Unhinged Tilting Type Patents (Class 239/577)
  • Patent number: 8905330
    Abstract: A device, system and method relating to dispensing fluid from a device. The system relates generally to a hand-held fluid dispensing module, a control module coupled to the hand-held fluid dispensing module, a fluid container located in close proximity to the hand-held fluid dispensing module and the control module, and a cooling module coupled to the control module. The hand-held device being configured to control and determine the amount of fluid dispensed from the device. The method relates to using the system and dispensing fluid from the hand-held fluid dispensing module by either applying pressure to an exterior portion of the hand-held dispensing module or providing a vacuum to the hand-held fluid dispensing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: ATP, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Paukovits, Joseph Bowling, J. Michael Henderson, Daniel Todd Adlon
  • Patent number: 8746593
    Abstract: A liquid chemical dispenser for an irrigation system comprises a removable supply container for the chemical which, in a first embodiment, comprises a valve for preventing spillage of the chemical during attachment of the container to the dispenser. This feature allows the container to be mounted in an inverted position on the dispenser without loss of its contents. In a second embodiment, the chemical container comprises a membrane which is pierced by a dip tube when the container is attached to the dispenser. A section of the dip tube produces an annular vent passage in the membrane around the dip tube to provide vacuum relief. The configuration of the containers substantially reduces the chance of inadvertent contact with the contents and the simple design permits the containers to be disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventor: Robert E. Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20140102730
    Abstract: A dry sprinkler assembly includes a housing, a sprinkler head assembly with a sprinkler head and a trigger assembly, and an actuator assembly. The actuator assembly has a sealing subassembly for sealing the inlet port of the housing and is operatively coupled to the trigger assembly such that the sealing subassembly releases the sealing of the inlet port in response to the trigger assembly releasing its closure at the outlet opening. The sealing subassembly moves in a linear path substantially parallel with the central longitudinal axis of the housing when releasing the sealing of the inlet port wherein the flow of fire suppressant through the inlet port and into the fluid flow passage is substantially unimpeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: The Viking Corporation
    Inventors: Scott T. FRANSON, Andrew T. THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 8123151
    Abstract: A sprinkling gun structure including a main body having two ends respectively formed with a water inlet and an adaptation hole. An assembling tunnel is transversely formed through the main body between the water inlet and the adaptation hole to communicate therewith. The sprinkling gun further includes an adjustment member, a controlling member having a water-checking section and a water intake, and a water-guiding member having a watertight sleeve fitted on bottom end of the water-guiding member. The controlling member is fitted in the assembling tunnel and rotationally drivable by the adjustment member. When driven, the water-checking section of the controlling member is rotated to cooperate with the watertight sleeve so as to shut off/turn on and micro-adjust the water flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Yuan Mei Corp.
    Inventor: Chi Han Cheng
  • Patent number: 7854356
    Abstract: A spray cap, also known as an actuator overcap for an aerosol container, has an acoustic seal between the actuator button and the overcap. This acoustic seal is formed by a set of matching sealing lips on the actuator button and also on the overcap, such that they are both oriented horizontally. At rest, the sealing lip of the actuator button rests above the sealing lip of the overcap, but during actuation, the sealing lip of the actuator button deforms the sealing lip of the overcap, which both forms an acoustic seal during actuation and creates the force to return the sealing lip of the actuator button back to its original position after actuation is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventor: Heiko Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 7607592
    Abstract: An apparatus for accessorizing water and beverage bottles, including a water mister, a portable humidifier, a vitamin or nutritional supplement dispenser, and other useful accessories, which are quickly, easily, and removably attached to any commercially available consumer water or beverage bottle or container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Inventor: Sang B. Kim
  • Patent number: 7219850
    Abstract: A water spray nozzle assembly includes an internal channel that is sealable by an internal valve having a seat and a disc. A tilting member is operable to tilt the disc at least partially off of the seat, allowing water to flow through the internal channel. The disc may be further tilted completely off of the seat to provide additional water flow through the water spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Douglas Burnworth, Douglas Shaulis, Timothy DeVore, Thomas C. Oyler
  • Patent number: 6073863
    Abstract: A hose nozzle is formed of a main body, a control member and an actuating member. The main body is provided therein with a water duct, a channel and a water discharging tube. The flow of water moving through the water discharging tube is regulated by the control member which is actuated by the actuating member to rotate to various extends to regulate the amount of water that is allowed to pass through the control member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Inventor: Hsing-Fah Wang
  • Patent number: 5967382
    Abstract: A dispensing valve includes a body with an axis defining an internal chamber communicating with a pressurized liquid. The body has an intake duct and an outlet duct. The valve also includes an actuating stem traversed by a dispensing duct open at its two ends, the stem being mounted in a leakproof manner in the outlet duct, one of its ends having at least one feeder passage and the other end opening outside the body. The feeder passage is selectively communicated with the internal chamber by lateral pivoting of the stem so as to allow the liquid to be dispensed via the dispensing duct. The valve body is made of an elastomeric material, and the stem has, inside the outlet duct, a profile capable of cooperating with a complementary profile of the outlet duct to define an articulation substantially around a point so that, irrespective of the angular position of the stem relative to the axis, the stem is in a leakproof annular contact with the outlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: L'oreal
    Inventors: Pierre-Andre Lasserre, Jean-Marc Aumegeas
  • Patent number: 4784325
    Abstract: A rotating stream sprinkler is provided with an improved spray head for sweeping one or more outwardly projected water streams through a prescribed arcuate spray path, wherein the spray head is adapted for enhanced self-flushing operation to prevent accumulation of grit and the like which could otherwise impair sprinkler performance. In the preferred form, the spray head is mounted at the upper end of a pop-up stem for movement to an elevated spraying position upon supply of water under pressure to the sprinkler. The water flows to the spray head and normally pressure-loads a plurality of valve balls onto a respective plurality of seats to prevent water flow through the seats to associated nozzle passages. A drive assembly rotates the spray head relative to a nonrotating cam positioned to lift one or more of the valve balls from their respective seats to permit outward discharge of one or more water streams through the nozzle passages, within the limits of the prescribed arcuate path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Rain Bird Consumer Products Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Samuel C. Walker, George H. Lockwood, Kenneth V. McCarthy, Raymond P. Feith
  • Patent number: 4550865
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nozzle connected to an aerosol vessel 1 which has an obliquely-handling valve 3. When a finger piece 18 protruding sideways from the nozzle body 14 is pressed toward the aerosol vessel 1, the obliquely-handling valve 3 can be opened easily by lever action without requiring a strong force, and the aerosol contents can be discharged continuously from a discharge portion 17 onto a target area 27 through a discharge path 16 for a relatively long period of time, without tiring the finger of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignees: Toyo Aerosol Industry Co., Ltd., Kanpe Katei Toryoo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsumi Hirao, Akira Sasaki
  • Patent number: 4294410
    Abstract: A device for closing a pressurized container but for allowing controlled dispensing of liquid contents of the container, in finely divided form or as a foam, has a cap 4 consisting of a fixed part 8, 10, 13 to be mounted on the neck 2 of a container 1 and a movable part comprising a dispensing nozzle 11 connected to the fixed part by way of a waisted deformable wall portion 15. An obturator member 7 inside the cap and nozzle has a mounting plug 7a at its inner end and a ribbed obturator part 7c at its outer end. The seal between the obturator member and the dispensing nozzle is formed by an externally concave zone 7b of the obturator member, conforming to the waisted portion 15 of the cap, such that lateral swinging of the dispensing nozzle 11 breaks the seal and forms a gap 19 into which the liquid product can flow by way of a longitudinal groove 16 of the mounting plug 7 a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 4294409
    Abstract: The present invention includes a novel and unique combination poncho or rain garment with means adapted for suspending the poncho from an overhead object in a manner whereby a portion of the waterproof fabric of the poncho forms a baglike configuration for containing a quantity of water and a water dispensing means in the form of a shower head mounted in the poncho for allowing the water to be drawn from the reservoir in the bag configuration for use in washing and showering. The shower head is uniquely adapted for this purpose having an integral valve assembly which can be opened and allowed to close with the use of only one hand, as well as maintained in the full open position without the necessity of maintaining manual force on the valve operating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Inventor: Charles H. Larsen
  • Patent number: 4273292
    Abstract: This shower head is designed to allow hot and cold water to shut off completely, when persons are soaping themselves, or when not in use, and it consists primarily of a main body, in which water flows into a channel, and proceeds into a minimum metering channel, that is designed to allow the minimum flow needed to operate the device. It further includes a plunger, which is compressed by water pressure in an upper chamber, so as to move it down to the closed position, and a manually operated release mechanism will tilt a valve, which will release the water pressure in the upper chamber, and cause it to flow out of the sprayer plate of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Inventor: Allen Neula
  • Patent number: 4203534
    Abstract: A tilting nozzle closure for a bottle includes a cap of plastics material having a side wall which has a low elastic deformability carrying an internal annular bead adjacent its open end for engagement with the neck of the bottle at least part of the end wall of the cap being more resilient than the side wall and carrying a tubular nozzle and a closure member for sealing the neck of the bottle which, in use, engages with the end of the neck of the bottle and which includes a reduced portion which in use projects into the neck of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: Robert Finke Kunststoff-Spritzguss-Werk
    Inventor: Klaus W. Finke
  • Patent number: 4047879
    Abstract: A blue flame oil burner is provided wherein an oil atomizing nozzle produces sprayed oil droplets as a symetrical hollow cone having an included angle for the outside edge of the oil spray, when the oil is sprayed in still air, in the range 60.degree. to 80.degree., an air swirler with an air pre-swirler both have blades with a helix angle in the range 50.degree. to 65.degree., with the blades of the air swirler adjacent the spraying end of the atomizing nozzle inclined in the direction of the hollow cone at an angle in the range 20.degree. to 55.degree., and a supply tube for delivering air through the air pre-swirler to the air swirler. The air flows along the supply tube and is preswirled in the pre-swirler and then finally swirled in the air swirler so that sprayed oil droplets in the hollow cone are carried by the swirling air, which diffuses with them in such a manner that the oil droplets are evaporated prior to combustion and:I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1977
    Assignee: Canadian Patents and Development Limited
    Inventors: Earl R. Mitchell, Thomas D. Brown, Beverley C. Post