Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means inventions 12/07

20070295424 - Method for loading reactor tubes: The present invention provides a tool that can be used to load catalyst into a chemical reactor. In a preferred embodiment, the tool may also be used to measure the outage in the reactor tube. Also in a preferred embodiment, the tool provides a way to prevent dust from accumulating... Agent: Camoriano & Associates

20070295425 - Funnel with valve: A funnel device comprising: a funnel wall, with an interior surface and an exterior surface, the funnel wall generally tapering from an inlet to an outlet; a spout located at the outlet; a reservoir defined generally by the interior surface of the funnel wall; a handle fixedly attached to the... Agent: Law Office Of Michael A. Blake

20070289659 - Liquid color gravimetric metering apparatus and methods: Apparatus and methods for delivering liquid color to a plastic resin processing machine include a scale for weighing a container of liquid color, a pump for removing liquid color from the container, controller for actuating pushers in the pump in a sequence whereby a first pusher is displaced to squeeze... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20070289658 - Method of filling containers with gases: A method of filling containers (50) with gases (12) provides each container, when filled, with a first predetermined amount of a first gas and a second predetermined amount of a second gas. The method comprises the step of forming a mixture comprising first and second amounts of the first and... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell, & Tummino L.L.P.

20070289660 - Vacuum apparatus and methods for handling pills: A pill handling apparatus having a plurality of rotary slats delivers pills from a reservoir to a number of containers. The rotary slats have receptacles in fluid communication with a vacuum assembly and the pills are drawn into the receptacles by vacuum. The pill may be released into containers by... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070289661 - Apparatus and method for the vapor recovery of propane vapors during fueling: A method and apparatus for the recovery of vapors associated with propane fueling. The fuel vapor recovery system can be implemented with typical retail propane fueling facilities.... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20070289657 - Tyre placement and pilling apparatus and method: A tyre placement and filling apparatus (10) includes a receptacle for loose material 11. Movable legs (41) are adapted so that they couple to opposing sidewalls of a tyre. There is a movable leg assembly (12) which moves the legs to expand a tyre engaged therewith, and a forcing unit... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070289662 - Filling system: A filling system for filling plastic bags and containers in an expedited and relatively dust-free manner. The filling system includes a coaxial tube having a supply passage for supplying a material and a return passage for drawing dust from the container during filling. The coaxial tube includes at least one... Agent: Neustel Law Offices, Ltd.

20070289663 - Sealed storage container with a coupling assembly: An initially sealed storage apparatus carrying a material The present invention is directed to a mixing unit comprising a sealed container joined to a second container. When the second container is fully united with the sealed container, a seal in the sealed container is breached and the contents of the... Agent: Vic Lin Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP

20070289664 - Fuel overflow prevention device: A fuel overflow prevention device for minimizing or eliminating fuel spillage during fuel storage container filling. The device may also minimize or eliminate some types of fuel spillage after filling. The device includes an overflow prevention chamber for receiving therein fluid from a fuel storage container vent tube. The overflow... Agent: Chris A. Caseiro

20070289665 - Container transportation line bottling plants: Container transportation line for bottling plants, comprising transportation means provided with a support surface for receiving, resting thereon, the containers and with a motor-driven chain having, connected thereto, a plurality of ribs with a constant interval delimiting a plurality of first seats for the containers movable on the support surface.... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070289666 - Mounting apparatus with three through holes: The present invention relates to a mounting apparatus with three through holes, which is provided with a top wall, a bottom wall, an inverted annular body extending downwardly and inwardly connecting the top wall to the bottom wall, a cavity enclosed by the annular body, and a post defined in... Agent: Michael Bednarek Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070289667 - Rain water collecting accessory for a rain fly or tarp: A hammock accessory has a funnel portion tapering down to an internally threaded base, into which the mouth of a container such as a standard soda bottle may be screwed. The accessory and bottle are suspended from the corner of a rain fly by means of a bail within the... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070289668 - Method and apparatus for the handling of a hazardous fluid: An apparatus for the handling of hazardous fluids includes a collection vessel, a collection vessel connector, a dose control connector, a unit dose container, a delivery control connector, and a delivery site access device. The collection vessel contains the fluid prior to dispensing, the unit dose container contains a predetermined... Agent: Cardinal Health

20070289669 - Dispenser and refrigerator having the same: A refrigerator is provided in which, when a structure that secures space to place a container is provided in a dispenser, an object can be dispensed from the dispenser regardless of the position of the structure. The dispenser includes a dispensing port in which an object is dispensed, a switch... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070289670 - Coupling assembly: The present invention is directed to a mixing unit comprising a sealed container joined to a second container. When the second container is fully united with the sealed container, a seal in the sealed container is breached and the contents of the first container and the second container can be... Agent: Vic Lin Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP

20070289671 - Waste disposal funnel: A yard waste funnel includes first and second planar supports each having a neck edge and a support edge, wherein the first planar support is substantially parallel to the second planar support. A first funnel wall has a trapezoidal shape including a neck edge and a funnel edge. The neck... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070284014 - Temperature control system for a fuel tank and a canister of a vehicle using an acoustic refrigerator: A temperature control system for a fuel tank and a canister of a vehicle includes: an acoustic refrigerator; a low temperature circulation line transmitting a low temperature circulation fluid cooled by the low temperature heat exchanging portion to the fuel tank; a low temperature heat exchanger installed within the fuel... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070284012 - Applicator wheel for filling cavities with metered amounts of particulate material: A machine and process function to fill cavities with metered amounts of particulate material. An applicator wheel includes a series of equally spaced apart peripheral pockets each having a perforated bottom wall, and a vacuum manifold inside the wheel includes a vacuum chamber for supplying vacuum to the perforated bottom... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070284013 - Valve unit for filling machines: More particularly, the present invention relates to a valve unit (1), particularly for container filling machines (8), comprising a hollow body (2) in which there is slidably housed a plug (3), wherein said plug (3) is hollow and comprises an outer duct (23) and an inner duct (24) coaxial to... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070284015 - Machine for filling containers with at least one granular product: In an embodiment of a continuously-operating machine for filling containers with at least one granular 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 metering cylinder... Agent: Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20070284016 - Double cap system for the handling and transfer of hazardous materials: This invention pertains to a system of “Double cap for the handling and transfer of hazardous materials” between two vessels containing radioactive or toxic materials or pathogenic microorganisms. This system includes a particular metal-metal sealing embodied between the cap and flange of a first container or water-tight compartment, and the... Agent: Defillo & Associates, Inc.

20070277900 - Electronic control for heavy duty truck compressed air charging system: A method of charging a compressed air storage tank for a vehicle increases the pressure in the storage tank from a first pressure to a second pressure. The method includes determining the first pressure according to a first detected vehicle engine load, and starting the charge cycle when the pressure... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070277901 - Promix catalyzed aerosol paint: Aerosol Spray Paint Can wherein a separate container that holds catalyst is mounted inside. The container may be filled with a measured amount of catalyst after being installed in the outer can and easily actuated by the end user to release the catalyst from the container for thorough mixing with... Agent: Brad Raether

20070277902 - Refill device for dispensing a cosmetic product: A device for refilling a first container, fitted with a threaded first neck and a vaporization head, includes a second container for a liquid, a connection component including a first bearing plate for engaging the first neck and a second bearing plate engaging the second container, a median wall including... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070277903 - Heat sealable inflator: An inflator comprising a housing having an integrally formed mounting flange adapted to be heat-sealed directly to an inflatable article. A sleeve is injection molded in-situ inside the housing in which a pierce pin assembly is reciprocatably mounted within a central bore thereof. The sleeve within the housing allows the... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20070277904 - System and method for filling containers: A system (10) and method for substantially automatically aseptically or non-aseptically filling a container with a fluid. The transfer of fluid occurs via a movable nozzle mechanism (20) substantially automatically inserted into a side opening (32) in a connector (12) attached to the container. More specifically, the side opening (32)... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20070277905 - Actuating device for a rapid coupling: In order to create a simply designed actuating device with a reliable handling for a rapid coupling (10) for transferring gaseous and/or liquid fluids, comprising a tubular housing (11) and a slide (41), which is mounted in a manner that enables it to be displaced relative to the housing and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP