Separable Pump With Holder Mount Or Securing Means Patents (Class 239/333)
  • Patent number: 11883581
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system for heating a liquid aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-forming chamber; and leakage prevention cavity configured to prevent or reduce leakage of liquid aerosol condensate from the aerosol-generating system, the cavity being in a wall of the aerosol-forming chamber and being configured to collect liquid condensate formed from the aerosol-forming substrate, and in which the cavity is in a form of an annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Thorens, Jean-Marc Flick, Olivier Yves Cochand, Flavien Dubief
  • Patent number: 11583871
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a spray bottle assembly for use with an atomized-spray dispensing device. The spray bottle assembly generally includes a bottle containing an amount of cosmetic composition, a release mechanism having a port associated therewith, an insert with an insert lumen configured to engage the port for communicating the cosmetic composition therethrough, a nozzle for configuring a stream of the cosmetic composition expelled from the spray bottle assembly, a mixing chamber for mixing compressed air with the stream of the cosmetic composition, and a spray aperture for communicating atomized spray. The spray bottle assembly is designed for use with equipment having corresponding release elements for engaging the insert and release mechanism of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Michel Mikse
  • Patent number: 11406772
    Abstract: There is provided an aerosol generating system for heating a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The system includes an aerosol-forming chamber, and a leakage preventer for preventing or reducing leakage of liquid aerosol condensate from the aerosol generating system. The leakage preventer may include one or more of: at least one cavity in a wall of the aerosol-forming chamber, for collecting droplets of condensed liquid aerosol-forming substrate; at least one hooked member for collecting droplets of condensed liquid aerosol-forming substrate; an impactor for disrupting airflow in the aerosol-forming chamber so as to collect liquid droplets; and a closure member for substantially sealing the aerosol-forming chamber when the aerosol generating system is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Thorens, Jean-Marc Flick, Olivier Yves Cochand, Flavien Dubief
  • Patent number: 11346347
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for pumping a fluid using a high-speed, fluid evacuating pump in which the pump is operated by a battery powered hand drill, wherein a first embodiment of a pump design includes a rigid cylindrical draw tube with the intake placed at the bottom and an outlet disposed near the top, a gear assembly attached to the top of the pump to achieve proper impeller speeds required to reach the targeted fluid pumping volume, and a rigid and segmented driveshaft connected to the gear assembly to drive the impeller placed near the intake of the pump, wherein the driveshaft includes a plurality of solid segments and hollow segments threaded together to thereby decrease vibration of the driveshaft at high RPMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventor: Jason Smith
  • Patent number: 11278925
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head for mounting on a dispenser member, such as a pump, and including a bearing surface for actuating the dispenser member, and a spray wall that is perforated with a network of holes through which the fluid under pressure passes so as to be sprayed in small droplets, the dispenser head being characterized in that it further includes a suction chamber of volume that is variable, such that the volume of the suction chamber decreases when pressure is exerted on the bearing surface and increases when the pressure on the bearing surface is relaxed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Beranger, Frederic Duquet, Julien Sagliet
  • Patent number: 11219910
    Abstract: A sprayer device with a trigger operated pump is operative for pumping and spraying liquid from an attached liquid container. The trigger sprayer includes valve body provided with a base portion that is configured to be mounted to the neck of the liquid container and a delivery nozzle from which the liquid is sprayed. A fluid flow path extends from the base portion to the delivery nozzle. A pumping chamber is in fluid communication with the flow passage and there is a vent opening between the pumping chamber and the interior of said base. A piston with spaced inboard and outboard seals is movable in the pumping chamber and the vent opening is located between the seals. A check valve is disposed between the vent opening and the interior of the base portion to prevent liquid from the container from backflowing into the pumping chamber during shipment and handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventor: William L. Driskell
  • Patent number: 11213842
    Abstract: A spray dispenser operably connectable to a container for dispensing fluid from the container. The spray dispenser includes a pump, a shroud disposed about at least a portion of the pump. The shroud has a shroud bottom edge defining an open end. A nozzle is in fluid communication with an outlet of the pump, the nozzle adjacent to an opening in the shroud and extending outwardly therefrom. A unitary sprayer cover having a first portion spaced apart from the open end of the shroud to define a shroud top of the shroud. The unitary sprayer cover further includes a second portion having a proximal end connected to the first portion and a distal end disposed away from the first portion. The second portion extends from the shroud to at least partially surround the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte, Pieter Paul Dirk Jenny Maria Van Den Bergh
  • Patent number: 11191910
    Abstract: A unit dose container for the containment of an intranasal formulation for use with the POD device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Impel Neuropharma, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Hoekman, Alan Brunelle, Craig Kohring, Christopher Fuller
  • Patent number: 11167300
    Abstract: Infectious diseases may be acquired in public areas such as transportation terminals, shopping centers, schools, hospitals, restaurants and hotels. Large surface areas may be disinfected using a spray system to distribute a suitable fluid such as a disinfectant. Many existing spray systems are large and unwieldy causing operator fatigue. Some spray systems have large, heavy external tanks that provide fluid to the spray system using an external fluid hose. Disclosed is an improved portable spraying system that may be carried by a system operator. The improved system has a tank, a pump, a valve, a nozzle, and a fan all powered by a battery. The tank, the pump, and the battery are arranged to minimize operator fatigue. With the valve set to the priming position, fluid recirculates to prime the pump. Once the pump is primed, the valve is turned to the spray position to begin spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: OxyGreen 360 LLC
    Inventors: Kelly Leifeste, Kelly S. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11154888
    Abstract: A spray pump is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMHWAP&T CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyungchang Lee, Joonhong Lee
  • Patent number: 11097296
    Abstract: An outlet valve for a dispensing nozzle comprising a first valve component constructed and arranged to be received by the dispensing nozzle and a second valve component constructed and arranged to cooperate with the first valve component. The first valve component and the second valve component define a normally-closed flow interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Simon Christopher Knight
  • Patent number: 11077455
    Abstract: A trigger-type liquid sprayer in which a spring member urging an operation lever is less likely to be fatigued. A trigger-type liquid sprayer includes a sprayer main body attached to a container, an operation lever held to be swingable in a front-back direction with respect to the sprayer main body, and a spring member urging the operation lever forward. The spring member includes a fixed part that is located in front of a swing center of the operation lever and is fixed and held to the sprayer main body, and a projection that is located below the fixed part. The operation lever includes an inclined surface that is inclined upward from downward and frontward from backward and is urged by the projection abutting against the inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11052413
    Abstract: A remote trigger head for dispensing a liquid includes a rewindable tube (2) having a predefined length and a winder unit (70) for the automatic spring rewinding of the tube (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: GUALA DISPENSING S.p.A.
    Inventor: Riccardo Alluigi
  • Patent number: 10799893
    Abstract: A trigger-type liquid ejector which includes an ejector main body and a nozzle member in which an ejection hole is formed, the ejector main body including a vertical supply tubular pipe, an injection tubular portion, and a trigger mechanism, the nozzle member including a nozzle main body and a valve body, the nozzle main body including a valve seat portion having a valve seat plate, an inside of the valve seat plate communicating with the ejection hole, the nozzle main body including a tubular foam-forming portion positioned in a front of the ejection hole and configured to surround the ejection hole, and the foam-forming portion is provided with an outside air introduction hole penetrating through the foam-forming portion in a radial direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kotaro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10654051
    Abstract: A droplet dispensing assembly includes a spray-to-droplet converter attachment, a cross wall, and a spray delivery tube. The converter attachment is a tubular wall with a passageway between its front and rear ends. The cross wall is disposed in the passageway, spaced from the tubular wall front and rear ends, and extends in a transverse relationship to, and connected with, the tubular wall to define an obstruction in a path of liquid travel through the passageway from the rear end to the front end such that liquid spray impacts the obstruction and converts into liquid droplets that are dispensed from the front end. The spray delivery tube has an exit end mated with the tubular wall upstream of the cross wall relative to the path of liquid travel through the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Packaging Concepts Associates Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Emil Meshberg
  • Patent number: 10562052
    Abstract: A battery operated backpack sprayer is provided where the battery is releasably mounted under a housing attached to the tank of the sprayer. At the bottom of the housing is a receptacle for the battery and from which the battery can be released for recharging or replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Chapin Manufactuing, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Fontaine
  • Patent number: 10543497
    Abstract: To provide a base body of pressurized spray that makes it possible to stabilize a pressing spring and also to reduce the number of assembling processes. The base body 2, which is assembled into a pressurized spray A that is attached to a container so as to suck a liquid inside the container into a cylinder part 6 through an F valve 7 from an introduction pipe 4, and by applying a pressure to the liquid inside the cylinder, the liquid is jetted out through an S valve 10 from a nozzle, is provided with: an attaching part for use in attaching the introduction pipe 4 on a lower side, which is attached between a cap and a container mouth part, and a pressing spring part 11 that is attached onto an upper side and presses the S valve 10 in a valve closing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CANYON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Shazuki
  • Patent number: 10518281
    Abstract: A trigger-type ejector includes: a pressure storage chamber formed in a nozzle head and communicating with a flow path through a communication hole; a pressure storage plunger including a large-diameter pressure receiving portion opposite a small-diameter pressure receiving portion and being movable between a close position where an ejection hole is closed and an open position where the ejection hole is opened; and a biasing member disposed in the pressure storage chamber and biasing the pressure storage plunger toward the close position, the trigger-type ejector being configured such that, when a pressure of a liquid in the pressure storage chamber becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the pressure storage plunger moves from the close position to the open position against a biasing force of the biasing member and thus a liquid in the pressure storage chamber is ejected from the ejection hole to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kotaro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10512926
    Abstract: A finger spray pump for spraying a medium has a finger-actuated pump head movable between a spraying position and an initial position. The pump has an outlet nozzle and a pump chamber with an inlet valve and an outlet valve, a piston rod, a pump piston, a first spring acting between the piston rod and the pump piston, and a second spring acting between the piston rod and the pump housing. The pump piston is movable between a sealed position and an open position, to form the outlet valve, wherein the pump piston in the sealed position lies on a sealing extension of the piston rod and in the open position allows the passage of medium between the sealing extension and the pump piston. The pump piston is supported on two zones of an outer surface of the piston rod that are axially spaced apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: RPC Bramlage GmbH
    Inventor: Sabine Goettke
  • Patent number: 10406545
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system for dispensing fluid can include a dispenser, such as a trigger engine-type dispenser, configured to draw fluid up from a container. A nozzle assembly can include a nozzle, and a nozzle slide. The nozzle slide can be configured to slide and/or rotate relative to the shroud to provide different dispensing modes. In alternative examples, the nozzle can be configured to rotate in 30 degree increments relative to the shroud to provide the different dispensing modes or the nozzle assembly can include a nozzle extension, and the nozzle extension can be configured to rotate relative to the shroud to provide different dispensing patterns out of the nozzle. In another example a first nozzle can be configured to provide one or more dispensing modes, and a second nozzle can be configured to provide a different dispensing mode than the first nozzle. Methods of dispensing fluids and methods of assembling fluid dispensers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Jr., Matthew T. Mcdonnell, David Leifheit, Cory J. Nelson, Matthew Thurin, Philip Anthony, III, Aaron Eiger, Evan Thompson, Douglas A. Soller
  • Patent number: 10357791
    Abstract: A trigger-type liquid ejector includes: an ejector main body; and nozzle member provided with an ejection hole. The ejector main body includes: a vertical supply pipe for sucking-up liquid; an ejection barrel communicating with the inside of the vertical supply pipe; and a trigger mechanism including a trigger, the trigger being arranged to be movable rearward in state of receiving forward force, and the trigger mechanism being lead liquid from the vertical supply pipe into the ejection barrel in accordance with rearward movement of the trigger and to eject the liquid from the ejection barrel. The nozzle member is provided with: a cylinder communicating with the inside of the ejection barrel through a supply hole; a plunger accommodated in the cylinder to be movable rearward in a state of receiving forward force; and a communication hole allowing the inside of the cylinder and ejection hole to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 10322428
    Abstract: A sprayer device with a trigger operated pump is operative for pumping and spraying liquid from an attached liquid container. The sprayer device includes an integrally molded valve body provided with a base portion that is configured to be mounted to the neck of the liquid container and a delivery nozzle from which the liquid is sprayed. A pumping chamber in the valve body is in fluid communication with an inside of the fluid container and is further in fluid communication with the delivery nozzle. The valve body is further provided with a head portion that has a filling passage extending between the head portion and the base portion such that a liquid received in the head portion flows through the valve body, around the pumping chamber and exits the base portion into the mounted liquid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Van Houten, Joseph Krestine, Leah Flynn, Alejandro Espinoza
  • Patent number: 10286413
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an outdoor paint sprayer having an air pump chamber separate from a refillable and/or replaceable paint chamber. In some aspects, the outdoor paint sprayer is configured to dispense a liquid paint with minimal dilution, such that a paint having an original concentration may be aspirated and dispersed by the outdoor paint sprayer without requiring additional manipulation of the paint outside of the sprayer. In some aspects, the outdoor paint sprayer includes one or more nozzle features and/or tips that produce a desired spraying application. In further aspects, additional features for emulating a particular marking effect may be incorporated with and/or coupled to the sprayer for application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Crayola, LLC
    Inventors: John D. McBride, Jr., Thomas R. Rau, Christopher P. Orem
  • Patent number: 10279364
    Abstract: A can coating machine control system includes a coating control signal that functions as a go/no-go signal based on a plurality of monitored conditions such as can in position, vacuum pressure, gun in position, guard in position and speed condition. Local pressure regulation of the coating material in the spray gun is provided along with optional control of the material temperature. Local pressure regulation allows for optional spray weight control based on a wrap number derived from speed and gun spray durations. A CAN to CAN network buffer is provided as well for primary network isolation. A gun control circuit may be used to select specific gun drive signals and to adjust gun drive signals based on real-time feedback of the actual spray duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Khoury, Charles Nagy, Stephen G. Nemethy, Mark J. Ignatius
  • Patent number: 10105718
    Abstract: A spray orifice structure for which, when spraying liquid contents onto a body part, such as a face, hair, an upper body or a lower body, by using a spray type container, it is possible to provide a user with a differentiated spray performance depending on each body part to be sprayed by manufacturing a spray orifice in consideration of an injection angle to which liquid contents are sprayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hak-Chan Kim, Sang-Hyung Kim, Hae-Lyong Jo
  • Patent number: 10099229
    Abstract: Dispenser with a liquid storage unit, a dispensing head with a perforated plate component which has at least 25 dispensing openings in a dispensing opening region, with a pre-chamber connected upstream of the dispensing openings of the perforated plate component and from which the dispensing openings are supplied, and a connecting channel which connects the liquid storage unit to the pre-chamber. The perforated plate component is fastened on the dispensing head in an edge region and the dispensing opening region is pressed into a curved form by means of a curvature body which is arranged in the pre-chamber and acts with force upon the perforated plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Greiner-Perth, Matthias Wochele
  • Patent number: 9987648
    Abstract: Provided is a trigger-type liquid dispenser (1) including an operating lever (6) held swingably by a main body portion (3) in which a pump is disposed and including a spring member (7) that imparts restoring force to the operating lever (6). The trigger-type liquid dispenser (1) is configured to draw, pressurize, and force-feed a content liquid contained in a container (C) to dispense the content liquid through a nozzle (5), by actuating the pump in response to the operating lever (6) being pulled repeatedly. The spring member (7) is held swingably with respect to the main body portion (3), and, in response to the operating lever (6) being pulled, the spring member (7) undergoes elastic deformation and swings with respect to the main body portion (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Shigeo Iizuka
  • Patent number: 9889457
    Abstract: A dispenser or applicator of garden liquids such as herbicides and pesticides. It is a long tube, preferably translucent, that has an applicator tip assembly at the base that dispenses a quantity of the liquid to one plant at a time in an exact spot while the user remains standing comfortably (without having to bend or stoop over). The device also has a spray nozzle so that a larger area can be sprayed, if desired. Finally, it has a top cap that has a small opening in it that allows a user to invert the device and apply the liquid to a larger area by simply moving the device around and sprinkling the liquid where desired. Because the tube is long, the user can remain standing comfortable and the liquid is dispensed at ground level. The device also comes with a small mounting bracket for securing it on a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: John Tuttle
  • Patent number: 9839927
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system for dispensing fluid can include a dispenser, such as a trigger engine-type dispenser (100), configured to draw fluid up from a container. A nozzle assembly can include a nozzle (160), and a nozzle slide (112). The nozzle slide can be configured to slide and/or rotate relative to the shroud (102) to provide different dispensing modes. In alternative examples, the nozzle (160) can be configured to rotate in 30 degree increments relative to the shroud (102) to provide the different dispensing modes or the nozzle assembly can include a nozzle extension, and the nozzle extension can be configured to rotate relative to the shroud to provide different dispensing patterns out of the nozzle. In another example a first nozzle can be configured to provide one or more dispensing modes, and a second nozzle can be configured to provide a different dispensing mode than the first nozzle. Methods of dispensing fluids and methods of assembling fluid dispensers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald H. Spang, Matthew T. Mcdonnell, David Leifheit, Cory J. Nelson, Matthew Thurin, Philip Anthony, III, Aaron Eiger, Evan Thompson, Douglas A. Soller
  • Patent number: 9776772
    Abstract: A bayonet connection structure between a container mouth portion and a cap is disclosed. The cap includes multiple slip prevention claws spaced apart from each other. One of the slip prevention claws is elastically displaceable in a radial direction. A rotation prevention projection is provided between the elastically-displaceable slip prevention claw and the other slip prevention claws. The mouth portion has a hollow cylindrical portion with an outer circumferential surface provided with multiple slip prevention claw (SPC) engagement portions for the slip prevention claws. The SPC engagement portions are as many as the slip prevention claws. Each of the SPC engagement portions has an end in a clockwise direction provided with a rotation prevention stopper. The mouth portion includes a rotation prevention rib to be got over by the rotation prevention projection of the cap when the cap is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CANYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tada, Mitsuaki Shaduki
  • Patent number: 9623426
    Abstract: An atomizer nozzle (1) for a sanitary water outlet, which atomizer nozzle (1) is intended for atomizing water under pressure. The characterizing feature of the atomizer nozzle (1) according to the invention is that the atomizer nozzle (1) has a swirl chamber (2), in which at least one feed channel (4) that is oriented transversely in relation to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle and runs approximately tangentially into the swirl chamber (2) opens out, wherein the swirl chamber (2) tapers in the outflow direction, in the direction of a nozzle channel (5). The atomizer nozzle (1) can be used to produce a water jet of a homogeneous jet pattern that gives the impression of a voluminous water jet in spite of having a low volumetric flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Schurle
  • Patent number: 9604773
    Abstract: An actuator which comprises an actuator outlet, a post located within the actuator outlet which extends normal to a base surface of the actuator outlet, and the post comprises diametrically opposed first and second alignment protrusions. An insert is mounted and securely retained within the actuator outlet by an interference fit and the base of the insert has a discharge nozzle formed therein. First and second alignment protrusions space the insert away from the post and define a partially restricted flow passages while unobstructed product flow passages are defined one either side of the second alignment protrusions. The first and second stepped shoulders are axially respectively aligned with the first partially restricted flow passage while the first and second conical surface are respectively axially aligned with unobstructed flow passages so that the product to be dispensed, upon being discharged, is sprayed by the nozzle in a fan spray pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin G. Verville, Daniel E. Davideit, Marcel Faucher, Elizabeth A. Green
  • Patent number: 9586222
    Abstract: A precompression system for a liquid dispensing device is presented, that prevents liquid from being discharged until a predetermined pressure has been built up. The system comprises a pump for drawing liquid through an inlet and discharging it through an outlet, and a precompression valve disposed between the pump and the outlet. The valve allows liquid in the pump to reach the outlet once the predetermined pressure is established, and stops liquid from reaching the outlet once the pressure falls below it. The precompression valve comprises an elastic diaphragm normally closing the valve opening, with a concave surface facing the valve opening and in fluid communication with the pump and a convex surface in fluid communication with atmospheric pressure. The diaphragm may be stretched around a valve seat. Methods of assembling such a precompression system in a dispensing device are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: AFA Polytek B.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Maas, Petrus Lambertus Wilhelmus Hurkmans
  • Patent number: 9579675
    Abstract: Pre-compression valve systems for trigger sprayers include one-piece valve systems having both check and pre-compression valves or multiple component valve systems. The pre-compression valve is positioned in a vertical cylinder, and may have a flat, concave, or convex surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: WestRock Dispensing Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald D. Foster, Philip L. Nelson
  • Patent number: 9556598
    Abstract: A jet regulator, having a non-circular profile when viewed in a flow direction, is provided. The jet regulator includes a jet regulator housing configured to be inserted into a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting from an outlet end side. The housing includes a latching part, which has at least one spring arm integrally formed on an outer periphery of the jet regulator housing, the at least one spring arm extending tangentially away from the housing, in the flow direction, toward a free arm end. The at least one spring arm is resiliently biased away from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Georg Stadtler
  • Patent number: 9353735
    Abstract: Provided is a device for metering and dispensing a liquid or viscous product. The device includes an inlet opening at a lower longitudinal end for the passage of the product from a container, an outlet opening at an upper longitudinal end for the dispensing of the product from the device, and a main chamber accommodating a piston that moves lengthwise with respect to the main chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Inventors: Jacques Gerbron, Patrick Lagneaux, Jian Jun Yuan
  • Patent number: 9027855
    Abstract: A safe portable sprayer comprising a reservoir for storing clean water that can be carried on the back or attached the shoulders, including a large nozzle on the upper face thereof, a small nozzle with a water pump adapted thereto, and a small neck that is provided with a cap. The cap is screwed on the nozzle, and includes a recipient that fits into the nozzle. The cap is provided with vertical holes that pass through a channel. The holes are provided with inner threads for receiving corresponding valves having lower tapered ends. Inside the recipient, flexible containers of chemicals are attached to the holes; the containers are kept immersed and compressed by water inside the recipient from the pump, such that the pressure generated by the water impels the water and chemical toward the channel of the cap, and to the spraying gun through the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Inventor: Takashi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9016599
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device comprises a housing body, a reciprocating piston fluid pump, a primary drive element, a wobble assembly and a spray tip. The reciprocating piston fluid pump has a piston disposed within a pumping chamber inside the housing body. The primary drive element is coupled to the housing body to provide a rotary input. The wobble assembly connects the primary drive element to the reciprocating piston fluid pump to convert the rotary input into reciprocating input to the piston. The spray tip connects to an outlet of the pumping chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Harold D. Johnson, Jimmy Wing Sum Tam, Bradley H. Hines, Glenn W. Davidson
  • Patent number: 8985482
    Abstract: A tank holding a quantity of liquid releasably connects to an electric pump module through a connector to provide a portable sprayer. The tank connects to a feed line that supplies spray nozzle with the liquid. The connector combines a quick disconnect connector with a pressure relief valve. The electric pump module includes an electric pump, a switch assembly, and a check valve. The electric pump module directs gas through the check valve into the connector to increase the gas pressure in the tank and force the liquid in the tank to flow through the feed line and out the spray nozzle. The switch assembly turns off the electric pump when the gas pressure in the tank exceeds a predetermined limit while maintaining the flow of liquid through the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Fore front Product Design, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip B. Schrum, Mark A. Verosky, David J. Krygowski
  • Patent number: 8985401
    Abstract: Fluid discharge head having a discharge nozzle (5) which has a discharge opening (6) in which an inner sleeve (7) is arranged, which has a medium duct (8) and holds a spring-loaded valve body (10) automatically closing the discharge opening (6), the valve body (10) being formed as a cylindrical piston, which can be displaced axially in a cylinder chamber (12) formed by the inner sleeve (7), an upper (14) and a lower valve seat (15) being provided for the piston ends (16, 17), and the valve body (10) having an intermediate valve plate (18), which forms a chamber bottom of a pressure chamber (19) connected to the medium duct (8), and, in order to open the upper valve seat (14), a medium discharge pressure which is higher than a spring force holding the valve body (10) closed can be set in the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar GmbH
    Inventor: Gisbert Welp
  • Patent number: 8973847
    Abstract: Aerosol-free spray devices are provided. According to some embodiments, a spray device includes a piston operable within a piston chamber and coupled to a vacuum plunger operable within a vacuum chamber. A charger is operable to move the piston and the vacuum plunger in a first direction to generate a vacuum in the piston chamber and the vacuum chamber, thereby drawing liquid into the piston chamber. The vacuum in the vacuum chamber acts on the piston to pressurize the liquid in the piston chamber. A spray actuator is operable to open a spray valve, thereby causing the vacuum in the vacuum chamber to force the plunger and the piston to move opposite the first direction, and forcing the liquid in the piston chamber through a spray nozzle as a liquid spray. According to other embodiments, a spring replaces the vacuum chamber and vacuum plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Easy Spray LLC
    Inventors: Pasquale A. Iammatteo, Roman Bicej
  • Patent number: 8955769
    Abstract: Foam dispensers, refill units for foam dispensers, and liquid pumps for use in foam dispensers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an inverted foam pump includes a compression chamber having an inlet valve and an outlet valve. The compression chamber is in fluid communication with a flow restrictor, an atomizer, a mixing chamber, a foaming chip and an outlet. The inlet valve, outlet valve, flow restrictor, atomizer, mixing chamber, foaming chip and outlet extend along a common axis. An air inlet is included that extends into the mixing chamber; the air inlet is an opening to atmospheric pressure. During operation, the liquid pump is located below the liquid container and liquid flowing from the compression chamber is accelerated and atomized. The atomized liquid enters the mixing chamber at a velocity sufficient to draw in air from the air inlet to mix with the liquid to form a foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Allen Pelfrey, Richard C. Sayers, Nick E. Ciavarella, John J. McNulty, Jackson W. Wegelin
  • Patent number: 8931716
    Abstract: The invention refers to a spray pump device for spraying a liquid operated by a memory shape element. The spraying device is provided with a memory shape alloy wire with electrical resistivity, that is able to generate heat that increases its temperature so that due to memory shape property, the wire shrinks when current is applied. This shrinking permits the wire to activate a pump that atomizes a volatile substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Zobele Holding SpA
    Inventors: Stefano DeFlorian, Julio César Ruiz Ballesteros, Walter Sordo, Daniel Mosconi
  • Patent number: 8915826
    Abstract: A hopping play ball comprises a pair of elongated grips or handles adjacent to each other and extending radially outward from the surface of the ball. The ball may also comprise an array of mammillated protrusions on the lower surface, opposite the handles, to improve the stability during bouncing on a soft or elastic surface, such as a trampoline rebounding mat. In other embodiments, the ball has one or more water reservoirs in fluid communication with squirt nozzles disposed on either the surface of the ball or an outward facing portion of the handles. The squirt nozzles are activated by the player via the handle grips, and may pump or squirt water in response to each bounce or may be triggered independent of the players bouncing movement. The mammillated surface aids in preventing slippage of the balls during such types of wet play with multiple players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: Mark W. Publicover
  • Patent number: 8893985
    Abstract: A pump fragrance device includes a pump spray, an inner housing connected to a spray head, and an outer housing on the inner housing. On the inner housing, a junction piece connected to the spray head has an opening thereon. The inner housing's surface has an assembling piece to fit with the outer housing, which has an assembling structure to fit with the inner housing. The inner and outer housings form a fixing structure. The fixing structure is filled with a volatile carrier agent, at least a part of which is located in the spray path of the pump spray. When used, the pump spray sprays content onto a surface of the volatile carrier agent, thereby reducing the quantity of the volatile aromatic agent used. This prolongs the diffusion time of the volatile aromatic agent, thereby relieving users from the danger of the fragrance device being under high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Aromate Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Henry Wu
  • Patent number: 8893984
    Abstract: An improved misting bottle and fan apparatus capable of both convective cooling and evaporative cooling independent of either other. The operator can select to have the convective cooling effects of air being blown over the operator. The operator can select to have the evaporative cooling effects of pressurized fluid forced through a small orifice showered down at the operator. In the alternative, the operator is able to select both style of cooling using this device. The positioning and shape of the atomizing device in relation to the forced air is unique as well as the shaping of the air flow optimizes the cooling effects. Location of the atomizing device is proscribed as to prevent the occurrence of drips and runs commonly associated with misting fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Sands, Michael Davis
  • Patent number: 8881953
    Abstract: Fluid dispensing apparatus with integral dip tube. Container includes body having wall defining interior volume, a first neck top, and a fitment extending from the neck top. A dip tube integrally formed to the body, fluidly connected to interior bottom, and fluidly connected to interior volume at landing top edge at or below the neck top, wherein distance between landing top edge and neck top is equal to or less than length of the fitment. The landing may be funnel-shaped, with one or more sides of landing slanting inward towards top opening of dip tube. Dispenser may be coupled to fitment and include supply line connected with dip tube at landing. Bent connector may be provided for fluidly connecting supply line with dip tube at landing when dispenser is attached to neck top. Container may include second neck top separated from first neck top by gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: Stephen R. Dennis
  • Patent number: 8864052
    Abstract: A trigger sprayer has a housing, a piston bore within the housing, and a piston reciprocally mounted within the piston bore. The housing further includes a flow passage through which liquid passes from a passage inlet to a passage outlet. An actuator is operable to reciprocate the piston within the piston bore between a vacuum stroke creating reduced pressure in the piston bore and a compression stroke creating increased pressure in the piston bore. A valve assembly within the flow passage controls the flow of liquid through the flow passage upon operation of the actuator. The valve assembly further comprises a check valve and a priming valve. The sprayer has a closure for mounting the sprayer to a container. The valve seat for the check valve is in a component formed separately from and operatively connected to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Dean Foster, Philip Luther Nelson
  • Patent number: 8844840
    Abstract: A paint sprayer is configured for use with a paint container. The sprayer includes a housing having an air inlet and a nozzle located on the housing. Movable grip members are supported on the housing. The grip members are located in a circular array with an inner diameter that is greater than the outer diameter of the paint container. A ring extends circumferentially about the circular array of grip members, and is supported on the housing for rotation relative to the housing. When the ring rotates relative to the housing, it moves the grip members to a condition in which the inner diameter of the circular array is not greater than the outer diameter of the paint container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventor: Bobby Lynn Lawrence
  • Patent number: 8839992
    Abstract: Described is a fluid dispensing container having a bottle and fluid withdrawing assembly for liquids, such as liquid cleaners and the like. The bottle has an integral dip tube formed therein connecting at a landing below the top of the bottle neck, fluidly connecting the inside of the bottle with the top opening of the bottle. A fluid dispensing mechanism, such as a pump or trigger-sprayer, is attached to the top of the bottle to take fluid up through the integral dip tube and dispense the fluid accordingly. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be aligned to allow a direct connection between integral dip tube and the fluid dispensing mechanism at a landing below the bottle opening. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be attached to the bottle with a snap-fit connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: Stephen R. Dennis