Patents Examined by Randall Gruby
  • Patent number: 11701676
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: Market Ready, Inc., Cupcake LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Donnelly, Milan-Bob Patadlas
  • Patent number: 11697547
    Abstract: Heads for an aerosol container are disclosed. The head comprises a handle body having a base configured to be coupled to the aerosol container, an outlet, a flexible tube housed within the handle body. The flexible tube is configured to provide fluid communication between the container exit of the aerosol container and the outlet. And the head further comprises an elastically deformable actuator comprising a lever arm, and a coupling portion integrally formed with the lever arm and configured to be mounted around the flexible tube, wherein the coupling portion is further configured such that when the lever arm is deformed by a user, the coupling portion actuates on the valve body of the aerosol container. Aerosol containers comprising such heads and kits for treatments skin lesions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: DOC-BIBAWO A/S
    Inventor: Martin Thomsen
  • Patent number: 11634256
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Carey Bull
  • Patent number: 11629987
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: IO Tech Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Ziv Gilan
  • Patent number: 11628458
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid dispenser comprising a flexible container that contains the fluid, a rigid outer container that houses the flexible container, a dispensing member for drawing the fluid out from the flexible container, and optionally an interconnection piece. Also provided is a kit and a method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: WELLA INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS SWITZERLAND SÀRL
    Inventors: Ann-Marie Gass, Hauke Schormair, Massimo Morini
  • Patent number: 11623807
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIMORI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Matsutaro Ono
  • Patent number: 11618666
    Abstract: A contactless valve configured to dispense a liquid can include an actuator configured to move a plug between a closed position in which the plug prevents the flow of liquid through valve body, and an open position in which liquid can be dispensed through an outlet. The valve can include an activation sensor, a presence sensor, and a controller configured to control the actuator and in electrical communication with the activation sensor and the presence sensor. The controller can be configured to switch the presence sensor into the activated state in response to the detection of the prerequisite condition by the activation sensor, and to control the actuator to move the plug from the closed position to the open position in response to the detection of the object in the upper detection zone by the presence sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Deltrol Corp.
    Inventors: Brian Cahill, Nick Buettner, James Ostrenga
  • Patent number: 11613454
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing machine for dispensing a mixed beverage has a first inlet configured to receive a concentrate; a second inlet configured to receive a base fluid; a gas inlet configured to receive a gas; a gas injection device configured to pulsate the gas into the concentrate such that the gas agitates the concentrate and is injected into the concentrate to form a gas-injected concentrate; and a dispensing valve configured to dispense the base fluid and the gas-injected concentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: E. Scott Sevcik
  • Patent number: 11573112
    Abstract: A dosing device for dispensing a predetermined amount of liquid, in particular a predetermined amount of water, has a housing with a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, and a flow channel therebetween. A valve element in the flow path can be opened and closed. A measuring device measures the flow rate through the flow channel in the direction of the liquid outlet. A controller has an operating unit or is coupled to an operating unit for signal transmission. The dosing device is actuatable by the operating unit. The controller is further coupled in terms of control technology to the valve element and to the measuring device, the controller holding the valve element in an open position or moving it to an open position when the dosing device is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Collomix GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Essing, Martin Baumann
  • Patent number: 11565859
    Abstract: A supplement shaker apparatus having a primary container for holding drinking fluid and a supplement container for holding a supplement wherein the supplement container is supported by the primary container with an opening therein. The apparatus also includes a lid assembly that is securable to the primary container and holds the supplement container in position in the supplement shaker apparatus. The apparatus further includes a spout connection element that extends from the opening in the supplement container to the lid to permit the drinking fluid to pass out of the primary container without contacting the supplement in the supplement container. A supplement shaker kit that includes a supplement container for holding a supplement wherein the supplement container is supported by a shaker bottle with an opening therein and a lid assembly that is securable to the shaker bottle and holds the supplement container in position relative to the shaker bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Garrett Lancto
  • Patent number: 11548020
    Abstract: Retaining bracket for a fluid spray delivery apparatus to ensure that an applicator rod remains properly attached to the apparatus and in fluid communication with the fluid even when subjected to a driving force. Also disclosed is a fluid application system or assembly, and a method of applying fluid using the same, the system or assembly including a source of fluid to be applied to a target object, a siphon gun assembly, an applicator rod, tubing for placing the applicator rod in fluid communication with the siphon gun assembly, and a retaining bracket that secures the tubing to the siphon gun assembly such that the tubing remains in place and does not disconnect from the siphon gun assembly when subjected to a driving force such as water under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Uniweld Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Pearl, II, Dragan Bukur, Robert Lee Latham
  • Patent number: 11548775
    Abstract: A protective cap for a container's spigot is configured with a looped section and a cap. The looped section may have one or more loops to secure and hang around a spigot's neck for convenient use. The looped section may have an upper loop distal from the cap and a lower loop proximal to the cap, in which the lower loop has a relatively smaller diameter than the upper loop. A bottom of the looped section may have an incline that provides additional support to the looped section. The cap includes an opening that leads to a bottom surface that covers the outlet along with the cap's sidewalls and enhances cleanliness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Saul Lopez, Reginaldo Lopez, Erik Lopez
  • Patent number: 11548776
    Abstract: A consistent water to chemical ratio in each of two described operating modes is achieved by implementing a closed loop insert comprising a single straw with a dual dilution rate. The closed loop insert is installed at the packaging level and is recessed into the neck of the container so that it does not interfere with the bottle cap or the dispensing unit to which it might be attached. The closed loop engages with a mating cap adapter or chemical dispenser that keys up to a closed insert to allow the dilution dispenser to draw chemical out of the container through the use of a vacuum pressure. The dual dilution rate closed loop insert of the invention has two different metering tip sizes that fit inside a single straw closed loop insert, selected based upon operating modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Knight, LLC
    Inventor: Enrique Loreto
  • Patent number: 11530040
    Abstract: The present invention provides a discharge device for an aircraft, in which an aerosol container can easily be attached to an airframe and an operation for exchanging the aerosol container can be performed easily, resulting in a high degree of safety. A discharge device for an aircraft, to which an aerosol container can be attached and which discharges contents of the aerosol container when attached to an aircraft, is mounted on an airframe of the aircraft in a state where the aerosol container is housed in a housing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kominami, Soji Araki
  • Patent number: 11504729
    Abstract: Embodiments include a bottle and method for cleaning a grill. An exemplary method may be applied to grills having an upper grill and a lower grill. Methods can include providing a bottle having a dosing chamber with a first outlet, a reservoir chamber configured to store a solution and including a second outlet, and a sprayer for dispensing solution via the second outlet. The sprayer includes a spray head and a trigger that, when actuated, draws solution from the reservoir chamber and dispenses it by spraying the solution from the spray head. Methods can include filing the dosing chamber with a predetermined dose of solution from the reservoir chamber and dispensing the solution onto the lower grill from the first outlet, and dispensing the solution onto the upper grill by spraying the solution onto the upper grill from the second outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Candice J. Thomas, Robin B. Harbaugh
  • Patent number: 11505442
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connector (18) for use in a beverage dispense system (1), the connector (18) defining a conduit for connecting a beverage line (2) to a beverage supply (4). The connector (18) comprises an electrical sensor (21) (e.g. a capacitive sensor) for measuring an electrical parameter of a beverage within the connector conduit. The electrical parameter and/or changes in the electrical parameter can be used to detect bubbles in the beverage and/or identify the type/brand of beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Heineken UK Limited
    Inventors: Guy Hutchinson, Stuart Briant, Simon Gray
  • Patent number: 11498744
    Abstract: The heterogeneous contents mixing container includes a first container formed therein with a content storage space and a container coupling space separated from each other; a second container coupled to the first container and formed with an inlet and a coupling portion; a first discharge unit installed in the first container to discharge stored contents; a second discharge unit installed in the second container to discharge stored contents; and a push button configured to operate the first and second discharge units and formed with first and second discharge passages and first and second outlets which are connected to the first and second discharge units, respectively, wherein the container coupling space of the first container and the inlet and the coupling portion of the second container deviate to one side from a center between the first and second containers, and the second discharge is connected to the second discharge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PUM-TECH KOREA CO., LTD
    Inventor: Do Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11491501
    Abstract: This content-accommodating container comprises: a container body having an opening at the top end; and a valve-accommodating part for closing the opening, the valve-accommodating part being fixed to the container body. The valve-accommodating part is provided with: a cylindrical housing part accommodated inside the container body; a tube part extending downward from the housing part, the lower end thereof being disposed near the bottom side of the container body; and a first sealing part for closing the bottom end of the tube part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: DAIZO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yamaguchi, Kimio Kataoka, Hidetoshi Miyamoto, Satoshi Mekata
  • Patent number: 11492192
    Abstract: A spray delivery system with minimal pressure loss can is used with an aerosol container having a valve. The system includes a vertically extending conduit having an opening at a lowermost end conduit and two openings through a surface at an opposite end. The surface is disposed at an angle relative to a vertical. The system also has a first horizontally extending conduit communicating with the vertically extending conduit though one of the two openings and a second horizontally extending conduit fluidly communicating with the vertically extending conduit though the other one of the two openings. A manifold defines an inner annular volume and fluidly communicates with the first and second horizontally extending conduits. A spray nozzle insert is in fluid communication with the manifold. The spray nozzle insert has a plurality of blades that radiate inward and connect with a center round well having a sharp end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Precision Valve Corporation
    Inventor: John B. Fore
  • Patent number: 11491507
    Abstract: An object is to suppress a variation in amount of a sealant that is applied on an object to be sealed. There is provided a sealant discharge nozzle configured such that a sealant from a cartridge is discharged from a discharge hole of the sealant discharge nozzle. The sealant discharge nozzle has a leading end portion comprising a pair of side wall portions; and a connecting wall portion configured to connect the pair of side wall portions with each other and provided in cooperation with the pair of side wall portions to form a first recess that is open on one side in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the sealant discharge nozzle, and on a leading end side. The discharge hole has an opening formed on a first recess side of the connecting wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Masayoshi Okamoto, Tadamichi Mawatari, Kensuke Tsuchiya, Masayoshi Zaitsu, Naohiro Otsuki, Junji Tsuchiya, Youhei Matsumoto