Nongravity Feed To Trap Of Vacuum, Gravity, Or Manual Removal Type Patents (Class 222/205)
  • Patent number: 11612704
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of inhalation devices for liquids. In particular, the invention relates to an inhalation device having improved flow characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Softhale NV
    Inventors: Frank Bartels, Jürgen Rawert
  • Patent number: 11332287
    Abstract: A reusable beverage container that includes a vessel having an upper end defining an upper opening and that is configured to store a beverage. The reusable beverage container further includes a cap that is removably securable to the upper end of the vessel, and the cap is configured to receive and completely enclose a beverage-ingredient cartridge. The cap of the reusable beverage container includes a lower shell defining a lower opening, an upper shell removably securable to the lower shell, and a cartridge opener extending from the lower shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Hernan Marina, Michel Alvarez
  • Patent number: 10948327
    Abstract: A fitment for a container that includes a chamber fillable with contents from a container is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Robert French, Seth Tempel, Jason Rowe
  • Patent number: 10946400
    Abstract: A dispensing device for fluid products includes a draw-up pipe, a main body and a dispensing head. The main body includes a pumping system, connected to the draw-up pipe and a fastening ring nut, for fixing the dispensing device to a container for fluid products. The fastening ring nut and the pumping system are mutually coupled for forming between them an air compensation duct which allows the selective passage of air from the outside towards the inside of the container during the operation of the dispensing device. The dispensing head in turn includes a cup, which has in a relative lower portion a passage, and a valve, housed in the lower portion of the cup, configured to adopt a first configuration, or open configuration, wherein the passage is put in fluid communication with the pumping system and a second configuration, or closed configuration, wherein the passage is occluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: APTAR ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Carta Lamberto
  • Patent number: 10926204
    Abstract: A purification device comprises a main body; and a water-outlet module formed to protrude forward of the main body, wherein the water-outlet module includes a water-outlet nozzle for supplying water passing through the filter out of the main body, wherein the water-outlet module includes: a casing, wherein at least a portion of the water-outlet nozzle is mounted on a bottom of the casing so as to be exposed to an outside; a water-supply hose, wherein one end thereof is connected to an inside of the main body while the other end thereof is provided inside the casing and is connected to the water-outlet nozzle, such water from the main body is supplied to the water-outlet nozzle; and a valve provided within the casing, wherein the valve is provided above the water-discharge nozzle and is installed on the water-supply hose to control a flow of water through the water-supply hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jewook Jeon, Hoon Jang, Minho Kim, Youngseok Kim, Soonki Jung, Jingyu Ji
  • Patent number: 10488242
    Abstract: A two-piece measured-dose dispensing closure includes a cup-shaped measuring chamber and a rotatable dispensing control lid. In use, the dispensing control lid is axially moved relative to the measuring chamber by rotation between a first closed position, a second intermediate dispensing position, and a third drain position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Scotton, Clifford W. Skillin, Brandon L. Ramsuer, William Driskell
  • Patent number: 10477943
    Abstract: A volume cream vessel is provided, which includes a cream vessel configured to contain a cosmetic content, a rim member mounted on the upper part of the cream vessel, a pumping device seated on the rim member and configured to upwardly pump the cosmetic content inside the cream vessel, a pressing member disposed on an upper part of the pumping device, and a cover member configured to cover an upper part of the pressing member. One edge of the pressing member is coupled to the rim member so as to operate the pumping device by a pressing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Seong Il Kang
  • Patent number: 10416184
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pretreatment device for a sample for analysis that makes it possible to send a sample liquid to an arbitrary treatment module connected to a sample liquid conveyance flow route, and an analysis system using the same. A pretreatment device for a sample for analysis according to the present invention is at least provided with a plurality of sample liquid treatment modules for introducing a sample liquid or carrying out prescribed pretreatment on the sample liquid, a first flow path for conveying the sample liquid or the pretreated sample liquid between the plurality of sample liquid treatment modules, and a conveyance direction switching part for switching the conveyance direction of the sample liquid or the pretreated sample liquid in the first flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Tsukada, Ayano Otsubo, Yoshihiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 10259003
    Abstract: A pump assembly cap includes an accumulator reservoir configured for fluid communication with a container through a one-way inlet valve. An actuator including a dispensing passage having a dispensing orifice. A delivery path extended from the one-way inlet valve, through the accumulator reservoir, the one-way outlet valve, and to the dispensing orifice. The delivery path includes a sealed configuration and an opened configuration. In the sealed configuration, the actuator is in a ready position and the accumulator reservoir includes a first volume, the one-way outlet valve hermetically seals the accumulator reservoir, and the one-way inlet valve is closed. In the opened configuration, the actuator is moved to a dispensing position and the accumulator reservoir includes a second volume less than the first volume, the hermetic seal of the one-way outlet is open, and the one-way inlet valve is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Plant Based Company
    Inventor: Rajat Dhir
  • Patent number: 10231579
    Abstract: An apparatus for pumping a selected sterilizing fluid by a user comprising: a fluid container, a pump assembly having a fluid delivery tube, the fluid delivery tube being manually drivable by the user in a downstream direction starting from a stationary start position and adapted to pump fluid upstream through an upstream end of the fluid delivery tube that is configured to receive and engage a complementary surface of an external device, the fluid delivery tube being drivable downstream from the start position by manually engaging the complementary surface of the external device against the upstream facing surface of the enlarged head and manually driving the external device in the downstream direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Richard Ma
  • Patent number: 10179679
    Abstract: A sealable pourer for mounting on a bottle is provided. The sealable pourer includes a cap to ensure that the pouring nozzle and air tube outlet are sealed, or otherwise closed, when in a first position of the cap and allow free flow of the liquid content of the bottle when in a second position. In one embodiment, the cap is rotated about a symmetry axis of the nozzle to achieve sealing of both the air passage and the pouring nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Agam Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Or Agassi, Reuven Marko
  • Patent number: 10029326
    Abstract: A wave soldering machine includes a housing and a conveyor coupled to the housing. The conveyor is configured to deliver a printed circuit board through the housing. The wave soldering machine further includes a wave soldering station coupled to the housing. The wave soldering station includes a reservoir of solder material, and an adjustable wave solder nozzle assembly adapted to create a solder wave. The adjustable wave solder nozzle assembly has a first curve plate and a second curve plate that together define a nozzle. The second curve plate is movable with respect to the first curve plate between a close proximate position in which the second curve plate is proximate the first curve plate and a spaced apart position in which the second curve plate is spaced from the first curve plate to adjust a width of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Dautenhahn, Gregory Leo Hueste
  • Patent number: 9981279
    Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing a viscous or liquid product from a fluid reservoir, and having an actuator 1, a controlling member 2, a dispensing member 3, a collar 4 configured to be linked to the reservoir, and an extender 5. The dispensing device configured so that an actuation of the controlling member 2 causes a relative movement of the actuator 1 and the collar 4 thanks to which the dispensing device reversibly switches from a first configuration, in which the dispensing member 3 is unable to be activated, to a second configuration in which the actuator 1 is coupled in translation with the extender 5, so that when the actuator is pushed down 1 it activates the dispensing member 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Albea Do Brasil Embalagens LTDA
    Inventor: Aldo Fadel Edenilson
  • Patent number: 9724712
    Abstract: A dispensing head for a system for dispensing a product, having a body having a well for mounting the head on a tube for the pressurized supply of the product and a recess in communication with the well by means of a dispensing path. The recess being equipped with a nozzle delimiting a dispensing space between the path and a discharge passage formed in the nozzle. The nozzle being equipped with an insert that has a membrane forming, in the space, a communication interface between an upstream part in which the path emerges and a downstream part that supplies the discharge passage. The membrane being reversibly deformable by the product exerting pressure coming from the upstream part, between a resting state in which the size of the interface is minimal and a stressed state in which the size of said interface is increased in order to provide dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: ABLEA LE TREPORT
    Inventor: Richard Bloc
  • Patent number: 9441755
    Abstract: A valve provides multiple channels that allow alternating, or in some cases, simultaneous, fluid flow functions to a port of an instrument, without the requirement of manual manipulation of the valve by the user. A floating member such as a ball having magnetic affinity for a portion of the valve is positioned in a home, or normal, position by a magnetic field, where it remains until acted on by fluid pressure. The ball in the home position opens other channels of the device. Under fluid pressure in the channel in which the ball's home position is located, the ball is displaced, obstructing at least one of the other channels, while opening the channel to permit a fluid flow through the channel. When the fluid pressure in the channel is terminated, the ball returns to the home position, and other ports are opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Robert Rife
  • Patent number: 9441617
    Abstract: A liquid delivery method and apparatus which can suppress generation of turbulent flows and air bubbles, In the liquid delivery method and apparatus for delivering a liquid by reciprocally moving a plunger in a cylinder while a selector valve is shifted in a valve chamber to change over communication of the cylinder and the valve chamber with a channel leading to a liquid tank and communication of the cylinder and the valve chamber with a channel leading to a delivery port from one to the other, the cylinder and the valve chamber are communicated with the channel leading to the liquid tank and an opening/closing valve disposed between that channel and the liquid tank is opened when the plunger is retracted, and the cylinder and the valve chamber are communicated with the channel leading to the delivery port and the opening/closing valve is closed when the plunger is advanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Ikushima Kazumasa
  • Patent number: 9377338
    Abstract: A dispenser has a housing, and a variable-volume storage chamber formed within the housing and defining a substantially fluid-tight seal between the chamber and exterior of the housing for storing a substance to be dispensed. A piston is mounted within the housing, and a one-way valve is mounted within the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: MedInstill Development LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 9321064
    Abstract: A vessel, such as an insulated container, for liquids having a lower portion sealed with an upper portion, such upper portion having a drinking reservoir for holding liquid which is pumped from the lower portion through a dispensing passage, such as a liquid dispensing tube, by a pump mechanism coupled with the upper portion. The pump mechanism is ergonomically operable by way of depressing a feature of the pump mechanism, e.g., by a single finger of the same hand holding the vessel. The upper portion, coupled with the pump mechanism, is redisposable on the lower portion, transposable in relation to any other lower portion, and retrofittable in relation to any other interfaceable pre-existing containers. The pump mechanism is optionally provided with a button or soft membrane. The components of the vessel are easily disassembled and reassembled for facilitating cleaning thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventor: Blake Vanier
  • Patent number: 9278769
    Abstract: A filling system has a filling apparatus (200) and a container arrangement inserted into the filling apparatus. A main line includes a feed line (102), connected to a supply container (304), and a trunk line (104), connected linearly downstream of the feed line (102). Outside the trunk line (104), at a branching point (114), a branch line (116) branches from the main line (102) to a compressed-gas source (306), and the main line (102) and the branch line (116), on that side of the branching point (114) which is directed away from the trunk line, pass through a double-valve arrangement (214) having two hose-clamping valves (214a, 214b) controlled oppositely to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Paul Janssens, Michael Mueller, Jean-Pierre Decheneux, Swen Weitemeier, Michael Fiedler, Steffen Strietzel
  • Patent number: 9254953
    Abstract: A device for cleaning a surface comprises a pressurized container containing a cleaning composition; a nozzle through which the composition is arranged to be dispensed, in use, upon an actuation of a valve; a shroud attached to the container and surrounding the nozzle. The shroud has a hollow generally cylindrical portion adjacent to the nozzle for guiding the dispensed product in the direction in which it leaves the nozzle, and a flared portion at the end of the cylindrical portion furthest from the nozzle forming a spreading plate for guiding the dispensed product laterally when in contact, in use, with a surface to be cleaned. The nozzle is arranged to be actuated by movement of the container towards the shroud. The device comprises a reservoir. The nozzle and shroud are configured so that, in use, the cleaning composition is directed across the surface to be cleaned and into the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Paul John Duffield, Madeleine Chadwick
  • Publication number: 20150102068
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing container is provided having a telescoping reservoir where compressing the reservoir drives fluid from the container and through a tube, where it empties into another reservoir. The other reservoir is moveable where the opening at the top of the tube can be moved relative to the bottom of the other reservoir. When the compression is removed, fluid is pulled back down through the tube and stops when the fluid level in the other reservoir reaches the top of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: GREAT MEASURES, LLC
    Inventor: John Andrew Wegener
  • Publication number: 20150090738
    Abstract: An actuating device for a dispensing pump of a dispenser is configured to be used on a container, in an upward position of the container. The actuating device includes a pouring cup and a connecting device. The pouring cup defines an inner chamber for receiving a metered amount of a product. The connecting device includes a hollow structure extending along a longitudinal axis between at least a first end and an opposite second end. The structure is connected and supports the pouring cup. The structure defines a channel extending along the axis between an input opening and an output opening. The output opening emerges into the inner chamber whereby the channel communicates with the inner chamber. The second end includes a connecting portion configured to be connected to a hollow stem of the dispensing pump whereby the channel communicates with a dispensing cavity defined by the stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: EMSAR S.p.A
    Inventor: Matteo CAPORALE
  • Publication number: 20150090739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container provided with a vacuum pump for creamy-type cosmetics. According to the container provided with a vacuum pump for a creamy-type cosmetics of the present invention, the discharge hole of a button part is positioned so as to be biased, and a pressure display part is formed in the upper middle portion of the button part, in order to pressurize the button part and thus enable the user to accurately ascertain the pressure portion of the button part, and the contents can be uniformly discharged by simply pumping using one hand without causing the button part to incline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Shin-Bok Jung
  • Patent number: 8944293
    Abstract: A dispenser adapted for use with thick salad dressing or other consumable fluid which may have large solid ingredients therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cool Gear International LLC
    Inventors: Donna Roth, Jason Meek
  • Publication number: 20140332564
    Abstract: A dispenser adapted for use with thick salad dressing or other consumable fluid which may have large solid ingredients therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: COOL GEAR INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Donna Roth, Jason Meek
  • Patent number: 8875953
    Abstract: Pump operable manually or by a utensil held by a user, having an elastically deformable chamber, the inside of which contains a liquid or viscous product, and the outside of which is brought into contact with air at a slit made in this chamber and with a replacement fluid at an opening made on the chamber. The chamber is suited to deforming, by pressing of a user, to create a higher pressure in the product compared to the outside, and to open the slit, allowing a volume of product to escape from it. The chamber is suited to making its deformation elastically disappear, upon cessation of the pressing, to create a lower pressure in the product, in the presence of a flow of replacement fluid through the opening towards the inside, and to close the slit, where the chamber wall is planar in the vicinity of the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Capital Innovation (SARL)
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Corbin, Mathias D'estais, Laurent Clisson
  • Patent number: 8733599
    Abstract: A combined cap and actuator device for an aerosol container has a body which is substantially cylindrically-shaped having a receiving portion, an actuating portion, and a waist portion. The body is reversible from an unactuating position wherein the valve of the aerosol container is closed to prevent product flow, to an actuating position wherein the valve is opened to dispense product into the receiving portion. A lid is attachable to seal the receiving portion, actuating portion or base of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Lloyd Hornland
  • Publication number: 20140091108
    Abstract: The invention is a system and method of unclogging and maintaining a drain or conduits that deliver fluids such as water. The system includes delivering a predetermined amount of drain cleaner to an obstruction wherein the predetermined amount may be delivered by a single-use packet or by a receptacle that is capable of premeasuring a single application. The system and or packet may also be used to disperse a composition over a period of time as maintenance of a drain or conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Eric Sternberg, Randy Kaplan, Mathew Sternberg
  • Publication number: 20140061236
    Abstract: A laundry caddy device is disclosed that provides a precise way of measuring an amount of laundry solvent, and offers several inter-lockable containers that form one easy to carry bottle. Typically, there are four containers which are inter-locked together to form the single component. The device comprises at least one container, a base component, and a dispensing component. The container further comprises an interior cavity for retaining an amount of laundry solvent. The base component is removably secured to the bottom end and the dispensing component is removably secured to the top end. The lid and handle are removably secured to the top end, over the dispensing component. Additionally, at least one of the containers comprises a measuring cup for a dispensing component. Further, at least one of the containers comprises a pour spout, a retaining cup, and a vacuum tube for dispensing the contents of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: John Dey, Jacob Gano
  • Publication number: 20140034680
    Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Timothy James Kennedy, TAMI O. WHITE
  • Publication number: 20140034677
    Abstract: A closed-system fluid measuring and dispensing device is mounted to a container that draws a fluid from the container into the device and dispenses a measured amount of fluid from the device. More particularly, a closed-volume fluid reservoir in mated to the threaded neck of a bottle. Fluid flows through a tube of the device from the bottle into the reservoir. The device is inverted to dispense a desired amount of liquid from the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Gregg PAGLIARULO
  • Publication number: 20130341359
    Abstract: A vessel, such as an insulated container, for liquids having a lower portion sealed with an upper portion, such upper portion having a drinking reservoir for holding liquid which is pumped from the lower portion through a dispensing passage, such as a liquid dispensing tube, by a pump mechanism coupled with the upper portion. The pump mechanism is ergonomically operable by way of depressing a feature of the pump mechanism, e.g., by a single finger of the same hand holding the vessel. The upper portion, coupled with the pump mechanism, is redisposable on the lower portion, transposable in relation to any other lower portion, and retrofittable in relation to any other interfaceable pre-existing containers. The pump mechanism is optionally provided with a button or soft membrane. The components of the vessel are easily disassembled and reassembled for facilitating cleaning thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Blake Vanier
  • Patent number: 8579164
    Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided a bowl attachment for use in connection with a bottle having a threaded opening and configured to contain a fluid. The bowl attachment includes a main bowl portion and a cover portion. The main bowl portion has a thread connection to secure to the bottle neck. A wall extends from the connection section and is shaped as a bowl. An interior spout is connected to the thread connection section and permits fluid from the bottle to squeeze into the main bowl portion. A cover portion is secured to the main bowl portion and includes an aperture with a flip top lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Berlin Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Sanguinet, Brett Niggel, Scott Jost
  • Patent number: 8506197
    Abstract: A first apparatus includes a base, a plurality of stems, each stem having a first end retained by the base and a second end opposite the first end. Each stem is movable between a withdrawn position and an extended position with respect to the base, such that the second end projects from the base when the stem is in the extended position. Flexible tips are attached respectively to the second ends of the stems. A second apparatus includes a storage vessel, a cup dimensioned to receive the flexible tips of the first apparatus, and a dispensing mechanism linking the storage vessel to the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Howard Beaty, Payton Autrey Morrison, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20130186911
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a combined cap and actuator device for an aerosol container. The device has a body which is substantially cylindrically-shaped having a receiving portion, an actuating portion, and a waist portion. The body is reversible from an unactuating position wherein the valve of the aerosol container is closed to prevent product flow, to an actuating position wherein the valve is opened to dispense product into the receiving portion. A lid is attachable to seal the receiving portion, actuating portion or base of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventor: Lloyd HORNLAND
  • Patent number: 8434647
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a device for measuring and dispensing a prescribed amount of liquid. The advantage of the present device is that a simple squeezing action not only reliably and precisely stores a prescribed volume of liquid (e.g., a liquid cooking ingredient, beverage (such as wine or liquor) but then subsequently upon an additional squeeze, discharges the stored liquid while refilling the dose chamber with another dose of the prescribed volume to be later discharged upon the next squeezing action. This eliminates the time consuming tasks of having to measure liquids with conventional measuring cups and the like and instead, the user simple initially adds liquid to the container and then places the cover and measuring and dispensing mechanism on top of the container prior to performed successive squeezing for loading and discharging the dose volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Inventor: Riad Aamar
  • Publication number: 20130056498
    Abstract: A dispenser adapted for use with thick salad dressing or other consumable fluid which may have large solid ingredients therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: COOL GEAR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Cool Gear International
  • Patent number: 8267610
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a cleansing solution on to a tissue comprised of: a reservoir container forming an interior volume for holding a cleansing solution and an opening that provides access to the interior volume; a dispersion component comprised of an upper surface, a lower surface, a plurality of holes on the upper surface, and at least one channel between the upper and lower surfaces; and a pump assembly comprised of a tubular member extending from the interior volume of the reservoir container, through the opening, and mated to the lower surface of the dispersion component, in which the pump assembly defines an actuator for pumping the cleansing solution from said interior volume of the reservoir container, through the one or more channels, and through the holes of the upper surface of said dispersion component when a pressure is applied to the dispersion component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Avery Goodman
  • Patent number: 8267282
    Abstract: A quantitative dropper structure includes a resilient bottle body, a nozzle detachably sealingly connected to a bottle opening of the bottle body, and a transfer mechanism having a flow path formed of a first transfer pipe, a remaining liquid reservoir and a second transfer pipe. The nozzle has a dispensing orifice and a bottom wall formed with a perforation. The first transfer pipe has a first end communicating with the remaining liquid reservoir and a second end downward extending near to a bottom section of the bottle body. The second transfer pipe has a front end passing through the perforation to communicate with the liquid reservoir and a rear end communicating with the remaining liquid reservoir. When compressed, the liquid flows in the flow path into the liquid reservoir. After a predetermined volume of liquid is contained in the liquid reservoir, the liquid is quantitatively dispensed from the dispensing orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Hsi-Wen Pai
  • Publication number: 20120091168
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a fluid reservoir (1) provided with an opening (13), a dispenser member (2) provided with a fluid outlet (24), a fastener ring (3) for fastening the dispenser member (2) on the opening (13) of the reservoir (1), and a dispenser head (4) mounted on the outlet (24) of the dispenser member (2). The head includes a dispenser orifice (43) and a pressing surface (44) to actuate the dispenser member (2). The head (4) also includes a fluid-collection dish (45) in which the fluid from the dispenser orifice (43) is collected before being taken by the user, and a peripheral skirt (46) secured to the ring (3) and/or to the reservoir (1). The skirt (46) is connected to the dish (45), to the pressing surface (44), and to the orifice (43) via a deformable flexible zone (47). The deformable zone (47) surrounds the dish (45), the pressing surface (44), and the dispenser orifice (43).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Airlessystems
    Inventor: Laurent Decottignies
  • Publication number: 20120074173
    Abstract: An insulated container for liquids having a lower chamber sealed with a lid, such lid having a reservoir for holding liquid which is pumped from the lower chamber through a dispensing passage. The pump may be an air or water pump of a variety of styles, but it is designed to be operated by a single finger on the same hand that holds the container. This pump may be placed on the lid, such that the lid may be placed on alternate lower chambers. The pump may also be made with a button or soft membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Blake Vanier
  • Patent number: 8118193
    Abstract: The application describes small hand-held dispensers suitable for use with creamy flowable products such as cosmetics. The dispensers are of a kind having a top plate (4) with a dished pick-up surface (42), and a product discharge opening (43) opening into the pick-up area (42). Specific proposals include positioning the pick-up surface (42) and an actuator (8) side-by-side on the top plate. The actuator (8) operates a pump (6), desirably positioned beneath the actuator and offset from the pick-up surface (42). A corresponding transverse outlet conduit (69) may be provided. The container (1) may be plastics or a metal container. Embodiments using plastic pump springs and resiliently deformable pump chamber walls are also described. Also, embodiments in which actuation is by tilting of the top plate in its entirety, the pick-up area then optionally being central.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Rieke Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Law
  • Patent number: 8109412
    Abstract: A dispenser head (1) for associating with a dispenser member, such as a pump or a valve, so as to form a fluid dispenser, the head including a connection sleeve (11) for connecting to an outlet (31) of the dispenser member, the sleeve (11) being connected to a fluid dispenser orifice (13, 13?) via an internal channel (12), the head being characterized in that it further includes a fluid collection dish (14) for collecting the fluid at the outlet from the dispenser orifice, the dish defining a bottom (141) that is situated below the dispenser orifice under normal conditions of use of the head, such that the fluid drops by gravity into the dish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Airlessystems
    Inventors: Laurent Decottignies, Myriam Bourdon
  • Publication number: 20110284588
    Abstract: A preferred embodiment of a system for loading catalyst and/or additives into a fluidized catalytic cracking unit includes a bin for storing at least one of the catalyst and/or additives, and a loading unit in fluid communication with the storage bin and the fluidized catalytic cracking unit on a selective basis. The loading unit is capable of being evacuated so that a resulting vacuum within the loading unit draws the catalyst and/or additive from the bin. The loading unit is also capable of being pressurized so that the catalyst and/or additive is transferred from the loading unit to the fluidized catalytic cracking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: George Yaluris, Lenny Lee Albin, Alfred Ferdinand Jordan
  • Patent number: 8047405
    Abstract: A volumetric fluid dispensing device can include a fluid reservoir having at least one flexible wall and a dispensing reservoir oriented above the fluid reservoir. The dispensing reservoir can have an overflow return fluidly connected to the fluid reservoir such that the dispensing reservoir holds a measured volume of fluid. A reservoir conduit can be fluidly connected to the fluid reservoir and the dispensing reservoir to allow excess fluid to return from the overflow to the fluid reservoir. A dispensing conduit can also be fluidly connected to the dispensing reservoir to allow fluid to exit the dispensing reservoir. A mechanical wall actuator can be operatively associated with the walls for controllably flexing at least a portion of the walls sufficient to force fluid from the fluid reservoir to the dispensing reservoir via the reservoir conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
    Inventors: David R. Otis, Jr., Gerald F. Meehan, Christopher Vitello, Casey Timon Miller, N K Peter Samuel, Joseph W. Dody
  • Publication number: 20110240674
    Abstract: A quantitative dropper structure includes a resilient bottle body, a nozzle detachably sealingly connected to a bottle opening of the bottle body, and a transfer mechanism having a flow path formed of a first transfer pipe, a remaining liquid reservoir and a second transfer pipe. The nozzle has a dispensing orifice and a bottom wall formed with a perforation. The first transfer pipe has a first end communicating with the remaining liquid reservoir and a second end downward extending near to a bottom section of the bottle body. The second transfer pipe has a front end passing through the perforation to communicate with the liquid reservoir and a rear end communicating with the remaining liquid reservoir. When compressed, the liquid flows in the flow path into the liquid reservoir. After a predetermined volume of liquid is contained in the liquid reservoir, the liquid is quantitatively dispensed from the dispensing orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Hsi-Wen PAI
  • Publication number: 20110193917
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for supplying solid-ink pellets from a container to a printing apparatus. The solid-ink pellets are held in a collapsible, hermetic bag, which is carried in the container. The bag is partially or fully transparent. A vacuum interface provides an access point to the bag. Further, a perforated nozzle, adapted to engage the vacuum interface, provides airflow within the bag and is configured to apply a suction force to extract solid-ink pellets from the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: JAN M. ENDERLE, MATTHEW FABRIZIO, SRINIVASA R. DESHIIKAN, MICHAEL BRUNDIGE
  • Patent number: 7984832
    Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Nicholas L. Pivonka, Daniel Aaron Huitt, Laura Itzkowitz, Tami O'Connell, Jodi Lynn Russell, Agnete Enga, John Kiechel, Nasahn Sheppard
  • Patent number: 7963425
    Abstract: A shrink sleeve on a vertical pump-up dispenser covers a portion of the actuator, the container and the gap between the actuator and the container. The shrink sleeve may have upper and lower transparent portions to display properties of the dispenser and a middle portion to display product use information. The shrink sleeve may be removable via a tear strip so that the dispenser has an uncluttered appearance when used by the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Tami O'Connell White, Peddy Khatami
  • Publication number: 20110079613
    Abstract: A measuring cup structure comprises a drawing pipe set including a drawing tube having a lid to connect with a container, and including a seat having a hollowly conical mouth to communicate with the drawing tube; a measuring assembly including a measuring cup and an upper cap to cover the measuring cup, wherein the measuring cup includes a scale formed on an outer rim thereof to mark graduation, and includes a raised cylinder disposed on a central portion thereof, and between the cylinder and an inner side of the scale is defined a cavity, the cylinder includes a receiving chamber fixed on a bottom end thereof, and includes a hollowly conical head disposed on a top end thereof, and the mouth extends out of the head, the head includes a guiding member fitted thereon and having a conical surface to guide the liquid to the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Chang Tsung Chih