Adjustable Stroke Pump Piston, Pulsator Or Follower Patents (Class 222/309)
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Patent number: 8827120Abstract: A dispensing apparatus that provides for selectively controlling discharge quantity. The dispensing apparatus may include a pump and a housing. The pump includes a first portion and a second portion linearly movable relative to the first portion, and the housing is for securing the portion of the pump. A distance of movement of the second portion toward the first portion is the pump stroke, and the pump stroke may be selectively varied. A dispensing module may include a pump, a rotatably mounted stroke selector including a plurality of arms that allow movement of a stop member associated with a moveable portion of the pump for predetermined and different distances depending on which arm of the stroke selector, if any, engages the stop member, with the distance of allowed movement of the stop member being variable depending on the angular position of the stroke selector.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLCInventors: Sylvia Boshuizen, Maria Levina Weststrate
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Patent number: 8807399Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser having an actuation device (24) for dispensing components from an output device that is connected to reservoirs (26, 27), wherein the actuation device acts on the pumping devices (34, 35) indirectly via a dosing device, and the dosing device is equipped with a setting device (23) that can be actuated to change the position of a transmission element (40) acting on the pumping devices for setting the quantity ratio, wherein both the setting device and the actuation device can be rotated about a longitudinal axis of the dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: AVENIDA GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Franz Christian Ritzenhoff, Joerg Stock, Oliver Arnold, Charles Neuner, Manfred Bodenbender
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Patent number: 8783524Abstract: A valve device for a pasty food product volumetric metering apparatus, and to a volumetric metering apparatus. Both apparatuses have a valve body (1) with a cavity (2) having a first radial opening (3) connected to an inlet conduit (6), a second axial opening (4) connected to a metering chamber (7), and a third radial opening (5) connected to an outlet conduit (8), a plug (9) rotatably arranged inside said cavity (2), and a driver (10, 11) for moving the plug (9) between first and second positions. The plug (9) has an outer surface (12) and an oblique surface (13). In the first position, the oblique surface (13) faces the first and second openings (3, 4) and the outer surface (12) shuts the third opening (5), and in the second position, the oblique surface (13) faces the second and third openings (4, 5) and the outer surface (12) shuts the first opening (3).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Metalquimia, S.A.Inventor: Narcis Lagares Corominas
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Patent number: 8757449Abstract: Disclosed are an air bubble ingress prevention mechanism, a liquid material discharge device provided with the air bubble ingress prevention mechanism, and a liquid material discharge method, with which a constant filled state can be achieved without variations and without requiring any additional equipment when a metering section is filled with liquid material. A discharge device is provided with a metering section which has a flow passage communicating with a nozzle, and a plunger which moves back and forth within the flow passage of the metering section.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Musashi Engineering, Inc.Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
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Publication number: 20140131383Abstract: A fluid dispenser for containing and dispensing metered amounts of fluid that includes a reservoir for containing fluid and a chamber positioned substantially within the reservoir for containing a quantity of the fluid. The fluid dispenser additionally includes a piston that is moveable within the chamber to draw fluid into the chamber when the piston is moved in a first direction with respect to the chamber, and to discharge fluid from the chamber when the piston is moved in a second direction opposite the first direction. Further, the fluid dispenser includes a user-manipulatable control coupled to the piston and rotatable about an axis to select one of at least two different metered quantities of fluid to be dispensed. The user-manipulatable control is further movable to move the piston relative to the chamber along the axis to selectively dispense the selected metered quantity of fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Diversey, Inc.Inventors: Garry W. Crossdale, Andrew Swain, Martin Cooper, Michael H. Bertucci, Barry Hague, Guy Thornhill
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Publication number: 20140124542Abstract: A fixed amount discharge container includes: a syringe barrel 3; and a piston 8 inserted in the syringe barrel 3 so as to be movable in a longitudinal direction, thereby defining a fluid chamber between the syringe barrel 3 and the piston 8. One of the syringe barrel 3 and the piston 8 includes a guide 3c that is extended in a longitudinal direction. The other of the syringe barrel 3 and the piston 8 includes a slider 9 that is movable in the guide 3c along with the other of the syringe barrel 3 and the piston 8. The guide 3c is provided with a target position contact portion 3j which the slider 9 contacts when an amount of the fluid chamber is equal to a target amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kojima, Nobuo Yokouchi, Naoki Kato, Kenji Kaitsuka, Takeshi Iida
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Patent number: 8678240Abstract: A manually operated product dispenser includes a user interface which operates via a linkage mechanism on a dispensing mechanism. The linkage mechanism transfers displacement from the user interface to the dispensing mechanism but incorporates resilient means permitting the user interface to be operated to the full extent permitted by the interface, but transmitting to the dispensing mechanism only as much of the operation of the interface required to permit the dispenser mechanism to dispense a predetermined amount of product.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Packaging Innovation LimitedInventor: Michael O'Brien
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Publication number: 20140076935Abstract: Disclosed is a pump safety device for various containers which makes it possible to freely adjust a discharge amount of contents from a container and to securely fix a pump in such as way to install an adjusting member and a safety pin at a pump for various containers which are used to contain cosmetics, shampoo and kitchen rinses. The pump safety device for various containers comprises a female screw part which is provided at an inner side of the cap; and an adjusting member which is engaged to the female screw part of the cap and is installed at the top of the cap and is capable of adjusting upward or downward.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Young Ho KIM, Boo Mee KIM, Young Joon KIM
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Patent number: 8668117Abstract: A fluid dispenser contains and dispenses metered amounts of fluid, and in some embodiments comprises a reservoir for containing fluid; a chamber positioned substantially within the reservoir for containing a quantity of fluid; and a piston moveable within the chamber in a first direction to draw fluid into the chamber from the reservoir, and movable in a second direction to discharge a metered amount of fluid from the chamber. A user-manipulatable control can be coupled to the piston to move the piston with respect to the chamber, and in some cases to select the desired metered amount of fluid to be dispensed. Also, a pawl can be used to selectively permit and inhibit movement of the piston in the first and/or second directions to prevent partial doses from being dispensed from the fluid dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Diversey, Inc.Inventors: Garry W. Crossdale, Andrew Swain, Martin Cooper, Michael H. Bertucci, Barry Hague, Guy Thornhill
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Patent number: 8657160Abstract: Fluid dispensers can be provided with a pump bottle that can have a fluid retaining portion, a pump neck that can be engaged with the fluid retaining portion such that the pump neck can be fluid communication with the fluid retaining portion, and a pump head that can be associated with the top portion of the pump neck, where the pump head can be configured to dispense a fluid retained in the fluid retaining portion of the pump bottle. The fluid dispenser can have an adapter ring that can be engaged with the pump neck, where the adapter ring can be selectively movable along a vertical length of the pump neck. The fluid dispenser can have a lock member, where the locking member can be associated with the adapter ring and the locking member can have a first unlocked position and a second locked position.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Better Science, LLCInventors: Paul Lashells, Jeff Fiessinger
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Patent number: 8651338Abstract: A injection system for co-delivery of two medicaments (1, 2) having a drug delivery device (10) containing a primary reservoir containing a first medicament (1) and that has a secondary reservoir containing a second medicament (2) where the drug delivery device (10) has only one dose setter (12) for the primary reservoir and that automatically determines the dose of the second medicament (2). Both medicaments (1, 2) are delivered through a single dispense interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: David Martin Leak, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, David Aubrey Plumptre, Daniel Thomas De Sausmarez Lintell, Elizabeth Anne Marshall, Christopher Smith, Elliot Lucas Ortiz
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Publication number: 20140042188Abstract: A dispenser for discharging liquids with a liquid reservoir for accommodating the liquid prior to being discharged, and a liquid outlet passage which leads to a liquid outlet opening through which the liquid reservoir communicates with to a surrounding atmosphere. In a use position, the liquid outlet opening is arranged below the liquid reservoir such that the liquid flows on account of the weight thereof in the direction of the liquid outlet opening, and the liquid outlet passage in the use position does not simultaneously permit air to enter the liquid reservoir and liquid to exit into the surrounding atmosphere. In order to reduce the internal volume of the dispenser and therefore to effect a discharge of liquid, a slide is pushed manually in an actuating direction from a stroke starting position into a stroke end position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Juergen Greiner-Perth, Matthias Wochele, Judith Auerbach
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Publication number: 20130299514Abstract: For the straightforward, easy-to-assemble construction of a metering dispenser (1) for dispensing a substance consisting of a number of components, having at least two containers (6a, 6b) in an outer sleeve (8) for accommodating the components of the substance, and having a pumping unit (2a, 2b) on each of the containers (6a, 6b), and having an adjusting device (3), which makes it possible to adjust the quantity ratio of the components in relation to one another, and having a movable actuating device (4) for the pumping units (2a, 2b) and/or containers (6a, 6b), and having a dispenser element (5) for the substance which is to be dispensed by the metering dispenser (1), it is proposed to provide a force-transmission element (7), in particular in the form of an intermediate wall, which, with the actuating device (4) activated, can be displaced relative to the outer sleeve (8) and in the axial direction (A) of the metering dispenser (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventor: Werner Holzmann
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Patent number: 8573444Abstract: A fluid delivery device 1000 comprises a piston assembly 1100, a translatable pivot guide system 1200, and a pneumatic aspirator 1300; the piston assembly 1100 functionally acting as the fluid handler, admitting and ejecting fluid from an inlet 1133 to an outlet 1135; the translatable pivot guide system 1200 is a user controllable system adapted to cooperate with the piston assembly 1100 for allowing a user to selectively set the volume of fluid ejected by the piston assembly 1100; and the pneumatic aspirator 1300 is a pressure control system, adapted to cooperate with the piston assembly 1100 and the translatable pivot guide system 1200, for regulating pressure within the piston assembly 1100, effective to allow the piston assembly 1100 to eject fluid during dispensing and to admit fluid during reset; wherein two or more instances of the present invention fluid delivery device 1000 are used together to effect metered fluid mixing applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Inventor: Maksim Nilov
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Publication number: 20130233891Abstract: The liquid material discharge device and method discharges a liquid droplet even under a condition where discharge of a small amount of liquid material is required. The apparatus has a liquid chamber having the discharge opening through which the liquid material is discharged, an extrusion member having a plunger and a contact portion, the plunger being thinner than the liquid chamber not to contact a side wall of the liquid chamber and having a forward end portion which advances and retracts within the liquid chamber, and a collision member disposed adjacent to the extrusion member on the side opposite to the plunger and having a piston and a collision portion facing the contact portion. The collision portion collides against the contact portion such that the extrusion member is advanced at a high speed to discharge the liquid material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
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Publication number: 20130216705Abstract: A multipurpose pipetting device may include a pump, a flexible hose, at least one substantially rigid tube, a removable pipette tip, and a valve element. The hose has a first end coupled to the pump and a second end coupled to a first end of the at least one substantially rigid tube. The pipette tip is removably coupled to the second end of the at least one substantially rigid tube. The valve element may be disposed proximate the second end of the at least one substantially rigid tube and arranged to prevent liquid backflow from the pipette tip into the substantially rigid pipe. Methods of using the device include feeding or applying a solution to an aquatic plant or animal, to a non-aquatic plant or animal, removing materials and substances from an aquarium bed, and/or applying an adhesive to affix an item, plant, or sessile invertebrate to a surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventor: JULIAN SPRUNG
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Patent number: 8511519Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention is a pet pantry having storage containers for pet-related equipment, accessories, medication, or other items, and also pet food storage and dispensing. The food dispensing mechanism allows for measured food dispensing, providing volume adjustment mechanisms to dispense a desired quantity of pet food. The food dispensing mechanism is a single movement handle or button dispensing the desired quantity of food. The pet pantry is also modular allowing for adjustments to a pet owner's specification.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Inventors: Michael S. Mahle, Craig Rubino
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Patent number: 8511520Abstract: A fluent material dispensing system comprising: a bottle, a plunger engaged inside the bottle, and a dispensing mechanism having a lever for operation of the plunger for fluid expulsion. The plunger may frictionally engage the bottle to a degree sufficient for holding the plunger in place against a force applied due to return motion of the lever. The dispensing mechanism may comprise a cap for attachment to an end of the bottle opposite a fluid outlet and a handle attached to the cap, the lever pivotally coupled to the cap, the lever and the handle aligned with the bottle. The dispensing mechanism may comprise a portioning mechanism configured to limit distance travelled by the lever from the rest position to the engaged position to a defined amount, thereby limiting expulsion of the fluid to a corresponding defined portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: JDi Design Inc.Inventors: Adrian Albert Van Wijk, Samuel Charles Richards, James William McDonald
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Patent number: 8444025Abstract: A discharge apparatus comprising at least one container (1; 101) is provided, said container receiving a component and having an outlet (2) and a discharge element (3, 103). The discharge apparatus further comprises a rotating device, which has a drive member (4; 104) and a rotating member (5; 105), wherein upon a rotation of the rotating member relative to the drive member the drive member is moved in the axial direction and drives the discharge element in the at least one container for discharging the components. A housing element (6; 106) is provided, on or in which the at least one container (1; 101), the drive member (4; 104), and the rotating member (5; 105) are disposed, wherein at least the at least one container (1; 101) can be removed or is provided in the housing element (6; 106). The rotating device, together with the housing element, forms an accessory for the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Medmix Systems AGInventors: Andy Greter, Samuel Kaufmann, Wilhelm A. Keller
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Patent number: 8418887Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising: at least one fluid reservoir (1a, 1b) provided with an opening (11a, 11b); at least one fluid dispenser member (3a, 3b), such as a pump or a valve, comprising a body (31a, 31b) that is mounted in stationary manner on the opening of the reservoir, and an actuator rod (32a, 32b) that is axially movable down and up along an axis X over a stroke; a pusher (9) that is axially movable down and up along an axis Y so as to move said at least one actuator rod (32a, 32b) axially; and the dispenser being characterized in that it further comprises stroke-variation means (8) for varying the stroke of the actuator rod, said means being disposed between the pusher (9) and said at least one actuator rod (32a, 32b), so as to vary the stroke of the stem.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Aptar France SASInventors: Alex Milian, Florent Pouliaude
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Patent number: 8418890Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing portions of flowable materials has a piston that is advanced along a dispensing chamber by rotation of a spindle that passes through the piston. A stop may limit travel of the piston to control the volume of flowable material dispensed. The stop may be adjustable. In an example hand-held dispenser the spindle is rotated by a rack and pinion mechanism that can be operated with one hand. The dispenser may be used, for example, for dispensing portions of condiments, sauces or the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: FundaMetal Designs Inc.Inventor: Blago Lakic
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Patent number: 8388324Abstract: A device for metering out a flowable mass, especially a mass containing fat, for producing confectionery products, for example to a nozzle for extruding a mass into a mold. The mass traverses an inlet opening (13) and enters a chamber (8) from where it can be extruded through an outlet opening (14) by a plunger (7). A rotary piston (12) is associated with the plunger (7) and closes the outlet opening (14) in a position of use and the inlet opening (13) in a second position of use. The rotary piston (12) has a recessed portion (16 to 19) which extends from a front edge (15) of the rotary piston (12) towards its peripheral surface (25).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: KMB Produktions AGInventor: Guido Knobel
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Patent number: 8376191Abstract: A dispensing system for supplying containers with a fluid material provided from a source is provided. The dispensing system includes a chamber configured to be connected to receive the fluid material from the source and a piston configured for motion between predetermined limits for establishing controlled volumes of the fluid material. The dispensing system further includes a nozzle configured to receive the controlled volumes of the fluid material and to discharge the controlled volumes of the fluid material into the containers and a switching valve positioned directly between the piston and the nozzle, the switching valve configured to include a lumen that moves from a first position to a second position to regulate the discharge of the controlled volumes of the fluid material.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Modern Packaging Inc.Inventors: Jaroslaw Dabek, Syed Zaki Hossain
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Patent number: 8342369Abstract: The present invention provides a pressing structure of a soap dispenser for adjusting an output amount of the soap by adjusting the distance of a pressing stroke thereof. The pressing structure includes a rejecting member, a driving device, and a moving member, wherein the driving device is connected to the moving member through a transmission mechanism, and the rejecting member includes a connecting portion linked with the moving member, and a pressing plate against a pressing head of a liquid container, characterized in that the rejecting member further includes a retractable portion used for adjusting the vertical distance between the connecting portion and the pressing plate. Accordingly, through adjusting the vertical distance by the retractable portion, the vertical moving distance of a pressing head of a liquid container achieved by the pressing plate can therefore be decided, so as to output a suitable amount of soap.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Hokwang Industries Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chin-Chan Hsu
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Patent number: 8323582Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for quantitatively supplying a liquid in a plasma sterilization system. The device includes a quantitative cylinder, a quantitative piston and a quantitative basket. The quantitative cylinder includes a quantitative inlet pipe, which is configured such that the outlet of a liquid container is inserted thereinto, and a liquid in the liquid container is vertically supplied to the quantitative cylinder, and a quantitative outlet pipe, which is configured such that the liquid is vertically drained from the quantitative cylinder. The quantitative piston is configured to rectilinearly reciprocate in the quantitative cylinder, and is provided with a quantitative transfer depression, which is formed in the leading end thereof to a predetermined depth. The quantitative basket is configured to quantitatively receive the liquid according to the rectilinear reciprocation of the quantitative piston.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Human Meditek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jung Suek Ko
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Publication number: 20120298698Abstract: Provided is a dispenser for liquids having an adjustable dial that varies the stroke length of the pump to allow a user to change the dose per stroke.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventor: Sang Joon Lee
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Patent number: 8308029Abstract: A dispenser has a reservoir to hold a fluid, in at least one embodiment a viscous cosmetic, with a pump and a set of groove protrusions attached integrally. The dispenser fits within an outer casing that houses the reservoir and has a set of grooved passages with a flat upper section, a flat lower section, and a slope in between which seat the set of groove protrusions. The dispenser is raised and lowered within the outer casing with a hollow rotating body that has a set of straight grooves that simultaneously seat the set of groove protrusions so that when the hollow rotating body is twisted on top of the outer casing, the dispenser can move up or down. The hollow rotating body also has a notch to seat a button and nozzle actuating top when the dispenser is rotated to its lowest position. When the button and nozzle are depressed, fluid is dispensed through the nozzle. More or less fluid is dispensed depending on how high the dispenser is raised with respect to the outer casing.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2007Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Yonwoo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Joong Hyun Ki
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Patent number: 8302812Abstract: A dispenser includes a pump that, upon actuation, progresses through a discrete dispense cycle to dispense a discrete dose of product. The dispenser further includes an actuating mechanism serving to actuate the pump, and a dispenser controller that controls operation of the actuation mechanism. The discrete dose is less than a desired dose. When the dispenser controller receives a single dispense request, the dispenser controller causes the actuating mechanism to actuate the pump through multiple discrete dispense cycles so as to dispense multiple discrete doses to achieve a dispensing of the desired dose.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.Inventor: Aaron R. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20120228334Abstract: A fluent material dispensing system comprising: a bottle, a plunger engaged inside the bottle, and a dispensing mechanism having a lever for operation of the plunger for fluid expulsion. The plunger may frictionally engage the bottle to a degree sufficient for holding the plunger in place against a force applied due to return motion of the lever. The dispensing mechanism may comprise a cap for attachment to an end of the bottle opposite a fluid outlet and a handle attached to the cap, the lever pivotally coupled to the cap, the lever and the handle aligned with the bottle. The dispensing mechanism may comprise a portioning mechanism configured to limit distance travelled by the lever from the rest position to the engaged position to a defined amount, thereby limiting expulsion of the fluid to a corresponding defined portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Adrian Albert Van Wijk, Samuel Charles Richards, James William McDonald
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Patent number: 8261949Abstract: An adjustable-volume liquid dispenser is disclosed. In one embodiment, an adjustable-volume liquid dispenser includes a spout and a plunger secured to the spout. The dispenser further includes a plunger lock moveable lengthwise along the plunger. The plunger lock is securable to the plunger at a plurality of positions on the plunger to adjust a volume of liquid to be dispensed. The dispenser also includes a spring in contact with the plunger. In addition, the dispenser includes a chamber comprising an interior for containing liquid. The plunger is slidably arranged with the chamber. A portion of the plunger is disposed within the chamber. Moreover, the dispenser includes a chamber cap secured to the chamber, and a valve disposed within the chamber. The dispenser also includes a shaft secured to the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Inventors: Zillah Maria Oden, Gordon E. Schutze, Kimberly A. Bennett, Brian D. Schwab, Charles A. Ginnings, Megan E. Jeans, Catherine G. Ambrose
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Publication number: 20120211527Abstract: A dispenser (10) for cartridges includes at least one piston rod (16), an advancer (20) that can be coupled incrementally to the piston rod (16) in order to move the piston rod (16) in a dispensing direction (R), and it also includes a selectively adjustable controller (22) for the variable pre-selection of the path of travel (D) of the piston rod (16) that, once it has traversed the pre-selected path of travel, uncouples the advancer (20) from the piston rod (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rainer Strobel-Schmidt, Christian Hefele, Peter Ostermeier
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Publication number: 20120211513Abstract: A solenoid valve assembly is adapted to control product flow through a dispensing system. The dispensing system includes a housing. A plunger is disposed within the housing and has a first axial surface. A stopper is also disposed within the housing and has a second axial surface facing the first axial surface. At least one flow pathway is provided on at least one of the first and second axial surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Raymund J. Alfaro, Dennis J. Beaumont, Thomas P. Gasper, Sebastian D. Hasik
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Patent number: 8240510Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-way valve device, particularly for household appliances, comprises a hollow body (11) and an axially movable piston (12) mounted inside this hollow body. The body (11) is provided with at least one inlet orifice (15) for a liquid solvent and at least two outlet orifices (16, 17) for this solvent. The movable piston (12) is coupled with an axially movable measuring stem (31) of a linear measuring element (30) of a solid substance, this measuring stem (31) being actuated by a mechanical actuator (32) and associated with a return spring (35). This movable piston (12) is arranged so as to move in one direction, freely, or against the pressure of the return spring (35), under the effect of the pressure of the liquid solvent applied at the inlet orifice (15) to this movable piston (12), and in the opposite direction, under the effect of the pressure applied to the measuring stem (31) by the return spring (35).Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Iwan Kissling, Jean-Luc Thuliez
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Patent number: 8235253Abstract: A dual mode pistol grip grease gun that operates in either the volume mode or the pressure mode. The grease gun includes a cylinder head having a handle attached thereto. Attached to the cylinder head via a shiftable link is a lever, which has a slot at one end. The shiftable link is disposed in the slot of the lever, and its position therein defines whether the grease gun is in the volume or the pressure mode. The shape of the slot is such that, when the grease gun is in volume mode and when the lever is fully pressed toward the handle, an angle defined by a first axis (defined as a line connecting a pivot point of a connection of the link to the cylinder head and a pivot point of a connection of the link to an end of the slot defining volume mode) and a second axis (defined as a line connecting the pivot point of the connection of the link to the end of the slot defining volume mode and a point along a bottom curve of the slot where the concavity of the curve changes) is approximately ten degrees.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Alemite LLCInventors: Jerry D. Shew, Don K. Shinn, Jr., Christopher W. Joseph
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Patent number: 8206335Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su
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Publication number: 20120125951Abstract: A injection system for co-delivery of two medicaments (1, 2) having a drug delivery device (10) containing a primary reservoir containing a first medicament (1) and that has a secondary reservoir containing a second medicament (2) where the drug delivery device (10) has only one dose setter (12) for the primary reservoir and that automatically determines the dose of the second medicament (2). Both medicaments (1, 2) are delivered through a single dispense interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: David Martin Leak, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, David Aubrey Plumptre, Daniel Thomas De Sausmarez Lintell, Elizabeth Anne Marshall, Christopher Smith, Elliot Lucas Ortiz
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Publication number: 20120091169Abstract: Fluid dispensers can be provided with a pump bottle that can have a fluid retaining portion, a pump neck that can be engaged with the fluid retaining portion such that the pump neck can be fluid communication with the fluid retaining portion, and a pump head that can be associated with the top portion of the pump neck, where the pump head can be configured to dispense a fluid retained in the fluid retaining portion of the pump bottle. The fluid dispenser can have an adapter ring that can be engaged with the pump neck, where the adapter ring can be selectively movable along a vertical length of the pump neck. The fluid dispenser can have a lock member, where the locking member can be associated with the adapter ring and the locking member can have a first unlocked position and a second locked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Inventors: Paul Lashells, Jeff Fiessinger
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Patent number: 8152477Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a piston assembly having a piston housing filled with an electrolyte; a housing within the piston housing that divides the piston housing into a first portion and a second portion, the housing having apertures, a shaft connecting the housing to a piston head outside of the piston housing; and a porous material inside of the housing in contact with the electrolyte. Additionally, there are provided a method for filling the delivery chamber with a delivery fluid by withdrawing the piston head from within the delivery chamber. Yet another embodiment provides a method for filling a fluid delivery assembly by withdrawing a shaft from within the fluid delivery assembly to simultaneously displace a moving pump element within the delivery chamber and bypass fluid around a housing in the pump chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Eksigent Technologies, LLCInventors: Deon Stafford Anex, Charles Martin Schwimmer, David Laurence Black, Richard Dean Rush, Michael James Gearhart
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Publication number: 20120080452Abstract: A dispensing apparatus that provides for selectively controlling discharge quantity. The dispensing apparatus may include a pump and a housing. The pump includes a first portion and a second portion linearly movable relative to the first portion, and the housing is for securing the portion of the pump. A distance of movement of the second portion toward the first portion is the pump stroke, and the pump stroke may be selectively varied. A dispensing module may include a pump, a rotatably mounted stroke selector including a plurality of arms that allow movement of a stop member associated with a moveable portion of the pump for predetermined and different distances depending on which arm of the stroke selector, if any, engages the stop member, with the distance of allowed movement of the stop member being variable depending on the angular position of the stroke selector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Sylvia Boshuizen, Maria Levina Weststrate
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Patent number: 8074844Abstract: A piston pump with a piston coaxially slidable in a chamber for dispensing fluid out of a discharge tube which extends normal to the axis about which the piston is slidable in the chamber with a stroke stop member rotatably journalled on the discharge tube for pivoting between different positions in which the stroke stop member limits inward sliding of the piston into the chamber to different extents.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2007Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Gotohti.Com Inc.Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Martin Anhuf
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Publication number: 20110284123Abstract: Metered dose applicators that irradiate a portion of light sensitive product. When a dropper applicator is secured to a reservoir, a usable volume inside the dropper is reduced. As the dropper is removed from the reservoir, the usable volume in the dropper increases, creating a suction within the dropper that draws product into the dropper from the reservoir. When the dropper is off the reservoir, then a button that is accessible to a user is used to increase and decrease the size of the usable volume. The button also turns on a light that is effective to activate the product as it is being dispensed from the dropper.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: Herve F. Bouix, Francis Corbellini
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Patent number: 8056764Abstract: A hand-operated device that can be actuated to dispense a predetermined volume of liquid food product (LFP) for use in food preparation and food consumption is provided. The device includes an actuator, an opening, a reservoir for storing the food product, and a liquid metering device for controlling a volume of LFP dispensed at the opening. The device may include a heater that functions to heat and/or liquefy the food product. The device may also include a volume adjuster that allows a user to vary the predetermined volume of LFP dispensed with each actuation of the device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2005Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Inventors: Ronald Paasch, John Walsh, Steven Ettelson, Jo Ann M. Jorge
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Patent number: 8056765Abstract: A discharge device for media includes an outer housing with a discharge opening, a discharge handle for manual actuation. A support is arranged in the outer housing. Movable along a main axis relative to the outer housing and connected to the discharge handle, it has a seat for a pump dispenser. A pump is actuated by compression of the pump dispenser. A first abutment on the housing interacts with the pump dispenser, actuating the pump. The support has a functional portion which acts on the pump dispenser with a force oriented in the direction of the first abutment on the housing. An adjuster is provided between the handle and the functional portion of the support, by which the position of the functional portion relative to the first abutment on the housing can be adjusted for a defined setting of the discharge handle.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbHInventors: Judith Auerbach, Juergen Greiner-Perth
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Publication number: 20110259918Abstract: Colorant fluid dispensing device (1) for dispensing multiple colorant fluids, comprising more than one fluid container (2) at least one dispenser outlet (3), wherein the fluid containers are in fluid connection with the at least one dispenser outlet via pumping means (4) the pumping means comprises more than one piston pump (5), each piston pump comprises a central pump tube (15) in which a piston (20) is provided with a piston rod (21) for moving the piston inside the central pump tube, the colorant fluid dispensing device further comprises driving means (36) for moving the piston rods of said piston pumps, control means (38) for controlling the driving means, and the driving means comprises a movable selector (37) configured to engage the piston rods of a selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: FÜLL PROCESS S.A.Inventor: Renatus Petrus Cornelis Meeuwisse
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Publication number: 20110127298Abstract: The present invention discloses a bottle top dispenser with dispensing, recirculation and draining mechanism, said dispenser operates in two modes one is dispensing mode and other is recirculation/draining mode, said bottle top dispenser comprising: calibration scale to measure the desired quantity of liquid to be dispensed; knob for selecting the desired quantity of liquid to be dispensed; piston cylinder arrangement for performing motion of liquid into or out of the bottle; spout being rotatable by 180° for selecting the operating mode of the bottle top dispenser; outer dispensing tube being connected to said spout for dispensing liquid out of the bottle through said spout; inner recirculating tube being used for recirculating liquid into bottle; threaded adaptor to allow dispenser to set firmly on the bottle; telescopic tube connecting bottle top dispenser and bottle for providing the path to the liquid into or out of the bottle; interconnecting region for establishing interconnection between piston cylindType: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventor: Chirag Narendrabhai Shah
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Patent number: 7938295Abstract: A chemical reaction between a first chemical reagent and a second chemical reagent occurs in a mixing chamber arrangement; a dispensing chamber; a dispensing piston configured to dispense reacting mixture from the dispensing chamber; and a control unit for controlling the movement of the dispensing piston and operation of the chemical mixing arrangement. The chemical mixing arrangement has a mixing chamber and injection apparatus configured to produce a jet of a first chemical reagent and a jet of a second chemical reagent such that the jets collide within the mixing chamber to produce reacting mixture. The dispensing chamber has an inlet for receiving the reacting mixture from the mixing chamber and an outlet for dispensing the reacting mixture. The control unit co-ordinates the chemical mixing arrangement to mix the chemical reagents while the dispensing piston is retracted at a controlled rate to enlarge the dispensing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Inventor: Shane Richard Wootton
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Publication number: 20110101032Abstract: The present invention provides a pressing structure of a soap dispenser for adjusting an output amount of the soap by adjusting the distance of a pressing stroke thereof. The pressing structure includes a rejecting member, a driving device, and a moving member, wherein the driving device is connected to the moving member through a transmission mechanism, and the rejecting member includes a connecting portion linked with the moving member, and a pressing plate against a pressing head of a liquid container, characterized in that the rejecting member further includes a retractable portion used for adjusting the vertical distance between the connecting portion and the pressing plate. Accordingly, through adjusting the vertical distance by the retractable portion, the vertical moving distance of a pressing head of a liquid container achieved by the pressing plate can therefore be decided, so as to output a suitable amount of soap.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: HOKWANG INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Chin-Chan HSU
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Patent number: 7861893Abstract: A number of surgical devices for the mixing and dispensement of a dual component surgical adhesive onto tissue are described. The surgical devices can provide adhesive storage chambers for the adhesive components within the surgical device and can have removable cartridges that draw and mix and apply the adhesive onto tissue. The removable cartridges can be easily replaced when clogged with set adhesive. Alternately, an adhesive dispensing device can comprise an adhesive dispensing gun containing the dual components of the adhesive and a plurality of rotatable orifices that can dispense the adhesive. One orifice can be selected and aligned with the adhesive dispensing gun to mix and apply the adhesive onto tissue. A fresh orifice can be rotated into alignment with the gun should a prior orifice become blocked.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: James W. Voegele, Jessica M. Liberatore
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Patent number: 7857173Abstract: A new and improved hot melt adhesive dispensing system comprises a new and improved solenoid control valve assembly and a new and improved adhesive control module assembly. The solenoid control valve assembly is mounted directly upon the adhesive control module assembly by quick-connect fittings, and control air flow paths are defined within the solenoid control valve assembly and within the adhesive control module assembly so as to effectively comprise substantially short, linear fluid flow paths which will thereby minimize the lengths of the control air flow paths and therefore, in turn, minimize the cycling response time of the nozzle dispensing valve member of the adhesive control module assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Edward W. Bolyard, Jr.
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Patent number: 7849969Abstract: The machine tool lubrication device comprises connection means grippable automatically by a manipulator of the machine tool, lubricant dispensing means, and dispensing control means operable by the machine tool.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Dropsa S.p.A.Inventor: Walter Divisi