Xenex Disinfection Services, Llc.

The Chamberlain Group, Inc.

S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

Berlin Packaging, LLC

Brita Gmbh

Brainscope Company, Inc.

Aderans Research Institute, Inc.

Modern Packaging LLC

Aspen Ice, LLC

The Glad Products Company

Tearscience, Inc.

Homedics, Inc.

Bartesian Inc.

D-m-s Holdings, Inc.

Martin Rathgeber

James Blaine Wolford

Alexander Nathan Garfield

Mark Andrew Stibich

Eric Martin Frydendall

Christopher M Wlezien

Mark D Siegler

James Joseph Fitzgibbon

Christopher M Valente

Saad Chaudry

Craig Anderson

Matthew N Thurin

David P Mather

Jeffrey J Zettle

Brett D McIntire

Ramon Tam

Kieron Tse

Craig R Gosen

Natan Pheil

James R Keys

Michael Allen Harnack

Katie M Wazny

John DePiano

Gary F Prokop

Brett Niggel

Elvir Causevic

David Chesley

Chan Man Sing

William Arthur Hudson

Richard Comrie Watt

Gregory James Holderfield

Colin Barns Willmott

Stephen A Cochran

Terrell A Pruitt

Daniel A Peterson

Bryan T Marshall

Mark Witt

Yandong Su

Benjamin Shapiro

Kenneth Justin Washenik

Alan Dane Smith

Dan Lobbes

Brian Blankstein

Margaret Lowan Benezra

King Ya Moy

Matthew Shapiro

Russell E Bell

Steven A Zach

Clifford Krapfl

Peter M Neumann

Padma Prabodh Varanasi

Randall P Bell

Brian Kenneth Linstedt

Cathal L Fahy

Luke Christopher Stonis

Neil Samuel Rothman

Dale Aberegg

Michael C Fryan

Madeline A Donovan

Kristopher Thomas Christensen

Art De Guzman

Keith Hobart Gausmann

Jeffrey George Dayman

Bryan Neil Stephen Fedorak

Joey Nakayama

Jacob Edding

Jason Neevel

John E Jamieson

Matthew T Carley

Terry M Kovara

Tuan H Nguyen

Brian Cruver

Kurt S Stenn

Kieron Hiuhon Tse

Olivier Franck Currat

Keith H Gausmann

Craig F Shiesley

Howard R Dittmer

Craig Sirota

Greg J Holderfield

David S Jaggi

Amber N Dudley

Morris Miller

Adam Ruggles

Daniel K Childs

Tara Marie Arnold

Bradley Wong

Alan Yefsky

Joey G Nakayama

Douglas Elsie

Chris M Valente

Dane Smith

Kristin Ludwig

Ben Branson

Joel Gray

Andrea Ellen Fraga

Juila Yi-Fong Fu

Julia Yi-Fong Fu

Leo Chan

Apparatuses are disclosed which include a lamp assembly having a germicidal lamp configured to emit ultraviolet light and a base supporting the germicidal lamp. The apparatuses further include a support structure holding operational components for the apparatus and an automated actuator for moving the base and the germicidal lamp relative to the support structure. In addition, the apparatuses include a processor and a storage medium having program instructions which are executable by the processor for activating the automated actuator such that the base and the germicidal lamp are repositioned relative to the support structure while the germicidal lamp is emitting ultraviolet light.

Ultraviolet lamp apparatuses which move their lamp/s while emitting light

Multi-ratio hose attachment

Apparatuses are disclosed having an ultraviolet lamp, a reflector system arranged to project light emitted from the lamp to a region 2-4 feet from a floor of a room in which the apparatus is arranged, and a mobile carriage with operational components for the apparatus. The apparatuses are configured such that the lamp is not moveable beyond vertical planes aligned with a casing of the carriage. Other apparatuses are disclosed having an ultraviolet lamp and configurations for moving the lamp relative to a structure of the apparatuses while the lamp is emitting light. Yet other apparatuses are disclosed having an ultraviolet lamp and a surrounding housing, a reflector to redirect light emitted from the lamp, an actuator for moving the reflector and the housing together relative to a structure supporting the lamp, and a rotator distinct from the actuator for rotating the reflector and housing relative to the structure.

Ultraviolet lamp apparatuses having an automated actuator for moving its lamp while emitting light

Apparatuses are disclosed which include one or more lamps configured to emit germicidal light, wherein the apparatuses are configured such that germicidal light emitted from the one or more lamps is projected exterior to the apparatus. The apparatuses further include wheels arranged along a bottom of the apparatus and a motor to provide automated mobility of the apparatus across at least a part of a room or area in which the apparatus is arranged. Moreover, the apparatuses include a processor and a storage medium having program instructions which are executable by the processor for activating the motor such that the apparatus is moved within the room or area while the one or more lamps are emitting germicidal light.

Ultraviolet lamp apparatuses having automated mobility while emitting light

An ice bagger is provided. The ice bagger includes an ice hopper into which ice is disposed from an ice manufacturer. The ice hopper further includes an ice agitator. The ice hopper defines an ice trough positioned beneath the ice hopper. An ice auger is housed inside the ice trough. The ice auger transports ice to an ice delivery chute. A hatch is positioned beneath the ice delivery chute, upon which the bag rests while filling. The ice delivery chute and the hatch define a bag filling area such that, when bags are present in the bag filling area, the bags are positioned to be filled. A scale is positioned on the hatch. The scale weighs the ice being deposited into the bag. When the bag is full, the bag is sealed by a sealer. When the bag is sealed, the hatch opens and the bag of ice is deposited in an bag depository. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Ice machine

Apparatuses are disclosed which have an ultraviolet light lamp, a housing transparent to ultraviolet light surrounding the lamp and an exhaust duct extending from a gas outlet of the housing into a support structure that has an outlet disposed along its lower half portion or its bottom surface. Other embodiments of apparatuses are disclosed which have a pulsed ultraviolet light lamp and a sensor system to monitor and determine when to replace the pulsed lamp based on pulse count.

Ultraviolet lamp room/area disinfection apparatuses having integrated cooling systems

An ice bagger is provided. The ice bagger includes an ice hopper into which ice is disposed from an ice manufacturer. The ice hopper further includes an ice agitator and defines an ice trough there beneath. An ice auger, housed inside the ice trough, transports ice to an ice delivery chute. A hatch is positioned beneath the ice delivery chute, upon which the bag rests while filling. A scale is positioned on the hatch. The scale weighs the ice being deposited into the bag. When the bag is full, the bag is sealed by a sealer. When the bag is sealed, the hatch opens and the bag of ice is deposited in an bag depository. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Beverage capsule

In one embodiment there is provided a bottle and cap package configuration designed to hold a solid substance and provide an escape path for a scent of the substance. The cap has an internal surface with a mid-section projection to cooperatively rest on an upper ledge of the bottle neck. At least one raised pad is positioned between the upper ledge of the bottle and the underneath side surface of the mid-section projection such that when the cap is positioned on the neck of the bottle, the at least one raised pad creates a ventilation gap permitting a scent of a substance contained in the well of the bottle an escape path between the upper ledge of the bottle and the underneath side surface of the mid-section projection and then around the threads to under the bottom surface edge of the cap.

Sample scent packaging

A container system includes a first container including a bottom wall, at least one sidewall, and an open top, with a plurality of indented recesses formed in the bottom wall. A first lid closes the open top of the first container. A second container includes a bottom wall, at least one sidewall, and an open top. A second lid closes the open top of the second container, with a push indicator structure formed at a center portion of the second lid, and with a plurality of registration bumps formed about the push indicator structure. The first container is stackable on the second lid such that (i) each of the registration bumps in the second lid is aligned with an adjacent one of the recesses in the bottom wall of the first container and (ii) surfaces of the registration bumps are spaced from surfaces of the adjacent recesses.

Storage container systems

Apparatuses are disclosed which include an ultraviolet light (UV) lamp and program instructions for activating an automated actuator such that the lamp is repositioned within the apparatus relative to a structure supporting the lamp while the lamp is emitting ultraviolet light. Other apparatuses include a reflector to redirect light emitted from a UV lamp, wherein the reflector and the lamp comprise a moveable assembly. The apparatuses include an actuator for moving the moveable assembly such that the lamp may be repositioned in and out of a structure supporting the moveable assembly. Yet other apparatuses include a reflector arranged along a longitudinal side of a UV lamp and a housing surrounding the lamp, wherein the reflector and the housing comprise a moveable assembly. The apparatuses include an actuator for providing rotational movement of the moveable assembly about a vertical axis and relative to a structure supporting the moveable assembly.

Ultraviolet lamp apparatuses with one or more moving components

Apparatuses are disclosed having an ultraviolet lamp and a reflector system arranged to project light emitted from the lamp to a region 2-4 feet from a floor of a room in which the apparatus is arranged. The apparatuses include a mobile carriage with wheels and one or more compartments underneath the lamp that hold operational components for the apparatus. The apparatuses are configured such that the lamp is not moveable beyond vertical planes aligned with a casing of the carriage. In some cases, a lowermost surface of the lamp is arranged at an elevation substantially level with or above an upper surface of the casing that is at least 36 inches above the floor of the room. In addition or alternatively, the carriage may include a handle exterior to its casing having an uppermost surface arranged at substantially the same level or lower than a lowermost surface of the lamp.

Mobile ultraviolet lamp apparatuses having a reflector system that redirects light to a high touch area of a room

Hose attachment body

Hose attachment sprayer end

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