Resilient Wall Patents (Class 222/206)
  • Patent number: 11839527
    Abstract: A new and improved NPWT bandage which is simple, inexpensive, easy-to-use, small in size (including having a low profile), is atraumatic to the wound during use, has improved pump efficiency, incorporates an automatic pressure indicator for indicating the level of negative pressure created, and provides an automatic pressure limiter for limiting the level of negative pressure created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Timothy Johnson, Charles Sears, Sean Albert, David Tortoriello, Orlando Soto
  • Patent number: 11702274
    Abstract: A method of storing a product that contains a volatile component within a fluid storage reservoir formed with enclosing walls having a permeability that permits limited passage of the volatile component from the storage reservoir to the atmosphere, preferably with the method increasing the shelf life of the product stored, and a fluid storage reservoir with a first container containing the fluid product to be dispensed including the volatile component and a second container containing a sacrifice material including the same volatile component with an intermediate transfer wall shared by both the first container and the second container for transfer of the volatile component between the first container and the second container. The product preferably is a surface cleaner or a hand sanitizer including 30 to 95% ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: OP-HYGIENE IP GmbH
    Inventor: Heiner Ophardt
  • Patent number: 11622607
    Abstract: The improved necklace for lotions and gels for lotions and gels is a device that allows a user to transport and dispense sunscreen. The device is intended to be worn as a necklace or bracelet. The device includes two internal storage locations separated by a moveable plug. Movement of the plug allows for alteration of the size of the chambers, as well as helping a user to push sunscreen, or other liquids and gels, out of the desired chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Ralph Imbriani
  • Patent number: 11565072
    Abstract: The inventive concepts disclosed and claimed herein are generally directed to an improved assisted walking device, such as a cane, walker or wheelchair, that includes an integrated oxygen concentrator housed within the assisted walking device. In some embodiments, for example, the improved assisted walking device includes a handle, a control pad, an elongated housing having an interior chamber, an oxygen concentrator, a leg member and a foot member. The oxygen concentrator detachably positioned within the interior chamber of the elongated housing and including an adsorption system configured to generate a flow of oxygen enriched gas, a compressor that includes a motor, a battery, a plurality of sieve beds configured to extract oxygen-enriched gas from ambient air, and a controller in communication with the control pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. James
  • Patent number: 10507287
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a needleless drug delivery system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a needleless drug delivery system, in which durability of a membrane that partitions a space to fill a drug is enhanced by reinforcing a weak portion of the membrane or by forming a double membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Jin Woo Jeon
  • Patent number: 9540149
    Abstract: A multi-chambered container for storing and dispensing flowable substances and method for using the same. The container includes a plurality of individual chambers (30,40,50) each containing a flowable substance. Each chamber (30,40,50) is in fluid communication with a discharge valve assembly. Each chamber includes a pair of structural elements that define an isolated panel. The valve assembly selectively dispenses a single one of the flowable substances in response to one of the isolated panels being pressed or squeezed by a user without simultaneously dispensing the remaining substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Brian G. Worthington
  • Patent number: 9408517
    Abstract: A mopping device includes a mopping portion, a fluid release device for releasing fluid to at least one of a surface to be mopped and the mopping portion, a handle configured to be gripped by a user to control the mopping portion, and a reservoir for storing fluid. The reservoir can include an expandable bladder. The reservoir also can be configured such that air need not be evacuated from the reservoir during tilling of the reservoir. The mopping device also can be part of a mopping system, in which a refill reservoir is provided to refill the reservoir of the mopping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Fitzpatrick, Thomas Perelli, Grant Matthew Mason
  • Patent number: 9352873
    Abstract: A plastic container configured for case-less shipping includes a base portion, a sidewall portion, and a neck portion. The base portion is configured to support the container on a surface and includes a substantially planar surface contact portion. The sidewall portion extends upwardly from the base portion and includes a shoulder, an integrally molded handle having a handle opening, and a horizontally-extending collapsible formation. The neck portion extends upwardly from the shoulder of the sidewall portion and includes a dispensing opening, a neck finish, and an uppermost vertical portion. In an embodiment, the handle includes a handle portion that extends vertically from the sidewall portion to an extent that is at or about the same vertical height as the uppermost vertical portion of the neck portion, and a portion of the sidewall portion is permitted to deform in response to a top load force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: James Christopher Dorn
  • Publication number: 20150122841
    Abstract: Various containers are provided that include a resiliently deformable product volume and a dispenser configured to dispense fluent product from the product volume. When no dispensing force is applied to the product volume, the product volume has an undeformed state and a first interior volume. When a dispensing force is applied to the product volume, the product volume is resiliently deformable to a deformed state in which the product volume is reduced to a second interior volume less than the first interior volume, and the dispenser can dispense at least some of the fluent product from the product volume. When the dispensing force is released, the product volume fully restores itself to the undeformed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Ken McGuire, Scott Stanley, Lee Arent, Jun You
  • Publication number: 20150122846
    Abstract: Non-durable self-supporting flexible containers having product volumes and structural support frames are provided with vents to facilitate equalization of the pressure inside the product volume to the pressure of the environment outside of the containers. The vents enable rapid recovery of the structural support from a deformed state, which occurs when a fluent product is dispensed, to an undeformed state. For this purpose, the vents comprise vent paths between the environment outside of the containers and the product volume. The vents may further comprise a non-wetting material surrounding the entrance and exit of the vent path and/or microtexturing or a spacer to maintain space for air flow in the vent path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Stanley, Lee Arent, Andrew Rapach, Ken McGuire, Jun You, Kory Gunnerson
  • Publication number: 20150122710
    Abstract: A personal, portable drinking container has a bottle with a side wall, a closed bottom, a neck, a reservoir, and a top opening in the neck providing access to the reservoir. A cap is removably fitted on the neck to close the top opening. The bottle can have an annular formation in the side wall below the neck to prevent the neck from deforming when the bottle is squeezed. The side wall can have a pair of squeezable sides and a pair of opposed stiff sides below the annular formation, whereby the stiff sides help the bottle to rebound quickly after each squeeze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Hull, Larry T. McKinney, Jacob Connelly
  • Patent number: 8950635
    Abstract: The present application relates to a self-contained, hand-held dispenser for providing a user-determined amount of a substance. The hand-held dispenser includes a hand-squeezable reservoir that is structured to enable the dispenser to be readily stackable with other such dispensers. The hand-help dispenser further includes a dispensing portion that protectively seals a substance stored in the reservoir and is further configured to control dispensation of the substance for a user-predetermined purpose, such as for consumption of the substance. Further still, the dispenser includes a cover having a first and a second position for providing access to the reservoir and/or dosing a substance contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Honey Bee Babies, LLC
    Inventor: Heather Baird Loya
  • Patent number: 8939326
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a dispensing container (1) A for probiotics (2) in a viscous or liquid carrier (3), the probiotics (2) having a higher specific weight than the viscous or liquid carrier (3), wherein the container (1) comprises a reservoir (4) for holding the carrier (3) and a dispensing head (5) being in fluid connection with the reservoir (4), the dispensing head (5) comprising at least one outlet (6), wherein the concentration of the probiotics (2) decreases from the outlet (6) of the dispensing head (5) towards a bottom portion (1a) of the reservoir (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Karl-Josef Huber-Haag
  • Publication number: 20140312073
    Abstract: A squeezable hollow thin walled dispensing container having an open ended main body is provided with a closure plug insertable into the open end, the plug having outwardly projecting ribs engaging the inside of the peripheral wall of the body, a locking member is received exterior of the body around the plug, and the plug and locking member entrapping portions of the wall therebetween to sealingly close the open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Fang-Pin Chen
  • Patent number: 8844743
    Abstract: A compressible container (200) has a cap (100) configured to engage therewith. The cap (100) includes a first valve (150), preferably in the form of first and second disks (112,120), one above another, each disk having at least one hole (113,122) therethrough. The disks are rotatable with respect to one another The holes (113,122) of the first and second disks (112,120) align in a first position to create channel therethrough and misalign in the second position to close the channel. The cap (100) may also include a second valve (130) connected to the channel. The second valve (130) may comprise a ball (134) inside a conic section tube (132). The ball (134) is designed to float on the liquid (300) so that any liquid (300) attempting to exit the container cap (100) will be prevented from doing so as the second valve (130) will be closed when the liquid forces the ball (134) into engagement with the conic section tube (132).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Giuseppe Costa
  • Publication number: 20140231462
    Abstract: Exemplary metered dose dispensers are disclosed herein. One exemplary embodiment includes a container and a one-dose dispenser secured to the container. The one-dose dispenser includes a dosing chamber; a shuttle member movable within the dosing chamber; an outlet valve located at an end of the dosing chamber and an outlet located downstream of the outlet valve. A liquid inlet is also included for allowing liquid to flow into the dosing chamber to an area between the shuttle member and the outlet valve. Pressurizing liquid in the container moves the shuttle member from a first position to a second position and dispenses the liquid in the dosing chamber; and when the shuttle member is in the second position, the shuttle member seals off the outlet valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene W. Ray, Aaron D. Marshall
  • Patent number: 8794959
    Abstract: A completely disposable cooking apparatus used for filling and decorating of foods, that is a one-piece disposable construction, comprising a one-piece, funnel-shaped bag with a soft side wall, having an open first end at the “top” or wider end of the funnel through which food material can be inserted into the bag and a closed second end at the “bottom” or narrow end of the funnel, with an integral, malleable, conical shaped, discharge orifice (also sometimes referred to as a nozzle or a tip). The orifice has serrations or ridges extending inwardly from the internal wall of the orifice, running longitudinally or parallel to the cone axis for all or a part of the length of the orifice. The orifice can either be initially closed or manufactured with a small opening or hole. The orifice is made of a material so that it is capable of being cut at any point along its longitudinal axis to yield an exit opening or hole with a desired size. Regardless of the point of cut, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventors: Brenda Marie Grimes, Charles Wilson Grimes
  • Patent number: 8790110
    Abstract: A completely disposable cooking apparatus used for preparing, filling assembling and decorating of foods, that is a one-piece disposable construction, comprising an elongated bag with a soft side wall, an open first end through which food material can be inserted into the bag and a second end that is closed by a tapered discharge orifice (also sometimes referred to as a nozzle or a tip). The orifice has a first end in contact with the second end of the bag and a distal end away from the bag. The cross-sectional area of the orifice at the first end is greater than the cross-sectional area of the orifice at the distal end. The orifice is made of a material so that it is capable of being cut at any point along its longitudinal axis to yield an exit opening or hole with a desired size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Inventors: Brenda M. Grimes, Charles Grimes
  • Patent number: 8757549
    Abstract: An amount of fuel in a fuel bladder of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is determined based on a deformation of the bladder. In some examples, a fuel system for a UAV includes a bladder, a proximity sensor, a fuel gauge, and a controller. The bladder is deformable based on the amount of fuel in the bladder. The proximity sensor may output a signal that varies as a function of the deformation of the bladder. The controller may determine the amount of fuel in the bladder based on the signal output by the proximity sensor and control the fuel gauge to indicate the determined amount of fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Erben, Michael W. Moore, Justin J. Ebaugh
  • Patent number: 8758816
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising azelastine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof including azelastine hydrochloride, and optionally one or more additional active agents. Preferred such compositions further comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients that reduce the amount of post-nasal drip, and/or that minimize or mask the unpleasant bitter taste associated with post-nasal drip, of the compositions into the oral cavity, upon intranasal or ocular administration of the compositions. Especially effective excipients used in the compositions of the present invention are hypromellose as a viscosity modifier and sucralose as a taste-masking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Fuge, John Higson, Bryan A. Roecklein, Gul Balwani, Alexander D. D'Addio
  • Publication number: 20140138408
    Abstract: The present application relates to a self-contained, hand-held dispenser for providing a user-determined amount of a substance. The hand-held dispenser includes a hand-squeezable reservoir that is structured to enable the dispenser to be readily stackable with other such dispensers. The hand-help dispenser further includes a dispensing portion that protectively seals a substance stored in the reservoir and is further configured to control dispensation of the substance for a user-predetermined purpose, such as for consumption of the substance. Further still, the dispenser includes a cover having a first and a second position for providing access to the reservoir and/or dosing a substance contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventor: Heather Baird Loya
  • Publication number: 20140033447
    Abstract: A dosing and dispensing device for liquid detergent comprises a hollow body having a portion comprising a flexible material, an opening in said flexible portion, and means to spread at least a portion of the contained liquid detergent onto a surface of fabric. The opening is (progressively) opened when pressure is applied to said device on a surface to which the liquid detergent is applied. The opening is substantially closed when said pressure stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Di Bono, Nicola Pretto, Ralf Wiedemann
  • Publication number: 20130292415
    Abstract: Non-durable self-supporting flexible containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Scott Kendyl STANLEY, Kenneth Stephen McGUIRE
  • Publication number: 20130180521
    Abstract: A spray package including a container defining a cavity and having an opening; a spray container movable disposed in the cavity, the spray container having a fluid container portion movably disposed in the cavity and a projection portion having an orifice in fluid communication with the first fluid container portion, the projection portion being movable through the opening in the container between a retracted and extended position; and a therapeutic liquid disposed in the fluid container portion and being discharged through the orifice upon application of a force to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Baschnagel
  • Publication number: 20130175299
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a fluid includes a rigid vial that has a main fluid chamber containing a fluid, and a pump assembly that is in fluid communication with the main fluid chamber and is configured to dispense a predetermined quantity of fluid from the main fluid chamber. A flexible bladder is provided which is located within the main fluid chamber and is configured to expand to fill the ullage created within the main fluid chamber during dispensing of fluid by the pump assembly. The resilient bladder tends to force itself outwardly toward the rigid vial and, in turn, increases the pressure within the main fluid chamber in comparison to the interior of the bladder to thereby prevent the ingress of air or vapors through the bladder or otherwise into the main fluid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Joseph M. Ting
  • Patent number: 8469241
    Abstract: A dispensing closure for a squeeze-type container produces a fan-type spray in a low pressure environment. The dispensing closure includes a closure body having an upper deck and a skirt depending from the upper deck. The skirt is configured and arranged to attach to a product container, such as a squeeze-type container. A flow conduit extends from an interior of the closure body and through the upper deck to provide a flow path from an interior of the closure to an exterior of the closure. The flow conduit has an entrance orifice and an exit orifice. The flow conduit has an inner wall extending between the entrance orifice and the exit orifice. The flow conduit and the closure body are integrally formed. The flow conduit includes a tip portion with an exit orifice defining a shape to provide a fan-type spray in a low pressure environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: MWV Slatersville, LLC
    Inventors: Sergey Romanov, Clifford W. Skillin, Patrick J. Brannon
  • Publication number: 20130105520
    Abstract: A batter dispenser and a method of using the batter dispenser are provided. The batter dispenser includes a lower body, an upper body detachably connected to the lower body, and a dispenser member detachably connected to the upper body, the dispenser member including a first nozzle configured to control the flow of batter therethrough. The method includes placing a dry-mix ingredient of a batter into the lower body, adding a liquid ingredient of the batter to the dry-mix ingredients, assembling the batter dispenser by connecting the lower body, the upper body, and the dispensing member, shaking the batter dispenser to mix the dry-mix ingredient and the liquid ingredient to form the batter, and squeezing the upper body to cause batter to flow out of batter dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Barber, Bryce Butcher Altounian
  • Publication number: 20130075430
    Abstract: Containers (10) and methods are provided for dispensing a liquid concentrate (20) utilizing one or more desirable properties including a generally consistent discharge across a range of squeeze forces, a generally consistent discharge with the same force without significant dependence on the amount of liquid concentrate in the container, a substantially dripless or leak proof outlet opening (31), a jet (34) that minimizes splashing when the liquid concentrate impacts a target liquid (43), and a jet that maximizes mixing between the liquid concentrate and the target liquid to produce a generally homogenous mixture without the use of extraneous utensils or shaking. Also provided are liquid beverage concentrates that can be cold filled during packaging, while maintaining shelf stability for at least twelve months at ambient temperatures. Concentrate can have a combination of low pH and high alcohol content such as a pH less than 3.5 and alcohol content greater than 5 percent by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Karl Ragnarsson, Mangesh Palekar, Gary J. Albaum, Jane Lee MacDonald, Leonard S. Scarola
  • Publication number: 20130048679
    Abstract: A vessel configured to contain a liquid, semi-solid or powder product and to dispense predetermined amounts of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: CALIBRE CLOSURES LLC
    Inventor: Ken P. Swanick
  • Patent number: 8336790
    Abstract: A personal device for releasing the aroma of an essential oil includes an inner flexible container received within a rigid outer shell that is open on opposite sides to expose side portions of the inner flexible container. An interior chamber of the flexible container is partially filled with cotton or other fibrous material and a charge of an essential oil that saturates the cotton material. A cap fitted to an open top end of the flexible container includes a flip nozzle with a ball valve. The flip nozzle is operable between a lowered position to close the ball valve and seal the open top of the flexible container closed, and a raised straight up position to open the ball valve and permit release of beneficial aromas of the essential oil from an open end of the nozzle upon squeezing the exposed sides of the flexible container while holding the nozzle below the user's nostrils so that the aromas are released for direct inhalation through the user's nostrils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventor: Maria C. Kolins
  • Publication number: 20120279993
    Abstract: It is provided a nozzle (10) for applying a powder, particularly a pulverized hair treatment product, particularly preferred a cosmetic and/or dermatological product, comprising a cap (12) for being connected to a squeezable container for storing the powder, an outlet conduit (14) protruding from the cap (12) along an axial direction (16) for dispensing the powder through the cap (12). According to the invention a mesh (28) covering the outlet conduit (14) for retaining the powder and for pulverizing powder agglomerates is provided, wherein the mesh (28) comprises in a region covering the outlet conduit passages, and the outlet conduit (14) comprises an inner surface (22) for guiding the powder, wherein the inner surface (22) is inclined with respect to the axial direction (16) of the outlet conduit (14) by an angle ? of 0.0°<??15.0°, particularly 1.0°???12.5°, preferably 1.5°???8.0°, further preferred 2.0°???7.0°, more preferred 2.5°???6.0° and most preferred ?=3.0°±0.2°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: KAO GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Lott, Dirk Weichaus
  • Publication number: 20120257920
    Abstract: An oral care dispenser and oral care system incorporating the system that includes a resilient applicator that optimizes application of the subject fluid to the desired oral surfaces. In one embodiment, the invention is a dispenser comprising a housing having an internal reservoir containing the fluid. The resilient applicator is coupled to the housing and comprises a dispensing orifice. The resilient applicator comprises a working surface that is oriented at an oblique angle to a longitudinal axis of the housing and is defined by a polygonal perimeter edge, the polygonal perimeter edge comprising a plurality of apex portions and a plurality of side portions, wherein one of the plurality of side portions forms a distal most-portion of the resilient applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Colgale-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo J. Jimenez, Joseph E. Fattori
  • Publication number: 20120211526
    Abstract: A container having a container body that can have a circumference/perimeter variation along a vertical axis, a bottom surface, and a container opening having a top surface; an axially oriented shrink wrap sleeve covering a portion of the body of the container having a circumference variation and the container opening; the shrink wrap sleeve having a pair of generally vertical perforations descending from the shrink wrap top edge towards a circumferential perforation ring oriented below the container opening. The axially oriented shrink wrap sleeve covering a portion of the container body circumference variation has a greater or lesser circumference at at least one point between the perforation ring and the bottom edge of the shrink wrap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Glen A. Dupuis, Katherine Lucisano, Piaras Valdis de Cleir
  • Patent number: 8211081
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closing cap for containers that are filled with medical liquids. The closing cap includes removal and injection sites. The removal site has a first opening for removing the medical liquid and is obturated by a first pierceable self-sealing membrane. The injection site includes a second opening for injecting an additive and is obturated by a second pierceable self-sealing membrane. The first and second membranes are configured differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Brandenburger, Ismael Rahimy, Gerald Wegner
  • Publication number: 20110290825
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support member and dispensing container assembly designed for a “squeeze to use” dispensing container. A support member 31 which rigidly attaches to a support structure like a wall, has a releasable attachment means 34 into which a free standing “squeeze to use” dispensing container for gels or liquids 1 can be inserted to releasably hold the container 1 to form a rigid connection whereby the dispensing aperture 3 of the dispensing container 1 faces downwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: Michael John Gordon
  • Publication number: 20110226813
    Abstract: A blow molded container for dispensing a fluid material is disclosed, the container including an ovoid hollow body formed from a flexible material, a means for handling formed on the hollow body, and an opening formed in the hollow body providing fluid communication with an interior thereof. The container is adapted to hold an egg substitute product and to minimize a complexity of use of the egg substitute product for cooking purposes by minimizing the measurements and/or measurement conversion required by consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Frank E. Semersky
  • Publication number: 20110206540
    Abstract: A dispense apparatus and system for dispensing suspensions or emulsions. The system ensures uniformity of distribution of the dispersed phase within the continuous-phase liquid by moving the fluid through the dispense cartridge, such as with a continuous or pulsating flow. In one embodiment, peristaltic pumps are positioned upstream and downstream of the dispense cartridge, in fluid communication with and forming a single loop with a fluid source. Circulation between the fluid source and the dispense cartridge is maintained. In a second embodiment, a pump circulates fluid into and out of the dispense cartridge and is also in fluid communication with a fluid source such as with a pinch valve to allow proper filling of the dispense cartridge from the fluid source. In a third embodiment, a reversing pump is placed between the dispense cartridge and fluid source to continually or continuously pump fluid into and out of the dispense cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: MILLIPORE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brett M. Belongia, Robert C. Saunders
  • Publication number: 20110204095
    Abstract: A squeeze container includes a container body having flexibility, and a press restriction member that is provided inside the container body and that restricts, from inside the container body, deformation of the container body due to pressing of a side surface of the container body from outside thereof. A content liquid of the container is discharged by pressing the side surface of the container body from outside thereof. The squeeze container has, on the side surface of the container body, measurement scale markings arrayed in the vertical direction. The inner diameter of the container body within an arrayed range in which the measurement scale markings are arrayed in the vertical direction is formed to have a smaller diameter than an upper portion and/or a lower portion of the container body. Further, there is a corresponding relationship between a position, in the vertical direction, on the array of the measurement scale markings and a discharge amount when that position is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Michiaki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20110174166
    Abstract: A transportable chocolate crafting system a casing box in which is arranged a plurality of heating compartments, wherein each of the heating compartments are configured to receive one of a plurality of containers that hold a quantity of chocolate. The containers are separately heated by a plurality of electrically-powered heating units, to melt the quantity of chocolate and to maintain the melted chocolate in a molten, flow able state. A control system or master controller detects a presence of a container in a heating compartment, detects a quantity of chocolate in the container, monitors a temperature of the chocolate in the container and controls an application of heat to the heating unit in the heating compartment in which the detected container is present, based on a calculated desired chocolate state and a calculated temperature gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Tara Sparacio, Karen Levy
  • Patent number: 7967169
    Abstract: An improved device for dispensing toothpaste from a flexible tube using only manual pressure on the flexible tube. The device is formed to fit precisely the inner shape of the toothpaste tube and slides forward as the tube is manually squeezed from the outside. As the device moves toward the tube opening the toothpaste is expelled. Friction strips attached to the device on two sides come into contact with friction strips on the two interior sides of the toothpaste tube. As the device is propelled forward by manual pressure it is prevented from moving rearward toward the closed end of the toothpaste tube because of the friction strips. Thus as the tube is depressed and the toothpaste is expelled the flattened portion of the tube remains flattened and the tube is ready for the next use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventor: Arie Hanan
  • Publication number: 20110063384
    Abstract: A disclosed liquid container containing liquid to be supplied to a liquid discharge head includes a container main body defining a liquid containing section and including an opening section formed in one surface of the container main body, the opening section including an opening; and a film-like flexible member sealing the opening section of the container main body. Further, the film-like flexible member is joined with a joint section formed on the opening section of the container main body in a state where the film-like flexible member is bent, and a concave-convex structure is formed in the circumferential direction of the joint section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Uchida, Hiroyuki Moriya, Hideki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110020734
    Abstract: A fuel tank preventing an excessive supply when manually supplying a liquid such as a fuel, a fuel cell and an electronic apparatus using the fuel tank are provided. A fuel tank includes a deformable section which is deformable by external pressure in a part of a housing containing a liquid fuel. The deformable section has a projected shape outward from a top surface of the housing, and has a configuration in which a flat surface is arranged with a bending part in the top surface of the housing. The flat surface of the deformable section is pushed by a finger, a stick or the like to apply external pressure to the deformable section, thereby the deformable section is deformed so as to be flipped with respect to the top surface of the housing. The volumetric capacity in the housing is changed to push the liquid fuel out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Fukushima, Yoshiaki Inoue, Atsushi Sato, Yuto Takagi, Jusuke Shimura
  • Publication number: 20110014384
    Abstract: The invention is related to a coating delivery system that includes at least one pressure vessel having an inner surface, a flexible bladder disposed in a first pressure vessel and having an open condition and a closed condition, an internal region disposed between the inner surface and the bladder, and a deliverable substance including a coating component interspersed with at least one of liquefied carbon dioxide and supercritical carbon dioxide. The deliverable substance is disposed in one of the flexible bladder and the internal region, and the pressure-conveying fluid is received in the other to exert pressure on the deliverable substance and thereby permit transport thereof when the flexible bladder is in the open condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Terrasimco Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Neal Simmons, Walter John Simmons
  • Publication number: 20100308133
    Abstract: A rinsing liquid supplying device includes a bottle for storing rinsing liquid, a liquid outlet unit, and a locking collar formed with a collar opening. The bottle includes a mouth section. The liquid outlet unit includes a hollow fixing section, a spraying section formed with a spray hole unit, and an intermediate duct section disposed between and in fluid communication with the fixing section and the spraying section. The fixing section has an annular lip disposed to abut against the mouth section of the bottle, and a liquid guide interconnecting the annular lip and the intermediate duct section. The locking collar is adapted for engaging the mouth section. The liquid guide extends through the locking collar, and the annular lip is clamped between the locking collar and the mouth section to retain the liquid outlet unit on the bottle when the locking collar engages the mouth section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Chin-Chun YEH
  • Publication number: 20100308127
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for applying pest control particulates. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a duster including a bulb reservoir, charged with pest control particulate, and having an orifice closed by a releasably attachable cap. The cap is provided with an outlet communicating with a flexible conduit having a distal end with a rigid plastic tube. The distal end may be held stationary and trained on a target area while the bulb reservoir may be alternately reoriented, as the bulb is compressed, for controlled application of the pest control particulate. The invention also includes a vacuum cleaner operating in blower mode and blower hose assembly having a coupling port. The vacuum cleaner may be operated to induce a high speed air flow and the flexible conduit of the duster may be connected to the coupling port for entraining pest control particulate into the high speed air flow for greater range dispensing of the pest control particulate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: William Leon Walker, JR.
  • Patent number: 7766190
    Abstract: A crimp tube having a sealed throat opening at one end and an open end crimped close at an opposite end is provided with an internal stiffener which is resilient and will return to its original shape upon release of pressure. The stiffener is generally cylindrical and has generally radial openings therethrough communicating to the space between the outer diameter of the stiffener and the inner diameter of the tube to allow contents to flow to the interior of the stiffener and from the interior of the stiffener to the area between the stiffener and the inner diameter of the tube. The tube being formed of soft material is collapsible against the stiffener and further collapsible with the stiffener to dispense materials from the tube subsequent to opening the closure at the throat. On release of pressure the stiffener will return to its uncompressed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Inventor: Fang-Pin Chen
  • Patent number: 7749633
    Abstract: A device which can mix and store fuel and water, which is orientation independent and which has a small volume. The device includes: at least one inlet for fuel and/or water; and at least one outlet for a mixture of fuel and water, wherein the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet are connected to a flexible chamber in which fluids are mixed and temporarily stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Diego Larrain
  • Patent number: 7731103
    Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing a viscous, flowable product such, for example, as a spin-art paint solution, comprises an axially extending container that defines an opening and an interior chamber for receiving and storing the flowable product. A discharge assembly is coupled to the container, the discharge assembly being dimensioned and arranged to spin, relative to the container, as it receives the flowable product from the interior chamber. The spinning motion of the discharge assembly, which may be accompanied by a linear movement of the container itself relative to a target surface, allows the user to cleanly and evenly distribute the flowable material onto a target substrate in an attractive, curvilinear deposit pattern. Optionally, the discharge assembly may be configured with a pivoting nozzle that can be moved from a position for obtaining a helical (curvilinear) deposit pattern to a position for obtaining a rectilinear deposit pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Tropical Ventures LLC
    Inventor: Alan B. Amron
  • Publication number: 20100059544
    Abstract: A keg enveloping a container (8) for containing a beverage and means for deforming the container (8) in order to drive the beverage out of the keg (1). The container (8) comprises two substantial rigid walls (13,14), which walls are mutually connected by a flexible wall (15). The flexible wall (15) is shaped as a bellows. Said means can move the two rigid walls (13,14) towards each other, so that the distance between the two rigid walls (13,14) varies. The material of the container (8) comprises preferably a metal layer or is made of metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Jacob Dijkstra, Paulus Cornelis Duineveld, Joldert Maria Boersma, Andries Bron
  • Publication number: 20100001025
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a resilient dispenser body with an aperture and an attachment mechanism coupled to the resilient dispenser body. Liquid is dispensed through the aperture in response to pressing the resilient dispenser body. In particular, liquid is dispensed through the aperture in response to flexing the resilient dispenser body at a position away from the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Corey James McCormick