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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Q Poynter, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Jeffrey L Price, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Michael J Schoenewolff, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Vital Signs Inc., Totowa, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141 93 ; 141 85 ; 222630 ; 454188 ;
Abstract
Process and apparatus for providing a HEPA air shower to the critical fill zone of the liquid filling operation for preventing entry of particulate, non-viable and viable particulate, into the critical filling zone by providing opposed flows of pressurized HEPA air, by providing opposed laminar flows of pressurized HEPA air, or by providing a single laminar flow of pressurized HEPA air to the critical filling zone to provide the HEPA air shower.