Patents Examined by Paul R Durand
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Patent number: 11701676Abstract: A trigger sprayer includes an engine with a piston chamber and an outlet fluid passage, and a piston that slides within the piston chamber and defines an interior bellows chamber. The bellows component is movable in the interior bellows chamber between an uncompressed position in which a fluid volume in the interior bellows chamber is minimized and a compressed position in which the fluid volume is maximized. The trigger sprayer further includes a trigger lever that pivots between a neutral position and an actuated position using a pair of S-shaped trigger springs. Pivotal movement of the trigger lever pushes the piston vertically in the piston chamber to drive fluid from the piston chamber into the interior bellows chamber and move the bellows component from the uncompressed position to the compressed position. Relaxation of the bellows component drives fluid from the interior bellows chamber to the outlet fluid passage.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: Market Ready, Inc., Cupcake LLCInventors: Brandon Donnelly, Milan-Bob Patadlas
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Patent number: 11685577Abstract: A drinking vessel including a beverage container and a closure assembly attachable to the beverage container. The beverage container has a spout defining a first drinking opening and a second drinking opening. The closure assembly includes a positioning member and a sealing member. When the positioning member is in a sealing orientation, the positioning member can extend deep enough into the first drinking opening for the sealing member to seal the first drinking opening and the second drinking opening. When the positioning member is not in the sealing orientation, the positioning member cannot extend deep enough into the first drinking opening for the sealing member to seal the first drinking opening and the second drinking opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Runway Blue, LLCInventors: David O. Meyers, Jim Allen Colby, John R. Omdahl, II, Timothy Tyler Bond, Steven M. Sorensen
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Patent number: 11685592Abstract: A valve mechanism for a high-pressure spray can has a switching base, a first ball, and a second ball. The switching base has a first passage, a first suction port, a second passage, and a second suction port. The first passage has a first inclined inner wall surface. The first inclined inner wall surface extends obliquely toward a specific side from the top end to the bottom end of the first passage. The second passage has a second inclined inner wall surface. The second inclined inner wall surface extends obliquely toward the specific side from the bottom end to the top end of the second passage. The first ball and the second ball are respectively mounted in the first passage and the second passage and move along the first inclined inner wall surface and the second inclined inner wall surface to block the first suction port and the second suction port.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Motedo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Han-Liang Chen
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Patent number: 11679928Abstract: The present disclosure discloses and describes a vapocoolant dispenser. Specifically, the dispenser comprises a housing and container of vapocoolant, the dispenser configured to receive a sterilizable dose of high energy radiation and to provide a sterile, hermetically sealed vapocoolant dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: 623 MEDICAL, LLCInventors: Theodore J. Mosler, Eli Nichols, Charles McCall, Andrew Corson, James Fentress
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Patent number: 11679914Abstract: A fluid device generally comprises a staging reservoir which may receive a volume of fluid flowing from a primary reservoir via a coupler upon operation of an actuator, wherein the staging reservoir is usable to measure fluid within the device in order to dispense a desired amount of fluid.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Inventors: Partha Rao Puskur, Paul David Maguire
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Patent number: 11673787Abstract: A system and method detection of an empty keg is provided. Carbonated beverages from a keg communicates a carbonated alcoholic beverage to a Foam on Beer (FOB) detector. The FOB forms a reservoir and containing a float. Level detection sensors in operative communication with the float identifies the position and movement of the float. An keg's status can thereby be anticipated by float level and speed changes. A the FOB status can thereby operate a touchless tap including a control valve via a tap control board (TCB) that actuates the control valve. A controller in operative communication with the TCB communicates with the control valve, the actuation button and in communication with the level sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SESTRA SYSTEMS INCInventors: Lev Volftsun, Alex Belfor, Paras Goda
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Patent number: 11672319Abstract: The present disclosure provides an environment-friendly press bottle integrated with a bellows spring and equipped with an outer shell, comprising: an inner bottle of which the lower end is integrated with the upper end of a bellows spring; the lower end of the bellows spring is a closed structure; the upper end of the inner bottle is necked to form a connector; the aperture in the middle of the connector is fitted with a nozzle; a step that fits onto the connector and limits its position is disposed on the central outer side of the nozzle; an annular flange that snaps into the corresponding position on the inner surface of the connector is disposed on the outer side of the lower end of the nozzle, and external threads are provided on the outer surface of the connector; a cover lid is provided with internal threads and is connected to the external threads of the connector; the inner bottle is tightly nested in the outer bottle that serves as an outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: RIFE PLUS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTDInventors: Chia-Hung Chien, Chiu-Huo Chen
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Patent number: 11673719Abstract: A two-piece dispensing closure for dispensing essential oils includes an insert received into a container opening and a closure body including a dispensing spout and a hinged cap. The cap is connected to the closure body by a living hinge to allow the user to selectively open and close the container. A tamper-evident tear strip is integrally formed with the closure body. The insert and the closure body including mating helical ramps which cooperate to insure that the insert remains installed within the container neck when the closure body is removed after purchase.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Slatersville, LLCInventors: Clifford W. Skillin, James Scotton, Patrick J. Brannon, Chris Ettis, David Royer
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Patent number: 11661328Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a dispensing device including a syrup unit which transmits via one or more orifices one or more syrups and water to a dispensing block, a syrup source coupled to the syrup unit which provides the one or more syrups to the syrup unit, a water source which provides water to the syrup unit, and a cf valve coupled to a first orifice upstream of a solenoid valve where the cf valve provides a first range of pressures to the solenoid valve and where the first orifice is coupled to the dispensing block.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: GATES CFV Solutions, INC.Inventors: John Newton, Peter Brooke, Dustin Hartsfield, Michael Cheney, Gillian Callaghan
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Patent number: 11662238Abstract: The invention relates to a device for metering a granular or grainy material in a distributor machine, comprising a housing; an inlet opening which is formed on the housing and through which a granular or grainy material can be introduced in the housing for metering; an outlet opening which is formed on the housing and through which the granular or grainy material can be discharged out of the housing after metering; a metering space which is formed in the housing in such a way that granular or grainy material in the housing can be moved from the inlet opening via the metering space to the outlet opening; a metering wheel which is arranged in the metering space on a drive shaft, and which is configured to meter the granular or grainy material supplied via the inlet opening; a mounting opening which is formed on the housing and via which the metering wheel can be exchangeably mounted in the metering space; and a mounting component which is detachably arranged in the mounting opening in a mounted position, and tType: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: KVERNELAND GROUP SOEST GMBHInventor: Ferdinand Schumacher
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Patent number: 11661267Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser container for pressurized fluids, comprising: a metal shell forming at least part of an outer wall of the container, which metal shell at least partly encloses an internal container volume, a partition wall separating internal container volume into a high-pressure chamber and a low-pressure chamber, and a valve mounted into the partition wall in a substantially fluid-tight manner, which valve is configured for a controlled release of fluid from the high-pressure chamber to the low-pressure chamber, wherein the partition wall is at a sealing zone sealed to the metal shell in a substantially fluid-tight manner, and wherein the metal shell delimits at least a part of the high pressure chamber. The invention further relates to a dispenser comprising such a dispenser container and a method for manufacturing such a dispenser container.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: ALUAIR GMBHInventor: Johannes Hubertus Jozef Maria Kelders
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Patent number: 11661240Abstract: A liquid supply system includes a suction lance (6) configured to be inserted into a liquid container (14) and at least one level sensor (10, 12) fixed on the lance (6) and configured to detect a liquid level (22) inside a liquid container (14). A control device (4) is connected to the level sensor (10, 12) and configured to determine a rate of change of the liquid level (22) detected by the at least one level sensor (10, 12) and to detect a lance removal if the rate of change reaches or exceeds a predefined threshold. A method for detecting the removal of a suction lance (6) from a liquid container (14) is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/SInventors: Rainer Schmitz, Valeri Kechler, Klaus Müller
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Patent number: 11656113Abstract: A system and method for dispensing and simultaneously metering bulk material from storage bins, silos, rail cars, and other bulk material storage structures is provided. The bulk material metering system is configured to stop the flow of the bulk material on demand. The system is robust and capable of reliably and accurately dispensing and metering bulk materials with minimal maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: AGRA Industries, Inc.Inventors: Pat Hinner, Robert Klessig, Benjamin Bostrom
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Patent number: 11638929Abstract: Provided is a powder supply device including a storage tank in which an internal space that stores powder and a discharge port that discharges the powder from the internal space to outside are formed, a roller that has an outer peripheral surface formed of a rough surface and is rotatably provided, in the discharge port, to face both the internal space and the outside, and a doctor blade that is provided at the discharge port and faces the outer peripheral surface of the roller. The internal space includes a first chamber into which the powder is charged and a second chamber in which the doctor blade is disposed. The first chamber communicates with the second chamber via an opening. A partition member that restricts the width of the opening is provided between the first chamber and the second chamber. The powder charged into the first chamber moves to the second chamber through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Taiki Kono, Shogo Nakada
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Patent number: 11634314Abstract: Flow control assemblies are provided. The flow control assemblies include a cap having a flow control system with an inlet port having an inlet valve and an outlet port having an outlet valve, wherein the flow control system achieves a Dosing Accuracy (DA) of about 100 or less according to the following formula: DA = [ ( Po - Pc ) ( Vd - Ls ) ] where, Po is a pressure to open the outlet valve (mmH2O), Pc is a pressure to close the outlet valve (mmH2O), Vd is a diameter of the outlet valve (mm), and Ls is a length of the valve opening (mm).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Joshua David Anthony, Ethan T. Brown, Nathan Bollen, Brandon J. Suleski, Kyle Janko
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Patent number: 11634256Abstract: A flow control insert (102) for a dispensing closure is provided. The insert has a plurality of dispensing slits (that define petals. (120,122,124,126). The petals are formed in an open position and are closed upon assembly of the insert into a dispensing closure.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbHInventor: Martin Carey Bull
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Patent number: 11629987Abstract: Systems and methods for the injection/dispensing of fluid material in a volumetrically accurate and repeatable manner via an injection cell that interconnects two reservoirs of the fluid material. The injection cell has a normally closed dispensing valve that is opened for dispensing of the fluid material during a compression cycle, and closed during a return cycle. Opening and closing of the dispensing valve is effected using either or both of pressurized air and/or a motorized linkage. During the compression cycle, independent longitudinal displacements of a piston cylinder and a piston within the injection cell act to first open the dispensing valve and subsequently eject fluid material within the piston cylinder via the opened dispensing valve. The piston cylinder and piston are returned to an initial state that facilitates reloading of the injection cell from the reservoirs and closes the dispensing valve during a return cycle.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: IO Tech Group Ltd.Inventor: Ziv Gilan
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Patent number: 11623807Abstract: To provide a pouring spout that allows a nozzle of a packaging container to be accurately inserted into a pouring spout of a refill container. The above-described problem is solved by a pouring spout (10) provided to a refill container (1) for pouring contents into a packaging container, and for pouring out the contents stored in the refill container (1). The pouring spout (10) comprises at least a bonded part (11) bonded to a pouch main body part of the refill container, a tubular part (12) for pouring out the contents, a flange part (13) jutting outward at a boundary between the bonded part (11) and the tubular part (12), a channel (14) for passing the contents from an inside to an outside of the refill container, and a closing member (20) for opening and closing the channel (14). Both end portions of the flange part (13) separated farthest in a horizontal direction jut slightly outward from an area facing a peripheral wall part of the pouring unit constituting the packaging container.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: FUJIMORI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Matsutaro Ono
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Patent number: 11618665Abstract: A beverage-dispensing appliance may include a cabinet, a liquid line, a liquid level sensor, and a signal shield. The cabinet may define a mutually-orthogonal vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction. The cabinet may define a dispenser recess. The liquid line may be mounted to the cabinet and define a liquid outlet above the dispenser recess. The liquid level sensor may be mounted to the cabinet and directed at the dispenser recess. The signal shield may be movably mounted to the cabinet. The signal shield may be movable between a blocking position and a permissive position. The blocking position may laterally bound at least a portion of the dispenser recess. The permissive position may be transversely spaced apart from the dispenser recess to permit lateral access thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Danister Abeygunawardana, Jianwu Li, Gregory Scott Carr, Brent Alden Junge, Timothy Ray Jackson, Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Michael C. Watanabe
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Patent number: 11613420Abstract: The tumbler bottle includes a cup having a side wall interior surface and bottom wall a convex interior surface. The cup side wall and bottom wall interior surfaces are joined by a smooth, arcuate interior transition surface to define a first mixing chamber. The tumbler bottle further includes a lid, removably connected with the cup. The lid includes a side wall interior surface and a top wall concave interior surface. The lid side wall and top wall interior surfaces are joined by a smooth, arcuate interior transition surface to define a second mixing chamber. The lid further includes a dispensing outlet and a closure. When coupled together the first mixing chamber and the second mixing chamber are in fluid communication and are configured to uniformly mix a liquid with one or more additives.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventor: Richard Beardsell