Supply Container Delivering To Receiving Chamber Patents (Class 222/207)
  • Patent number: 11980901
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser includes a housing, a pump, an outlet nozzle, a reservoir, a liquid passage, an air passage, and a refill container. The pump and reservoir are attached to the housing, and both the outlet nozzle and the reservoir are in fluid communication with the pump. The reservoir has at least one engagement member, and the liquid passage and the air passage are located in the engagement member. The refill container has at least one sealing member, and the refill container is configured to be releasably attached to the reservoir such that the refill container is in fluid communication with the reservoir. When the refill container is attached to the reservoir, the engagement member engages the sealing member to cause the liquid passage and the air passage to be in fluid communication with the refill container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron D. Marshall, Nick E. Ciavarella, Donald Russell Harris
  • Patent number: 11931749
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing liquids, in particular ophthalmic liquids, for dispensing the medicine as individual drops is mounted on the neck of a reservoir, e.g., a bottle, and it is made of a flange connected to a bushing and with a domed tip situated on the opposite side of the bushing, the flange being fitted onto the neck of the reservoir and the bushing entering the neck of the reservoir, while a dispensing domed tip comprising a dispensing opening protrudes outside the reservoir. Inside the bushing and the domed tip there is a conical element placed therein, blocking the flow of liquids, the opening in the domed tip having an inner flange. The conical element has a flange at the base of the cone. The flange situated in the dispensing domed tip is ended from the inside with a fin directed towards the conical element blocking the flow of liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Gerresheimer Boleslawiec Spolka Akcyjna
    Inventor: Mateusz Sliwa
  • Patent number: 11885660
    Abstract: A device for precise dispensing of liquids utilizing pressure-operated valves to control fluid travel. Use of a flexible bulb within a fluid vessel provides manual actuation of the valves through application of pressure to the exterior of the fluid vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: FLEXPENSER AB
    Inventors: Amin Kazemzadeh, Esmail Pishbin, Giulia Gaudenzi, Robert Bouwens
  • Patent number: 11871874
    Abstract: Provided is a tumbler for beverage making including a drinking water tray including a lower tray which has an open top and a closed bottom to form a storage space for storing drinking water or a beverage therein, and an upper tray which is detachably coupled to the top of the lower tray to close the open top of the lower tray and has a drinking aperture formed therein to enable a user to drink the drinking water or beverage in the storage space; an additive tray which is detachably coupled to the bottom of the drinking water tray, and has an additive storage space for storing an additive formed therein; and a pumping unit which is mounted to penetrate through the drinking water tray and the additive tray so as to pump the additive and supply same to a drinking water storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Moon Sik Park
  • Patent number: 11865503
    Abstract: A multipurpose solution mixer and a use method thereof are provided. The multipurpose solution mixer includes a main control unit, a solution storage unit and a solution blending unit installed in a case; an operation display unit and a liquid outlet provided on the case; and an atomization humidifying unit connected with the liquid outlet, wherein the main control unit is electrically connected with other units; the operation display unit is a display screen with touch operation functions; the solution storage unit includes sealed bottles and infusion tubes; the solution blending unit includes micropumps infusion tubes and a blending chamber, the blending chamber is connected with the atomization humidifying unit via respective infusion tubes, and the operation display unit sends instructions to the main control unit to control the micropumps to extract solutions from the sealed bottles into the blending chamber, and output a mixed solution via the liquid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
    Inventors: Jianying Wang, Lei Zhang, Xiaojuan Hu
  • Patent number: 11866320
    Abstract: Exemplary sanitary soap refilling systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary refill refilling system includes a housing, a pump located within the housing, and a bulk storage tank connector. The bulk storage tank connector having a liquid outlet and an air inlet. A liquid inlet conduit is in fluid communication with the pump the liquid outlet. A refill connector is included. The refill connector has a liquid inlet and an air outlet. The refill connector air outlet and the bulk storage tank connector air inlet are in fluid communication with one another. The refill liquid inlet is in fluid communication with the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron D. Marshall, Nick E. Ciavarella, John J. McNulty, Matthew J. Archer, Emily Barbara Kennedy, Bradley L. Lightner, Richard E. Corney, Jason Fokens, Chet J. Bonner
  • Patent number: 11857986
    Abstract: A tubeless dispenser container is disclosed, which includes: a bottle part in which the filling space is formed and in an upper surface of which a supply hole for allowing a flow of the content and an air hole for allowing an inflow of air are formed; a connector part that is coupled to an upper portion of the bottle part to spatially separate the supply hole from the air hole; and a pump part that is secured to a designated position of the connector part and is configured to suction and dispense the content supplied through the supply hole, where the bottle part has a hollow channel part formed on an inner wall thereof at one side, with the channel part having one end opening to a lower portion of the filling space and the other end opening to an upper portion of the filling space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMHWA CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kyungchang Lee
  • Patent number: 11852247
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing, an inverted container disposed in the housing, a outlet nozzle, a pump, a first check valve, and a second check valve. The pump is disposed between the container and the outlet nozzle. The pump includes a pump inlet a pump outlet, and a pump chamber. The pump chamber is movable between an expanded position and a compressed position. The first check valve is disposed between the pump and the outlet nozzle, and the first check valve has a first cracking pressure. The second check valve is disposed between the first check valve and the outlet nozzle, and the second check valve has a second cracking pressure. The second cracking pressure of the second check valve is greater than the first cracking pressure of the first check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. McNulty, Donald R. Harris, Nick E. Ciavarella, Daniel M. Willis, Aaron D. Marshall
  • Patent number: 11844723
    Abstract: A dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical liquids in the form of individual drops, having a liquid store, a pump device with a pump chamber with a variable volume, and a dispensing opening. The dispenser additionally has a membrane part which delimits the pump chamber on one side and which changes the volume of the pump chamber by moving and/or deforming. The dispenser has a housing, within which the pump device is provided, and an actuation button movable relative to the housing between a non-actuated starting position and an actuated end position to move or deform the membrane part and to decrease the size of the pump chamber to discharge the liquid. The membrane part is secured to the housing and to the actuation button. The pump chamber achieves a high degree of compression and a toggle switch is used as the actuation button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Greiner-Perth, Gerald Krampen
  • Patent number: 11807445
    Abstract: A dispensing pump mechanism is provided. The pump comprises integrally molded temper-evidence part between a container collar and a spout; said collar has multiple off-centre outlet channel for dispensing one or more products from the container; said collar also comprises an integrated air vent to be blocked and opened by the rotation of the spout. The whole pump can be over-molded one-piece structure with elastic parts as being actuating parts. The pump improves the functions of the pump, such as lower restitution rate, less structural parts, lower cost, water/dust proof, lightweight, easy assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: 9421-7213 QUÉBEC INC.
    Inventor: Jian Yan
  • Patent number: 11772114
    Abstract: An all-plastic emulsion pump, includes a body, threads, pressing head, main column, suction tube, plastic spring, pull rod, stopper, lock cover, first and second one-way valve devices made of plastic material. A communication port is between the plastic spring and the main column. The pull rod is in the plastic spring. The stopper is connected to the pull rod upper end. When the plastic spring is pressed, there is a gap between the pull rod and the side wall of the communication port. When the plastic spring pops up, the stopper blocks the communication port. The first one-way valve device is between the pressing head and the main column to supply the emulsion to the pressing head. The second one-way valve device is between the plastic spring and the inlet of the body to supply the emulsion from the inlet of the body into the plastic spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Jingyuan Pan
  • Patent number: 11745199
    Abstract: A dispensing device (100) according to the invention comprises a reservoir (4) for a liquid or semi-liquid substance to be dispensed and a pumping mechanism (5) for dispensing the substance. The device is characterized in that it includes a housing (1), in which an upper body (2) and a lower body (3) are located, wherein a deformable reservoir (4) is located on or around the lower body (3) and the pumping mechanism (5) is located in the upper body (2). A supply valve (6) and a dispensing valve (8) are located in the lower body (3), and the supply valve (6) is connected by means of a lower channel (7) with the reservoir (4), and a dispensing valve (8) is connected by means of an upper channel (9) with the pumping mechanism (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Anna Pawluszek
  • Patent number: 11708211
    Abstract: A method for dispensing a beverage from a bottle that includes communicating a dispensing authorization message from a control unit to at least one of a server interface carried by a beverage server and a pour spout secured to a bottle, wherein the dispensing authorization message at least one of includes or initiates a dispensing command, and wherein the pour spout responds to the dispensing command by opening a spout valve through which a beverage flows from the bottle and out of the pour spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Berg Company, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Keating, Donald R. Lamond, Ronald F. Faust, Thomas E. Giles, Albert H. Dorsey
  • Patent number: 11701301
    Abstract: A novel device, method and kit for reconstitution of a solid or semi-solid pharmaceutical composition by a negative pressure differential includes (i) a first adapter with a first connector, a first peripheral wall wherein the first adapter is coupled to the first vial by means of a first connector; (ii) a second adapter with a second connector, a second peripheral wall wherein the second adapter is coupled to the second vial by means of a second connector; (iii) a transfer port wherein the transfer port includes a first end ending in first adapter to gain access to first vial and a second end ending in second adapter to gain access to second vial; wherein the first adapters and the second adapter are joined together in vertical direction by means of horizontal wall; wherein the adapter connected to the vials by means of the ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (AIIMS)
    Inventor: Thirumurthy Velpandian
  • Patent number: 11703047
    Abstract: A valve for a reciprocating pump includes a housing, a first chamber, a second chamber, a first valve element, and a second valve element. The housing includes an inlet and an outlet. The first and second chambers are within the housing. The first chamber includes a first valve seat and is fluidly connected to the inlet. The second chamber includes a second valve seat and is fluidly connected to the outlet. The first valve element is disposed in the first chamber and includes a spring-loaded check valve element. The second valve element is disposed in the second chamber and includes a buoyant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy S. Roman
  • Patent number: 11691166
    Abstract: A trigger sprayer having a venting system including a piston bore and a vent bore at least partially contained therein, the vent bore including at least one vent port; a piston and vent piston are moveably seated in the piston bore and vent bore, respectfully, the vent piston including at least one annular seal and a vent path port, the vent path port and vent port in gaseous communication when the vent piston is actuated and moved over the vent port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary Tyler, Jacob Vanbecelaere
  • Patent number: 11679402
    Abstract: A dispenser for compounds in paste form has a storage volume with a bounding part that can move conjointly when drawing from the storage volume, and a head piece that is guided relative to the storage volume. A discharge chamber with an inlet valve and an outlet valve has a discharge channel with a discharge opening. A spring element is active between the storage volume and the head piece, forms a bounding wall of the discharge chamber, and has a lower ear-shaped plug projection and an upper retaining profile. The spring element is designed as a leg that connects to the plug projection, which leg transitions into the retaining projection via an upwardly curved portion. The retaining profile is designed as a retaining projection that has a larger cross section than the leg, with an upper projection base which is enclosed in the retaining recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: RPC Bramlage GmbH
    Inventor: Sabine Goettke
  • Patent number: 11653625
    Abstract: A portable water bottle for pet includes a flexible water bowl having a top opening and a bottom opening, a water switch unit, adapted to be switched to an open state or a close state to respectively allow or prevent passing through of water, and a flexible bottle having an opening. The top opening is arranged in an inclined and wide opening manner, wherein the bottom opening is arranged on the bottom of the flexible water bowl. The water switch unit is arranged on the bottom opening and coupled with the opening of the flexible bottle so as to control the output of the water in the flexible bottle to the flexible water bowl. When the flexible bottle is filled with water, the user may open the water switch unit, squeeze the flexible bottle to have the water pumped up into the flexible water bowl slowly, and incline the bottle in various angles to feed water for the pet. The user may also adjust and lock the water volume based on the needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LesoRocity (Shenzhen) Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: WeiJun Xiao, FangJian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11648575
    Abstract: A pump system may include a blown-in dip tube connected to a valve body and having a connection which may include an improved blown-in dip tube connector having one or more of a lip for sealing with a blown-in dip tube, a seal ring configured to mate with a blown-in dip tube and seal therewith, a dip tube lock for mating with a blown-in dip tube, or an o-ring for providing an improved seal with a blown-in dip tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: David L. DeJong, Eric C. Scheier, Joseph R. Krestine, Joseph K. Dodd, Alejandro Espinoza, Dennis J. Kelly, Lluis Costa Quintas, Robert J. Good, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: 11648577
    Abstract: The cosmetic container includes: a housing provided to be brought into close contact with an opened upper end of a container body and having a hole formed in a central portion thereof to communicate with an interior of the container body; a pumping member provided inside the housing to be connected to the hole, having a content accommodation space defined therein, and configured to be elastically compressed or expanded along an axial direction to transfer the contents in one direction along an axial direction; and a nozzle member coupled to the pumping member and having an internal conduit to allow the contents to move, and configured to connect the pumping member and the outlet, compress the pumping member with an operation of the discharge head, and selectively open or close between the inner conduit and an internal space of the pumping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SUNG JIN COSMETICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young-Kwang Byeon
  • Patent number: 11638925
    Abstract: A lotion pump includes a movable portion and a stationary portion. A shifting mechanism is formed on the movable portion and the stationary portion, which shifts the elastic restoring mechanism of the lotion pump between a standby state and a non-standby state as the movable portion rotates or moves up and down. The structure of the lotion pump can prevent the spring from yielding due to compressed for a long time, while can also realize a form of locking at lower position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventor: Yaowu Ding
  • Patent number: 11623799
    Abstract: The present invention is a fluid dispensing apparatus, and method of use, e.g. for mouthwash and medicine, for dispensing a sterile liquid in single doses to prevent bacterial growth from un-used portions pored back into the apparatus. The apparatus has a hollow flexible cap enclosure surrounding a one-way valve inside of a bladder and a push rubber surface for liquid release. When the cap is removed, both the container body and the cap remain sealed from exposure to contaminates. Liquid is first dispensed from the container by inverting the container until a quantity of sterile liquid collects in the cap. The container is then positioned in an upright position and the fluid filled cap is removed from the container. The cap is then inverted again and a pushbutton pressed to dispense sterile liquid from a cap spray nozzle without requiring the user's lips to touch the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Theodros Shawl
  • Patent number: 11583879
    Abstract: A dispenser for applying liquid, having a housing with an applicator opening and a liquid reservoir. The dispenser has a ventilation duct by which an ambient atmosphere is connected to the liquid reservoir so that, after the application of liquid, an inflow of air from the atmosphere is permitted into the liquid reservoir. The dispenser is provided with a detection installation which for detecting an application procedure detects air flowing in through the ventilation duct. The dispenser has a protective cap covering the applicator opening on the housing. The dispenser in the ventilation duct has a switch valve operable by activating a push-button on the external side of the housing. The protective cap acts on the push-button when placed on the housing or when the protective cap is being placed thereon to open the switch valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Keppner
  • Patent number: 11577891
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device including a cap having an insertion orifice and a stopper, the cap and the stopper being arranged so that the stopper is mounted in the cap on the side of the insertion orifice. The device includes a deformable chamber whose interior volume is arranged to contain a fluid, the chamber having an inlet to conduct a fluid along a circulation path of fluid from the inlet then through the chamber and to an outlet. The device further includes a pressing part arranged to be movable so as to modify the interior volume, and at least one reservoir film extending towards outside of the cap to form a fluid reservoir in communication with the chamber through the inlet, the at least one reservoir film being held by a force exerted by the stopper on the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: GB DEVELOPPEMENT
    Inventor: Guillaume Boulais
  • Patent number: 11548193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a guiding rod for a pump for dispensing a fluid product. The rod includes a cylindrical body surmounted by a head. The method a plastic injection molding step to form the cylindrical rod. The method also includes a step of correcting the shape of an upper end of the rod so as to form the head by creating a shoulder at the level of the junction between the head of rod and body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS LE TREPORT S.A.S.
    Inventor: Eric Rossignol
  • Patent number: 11548006
    Abstract: A reagent dispenser includes a housing. A container of microbial inhibitor is disposed within the housing. A dispensing system is disposed within the housing and operable to dispense the microbial inhibitor from the container. The dispensing system is calibrated to dispense a calibrated weight per water sample of the microbial inhibitor, such that a ratio of the calibrated weight per water sample to inner volume of a sample bottle substantially equals a predetermined concentration of microbial inhibitor per liter of water determined to acidify water to a pH of 4 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher H. Niebling, Thomas E. Schneider, Francisco Vilas Boas
  • Patent number: 11511249
    Abstract: A feedthrough for use in a vacuum chamber is provided and includes a hollow tube having a length, an inner circumference, and a first recess located within the inner circumference. The feedthrough also includes a first O-ring captured by the first recess within the hollow tube. The feedthrough further includes a rod extending through an entirety of the length of the hollow tube. An outer circumference of the rod is configured to contact an entirety of an inner circumference of the first O-ring, and a vacuum fitting is fixedly secured to the hollow tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sidus Space, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Townsend, Jason Schuler, Robert Cox
  • Patent number: 11489326
    Abstract: In some examples, a cable guide can include a cable flange including a body, an arm extending a distance away from the body, a retention mechanism to retain the cable flange in a housing, and a first attachment mechanism. The cable guide can include a pull tab including a second attachment mechanism coupled to the first attachment mechanism, where the arm is disengaged from the housing when the cable guide is in a disengaged position, and the arm is engaged with the housing and the cable flange and the housing are to form a pathway when the cable guide is in an engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tien Liang Chung, Ching Ho Wang
  • Patent number: 11471902
    Abstract: To allow application to a structure in which atmospheric air enters a container and to prevent leakage of cosmetics and allow smooth discharge of the cosmetics, there is provided a cosmetic container including a container main body in which contents are accommodated, a pumping apparatus coupled to an opening at an upper end of the container main body and configured to discharge the contents accommodated in the container main body through a pumping action caused by the inherent elasticity of the pumping apparatus a discharge head which is connected to the pumping apparatus to apply a discharge pressure to the pumping apparatus and has an outlet provided at a front end to communicate with the pumping apparatus and allow the contents to exit, and an inflow tube which is connected to the pumping apparatus and extends to an inner bottom of the container main body to allow the contents to enter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SUNG JIN COSMETICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young-Kwang Byun
  • Patent number: 11447384
    Abstract: Electronic pouring device (10) for dosing a pre-determined amount of liquid from a liquid container, the electronic pouring device including a housing (11), the housing including: an inlet opening (17) and an outlet opening (19) for the passage of liquid from the liquid container, a valve including a valve member (22) for controlling the passage of the liquid and a valve seat (20) at the outlet opening (19) for arresting the valve in a closed position, a liquid internal region (28) for accommodating the valve and for allowing the passage of the liquid through the housing (11), a dry internal region (30) for accommodating displacement structure for displacing the valve against the valve seat (20) into the closed position, or for displacing the valve away from the valve seat (20) into an opened position, the displacement structure including drive structure (25) and transmission structure (24), and a membrane (29) for separating the dry internal region (30) from the liquid internal region (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PRO VARGO A/S
    Inventor: Peter Lindberg
  • Patent number: 11448542
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dosing cap. In an embodiment, the dosing cap includes (A) a collar member having an annular skirt depending from a base. An inner surface of the annular skirt has a securing member for securing the collar member to a neck of a container. The base includes (i) at least one opening with a one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a first direction, and (ii) an air channel with a one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a second direction. The dosing cap includes (B) a cap member having an annular sidewall extending from a dispensing element. An inner surface of the annular sidewall has an attachment member adjustably attached to a reciprocal attachment member on an outer surface of the first sidewall. The dosing cap includes (C) a metering chamber formed by an enclosed volume between the cap member and the base. The dosing cap includes (D) the dispensing element permitting flow of a fluid from the metering chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Pavan K. Valavala, Marc S. Black, Piyush Soni, Wenbo Xu, Hieu Truong, Sam L. Crabtree, Kumar N. Sanketh, Siddharth Ram Athreya, Amanda Craig
  • Patent number: 11365999
    Abstract: A measured fluid dispenser for dispensing fluid from a storage container includes a measurement chamber, a fluid flow passage fluidly connecting the measurement chamber with the storage container, and a valve that is movable between an open position in which the fluid flow passage is opened to permit fluid flow from the storage chamber to the measurement chamber, and a closed position in which the fluid flow passage is closed to prevent fluid flow between the measurement chamber and the storage chamber. The measurement chamber may be adjustable to vary a fillable volume of the measurement chamber to thereby preselect an amount of fluid to be dispensed. The valve may be a rotating valve including first and second valve parts which may form a divider of the dispenser that separates the measurement chamber from the storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: AMS LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Battle, Adrian Bischoff
  • Patent number: 11318490
    Abstract: Described is a dispenser for dispensing a fluid, made of plastic material, including: —a ring nut having an inner cylindrical wall equipped with partial grooves; —a concertina-like deformable element, defining a return spring of the dispenser and including a cylindrical lower projection equipped with relative partial grooves; —a ring designed to define with the ring nut a locking system designed to define an operating configuration and a non-operating configuration of the dispenser in such a way as to pull the concertina-like deformable element in such a way as to align the partial grooves of the cylindrical wall of the ring nut and the partial grooves of the concertina-like deformable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Lamberto Carta
  • Patent number: 11253881
    Abstract: A non-metal pump type cosmetic container according to an embodiment of the present invention may efficiently process recycling after use. Also, Due to an operation of the elastic pump that is more flexible than a rigid metal spring, pumping may be achieved and thus a cosmetic material may be sensitively discharged even by a small force, leading to increases in tactile sensitivity and operational sensitivity. In addition, the structure of the elastic pump formed of resin having a relatively good deformation property is improved such that the elastic pump delicately may descend without being distorted during deformation, contributing to an improvement in product reliability according to a precise operation of each component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGI P&I CO., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyoung Taek Yang
  • Patent number: 11241007
    Abstract: A liquid scent dispenser may include a container, an attachment component, and a cap. The container may define an opening at a first end and an interior portion housing a liquid scent. A first attachment opening defined by the attachment component may be engaged with the container opening. The attachment component may define a second opening and an interior volume housing an amount of air. The cap may be engaged with the second opening and may define at least one scent dispense tube, which may be in fluid communication with the interior container volume. The dispenser may be configured to permit an expansion of air pressure in its interior volume when there is an increase in ambient temperature, so that air displaces a portion of the liquid scent from the dispenser, which passes through the interior volume into the cap and exits the dispenser through a scent dispense tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Burgeson, Shawn McKinney
  • Patent number: 11235914
    Abstract: The device (100) for packaging and dispensing a product, liquid or in gel form, optionally for an ophthalmic application, comprises a container (1) containing the product to be dispensed by a dispensing head (7), as well as a refilling and filtering assembly for the air entering the container (1) after a dispensing, the dispensing head delimiting one or more dosing chambers (5) and including at its end a flexible part (7) which can be actuated to allow the release of the dose of product in a compressed state of said chamber (5). The air refilling and filtering assembly has a sterilizing filter (11) which cooperates with a check valve (12), this assembly (11, 12) being typically located in a central or inner portion of the head (7). The supply of outside air is accomplished by means of a channel (16) leading to an outer orifice (10) able to be obturated by a cover (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Jacques Pozzi
  • Patent number: 11229905
    Abstract: A pipette controller for aspirating and dispensing multiple aliquots of a fluid from a reservoir of fluid. The pipette controller can include a pipette holder adapted to operatively connect a pipette to the pipette holder; a pump having a vacuum port and a pressure port, the pump pneumatically connected to the pipette holder; an aspirate valve that controls airflow between the vacuum port and the pipette holder; a dispense valve that controls airflow between the pressure port and the pipette holder; a piston chamber; an aliquot dispense pump including a piston having a shaft that extends into the piston chamber, the shaft defining a stroke length; and an aliquot check valve that connects the pipette holder and the aliquot dispense pump; wherein the aliquot valve opens to allow airflow into the pipette holder upon engagement of the aliquot dispense valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Vistalab Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Scordato, Jeffrey Calhoun
  • Patent number: 11225370
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a dispensing device comprising a rigid container, a flexible bladder, and a rigid stopper. The container is adapted to contain a product to be dispensed. The flexible bladder is disposed below and in fluid communication with the container. The bladder comprises a top end, a sidewall extending downwardly from the top end and terminates in a spout. The bladder is in a liquid tight engagement with the container and the product contained in the container is adapted to flow into the bladder. The rigid stopper is disposed within the flexible bladder and comprises a top end, and at least one sidewall extending downwardly from the top end, and terminates in an open bottom end. The stopper comprises a plurality of through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt A. Ziegenfelder
  • Patent number: 11203026
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid pump (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900), including a movable unit and a fixed unit. The movable unit is capable of moving relative to the fixed unit so as to pump a product out. An elastic mechanism (130, 230, 330, 430, 530, 630, 730, 820, 930) is provided between the movable unit and the fixed unit, and the elastic mechanism (130, 230, 330, 430, 530, 630, 730, 820, 930) comprises at least one elastic strip (131, 231, 331, 431, 531, 631, 731, 821, 931). The elastic strip (131, 231, 331, 431, 531, 631, 731, 821, 931) applies a biasing force to the movable unit to restore the movable unit after the product is pumped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventor: Yaowu Ding
  • Patent number: 11187565
    Abstract: A dosing apparatus suitable for dispensing a dose of liquid from a resilient squeezable container including a cap, suitable for attachment to the container, the cap comprising an expulsion channel for the expulsion of liquid; a dosage chamber attached to the cap, the dosage chamber comprising side walls; at least one inlet opening in the side walls proximal to the cap; a pressure chamber located underneath the dosage chamber; a valve provided at the end of the pressure chamber distal to the dosage chamber, the valve being movable from an open position, allowing liquid to flow through one or more discharge openings, and a closed position where the valve closes each discharge opening, the valve incorporating at least one aperture; and a plunger provided in the dosage chamber, and movable relative to the dosage chamber so as to advance upon squeezing of the container, up to a blocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Berlin Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Paterson, Gui Rendong, Yang Aiwen, Wang Gongfu, Mao Yin
  • Patent number: 11154035
    Abstract: A pet drinking bowl component includes a steel pipe, a copper head inlayed at one end of the steel pipe, a seal ring arranged in the copper head, and a steel ball moving in the steel pipe and blocked by the seal ring. The end of the steel pipe is provided with a groove-inlaying part. A ring-inlaying part is arranged at an end of the copper head. The groove-inlaying part and the ring-inlaying part are spliced through glue. A seal ring mounting part is arranged on the copper head. And inner diameter of the seal ring mounting part is reduced along a water outlet direction. An outer wall of the seal ring is adhered to the mounting part. The seal ring mounting part is close to half a height of the steel ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Taizhou Huangyan Pianpian Pet Products Factory (General Partnership)
    Inventor: Bin Cai
  • Patent number: 11096467
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing having a reservoir for containing a product. An applicator tip is coupled to the housing and has an applicator and a product delivery passageway extending through the applicator tip and terminating at an opening in the applicator. A thermal storage mechanism is disposed on the applicator spaced from the opening in the applicator and provides an application surface for contacting a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Timothy Thorpe, Adrian C. Apodaca
  • Patent number: 11060514
    Abstract: A pump is configured to operate due to the bending of the pump. The pump can be used in a variety of applications including a dispensing application in which the pump is housed within a pouch. This type of pump takes advantage of the inherent flexible nature of the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TACTOPACK, INC.
    Inventor: Jonathan D. Albert
  • Patent number: 11041421
    Abstract: A fluid injector includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid path from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. An actuator unit is disposed within the fluid injector. A valve assembly operatively couples to the actuator unit. A spacer member is disposed between a downstream end portion of the actuator unit and a portion of the valve assembly, the spacer member constructed from a compressible, resilient material so as to compress due to expansion forces from fluid in the fluid injector freezing, and to expand when frozen fluid in the fluid injector melts. The spacer member occupies a space in the fluid path of the fluid injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL POWERTRAIN USA, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Lee Hatfield, Keith Aaron Shaw, Stephen C Bugos
  • Patent number: 11027298
    Abstract: Dispensing devices can include buffers. This obviates the need for continually pumping the device to dispense spray or foam. A buffer can be spring loaded, spring loaded combination, elastomeric or gas, and can be in line or adjacent to a piston chamber. Such sprayers and foamers can be mounted upside down. With a buffer, a piston chamber can deliver a greater amount of liquid per unit time than can be dispensed through the nozzle(s). The fraction of liquid that cannot be dispensed can be sent to the buffer for dispensing after the piston downstroke has completed. Volume of the piston chamber and buffer, pressure response of the buffer, throughput of the nozzle, and the minimum opening pressure of the outlet valve can be arranged to restrict the outlet pressures of liquid droplets exiting the nozzle within a defined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Dispensing Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Maas, Dominicus Jan van Wijk, Paulo Nervo, Petrus Lambertus Wilhelmus Hurkmans, Aaron Haleva
  • Patent number: 11008156
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device having a flexible fluid pouch and a dispensing assembly, the dispensing assembly having a top piece and a bottom piece, the top piece having a flexible actuator including a flexible dome and a flexible flange extension, the bottom piece having a bottom portion of a pump chamber, a pump chamber inlet, a chamber inlet valve, and a bottom portion of an outlet valve, the top piece and the bottom piece mated together to form a pump chamber and an outlet valve, the device configured to allow bidirectional fluid flow through either or both inlet and outlet valves, and to dispense a volume of fluid that is less than the volume of the pump chamber. The flexible pouch may have a single opening or two openings. In the case of a single opening, the entire dispensing assembly is in the interior of the pouch. In the case of two openings, only the flexible dome extends to the exterior of the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ITouch Holdings, Inc
    Inventors: Roger J. Laflamme, Richard B. Fox
  • Patent number: 10966440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to high pressure processing (HPP) methods of and containers for preparation of food products such as solid or semi-solid foods, beverages and food supplements containing high-pressure sensitive probiotics and other high-pressure sensitive substances, which maintain their viability, biological activity and other beneficial properties in the prepared food product. The present invention also relates to pasteurized food products containing biologically active high-pressure sensitive probiotics, other high-pressure sensitive substances, or their combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Foremost Technologies and Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid Akhumyan, Inga Hakhumyan, Yana Mkrtichyan
  • Patent number: 10940493
    Abstract: A nozzle insert can be configured to be inserted along an insertion direction into a component of a product dispensing system. A stop portion on the nozzle insert can successively engage with a stop portion on the component when the nozzle insert is inserted into the component by different distances along the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Kylie L. Levake, Jeffrey J. Christianson
  • Patent number: 10932626
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser can have a bottle holder and a dispenser bulb, and a bottle can be placed in the bottle holder so that fluids can drain down into the dispenser bulb. The dispenser bulb can have a dispenser pore that can be a slit. A user can squeeze the dispenser bulb, so that the fluid within the dispenser bulb can be dispensed through the dispenser opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: PresentCare Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Olsen, Bret Siarkowski
  • Patent number: 10926281
    Abstract: A pump for a vial intended to contain a cosmetic product. The pump includes a dosing chamber with a variable volume defined at least partially by a deformable element between an initial state and a deformed state. The pump further includes a guiding rod passing through the deformable element, the latter sliding along the rod when it undergoes a deformation. The deformable element includes an outlet lip delimiting an outlet orifice, surrounding a section of the rod, and bearing in a sealed manner against the rod or deviating from the rod according to the pressure in the chamber. A clamping edge extending from the rod maintains the outlet lip bearing in a sealed manner against the rod when the membrane is in the initial state thereof whatever the pressure in the chamber and whatever the pressure around the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ALBEA LE TREPORT
    Inventor: Eric Rossignol