Pump Casing Within Supply Container Patents (Class 222/321.9)
  • Patent number: 8651335
    Abstract: A tamper evident nozzle shield (100) may be configured to fit a pump or pump dispenser to protect a fluid path (12) in the dispenser from contamination or to prevent or visually indicate if a dispenser or pump dispenser has been tampered with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Oscar Faneca Llesera
  • Publication number: 20140034680
    Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Timothy James Kennedy, TAMI O. WHITE
  • Publication number: 20140034679
    Abstract: A dispenser comprises a liquid piston and a gas piston coupled for movement. The pistons are mounted for movement relative to one another to define a mixing chamber therebetween. An actuator simultaneously moves the pistons in a first direction such that the air piston delivers air from an air chamber to the mixing chamber and the liquid piston delivers a liquid from a liquid chamber to the mixing chamber where the air and liquid are mixed in the mixing chamber to create a foam. Movement of one of the air piston and the liquid piston is stopped such that the pistons move relative to one another such that only air is delivered to the mixing chamber. The movement of the pistons in a second direction draws residual foam from a delivery tube and delivers the residual foam to the air chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin Fitzpatrick, Emil Vulcu
  • Patent number: 8631976
    Abstract: A manually operated pump for pressurized dispensing of a fluid product, designed to be fastened to the mouth of a container containing the product. The ensemble of the stem, spring, piston, and retention element form a unitary assembly that can be coupled to cup-shaped body of the pump. The pump includes also a member for connection of the unitary assembly to the cup-shaped body. The connection member includes a shaped portion for retention of the collar that projects from the stem, the portion preventing the exit of the stem from the cup-shaped body when the unitary assembly is inserted into the cup-shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Lumson S.p.A.
    Inventor: Dario Moretti
  • Patent number: 8622254
    Abstract: A dispenser pump is mounted to an opening of a container to allow a user to dispense a cosmetic product in the container to the outside by a predetermined amount through a pumping operation. The dispenser pump allows a user to dispense contents by a predetermined amount through a cylinder (20) installed in a pump body (10a) by pressing a push button (40), the dispenser pump includes a pump body (10a) mounted to an opening of a container and to which a cylinder (20) is mounted; a cylinder (20) mounted to the pump body (10a); and a resilient member (30) mounted between the cylinder (20) and a working piston rod (26) and does not contact the contents to prevent hardening of the resilient member 30 and deterioration of the contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Inventor: Sungil Kang
  • Patent number: 8622252
    Abstract: A manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser to be used with a personal care composition having a relatively higher viscosity that gives a desired foamed composition generated from a manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Scott Kerr, Robert Drennan Lewis, Mark Thomas Lund, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Christopher Gerald Donner
  • Patent number: 8602257
    Abstract: A combination dispenser for hand wipes and hand gel, configured to be held in a cup holder, is disclosed. Some embodiments of the device are substantially cylindrical in order to fit within a cup holder and substantially prevent shifting. Further, embodiments are partitioned internally to provide at least two separate compartments. The partitioned compartments are uniquely designed to hold and provide access to various products such as, but not limited to, hand wipes, sanitizing gel, lotion, fragrance, liquid soap or the like. In some embodiments, a lid covers the device to prevent the hand wipes from drying out. Also, some embodiments include a pump aspect that is in fluid communication with fluid products contained within a portion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Inventor: David Godsell
  • Publication number: 20130320036
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir (1) that is transparent, at least locally; and a guide tube (21) that extends in the reservoir (1); the dispenser being characterized in that it further comprises a gauge ring (19) that is engaged freely around the guide tube (21) and that floats in the fluid in such a manner as to indicate visually the fluid level in the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Patrick Muller, Bruno Stuart
  • Patent number: 8596266
    Abstract: A discharging device, particularly for a pharmaceutical liquid, is adapted to accommodate and actuate a pump-type dispenser in an accommodating region. In the delivered state, the accommodating region of the discharging device is sufficiently large to ensure that the pump-type dispenser can be accommodated by the accommodating region when the dispenser has not yet been actuated and does not yet communicate with the outlet passageway. The discharging device is particularly useful for pharmaceutical liquids prone to oxidation and thus in need of extensive protection from contact with air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Eberhard
  • Publication number: 20130306681
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir (1) defining a neck (11) and a bottom wall (12) provided with a filling valve (13, 15); a dispenser member (5), such as a pump, that is mounted on the reservoir (1) so as to take the fluid, the dispenser member (5) including a body (51) and an actuator rod (56) that is movable downwards and upwards along an axis X; a pusher (6, 7) that is mounted on the actuator rod (56) of the dispenser member (5) in such a manner as to turn about the axis X of the rod (56); a vent passage that puts the reservoir (1) into communication with the outside; closure means (3) for selectively closing the vent passage; and control means (4) for urging the closure means (3) into a closed condition, in which they close the vent passage, from an open condition, in which they do not close the vent passage; the dispenser being characterized in that the control means (4) are secured to the pusher (6, 7) or moved by the pusher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Patrick Muller, Bruno Stuart
  • Patent number: 8584908
    Abstract: A discharge pump equipped with a push-down head in which a nozzle is opened and closed by advancing and retracting a valve rod member by a lever member and a first pressing member, wherein a second pressing member is provided between the base and the tip of the valve rod member to prevent back flow of air. A push-down head discharge pump has a head body configured by providing a liquid flow pipe to the lower surface of a laterally facing cylinder section so as to extend vertically downward from the lower surface, the liquid flow pipe communicating with a stem of a discharge pump, the cylinder section having a nozzle opened at the front thereof. When the head body is pushed down, a valve rod member mounted in the cylinder section is advanced and retracted. The valve rod member is composed of the base and the tip, and a second pressing member is mounted between the base and the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kakuta
  • Patent number: 8584906
    Abstract: A pump head for a displacement pump used in a bottle dispenser and configured to minimize misdirection of solution dispensed through an orifice thereof. The pump head is an integrally molded one piece structure, having an elliptical outlet orifice that lies in a substantially horizontal plane, and having a major axis substantially twice that of the minor axis. The configuration and the positioning of the orifice minimizes clogging or coagulation of certain solutions, obscures such coagulation from view, and minimizes the misdirection of any dispensing through the nozzle orifice that would otherwise result from clogging or coagulation. The pump head is particularly adapted for use with displacement pumps employed in bottle dispensers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Weston R. Houghton, Estella Allen, Eugene W. Ray
  • Patent number: 8573448
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lotion pump, comprises: a nozzle head; a plunger connected with the nozzle head, in which an upper one-way valve is disposed; a container cap which is engaged with a mouth of a bottle; a housing, its upper end is connected to the container cap, and on its lower end there is a lower one-way valve; and a spring, its lower end abuts against the bottom of the housing, and its upper end abuts against the head of the plunger; characterized in that, the diameter of an upper portion of the plunger is larger than that of a lower portion of the plunger, thereby a step is formed at the position where the diameter is changed, said step forms a valve seat for said upper one-way valve. The lotion pump of the present invention can be realized by a very simple structure, minimum parts and a very low manufacturing cost. While greatly increasing the productivity, it can obtain good sealing and leak-proof performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventor: Yaowu Ding
  • Publication number: 20130284764
    Abstract: A dispenser provides improved access to the interior contents of a container. A re-sealable floor may be hinged or threaded allowing repeated opening and closing of the floor to access, for example, contents that remain within the container that are otherwise not dispensed from an opening opposite the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: CHERYL EVON BAXTER-WALLER
  • Patent number: 8561919
    Abstract: A foam spray head assembly includes a head, a first piston unit, a valve unit, a link, a second piston unit, a cylinder, a resilient member and a resilient valve. The valve unit is directly connected to the head to allow the valve unit to receive the pressing force of the head to quickly respond in the form of reciprocating motion. The parts made of metal such as the spring is isolated from the liquid to ensure that the liquid is not affected by the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Derxin (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ya-Tsan Wang
  • Patent number: 8561849
    Abstract: A foam spray head assembly includes a push head, a mounting member, a netted member, an air valve, a main plunge, a piston unit, a rod unit, a resilient member, a cylinder unit and a valve. The netted member has a first net and a second net. The air valve has a first groove and a second groove. The main plunge has a first plunge and a second plunge. The first plunge is located in the second groove and defines a first chamber. The piston unit has a first piston and a second piston. The rod unit extends through the main plunge. The resilient member is mounted to the second plunge. The cylinder unit has a first cylinder and a second cylinder. The first piston is movable in the first cylinder and forms a second chamber. The second piston is movable in the second cylinder and forms a third chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventor: Ya-Tsan Wang
  • Patent number: 8550311
    Abstract: A fastener device (1, 2) for fastening a dispenser member (4) on a reservoir neck (51), the device comprising: a ring (1) forming an annular bearing collar (10) for coming to bear against the top (52) of the neck (51), with a gasket (3) possibly being interposed therebetween, and a skirt (11) including a free bottom end (145) and a deformable fastener section (13) that is deformed by thrust on the free end; and a hoop (2) that surrounds the skirt (11) of the ring (1) and constrains the fastener section (13) to deform inwards into contact with the neck (51); the device being characterized in that the deformable fastener section (13) is separated from the free end (145) by a substantially non-deformable bottom section (14) that is in engagement with the hoop (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventors: Gérard Cornet, Alain Behar
  • Patent number: 8544691
    Abstract: A system for fastening a dispensing pump on the neck of a bottle containing a fluid product, the system including a sleeve having an interior collar for fastening of the pump and a lower skirt provided with fasteners for fastening the sleeve on the bottle, the system further including a hoop slidably mounted around the skirt between a top position wherein the fasteners are free and a bottom position wherein the fasteners are constrained by the hoop, the system further including an exterior collar mounted around the interior collar by the intermediary of a device for displacing the exterior collar between a bottom usage position and a top dismounting position, the hoop at the bottom position being attached to the exterior collar in order to actuate the displacement of the collar towards its top position by driving the hoop relatively to the skirt on a stroke that is sufficient to release the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: Thomas Roosel, Pierre Dumont
  • Patent number: 8534506
    Abstract: A dispenser pack for a free-flowing medium includes a metering pump, a container that is tightly connected to said metering pump and that can be ventilated by the pump, and a closing cap. The free-flowing medium within the container is enclosed by a bag made of a flexible material with an upper aperture rim of the bag being tightly connected in one part/piece to a wall of the container, and a space between the inside of the container wall and the outside of the bag being at atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Seaquist Perfect Dispensing GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Bohnisch, Bernhard Jasper
  • Patent number: 8505778
    Abstract: Manual piston pump having a lockable dispensing head, having a cylinder, an inner locking sleeve forming a cylindrical passage for a hollow piston rod, one end of this extending into a pump chamber of the cylinder and the other end carrying the dispensing head, which is provided with an outer shaft section. A spring presses the piston rod outwards in relation to the cylinder, into a rest position, and in opposition to the spring the piston rod may be lowered by pressing on the dispensing head to dispense substance. To block the dispensing head at least one projection can be placed in engagement with a recess, and the recess has a latching lug arranged on a resilient web articulatedly mounted at the end side and can be latched as a joining partner to the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Karl Gisbert Welp
  • Patent number: 8490837
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head for mounting on a fluid reservoir so as to constitute a dispenser. The head includes a fluid dispenser member with a body and a valve rod. A dispenser endpiece is rotatably mounted on the valve rod and a turning pusher is manually axially movable so as to move the dispenser endpiece and the valve rod. A transmission part is interposed between the endpiece and the pusher and secured to the pusher in axial movement. An actuator mechanism causes the endpiece and pusher to turn, but not the transmission part. The actuator mechanism moves the transmission part axially between a non-working, storage position and a working, actuation position, in such a manner as to cause the pusher to move axially. The part transmits directly and axially to the endpiece, any thrust force exerted on the pusher in the working position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventors: Sebastien Michaux, Alex Milian
  • Publication number: 20130175303
    Abstract: The fluid dispenser device is fitted on the neck of a reservoir, and it includes a pump having a metering chamber that is closed by a first needle forming a check valve; a dispenser endpiece fitted on the pump including a second needle, forming a check valve, and a thrust surface to enable the device to be activated by a user pressing thereon; a protective cap for the device; a clamping collar carrying the cap; and a fastener member for fastening the device on the neck of the reservoir, the fastener member including an attachment member for attaching the fastener member around the neck and activatable by sliding the collar relative to the fastener member from a pre-assembly configuration to an assembled configuration, an inner ring for centering the pump on the reservoir and an outer ring retaining member for retaining the dispenser endpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Xavier Donnette, Jose Camba, Philippe Sahm
  • Patent number: 8474664
    Abstract: A spring member extending from a first end to a second end about a longitudinal axis, the spring having an inherent bias to assume an extended position with a first end spaced from the second end along the axis, the spring assuming compressed positions when compressed by forces applied parallel to the axis, in the compressed positions the spring resiliently urges its first and second ends axially away from each other toward the extended position, the spring member having a wall in the shape of a solid of revolution rotated about the axis and defining a central cavity therein open at the first end of the spring and substantially closed at the second end of the spring, the wall when in the unbiased extended position having a greatest diameter at the first end and a least diameter at the second end, a plurality of openings through the wall, the openings disposed symmetrically both circumferentially and axially relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Gotohti.com Inc.
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Ali Mirbach
  • Publication number: 20130140332
    Abstract: Airless pump dispensers for various fluids are disclosed including an airless pump mounted in a housing, a movable piston mounted for moving within the housing starting at the bottom thereof, a dispenser at the top of the housing for receiving fluid from the airless pump and dispensing it, and a spring disposed at the bottom of the housing in contact with the bottom of the movable piston and having an insufficient driving force to independently move the movable piston within the housing when the housing contains the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: PKG GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Edward F. Csaszar
  • Patent number: 8444024
    Abstract: A head part module of a discharge pump for a discharge container, in which the head part of the pump mechanism can be readily varied. A head part module of a discharge pump includes a mounting cap having a link cylinder upwardly extending via an inward flange from an upper end of a mounting cylinder: a cover ring having a top plate with a through hole in the middle part thereof, an outer wall hanging from an outer circumference of the top plate, a first fitting strip and a second fitting strip circumferentially provided on the rear face of the top plate, a top part of the link cylinder, being loosely fitted into the second fitting strip; and a push down head having an outer cylinder hanging from an outer circumference of a top plate a first communication tube hanging from a rear face of the top plate above the through hole and a nozzle forwardly projecting from the outer cylinder, the outer cylinder being fitted onto an outer face of the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Shigeo Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8444017
    Abstract: A pump-equipped container (10) includes a tubular container body (11) that is made of a sheet material having flexibility and a pump device (13) that includes a pump body (15) and a nozzle portion (14). A one-end section of the container body is closed off, and the pump device (13) is attached to the other-end section of the container body. The pump body (15) has an outer-circumferential-surface section (16) that comes into close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the other-end section (11b) of the container body (11). The pump device (13) is attached to the other-end section (11b) of the container body (11) in such a state that the outer-circumferential-surface section (16) is covered with the container body (11) by being brought into close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the other-end section (11b) of the container body (11). The container body (11) is formed using a sheet material having a gas barrier property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Kao Corporation, Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Chiba, Yoshinori Inagawa, Junko Kikkawa, Takaharu Tasaki
  • Patent number: 8434645
    Abstract: A dispensing container with a fitment, the fitment allows a dispensing pump on the dispensing container to be reused with another container. The container has a fitment secured into the container using a tamper-proof structure with the reusable dispensing pump of a structure to fit into this fitment. The fitment and the container neck are injection molded to maintain the close tolerances for the tamper-proof structure. The fitment has at least one drain aperture and at least one pressure equalization aperture. When the reusable dispensing pump is inserted into the fitment, liquid in the fitment can escape through the drain aperture into the container and pressure in the container is equalized through the pressure equalization aperture. The closure and upper part of the container are both of a conical structure to enhance alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Crawford, George Trepina
  • Patent number: 8430275
    Abstract: A device for dispensing and receiving a liquid or semi-liquid product via a dosage chamber of a pump body. The device includes a piston which is fixably mounted in the pump body and is provided with an end sealingly engaged into the chamber. The piston end is provided with a membrane forming an intake valve allowing the introduction of the product in the dosage chamber and including at least one sealing peripheral lip in sliding contact with an inner wall of the dosage chamber. The device includes a connection element wholly within the pump body for connecting the piston to the pump body. The connection element is an independent part from the membrane and the pump body and is connected to a bottom part of the pump body over a conduit extending up from the bottom part of the pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: David Leuliet, Francois Nicolle
  • Patent number: 8430274
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foam dispensing assembly comprising a liquid piston pump, comprising a liquid cylinder and a liquid piston delimiting a liquid pump chamber, and a liquid inlet and outlet, an air piston pump comprising an air cylinder and an air piston delimiting an air pump chamber, and an air inlet and outlet, a common actuation button for actuation of said liquid pump and said air pump, a dispensing channel for mixing and dispensing liquid and air pumped by said liquid and air pump, respectively, and a securing collar for attachment of said dispensing assembly to a container. The invention is characterized in that said air cylinder is formed by a cylindrical skirt of said actuation button, and said air piston is at least partially formed by a cylindrical extension of said securing collar and in that said air chamber at least partially surrounds said liquid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Airspray N.V.
    Inventors: Edgar Ivo Maria van der Heijden, Peter Jozef Jan Albertz, Sylvia Boshuizen, Marcus Cornelis Jacobus Tepas, Casper Kleiman
  • Publication number: 20130098944
    Abstract: The inventive concept discloses a container assembly for dispensing consumer-useable fluids, comprising 1) a bottle-type container having a neck with an opening and an open bottom portion, 2) a finger-operated pump head apparatus attachable to the neck, 3) a dip tube, and 4) a removable cup-like structure attachable to the bottom portion of the container. The bottom structure of the bottle consists of an integral means for readily attaching or detaching the cup-like structure. Thus, the removable cup-like structure allows a consumer access to the last remnants of fluids such as lotions, shampoos, etc., that may be entrapped after the dip tube has lost its effectiveness at siphoning the fluid content upward toward the pump head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventor: Myrtle Broadney
  • Patent number: 8418889
    Abstract: An inverted dispenser pump is used to dispense foam. The dispenser pump includes an air cylinder with an air piston to pump air to form the foam along with a liquid cylinder that has a liquid cylinder piston to pump liquid to form the foam. A conduit shell is received over the liquid cylinder in order to draw fluid when in an inverted state. An intake valve member is received around the opening of the conduit shell. The intake valve member has a seal flap configured to seal against the conduit shell opening in order to reduce flow restrictions of liquid drawn into the liquid cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Rieke Corporation
    Inventors: David John Pritchett, Brian Robert Law
  • Patent number: 8413855
    Abstract: A piston pump assembly in which a piston-forming element to be received in a piston chamber of a piston chamber-forming member carries a removable stop flange member which may be secured to the piston chamber-forming member to provide a retention stop to prevent the piston-forming element from being removed from the piston chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Gotohti.com Inc.
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Zhenchun (Tony) Shi
  • Patent number: 8408428
    Abstract: The device includes a membrane slidably mounted in a metering chamber, the membrane including a first sealing element forming a check valve, and a second sealing element enabling the membrane to slide in a leaktight manner relative to the metering chamber. The first and second sealing elements are made of a material that is relatively flexible, the membrane also including a rigid portion made of a material that is more rigid than the material of the first and second sealing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Healthcare La Verpilliere
    Inventors: Xavier Donnette, Jose Camba, Gaetan Painchaud, Sylvain Lanzi
  • Patent number: 8403181
    Abstract: The invention provides a water-ingress-preventing mechanism for a lotion pump. The mechanism is mainly used for a lotion pump mounted on a container with a liquid therein and is able to effectively prevent foreign liquids from entering the container. According to one aspect of the invention, in the locking tube portion (13) of the press head (10) is formed at least one longitudinal slot (15) which extends upwards from the lower end edge of the locking tube portion over at least part of the length of the locking tube portion. The slot is disposed such that the upper end of the slot is at a position above the top surface (25) of the cylinder cover (20) when the press head is pressed down to and at the lower stop position of its press stroke with respect to the cylinder cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventor: Yaowu Ding
  • Patent number: 8397951
    Abstract: A device for containing fluid substances under airtight conditions and dispensing them, comprising a rigid container (5) in which a bag (9) made of thermoplastic material is inserted having a flange (3, 3A) and a hole for housing the body of a (P), the body of the pump (P) being pressed to form a seal on said flange (3, 3A) of the bag (9) by a first ring cap (N), a second ring cap (G) being screwed onto the container neck (6) and secured to the bag (9), the first ring cap (N) being locked to the second ring cap (G), engagement means (13, 14) being provided between said first and second ring cap to make said first and second ring cap torsionally rigid with each other such that a rotation imposed on the first ring cap (N) of the pump results in a corresponding rotation of the second ring cap (G), hence facilitating extraction of the bag from the container consequent on the removal of the pump (P) from the container (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Lumson S.p.A.
    Inventor: Matteo Moretti
  • Patent number: 8393500
    Abstract: This discharge container is a discharge container provided with a container main body, a discharge pump and a fixing cap, in which the discharge pump is provided with a cylinder member made of a large-diameter cylinder and a small-diameter cylinder, a piston member mounted on the cylinder member and a nozzle head. The piston member is provided with a piston, a poppet valve, a piston guide, an air piston, an air piston valve and a stem. The air piston is provided with an inner tube portion engaged with the outer circumference of the piston guide, an upper wall portion, and a sliding tube portion engaged with the large-diameter cylinder internally so as to slide freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizushima, Shigeo Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8387834
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing and a push bar movable between a rest position and an actuated position. A container is retained in the housing and holds a liquid, and a pump is associated with a liquid. The pump is actuated to dispense a dose of the liquid, when the push bar is moved from its rest position to its actuated position. A dispensing tube includes an inlet associated with the pump, an outlet associated with the push bar, and a bellows portion between the inlet and the outlet. Upon moving the push bar from its rest position to its actuated position, the bellows portion is collapsed from an expanded volume to a compressed volume, and the outlet of the dispensing tube moves with the push bar. Upon return of the push bar from the actuated position to the rest position, the bellows portion expands from the compressed volume to the expanded volume, and draws liquid at the tip of the dispensing tube into the dispensing tube to reduce or eliminate dripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott T. Proper, Brent Huxtable
  • Patent number: 8376190
    Abstract: A foam pump dispenser that has a prevention function against any reverse flow is disclosed, which comprises an air guide which is engaged at a lower side of the air and liquid mixing chamber of the piston cover member; a liquid leakage prevention spring which is located between the piston cover member and the piston member; and a liquid leakage prevention valve which is covered on the upper side of the liquid compression piston. The foam pump dispenser with the above construction is able to prevent a leakage of liquid, and is able to obtain a reliable fixed supply of air in a pump dispenser designed to properly mix liquid such as foaming cleanser, foam hand soap, shave foam, and hair mousse, etc. with air and to pump out in a foam shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventors: Hee Jin Choi, Yu Kwang Oh, Won hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8365961
    Abstract: A device for delivering a substance, the device including a first stationary portion and a second movable portion that is movable relative to the first portion between a rest position and an activated position, the device further including an abutment for putting the movable portion into abutment relative to the stationary portion, which abutment needs to be forced past in order to enable the movable portion to go from its rest position to its activated position, the abutment carried by the movable portion and an abutment carried by the stationary portion, at least one of these abutments being mounted on a resilient portion of the stationary portion and/or of the movable portion, the resilient portion being deformable between an abutment configuration and a retraction configuration and having a reinforcement for reinforcing the resilient portion, namely a part that bears against a zone of the resilient portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Healthcare la Verpilliere
    Inventors: Xavier Donnette, Julien Brand, Gaetan Painchaud, Sylvain Lanzi, Francois Nicolle
  • Patent number: 8365966
    Abstract: A pump for dispensing a liquid product, including a pump body and a dispensing head manually movable on the latter, the head including a cylinder forming a dosage chamber of the pump, slidingly mounted in the pump body, and a channel allowing the passage of the product or air from the dosage chamber towards an ejection orifice. The rod includes means for airtightly sealing the channel consisting of a peripheral shoulder capable of coming to a rest against a complementary sealing seat arranged in the cylinder, the opening of the channel being performed by separating the sealing seat from the cylinder opposite the shoulder of the rod after the rod reaching its stop early during the axial movement of the cylinder in the pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francois Nicolle, David Leuliet
  • Publication number: 20130026191
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir (1); and a pump (3) comprising a pump body (30) and an actuator rod (34), defining between them a pump chamber (33) having a predetermined maximum volume, the rod (34) being axially movable in the body (30) so as to vary the volume of the pump chamber (33); the dispenser being characterized in that it further comprises a dispenser cannula (5) that is mounted on the actuator rod (34) and that includes a dispenser outlet (52) that is suitable for forming a drop of fluid that separates from the cannula (5) by gravity, the determined maximum volume of the pump chamber (33) being substantially equal to the volume of the drop of fluid that is dispensed at the dispenser outlet (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Frédéric DUQUET, Sandra MARTINS-REIS, Francis MOREAU
  • Publication number: 20130019991
    Abstract: A refillable travel dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir (1) comprising a top end that forms a neck (21), and a bottom end that forms a filling orifice (22) that, at rest, is closed by a valve member (4); a pump (5) that is mounted on the top end of the reservoir (1) so as to take fluid; and a pusher that is mounted on the pump so as to actuate it; the dispenser being characterized in that the reservoir (1) defines two internal compartments (C1, C2) that communicate with each other via an upper passage (31) that is situated in the proximity of the top end of the reservoir, and a lower passage (44) that is situated in the proximity of the bottom end of the reservoir, the valve member (4) being movable between two seats, a rest first seat (23) that closes the orifice (22) of the reservoir, and a filling second seat (34) that closes the lower passage (44) during a filling step for filling the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventor: Patrick MULLER
  • Patent number: 8348096
    Abstract: A discharge device for liquid media having housing sections movable relative to one another along a total stroke between a non-actuated rest position and an actuated end position and together forming a manual actuating device. A media reservoir stores the medium prior to discharge, and a conveying device includes a discharge opening and a dosage chamber. The actuating and conveying devices are operatively coupled such that during a first partial stroke of the discharge actuation starting from the rest position the media reservoir and the dosage chamber are in communicating connection and during a second partial stroke of the discharge actuation following the first partial stroke the media reservoir and the dosage chamber are separated, the volume of the dosage chamber and the media reservoir being reduced by the second partial stroke of the discharge actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Greiner-Perth
  • Publication number: 20130000281
    Abstract: A fluid supply assembly includes a tank configured for holding a fluid and a pump configured to draw the fluid from the tank, wherein the tank includes a recess and the pump is mounted to the tank in the recess. The pump may be connected to the tank along either, or both of, a first and/or a second surface of the recess, wherein the first surface and the second surface may be orthogonal to one another. The fluid supply assembly may further include a header disposed on a horizontal surface of the tank, the header may include at least a portion thereof which extends into an interior of the tank, wherein the pump may draw the fluid from the tank via the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jack A. Merchant, Stephan D. Roozenboom
  • Publication number: 20120325863
    Abstract: A pump head for a displacement pump used in a bottle dispenser and configured to minimize misdirection of solution dispensed through an orifice thereof. The pump head is an integrally molded one piece structure, having an elliptical outlet orifice that lies in a substantially horizontal plane, and having a major axis substantially twice that of the minor axis. The configuration and the positioning of the orifice minimizes clogging or coagulation of certain solutions, obscures such coagulation from view, and minimizes the misdirection of any dispensing through the nozzle orifice that would otherwise result from clogging or coagulation. The pump head is particularly adapted for use with displacement pumps employed in bottle dispensers and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Weston R. Houghton, Estella Allen, Eugene W. Ray
  • Publication number: 20120325862
    Abstract: An improved pump is provided that is capable of achieving excellent back suction function by using a depression head, without compromising the ease of depression operations of the head due to the additional function. The pump includes a depression head and an annular piston. The depression head is urged upward and is relatively displaceable with respect to the stem. When depressed, a lever member of the depression head operates to open a discharge opening. An annular piston opens a discharge valve, in an uppermost displacement position and closes the discharge valve in a lowermost displacement position. Back suction is caused due to a negative pressure state occurring in the stem until the discharge valve seat is closed by the annular piston during upward displacement of the stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Kuwahara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Toma
  • Publication number: 20120312842
    Abstract: A bottle for dispensing a fluid product including a body wherein a reservoir is formed, the bottle including a device for sampling having a push-button with a dispensing orifice for the product, the push-button able to be displaced reversibly on an actuating stroke of the device between a position at rest and a depressed position wherein the dispensing orifice is in communication with the reservoir by the intermediary of the device, the body including a filling valve, the reservoir having an air depression arranged to carry out filling of the reservoir through suction of the product contained in a source, the bottle further including a cap which is associated to the body by forming a sealed internal space wherein the push-button is arranged, the internal space having an air depression and being arranged to maintain the push-button in depressed position to be in communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Pierre Dumont, Jacky Lasnier, Jean-Luc Marcel Octau, Mohamed Elmeguenni, Bernard Clerget, Emmanuel Mauduit, Thomas Roosel
  • Publication number: 20120312843
    Abstract: A bottle for dispensing a fluid product including a body with a reservoir for the conditioning of the product and a device for sampling of the conditioned product mounted in a sealed manner on the body, the device for sampling including means of supplying with conditioned product which have an upstream orifice arranged in the reservoir, the body being provided with a filling valve of the reservoir, the reservoir being devoid of product and having an air depression which is arranged in order to be able to carry out the subsequent filling of the reservoir, the bottle further including an envelope mounted in the reservoir in order to compartmentalise the reservoir into an internal space wherein the upstream orifice is arranged and an external space, the valve including means for breaking the envelope during the filling of the reservoir in order to put into communication the external and internal spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Pierre Dumont, Jacky Lasnier, Jean-Luc Marcel Octau, Mohamed Elmeguenni
  • Publication number: 20120305604
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly includes a main tube, a mounting unit, a valve, a suction unit, a resilient unit and a push unit. The suction unit includes a push rod, a connection rod and a block. The resilient unit is located outside of the push rod so that the resilient unit does not directly contact the liquid which is avoided from being chemically changed. The main tube, the mounting unit and the suction unit are modularized and can be assembled as desired so that the stocking pressure is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Ya-Tsan Wang
  • Patent number: 8308029
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Yonwoo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joong Hyun Ki