Patents Examined by Arthur O. Hall
  • Patent number: 9962725
    Abstract: A sound localization perfume nozzle assembly includes an accumulator, a nozzle head set, and a sound localization device set between the accumulator and the nozzle head set and including a positioning member and a position-limiting member mounted in the positioning member in such a manner that rotating the nozzle head set causes rotation of the position-limiting member in the positioning member, and a click sound can be produced when one of two opposing abutment edges of the position-limiting member is abutted against the positioning member to stop the nozzle head set in an ON or OFF position, avoiding over rotation to cause nozzle head damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: JIN-JIAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuan-Wei Ko
  • Patent number: 9964221
    Abstract: A jet valve spool includes: a spool housing on which is provided with a cold water port and a hot water port; a spray nozzle arranged in the valve core shell and having a cold water inlet of the spray nozzle and a cold water outlet of the spray nozzle, with the cold water inlet and the cold water outlet being in communication with a cold water channel of a valve by means of the cold water opening; and a spray needle which can be assembled inside the spray nozzle, can form a cold water inflow space with an inner chamber of the spray nozzle, and form a cold water jetting outlet with the cold water outlet of the spray nozzle, wherein the position of the spray needle in the axial direction of the jet valve core is fixed, and the position of the spray nozzle in the axial direction of the jet valve core is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU SEAGULL KITCHEN AND BATH PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xunping Yuan, Zhiqiang Tang
  • Patent number: 9962718
    Abstract: A spray head for a power sprayer configured to generate a continuous sheet-like water shield around a center stream of water is disclosed. A water delivery device for use with a sink is disclosed, the water delivery device may produce a stream of water surrounded by a continuous shield of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
    Inventors: John D. Vogel, Michael Scot Rosko, Patrick B. Jonte, Ryan A. Reeder
  • Patent number: 9963860
    Abstract: A sanitary insert unit is provided having a jet regulator which has a housing with a housing inlet and a housing outlet, and a jets splitter in the housing interior. The jet splitter protrudes partially into a diffuser ring, delimiting an annular channel therebetween. The diffuser ring is insertable into an outlet-side housing part of the housing until an annular step on the outer circumference of the diffuser ring bears on an inlet-side mating surface on an outlet-side housing part. A circumferential locking cam on an outer circumference of the diffuser ring is movable into locking engagement with a locking groove provided on an inner circumference of the outlet-side housing part. The locking cam has a run-on bevel which interacts with a mating bevel upstream from the locking groove in an insertion direction that has a greater angle of inclination with respect to a longitudinal axis in comparison with the run-on bevel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: 9962569
    Abstract: A fire extinguishing system including a fluid source, at least one sprinkler (2), and distribution pipes (3). The distribution pipes (3) are formed at least partially as soft-steel metal pipe having a friction loss defined according to the Hazen-Williams formula (1), with P=6.05•105•L•Q1.85•C(?1.85)•d(?4.87), in which P=pressure drop in the pipeline, in bar, Q=flow rate through the pipeline, in l/min, d=average inside diameter of the pipe, in mm, C=constant for the type and condition of the pipeline, and L=equivalent length of pipe sections and pipe fittings, in m. The distribution pipes (3) have an anti-corrosion coating on the inside in order to ensure a value for C in a range of 125 to 150 during commissioning of the fire extinguishing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MV Pipe Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Roenpagel, Michael Steinhoff
  • Patent number: 9957937
    Abstract: A suspension for fuel injection systems is used for connecting a fuel injector to a fuel-carrying component. A connecting body having a receiving space is provided for this purpose. The connecting body has an opening, via which a fuel fitting of the fuel injector is insertible at least partially into the receiving space of the connecting body. Furthermore, an annular element and an elastically deformable element are provided. Fuel fitting is supported via the annular element and the elastically deformable element along an axis of the receiving space of the connecting body. A fuel injection system having such a suspension is also indicated. The suspension allows for a soft coupling of the fuel injector to the fuel-carrying component at a desired target stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Fischer, Michael Knorpp, Martin Riemer, Hans-Georg Horst, Andreas Glaser, Philipp Rogler, Jan Herrmann, Andreas Rehwald, Michael Mayer, Volker Scheef, Wilhelm Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 9956444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas extinguishing system for a predefined protected area, particularly small-parts storage systems, wherein the gas extinguishing system comprises an inert gas source and a diffuser system fluidly connected to the inert gas source by a tubing system. The diffuser system comprises a diffuser tube having a plurality of drill holes provided in the surface of the diffuser tube and a pressure reducer allocated to the diffuser tube. In order to be able to achieve non-interactiveness with respect to the diffuser system from the standpoint of the design of the gas extinguishing system, the inventive provides for designing the diffuser system such that a primary baffle pressure measured in absolute bar is at least twice as high as the internal pressure of the diffuser tube during the flooding period dimensioned for the protected area and that the internal pressure of the diffuser tube during the dimensioned flooding period is at a maximum of 2 bar absolute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: AMRONA AG
    Inventor: Anselm Eberlein
  • Patent number: 9956566
    Abstract: A coating material is uniformly applied on an inner wall surface of a container while preventing leakage of the coating material and an increase in an installation space. An application apparatus (10) that applies a coating material (L) on an inner wall surface of a container (C) includes: a spray gun (20) having a spray nozzle (22); an outgoing pipe (30) and a return pipe (33); a supply control unit (50); a rotary drive unit (60); and a moving unit (70), wherein the outgoing pipe (30) and the return pipe (33) are each provided with a resilient-shape part (32, 35) capable of extending and contracting resiliently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Okada, Keisuke Nyuu, Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu Kawai
  • Patent number: 9957150
    Abstract: The liquid material ejector has a liquid material supply port through which the liquid material is supplied, a nozzle for ejecting the liquid material, a valve block having a metering bore to be filled with the ejected liquid material and a liquid material supply channel communicating with the liquid material supply port, a selector valve having a first channel for allowing communication between the metering bore and the liquid material supply channel and a second channel for allowing communication between the metering bore and the nozzle, a plunger advancing and retracting in the metering bore, a plunger driving section for driving the plunger, a valve driving section for driving the selector valve, and a transmission section for transmitting driving power from the valve driving section to the selector valve. The plunger driving section, the valve driving section, and the valve block are arranged successively in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Patent number: 9949448
    Abstract: A modular in-line drip emitter may include a flow restrictor and a replaceable attachment. The flow restrictor may provide fluid communication between an inlet and a fluid outlet chamber. The flow restrictor may include rate limiting fluid path producing a predefined range of flow rate over a predefined pressure differential range between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The attachment may be sized and shaped to mount to the flow restrictor. In some embodiments the attachment includes an inlet opening oriented for receiving fluid from a conduit and a fluid outlet attachable to the fluid inlet of the flow restrictor. In some embodiments the attachment includes a sleeve fitting into a conduit with an annular outlet chamber attachable to the outlet chamber of the flow restrictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Amirim Products Development & Patents Ltd.
    Inventor: Amir Cohen
  • Patent number: 9950334
    Abstract: An over spray gun assembly that prevents over spraying of atomized paint or vanish particles and droplets into the air and onto unwanted surfaces during a spraying operation, such as painting or staining a surface. More specifically, the over spray guard includes first shroud and a second shroud, wherein the second shroud is positioned within the first shroud thereby defining an open interior space for vacuuming unwanted or over sprayed airborne fluid droplets dispensed from a nozzle of the spray gun. In addition, an elongated sleeve or extension can be connected to the first shroud, thereby allowing a user to comfortably support, hold, position, and aim the over spray gun assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Massey
  • Patent number: 9943872
    Abstract: An apparatus for configuring dispersing equipment for applying liquid solutions to vegetation, comprising: a plurality of nozzles for dispersing liquid in the form of liquid droplets; a plurality of magnets for applying a magnetic field to the liquid droplets; where the nozzles are configured to produce liquid droplets sized less than 400 microns and preferably less than 150 microns and more preferably within the range of 10 microns to 50 microns; where each magnet in the plurality of magnets has a magnetic remanence of at least 0.9 and preferably at least 1.25; where the plurality of magnets are moveably mountable on the spray equipment to vary the field strength and polar orientation to adapt for application conditions and purposes; where the liquid solution includes at least water, and where the nozzles are positionable to produce air turbulence and a spray cloud consisting of liquid droplets impacting target vegetation during spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: AGRICULTURAL MAGNETICS, LTD.
    Inventor: Theodore F. Lenhardt
  • Patent number: 9943869
    Abstract: The showerhead includes a main body; a power generator disposed in the main body; a power monitor module, disposed in the main body, electrically connected to the power generator, and configured for monitoring quality of power from the power generator and switching on/off power supply of the power generator; and a control module, disposed in the main body, electrically connected to the power monitor module, and configured for controlling functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Chun-Ming Huang, Chen-Chia Chen, Chien-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 9943874
    Abstract: A process for generating droplets with a modulatable droplet size distribution, comprises: making a stream of liquid strike a support with a given relative impact velocity; making said support vibrate at at least one vibration frequency; heating said support to a impact temperature such that the liquid film formed by the impact and made to vibrate is heated to a principal temperature to form in combination what are called principal droplets from said film; and transporting said droplets via a transfer/braking/sorting system to a liquid for precipitating the principal droplets, said transportation being carried out at a transportation temperature, all of these parameters, namely the relative impact velocity, the vibration frequency, the principal temperature and the transportation temperature allowing the droplet size of said formed principal droplets and the velocity of the latter to be modulated. A device allowing the process to be implemented is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Méryl Brothier, Dominique Moulinier
  • Patent number: 9937369
    Abstract: A fire-extinguishing equipment includes: a fire-extinguishing apparatus which transmits electromagnetic waves in a predetermined output direction and discharges an extinguishing agent; an electromagnetic wave-receiver which is provided in an fire extinguishing object and receives the electromagnetic waves; and a controller which controls the fire-extinguishing apparatus to start to discharge the extinguishing agent when the output direction is set to a direction of the fire extinguishing object and the electromagnetic wave-receiver receives the electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeo Tsutaki
  • Patent number: 9936837
    Abstract: A combined rotisserie oven, range and fryer included in a single device having an oven housing with an oven compartment, a plurality of oven, range and fryer heating elements. A removable rotisserie spit is reversibly engaged with and driven by a rotisserie spit gear disposed within the oven compartment. A range top with a plurality of range burners is disposed on the oven compartment. A grill is also disposed upon the range top. A deep fryer pan is disposed within a fryer pan chamber of the oven housing. A mesh wired deep fryer basket having a handle fits within the deep fryer pan, while a lid fits over each of the deep fryer pan and the deep fryer basket. A removable deep fryer control panel is removably engaged with a master control panel. The removable deep fryer control panel includes a deep fryer heating element and a thermostat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Byron L. Granberry
  • Patent number: 9937368
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an inner cylinder of an explosion-venting-type aerosol fire extinguishing device, including a cylinder body (3) and a cylinder cover component (4) arranged on one end of the cylinder body (3), and an explosion-venting device arranged on the cylinder body (3). The explosion-venting device includes a friction layer (11), a connecting rod (12), a guiding unit (13), and a limiting device (14). The connecting rod (12) are connected with the cylinder cover component (4). The friction layer (11) is provided between the connecting rod (12) and the cylinder body (3). The friction layer (11) provides a frictional resistance and a buffering force for the connecting rod (12) when the connecting rod (12) is displaced, under the guidance of the guiding unit (13), along a direction that a hot air stream of the cylinder body (3) is jetting towards. The guiding unit (13) is a device capable of providing guidance for the connecting rod (12) when the connecting rod (12) is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: XI'AN WESTPEACE FIRE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jian Qiang, Zhengjun Lei
  • Patent number: 9936685
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an upper air guide hood and a lower air guide hood spaced from each other. Spray nozzles are arranged between these two air guide hoods. The air guide hoods hang above or just in the tops of the crops. During the migration of the apparatus the crop is as it were torn open by the wind and/or by contact with the apparatus, so that the spray liquid is distributed among the crop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Henricus Johannes Godefridus Maria Hoeben
  • Patent number: 9931652
    Abstract: A nozzle comprises: a housing element, a chamber being defined inside the housing element for containing a fluid; a rotor extending along a longitudinal axis, the rotor being arranged inside the housing element so that the longitudinal axis of the rotor is tilted relative to an axis of the housing element, the rotor having a conduit through which the fluid contained in the chamber can flow out of the nozzle. The rotor is rotatably derivable about the axis of the housing element, so that the longitudinal axis of the rotor moves along a conical surface. The nozzle further comprises an anti-drip device for selectively closing the conduit of the rotor, so that the fluid contained in the chamber is prevented from exiting through the conduit when the nozzle is inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: TECOMEC S.R.L.
    Inventor: Claudio Ferrarini
  • Patent number: 9931649
    Abstract: A rotating high pressure air and water nozzle is disclosed. The nozzle includes a head adapted to rotate, a housing adapted to secure the head therein, and a plurality of passageways disposed through the head. In addition, the nozzle includes a supply port disposed at a first end of each of the passageways, where each supply port has a funnel shape adapted to direct fluid into each passageway to reduce hydraulic losses, and a discharge port disposed at an opposing end of each of the passageways adapted to discharge a jet of fluid. Each discharge port is offset from the respective supply port to cause the head to rotate when fluid flows through the passageways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: VAC-TRON EQUIPMENT, LLC
    Inventor: Don M. Buckner