Patents Assigned to Sulzer Mixpac AG
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Patent number: 11318494Abstract: A dispenser assembly includes a rod, a plunger and a stopper. The rod has a plunger receiving end with a clip receiving recess. The plunger has a rod receiving structure with a rod engaging clip biased to fit to the clip receiving recess of the rod for movement therewith. The stopper has a plunger receiving space that defines an aperture extending through the plunger receiving space with the rod extending through the aperture. The plunger receiving space is dimensioned such that with the rod receiving structure of the plunger located within the plunger receiving space, movement of the rod engaging clip is restricted by contact with surfaces of the plunger receiving space preventing release of the rod from the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventor: Hayden Turner
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Patent number: 11154887Abstract: A two-component piston for a cartridge includes a piston cover as the first component and a piston body as the second component. The piston has a first side and a second side, and a rear side of the piston cover arranged adjacent to at least a part of the piston body. A front side of the piston cover is arranged at the first side, and the rear side of the piston cover includes a valve member. The valve member is to be received within the piston body and to extend into the piston body towards the second side. The piston cover is configured to be moved relative to the piston body on actuation of the valve member and the piston cover is non-releasably connected to the piston body.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Manfred Obrist, Philipp Seiler, Renato Brunner
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Patent number: 11090667Abstract: A device for applying a mixed component, includes first and second receptacles, a static mixing nozzle, an applicator and an operating member. The first and second receptacles are to receive first and second components, respectively. The static mixing nozzle includes a plurality of mixing elements, has a first end and a second end, and is in fluid communication with the first and second receptacles. The applicator includes a spray tip and an input for pressurized fluid, the spray tip disposed downstream of the second end of the static mixing nozzle and in fluid communication with the static mixing nozzle. The operating member is configured to control the pressurized fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Richard Parks, Heather Parks
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Patent number: 11053064Abstract: A cartridge for a medium to be dispensed includes a head part having a dispensing outlet and a film forming a cartridge wall, with the film bounding a cartridge chamber for the medium to be dispensed, extending at least partially in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge and having a front end that is connected to the head part. The head part has a collar, the collar surrounding the dispensing outlet in a radially outer region of the head part and extending in the longitudinal direction. The front end of the film is sealingly and non-releasably connected to the collar of the head part. The collar of the head part has an inner surface extending in the longitudinal direction and includes at least one projection projecting radially inwardly.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Tobias Bodenmüller, Richard Lavelanet, Philipp Seiler, Markus Heule, Hans Aeberhard
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Patent number: 11040143Abstract: A discharger for discharging a predetermined amount of fluid includes a housing defining a longitudinal first axis and having a proximal end and a distal end, a discharge section having a discharge passage for the fluid extending between an inlet opening and an outlet opening of the discharge section, a carriage cooperating with the proximal end region of the housing such that the carriage is moveable relative to the housing along the first axis, the carriage including a receiving space for the fluid, and a piercing tip having a flow channel for establishing a flow connection for the fluid from the receiving space to the inlet opening of the discharge section, the piercing tip defining a centrally extending longitudinal second axis and having a shell surface. The shell surface of the piercing tip has an essentially convexly curved.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventor: Josef Ettlin
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Patent number: 11020716Abstract: A static mixer for mixing together at least two components includes a mixer housing, a mixing element arranged at least partly within the mixer housing, and a mixer inlet section having at least two inlets at an input side and at least two outlets at an output surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventor: Ralf Grünenfelder
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Patent number: 10980588Abstract: A separator element (300) is designed to prevent the passage of granulate along an axial direction (L) but to allow the passage of liquid along the axial direction (L). The separator element (300) has an internal thread (310) open towards its proximal end, and an external thread (320) open towards the distal end. At its proximal end, the separator element additionally has at least one resilient locking arm (330) which is arranged on the outer circumference and winch extends with its free end in the proximal direction. In this way, the separator element can be mounted on the discharge opening of a container (100) and, by means of a closure piece (400), can be fixed on the container in such a way that the separator element remains on the container when the closure piece is removed.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Sulzer Mixpac AGInventors: Benjamin Nieber, Martin Veid, Beat Mathys, Stefan Kugler
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Patent number: 10968031Abstract: A piston for a collapsible cartridge for dispensing a material, the piston includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion. The rigid portion has a first diameter, a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to be disposed in a material dispensing direction. The flexible portion has a second diameter less than the first diameter, a first end disposed in the material dispensing direction and a second end disposed in an opposite direction. The flexible portion is disposed on the first end of the rigid portion such that the second end of the flexible portion is disposed to face the first end of the rigid portion. The flexible portion is configured to radially expand and longitudinally compress upon a force applied to the first end of the flexible portion to compress the collapsible cartridge between the flexible portion and an interior surface of a support cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Hayden Turner, Evan Travers
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Patent number: 10946349Abstract: A mixing element for a static mixer for installation into a tubular mixer housing has a longitudinal axis along which a plurality of installation bodies are arranged behind one another. A first installation body has a first wall element which extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis and a first side wall and a second side wall which is arranged opposite the first side wall. A deflection element is arranged adjacent to the first wall element and has a deflection surface extending in the transverse direction to the wall element at both sides of the wall element. A first opening is provided in the deflection surface at the side which faces the first side wall of the first wall element.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Volker Linne, Sasan Habibi-Naini
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Patent number: 10906702Abstract: A cartridge for a material to be dispensed includes a rigid head part having a dispensing outlet and a flexible film forming a cartridge wall, with the film bounding a cartridge chamber for the material to be dispensed, extending at least partially in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge and having a front end that is connected to the head part, wherein the head part has an outer circumferential surface. An inner surface of the front end of the film is sealingly and non-releasably connected to the outer circumferential surface of the head part.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Philipp Seiler, Richard Lavelanet, Tobias Bodenmüller
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Patent number: 10894272Abstract: A dispensing control system includes a dispensing device and a remote device. The dispensing device includes a dispenser configured to dispense material from a cartridge disposed in the dispensing device, a first receiver configured to receive information related to the cartridge, a transmitter configured to transmit the information related to the cartridge, and an electronic controller configured to cause the transmitter of the dispensing device to transmit the information related to the cartridge. The remote device includes an electronic controller, a receiver and a transmitter, the receiver of the remote device is configured to receive the information related to the cartridge, the controller of the remote device is configured to monitor the information related to the cartridge and to cause the transmitter of the remote device to transmit the information related to the cartridge to a remote server.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Hayden Turner, Victor Clemens
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Patent number: 10870127Abstract: A cartridge for a one or two-component mixing and dispensing system includes at least one flexible film bag as a cartridge wall, a rigid front part that is in particular integrally formed with the at least one flexible film bag and that is arranged at a front end section of the at least one film bag, the rigid front part including at least one outlet opening. The cartridge for a two-component mixing and dispensing system has a first flexible film bag as a cartridge wall and a second flexible film bag as a cartridge wall, and a structure surrounding the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Tobias Bodenmüller, Hayden Turner
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Patent number: 10828609Abstract: A mixing element for a static mixer for installation into a tubular mixer housing has a longitudinal axis along which a plurality of installation bodies are arranged behind one another. A first installation body has a first wall element which extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis and a first side wall and a second side wall which is arranged opposite the first side wall. A deflection element is arranged adjacent to the first wall element and has a deflection surface extending in the transverse direction to the wall element at both sides of the wall element. A first opening is provided in the deflection surface at the side which faces the first side wall of the first wall element.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Volker Linne, Sasan Habibi-Naini
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Patent number: 10821469Abstract: A two-component dispenser includes first and second push rods guided within the two-component dispenser, first and second drive plate assemblies respectively associated with and embodied for engaging with the first and second push rods, and an actuation mechanism symmetrically arranged with respect to the first and second push rods and with respect to the first and second drive plate assemblies. The actuation mechanism displaceable in a linear manner between a release position and a plurality of dispensing positions and engaging the first and second drive plate assemblies in the dispensing positions to lock the first and second push rods by engagement with the first and second drive plate assemblies and to entrain the first and second push rods in a dispensing direction of the two-component dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventor: Martin Grontved
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Patent number: 10786790Abstract: The present invention relates to a static mixer for mixing together at least two components. The static mixer comprises a mixer housing; a mixing element having an upstream end with at least two entry openings and a downstream end, the mixing element being arranged at least partly within the mixer housing; a mixing head having at least two inlets provided at an input side and at least two outlets provided at an output surface, wherein each of the at least two inlets is in fluid communication with one of the at least two outlets; and a separating wall disposed between the output surface and the upstream end of the mixing element for separating the components leaving the outlets. The separating wall comprises a free downstream edge which is disposed with respect to at least one of the entry openings so as to allow at least partial flows of the components separated by the separating wall to combine after exceeding the downstream edge and to jointly enter said at least one of the entry openings.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Andreas Hiemer, Joachim Schöck, Percy Leue
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Patent number: 10773433Abstract: A cartridge for a medium to be dispensed includes a head part having a dispensing outlet and a film forming a cartridge wall, with the film surrounding a cartridge chamber for the medium to be dispensed, extending at least partially (along an axial extension) in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge and having a front end being connected to the head part. The film is preferably a multilayer film having at least two layers formed from different materials, and the front end of the film is sealingly and non-releasably embedded in the head part of the cartridge, so that an end face of the front end of the film is covered, in particular completely covered, by the head part.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Tobias Bodenmüller, Richard Lavelanet, Victor Clemens
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Patent number: 10695505Abstract: A discharger comprising a housing, a piston arranged inside the housing and being movable between a first piston position and a second piston position, a hollow cylindrical container inside the housing, the container being movable between a first container position and a second container position, a first compartment defined within the housing, a second compartment defined within the container, an axially extending passage in the interior of the piston and in communication with the first compartment and a peripheral opening of the piston in the region of a proximal end of the piston, a sealing element configured to prevent communication between the second compartment and the peripheral opening of the piston when the container is in a first container position, and a releasable retaining device configured to retain the piston in a piston first position until the container has reached a second container position.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventor: Josef Ettlin
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Patent number: 10654203Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing an apparatus for dispensing a medium. The apparatus includes a cartridge in which a piston is movably receivable. The cartridge includes a cartridge body and a cartridge cover together forming a cartridge housing. The method includes providing a first part in a mold of a molding device, the first part being chosen from at least one of the following parts: cartridge body; piston; cartridge cover. Subsequently, a second part different from the first part is molded in the mold of the molding device, the first part constituting a part of the mold for the second part.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventor: Hayden Turner
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Patent number: D932854Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventors: Martin Groentved, Jørgen Elmelund, Michael O'Donnell
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Patent number: D948035Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AGInventor: Lars Tiekenheinrich