Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means inventions 04/09

20090107577 - Method and device for filling pressure gas containers: The inventive method for filling a pressure gas container from a gas source pressure with a high pressure for a predetermined filling time selected or calculated prior to filling and at a determined temperature consists in forming a connection in the form of a fluid passage between the source and... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20090107578 - Tire sealant dispensing apparatus: A tire-sealing apparatus for injecting a sealing composition into a vehicle tire either as a prophylactic or for sealing an existing leak is in the form of a pressurizeable container for a flowable sealant compound. An inlet is provided for introducing compressed gas into the container to pressurize its contents.... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20090107579 - Loading system: A paint loading system including a pump and a tray that are releasably mounted on a paint container. The pump is used to discharge paint into the tray, where the paint can be loaded onto an applicator. The tray drains excess paint into the container. The loading system may include... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20090107580 - Electronic refueling and vent control system with integrated control: A modification to the vent control system of a fluid tank is provided. More particularly, an electronically controlled vent control system used in connection with a fuel tank is provided. The vent control system disclosed is operable to automatically sense the beginning of a fueling event and to open a... Agent: Ralph E. Smith Chrysler LLC

20090107581 - Combination scoop-funnel device: A combination scoop-funnel device has a scoop shaped member and a funnel shaped member. The members are removably attached to each other by a ring protrusion on the scoop shaped member and a ring receptor on the funnel shaped member that create a ring snap when the members are pressed... Agent: Rosenfeld Law Corporation

20090107582 - Detachable funnel for water bottles: A detachable funnel apparatus for use with a container has an open wide end, an open narrow end, and sidewalls connecting the open wide end to the open narrow end whereby materials poured into the open end pass through the sidewalls and out the open narrow end when the detachable... Agent: Rosenfeld Law Corporation

20090107583 - Fill nozzle positioning apparatus: An apparatus for positioning a fill nozzle includes an elongated fill pipe assembly. An annular seal is operatively connected within the fill pipe assembly and defines a center aperture. The annular seal is sized to seal around the fill nozzle. First and second annular restrictions are provided within the fill... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090101229 - Vapor recovery detection means: A vapor recovery system for recovering fuel vapor from a vehicle tank during dispensing of fuel into the vehicle tank. The vapor recovery system comprises a vapor recovery line for transporting fuel vapor, and detecting device for detecting a fuel vapor flow. The detecting device comprises a housing having a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090101230 - Apparatus for filling an oil tank: An apparatus for filling an oil tank may include one or more valves that may be arranged and/or sized in such a way as to assist in venting the oil tank during a fill operation and assure that the tank may be filled within a reasonable time.... Agent: General Electric Company

20090101231 - Filling device for container filling machines: A filling device for container filling machines including an exchangeable centering socket for a mouth of a container, a bayonet joint for mounting the centering socket to the filling device, and at least one permanent magnet for removably fixing the centering socket in a locked position.... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090101233 - Automatically fulfilling beverage orders: Method and apparatus for automatically fulfilling a beverage order. An input describing a beverage order is received (904) and an empty receptacle (630) is positioned (910) at a location for receiving a dispensing nozzle (620) configured to dispense a beverage corresponding to the order, and/or a dispensing nozzle is positioned... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20090101232 - Dispensing device and dispenser comprising same: A fluid dispenser device for associating with a fluid reservoir (1) so as to constitute a fluid dispenser, the device comprising: a dispenser member (2), such as a pump or a valve, comprising a body (21) and an axial actuator rod (23), the body forming a holding collar (22); and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090095369 - Apparatus and method of filling a flexible pouch with extended shelf life: A compact apparatus and method for filling a flexible pouch having an extended shelf life is provided. The machine includes a frame, a transport means disposed on the frame for transporting a pouch holder containing the flexible pouch. The machine also includes a receiving station for placing the pouch into... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090095370 - Beverage bottling plant having a filling machine with multiple beverage filling elements, a filling machine with multiple beverage filling elements, a filling element and related method: A beverage bottling plant having a filling machine with multiple beverage filling elements, a filling machine with multiple beverage filling elements, a filling element and related method. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract... Agent: Nils H. Ljungman & Associates

20090095371 - Method of filling kegs with a liquid beverage in a keg filling plant: A method of filling kegs with a liquid beverage in a keg filling plant in which kegs are moved from a conveyor belt into a keg-filling machine by a star wheel structure, the star pockets of which or the arms of which can be individually adjusted to accommodate different-sized containers.... Agent: Nils H. Ljungman & Associates

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(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b):... Agent: Nils H. Ljungman & Associates

20090095373 - Fuel intake assembly for filling a vehicle tank with diesel fuel: In a fuel filling assembly to fill diesel fuel into a vehicle tank, having a slotted actuation bush (40), the actuation bush is fitted at its end facing the fuel tank with a drive segment on at least one side of said gap, and the actuation bush is configured in... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP (itw)

20090090429 - Catalyst loading apparatus: A method for loading a particulate catalyst into a vertical catalyst tube includes (i) introducing catalyst loading apparatus into a vertical catalyst tube, (ii) loading catalyst particles into the top of the tube whereinafter they contact the apparatus as they pass down the tube, forming a uniform bed of catalyst... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090090430 - Apparatus and method for controlling the filling and emptying of a fluid container: An apparatus and method for emptying and filling a fluid container. A flow-actuated valve inside a fill tube regulates the flow through the fill tube. A cap containing the valve and a vent tube can be installed on a modified bottle used to supply water dispensers, thus enabling a user... Agent: David Allen Hall

20090090431 - System and apparatus for dispensing concentrated materials: A dispensing source container suitable for containing and dispensing fluid concentrate has an opening suitable for receiving a closure. The source container includes a fluid-tight vessel configured to hold fluid concentrate, and a pump connectable to the opening of the source container, the pump having a temporary reservoir, the pump... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090090432 - Depositor system: A dispensing device for supplying measured quantities of batter to baking containers, and a method of operating such device use a peristaltic pump driven by a servo-motor drive. The peristaltic pump has a flexible conduit with a first end connected to a supply container for receiving batter and a second... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090090433 - Apparatus and method for storing and dispensing material, especially in micro quantities and in combination with limited starting amounts: The invention is directed to a dispensing unit suitable to precise! dispense material in powder and/or granular form. The dispensing device comprises a gate valve opening sealingly closed by a blend. A control unit, which is interconnected to a scaling device, controls the opening of the gate valve opening by... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP (smx)

20090084462 - Apparatus for and method of filling container with similar articles: An apparatus for filling an upright container having a base and an open top with a number of similar articles from an elevated source includes an inlet and an auger assembly. The inlet is adapted to be proximate the elevated source of the similar articles such that the articles enter... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

20090084463 - Tube holder for a tube filling machine: A tube holder for a tube filling machine comprises a cup-shaped housing having a tube receptacle that opens towards the top and into which one end area of a tube can be inserted. At least one vertical groove is formed in the area of the inner wall of the tube... Agent: Patentanwaelte Lichti + Partner Gbr

20090084464 - Filler neck: The filler neck includes a neck tube body having a fuel passage a guide member for guiding the fuel gun and a recirculation passage that connects the fuel tank and the neck tube body through a passage separate from the fuel passage, and that directs fuel vapors inside the fuel... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090084465 - Media distribution apparatus: A distribution apparatus for media and, in particular, for beverages may include a vessel suitable for holding the media, a first supply line which supplies the vessel with a first, liquid medium, and a second supply line which supplies the vessel with a second, gaseous medium. The first supply line... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20090084466 - Gas tank adaptor: An automobile gas tank adaptor includes a cylindrical element having a bottom with an aperture and a side wall extending outwardly from the bottom. A plurality of spaced apart holes are disposed in a radial pattern in the bottom about the aperture and at least one pin protruding from the... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office