Patents Assigned to Atrium Innovation Limited
  • Patent number: 8540172
    Abstract: A sachet (1) having walls of flexible material is disclosed. The walls are joined so as to form an impermeable seal, thereby defining a cavity within the sachet (1). A conduit (2) passing through the seal and having inner and outer ends is disposed with the inner end within the cavity and the outer end outside the sachet (1) such that the cavity is in fluid communication, via the conduit, with the outside of the sachet. The cavity contains a volume of liquid (8) in use, and the conduit (2) is adapted to prevent the liquid (8) flowing from the cavity without the application of an additional stimulus, irrespective of the orientation of the sachet (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Atrium Innovation, Limited
    Inventors: David Waterman, Alastair Pirrie
  • Patent number: 8490898
    Abstract: An electrostatic spraying device comprises a capillary spray electrode having a spraying end, a reference electrode, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the spray electrode. In use, the electrodes are connected across a generator in order to establish an electric field between the electrodes and cause fluid in the reservoir to be sprayed from the spray electrode. The spray electrode has a focus that defines a point at which the electric field is focussed on the spraying end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Atrium Innovation, Limited
    Inventor: Bruce Alastair Pirrie
  • Patent number: 8448819
    Abstract: A dispenser system comprising a reservoir, a closure device for controlling the flow of liquid from the reservoir, and a housing to which the reservoir is attached is disclosed. The reservoir is movable relative to the housing from a storage position in which the closure device prevents liquid flowing from the reservoir to a dispensing position in which the closure device allows liquid to flow from the reservoir. The housing comprises an activation device which on movement of the reservoir from the storage position to the dispensing position causes the closure device to allow the liquid to flow from the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Atrium Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Alastair Bruce Pirrie, David Waterman
  • Publication number: 20100258649
    Abstract: An electrostatic spraying device comprises a capillary spray electrode having a spraying end, a reference electrode, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the spray electrode. In use, the electrodes are connected across a generator in order to establish an electric field between the electrodes and cause fluid in the reservoir to be sprayed from the spray electrode. The spray electrode has a focus that defines a point at which the electric field is focused on the spraying end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Atrium Innovation Limited
    Inventor: Alastair Pirrie