Patents Examined by Alexander Valvis
  • Patent number: 10189031
    Abstract: Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal
  • Patent number: 10189037
    Abstract: A spray gun includes a one-piece main body, a trigger, a paint needle operating element coupled to the trigger, a paint needle coupled to the paint needle operating element, and an exchangeable spray agent guiding unit, the inlet region of which is or can be connected to a material supply device for the material to be sprayed, wherein the main body has at least one opening for receiving the exchangeable spray agent directing unit. Also disclosed is a material supply device, a cover, a method for mounting an exchangeable spray agent guiding unit in or on a spray gun having a one-piece main body, and a method for removing an exchangeable spray agent directing unit from or out of a one-piece spray gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SATA GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ewald Schmon, Peter Dettlaff, Jens Brose
  • Patent number: 10183300
    Abstract: Provided is a spray nozzle configured so that the angle of spray does not change even if the flow rate of liquid is adjusted largely. A circular conical primary hole narrowing toward the discharge-side front end is provided in a communicating manner at the discharge-side center of a primary flow passage extending along the center axis of a nozzle body, and a pair of secondary holes is provided on both sides of the primary hole in the width direction so as to communicate with the primary flow passage and the primary hole. The secondary holes are formed in an elongated shape, and portions of the long sides of the secondary holes on both sides, the portions facing each other across the primary hole, and both side portions of the primary hole are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: H. IKEUCHI & CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisatsugu Nakano
  • Patent number: 10179337
    Abstract: A multifunctional shower head includes a shower head main body including a high-volume water inlet and at least two outlets; a dial button; a switching fitting and a water stoppage fitting respectively linked to the dial button; a cyclic switch including a water diversion plate and water diversion body having at least two outlets; and a water stoppage switch including a water stoppage valve. When the dial button rotates in a first direction, the water stoppage fitting moves away from the water stoppage switch, and the switching fitting abuts against the cyclic switch thus switching to connect a different outlet of the water diversion body. When the dial button rotates in a second direction, the switching fitting moves away from the cyclic switch, and the water stoppage fitting abuts against the water stoppage switch thus closing the high-volume water inlet to achieve water stoppage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde Lin, Mingfu Zhang, Wenxing Chen
  • Patent number: 10179338
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrostatic atomizer variable in arrangement and configuration while being low in cost and uncomplicated. An electrostatic atomizer includes a spray site, a spray electrode (1) electrically connectable to the spray site, a reference electrode (2), and a power supply (4) for applying a voltage between the spray electrode (1) and the reference electrode (2). The reference electrode (2) is arranged such that when a voltage is applied between the spray electrode (1) and the reference electrode (2), matter to be electrostatically atomized is atomized from the spray site. The power supply (4) monitors an electrical property of the spray site, and adjusts the voltage to be applied between the spray electrode (1) and the reference electrode (2) according to a monitored electrical property of the spray site and a predetermined characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Van Thanh Dau, Tibor Terebessy
  • Patent number: 10179253
    Abstract: A system for making an autoclave inert such that flame propagation is prevented in the event of spontaneous internal combustion, which thus prevents damaging the actual system or equipment, tools and parts, for which it essentially has sodium azide capsules which produce a chemical reaction when they reach an activation temperature, releasing nitrogen, making the chamber inert, venting equipment to prevent damage due to overpressure inside the chamber when the capsules have come into action and released the gas, a main cooling circuit and an additional cooling circuit for the capsules, all of this automatically controlled and managed by a control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Santos Gomez, Ramón Ramos
  • Patent number: 10179255
    Abstract: A sprinkler assembly (10) includes a (plastic) sprinkler frame (12) and a deflector assembly (30) circumferentially disposed about the sprinkler frame. The deflector assembly includes a receiver portion (32), a deflector member (34), and at least one extension member (36) to space the deflector member from the receiver portion. The at least one extension member is peripheral with respect to the receiver portion and the deflector member. The sprinkler assembly can be configured with the deflector assembly translating with respect to the sprinkler frame. Alternatively, the deflector assembly can be fixed with respect to the sprinkler frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Jose L. Almeida, Kenneth W. Rogers
  • Patent number: 10173229
    Abstract: An electrostatic atomizing device includes: a spray electrode and a reference electrode across which and the spray electrode a voltage is applied, the reference electrode being provided near the spray electrode, the spray electrode and the reference electrode being provided in an opening and an opening, respectively, which are provided on a device surface of the electrostatic atomizing device, and the opening being provided so as to reduce a ratio in which an atomized substance adheres to the device surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Van Thanh Dau, Tibor Terebessy
  • Patent number: 10166557
    Abstract: An electrostatic spray system includes an electrostatic tool, a spray tip assembly configured to receive a coating material, and an airflow to atomize and charge the coating material, and spray the coating material in an airflow direction. The spray tip assembly includes a first air cap horn having a recess in a first distal surface, a first charging pin disposed within the recess, and a grounded pin coupled to the spray tip assembly. The first charging pin and the grounded pin are configured to produce an electric field that charges the coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Carlisle Fluid Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: David Martin Seitz
  • Patent number: 10160617
    Abstract: A bag opener is presented as an accessory component for bag roll dispensers, which allows bags to be dispensed to the user in a partially opened state. The opener may be extruded, molded or machined depending on the design of the dispenser, and is suitable for multiple-ply bags (such as “star sealed” bags) that are dispensed from a continuous roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Inventor: Arthur J Beutler
  • Patent number: 10145346
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel valve has a valve chamber, a valve element and a valve seat assigned to the valve element. The valve chamber is delimited by an electromagnetic drive which moves the valve element relative to the valve seat. The drive includes a receiving housing for a coil carrier with an electrical coil. A magnet core is inserted into the coil carrier and has an end section facing the valve element. At an open sealing end facing toward the valve chamber, a sealing element is arranged between the end section of the magnet core and the receiving housing. To achieve good sealing, that end section of the magnet core situated in the sealing element expands the sealing element and compresses the material thereof radially against the edge of the sealing end of the receiving housing to seal the valve chamber to the interior space of the receiving housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Ramler, Felix Mayer, Wolfgang Layher, Georg Maier, Takumi Nonaka, Hiroyuki Oka, Hideki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10144030
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nebulization device with a spray orifice plate including an energy transfer element, a spray orifice plate and a driving element. The energy transfer element has at least one first penetrating hole for inputting a liquid from a side and the spray orifice plate is installed on at least one side of the energy transfer element for sealing the first penetrating hole, and the energy transfer element supports the spray orifice plate, and the spray orifice plate has at least one stepped orifice formed at a position corresponding to the first penetrating hole and serves as a transportation channel of the liquid, so that the liquid can be temporarily stored in the stepped orifice and sprayed out through the through hole after vibration and nebulization in order to improve the nebulization effect significantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MicroBase Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tun-Ying Fang, Yao-Fang Ku, Yu-Ta Chen, Mei-Hui Huang, Yi-Hui Peng
  • Patent number: 10144017
    Abstract: A nozzle tip assembly comprises a nozzle housing and a break-up insert. The nozzle assembly is adapted for receiving multiple pre-cursor fluids from multiple lumen. The pre-cursor fluids are kept substantially separate and forced around the break-up insert into a channel formed between the insert and the nozzle housing. Fluid is forced into fluted channels on a distal end of the break-up insert into a swirl chamber where mixing occurs prior to being expelled through an exit orifice in the nozzle housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Neomend, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter G. Davis, Tina L. McArthur, Andrew J. Basilio, Kristina L. Clampitt
  • Patent number: 10130968
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing or increasing the mechanical structure resonance of a synthetic jet device is disclosed. A synthetic jet device includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, a spacing component coupled to and positioned between the first and second plates to form a chamber and including an orifice therein, and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices is generated and projected out from the orifice of the spacing component. At least one of the first and second plates includes a modified section that alters a mechanical resonance of the synthetic jet device, so as to control a level of acoustic noise generated by the synthetic jet device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Bryan Patrick Whalen, Stanton Earl Weaver, Charles Erklin Seeley
  • Patent number: 10132281
    Abstract: A fluid injector for injecting fuel into a combustion engine includes a valve, a tubular valve body and an orifice disc, wherein the valve comprises valve seat and a movable opening device in order to open and close the valve, wherein the orifice disc is arranged at the valve seat on the opposite side of the opening device and is configured to shape a spray of the fluid dispensed by the fluid injector in an open position of the valve. A compensation element and a fastening element are provided, wherein the compensation element is arranged between the valve seat and the fastening element, wherein the fastening element is configured and arranged to fasten the compensation element to the valve in the valve body in a pre-stressed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMATIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Stefano Filippi, Marco Bartoli, Antonio Liuzzo, Tommaso Galgani
  • Patent number: 10124350
    Abstract: A hand-held shower head capable of measuring and suggesting replacement of filtering core handle includes a lower shell, an upper shell, a battery mount, a signal circuit device and a water flow measuring unit containing an impeller shaft, a magnetic element and a supporter. The water flow measuring unit and impeller shaft are disposed in a lower handle filter cartridge mounting section of the lower shell while the battery mount and a battery contained therein are disposed in an upper handle filter cartridge mounting section of the upper shell, and both the lower and upper handle filter cartridge mounting sections abut the handle filter cartridge to provide an even overall weight distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ying Lin Cai, Chao Fou Hsu
  • Patent number: 10124358
    Abstract: A system for allocating irrigation resources includes a hub for collecting imaging data and soil condition readings from watering areas proximal to sprinkler nodes. A combiner operated to form combined cluster data from each sprinkler node in a sprinkler cluster. An interpreter operated to generate mapped cluster data from combined cluster data and a geolocation map. A correlator to generate a current cluster snapshot from the mapped cluster data and spatiotemporal weather information. A comparator configured to compare the current cluster snapshot with recorded sprinkler cluster activity data to determine deficient regions within the watering areas in sprinkler cluster, and generate an activation control for the sprinkler cluster. A selector to select a spatiotemporal watering control from the activation control for a specific sprinkler node. The specific sprinkler node to deliver a directed fluid stream to the deficient region within the watering area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Aquatic Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver T. Graham, Kenneth Whiting
  • Patent number: 10123492
    Abstract: A center pivot irrigation system adapted for variable depth application of water under the corner sprinkler arm. The system includes a pivot sprinkler arm with a first set of nozzles, and a first set of control valves each provided on the pivot sprinkler arm upstream of a nozzle. The irrigation system includes a corner sprinkler arm pivotally coupled to an end of the pivot sprinkler arm, and the corner sprinkler arm includes a second set of spaced apart nozzles and a second set of control valves. The irrigation system includes a controller transmitting control signals to the first and second sets of control valves to open and close in a pattern that includes a valve pulsing pattern for the corner sprinkler arm, whereby input water is applied at a variable rate under the corner sprinkler arm to apply different depths to various user-defined zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: TRIMBLE INC.
    Inventor: Mark Whalley
  • Patent number: 10124653
    Abstract: Technologies are generally described for systems, devices and methods relating to a mobile device holder and air freshener. The mobile device holder and air freshener may include a body, a top portion, a bottom portion, and a removable cap. The body may be arranged so as to include a first interior that is at least partially hollow. The top portion and the bottom portion may be effective to hold a mobile electronic device. The removable cap may include a first vent effective to allow air to flow into the device. The removable cap may allow scented material to be installed within the mobile device holder and air freshener. The body may be further arranged so as to allow air that has entered the device through the first vent to become scented and flow out of the device through a second vent included in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Alfred Esses
  • Patent number: 10124082
    Abstract: A fragrance delivery device, system and method is provided, comprising a housing including a rupture device and an absorbent member receivable in the housing. The system further includes a cartridge insertable within the housing and containing a fragrance medium therein. The rupture device of the housing is engageable with the cartridge to release the fragrance medium from the cartridge into the housing. The absorbent member absorbs the fragrance medium and permeates a fragrance from the fragrance medium to an external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (USA)
    Inventors: Thomas F. Santini, Anthony R. Budraitis