is exposed; and an association mechanism that associates operations of the cassette unit and the cover, wherein the association mechanism restricts an operation of the cover so as to keep the cover in the closed position when the cassette unit is in the drawn position. | 07-18-2013 |
| 141267000 | Unitary receiver support and flow controller | 1 |
| 141268000 | Rotary or oscillating | 1 |
| 20080264517 | Device for Distribution of at Least One Granular Product in a Container Filling Device and Method for Filling Using Such a Device - A device for distributing granular materials in a recipient, particularly of complex shape intended to be arranged between a feed hopper and the recipient to be filled. The device includes a deflector, mobile in rotation around an axis, lining a passage linking the hopper to the recipient. The deflector is formed by at least one surface that may be inclined in relation to the axis of rotation approaching the axis in the direction of flow of the granules, or perpendicular to the axis. According to the speed of rotation, a certain quantity of granules is ejected by the deflector and another part passes directly in the passage. | 10-30-2008 |
| 141269000 | With clamp for receiver interconnected with movable head or lift | 1 |
| 20110197995 | CONTAINER CLAMP OR CONTAINER CLIP - The invention relates to a container clamp ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 141270000 | Both supply means and receiver support having movement | 2 |
| 20090095372 | BEVERAGE BOTTLING PLANT, A LABELING MACHINE FOR USE IN A BEVERAGE BOTTLING PLANT, AND A GLUE APPLICATION DEVICE FOR USE WITH A LABELING MACHINE IN A BEVERAGE BOTTLING PLANT - A beverage bottling plant, a labeling machine for use in a beverage bottling plant, and a glue application device for use with a labeling machine in a beverage bottling plant. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100200114 | DISPENSER FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPENSING METHOD USING THE SAME - A dispenser for a liquid crystal display panel includes a table for loading a substrate having at least one image display unit and being horizontally driven in a driving direction of a long side or a short side of the substrate, at least one support member to be horizontally driven in a driving direction perpendicular to the driving direction of the table, and at least one syringe aligned on the support member to supply a dispensing material to the substrate. | 08-12-2010 |
| 141271000 | Swinging support for receiver | 1 |
| 20140182743 | TILTER FOR HOLDING A CONTAINER IN A PROGRESSIVELY LESS TILTED ORIENTATION WHILE RECEIVING A BEVERAGE FROM A DISPENSING SYSTEM - A filter for holding a container in a tilted position for receiving a beverage being dispensed from a dispensing system such as a beer faucet, which holds the container, such as a cup or mug, in an initial highly tilted orientation for receiving the dispensed beverage, and which progressively reduces the degree of tilt as the container fills. The filter can operate in cooperation with the lever or other actuator of a dispenser to automatically be tilted to the initial highly tilted orientation when the actuator is operated to initially dispense, and to automatically operate the actuator to stop the dispensing of the beverage when a final reduced degree of tilt is reached and present the filled container for removal from the filter. | 07-03-2014 |
| 141275000 | Receiver lift or lower for filling | 3 |
| 20080216917 | RESIN FILLING APPARATUS, FILLING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A resin filling apparatus, a filling method, and a method of manufacturing an electronic device fill a cavity between a substrate and an electronic component mounted on the substrate with resin. The resin filling apparatus includes a stage for supporting the substrate in an inclined state, and an application head for filling the cavity with resin from a lower side of the inclined substrate. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20160039545 | GRAIN STORAGE BAG LOADER APPARATUS - A bag loader apparatus for filling an elongated bag may comprise a base assembly, and a bag interface assembly for removably mounting a bag thereon and forming a tunnel with a rear opening for fluid communication with the bag. A primary auger assembly has an output opening in communication with the tunnel of the bag interface assembly. In some embodiments, a bag mounting assembly may be configured to lift a bag onto the bag loader apparatus into a position for loading the bag by the apparatus. In some embodiments, a plurality of bag securing elements on the bag interface assembly may be configured to secure a portion of the bag to the bag interface assembly. In some embodiments, an auxiliary auger assembly carried on the base assembly may be configured to feed material into the primary auger assembly. | 02-11-2016 |
| 141277000 | Fluid operated lift | 1 |
| 20140216604 | LIFTING ELEMENT WITH EXTENSIBLE RINSE SLEEVE - A supporting-and-lifting device for filling stations on a filling machine has a base element, a container carrier including a component that moves parallel to a filling-element axis, an auxiliary lifting element integrated in the container carrier, and a further piston mounted centrally in the auxiliary lifting element. The piston has a head plate. The auxiliary lifting element has, at its upper end, a container plate made from its collar-shaped upper and the head plate. The lifting element can be raised for cleaning or disinfecting. The lifting element is movable by the filling element into a sealed position. The piston is movable independently of the lifting element in a direction parallel to the filling element axis. In a work position, which represents a vertically lower end position, the piston and the lifting element in the sealed position define a rinse sleeve. | 08-07-2014 |
| 141279000 | With movable support for hose connected head or supply | 2 |
| 20080289721 | Dual Fluid Lng Transferring Arm - Disclosed herein is an LNG transferring arm. The LNG transferring arm includes a cylindrical support base. A main body is rotatably provided on the support base. A boom assembly is connected to a side of the main body to rotate up and down. A support assembly supports the boom assembly and is bent along with the boom assembly. A transfer pipe and a return pipe are arranged along the boom assembly. An end of each of the transfer pipe and the return pipe is connected to a tank to which LNG will be transferred. A balance weight is rotatably supported above the main body via a bracket, and is hinged at one end thereof to the boom assembly, thus maintaining balance. A rotary branch means is provided in the main body, and includes two pipes having different diameters and arranged concentrically. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100236661 | Industrial container filling lance - The industrial container filling lance is an elongate pipe having a hose connector allowing connection of a hose from a fluid source to the lance, a ball valve for regulating flow of fluid through the pipe, and a fill spout for delivery of the fluid to an industrial container. The lance is disposed atop a hinged slide clamp attached to a telescoping lance support assembly, which extends vertically from a pedestal base. The elongate locking handle, rotated in the open position, allows the lance to be swung upward away from a fill container, and alternatively allows the lance to be longitudinally positioned precisely over a container to be filled. The elongate locking handle can be rotated over the lance to prevent movement of the lance during the container filling procedure. A rotating lock collar on the support stand assembly secures the support height while allowing angular rotation of the lance. | 09-23-2010 |
| 141281000 | With means for manipulating a filled receiver for separation from head or support | 1 |
| 20100230004 | Tablet Filling Instrument - A tablet filling instrument | 09-16-2010 |
| 141283000 | With movement of receiver in horizontal plane | 4 |
| 20100175784 | Supporting and Weighing Device for Containers - A container supplied to a carousel type filling unit is directed onto a supporting and weighing device ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100230005 | AUTOMATED SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT PACKAGING MACHINE - A fully automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine is capable of selectively depositing one or more different solid pharmaceutical products into an individual cavity for each of a plurality of individual patient product package cavities. The system employs a plurality of solid pharmaceutical product dispensing canisters which are capable of selectively dispensing a pre-designated number of solid pharmaceutical products. The machine fills a template containing temporary storage cavities and the template is automatically positioned over a sheet of clear plastic material containing a plurality of cavities corresponding to the cavities in the template. A barrier between the cavities in the template and the sheet of clear plastic material is moved and the pharmaceuticals in the template cavities drop into the corresponding cavities in the clear plastic sheet of material. The clear plastic sheet of material is then maneuvered into subsequent product packaging stations and the template is returned to beneath the canister region. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110253258 | CONTAINER-HANDLING MACHINE - The invention relates to a recirculating construction machine for handling bottles or similar containers, having a rotor rotatably supported about a vertical machine axis on a machine frame and that can be driven about said machine axis, having a plurality of handling positions on the rotor, having an annular enclosure concentrically enclosing the machine axis and forming, or the housing thereof forming, an interior bounded from the environment and tillable with a sterile gaseous and/or vapor medium, in which the functional elements of the handling positions each extend at least into a partial area acting together with the containers, and in which the containers are received at least in an opening area during handling. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20130081737 | CONTAINER FILLING MACHINE - A container filling machine comprising a container engaging device, a suction device for suctioning fine airborne particles and a container removing device for removing defective containers from continued travel along a production line. The suction device comprises a discrete article guiding passage for guiding discrete articles into a container. The discrete article guiding passage comprises a passageway having a length through which discrete articles pass prior to entering the container and at least one suction aperture into which airborne particles are sucked. The at least one suction aperture is positioned at a region along the length of the passageway. The suction device further comprises a suction pump in communication with the discrete article guiding passage for creating a suction effect for sucking airborne particles into the at least one suction aperture. | 04-04-2013 |
| 141284000 | Movably mounted supply | 6 |
| 20100078093 | APPARATUS FOR DOSING POWDERY OR GRANULATED MATERIALS IN CAPSULES OR THE LIKE - Apparatus for dosing powdery or granulated materials in capsules, or the like. The apparatus comprises an engine associated with a transducer controlling chuting means. The engine imparts to the chuting means movements which are proportional to an electric signal controlled by an electronic control unit. The movements of the chuting means, together with the regulation of the spatial position assumed by the chuting means, are such to accurately dose the powdery or granulated material in the bases of the capsules. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100212778 | DISPENSING SYSTEM - A concentrate dispensing system for dispensing a fluid for dilution, comprises a bracket ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100313995 | ROBOT FOR ORCHESTRATING MICROFLUIDICS EXPERIMENTS - A robot is described for automatically performing microfluidic experiments that are often complex and repetitive. The robot includes a system for initiating the communication of off-chip fluids, such as fluorocarbons, and off-chip materials, such as proteins. The communication of off-chip fluids and off-chip materials is further guided to a microfluidics device vis-à-vis a Z-head robot, an XY plane robot, and an interface assembly that creates a fluid-tight joint for communicating the off-chip fluids and off-chip materials into the microfluidics device for conduction of microfluidics experiments. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110139303 | FRACTION COLLECTOR - A fraction collector where fractions of liquid are sequentially dispensed from a dispensing means into a plurality of receptacles arranged in a cassette in the fraction collector, by displacing the dispensing means relative to the receptacles, the receptacles being arranged at predefined positions with respect to the cassette and the cassette being arranged at a predetermined position with respect to the fraction collector, wherein the cassette is retained at the predefined position with respect to the fraction collector by a magnetic arrangement. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120132317 | DOSAGE-DISPENSING DEVICE - A dosage-dispensing unit with an interior space, delimited by a lateral wall and a bottom portion. The bottom portion further includes an outlet orifice. The dosage-dispensing unit can be connected to a holder device of a dosage-dispensing device. The holder device is supported by constraints that allow movement in a prescribed direction. The outlet orifice has a central longitudinal axis that is oriented at a predetermined angle relative to this prescribed direction of movement. The internal surface of the bottom portion facing towards the interior space includes a surface region having at least a line segment that starts at the outlet orifice and extends in the prescribed direction of movement. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20140311627 | DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING A DEFINED AMOUNT OF A SECOND POWDER INTO A PROCESS CONTAINER - An apparatus to introduce a defined amount of a second powder into a process container in which a first powder or a powder mixture is present, includes a coupling flange having a cover flap located on the process container. The second powder is introduced into a tubular cartridge mounted displaceably in a transport unit, the latter including a joining flange having a cover flap. The joining flange is joinable to the coupling flange so that the respective cover flaps can be opened, and the cartridge can be pushed through openings thereby provided into the plane of the inner wall of the process container. The second powder is emptied from the cartridge into the process container by a delivery piston. The cartridge may include a piston rod having multiple pistons. Other embodiments include a double piston, a rotatable cartridge core or a rotary closure. | 10-23-2014 |
