Patents by Inventor Susan Michelle Kutay

Susan Michelle Kutay 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: 7232080
    Abstract: A nozzle for a spray device comprising a mixing chamber (3) for a first fluid and a second fluid, said mixing chamber (3) having an exit orifice (24), an inlet feed (8) from an inner tubular passage (4) suitable for carrying the first fluid, and an inlet feed (5I) from an annular passage (5) surrounding the inner tubular passage (4) and suitable for carrying the second fluid, characterised in that the nozzle comprises a means for causing spiral flow around the inner tubular passage (4) of a fluid passing through the surrounding annular passage (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Michelle Kutay, Gregory Alan Erickson
  • Patent number: 7191959
    Abstract: A domestic spray device comprising a liquid reservoir (1), a continuous feed gas pump (3) with a control means (5) for activation thereof, and a means of transferring liquid (2) from the liquid reservoir (1) to a nozzle unit (12), the nozzle unit (12) comprising a means of forming a film of liquid, a means of injecting bubbles of gas into said film of liquid, said gas being forced into the nozzle unit (12) by the continuous feed gas pump (3), and a section of hardware defining an exit orifice (19) for the spray generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Michelle Kutay, Guy Richard Thompson
  • Patent number: 6860439
    Abstract: A personal product comprising a liquid cosmetic composition and a hand-held electrostatic spraying device suitable for applying the composition to the human body, said hand-held electrostatic spraying device comprising a slit nozzle having a maximum width of from 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm, means for containing the liquid cosmetic composition, means for supplying the liquid cosmetic composition to the nozzle, an electricity source, high voltage circuitry arranged so that, in use, liquid cosmetic composition sprayed in atomised form from the nozzle is electrically charged, and control means for selectively applying a high voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Wamadeva Balachandran, Susan Michelle Kutay, Peng Miao, Richard Leslie Wright
  • Publication number: 20030164417
    Abstract: A personal product comprising a liquid cosmetic composition and a hand-held electrostatic spraying device suitable for applying the composition to the human body, said hand-held electrostatic spraying device comprising a slit nozzle having a maximum width of from 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm, means for containing the liquid cosmetic composition, means for supplying the liquid cosmetic composition to the nozzle, an electricity source, high voltage circuitry arranged so that, in use, liquid cosmetic composition sprayed in atomized form from the nozzle is electrically charged, and control means for selectively applying a high voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Wamadeva Balachandran, Susan Michelle Kutay, Peng Miao, Richard Leslie Wright