Pump Casing Within Supply Container Patents (Class 222/321.9)
  • Patent number: 7954676
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including a dispenser head, a piston and an outlet valve. The dispenser head has a body defining a fluid expulsion channel terminated by a dispenser orifice, a rigid insert disposed in the channel, and a shutter element disposed in the channel and displaceable between a closed position and an open position. The shutter element is urged at rest towards its closed position and automatically displaced towards its open position while fluid is dispensed, returning automatically to its closed position. The shutter element forms a single piece with the rigid insert. The rigid insert forms or is secured to the outlet valve and is mechanically displaceable towards its actuated position while the fluid is being expelled, and being automatically returned to its rest position once the fluid has been expelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Patent number: 7954677
    Abstract: Pump for dispensing a dose of a fluid product, comprising a tubular body including an intake orifice; an end member associated with the body and including a rest abutment and an end-of-stroke abutment; a compression member mounted so as to move inside the body between a rest position in which said compression member is in abutment against the rest abutment, and an end-of-stroke position in which said compression member is in abutment against the end-of-stroke abutment, said compression member being elastically returned toward the rest position and including an exhaust orifice; a metering chamber; and an intake valve and an exhaust valve adapted to selectively close off the intake orifice and the exhaust orifice, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Yohann Langlois, Christophe Roy
  • Patent number: 7954675
    Abstract: A bottle made of a plastic material, including a body surmounted by a neck including a dispensing opening. The neck and the body are made in two separate parts which are assembled together in order to connect the interior of the body to the dispensing opening, the neck includes an axial sealing skirt which is mounted on an axial bearing surface formed on the upper portion of the body. The bottle further includes a shrunk-on collar, the lower portion of which is arranged to axially cover at least the connection area between the neck and the body. The connection of the neck to the body is produced by combining a tight fitting of the exterior surface of the sealing skirt over the interior surface of the bearing surface, and radial clamping of the lower portion of the shrunk-on ring onto the exterior surface of the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing SMT S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Gardet, Andrew Jonathan Slinn
  • Patent number: 7954669
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a decorated dispensing container. The container is substantially transparent and has a decoration on the front and/or rear surface. The dispensing unit comprises a pump mechanism with a dip tube at one end and a dispensing channel at the other end. The dip tube has an identifiable shape formed in the dip tube. This identifiable shape can be a land, sea or air animal, or an inanimate object. Colors are applied to the identifiable shape by hand painting or the use of a shrink label or an in mold label. By the use of a decorated identifiable shape and a coordinating label on the front and/or rear surface of the container a 3-D effect is imparted to the container and product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Todd VanGordon, Van Canady
  • Patent number: 7950548
    Abstract: A universal collar that attaches to a pump and, in turn, a container used in a dispenser having a keyplate, the universal collar including: a first flange and a second flange, wherein the flanges extend radially outward and are axially spaced from each other for receiving the keyplate therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nick E Ciavarella, Mark E Rosendranz, Detlev F Smith
  • Publication number: 20110114674
    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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Francois Nicolle, David Leuliet
  • Publication number: 20110108579
    Abstract: A pump retention collar for assembling a pump on a bottle may be made of a plastic or resin material and may be configured to fit any number of pump sizes, bottle sizes, or bottle neck finishes such that one collar may be used interchangeably with numerous production configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Haydee Martorell Pena, Sergi Llambrich Arrtigas
  • Patent number: 7938298
    Abstract: A hand-operated pump that can be mounted in a cosmetic container is provided. A compression spring that provides restoring force during pumping is provided outside a housing such that it is possible to prevent contents from being contaminated and to easily pump highly viscous contents. Also, since the compression spring is stably fixed to a shaft in a state where the button is separated, it is possible to easily assemble the pump, to easily partialize parts (to modularize parts), and to prevent the pump from malfunctioning even if the button drifts away while in use. Also, since an introducing hole in the lower end of the housing is opened and closed by an opening and closing member of a specific shape, it is possible to obtain high sealing force and pumping force during pumping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Chong Woo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung Kee Lee
  • Publication number: 20110101130
    Abstract: A spray liquid pressure head has a main head body containing a suction body, a suction pipe and a container locking ring. A pressing member assembled over the main head body has a pressure head and horizontal expansion pipe. A directional jack is assembled at one end of the horizontal expansion pipe. Two reinforced costal margins are integrally formed at both sides of the horizontal expansion pipe in a vertical extension state. One end of the reinforced costal margin is integrally linked to the pressure head, and the other end integrally linked to the directional jack. The pressure head has a combined directional sprinkler head containing a labyrinth connecting pipe, a vertical terminal pipe and a spraying guide assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: LIVING FOUNTAIN PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kun-Lung Tseng
  • Publication number: 20110095055
    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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Shigeo Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20110095053
    Abstract: A discharging device for liquids. The invention relates to a discharging device for liquids, more particularly for pharmaceutical liquids, comprising a delivery device (10), a liquid storage receptical (20) communicating with an input (10a) of the delivery device for storage of the liquid (30), and a discharge orifice (12) which communicates with an outlet (10b) of said delivery device, and the liquid storage receptical (20) is at least in part in the form of a dimensionally flexible liquid-containing bag (20) and the liquid storage receptical (20) is disposed in a buffer chamber of constant volume (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Juergen Greiner-Perth, Matthias Wochele, Peter Stadelhofer
  • Patent number: 7931172
    Abstract: A pump dispenser includes a tube seat engaged in a rotating lid of the lotion bottle; a pump arranged on a bottom of the tube seat for drawing the lotion unilaterally; a through hole arranged in the tube seat and communicated with the pump; a pipe movably received in the through hole to be configured for guiding the lotion in the pump; a press head placed over an opening of the pipe exposed out of the top of the through hole to be configured for guiding the lotion in the pipe out; at least one upper trapezoidal body opening upwards and at least one lower trapezoidal body opening downwards arranged on the inner surface of the through hole; and at least one protrusion arranged on the outer surface of the pipe. The protrusion moves into or out of the bottom of the lower trapezoidal body by rotating the head press for preventing or permitting the press head from moving upwards such that the lotion bottle is convenient to be carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventor: Roy Kuo
  • Publication number: 20110089198
    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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: David Leuliet, Francois Nicolle
  • Patent number: 7922042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump for a liquid product dispenser, which includes a reservoir and interacts with a manually actuatable element provided with an injection orifice. The pump includes a body embodied in the form of a single piece and including a seat which covers the reservoir and is provided with an intake orifice and a flap, which is mounted on the seat by a joint associated with an elastic bellows which enables the flap to be reversibly tilted towards the seat, by pressing on the actuating element, in such way that the injection orifice is opened and the intake orifice is simultaneously closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing SMT S.A.
    Inventor: Eric Rossignol
  • Publication number: 20110049191
    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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: John C. Crawford, George Trepina
  • Patent number: 7891522
    Abstract: An airless dispenser pump assembly includes a pump mechanism with an inlet valve that is configured to efficiently pump viscous fluids and that is able to be pre-primed when the pump mechanism is attached to a container. In one form, the inlet valve includes a seal member that seals an inlet port of the pump and an outer support member that secures the inlet valve to the rest of the pump mechanism. Two or more legs generally extend in a circumferential direction between the support member and the seal member in order to create a large flow opening for fluid flow through the inlet valve when opened and to rapidly close the inlet valve. The pump mechanism further includes an outlet valve that is configured to draw fluid back from a nozzle of the pump after dispensing in order to minimize build up around the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Rieke Corporation
    Inventors: Brian R. Law, Jeffrey William Spencer, Robert D. Rohr, David J. Pritchett
  • Patent number: 7891526
    Abstract: In a dosing device for drawing in and dispensing a free-flowing medium from a container having an inlet (60) and a discharge opening (62.1 to 62.4), the inlet (60) and the discharge opening (62) are disposed separate from each other, a dosing and displacement chamber (61) being provided between them and the inlet (60) and/or discharge opening (62.1 to 62.4) being closable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Inventor: Eric Schliemann
  • Patent number: 7882988
    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: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francois Nicolle, David Leuliet
  • Publication number: 20110017779
    Abstract: A push-button for a system for dispensing a product under pressure, the push-button includes an actuator body having an orifice for ejecting the product, a closing off valving element of the ejection orifice and a sleeve having a mounting well of the push-button on a feed tube for the product under pressure, the body being slidably mounted around the sleeve between a high position and a low position by forming between them a space for carrying the product from the mounting well to the orifice for ejecting the product, the valving element being mounted between the body and the sleeve by the intermediary of a device for reversible displacing of the valving element between a closing off position—respectively an ejection position—when the body is in high position—respectively in low position—, the push-button includes an elastic recalling of the body in high position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Eric Rossignol
  • Patent number: 7874463
    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: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Nick E. Ciavarella
  • Patent number: 7874461
    Abstract: A cosmetic receptacle includes: a button locking part including a locking operation pipe assembled with an outer surface of an upper end of the outer receptacle so as to rotate respective to the outer receptacle and a stopping protuberance protruding from an inner surface of the upper end of the outer receptacle, a locking operation groove being formed at the locking operation pipe, the locking operation groove including a lock keeping groove arranged at an upper area of the locking operation groove along a horizontal direction, a release keeping groove arranged at a lower area of the locking operation groove along a horizontal direction, and an elevation guide groove connecting the lock keeping groove with the release keeping groove in a linear direction, and a shoulder part including a stopper groove formed on the shoulder part along a longitudinal direction and an elevation leading protuberance formed at an outer surface of the shoulder part, the shoulder part being installed in such a manner that the stop
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Taesung Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hae Dong Bae
  • Patent number: 7874465
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head for mounting on a fluid reservoir (1), the head having a fluid dispenser member (2), such as a pump or a valve, having a body (20) that is mounted in stationary manner relative to the reservoir (1), and a valve rod (21) that is axially displaceable down and up; a pushbutton (5, 7) that is axially displaceable down and up, driving the valve rod (21); and a dispenser orifice (60) that is connected to the valve rod. The dispenser head has an actuator mechanism (4) for driving the pushbutton in axial displacement relative to the valve rod (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventors: Romain Bertin, Florent Pouliaude
  • Patent number: 7866513
    Abstract: A device for dispensing and receiving a liquid or semi-liquid product via a metering 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 an elastically deformable membrane put thereon. The membrane includes a transversal wall forming an input check valve which is provided with a central supply orifice sealingly closable by a protruded element forming the check valve seat on the end of the piston. The membrane includes a fixing cylindrical skirt which is provided with at least one sealing peripheral lip slidingly contacting the internal wall of the chamber. The skirt forms a valve when it is deformed by contact with a projection bearing by the internal wall of the chamber in such a way that the air compressed by the piston is released into the chamber by the pump priming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: David Leuliet, Francois Nicolle
  • Patent number: 7857172
    Abstract: A cap (30) has an end wall (32) and inner and outer cylindrical walls (34, 36) which are internally threaded. The threads on the inner wall (30) mate with external threads on the neck (38) of a first sized container (40) the threads on the wall (38) are adapted to engage threads on the neck of a second, larger size container (44). A pump (10) is mounted on the cap (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Wilmar Corporation
    Inventor: Joshua N. Harvey
  • Patent number: 7857174
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having: a fluid reservoir, a fluid dispenser member having actuator rod (23) that is displaceable down and up along an axis X, a pusher (4; 4; 4?) that displaces the actuator rod (23), a dispenser endpiece (50) defining a dispenser orifice (51), and a displacement mechanism (6, 4; 6?, 7; 6?, 7, 4?) that displaces the endpiece (50) both in turning about the axis X and in radial translation, the radial distance between the endpiece and the axis X varying as the endpiece turns about the axis X, such that the endpiece is displaceable between an extended position remote from the axis X and a retracted position close to the axis X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventors: Sebastien Michaux, Romain Bertin
  • Patent number: 7854353
    Abstract: A device for dispensing, especially atomizing, a preferably cosmetic liquid has a dispensing head which can be manually depressed for dispensing of the liquid and can be turned to set the dispensing direction. In order to ensure simple and reliable handling, the device has a catch arrangement so that the dispensing head can be turned with a catching action. In a preferred embodiment, the catch arrangement has at least one catch cam, preferably several catch cams that are spaced in the direction of rotation. The catch cam or cams engage catch recesses with a catching action, especially radially relative to the actuation direction of the delivery head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignees: Seaquest Perfect Dispensing GmbH, Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Detlef Schmitz, Cristin Wirth, Martin Wehmann
  • Patent number: 7850048
    Abstract: A foamer pump for dispensing foam has a simple construction and utilizes a single piston to reduce the volume of both a fluid chamber and an air chamber. A portion of the actuating mechanism helps to unseat a check valve at the outlet of the fluid chamber. The foamer pump has a fluid chamber, and an outlet of the fluid chamber is connected to a mixing chamber. An air chamber has an air channel that connects the air chamber to ambient air in a first position and to the mixing chamber in a second position. A piston causes the volume of the air chamber and the liquid chamber each to be reduced, forcing air from the air chamber and foamable fluid from the liquid chamber into the mixing chamber where they blend to form an air/liquid mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Arminak & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Armin Arminak
  • Patent number: 7845521
    Abstract: Mechanically pressurized dispensing systems are disclosed that are manually charged by the user and that dispense substances from a pressurized dispenser as an aerosol. The dispensing system comprises in various embodiments mechanical pressurization assemblies, and particularly an actuator assembly and a collar cap assembly. Preferred embodiments incorporate a spindle and a piston to mechanically charge the dispensing system when an actuator housing of the actuator assembly is manually rotated. Other dispenser systems are disclosed providing a threaded piston utilized in the mechanical charging of the dispensing system. Methods of pressurizing dispensing systems and other methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Alternative Packaging Solutions, LLP
    Inventor: William S. Blake
  • Patent number: 7841490
    Abstract: Fluid mixture which comprises at least one low-boiling liquid, and which during use generates a low vapour pressure, said mixture being dispensable by a manually operated dispensing pump mounted on a hermetically sealed container of this mixture. The low vapour pressure developed by the low-boiling liquid is such as to prevent a vacuum being created in the container interior when the mixture is dispensed by the pump, in order to allow correct pump operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Lumson S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gabriele Rampini, Matteo Moretti
  • Patent number: 7837064
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device includes a barrel having a hollow interior, an inlet opening at one end and an open second end. A plunger is slidably received within the hollow interior of the barrel through the open second end and has an outlet passage extending through its length to an outlet outside of the barrel. An inlet valve is disposed at the inlet opening of the barrel and an outlet valve is carried within the outlet passage of the plunger. A closure is secured to the barrel over the open end of the barrel and over the plunger, with the closure urging the plunger into the barrel against the inlet valve such that the plunger engages the inlet valve and holds the inlet valve closed. Opening of the closure permits the plunger to be withdrawn from the barrel to draw fluid into the barrel through the inlet opening and the inlet valve. Return of the plunger into the barrel closes the inlet valve and forces the fluid in the barrel through the outlet passage and the outlet valve in the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Rexam Closure Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Philip J. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20100282782
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly has a ferrule and collar for maintaining a coupling of a dispensing module to a receptacle neck. The ferrule has an annular plastic skirt open on one end, and plastic nibs extending radially inwardly from the skirt inner surface. The skirt outer surface is a regular polygon with flat surfaces between corners. The collar has a Nomar edge defining an annular recess adjacent the open end with an annular face facing the collar other end. At least the corners of the skirt open end extend radially outwardly into the annular recess of the collar inner surface when the dispensing assembly is secured to the receptacle to retain the collar on the ferrule while the dispensing assembly is secured to the receptacle by the ferrule nibs beneath the flange of the receptacle neck. Installation involves pushing the collar and ferrule onto the receptacle neck with the collar in a raised position on the ferrule, and then pushing the collar down relative to the ferrule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Russell E. Bevans, Franco Di Mascio, George R. Trepina
  • Patent number: 7828177
    Abstract: A dispenser head for mounting on an actuator rod of a fluid dispenser member. The actuator rod is displaceable up and down along an axis. The dispenser head includes a bearing surface for displacing the dispenser head and for actuating the fluid dispenser member. The head further includes a dispenser endpiece that internally defines an endpiece channel that opens out to the outside at a dispenser orifice. The endpiece presents an elongated configuration with a connection end connected to the remainder of the head and a free end. The dispenser orifice is situated in the proximity of the free end. The dispenser orifice is provided with internal closure member that is suitable for selectively closing the dispenser orifice from the inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Airlessystems
    Inventors: Laurent Decottignies, Alain Behar
  • Patent number: 7819291
    Abstract: A dispenser pump (1) that has a manually insertable pump shaft (6) which is surrounded by at least three sleeve sections (16, 17, 18) that can be slid into each other in a telescopic manner. A return spring (8) is preferably disposed between pump shaft (6) and the sleeve sections (16, 17, 18). All parts of the dispenser pump (1), which enter in contact with a liquid that is to be pumped, are made of plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Seaquist Perfect Dispensing GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Erwin Schulte, Karsten Böhnisch, Reinhard Heinrich Neuhaus, Cristin Knoblich, Norbert Menzel
  • Publication number: 20100264169
    Abstract: The container has a fragrance emitting dispensing pump. The dispensing pump has a pump mechanism and pump head on one end of the pump mechanism. The dispensing pump head is comprised of an upper portion and a lower portion. The fragrance substance is within an internal area in the upper portion, the lower portion or both portions of the dispensing pump head. The lower portion has a structure for attaching the dispensing pump to the container. The upper portion of the dispensing pump head has a dispensing channel through the internal area that on one end extends into the lower portion of the pump head to the pump mechanism and at a second end is open to the exterior atmosphere. The internal area contains a fragrance substance. A peripheral wall of the upper portion and a peripheral wall of the lower portion have a space, and optionally at least one aperture that is in communication with the exterior of the dispensing pump. In addition the lower portion can have more than one fragrance containing space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Crawford, Kiat-Cheong Toh, Douglas Mooney
  • Publication number: 20100264166
    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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: LUMSON S.p.A
    Inventor: Matteo MORETTI
  • Patent number: 7815077
    Abstract: A soap dispensing assembly has a container housing having an interior that retains soap. The container housing has an opening which communicates with the interior. A pump unit secured to the top of the container housing at a location separate from the opening. The pump unit includes a dispensing assembly through which soap from the interior is dispensed. A lid that is removably coupled to the opening to allow for a quick replenishment of the soap without having to remove the pump unit. The pump unit can also include an actuator that has a soap outlet, with the actuator is pivoted to draw soap from the interior of the container housing to the soap outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Simplehuman LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Adam C. Wade, Joseph Sandor
  • Publication number: 20100243678
    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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventors: Gerard Cornet, Alain Behar
  • Publication number: 20100230443
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lotion pump, comprises: a nozzle head; a connecting/guiding member connected to the nozzle head, in which an upper one-way valve is disposed; a container cap having a first connection structure and a second connection structure, said first connection structure is to engage with a mouth of a bottle; a housing, on its upper end, there is a connection structure engaging with the second connection structure on the container cap, and on its lower end, there is a lower one-way valve; a piston which moves within the housing, its upper end is connected to the connecting/guiding member; and a spring which makes the piston return; characterized in that, the upper end of the spring abuts against the connecting/guiding member, the lower end of the spring abuts against a spring seat which is provided in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventor: Yaowu Ding
  • Patent number: 7793799
    Abstract: A container for dispensing separate products having a container body provided with a partition that forms at least two separate compartments; a closure body is connected to the container body, can hermetically engage each one of the compartments, and forms seats for accommodating dispensing valves that draw from the compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventor: Fulvio Reggiani
  • Publication number: 20100224653
    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: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Xavier Donnette, Julien Brand, Gaetan Painchaud, Sylvain Lanzi, Francois Nicolle
  • Patent number: 7789274
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser member having a dispensing wall defining an outside surface and inside surface, the wall being provided with a through dispensing orifice connecting the inside surface to the outside surface. The inside surface forming a leaktight slide cylinder for a piston suitable for moving in leaktight contact inside the cylinder for selectively unmasking the dispensing orifice. The piston forming a wall element of a fluid chamber inside which fluid is selectively put under pressure. The inside surface, at the slide cylinder, forming a fluid swirl system immediately upstream from the dispensing orifice. The dispensing wall is formed by a substantially cylindrical skirt further provided with a guide wall defining an inside surface whose inside diameter is greater than the inside diameter of the slide cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S
    Inventor: Firmin Garcia
  • Publication number: 20100219209
    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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventor: Yaowu Ding
  • Patent number: 7784647
    Abstract: An actuator (10, 10?, 110) for a fluid-dispenser container, e.g., an aerosol container (14) or a non-aerosol pump container (114), has in one version (actuators 10 and 10?) a base (18) having a port (20) which receives fluid from the container (14) and dispenses the fluid via a shallow cavity (24, 24?). In another version of the actuator, the actuator (110) has a base (44) and a cover (46) which may be positioned either in a closed or open position relative to each other. In the closed position, fluid is transported through an extended conduit of actuator (110) provided by a base conduit (58) which is connected in fluid flow communication with a cover conduit (70) to discharge fluid through a cover orifice (66). When cover (46) is in the open position, fluid is dispensed via base conduit (58) through a shallow cavity (54) in the same manner as that of actuators (10, 10?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Zynon Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jay S. Tourigny
  • Publication number: 20100213216
    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: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Xavier Donnette, Jose Camba, Gaetan Painchaud, Sylvain Lanzi
  • Patent number: 7780043
    Abstract: A fastener device for fastening a dispenser member (4), such as a pump or a valve, onto a receptacle neck (31). The device includes a fastener ring (1) including both an abutment (13) and a fastener (12) for fastening onto the receptacle neck; and a covering hoop (2) that is engaged axially from top to bottom around the ring (1). The hoop includes a hook (25) co-operating with the abutment for acting together to axial retain the hoop on the ring. The retention mechanism includes a plurality of mutual engagement elements defining distinct axial engagement positions for engaging the hoop on the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S
    Inventors: Gilles Jourdin, Patrick Muller, Bruno Stuart
  • Patent number: 7780044
    Abstract: The invention is a pump for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid product, designed and intended to be used in particular in the pharmaceutical or cosmetic field. The pump has a needle valve and a dispensing head manually movable on a pump housing between an inactive position and a dispensing position. The head includes a first cylinder forming a metering chamber for the pump, which draws in fluid from a container's reservoir by an intake tube and a check valve. A piston sealingly secured to the metering chamber pushes fluid through a passage into a second dosage chamber that is sealed from the dispensing orifice by a biased needle valve that is biased by a spring that is sealingly isolated from the second dosage chamber, the chamber that holds the elastic spring has a conduit that allows a user to test and verify that the second dosage chamber does not leak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: David Leuliet, Francois Nicolle
  • Patent number: 7775402
    Abstract: A dispensing container with a pump includes a neck, a manual pump of a push-down type disposed in the neck, a push-down head fitted to the top of the pump, and a cap having an attaching cylinder fitted around the neck. A rotary cylinder is disposed on the outside of the attaching cylinder coaxially on central axis. A cover cylinder having a cover wall is disposed coaxially between the attaching cylinder and the rotary cylinder in a manner capable of going up and down under the condition that an elevating system has been established with the attaching cylinder and the rotary cylinder by the rotary movement of the rotary attachment. The cover cylinder is disposed so the push-down head is exposed out of the cover cylinder at its lower-limit position and cannot be pushed down at the upper-limit position of the cover cylinder to prevent contents from being erroneously discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignees: The Procter and Gamble Company, Yoshino Kogyosho Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masumi Yoshida, Chiaki Kamimura, Tsutomu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7757899
    Abstract: The present invention elates to a dispensing device for dispensing a liquid, in particular in foam form, including at least one piston pump having a cylinder and a piston which can move inside the cylinder, the piston including a piston seal, by the piston adjoining the cylinder in a substantially sealing manner. The invention is characterized in that the dispensing device is provided with a lubricant reservoir for dispensing a lubricant in order for the area where the piston seal adjoins the cylinder to be lubricated in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Rexam Airspray N.V.
    Inventor: Edgar Ivo Maria van der Heijden
  • Patent number: 7757898
    Abstract: A disposable dispensing device for storing and dispensing fluids, such as liquids and gels is disclosed. The dispensing device is a scalable packaging solution including an outer protective housing or shell, optionally a fluid reservoir, and an orifice from which the materials are expelled. The dispensing device can also include a dispensing button that activates an internal pumping system via an actuator mechanism that translates a force in a first direction into a force in a second direction. The dispensing device is particularly useful for liquids such as fragrances or colognes, gels, purified water, dry powders, creams, and pharmaceutical products such as eye ear drops or sprays. The device by design has many uses, is highly portable, and can include an outer reusable and decorative case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: The X Group Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph J. Gilliard, II
  • Patent number: 7757897
    Abstract: A dispensing pump for liquid or pasty products having a pump chamber (2) and a piston (6) arranged to move telescopically within the pump chamber between rest and active positions, wherein an inlet valve (5) is provided at one end of the pump chamber. This inlet valve may be locked closed with the piston in its rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Peter A. Young, Francesco Brambilla