Patents by Inventor Dirk Jan Bulsink

Dirk Jan Bulsink has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220142223
    Abstract: A product dispensing system, including a holder which contains a product to be dispensed, the holder having a product processing unit for processing and discharging product coming from the holder, wherein the product processing unit (PPU) is provided with a microfiltration device which is provided with a product entrance for supply of product, wherein the microfiltration device is connectable to a gas supply for supplying gas to the product during product discharge, wherein the microfiltration device is provided with a housing defining an interior processing space, wherein the processing space is separated by a tubular microfiltration element, having gas transmissive pores, into a gas supply space from a product feed-through channel, wherein the gas supply space is associated with a gas inlet of the housing and the product feed-through channel is associated with a product entrance of the housing, wherein the housing includes an exit for discharge of product provided with gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Dirk Jan BULSINK, Joren SWEECK, Johan Frederik DANNENBERG, Franciscus Johannes KNAPEN
  • Publication number: 20220117436
    Abstract: A product container includes a product discharge device for releasing product from the container, the discharge device including a spout unit for discharge. The spout unit is rotatable, about a spout rotation axis, from a first position to an operational position. The spout unit preferably includes a handle for rotation from the first to the operational position, the handle preferably extending substantially radially outwardly from the axis; and a seal unit configured to enter an opened state, from a sealed state. In the latter, the seal unit is configured to substantially airtightly close off a flowthrough channel of the discharge device, and, in the former, the seal unit is configured to allow flow through the flowthrough channel. The discharge device is configured such that the seal unit can be brought from the sealed to the opened state by rotating the spout unit from the first to the operational position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Alfonsus Wilhelmus Maria BROESS, Dirk Jan BULSINK, Jacobus Constantijn HEIJDENRIJK, Franciscus Johannes KNAPEN
  • Publication number: 20110036922
    Abstract: An air-freshener for a vehicle, in particular a motorcar, provided with a housing into which a container for a volatile liquid or a liquid containing one or more volatile components can be inserted, in the opening of which container a wick extending into the housing is fitted, and with a movable covering cap which, when the container with wick has been inserted into the housing, can cover the wick entirely or partially, and with a control member for setting the position of the covering cap. According to the invention, the wick is covered by a sideways movable covering cap, thereby making the air-freshener more compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: SARA LEE
    Inventor: Dirk Jan Bulsink
  • Publication number: 20100176211
    Abstract: Air deodorizer provided with a container for being at least partly filled with a deodorizing fluid and a hollow wick, wherein the container, or a part connected thereto, abuts on the wick around said hollow wick, such that leakage between the outer wall of the wick and the container is substantially prevented, wherein the wick is provided with a seal for preventing leakage through the hollow part of the wick, which seal is at least partly arranged within the hollow part of the wick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Sara Lee/DE N.V.
    Inventor: Dirk Jan Bulsink
  • Publication number: 20100019059
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air-freshening dispensing device, including a housing having a pair of mounts for mounting respective containers provided in outer sections of the housing; and a switchable shutter element arranged for selectively shutting access of an airflow to any of the outer sections. According to the invention, the shutter element is provided in a mid section between the outer sections and communicatively coupled to an air inlet. An air outlet provides throughput of the airflow through the mid section and the device further includes a clamp for clamping the unit onto an outlet channel to provide an airflow into the air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: SARA LEE/DE N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Jan Bulsink, Caspar Barry Bogerd
  • Patent number: 7100805
    Abstract: An air freshener for dispensing a spray of deodorant, includes a housing in which a holder can be received for containing deodorant. A sliding bar has an end in contact with a door or doorway, so that a door movement results in a movement of the sliding bar. A wedge-shaped press member is coupled with the sliding bar, which during a movement of the sliding bar causes the dispensing member to move in a direction transverse to the movement of the sliding bar. The sliding bar includes a guide along which the press member can be moved in a direction transverse to the sliding bar. The press member operates a coupling piece between the press member and the dispensing member, and the coupling piece includes a round upper side including a contact surface for the wedge-shaped press member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Sara Lee/DE N. V.
    Inventor: Dirk Jan Bulsink
  • Publication number: 20040129736
    Abstract: An air freshener for dispensing a spray of deodorant, includes a housing in which a holder can be received for containing deodorant. A sliding bar has an end in contact with a door or doorway, so that a door movement results in a movement of the sliding bar. A wedge-shaped press member is coupled with the sliding bar, which during a movement of the sliding bar causes the dispensing member to move in a direction transverse to the movement of the sliding bar. The sliding bar includes a guide along which the press member can be moved in a direction transverse to the sliding bar. The press member operates a coupling piece between the press member and the dispensing member, and the coupling piece includes a round upper side including a contact surface for the wedge-shaped press member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Dirk Jan Bulsink
  • Patent number: 6514467
    Abstract: An air-freshener for a vehicle, in particular a motorcar, provided with a housing into which a container for a volatile liquid or a liquid containing one or more volatile components can be inserted, in the opening of which container a wick extending into the housing is fitted. There are further present a covering cap which, when the container with wick has been inserted into the housing, is movable up and down over the wick, and control means for setting the position of the covering cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Sara Lee/DE N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Jan Bulsink, Johannes Arnoldus van Voorden, Johannes Antonius Gerardus Wilhelmus Zigmans
  • Patent number: D452955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Kortman Intradal B.V.
    Inventor: Dirk Jan Bulsink
  • Patent number: D529162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sara Lee Household and Body Care Nederland B.V.
    Inventor: Dirk Jan Bulsink
  • Patent number: D430804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Sara Lee/DE N.V.
    Inventor: Dirk Jan Bulsink