Pump Casing Within Supply Holder Patents (Class 239/360)
  • Patent number: 8936021
    Abstract: A method of safely delivering an ophthalmic fluid to an eye, the method including targeting the eye with an ophthalmic fluid misting device and activating an ultrasonic generator to deliver the ophthalmic fluid from the ophthalmic fluid misting device across a space between the misting device and the eye. The method further including maintaining a momentum of the ophthalmic fluid that is insufficient to trigger at least one of the ocular blink reflex and the lacrimation reflex of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Optimyst Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: James F. Collins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8916181
    Abstract: An aerosol glitter composition for achieving the “sugar” glitter effect comprises a solvent, binder, square polyester glitter, optionally a rheology modifier, and propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventor: Christina M. Leposa
  • Patent number: 8708251
    Abstract: A tank sprayer assembly includes a tank component and a subassembly, the tank component having a neck that defines a first access opening. The subassembly includes a sprayer component and a packaging container, the packaging container defining a cavity and having a lower wall defining a second access opening. The sprayer component includes a cap and a pump attached to the cap, the cap and the neck being configured to threadingly engage each other. The tank sprayer is positionable in an assembled configuration and disassembled configuration. In the assembled configuration, the cap is aligned with the second access opening, the neck is extended through the second access opening into the cavity, and the neck and the cap are threadingly engaged to secure the sprayer component to the tank component. In the disassembled configuration, the cap is aligned with the second access opening and the neck is spaced apart from the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Rick L. Leer
  • Patent number: 8662413
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing cooling to a user comprises a bag, an input hose, an output hose, one or more discharge extensions, and a pump. The bag is operative to store a liquid. The one or more discharge extensions are in fluidic communication with the output hose, and each of the one or more discharge extensions terminates in a respective one of one or more nozzles. Lastly, the pump is operative to draw the liquid from the bag via the input hose and to expel the liquid into the output hose so as to cause the liquid to flow to the one or more discharge extensions and to be expelled through the one or more nozzles in the form of a water mist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas R. Rotondo, Christine M. Rotondo
  • Patent number: 7883031
    Abstract: A fluid atomizer is disclosed. The fluid atomizer comprises a body having a proximal end and a distal end. A removable reservoir containing a fluid disposed therein is connected to the body. A discharge plate is disposed at the distal end, wherein the discharge plate includes a plurality of openings extending therethrough. An ultrasonic oscillator is disposed in the body for transmitting the fluid from the reservoir to the discharge plate and through the plurality of openings, wherein transmission of the fluid through the plurality of openings atomizes the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventors: James F. Collins, Jr., Randal B. Chinnock, Jeffrey Melanson, Joseph Howard
  • Patent number: 7562834
    Abstract: The present invention is a dispenser adapted to be coupled to a fluid container. The dispenser comprises a dispensing head, an energy source, and a fluid pathway. The dispensing head includes a fluid pump, a motor adapted to power the pump, a trigger adapted to control the motor, and a nozzle orifice in fluid communication with a discharge end of the pump. The fluid pathway has one portion in fluid communication with an intake end of the pump and another portion inside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Marcellus Rambo Benson, James Augustus Keefe, III, Joseph Lee McGowan
  • Patent number: 7500583
    Abstract: An attachment triggers dispensation of paint through the valve of an inverted aerosol can onto a surface target in response to manipulation of a surveyor's rod or pole. A coupling connects the attachment to the lower end of the surveyor's instrument and a cap seals against the valve end of the inverted aerosol can. A support structure holds the coupling, the inverted aerosol can and the cap together for motion in unison. A nozzle defines a path of pneumatic communication from the valve through the cap. The portion of the cap surrounding the nozzle is resiliently pliable so that, when the nozzle is rested on and the surveyor's instrument is pressed toward the surface target, the resiliently pliable portion of the cap flexes to actuate the valve and dispense paint through the nozzle onto the surface target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Inventor: Enoch Cox
  • Patent number: 7384006
    Abstract: The present invention is a dispenser adapted to be coupled to a fluid container. The dispenser comprises a dispensing head, an energy source, and a fluid pathway. The dispensing head includes a fluid pump, a motor adapted to power the pump, a trigger adapted to control the motor, and a nozzle orifice in fluid communication with a discharge end of the pump. The fluid pathway has one portion in fluid communication with an intake end of the pump and another portion inside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Cepia, LLC
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Marcellus Rambo Benson, James Augustus Keefe, III, Joseph Lee McGowan
  • Patent number: 7328859
    Abstract: The present invention is a dispenser adapted to be coupled to a fluid container. The dispenser comprises a dispensing head, an energy source, and a fluid pathway. The dispensing head includes a fluid pump, a motor adapted to power the pump, a trigger adapted to control the motor, and a nozzle orifice in fluid communication with a discharge end of the pump. The fluid pathway has one portion in fluid communication with an intake end of the pump and another portion inside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Cepia, LLC
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Marcellus Rambo Benson, James Augustus Keefe, III, Joseph Lee McGowan
  • Patent number: 7255294
    Abstract: A three part housing for a battery powered spray head includes a left half shell, a right half shell and a hinged top. The batteries are located in the upper portion of the housing below the hinged top (battery cover). The inner front of the top is provided with a downward depending latch member and a spring biased latch member is provided inside the housing. The spring biased latch member is actuated by inserting a pin (or stylus) through a hole in one of the half shells. This prevents accidental opening of the battery cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Steve L. Sweeton, Linn D. Wanbaugh, David DeJong
  • Patent number: 7147172
    Abstract: A personal decontamination apparatus includes an adapter valve attachable to a water source for mixing water with a concentrated decontamination fluid for rapid detoxifying washing of the skin of a user exposed to toxic chemical, biological or nuclear radioactive substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Inventors: Charles W. Darling, III, John Mizzi
  • Patent number: 7097119
    Abstract: The present invention is a dispenser adapted to couple to a fluid container having an opening surrounded by a neck. The dispenser comprises a cap, a dispensing head, an energy source, and a conduit. The cap is adapted to seal the opening fluid tight when the dispenser is coupled to the container. The dispensing head is pivotably secured to the cap and includes a fluid pump, a motor adapted to power the pump, a trigger adapted to actuate the motor, and a nozzle orifice in fluid communication with a discharge end of the pump. The energy source is electrically connected to the motor and extends inside the container. The conduit has a first end in fluid communication with an intake end of the pump and a second end inside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Cepia, LLC
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Marcellus Rambo Benson, James Augustus Keefe, III, Joseph Lee McGowan
  • Patent number: 7036751
    Abstract: A water gun and a watering container using an electrically operated peristaltic pump for pumping water through a nozzle located at the end of a tube connecting a reservoir with an outlet opening. The pump is electrically controlled by a trigger mechanism in a handle of the gun or container. The gun also includes a rotating light arrangement indicating that the gun is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Lund and Company Invention, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce D. Lund, Michael Starrick, Krishnan Srirangam
  • Publication number: 20010038041
    Abstract: A pressure sprayer is pressurized automatically with movement of the sprayer and maintains adequate pressure during non-movement to allow the ejection of an amount of liquid before needing re-pressurization. The pressure sprayer includes wheels that allow the pressure sprayer to be mobile. A cam is attached to the axle of the wheels which rotates with the rotation of the axle/wheels. A pressure pump is associated with the cam such that movement of the cam causes the pressure pump to pump liquid from a holding tank to an accumulator or directly to a spray wand in communication with the pump. The liquid may be sprayed (ejected) from the accumulator during both movement (pumping) and non-movement (no pumping) of the sprayer, while the liquid may be directly sprayed from the holding tank only during movement (pumping) thereof. Thus, as the wheels rotate due to moving the pressure sprayer, the cam causes movement of the pressure pump to fill the accumulator with the liquid under pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Rick L. Leer, Scott A. Walker
  • Publication number: 20010023900
    Abstract: An apparatus for metering, mixing, and spraying liquids is provided. The apparatus includes a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber connected to one another via channels that permit the free flow of air between the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber so that the pressure in each of the chambers is equal. The channels are fitted with liquid flow limiting members for preventing the flow of liquid from the first storage chamber to the second storage chamber and from the second storage chamber to the first storage chamber. Liquid delivery tubes associated with each storage chamber permit liquid from the storage chamber to flow into a mixing chamber. In the mixing chamber, the two liquids combine to form a solution. The concentration of that solution is variably adjustable by means of a flow restriction member associated with the first storage chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Patrick H. Stewart, Arman V. Melikyan
  • Patent number: 6194470
    Abstract: A sprayable composition in a pump spray bottle includes a fragrance oil and reflective material. The reflective material is sized to pass through the atomizer of the pump spray bottle. Linens or clothing can be sprayed with the composition to provide a pleasant smell and sparkling appearance to the surfaces sprayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Bath & Body Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Anita Lutz, Anthony Zembrodt
  • Patent number: 5975423
    Abstract: A portable, fully self-contained pressure wash-down system operates in a storage mode for storing and hermetically sealing system components when the system is not in use, and works in an operation mode for allowing portable operation of the system. The system includes a container adapted to house the system and a lid connected to the container by a hinge. The lid sealingly engages a top portion of the container to store and protect system components when the system is in a storage mode. The system includes a pump disposed in the container. The pump includes a low pressure inlet for delivering low pressure water to the pump and a high pressure outlet for delivering pressurized water from the pump. The system also includes an intake line having first and second ends, wherein the first end of the intake line receives water from a water source and the second end is connected to the pump inlet. The first end of the intake may contain a filter for excluding harmful debris from the pump or other system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventors: Terrence D. Rice, Keith Ballard
  • Patent number: 5431312
    Abstract: A container (1) for the dispensing of liquid (2), in particular for dispensing in spray or foam form, with dispensing nozzle (D) arranged on the top side of the container (1) and a pump handle (15) for a pump (P) which is associated with the container and has a pump cylinder (11), a piston rod (16) and a pump piston (22) for producing a pressure cushion above the surface (14) of the liquid. The pump chamber (21) has an air inlet valve (V1) and an air outlet valve (V2), and, in order to obtain a structural form which is dependable in function and favorable in use, the air outlet valve (V2) comprises two valves (34, 35) which are connected one behind the other and between which an air volume can be enclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Finke GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Clemens Schumacher
  • Patent number: 5348198
    Abstract: A device for the spraying of liquids includes an air compressor or pump driven by a weight activated by shaking the device in an essentially vertical direction. The device consists of a resuable liquid module containing a liquid to be sprayed; a pump module attached to a screw cap for the liquid module and contained within the liquid module; a compressed air duct connecting the outlet of the air pump to the liquid module and a fluid conduit conducting the fluid to be sprayed from the liquid module to the outlet valve for discharge under the influence of the compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Omnific International Ltd.
    Inventors: John V. Mizzi, Donald A. Merte
  • Patent number: 5348190
    Abstract: The present invention includes an improved apparatus for discharging liquids in a spray, including a separable housing, a recyclable liquid module containing liquid to be sprayed and a weight activated air compressor or pump which supplies compressed air to the liquid module upon agitation of the entire apparatus. The liquid module including the liquid within forms part of the driving weight utilized by the pump. The liquid module is inserted into the separable housing and can reciprocate within the housing; it is connected to the pump with a conduit and coupling for the transfer of compressed air to the liquid module. A second conduit conducts liquid to be sprayed from the liquid module to the outlet valve for discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Omnific International Ltd.
    Inventors: John V. Mizzi, Donald A. Merte
  • Patent number: 5267674
    Abstract: A invention relates to a container (1) for the spray-dispensing of liquid (2), having spray nozzle (D) arranged on the head side of the container (1) and a handle (14) for a pump (P) associated with the container, which pump has pump cylinder (6), piston rod (16) and pump cylinder for the production of a cushion of compressed air above the surface of the liquid (8), and, in order to obtain a structural shape which is free of residual pressure and avoids a springing back of the piston rod (16), the pump cylinder (6) at its lower end forms a pressure-relief opening (35) which can be moved over by the sealing surface of a cuff (22) which forms the pump piston, said opening being in flow communication with an outwardly open tube cross section (17) of the piston rod (16) when the pump piston (22) is in depressed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Finke GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 3955720
    Abstract: A reuseable dispensing apparatus for dispensing a flowable product by pressurized air, comprising a refillable container for the product to be dispensed and an air pump operable by the user to pressurize the container after filling. The air pump has a conveniently grippable and storable handle. A user-actuable dispensing valve on the container dispenses product utilizing pressurized air as a propellant. Apparatuses are provided to permit the container to be depressurized at any time without product being dispensed, to relieve pressure in the pumping chamber either automatically at operating pressure or manually at any lesser pressure, and to permit the pumping handle to be conveniently stored with respect to the container. The apparatus can operate at relatively low pressure and can be made almost entirely of plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1973
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Inventor: David C. Malone