Internally Extending Outlet Pipe Patents (Class 222/211)
  • Patent number: 11932022
    Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Ishizawa, Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Koichi Toba, Takumi Nagashima, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Tadashi Watanabe, Noriyuki Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 11857051
    Abstract: A composition dispenser with dynamically adjustable protrusions/bristles for delivery of a cosmetic composition to a substrate, particularly hair coloring agents. The composition dispenser comprises a protrusion unit including one or more protrusion elements and at least one dispensing orifices appointed for fluidic communication with a formulation reservoir. The protrusion unit is operably coupled to a length-adjustment element configured to adjust an exposed protrusion length of the protrusion elements along a direction perpendicular to a rotation plane of the length-adjust element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: William Robert Bickford, Jason Fyfe, Andrea Saverino, Oliver Sha
  • Patent number: 11814238
    Abstract: A dry powder spray bottle includes a bottle body. The bottle body includes an outer bottle and an inner bottle, a piston and a one-way air inlet valve are sequentially arranged between the inner bottle and the outer bottle, a powder storage cavity is formed above the piston, and an airbag structure is formed between the one-way air inlet valve and the outer bottle. A rotating powder stirring mechanism is provided between the inner bottle and the outer bottle. A one-way valve is provided in the powder stirring mechanism, and when the head cap is pressed, the one-way valve opens, and gas in the airbag structure is delivered to the inner bottle through the one-way valve and sprayed out from the head cap together with dry powders, and a sealing mechanism which can close a powder outlet passage is provided between the head cap and the inner bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Yuyao Doucai Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhian Zheng, Lijiang Xu, Yinlong Xu, Jiefeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11787608
    Abstract: A discharge-type cap includes an outer housing detachably coupled to an inner surface of an upper opening of a container, a button portion hinged to an upper portion of the outer housing, and a tube having one end located in a lower portion of the outer housing and the other end located on a side of the button portion. The button portion includes an upper tube insertion hole which has a lower surface and a side surface communicating to each other and into which the tube is inserted, and the outer housing includes a lower tube insertion hole having a central portion into which the tube is inserted and inclined in a direction in which the other end of the tube is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Byung Dae Lee
  • Patent number: 11548712
    Abstract: A fully sealed pouch containing a drink is provided with a straw within the pouch accessible to allow a user to draw drink from the pouch. The pouch defines a top portion, a bottom portion, and respective side edges interconnecting the top portion and the bottom portion. A corner portion is defined between the top portion and one side edge, the corner portion being openable by a user to access the straw. The pouch forms a closed cavity containing the drink, the cavity being defined by the top portion, the bottom portion, and side edges and by at least one wall defining a front face and a rear face for the cavity. The front and rear faces are connected together in the top portion. The front and rear faces are continuous with each other at, or are connected along, the other of the side edges. The front and rear faces are connected, optionally via a gusset, to provide the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HANDIPAK HOLDINGS LTD
    Inventors: Julian Nash, Ryan Horn, Cyril Norman Phillips
  • Patent number: 11312528
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for controlling scent delivery by a scented article for beverage containers such as box cartons. In some aspects, a scent delivery system includes a cap removably attachable to a carton container at an opening of the carton container, the cap being moveable between an open position that allows a fluid beverage within the carton container to flow outward and a closed position that prevents the beverage to flow outward; and a scented article that couples to the carton container or the cap and operable to generate a scent capable of stimulating an olfactory sensation of a user including during consumption of the beverage when the cap is in the open position, and when the cap is in closed position, a seal is created by the cap and a base region of the carton container to enclose the scented article and lock in the scent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SZENT CO.
    Inventor: Shawn Griffis
  • Patent number: 11268268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerosol spray for cleaning a drain with an excellent foam cleaning effect by spraying a drain cleaning composition to a drain hole and a drain of a sink, and the foamed cleaner can remain for a long time by spraying the drain cleaning composition in an aerosol or foam form to a sink filter, a drain hole and a drain, to maximize the cleaning effect. In addition, the present invention discloses a method for cleaning a drain of a sink comprising; (a) preparing a cleaner container comprising a first receiving part and a second receiving part in which a first agent and a second agent are received respectively; (b) mixing the first agent and the second agent each other; and (c) arranging the cleaner container in a drain inlet of a sink to inject a mixed foam cleansing agent released through an outlet of the cleaner container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-Ha Lee, Seung-Il Shin, In-Kee Yoo, Hyuk-Su Kwon, Min-Kyung Jo
  • Patent number: 11219298
    Abstract: A method of forming a hybrid, hand-held drinking bottle includes connecting a top element to a bottom element to form a seam therebetween. The top element includes a top wall extending around a top axis, and a top opening extending within the top element between opposed ends of the top wall. The top element is formed from a material that is of a first hardness. The bottom element comprises an end wall, a bottom wall extending around a bottom axis, and a bottom opening extending between the end wall and an opposing end of the bottom wall. The bottom element is formed from a material that is of a second hardness less than the first hardness. The top opening is in communication with the bottom opening when the top element is connected to the bottom element. The method further includes over molding a collar around the seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Aqua Fix USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Pasupathicoil Ramaswamy Soundar Rajan, Sowmya Soundar Rajan
  • Patent number: 11203467
    Abstract: A method and assembly for attaching to a container and configured to reduce the volume of a droplet of fluid ejected from the container wherein the assembly is securable to the container without alteration of the container and wherein the volume of the droplet is reduced on a microliter scale. The assembly comprises a base for securing a neck of the container; a tip for securing over a dispensing outlet of the container; and optionally a cap for securing over the tip and connecting to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NANODROPPER, INC.
    Inventors: Allisa Jungha Song, Elias Lee Baker
  • Patent number: 11066285
    Abstract: A system is provided for dispensing and storing liquid, such as wine. The system may include a dip tube coupled to a flexible bladder in an airtight manner. The dip tube may include a dip tube head and a perforated dip tube extension extending from the dip tube head into the contents of the flexible bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Vijay Singh
  • Patent number: 10966493
    Abstract: A charm keeper assembly that includes a first and a second clasp member disposed at respective free ends of a strand member and a charm keeper body having a keeper body thickness and independently disposed adjacent to a clasp member and having a spring-loaded charm retention member at least partially housed within the keeper body. The charm retention member includes a retention surface spanning upwardly in a transverse direction away from an outer surface of the charm keeper body to a terminal end defining a keeper offset length when the spring-loaded charm retention member is in a fully extended position along a retention member translation path. The assembly also includes at least one charm member defining a lumen with a lumen diameter having a maximum length less than the offset length and the keeper body thickness, combined, when the charm retention member is in the fully extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Island Trinketz, LLC
    Inventor: Raveen Lachman Dadlani
  • Patent number: 10919063
    Abstract: A squeeze sprayer for dispensing fluid product as a spray or spray mist includes a squeeze bottle and a squeeze sprayer closure attached to the squeeze bottle. The squeeze sprayer includes a cap which defines a chamber for receipt of air and fluid and further defines an outlet. Further included as a part of the squeeze sprayer is a valve which is assembled into the cap and a dip tube which is received by the cap. The dip tube is constructed and arranged to provide air to the chamber and the squeezing of the bottle forces air and fluid into the chamber and from there through the outlet to be dispensed as a spray or spray mist. A second embodiment provides an upright squeeze sprayer with a unique orifice cup. A third embodiment includes a directional adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventor: Yen Kean Lee
  • Patent number: 10737840
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for orally delivering fluids and semi-solid foods to individuals for the promotion of health are disclosed. Various embodiments relate to a food delivery mouthpiece and related apparatuses and systems. Some embodiments of the food delivery mouthpiece include a spout and base. In some embodiments, the food delivery mouthpiece is configured for removable connection to a food container, such as, for example, to the straw of a flexible food pouch. In other embodiments, the food delivery mouthpiece is permanently coupled to a food pouch. Food delivery systems are disclosed, which include a food delivery mouthpiece, a food pouch, and fluids or semi-solid foods contained within the food pouches. A cap for the food delivery mouthpiece is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE PACKAGING OF NEVADA, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Bradley Oates, II, Brian Paul Brock, Cory James Spivey, Dee L. Conger
  • Patent number: 10683197
    Abstract: A flow meter water cap system for tracking water consumption includes a bottle cap apparatus and at least one bottle vessel. The bottle cap apparatus comprises a cap body having a central spout extension and a principal aperture extending therethrough. A cap top is slidingly coupled around the spout extension and is selectively engageable with a cylindrical stopper to seal and alternatively unseal the principal aperture. An electronics housing is coupled within a thread depression of the cap body and has a flow aperture aligned with the principal aperture. A flow meter, a CPU, a transceiver, and a battery are coupled within the cavity. The flow meter is configured to detect a volume of fluid flowing through the flow aperture and the transceiver shares information from the flow meter and the battery. Each bottle vessel comprises a bottle body having a neck that is selectively engageable with the cap body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventor: Wesley Paben
  • Patent number: 10638825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressible dispenser of a liquid product, in particular a cosmetic liquid product such as a cream, which includes a resiliently compressible body, a member for dispensing said liquid product having an outlet opening for the liquid, a cap having a wall, attachment means intended for ensuring the removable attachment of said cap on said body, and which includes a cover covering the distribution member. The outer peripheral surface is flush with said outlet opening, and the wall of the cap and the wall of the body have outer surfaces that are flush at the upper edges thereof. The cap and the body are portions that complement one another, with a continuously convex shape, said protection cover having a shape identical to that of the wall of the cap, but reduced by at least the thickness of the wall of said cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Sylvie Legastelois, Olivier Perrin, Nicolas Castex, Nicolas Mathieu
  • Patent number: 10589900
    Abstract: A bottle (2) having a body portion (4) which comprises first and second major faces (22,24), each extending substantially along the length of the body portion, which are opposite to each other and mutually separated on opposite sides of a first central plane (P1-P1) of the bottle by a spacing (25), wherein the spacing decreases proceeding from the lower end (10) to a central portion (12) and from the central portion to the upper end (14). The bottle further comprises a recess (32) in the first major face (22), the recess being shaped to receive an adult human thumb, the recess having an open end (34) at the first side and a closed end (36) in the first major face, and the recess having a downwardly-oriented upper wall (38) extending between the open end and the closed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kiat-Cheong Toh, Claudia Daniela Macias Mejia, Jorge Becerra, Luis Rodolfo Arevalo Pliego, John Lamb, Corinne Elizabeth Ashbee
  • Patent number: 10507482
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed herein relates to a container for discharging powder, in particular, a container for discharging powder having a structure wherein a discharging hole of a button part and a connecting hole of a stem are connected or dislocated according to rotation directions, and an opening/closing member is inserted into the stem inside the button part and ascends/descends according to a rotation of the button part, and thereby opens/closes a movement hole of the stem, such that it will solve inconvenience problems such as attaching/detaching the opening/closing member whenever using as well as prevent a risk of losing the opening/closing member, thereby providing user convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seo-Hui Jung, Ki-Young Ham
  • Patent number: 10414644
    Abstract: An insert is disclosed for use with a closed loop dispensing system. The insert is press-fitted into the throat of a liquid container. The insert includes a normally closed chemical valve which is opened when subjected to a suction force to permit the liquid in the container to be dispensed to a mixing machine or the like. The insert also includes a plurality of radially spaced-apart bi-directional valves which automatically permit air to be vented into the container. The bi-directional valves also permit off-gassing of gas in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Rodney Laible
  • Patent number: 10165849
    Abstract: A collapsible, reusable drinking container is provided having a first opening suitable for pouring and filling, a second opening for accessing the interior of the container for cleaning, and a flexible straw for drinking the contents while the container is held in an upright position. The first opening is reversibly sealed with a cap, the second opening with an interlocking ridge and groove fastener, and the straw is reversibly sealed using a plug, a cap, a push-pull cap, a reversibly discontinuous portion of the straw, or an element for reversibly kinking the straw. The straw is attached to the container wall, to the cap for sealing the first opening, or to the fastening strip for sealing the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Inventor: Arianna Chen
  • Patent number: 10136674
    Abstract: A electronic cigarette vaporizer that includes a mechanical valve that is (i) pushed up from its seat to enable automatic filling of the vaporizer with e-liquid from a fluid transfer mechanism and (ii) returns to seal against its seat at other times when the vaporizer is being vaped or inhaled from (e.g. when filling is complete).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BEYOND TWENTY LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh, Dmitry Gorilovsky
  • Patent number: 10123945
    Abstract: A feeding bottle apparatus comprising a cylindrical bottle for containing a flowable material, having a top with an opening, a bottom, a length, at least a first portion of the bottle curving along the length, and markings indicative of an amount of flowable material; a cap attachable to the top of the bottle, having an opening aligned with the opening of the bottle; and a tube extending through the opening of the cap and the opening of the bottle, having a first end extending out of the bottle and a second end disposed within the bottle, the first end having an opening and a deflector member, the second end extending substantially the length of the bottle and having at least one bottom member; wherein the bottle is formed of a flexible material such that pressure applied to the bottle discharges the flowable material through the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Sandra D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10086104
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include an attachment for providing a scent to a container. In some aspects, a scent delivery system includes a bottle including a collar and a ledge structure each extending circumferentially outward; a scent ring loaded with a volatile chemical agent to emanate and generate a scent and including an interior protruding structure projecting from an interior wall of the ring, the scent ring configured to fasten around the neck of the bottle based on contact between the interior protruding structure and the ledge structure of the bottle; and a cap reversibly attachable to the bottle and including an interior rim structure that circumferentially projects from the interior of the cap, where the cap is structured to enclose the scent ring in a compartment formed between the collar and the interior rim structure when the cap is securely fastened to the bottle and trap the scent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Szent Co.
    Inventor: Shawn Griffis
  • Patent number: 9764080
    Abstract: A device for nasal lavage is described. The device ejects a gentle flow of fluid under pressure. The fluid stream provides a high quantity of fluid at low pressure. The low pressure fluid stream is more comfortable for a user than a high pressure fluid stream that are delivered by various types of pressurized cans of solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventor: Ketan C. Mehta
  • Patent number: 9718070
    Abstract: A foamer for use in dispensing a liquid product with a foam consistency includes a top cap, a closure, a housing, an air-flow diaphragm, a mesh screen and a valve structure. The closure includes a portion which is received by the cap and these two (2) cooperate to define a foam outlet. The housing is assembled into the closure and the diaphragm is assembled into the housing. The mesh insert is positioned adjacent the foam outlet. The valve structure is provided in two (2) embodiments, one being a duckbill valve with a corresponding holder and the other being a metering valve with a corresponding holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Arminak & Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Armin Arminak, Gary M. Baughman, Yen Kean Lee
  • Patent number: 9708093
    Abstract: A dispensing closure for a powdered product that uniquely meters powdered product from a container is disclosed. The dispensing closure includes an upper deck having a dispensing aperture. An inner skirt depends from the upper deck. The inner skirt is adapted to secure to a neck of a container. A tube depends from the upper deck and is sized and dimensioned to reach near the bottom of a container. The tube has a side surface and closed end. A dispensing port is located on the side surface of the tube, near the dispensing aperture. The tube may optionally have an air intake port located on the side surface of the tube near the closed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS SLATERSVILLE LLC
    Inventors: Sergey Romanov, Vincent J. Desanto
  • Patent number: 9579670
    Abstract: A dispensing container that dispenses a liquid contained therein in foam includes: a container body storing therein a liquid; and a base cap mounted to a mouth of the container body. The container body is flexible so that a squeeze operation may be performed on the container body. The base cap is provided, on a top wall, with a nozzle forming a tubular passage communicating with a front end orifice. The nozzle is provided with a foaming mechanism for the liquid at an upstream end portion and with a through-hole in a predetermined position on a circumferential wall of the nozzle that is downstream of the foaming mechanism. The through-hole is provided with a check valve, and the front end orifice communicates with an inside of the container body through the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Takefumi Kuriyama, Shigeo Iizuka, Hiroshi Mizushima
  • Patent number: 9565986
    Abstract: A mop assembly including a mop handle and a mop head mountable on the mop handle and a spray head mounted on the mop handle or the mop head and a collapsible flexible bag reservoir filled with liquid that is removably mountable on the mop head or the mop handle and a liquid pump assembly adapted to pump liquid from the collapsible flexible bag reservoir to the spray head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: BONAKEMI USA, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Paul Fair, Jamie Kummerfield, Kristi Correll
  • Patent number: 9550073
    Abstract: Provided is a therapeutic agent capable of treating allergic rhinitis in a safe, simple, and noninvasive manner substantially without side effects and physical distress to patients. Provided is a therapeutic agent for allergic rhinitis for 5-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) comprising 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or a derivative thereof, or a salt of the 5-aminolevulinic acid or the derivative as an active ingredient, and used in ALA-PDT in which light having a wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm is irradiated; and particularly provided is a therapeutic agent for allergic rhinitis in a locally applied solution form, a water-soluble ointment-dissolved form, a jelly-dissolved form, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., National Hospital Organization
    Inventors: Tohru Tanaka, Katsushi Inoue, Kiwamu Takahashi, Takuya Ishii, Tsutomu Numata, Mariko Shibuya, Takeshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9387977
    Abstract: A dual function aerosol valve assembly has a valve housing with first and second stem valves mounted for reciprocation within it. The first stem valve controls flow of gaseous propellant and the second stem valve is coaxially received within the first stem valve and controls flow of product. An actuator and nozzle assembly is connected with the stem valves so that the first stem valve is opened to admit propellant to the nozzle upon initial depression of the actuator, and the second stem valve is then opened to admit product to the nozzle. Closing of the stem valves is in reverse order so that flow of product to the nozzle is first interrupted and then flow of propellant is interrupted. A spring biases the stem valves to their closed positions. The valve housing is constructed to accommodate either a bag-on-valve system or a piston system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: William Sydney Blake
  • Patent number: 9211994
    Abstract: A dispensing system has a central longitudinal axis and includes a shroud adapted to receive a container. The shroud includes a gripping portion adapted to be gripped by a hand of a user. The dispensing system also includes an actuation member adapted to rotate about a rotation point on a rotation axis toward an interior of the shroud in response to a force applied to the actuation member by the user. The actuation member is configured such that a rotation distance is at least about 6 centimeters. The rotation distance is measured in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis between a location where the user can apply the force to the actuation member and the rotation point of the actuation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Andersen, Erica Eden Cohen, Nathaniel Giraitis, Kevin Harrity, Paul Katz, Jonathan N. Mandell, Nicholas Oxley, Thomas A. Renner
  • Patent number: 9120108
    Abstract: A device for dispensing liquids in the form of foam. The device including a container and a foam engine having a gas inlet, a liquid inlet and a foam discharge. The device also including a vent comprising a switchable valve between the environment and the interior of the device container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Paulus Antonius Augustinus Höfte
  • Patent number: 9004318
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a foam dispensing container that can homogenize foam quality and can discharge foam of stable quality. By providing a plurality of liquid intake paths for delivering the foaming liquid into the air-liquid mixing chamber and a plurality of air intake paths for delivering air, the air-liquid mixing efficiency can be improved significantly, stable volumes of air and foaming liquid can be delivered into the air-liquid mixing chamber, without the possibility of delivering a great volume of liquid with a single press, and consequently the foam quality can be homogenized and foam of stable quality can be discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Kao Corporation; Daiwa Can Company
    Inventors: Daisuke Kodama, Shoii Uehira, Hiroya Morita, Daisuke Saito
  • Publication number: 20150090740
    Abstract: A flexible thermoformed dispensing package for a flowable material includes an integrally formed dispensing tube extending from the container portion having an internal extension defined by one or more integral thermoformed walls extending from the bottom surface of the container and terminating proximate the base when the package is in a vertical position to facilitate sipping of a beverage from the container portion; alternatively, a straw is placed in the dispensing tube to reach the base of the package. In another embodiment, at least one integrally formed internal dividing wall extends from the sealed end of the dispensing tube and intersects an interior wall to define separate dispensing chambers, where the sealed ends of each of the dispensing chambers can be independently opened along a weakened transverse parting line and separated into separate dispensing channels along a longitudinal parting line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Lewis BARTON
  • Patent number: 8991660
    Abstract: A vessel for use in rinsing a user's nasal cavity provides a resiliently collapsible main body, a self-sealing nozzle that increases in internal pressure when the vessel is squeezed, and a check valve in the nozzle to reduce back-wash into the vessel. A collar connects the nozzle and check valve to the main body. The check valve includes a first opening that provides fluid communication between the main body and a void formed in an interior of the nozzle and may allow pressure within the nozzle to increase upon deforming the main body. A second opening may provide fluid communication between an exterior of the main body and a fluid reservoir formed in the main body. The second opening may cooperate with a valve that allows selective fluid communication between the exterior of the main body and the reservoir formed in the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Hair, Kurt M. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140374448
    Abstract: A water bottle structure includes a water bottle body, a cover, a nozzle, and a guide member. The water bottle body has an accommodation portion and an opening portion. The cover is connected to the opening portion and has a raised pipe communicating with the accommodation portion of the water bottle body and the outside. The nozzle is disposed on the raised pipe of the cover. The nozzle has an elastic valve adapted to close and open the raised pipe. The guide member is plugged in the nozzle and has a first guide portion and a second guide portion. The accommodation portion of the water bottle body is adapted to accommodate air and fluid therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: CHUN- FENG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140353405
    Abstract: The invention discloses a sport-type multifunctional spray mineral water bottle, including cap body, spray means, drink means and water locking means. The invention can ensure normal drinking of mineral water as well as carry out spray drinking of water by means of squeezing the bottle body to transform bottle body and increase the pressure inside the bottle, thus making water to enter inlet from the outlet of water locking means on the cap, and to enter the atomizing channel through the water channel, finally to be sprayed from the spray aperture. Furthermore, in the open air or in the dusty and hot environment, you can place the mineral water bottle upside down, put the nozzle to face your body or surrounding, and squeeze the bottle body to spray, thus reducing surrounding temperature, as well as subsiding dust by combining dust and spray to make you feel cool, fresh and comfortable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Chang Ho CHANG
  • Patent number: 8845578
    Abstract: A biomaterial delivery device includes an elongated handheld powder storage conduit with proximal and distal ends and a bore having a central axis. The proximal end is closed by a movable powder dispensing actuator, and the distal end is closed by an openable sealing nib moveable from its closed to its open position by force upon the actuator whether or not the distal end is in contact with a surface. The conduit contains finely-divided loosely-filled powdered sterile biomaterial and a plurality of powder-contacting clump-disrupting projections arrayed inside and along the length of the conduit between the actuator and the nib. The projections are movable in the direction of the central axis by force upon the actuator, and the device when held upright with the nib opened provides a path along which powder may fall past the projections to be gravitationally dispensed in non-atomized form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan G. Sherman, Matthew J. Friend, Phillip J. Berman
  • Publication number: 20140263463
    Abstract: A foaming assembly includes a porous foaming element, a liquid chamber and an air chamber. The porous foaming element has an air inlet, a liquid inlet and an outlet. The porous foaming element has at least two zones of different pore sizes. The liquid chamber is in flow communication with the porous foaming element. The liquid chamber has a volume that is movable between an at rest position to an activation position. The air chamber is in flow communication with the porous foaming element. The air chamber has a volume that is movable between an at rest position to an activation position. Liquid and air are forced into the porous foaming element under pressure wherein they mix to form foam which exits through the outlet. A dispenser may include a foaming assembly and a liquid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Stewart BANKS, Christopher James LANG, Dean Philip LIMBERT
  • Patent number: 8814005
    Abstract: A foam assembly connectable to a liquid container includes a main pump body, a resiliently deformable piston dome, an air chamber, a liquid chamber, a mixing zone and a porous member. The main pump body has an exit nozzle with the porous member therein. The air chamber and the liquid chamber are each defined by the piston dome and the main pump body. The liquid chamber has a liquid inlet valve and a liquid outlet valve. The mixing zone is in flow communication with the air chamber and the liquid chamber. The volume of the air chamber and the liquid chamber are each dependent on the position of piston dome and during an activation stroke the piston moves from the at rest position to the depressed position and responsively the volume of the air chamber and the volume of the liquid chamber are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Pibed Limited
    Inventors: Stewart Banks, Christopher James Lang, Dean Philip Limbert, David Michael Ross Creaghan
  • Publication number: 20140209639
    Abstract: A dispensing container that dispenses a liquid contained therein in foam includes: a container body storing therein a liquid; and a base cap mounted to a mouth of the container body. The container body is flexible so that a squeeze operation may be performed on the container body. The base cap is provided, on a top wall, with a nozzle forming a tubular passage communicating with a front end orifice. The nozzle is provided with a foaming mechanism for the liquid at an upstream end portion and with a through-hole in a predetermined position on a circumferential wall of the nozzle that is downstream of the foaming mechanism. The through-hole is provided with a check valve, and the front end orifice communicates with an inside of the container body through the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Takefumi Kuriyama, Shigeo Iizuka, Hiroshi Mizushima
  • Patent number: 8740017
    Abstract: A dispenser used when attached to an opening of a squeeze bottle discharge a content liquid when inverted. The dispenser has a first channel to discharge a straight forward-moving liquid and a second channel to discharge a foaming liquid. The first channel has a first through channel connecting a first inlet for the content liquid to a first outlet. The second channel has a conduit that has an opening at an inner bottom of the bottle, extends to a foaming chamber, serves as an air supply channel, and has an inner diameter; the foaming chamber is connected to the conduit and mixes the content liquid with air to foam the content liquid; and a second through channel connecting the foaming chamber to a second outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Menicon Nect Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miduho Shibata, Tomio Nagao
  • Patent number: 8734407
    Abstract: A nozzle for a nasal rinse device including a collar that forms a conduit. The collar is configured to attach the nozzle to the nasal rinse device. An outlet aperture defined by the collar is on a top portion of the nozzle. The nozzle also includes a skirt extending outwards and downwards from the collar, and an outer surface of the skirt is faceted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Hair
  • Publication number: 20140110438
    Abstract: A hair color delivery system includes a flexible bottle, a dispensing cap having a tapered nozzle, an asymmetric bi-directional valve assembly, and a dispensing tube. The valve assembly comprises a platform, and a pair of valves, comprising tapered extensions through which fluid may be expelled from the bottle and ambient air may enter the bottle. The valves are offset from each other so that they are not co-axial or rotationally symmetric. The delivery system enables a method of substantially continuous delivery of a fluid chemical, yielding a hair treatment that it is easy and safe to use in which the tapered nozzle stays fully charged with product as air can be admitted to a dispensing bottle through a different valve than that used for dispensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Kathryn Madison, Monte Cook
  • Patent number: 8695895
    Abstract: The present utility model provides a two-way nozzle cap (10) for a container, comprising of a cap body (11) and a dip tube (12), wherein the cap body (11) includes: an engagement portion (21) engaged with the opening of the container; a hollow orifice portion (22) provided in the top of the cap body (11), comprising an orifice formed on the upper part of the orifice portion, at least two protrusions (32) provided on the inner wall of the orifice portion to clamp the upper end of the dip tube, a mixing chamber (33) formed between the orifice and the top of the dip tube (12), and channels defined between the protrusions (32) and the dip tube (12), and fluid communicating the mixing chamber (33) to the interior of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Feng Shi
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8684032
    Abstract: A container for an operating liquid or fluid for a motor vehicle includes a container wall which delimits an interior space or chamber of the container. The container has a first wall section, a second wall section and at least one discharge line for discharging the operating liquid out of the container. The discharge line extends from the first wall section to the second wall section and can be adjusted in its length to a distance between the first wall section and the second wall section. A method for producing the container and a motor vehicle having the container are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Jan Hodgson, Sven Schepers
  • Publication number: 20140069960
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the production of foam by emulsion of a liquid substance (9) placed in a reservoir (1+2) consisting of a deformable resilient sealed container (1) and an end piece (2), wherein the device is hand-held and produces foam when a manual pressure is exerted to deform the container (1). The device according to the invention comprises a magazine (5) which includes two orifices (51,52) enabling exchanges of air and liquid substance between the reservoir and the magazine; a non-return valve (54) being associated with the second orifice, in such a way as to keep a quantity of liquid substance permanently in the magazine. The device according to the invention makes it possible to obtain a quality foam, in a very responsive manner and in a controlled quantity, quasi-independently of the force or of the period of the manual pressure. The dimensioning of the magazine (5) enables an optimal respiration of the reservoir between two manual presses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Gerard Sannier, Chantal Chaussard
  • Publication number: 20140061247
    Abstract: A foamer for use in dispensing a liquid product with a foam consistency includes a top cap, a closure, a housing, an air-flow diaphragm, a mesh screen and a valve structure. The closure includes a portion which is received by the cap and these two (2) cooperate to define a foam outlet. The housing is assembled into the closure and the diaphragm is assembled into the housing. The mesh insert is positioned adjacent the foam outlet. The valve structure is provided in two (2) embodiments, one being a duckbill valve with a corresponding holder and the other being a metering valve with a corresponding holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Armin Arminak, Gary M. Baughman, Yen Kean Lee
  • Patent number: 8662415
    Abstract: A pop up sprinkler having a membrane which has a neutral position mounted to a housing and a sprayer head which is able to expand or contract under water pressure which moves the sprinkler head up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Inventors: Klaus Michael Andreas Vollrath, Jurgen Klaus Vollrath
  • Patent number: 8662419
    Abstract: The invention discloses a multifunctional spraying mineral water bottle, including: an elastic deformation bottle, wherein there is an opening in the bottle; a bottle top, wherein the bottle top has a liquid-tight manner connection with the opening of the bottle and there is an axial through-hole in the bottle top; a sprayer unit that includes corner joint, atomization spool valve and nozzle, wherein the corner joint is composed by an fixed standpipe and a hollow tube that has an included angle with the fixed standpipe, and the fixed standpipe has a liquid-tight manner and interference fit joint with the axial through-hole of the bottle top, and inside the hollow tube has a cylindrical cavity wherein the cylindrical cavity holds the atomization spool valve and coordinates with the nozzle; the outer wall of the atomization spool valve has at least two water guide tanks, and there is an atomized tank corresponding to the water guide tank which is in the end of atomization spool valve corresponding to the end of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Inventor: Chang Ho Chang