Patents by Inventor Ronald H. Spang
Ronald H. Spang 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).
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Patent number: 11708210Abstract: A trigger overcap assembly includes a housing having a body, a cap secured to an upper end of the housing, and a trigger at least partially disposed within the body. The cap defines two or more flanges extending downwardly from an underside of the cap. The flanges are configured to engage with and retain the trigger.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Richard M. Parysek, Imtiaz A. Musaliar, Steven A. Zach
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Publication number: 20230012383Abstract: A dispenser is disclosed that includes a pump having a pump chamber that receives a fluid, a pulsation dampener, and a discharge conduit. The pulsation dampener has a dampener housing with an interior volume and a dampener housing opening. A spring biased movable piston is located in the interior volume of the pulsation dampener and defines a variable volume headspace between the piston and the dampener housing opening. The discharge conduit provides fluid communication between each of an outlet of the pump chamber, the dampener housing opening, and a nozzle such that, when the pump is activated, at least a portion of fluid from the outlet of the pump chamber flows within the discharge conduit to the dampener housing opening. The dispenser is configured to, when the pump is activated, emit a substantially constant stream of fluid from the nozzle for at least one second.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Jerome A. Matter, Ronald H. Spang, JR.
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Patent number: 11541409Abstract: A spray nozzle assembly includes a rotating spray nozzle and a cap for attachment to a squeeze bottle. The spray nozzle includes at least one exit orifice and at least three sidewall portions. The cap includes an indicator on an upper surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Michael Petkus, Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Mark J Van Handel, Bradley J. Barron
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Patent number: 11484900Abstract: Dispensers are disclosed that are adapted to be coupled to a reservoir to dispense a fluid contained in the reservoir. A dispenser includes a pump having a pump chamber, an intake conduit, a discharge conduit, and a pulsation dampener. The pulsation dampener includes a housing with an interior volume and an opening. Further, the pulsation dampener includes a spring biased movable piston located in the interior volume and defines a variable volume headspace between the piston and the opening of the pulsation dampener, the opening being in fluid communication with the discharge conduit.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Jerome A. Matter, Ronald H. Spang, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220212217Abstract: Dispensers are disclosed that are adapted to be coupled to a reservoir to dispense a fluid contained in the reservoir. A dispenser includes a pump having a pump chamber, an intake conduit, a discharge conduit, and a pulsation dampener. The pulsation dampener includes a housing with an interior volume and an opening. Further, the pulsation dampener includes a spring biased movable piston located in the interior volume and defines a variable volume headspace between the piston and the opening of the pulsation dampener, the opening being in fluid communication with the discharge conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Jerome A. Matter, Ronald H. Spang, JR.
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Publication number: 20210261320Abstract: A trigger overcap assembly includes a housing having a body, a cap secured to an upper end of the housing, and a trigger at least partially disposed within the body. The cap defines two or more flanges extending downwardly from an underside of the cap. The flanges are configured to engage with and retain the trigger.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, JR., Richard M. Parysek, Imtiaz A. Musaliar, Steven A. Zach
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Patent number: 11034507Abstract: A trigger overcap assembly includes a housing having a body, a cap secured to an upper end of the body, and a trigger at least partially disposed within the body. The trigger includes a manifold having a fluid passageway, and a pivot rod of the trigger is pivotally coupled with a pivot notch of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Richard M. Parysek, Imtiaz A. Musaliar, Steven A. Zach
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Publication number: 20200062489Abstract: A trigger overcap assembly includes a housing having a body, a cap secured to an upper end of the body, and a trigger at least partially disposed within the body. The trigger includes a manifold having a fluid passageway, and a pivot rod of the trigger is pivotally coupled with a pivot notch of the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Richard M. Parysek, Imtiaz A. Musaliar, Steven A. Zach
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Shelf-adhering cleaning blocks and cleaning articles, and methods of making such blocks and articles
Patent number: 10479964Abstract: A self-adhering cleaning block is disclosed. In some embodiments, the self-adhering cleaning block includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a handle extending out from a part of the second surface, where the material composition of the block may be essentially uniform, and where the material composition of the block may further comprise a non-ionic surfactant and a liquid component. In addition, a cleaning article including a self-adhering cleaning block is disclosed. Moreover, a method is disclosed. In certain examples the method comprises mixing a non-ionic surfactant and a liquid component to form an essentially uniform cleaning composition, and then extruding, pressing or casting the cleaning composition to form a cleaning block having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a handle extending out from a part of the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Michael E. Klinkhammer, Russell B. Wortley, Cory J. Nelson, Ronald H. Spang, Jr. -
Patent number: 10406545Abstract: A fluid delivery system for dispensing fluid can include a dispenser, such as a trigger engine-type dispenser, configured to draw fluid up from a container. A nozzle assembly can include a nozzle, and a nozzle slide. The nozzle slide can be configured to slide and/or rotate relative to the shroud to provide different dispensing modes. In alternative examples, the nozzle can be configured to rotate in 30 degree increments relative to the shroud to provide the different dispensing modes or the nozzle assembly can include a nozzle extension, and the nozzle extension can be configured to rotate relative to the shroud to provide different dispensing patterns out of the nozzle. In another example a first nozzle can be configured to provide one or more dispensing modes, and a second nozzle can be configured to provide a different dispensing mode than the first nozzle. Methods of dispensing fluids and methods of assembling fluid dispensers are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Matthew T. Mcdonnell, David Leifheit, Cory J. Nelson, Matthew Thurin, Philip Anthony, III, Aaron Eiger, Evan Thompson, Douglas A. Soller
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Patent number: 10092690Abstract: An infusion pump operable with a syringe having a syringe barrel and a syringe plunger includes a housing having a compartment to receive the syringe and defining a wall, and a syringe clamp moveable towards and away from the wall, the syringe clamp contacting the syringe barrel; a drive mechanism supported and structured and arranged to contact and end of the syringe plunger so as to be able to move the syringe plunger within the syringe barrel; a syringe barrel size sensor including a magnet operably coupled to the syringe clamp, and a sensing member supported by the housing and configured to generate an output indicative of a magnetic field associated with the magnet; and software installed on the pump and programmed to use the output to determine a size of the syringe barrel received by the compartment.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Baxter International Inc.Inventors: John Gillespie, Ralph H. LaBedz, Michael Kenneth Platt, Ronald H. Spang, James Frei Berrill, Matthew Stephen Vogel, Michelle Kowalski Greaney
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Patent number: 9937289Abstract: A method of delivering a medical fluid to a patient includes enabling the attachment of an infusion pump housing to an external support, enabling the viewing of information right-side-up on a display screen of the infusion pump housing, enabling the rotation of the display screen approximately 90 degrees about an axis extending perpendicularly from the display screen, automatically reorienting the information on the display screen so that the information remains right-side-up after rotation, enabling the viewing of the information right-side-up on the display screen after rotation, and enabling the delivery of a flowable material to the patient through an infusion line attached to the infusion pump housing before and after rotation.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: John Gillespie, Jr., Ralph H. LaBedz, Michael Kenneth Platt, Ronald H. Spang, Jr., James Frei Berrill, Matthew Stephen Vogel, Michelle Kowalski Greaney
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Publication number: 20180065132Abstract: A fluid delivery system for dispensing fluid can include a dispenser, such as a trigger engine-type dispenser, configured to draw fluid up from a container. A nozzle assembly can include a nozzle, and a nozzle slide. The nozzle slide can be configured to slide and/or rotate relative to the shroud to provide different dispensing modes. In alternative examples, the nozzle can be configured to rotate in 30 degree increments relative to the shroud to provide the different dispensing modes or the nozzle assembly can include a nozzle extension, and the nozzle extension can be configured to rotate relative to the shroud to provide different dispensing patterns out of the nozzle. In another example a first nozzle can be configured to provide one or more dispensing modes, and a second nozzle can be configured to provide a different dispensing mode than the first nozzle. Methods of dispensing fluids and methods of assembling fluid dispensers are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, JR., Matthew T. Mcdonnell, David Leifheit, Cory J. Nelson, Matthew Thurin, Philip Anthony, III, Aaron Eiger, Evan Thompson, Douglas A. Soller
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Patent number: 9839927Abstract: A fluid delivery system for dispensing fluid can include a dispenser, such as a trigger engine-type dispenser (100), configured to draw fluid up from a container. A nozzle assembly can include a nozzle (160), and a nozzle slide (112). The nozzle slide can be configured to slide and/or rotate relative to the shroud (102) to provide different dispensing modes. In alternative examples, the nozzle (160) can be configured to rotate in 30 degree increments relative to the shroud (102) to provide the different dispensing modes or the nozzle assembly can include a nozzle extension, and the nozzle extension can be configured to rotate relative to the shroud to provide different dispensing patterns out of the nozzle. In another example a first nozzle can be configured to provide one or more dispensing modes, and a second nozzle can be configured to provide a different dispensing mode than the first nozzle. Methods of dispensing fluids and methods of assembling fluid dispensers are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Matthew T. Mcdonnell, David Leifheit, Cory J. Nelson, Matthew Thurin, Philip Anthony, III, Aaron Eiger, Evan Thompson, Douglas A. Soller
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Patent number: 9643199Abstract: A sprayer system includes a trigger sprayer having a trigger, a pump mechanism, and a nozzle. The sprayer system further includes a solvent reservoir for accommodating a solvent substance and a bottle for accommodating a concentrate substance. Further, the solvent reservoir is positioned above the trigger sprayer and is in fluid communication with the trigger sprayer and the bottle is positioned below the trigger sprayer and is in fluid communication with the trigger sprayer.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Michael Petkus, Bradley J. Barron, Jonathan D. Bellante, Stacey L. Forkner, Hua Han, Palak Pujara, Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Mark J. Van Handel, Steven A. Zach
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Patent number: D841471Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Meghan Marie McGuire, Corey A. Cote, Lauren M. Mastroeni
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Patent number: D845135Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Meghan Marie McGuire, Corey A. Cote, Lauren M. Mastroeni
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Patent number: D880298Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Richard M. Parysek, Steven A. Zach, Marilyn M. Johnson, Imtiaz A. Musaliar, Neema Pourian, Jose L. Padilla, Katherine A. Reiser
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Patent number: D896084Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Richard M. Parysek, Steven A. Zach, Marilyn M. Johnson, Imtiaz A. Musaliar, Neema Pourian, Jose L. Padilla, Katherine A. Reiser
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Patent number: D908491Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Richard M. Parysek, Steven A. Zach, Marilyn M. Johnson, Imtiaz A. Musaliar, Neema Pourian, Jose L. Padilla, Katherine A. Reiser