Patents Examined by Brendan A Hensel
  • Patent number: 11679175
    Abstract: A essential oil diffuser that gasifies a liquid, such as water, which passes through a screen where it picks up essential oil and diffuses it into the ambient air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Warner William Rigby
  • Patent number: 11666676
    Abstract: The invention provides an aroma device for self-generating water vapor. The aroma device comprises a water vapor generator and an aroma body bearing portion. The water vapor generator is internally provided with a self-heating bag that is chemically reacted with water to generate high-temperature water vapor. Generated water vapor with aroma escapes outwards through an aroma carrier. The aroma device is convenient to carry and wide in diffusion range without a power supply. The high-temperature water vapor directly gasifies essence in a medium without generating other harmful dust and smog, and the aroma effect is remarkably enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Laowu Mifang Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xinmin Wu
  • Patent number: 11642433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an activated carbon sheet, and particularly relates to an activated carbon sheet for air purification comprising activated carbon, which is suitable for removing volatile organic compounds in the passenger compartment of an automobile or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a sheet that is excellent in toluene adsorption capacity and flame retardancy. An activated carbon sheet for air purification comprising an activated carbon fiber, granular or powdered activated carbon, and a fibrillated fiber, wherein a mass (g/m2) of the activated carbon fiber is 5 g/m2 or more, a pressure loss as measured by a method set forth below is 150 Pa or less, and a burn distance as measured by the FMVSS 302 burning test is 51 mm or less: <pressure loss test method> the method is conducted in accordance with JIS B 9927:1999 “Appendix (Standard) Cleanroom—Air filters—Test methods”, 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hironori Fujiki, Yoshiyuki Sometani
  • Patent number: 11638771
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering a volatile material including a reservoir with an opening for containing a volatile material. A first membrane is disposed adjacent the opening of the reservoir, and a second membrane disposed adjacent the opening such that the first membrane is disposed between the second membrane and the reservoir, wherein at least a portion of the second membrane is spaced apart from the first membrane forming a vapor chamber between the first and second membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gambie Company
    Inventors: Gui Min Shi, Tai-Shung Chung, Bee Ting Low, Calum Macbeath
  • Patent number: 11633622
    Abstract: Methods of the present invention comprise photoinactivation of catalase in combination with low-concentration peroxide solutions and/or ROS generating agents to provide antibacterial effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Pulsethera, Inc.
    Inventors: Pu-Ting Dong, Jie Hui, Ji-Xin Cheng, Yifan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11612671
    Abstract: An aroma diffuser, including: an oil supply structure, provided with an oil storage bottle for containing essential oil and an oil delivery pipe connected to the oil storage bottle, the oil delivery pipe includes a liquid outlet, and an end side of the oil delivery pipe is provided with an atomizing space; and an air delivery structure, provided with a working mode and a wall-breaking mode, in the working mode, an atomizing airflow is generated, and a negative pressure is formed to force the essential oil to enter the atomizing space, in the wall-breaking mode, an impinging airflow and a buffering airflow are alternately generated, or a buffering airflow and an impinging airflow are alternately generated, the impinging airflow flows through the atomizing space and breaks through a surface tension of the essential oil, the buffering airflow flows through the atomizing space and takes the essential oil away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PUZHEN LIFE CO., INC.
    Inventor: Andy Lee
  • Patent number: 11583604
    Abstract: Embodiments of a controlled odor emission system and device include an odor presentation port tube and an odor tray securely retained against a platform, a valve housing securable to the platform adjacent the tray, a valve secured within the valve housing and an actuator for moving the valve. By controlling movement of the valve, precise amounts of an odor can be dispensed under programmatic control for training animals. Further, a system incorporating a central control unit and a reward dispenser in communication with an odor emission device to facilitate animal training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Barron Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Gressick, Brian R. Clark, Clifford Schultz
  • Patent number: 11583605
    Abstract: In a method for controlling unpleasant odors in discharge air from containers, rooms or plants in which strong smelling substances such as feces, waste or highly odorous foods are stored or processed, a fluid is introduced into the discharge air in a finely distributed form, which physically and/or chemically neutralizes the odor of the substances contained in the discharge air. The fluid is a 0.1% to 8% aqueous solution of an active substance concentrate which is 55-65 wt.-% triethylcitrate, 17.5 to 22.5 wt.-% 1,2 propanediol and 17.5 to 22 wt.- % di-propylene glycol-methylether. Alternatively, the fluid can also be a mixture of a suitable propellant gas mixture and the active substance concentrate specified above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: GreenAirSystems GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Hueggenberg, Franziska Hueggenberg
  • Patent number: 11576992
    Abstract: A method and a system for generating a fragrance (also referred to herein as perfume) are disclosed. A method may comprise providing a perfume blender machine (100) and cartridges (102) for storing liquid olfactory ingredients (112), the machine comprising dispensing means to dispense olfactory ingredients (112) from the cartridges (102) for generating a fragrance (114); controlling the dispensing means to generate a fragrance (114) based on instructions given by a user on the liquid olfactory ingredients (112) to be blended and the quantity of each; and generating a recipe with the information of the ingredients (112) and their respective quantities which have been used to generate the fragrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Gimeno Asin, Jakub Jan Jedlinski, Hugo Lasala Alonso, Alvaro Suarez Iribarne
  • Patent number: 11559592
    Abstract: A sterilization structure, a sterilization board, and a display device are disclosed. The sterilization structure includes an active layer, wherein, one surface of the active layer has an exposed region, and a material of the active layer includes a laser-induced graphene material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guangyao Li, Luke Ding, Leilei Cheng, Yingbin Hu, Jingang Fang, Ning Liu, Qinghe Wang, Dongfang Wang, Liangchen Yan
  • Patent number: 11559593
    Abstract: The present device provides a safe, effective means of mobile ultraviolet (UV) disinfection. A control board within the main body of the device receives data from sensors that may variously measure orientation and speed of the main body as it moves along various surfaces for disinfection. In response to such data, the control board may brighten, dim, or completely shut off UV light-emitting diodes (UVLEs), both to prevent over- and under-exposure of the materials being disinfected, and to prevent a user from unsafely using the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Germbot, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Flaherty, Karen Flaherty, Conor Flaherty, Bruce Winkler, Tim Bank
  • Patent number: 11541146
    Abstract: Provided herein is a disinfection device for drainage system comprising: a housing comprising a chamber and a top end, the chamber having a body and a reducing part, the reducing part including a first opening at the bottom end of the chamber and a floating body configured to seal the first opening at the bottom end; a spiral guiding channel having an inlet and an outlet, the spiral guiding channel connected to the chamber through the outlet; an exhaust conduit having an expandable part at one end of the exhaust conduit, the exhaust conduit connecting to the top end of the housing and partially extending through the body of the chamber; and a disinfection part equipped in the interior of the disinfection device so as to remove air contaminants when air passing through the chamber from the spiral guiding channel to the exhaust conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Wing Han Ching
  • Patent number: 11484622
    Abstract: A photocatalytic reactor housing having a longitudinal axis allowing a fluid to flow through; a frame holding a light source and blades substantially encompassing the light source around the longitudinal axis; each blade having an interior surface facing the light source and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface; at least a portion of the surface of a plurality of the blades having a coating of material with photocatalytic oxidative properties; and the interior surface of the blade configured to redirect some amount of the light emitted onto another portion of substrate of an adjacent blade. In one embodiment the blades are tilted in the radial direction along at least a portion of the blades. In one embodiment the interior surface is configured to reflect some of the light emitted by the light source on to at least a portion of the exterior surface of an adjacent blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: PURACLENZ LLC
    Inventor: Jerrod Keith
  • Patent number: 11484027
    Abstract: An improved technology for inactivation of viruses, for example the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is causing the Covid-19 pandemic, is described. The technology can include a device that includes a substrate coated in a polymer that is infused with a pathogen inactivating material. In various embodiments, at a given time, a portion of the pathogen inactivating material is exposed to the environment, and the device is configured to periodically or intermittently expose additional pathogen inactivating material to the environment. For example, the polymer can be ablative or sacrificial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Polymers and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Kennedy, III
  • Patent number: 11484618
    Abstract: Vapor generation and distribution devices, systems, and methods. An exemplary system of the present disclosure comprises a vapor generation system configured to volatilize or vaporize liquid chemical within a tank as volatilized or vaporized chemical, and a vapor distribution system configured to receive the volatilized or vaporized chemical from the vapor generation system and distribute the volatilized or vaporized chemical through a distribution conduit coupled to the second air flow generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KGM Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc L. Byers
  • Patent number: 11471552
    Abstract: Perfume testers comprising one or more atomizers are disclosed. The atomizer comprises a liquid compartment and a mixing compartment. The mixing compartment comprises an air inlet and an air outlet. The mixing compartment comprises a mixing opening facing the liquid compartment and the liquid compartment comprises a liquid opening facing the mixing compartment. The mixing opening matches the liquid opening. The atomizer further comprises a wick connecting the liquid compartment and the mixing compartment such that in use the wick fits in the liquid and mixing compartments openings in an airtight manner. The wick extends into the mixing and liquid compartments. A portion of the wick extending into the mixing compartment comprises an outer contact surface and a volume of the mixing compartment is defined such that a ratio between the outer contact surface and the volume of the mixing compartment is at least approximately 0,05:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: AIRPARFUM TIMELESS, S.L.
    Inventor: Armando Medina Rivero
  • Patent number: 11452791
    Abstract: A method for fragrancing and/or deodorizing a cleaning appliance is disclosed. The method involves capturing first information or obtaining captured first information indicative of an odor load in the interior of the cleaning appliance, producing fragrancing and/or deodorizing information based at least in part on the captured or obtained first information or outputting the captured first information in order to produce fragrancing and/or deodorizing information of this type, and initiating fragrancing and/or deodorization by employing at least one actuator for releasing a fragrancing and/or deodorizing agent based on the fragrancing and/or deodorizing information produced. A corresponding dosing device, a device for carrying out and/or controlling the method, and a system with one or more devices for carrying out and/or controlling the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Thomas Weber, Johannes Zipfel, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Nadine Franke, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller, Wolfgang Wick
  • Patent number: 11415951
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods to selectively emit scent control material responsive to local conditions of a scent control device. The local conditions may dictate the effectiveness of a given set of output parameters of a scent control device. The scent control device accepts as input, one or more conditional inputs carrying information about the local conditions around the scent control device, such as weather conditions, elevation, barometric pressure, or functional status of the scent control device. Operational programs corresponding to the conditional inputs may be automatically selected based on the combination of conditional inputs to cause the output parameters of the scent control device to match or take into account the local conditions. The scent control device then outputs scent control material such as ozone at a rate effective to control one or more scents to a level that is not perceivable by animals or humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Scott A. Elrod
  • Patent number: 11389746
    Abstract: An extraction system may include a primary extractor that is configured to process a main feedstock undergoing extraction and a secondary extractor configured to process particulate matter separated from miscella produced on the primary extractor. In some configurations, the secondary extractor is an immersion extractor that has a solvent stream flowing in a counter current direction to a direction which the particulate matter flows through the extractor. In operation, the primary extractor can generate a miscella stream containing solvent and components extracted from the feedstock being processed by the extractor. Following separation in which the miscella stream is processed to remove particulate matter, the particulate matter may be charged to the secondary extractor as a feedstock for the secondary extractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Crown Iron Works Company
    Inventor: George E. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11390409
    Abstract: A sterilization apparatus for sterilizing a web of packaging material advancing along a web advancement path-comprises an irradiation device for sterilizing the advancing packaging material web, a main shielding chamber housing the irradiation device and comprising an advancement channel having an inlet opening and an outlet opening and through which, in use, the packaging material web advances along the sterilization portion, an auxiliary shielding chamber upstream of the advancement channel along the web advancement path, the auxiliary shielding chamber having an inner space in fluid connection with the advancement channel and comprising an extraction opening allowing gas extraction from the auxiliary shielding chamber. An aspiration device generates a first flow of gas within the advancement channel from the outlet opening to the inlet opening and a second flow of gas from the inlet opening to the extraction opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Luca Poppi, Filippo Ferrarini