Patents by Inventor Earnest E. Bliss, III

Earnest E. Bliss, III 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).

  • Patent number: 6065647
    Abstract: Lotion pump has a stepped piston telescoping inside a stepped body to define a pumping chamber. The piston has a downward annular wall having inlet and discharge apertures, one above the other, to the pumping chamber. A stem integral with the actuator has a sealing head inside the annular wall which shuttles up and down between positions at which it covers one aperture or the other. Shuttling is implemented by lost-motion between the actuator spout/stem and piston. A spring urges the stem up at all times. The actuator can be turned to lock the head over the discharge aperture by nullifying the lost-motion. Further turning can lock the stem in lockdown position. One-directional turnback can liberate the head and unlock the lockdown. Detents control sequence of unlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.
    Inventors: Earnest E. Bliss, III, Alan W. Kieler
  • Patent number: 5988443
    Abstract: A flexible tube and pump dispenser for lotions and the like including a flexible plastic tube having a first end and a second end. The tube includes an integral rigid finish at one end which has a radial flange and a radially inwardly extending wall. The flange has an opening therethrough. A pump dispenser having a plunger and an axial body extends through the opening in the sealing flange of the finish. The axial body of the pump dispenser has a flange engaging the flange of the finish. The flange on the body is held in position engaging the wall on the finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kent A. Gearhart, Earnest E. Bliss, III
  • Patent number: 5899363
    Abstract: Lotion pump has a stepped piston telescoping inside a stepped body to define a pumping chamber. The piston has in its wall inlet and discharge apertures, one above the other, to the pumping chamber. A stem integral with the actuator has a sealing head inside the piston which shuttles up and down between positions at which it covers one aperture or the other. Shuttling is implemented by lost-motion between the actuator spout/stem and piston. A spring urges the stem up at all times. The actuator can be turned to lock the head over the discharge aperture by nullifying the lost-motion. Further turning can lock the stem in lockdown position. One-directional turnback can liberate the head and unlock the lockdown. Detents control sequence of unlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.
    Inventors: Earnest E. Bliss, III, Alan W. Kieler
  • Patent number: 5839617
    Abstract: Lotion pump has a stepped piston telescoping inside a stepped body to define a pumping chamber. The piston has in the wall of the piston inlet and discharge apertures, one above the other, to the pumping chamber. A stem integral with the actuator spout has a sealing head inside the piston which shuttles back and forth between positions at which it covers one aperture or the other. Shuttling is implemented by lost-motion between the actuator spout/stem and piston. A spring urges the stem up at all times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.
    Inventors: Miro S. Cater, Earnest E. Bliss, III
  • Patent number: 5687878
    Abstract: A flexible tube and pump dispenser for lotions and the like including a flexible plastic tube having a first end and a second end. The tube includes an integral rigid finish at one end which has a radial flange and a radially inwardly extending wall. The flange has an opening therethrough. A pump dispenser having a plunger and an axial body extends through the opening in the sealing flange of the finish. The axial body of the pump dispenser has a flange engaging the flange of the finish. The flange on the body is held in position engaging the wall on the finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kent A. Gearhart, Earnest E. Bliss, III