Flexible Outlets Patents (Class 239/DIG12)
  • Patent number: 6116475
    Abstract: A dispensing head for a container holding a product of liquid-to-pasty consistency includes a body in which a product outlet orifice and a closure member for selectively closing off the orifice are provided. The closure member includes of a member made of an elastically deformable material covering the orifice and is configured to move away under the pressure of the product in order to expose the orifice and allow the product to pass through it, and is configured to return to the closed position when the pressure is released. The closure member includes a sleeve, a first end of which is fastened to the body and a second end of which forms a free edge, said sleeve surrounds the body and is positioned over the orifice when said free edge has been turned up over the body. The body is rigid or semi-rigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Delage
  • Patent number: 6113002
    Abstract: A shower device having a flexible, flat jet or spray disk is created, in which at least one surface zone is curved outwards and on exceeding a specific pressing in force (E) exerted thereon springs round suddenly with the curvature inwards into a space located behind it and automatically springs back to the starting position when the force is relieved. As a result of the springing or springing round, it is possible to detach lime deposits from the jet disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Hansgrohe AG
    Inventor: Werner Finkbeiner
  • Patent number: 6015102
    Abstract: A drip irrigation hose comprises a tubular body enclosing a water supply passage. An external emitter is attached to the outside of the tubular body. The emitter comprises a front wall, a back wall, side wall and a top wall that defining a flow regulating channel. The emitter further comprises an outlet in at least one of the walls. The hose further comprises an inlet to the emitter.The inlet is in fluid communication with the water supply passage in the hose and the flow regulating channel in the emitter. Water flows through the water supply passage, through the inlet into the emitter, through the flow regulating channel, and out the outlet. The emitter can further comprise a purging bulb to provide a simple and efficient way for the farmer to unclog the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: T-Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Daigle, Mark Huntley
  • Patent number: 5984209
    Abstract: The invention concerns an elastic hose with a shaped unsymmetrical cross-section for the delivery of liquids or gases through apertures along the hose, the delivery rate being uniform even over long lengths of hose. The hose is optionally housed in an outer tension-proof cover tube with an open cross-section, in particular a tube open along a generatrix, for the reception of additioned liquids or gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Nikolaus Weth
  • Patent number: 5868325
    Abstract: This invention teaches a slidably attaching water flow limiting device which utilizes elastic and frictional forces to apply a force holding the flow limiting device onto a faucet such that these forces are exceeded at excess flow into the interior chamber of the water limiting device causing it to blow off the faucet. The water flow limiting device through a shaped hole restricted in area also provides a cleaning jet which makes the reduced flow effective for cleansing purposes despite the reduced flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Inventor: David Tassinari
  • Patent number: 5799879
    Abstract: In a device to produce a fluid jet (14), especially to apply glue (12) and/or a soft fluid (13) onto a web with a nozzle head (5) which bears a nozzle (6) provided with a discharge port (34) arranged at one end of a conduit (33) loaded with the fluid (12, 13), control of the fluid jet cross-section is achieved in a simple and low-cost, in that an elastic element (18) is provided for in the area of the discharge port (34), which features a through opening (17) communicating with the conduit (33) and which (18) is mounted between two compression elements (19, 20) which can shift in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Grafotec Kotterer GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Ottl, Werner Kettl
  • Patent number: 5732884
    Abstract: The spray, serving, in particular, as a dishwashing spray, exhibits, as essential elements, a connection stub (12), a handle (10), a shut-off valve (14) and a spray head (16). The shut-off valve (14) can be actuated, by means of a hand lever (18), counter to the force of the spring (14j). The handle (10), the shut-off valve (14) and the hand lever (18) are enclosed by an elastomeric covering (20) which is sealed towards the outside and provides the hand lever (18) with free play. Such a configuration is particularly hygienic since the covering (20) can be easily washed and it does not exhibit any inaccessible gaps in which contaminants can be deposited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: KWC AG
    Inventor: Hansjorg Jauner
  • Patent number: 5642860
    Abstract: A hand holdable spray delivery system for dispensing a relatively viscous and/or solids laden liquid is provided. This spray delivery system includes a container adapted to house the liquid. A manually actuated pump device is mounted on the container. The pump device including an inlet passage, a pump chamber, and a discharge passage having a distal end connected in liquid communication so that the liquid is pumped from within the container, through the inlet passage, into the pump chamber and through the discharge passage upon manual actuation of the pump device. A slotted spray nozzle including a housing having an inlet side and an exit side is also included. The housing having an internal recess through the inlet side that terminates in an elongated orifice at the exit side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephan G. Bush, Dimitris I. Collias, Stephen F. Evans
  • Patent number: 5605259
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying drywall compound to an irregularity in a wall surface. The drywall compound is formulated to be flowable and placed into an aerosol container with a propellant material. A valve assembly is arranged to allow or prevent fluid flow from the aerosol container. When the valve assembly is opened, the aerosol material expands to force the drywall compound out of the container. A scraper member is arranged on the container to facilitate smoothing of the drywall compound; preferably, the scraper member comprises a scraper edge that is arranged adjacent to an exit opening such that the drywall compound can be dispensed and scraped at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Homax Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross W. Clawson, Lester R. Greer, Jr., Robert C. Foster
  • Patent number: 5571233
    Abstract: An apparatus for freezing water in a pipe at a given location including a tank having an amount of pressurized gas disposed therein at a temperature below the freezing point of water; a valve coupled to the tank and openable for allowing the gas to be expelled; a flexible discharge hose having a proximal end coupled to the valve and a distal end extended therefrom; and a flow nozzle coupled to the distal end the discharge hose, each flow nozzle having a fabric sleeve, an elastomeric pad with a hollow interior slidably inserted within the sleeve, a plurality of through holes formed on one side of the pad, a tubular coupler having an inboard end secured to the pad and in communication with the interior and an outboard end removably coupled to the distal end of the hose, and a coupling mechanism secured to the sleeve for removably coupling the sleeve to the pipe, whereby when the flow nozzle is wrapped around the pipe and the valve is opened, gas flows through the discharge hose and out the flow nozzle for cooli
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Inventors: Mark Rolland, Joseph Ferris
  • Patent number: 5524729
    Abstract: The specification discloses an apparatus for automatically measuring out and discharging desired quantities of fluid such as lubricants or coolants and the like from a self-contained supply of the same, and for pneumatically dispersing the measured quantities of fluid into and propelling it through either a common or a coaxial tube. The dispersed fluid is applied to a desired object or article, in particular a cutting tool, workpiece, operating tool, or the like, at a remote end of said tube, in the form of a pneumatic dispersion or mist of said lubricant, coolant, or other fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Uni-Mist, Inc.
    Inventor: Wallace C. Boelkins
  • Patent number: 5447258
    Abstract: A spout for a liquid pump includes a first valve body mounted onto an outlet of a liquid pump. The first valve body includes a bottom part that has a flowing hole, and a cylindrical body and a shaft extend from the bottom part. The cylinder body and the shaft define an annular space in which the flowing hole is disposed. A second valve body includes an engaging part engaged with a distal end of the cylinder body of the first valve body, and a cylindrical body extends from the engaging part. The cylindrical body is partially disposed within the annular space and has a smaller diameter at an end so as to form an end opening part of the cylindrical body that is resiliently fittable on the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5405089
    Abstract: A shower head has a rigid body forming a pressurizable compartment having a downstream wall of composite synthetic-resin material having an inner face and formed with an array of throughgoing holes so that pressurized water in the compartment will exit therefrom through the holes. A unitary liner sheet of a soft elastomer has an outer face bonded to the inner face of the downstream wall and is formed with respective tubular nipples fitting in and projecting through the holes. Each nipple forms a throughgoing passage having an inner end opening in the compartment and an outer end opening outside the body. The liner sheet and integral nipples are molded in situ against the inner face of the plate forming the downstream wall of the shower body. The composite synthetic-resin material is a polybutyleneterephthalate and the elastomer is silicone or the composite synthetic-resin material can be polypropylene and the elastomer a thermoplastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Friedrich Grohe Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bruno Heimann, Veit Bechte, Harald Korfgen, Hans-Jurgen Jensen
  • Patent number: 5397064
    Abstract: A shower head includes a housing enclosing a first rotary valve member driven by a turbine wheel and gear reducer for cycling the flow rate through the housing between high and low flow rates, and a manually rotatable cross valve shaft provides for selecting the degree of cycling. A second rotary valve member is combined with a second turbine wheel for pulsating the cycling flow rate, and further rotation of the valve shaft provides for hydraulically shifting and stopping the second valve member for bypassing the pulsation to provide a full continuous water flow. Water is discharged from the shower head through flexible tubes arranged in groups which are twisted in response to rotation of a control ring for selecting a spray pattern between a tight penetrating pattern and a wide full pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Inventor: Charles J. Heitzman
  • Patent number: 5370318
    Abstract: A method and device are described for atomising liquids, in which the liquid is forced through an annular gap formed between a spherical or conical surface and a circumambient hole in a plate, which components may be displaced relative to one another to control the flow of liquid through the gap. The size of the gap is controlled by a stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventor: Terence E. Weston
  • Patent number: 5370317
    Abstract: A method and device are described for atomizing liquids, in which the liquid is forced through an annular gap formed between a spherical or conical surface and a circumambient hole in a plate, which components may be displaced relative to one another to control the flow of liquid through the gap. The size of the gap is controlled by a stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventor: Terence E. Weston
  • Patent number: 5323963
    Abstract: A nozzle for spraying liquids includes a body pierced with a bore, preferably a cylindrical or cylindro-conical bore, and carrying an endpiece pierced with an orifice which may be frustoconical flowing out towards the outside or dihedral opening out towards the outside, this orifice being coaxial with a preferably hemispherical swirl chamber and opening out into the latter via a narrow passage. The endpiece is made from an elastically deformable material, and a restraining component, carried by the body and able to move with respect to the endpiece, acts on the endpiece in order to adjust the cross-section and/or the shape of the the orifice without substantially deforming the swirl chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Tecnoma
    Inventor: Patrick Ballu
  • Patent number: 5309961
    Abstract: Nozzles for filler pipes employed in packaging machines of the type which meter a certain quantity of contents, e.g. milk, into individual packages which are advanced stepwise and placed beneath the nozzle of the filler pipe. In order to avoid frothing of the contents, of the nozzle is manufactured from flexible material and includes one or more transverse rigidifying ribs which are of substantially triangular cross sectional configuration and which define two or more separate outlets. The outlets are covered by flaps which are opened by the contents when the contents are caused, with the aid of a metering pump, to flow out through the filler pipe so that the flow of contents is divided and directed towards the vertical walls of the package via which the contents flow down to the bottom of the package with a considerably reduced risk of frothing and spatter as a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Rickard Franke, Bengt Bengtsson
  • Patent number: 5265808
    Abstract: A fuel-injection nozzle for internal combustion engines having plurality of lip elements on a nozzle tube, the edges are adjacent to each other. The lip elements form an obtuse cone and are held together under a high pre-stressing pressure by a clamping sleeve and an end cap. Pressure build-up in the interior chamber of the nozzle tube elastically expands the lip edges, in which case gaps are created, which form flat spray streams through which fuel is sprayed into the combustion chamber of the engine. When the fuel pressure in the interior chamber subsides the lip edges close to prevent any dirt from entering the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Gordon, Guenter Lewentz, Detlev Potz
  • Patent number: 5246170
    Abstract: An emitter is provided with a flexible diaphragm of elastomeric material containing at least two slits which radiate outwardly from a point near the center of the diaphragm, the diaphragm being assembled in the emitter body in the manner of a gasket, and the diaphragm having characteristics of durometer hardness and flexibility such than when in use the diaphragm is distended and the slits open to establish an orifice which allows an outflow of irrigating water at a low discharge rate, but when the pressure is removed the resilience of the diaphragm closes, the faces become contiguous and close the orifice, thereby preventing ingress of insects and egress of moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Inventor: Rienhold W. Woidt
  • Patent number: 5127582
    Abstract: Nozzles for use on a rotary agitator of a water and/or waste water filter system have an outer housing including a rear section through which the nozzle is connectable to the rotary agitator, and a forward wall including a plurality of ports therethrough. Fluid passage means extend from the rear connecting means to the ports for transmitting fluid from the agitator through the ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Roberts Filter Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: R. Lee Roberts
  • Patent number: 5105997
    Abstract: A filling nozzle includes a vertical tubular nozzle body for receiving the liquid to be filled and supplied thereto forcibly and intermittently, and a rubber tube connected to the lower end of the nozzle body and having an opening at its lower end. The rubber tube is folded at required portions to constrict the opening. The opening is held closed by the elasticity of the rubber tube against gravity acting on the liquid within the nozzle body when the supply of the liquid is discontinued but is opened by the pressure of the liquid when the liquid is supplied to the nozzle body. The nozzle body is provided at its lower end with a tube holding portion having the rubber tube fitted thereover for holding the rubber tube in shape. The tube holding portion is externally in conformity with the inner surface of the rubber tube except at the folded portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Shikokukakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saijo, Yoshitaka Yamane, Yasuji Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 5036601
    Abstract: An air diffuser for a hair dryer having a porous diffuser face, panels secured to the diffuser face and to one another to form a plenum chamber. A spout is attached to the plenum chamber on the side opposite the diffuser face. When the spout is fitted about the air outlet of a hair dryer, the air will pass through the plenum chamber and be diffused as it passes out through the diffuser face. The face and the panels are formed of flexible, plastic sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Conair Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore B. Mulle, Jr., Victor A. Mireles
  • Patent number: 5011084
    Abstract: A garden hose spout having a hand compressible bellowed conduit provides convenient and precise control over water flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Toland
  • Patent number: 4095081
    Abstract: A metal spraying device of the kind in which two wires are fed along convergent guide ducts, and an electric potential is established between the wires, so that an electric arc is produced between the terminal ends of the wires. A jet of air is blown across the arc, removing metal from the ends of the wires in the form of minute droplets, the jet of air being directed against a workpiece to be sprayed with a metallic coating. The metal spraying device comprises a head made of insulating material (e.g. ceramics material), the head being provided with passages forming the guide ducts for the wires and for the jet of air. In this manner, the wires may be guided more accurately to the arcing zone, and turbulence in the jet of air may be minimized, producing an overall improvement in the quality of the spray which may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: Metallisation Limited
    Inventor: Stewart John Ashman