Abstract: An apparatus for providing vapor to at least one liquid dispensing nozzle to prevent liquid at the nozzle tip from drying out between uses. The apparatus comprises a water source, a reservoir, a vapor generating source for generating vapor from water, a chamber for maintaining the vapor, and an opening defined through a chamber wall for exposing the at least one nozzle to the vapor when the at least one nozzle is in a storage position between uses.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 26, 2008
Publication date:
September 4, 2008
Applicant:
ULTRABLEND, LLC
Inventors:
Jami Shon Dale, James Howard Merritt, Steven Marshall, Martin Miguel Salas
Abstract: A closer for pressing a lid onto a container includes a presser foot mounted for reciprocating movement into and out of force applying engagement with the lid; an actuator moveable between retracted and extended positions; and a force multiplying assembly disposed in operative relationship intermediate the presser foot and the actuator for multiplying an input force from the actuator to a predetermined maximum lid pressing force at the extended position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2006
Date of Patent:
July 22, 2008
Assignee:
Ultrablend, LLC
Inventors:
Steven Marshall, Christian Matthew Yungbluth
Abstract: A closer for pressing a lid onto a container includes a presser foot mounted for reciprocating movement into and out of force applying engagement with the lid; an actuator moveable between retracted and extended positions; and a force multiplying assembly disposed in operative relationship intermediate the presser foot and the actuator for multiplying an input force from the actuator to a predetermined maximum lid pressing force at the extended position.