Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means inventions 04/08

20080092984 - Container for sealing liquid for repairing inflatable articles, in particular tyres, and repair kit featuring such a container: A container for sealing liquid for repairing inflatable articles, in particular, tyres, has a vessel having an opening; and a valve device fitted to the opening and having an inlet connectable to a compressed-air feed line, and an outlet for dispensing the sealing liquid; the valve device has a slide... Agent: Hall, Vande Sande & Pequignot, LLP

20080092983 - Fuel dispensing unit with on-board refueling vapor recovery detection: A vapor recovery system is configured to recover fuel vapor and comprises a vapor recovery line for transporting a stream of fuel vapor from a vehicle tank. A flow meter is arranged in the vapor recovery line for indicating the flow rate of the stream of fuel vapor, and a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080092985 - Inflation needle: An inflation needle for inflating an object such as a sports ball includes a tubular body having an attachment end configured for engagement with a fluid supply. The body fairs into a tubular probe extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end configured for being... Agent: Richard L. Sampson Sampson & Associates, P.C.

20080092986 - Filler tube for the fuel tank of a motor vehicle with selective opening: A filler neck for the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, comprising a flap and a locking element. The filler neck is designed such that it is impossible to fill the tank with the wrong fuel. The foregoing is achieved by the fact that the flap can be rotated about... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080087352 - System and method for custom formulation, non-adulterating mixing and packaging of personal care products: A point of sale system for custom preparation of a personal care product includes a dispensing container, a plurality of personal care product ingredients and mechanisms for introducing determined amounts of selected personal care product ingredients into the dispensing container; and a non-adulterating multi-axis centrifugal mixing apparatus, adapted to mix... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20080087353 - Apparatus and method for needle filling and laser resealing: An apparatus is provided for needle filling and thermally resealing containers having stoppers that are needle penetrable for filling the containers with a substance, and are thermally resealable for thermally sealing a needle hole in the stopper upon withdrawal of a needle therefrom. A container support of the apparatus supports... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20080087354 - Capless refueling system: A capless refueling assembly is provided that includes a retaining base and first and second doors. The retaining base has a fuel nozzle opening formed therethrough. The first door is pivotally secured to the retaining base, such that the first door covers a first portion of the fuel nozzle opening... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20080083474 - Isobaric rotary filling machine for filling containers with liquids: Isobaric rotary filling machine for filling containers, having a rotating table (2) which supports a tank (6) under pressure, and a plurality of valve units (3). Each valve unit (3) has a filling duct (4) for supplying the liquid from the tank (6) to the containers, regulated by a faucet... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080083475 - Beverage fill level detection and indication: Beverage fill detection apparatuses may take the form of a coaster, where opaque beverage containers are placed on top, and a fill level for the beverage container is indicated. The apparatus includes a pressure sensor which determines the pressure associated with the beverage container, and based on comparisons to one... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, Llc

20080078466 - Manual vacuum device: A manual vacuum device is introduced to provide vacuum isolation in a container. The manual vacuum device comprises a lower cover disposed on the container and an upper cover rotatably disposed on the lower cover to form a first air chamber. The lower cover includes a first air channel fluidly... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080078467 - Overfill protection device with a gauge for indicating the amount of gas remaining in a gas tank: An overfill protection device which includes a first tubular member, a cylindrical piston slidably fitted within the first tubular member, a spring arranged within the first tubular member, a first and second O-rings fitted in the first and second neck portions of the piston, a second tubular member having a... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080078468 - Systems and methods for filling a collapsible container: A system and method for filling a collapsible container are provided. Such a collapsible container may be made of a relatively rigid portion and a collapsible portion, with the collapsible portion having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. An obstruction maintains the collapsible portion in the collapsed condition while... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP