US Patents Published on 15-Dec-2009

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a skin testing-device system. The system includes a tray, a well holder that snaps into the tray and that holds a plurality of rows of test-solution wells, and a well holder-assembly lid that snaps into...

In a food processing line, the equipment which is likely to fragment on breakage contains magnetically susceptible particles which are separated from the food by a magnetic separation stage. When the equipment is a starch carrying tray, the molding...

A fluid control device has very fine pores with an average diameter not greater than 10 nm and provides a large flux. The fluid control device comprises an anodized alumina film having fine pores and a silicon based micro-porous film having very fine...

A two-piece, adjustable width merchandising tray for the organized display of multiple product containers. Two L-shaped tray sections, formed of plastic material. The bottom portions of the two L-shaped sections are provided with laterally extending,...

A personal rolling valet, for use organizing, supporting, and transporting several clothes outfits, having a vertical shaft. The vertical shaft has a top and a bottom. A horizontal rack is attached to the vertical shaft near the top. The horizontal...

A plastic container comprises a sidewall including an upper end and a lower end, a base connected to the lower end of the sidewall, a dome connected to the upper end of the sidewall, the dome including a finish portion adapted to receive a closure,...

Can and bottle covers include a can cover and a bottle cover. The can cover includes a cover portion, a rim portion and a tab portion. One end of the cover portion is inserted under a pull tab of a pop top can. The rim portion connects the other end...

A bucket apparatus includes a housing that has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall has an upper edge defining an opening into an interior of the housing. A dividing...

A double-layered rotary cup includes an outer receptacle in which an inner container is received. The container has an open top along which a circumferential lip carrying a seal ring in an underside thereof is formed to be slidably positioned on a...

A docking station for use with a liquid container which supports the container in a convenient fixed location. The docking station is designed to accept a liquid container having a predetermined height and diameter. The docking station includes a cam...

A trigger actuator for a container includes a recess defined by one or more walls that protrude downwardly surrounding an actuating button of an overcap of the container, wherein the trigger actuator is attached to the actuating button. The trigger...

A powder meter tube includes a metering tube and a metering assembly. The metering assembly is retained in the metering tube. The metering tube includes a nut cutout and a graduated slot. The metering assembly includes a threaded shaft, a micrometer...

In one embodiment of a dispensing system for connecting a remote power sprayer to a container of liquid, a flexible delivery tube includes one end non-removably connected to a remote retainer and the other end non-removably connected to a connector...

A swing-out hitch mounted equipment carrier that is movable between collapsed and extended positions has a rectangular insert that is sized and shaped to be received in a trailer hitch receiver affixed to a vehicle. A fixed arm is attached to the...

The present disclosure relates to surgical fastener applying apparatus for sequentially applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge assembly receivable in a...

A bonder viewer system may provide an automated procedure for determining a wire bonding sequence based on information provided by a drawing management system. The bonder viewer system may include a bonding sequence decision unit receiving pad and...

A magnetic based welding tool having an adjustment knob, a pivot arm, and a copper alloy pad, designed to assist with welding holes, for example, in sheet metal, that are to be welded closed with a MIG or TIG welder, by providing a backup to the...

A collapsible storage device includes a collapsible container and a lid for the container. The container includes a plurality of resilient wall panels and a hinge portion connecting each adjacent pair of wall panels. The container may be foldably...

Systems and methods for electronically processing financial transactions involving corporate checks. A front end device at a location associated with a merchant and a check processing service configured to detect and process corporate checks. In one...

A transaction system suitable for payment by card includes a child account associated with a parent account. The transaction system receives from the parent a data set representing rules which specify on which purchases the child will benefit from an...

Methods and systems for managing personnel security at physical locations. One such method includes managing personnel security for a plurality of different sponsor entities from an administrator entity. The method includes obtaining screening data...

A transaction terminal includes a housing, a touch screen, a card reader, an imaging module, and a decode circuit coupled to the imaging module. The imaging module in one embodiment is disposed in the housing so that an imaging axis extends rearward...

An antenna for use in connection with a combined RFID reader and optical imager. A printer circuit board having a wire loop positioned thereon and a hole formed therethrough is positioned in combination with an optical imager so that the imaging...

A headset includes a finger pad on an exterior of the headset on which a finger of a headset wearer is placed. The headset includes an optical line scanner which scans the finger pad and outputs a series of successive images of the finger placed on...

The present invention includes an improved sprinkler design having a magnetic sensing system for determining the position of the riser nozzle, a waterproofed motor housing and related cables, configurable sprinkler body compartments, and a pilot...

A device for spraying a fluid contains a receptacle for the fluid that is to be sprayed, a first measuring device which allows a fluid level in the receptacle to be measured, a control and/or regulation device which allows the spraying rate to be...

A lock assembly operable to secure a lift linkage associated with moving a boom assembly between a lowered, operative position and a raised, inoperative position is provided. The lock assembly includes a lock pin mounted at a carrying frame...

A sprayer head assembly comprises a sprayer head and a valve for controlling the flow of fluid through the assembly. The sprayer head comprises a chemical passage, a carrier fluid passage and a vent passage. A generally cylindrical bore is in...

The present disclosure pertains to a method of improving the grinding of a bauxite containing slurry during the grinding stage of an alumina extraction process. Specifically, an effective amount of one or more non-ionic surfactants, polyglycols,...

A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder...

An apparatus for comminuting large pieces of cuttable material, particularly bales of rubber, is provided. The apparatus includes a first comminuting stage for carrying out a pre-comminuting, and a second comminuting stage for carrying out a fine...

The present invention provides an impact crushing apparatus that includes a housing, a chamber defined within the housing, a lid for closing the chamber and having an opening for receiving material, and a rotor assembly for receiving material from...

A fishing reel according to the invention has a magnetic braking device which includes an electrically conductive body supported so as to move in an axial direction with respect to a spool shaft, on one side of a spool, a magnet which is provided on...

A seat belt device is provided where a pretensioner moves a ball train to the distal end side of a ball guide pipe by means of gas discharged from a gas generating device, and the movement rotates the spool for winding the seat belt in a belt winding...

The present invention provides an unpowered low-cost “smart” micromunition unit for a weapon system for defense against an asymmetric attack upon ships and sea or land based facilities. A plurality of air dropped micromunition units are each capable...

Solidborne noise and vibration is decoupled in a rotary wing aircraft by a laminated ball joint (15) for a suspension bar (13) of a transmission gearbox, the ball joint including at least two damper layers (19) dedicated to a frequency band for...

An electrical interlock and indication system for use with an aircraft having a hinged tail section is provided. The interlock and indication system prevents operation of a latch/lock actuation system of the hinged tail section unless a tail support...

A multiple instrument distributed aperture sensor (“MIDAS”) science payload system mounted on a spacecraft, including a spacecraft interface ring affixing the MIDAS science payload system to the spacecraft, and a multiple telescope array (“MTA”)...

A bracket with a horizontal displacement compensation capacity includes a base, a sliding stand, an elastic element, a displacement compensation linkage assembly, and a support body. The sliding stand slides on the base. Both ends of the elastic...

This display includes a bracket member mounted on a display screen portion and a stand member including a pair of support portions, having an L-shaped cross section, mounted with the bracket member slid from above, while the bracket member includes a...

A bracket for controlling the gap between a light housing and bumper on a vehicle, the bracket is provided that includes a first generally flat surface defined by a first bracket leg, a series of second surfaces defined by the first bracket leg and...

A bracket includes a body with a first clamp and a second clamp. The first clamp is pivotably mounted and operatively engaged with a first lever that is pivotable between a release position and a locking position. A second lever is operatively...

A transversal suspension rod for a ceiling fan is primarily composed of an extensible tube rack set, an assembly member, and a wiring box. Upon implementing, the extensible tube rack set is supported between two parallel beams, then the wiring box is...

A gas purging block for use with injection molding and die casting systems comprises a stationary-side block for connecting to a stationary mold or die half, and a movable-side block for connecting to a movable mold or die half. The stationary-side...

A hand tool includes an elongated plunger assembly and a locking assembly. The locking assembly has a catch assembly with a release actuator. The release actuator is movable in a direction generally not aligned with the tool head plane of motion. The...

A method of using a vibration isolator comprising a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate, and at least one wire cable piece which is connected both to the first mounting plate and to the second mounting plate. The at least one wire cable...

For the production of different types of newspapers, the material web printed in a digital printing system (2) passes through a further processing system (3), whose most important structural units are a side edge cutting station (4), a longitudinal...

This is a stacker/stitcher assembly having two disc stackers facing each other. In between the stackers is a common collection tray for receiving the stacked substrates. The assembly can handle printed output of up to 360 ppm. A bypass is provided to...

A sheet feeding device for manually feeding a sheet to a specified apparatus such as an image forming apparatus is provided with a manual feed tray for guiding a sheet being manually fed, and a pair of cursors provided on the manual feed tray and...

A sheet-processing machine, in particular a rotary press, has a first gripper system for transporting sheets onto a sheet stack and a second gripper system following the former for accepting selected sheets from the first gripper system. The second...