Porous Or Having Plural Apertures Patents (Class 222/464.2)
  • Patent number: 11471901
    Abstract: A dispenser for containing and dispensing substances such as fluids, viscous substances and/or adherent substances. The dispenser has a flexible bag adapted to contain a substance to be discharged, and a one-way output nozzle that is in sealed communication with the interior of the bag for discharging the contents of the bag. The dispenser has a receptacle, with the bag being arranged and sealed within the receptacle thereby trapping fluid between the exterior of the bag and the receptacle. The nozzle of the dispenser is arrangeable on a surface of the receptacle and there is additionally a one-way fluid intake valve arranged on the receptacle for intaking fluid into the receptacle and around the exterior of the bag. The dispenser further has an arrangement for preventing the bag from blocking the nozzle. The contents of the bag can be emptied through the nozzle without the bag blocking the nozzle in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Allan O'Reilly
  • Patent number: 11447307
    Abstract: The service capsule (20) comprises:—an outer skirt (32),—a transverse wall (34) defining at least one outlet orifice (48). The service capsule (20) includes, for each orifice (48), a dispensing conduit (36) defining a dispensing passage (51). The service capsule (20) includes a closing cap (40), mounted moving between a clear position and a position applied on the transverse wall (34). A filter (38) is arranged upstream from and/or in the product dispensing conduit (36), and is configured so that the cosmetic product (12) in the container (18) necessarily passes through the filter (38) when the product (12) is extracted from the container (18) through the service capsule (20). The filter (38) is integral with the product dispensing conduit (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Sébastien Croibier, Etienne Valentin
  • Patent number: 11097297
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for dispensing a fluid product, including a device for taking off the product under pressure, the device having a body in communication with a plunger tube, the system further including a tube cover surrounding the plunger tube over at least part of its length. This system is characterized in that the tube cover is expandable between a shrink state and an expanded state, the width of the tube cover in the expanded state being larger than the width of the tube cover in the shrink state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS THOMASTON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christopher Scherer
  • Publication number: 20150001259
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one singular end comprising a top end and a bottom end. The top end is configured to engage a distal end of a draw tube of a fluid dispensing mechanism for a container and to enable fluid to pass from the bottom end to the draw tube. At least one tubular member is in flexible engagement with the bottom end. The tubular member is configured to extend outward from the bottom end towards a bottom of a wall of a container for the fluid dispensing mechanism and to enable fluid in proximity of the bottom of the wall to pass to the bottom end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: John Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20140353338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a discharge apparatus for a plant protection product with a container (1) which encloses an interior (7) for accommodating the plant protection product and which comprises a discharge orifice (9). The discharge apparatus according to the invention is characterized by a suction tube (3) which comprises a first orifice (10) in the interior (7) of the container (1), a second orifice (5) at the discharge orifice (9) of the container (1) and a third orifice (4) in the interior (7) of the container (1), which third orifice (4) is arranged at a distance from the first orifice (10), and a pump (2), which is in particular arranged in the interior (7) of the container (1) and is in operative connection with the suction tube (3), such that plant protection product located in the container (1) may be delivered by means of the pump through the suction tube (3) from the first orifice (10) of the suction tube to the second and the third orifices (5, 4) of the suction tube (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert Huber, Karl-Heinz Koch, Harald Kroeger, Heinz-Gerd Wegkamp, Christian-Andreas Winkler
  • Publication number: 20140326737
    Abstract: A storage container for a motor vehicle for storing cryogenic compressed gas, potentially in an over-critical state, having an inlet for introducing the gas to be stored into a storage volume. The inlet has a plurality of inlet openings that are arranged spaced apart from one another and extend into the storage volume. The arrangement serves for localized cooling of the gas and prevents strong thermoelectric voltages on the wall of the storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Markus KAMPITSCH, Klaus SZOUCSEK, Bastian LANDECK
  • Publication number: 20140151407
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention is provided a pump dispenser for storing therein a substance to be pumped from a single container. The pump dispensers, comprising; a pump connected to a dip tube through which said substance is pumped and plurality of extending hollow tubes, extending from the end of said dip tube, characterized in that the extending hollow tubes are stretched to the bottom end of the container having smaller diameter than the dip tube, wherein each extending hollow tube edge reach different area of the container bottom, such that the substance can be pumped at plurality of different areas simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Efi ZAFRIR, Haim Moshe SAAR
  • Patent number: 8657162
    Abstract: A recharge insert, for use with a spray dispenser device, is made of a matrix material impregnated with a chemical composition that is made dry-to-the-touch and is held in place by a porous three-dimensional polyethylene film that prevents direct skin contact, while allowing the chemical composition to be dissolved in solution with a diluent fluid such as water. When the spray bottle is filled with water, sealed, and shaken, the fluid penetrates into the matrix material, and the chemical composition becomes dissolved in solution, thereby creating a cleaning, sanitizing or disinfectant solution that will remain stable and fully active in use. The recharge insert may be engaged with an insert locating adapter as may be desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventors: Albert R. Kelly, George Schmidt, Denise F. Ortell
  • Patent number: 8651327
    Abstract: A system for storing biopharmaceutical materials includes a plurality of flexible walls bounding an interior for holding biopharmaceutical materials therein. At least one port is connected to a first wall of the walls and provides fluid communication between the interior and an exterior to allow a draining of the interior. A collapsible conduit includes a plurality of perforations along the conduit. The plurality of perforations is configured to allow flow of the biopharmaceutical materials from the exterior to the interior of the conduit. The conduit has a cross-sectional area transverse to a length of the conduit and the conduit extends from one of the at least one port toward an opposite end of the interior. The conduit is collapsible by the flexible walls and forms a reduced cross-sectional area to allow a flow of the biopharmaceutical materials through and/or along the conduit to the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim North America Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Cutting, Oscar Werner Reif
  • Patent number: 8464908
    Abstract: Presently, when the liquid inside a fluid dispenser (such as a condiment dispenser) is low, a person has to turn the fluid dispenser upside down to cause the fluid to migrate towards the spout for squirting out. The problem associated with having to turn the fluid dispenser upside down is that the fluid can seep through a vent hole and dry up the vent hole when the fluid dries up. The present invention features a fluid dispenser that can dispense a fluid contained therein without having to flip the dispenser upside down to have the fluid migrated to the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Inventor: Norman W. Tabor
  • Patent number: 8322569
    Abstract: The present invention provides for an integrated valve regulator assembly that comprises an integral body having a base portion that includes an axis for mounting on and coaxially with the neck portion of a pressurized source vessel and an assembly outlet, a defined internal passage in the integral body that extends through and between the base portion of the integral body and the assembly outlet, a sub-atmospheric pressure regulator assembled within the integral body of the integrated valve regulator assembly, an isolation valve positioned within the defined internal passage of the integral body and located downstream from and in communication with the sub-atmospheric pressure regulator, and a filling port disposed between the axis for mounting on and coaxially with the neck portion of the pressurized source vessel and the sub-atmospheric pressure regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, American Air Liquide, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Udischas, Denis Muller, Werner Schleser
  • Publication number: 20120199614
    Abstract: A system for storing biopharmaceutical materials includes a plurality of flexible walls bounding an interior for holding biopharmaceutical materials therein. At least one port is connected to a first wall of the walls and provides fluid communication between the interior and an exterior to allow a draining of the interior. A collapsible conduit includes a plurality of perforations along the conduit. The plurality of perforations is configured to allow flow of the biopharmaceutical materials from the exterior to the interior of the conduit. The conduit has a cross-sectional area transverse to a length of the conduit and the conduit extends from one of the at least one port toward an opposite end of the interior. The conduit is collapsible by the flexible walls and forms a reduced cross-sectional area to allow a flow of the biopharmaceutical materials through and/or along the conduit to the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SARTORIOUS STEDIM NORTH AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan CUTTING, Oscar Werner REIF
  • Patent number: 8196783
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a device and method for dispensing pressurized fluid from a container wherein the internal pressure of the container is not exposed to an external or ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Inventor: Josef Krzecki
  • Patent number: 8091741
    Abstract: In the present invention we replace a standard dip tube in a fluid dispenser with a hollow fiber membrane that passes liquid in preference to gas. Under the influence of a pressure differential, any liquid in contact with any portion of the hollow fiber membrane passes through the wall of the membrane and travels internally along the length of the membrane to a dispenser head. The fluid dispenser is thereby capable of operating in substantially any orientation and is effective to dispense substantially its entire contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventor: Michael Pritchard
  • Patent number: 8087548
    Abstract: A product is disclosed for inverted spray dispensing of material that comprises at least some particulate matter. The dispensing end of the container is connected to a valve, which includes a valve that moves from a biased closed position to an open position to discharge the product downward through the valve, when the dispensing end of the container is directed downward. An inlet end of the valve is spaced vertically above the dispensing end of the container when the dispensing end of the container is directed downward. The inlet end of the valve or spring cup is connected to a mesh filter having a pore size at least as large as an average diameter of the solid particles. Even when the container and a layer of settled particles forms at the dispensing end of the container, valve and mesh filter are designed so that at a portion of the proximal end of the mesh filter is disposed above the layer of settled particles to prevent clogging of the mesh filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: James F. Kimball
  • Patent number: 7780041
    Abstract: A device for atomizing a fluid product includes a reservoir containing the product and air, with the reservoir including a wall having at least one deformable area. A dip tube communicates selectively or permanently with an atomizing aperture to atomize the product when pressure is exerted on the deformable area. According to a preferred example, the dip tube includes at least one air passage to allow at least part of the air contained in the reservoir to mix with the product conveyed by the dip tube. The air passage is located between the two ends of the dip tube. Further, before a first use of the device and in an at least partially deformed position of the deformable area, the at least one air passage is not immersed in the product, regardless of the position of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Nicolas Albisetti
  • Patent number: 7708170
    Abstract: A recharge sleeve for use with a spray dispenser device, made of a matrix comprises an absorptive material impregnated with a chemical composition that dissolves in solution created when the sleeve is contacted with a diluent fluid such as water. The recharge sleeve is elongated in shape with a center opening parallel to the long edges of the sleeve for mounting on the diptube of the spray dispenser device. A conically shaped retainer formed of rigid plastic is attached or provided for attachment to the lower end of the diptube for stabilizing the diptube and retaining the recharge sleeve clear of the bottom of the retainer after the sleeve has been applied to the diptube. When of the spray dispenser device is sealed and the spray dispenser device is shaken, the fluid penetrates into the matrix material, and the chemical composition dissolves in the fluid creating a cleaning, sanitizing, or disinfectant solution that will remain stable and fully active in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Inventors: Albert R. Kelly, George Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7686233
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dispensing an anti-traction, mobility denial material on a target surface. In various exemplary embodiments, a method of dispensing an anti-traction material on a target surface includes providing a polymer particle powder to a first section of a dispensing nozzle, providing a water stream to a second section of a dispensing nozzle, and mixing the polymer particle powder with the water stream upon exit of the streams out of the first and second sections of the dispensing nozzle to form the anti-traction material on the target surface, the formed anti-traction material being a gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Cliff J. Scribner, Geronimo I Elias, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090283545
    Abstract: A product is disclosed for inverted spray dispensing of material that comprises at least some particulate matter. The dispensing end of the container is connected to a valve, which includes a valve that moves from a biased closed position to an open position to discharge the product downward through the valve, when the dispensing end of the container is directed downward. An inlet end of the valve is spaced vertically above the dispensing end of the container when the dispensing end of the container is directed downward. The inlet end of the valve or spring cup is connected to a mesh filter having a pore size at least as large as an average diameter of the solid particles. Even when the container and a layer of settled particles forms at the dispensing end of the container, valve and mesh filter are designed so that at a portion of the proximal end of the mesh filter is disposed above the layer of settled particles to prevent clogging of the mesh filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: James F. Kimball
  • Patent number: 7597525
    Abstract: A bulk material cargo container liner system comprises an inflatable bulk material cargo container liner which has at least one vacuum discharge tube member disposed internally within the bulk material cargo container liner and extending along the longitudinal extent thereof for discharging bulk cargo material outwardly from the bulk material cargo container liner, and at least one inflatable air bag component for conducting the bulk material, disposed within the bulk material cargo container, toward the vacuum discharge tube member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. McMahon, Stanley Piotrowski, Douglas Miller, Oswaldo Mino, Shelley Stopper
  • Publication number: 20090071983
    Abstract: In the present invention we replace a standard dip tube in a fluid dispenser with a hollow fibre membrane that passes liquid in preference to gas. Under the influence of a pressure differential, any liquid in contact with any portion of the hollow fibre membrane passes through the wall of the membrane and travels internally along the length of the membrane to a dispenser head. The fluid dispenser is thereby capable of operating in substantially any orientation and is effective to dispense substantially its entire contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: Michael PRITCHARD
  • Patent number: 7350673
    Abstract: A liquid metered dispensing squeeze bottle includes: (a.) a squeezable container having an opening for dispensing liquid therefrom at one end and a bottom at the other end; (b.) a nonflexible trap chamber of a predetermined volume, connected to the opening of the container; (c.) a dip tube, and (d.) a one way valve at the bottom of the dip tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: GlynnTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Glynn, Stuart W. DeJonge
  • Patent number: 7222755
    Abstract: A liquid metered dispensing squeeze bottle includes: (a.) a squeezable container having an opening for dispensing liquid therefrom at one end and a bottom at the other end; (b.) a nonflexible trap chamber of a predetermined volume, connected to the opening of the container; (c.) a dip tube, and (d.) a one way valve system at the bottom of the dip tube that includes a leg. There is also a flexion mechanism on one or both of the dip tube and the leg to permit folding of the leg toward the tube for insertion into a standard neck or narrow neck container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: GlynnTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Glynn, Stuart W. DeJonge
  • Patent number: 6848599
    Abstract: An adhesive container. The adhesive container includes a relatively rigid canister, a collapsible bag within the relatively rigid canister, the collapsible bag containing an adhesive, a propellant in a space between the outside of the collapsible bag and the inside of the relatively rigid canister, and a valve connected to the relatively rigid canister, the valve comprising an adhesive port in selective communication with the collapsible bag and a propellant port in selective communication space between the outside of the collapsible bag and the inside of the relatively rigid canister. The invention also involves a method of filling a bag-in-can container of adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Hammarth, Stephen J. Lacivita, Kevin J. May, Christopher Molina, John S. Piwnica, Jr., Paul A. Raymond, Jonathan C. Waters
  • Patent number: 6789701
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a base into which the open end of a conventional tube of toothpaste is threaded, a manually operated pump in the base to draw paste from the tube and discharge the paste onto a toothbrush, a perforated tube positioned in the tube of toothpaste to prevent prematurely collapsing of the walls and resulting flow restriction as paste is drawn from the tube, and a cover that hinges to the top of the base to conceal the tube and that provides presentation area for advertising, logos and other graphic or written information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: John T. Smith
  • Patent number: 6460740
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a reservoir forming a bottom, side walls, and a neck; and a dispensing member, such as a pump or a valve mounted on the neck. The dispensing member is provided with a tube extending inside the reservoir to the point of being in contact with the bottom via its free bottom end. At least over a portion of the tube's length, the tube has a deformation zone that is deformed by the free end of the tube pressing against the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventor: Marisol Simard
  • Patent number: 6435379
    Abstract: Liquid is supplied from a bottle B to a discharge outlet 8 via a molded plastics reservoir 15 by pressurizing the bottle using an air pump 22. A pressure sensor responds to a rise in air pressure supplied to the bottle by shutting off the pump. Liquid is removed from the reservoir through a dip tube 17 having a main outlet 18 adjacent to the bottom of the reservoir and a smaller auxiliary outlet 21 adjacent to the top of the reservoir. The upper region of the reservoir is received in a finned heat-conducting holder 16 provided with a thermoelectric cooling element. For hygienic purposes the bottle has a connector 12 which can be replaced together with the reservoir 15 and associated supply tubes 24, 13, 14, 17 and 19. A temperature-control mixer 51 may be to mix liquid from the reservoir with liquid from the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Ebac Limited
    Inventors: Robert Tansley, Hugh Connell
  • Publication number: 20020070244
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: VALOIS S.A.
    Inventor: Marisol Simard
  • Publication number: 20020000451
    Abstract: An adapter is used for the removal of liquid contents from storage drums. The adapter has a bung body that threads into the normal bung hole of the storage drum and is sealed to the drum head. A hose fitting on the bottom of the bung body is connected to a suction hose that extends to the bottom of the drum. On the top of the bung body is a quick release, valved fitting. The bung body also has a vent to admit air into the drum as liquid is withdrawn from it. The vent is equipped with a spring-loaded check valve so as to be normally closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventor: Mark G. Hansen
  • Patent number: 6276571
    Abstract: A portable fluid dispensing system, such as for the transfer of fuel to a vehicle fuel tank, that is convenient and safe. The system hereof includes a closed fluid containing chamber, having access means for fitting the chamber, air relief means, and a quantity regulating dispensing mechanism. The quantity regulating dispensing mechanism includes a pair of concentric tubular members, rotatable relative to one another, where such members feature a series of apertures or ports that may be aligned, through rotation of one of the members, to control the quantity of fluid to be dispensed at any given time, such as in increments of gallons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventor: Kody Clemmons
  • Patent number: 6250508
    Abstract: For the withdrawal of a liquid from a closed container which is in a fluctuating position in space in a portable piece of equipment, precautions are to be taken so that the liquid can be withdrawn as completely as possible and in a trouble-free manner. A closed container is provided with an open-pore porous storage medium which is in the form of an integral body. It preferably fills only a part of the container, it is disposed at least in the region of the end of the withdrawal connection portion, and it touches the liquid at least at times. The storage medium serves as a pre-storage means for the liquid and as a bubble barrier. It constantly holds a certain amount of the liquid in the proximity of the end of the withdrawal connection portion, even if the end thereof is above the level of liquid in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Geser, Heinrich Kladders
  • Patent number: 6250511
    Abstract: A recharge insert, for use with a spray dispenser device, is made of a matrix material impregnated with a chemical that is dry-to-the-touch and becomes dissolved in solution with a diluent fluid such as water. The recharge insert is formed in an elongated cylindrical shape with a center opening for mounting on the standard plastic downtube of the spray dispenser device. The insert sleeve may be formed with a side slit to open and wrap it around the downtube. When the spray bottle is filled with water, sealed, and shaken, the fluid penetrates into the matrix material, and the chemical composition becomes dissolved in solution, thereby creating a cleaning, sanitizing or disinfectant solution that will remain stable and fully active in use. The matrix material can be mounted on a hollow tubular carrier with lower spacer legs, or affixed to an upper retaining disk that is seated on the container neck for holding the insert clear of the lower intake end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Albert R. Kelly
  • Patent number: 6241122
    Abstract: A cylindrical plug (10) attached to a pouchy container proper capable of varying shape as passed through the container proper (1) in such a manner that one terminal side thereof is positioned inside the container proper (1) and the other terminal side thereof positioned outside the container proper (1). This plug comprises a split pipe (18) joined to one terminal side of the plug and divided into two halves along the longitudinal direction thereof so as to be provided with interstices (19) intercommunicating between the inside and the outside and a joint plate (17) for integrally coupling one and the other half of the split pipe. It, therefore, secures a path for air or liquid during the aspiration of the liquid from the interior of the container proper (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yozo Araki, Akira Ikemori