Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means inventions 11/08

20080289718 - Liquid vacuum apparatus and method: The various embodiments disclosed and pictured herein illustrate a liquid vacuum apparatus and method that is easy to operate, provides increased safety for operators, mitigates the risk of operator exposure to the liquid, and mitigates the risk of liquid spillage during and after the liquid is transported. As described herein,... Agent: HamiltonIPLaw, PC

20080289719 - Storage bag with fluid separator: The storage bag includes an interior volume for containing food items and a one-way valve element through which air from the interior volume can be evacuated. To prevent fluids and juices from the stored food items from contaminating the valve element, a separator defining a chamber is included that sealingly... Agent: The Clorox Company

20080289720 - Apparatus and method for filling fuel: A fuel filling apparatus is provided. The fuel filling apparatus comprises an overfilling protective valve arranged in a fuel gas supply path for supplying a fuel gas to an automobile. The overfilling protective valve further comprises a fuel gas path, a valve unit for opening and closing the fuel gas... Agent: J.c. Patents

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... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080283141 - Method of dissolving a gaseous hydrocarbon into a liquid hydrocarbon: The present invention is directed to a method of dissolving a gaseous hydrocarbon into a liquid hydrocarbon to re-circulate gaseous components, which have separated from the liquid fuel mixture, back into the liquid fuel mixture, as well as, a method for making batch or continuous process amounts of mixed hydrocarbon... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.C.

20080283142 - Apparatus and method for delivery and reclamation of biomass fuel: A method and apparatus for delivering biomass fuel to a structure through an external wall of the structure is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a hopper disposed within a delivery vehicle. The hopper includes an inlet disposed on its top surface to receive biomass fuel and an outlet located proximate the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080283143 - Liquid dispenser apparatus: A liquid dispensing apparatus that enables liquid for drawing liquid from a bottle into an oral syringe without inverting the bottle includes a tubular cap member for insertion into the mouth of a bottle. The cap member defines upper and lower openings connected by a bore. The device includes an... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20080283144 - Combined device to feed and compact preset doses of ground coffee or other similar substances: Combined device to feed and compact preset doses of ground coffee or other similar substances including the combination of two operating devices (A, B): the first equipment (A) consisting of a measuring screw (1) in upright position, the second equipment (B) consisting of a compacting piston (2, 2′) in oblique... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080283145 - Standalone ice dispenser: A standalone ice dispenser delivers ice in either bagged form or bulk form to a user. The device uses a cone-shaped drum with an upwardly oriented mount that receives and stores the ice which ice is gravitationally delivered to the drum from an ice maker. When ice is to be... Agent: Peter Loffler

20080283146 - By-pass line connector for compounding system: A bypass for a tube set for directing the flow of a fluid component includes an inlet passage for fluid connection with a source of said fluid component, an outlet passage for fluid connection with a first bag compartment, and a bypass passage for fluid connection with a second bag... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080277018 - Tank-refilling pump arrangements: A refilling pump arrangement comprises a refilling hose (1), and a pump (2) mounted at the free end of the hose which takes in fluid. This hose and pump arrangement can be stored anywhere, either on or off a vehicle or other machine that receives fluid, and when stored on... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20080277019 - Water flavor dispenser: A dispenser for dispensing a mixture of water and one of a plurality of concentrated formulas is disclosed. The dispenser comprises a housing that includes an electronic controller, a water inlet connected to a pressurized water source, and a water inlet valve that is electrically controlled and connected to the... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20080277020 - Bottom fillable bottles and systems for charging the same: A bottle assembly is provided and includes a body portion defining a cavity therein; a top lid assembly selectively connectable to an upper end of the body portion, the top lid assembly includes a selectively deployable and retractable spout, wherein when the spout is in a deployed condition a fluid... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt

20080277021 - Fluid transfer device: A fluid transfer device for transferring fluid from a first fluid container to a second fluid container such as a piercing member protection device. The fluid transfer device can comprise a longitudinal axis A and a first connection part comprising connection means for connecting to said first fluid container. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080277022 - Method for compacting a surface of a wooden workpiece and device therefor: A method for compacting a surface of a wooden workpiece (1), wherein the addition of a foreign material is to be avoided, is characterized in that the surface (17) of the wooden workpiece (1)—while preventing the entry of oxygen—is heated in at least partial areas by supplying energy to the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080271808 - Auxiliary tool for filling pipe with fluid, and fluid injection method for injecting fluid into pipe: An auxiliary tool comprises a core material covered on the surface with an elastic cloth. The auxiliary tool is inserted into a pipe having curved and bent parts and a fluid is injected into the pipe. Since the cloth covering is elastic and flexible, the auxiliary tool passes through the... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20080271809 - Multiple stream filling system: A filling line for filling a number of containers. The filing line may include a continuous conveyor, one or more micro-ingredient dosers positioned about the continuous conveyor, and one or more macro-ingredient stations positioned along the continuous conveyor.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080271810 - Method and apparatus for evacuating and filling tires with high purity nitrogen: A method and an apparatus for filling tires with high purity nitrogen involves evacuating and then filling tires with nitrogen. An automated apparatus has a mode of operation which can be selected from among a four tire service, a spare tire service and a top off service, with or without... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080271811 - Vapor containment: A passive method for conserving fuel vapor by connecting the ullage space of the liquid fuel storage tanks to a bladder in a vapor conservation tank; connecting the ullage space of a liquid fuel delivery vehicle to air space of the vapor conservation tank, external of the bladder; delivering liquid... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080271812 - Rotary filling machine for filling containers with liquids: Rotary filling machine for filling containers with liquids, which comprises a rotating carousel (4) having, mounted along its periphery, a plurality of filling valves (6). Each filling valve (6) has an outer pipe (7) for supplying the liquid from a storage tank (20) to a container (30) to be filled... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080271813 - Funnel with shut off valve: A funnel with a shut-off valve terminates the flow of fluid from a reservoir to a spout passageway upon activation of the shut-off valve. The flow of fluid is terminated when a float contacts a seal mounted within the spout passageway. An upper magnet is mounted above the seal and... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080271814 - Honeycomb flame arrester and flow straightener for a fuel system fuel fill pipe: A motor vehicle filler pipe flame arrester and fuel flow straightener configured to effectively quench a moving flame front, while providing laminar fuel flow therethrough. A multi-channel (or multi-cell) configuration, most preferably a honeycomb configuration, provides effective flame arresting due to its heat sink capacity and large effective surface area... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080271815 - Regulating device for the lower discharge opening of a livestock feed trough: “Regulating device for the lower discharge opening of a livestock feed trough”. Regulating device for the lower discharge opening of a livestock feed trough, which comprises an annular body with a similar cross-section to that of the mouth of the trough, which can be telescopically attached thereto; a vertical rod,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080271816 - Cap-free neck end for a filler neck: A cap-free closeable neck end for a filler neck of a tank of a motor vehicle, the cap-free closeable neck including an upper entry space forming an insertion region for a fuel nozzle and being surrounded by a side wall, a lower sealing flap arranged in the upper entry space... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Nbc Tower