Patents Examined by Benjamin R Shaw
  • Water taking device for barreled water bucket
    Patent number: 10442672
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a water taking device for a barreled water bucket. The water taking device includes a fixing apparatus. One end of the fixing apparatus is fixedly connected with a bucket opening of the barreled water bucket. The aperture size of the fixing apparatus is adjustable to adapt to bucket openings of barreled water buckets having different apertures. As the fixing apparatus and the bucket opening of the barreled water bucket are fixedly connected, and the aperture of the fixing apparatus is adjustable to adapt to the bucket openings of the barreled water buckets having different apertures, the present disclosure may ensure that the water taking device may take water from the barreled water bucket successfully under a stably connected environment to facilitate use by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: Haoyu Xing
  • SPA with temperature responsive pump activation and deactivation independent of heater activation
    Patent number: 10441503
    Abstract: A spa has an insulated cabinet with an uninsulated shell disposed therein. A filter assembly is downstream of a water intake. A heater is downstream of the filter assembly and a pump is downstream of the heater. A diversion line is in fluid line connection with an outlet of the pump. An ozonizor is in fluid communication with the diversion line. The filter assembly is coupled to the diversion line. A data processing system is coupled to the heater, pump, a control panel and a temperature sensor, wherein the data processing system responsive to when the actual temperature of an amount of water in the shell is a magnitude in degrees below a set temperature 1) turns the heater off if it is on or does not turn the heater on if it is already off and 2) turns the pump on if it is off or if it is already running does not turn the pump off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: Richard T. French
  • Material handling unload tee with one action pivotable door
    Patent number: 10428989
    Abstract: An unload tee has a tee body with a front side and a rear side. The tee body includes an extendable link pivotally connected to the front side of the tee body wherein the extendable link is slidable from a first position wherein the extendable link is shortened to a second position wherein the extendable link is lengthened. An arm is pivotally connected at an opposite end of the extendable link and a door is pivotally connected to an end of the arm unconnected to the shaft. The door is configured to cover an opening of the tee body, wherein an end of the door unconnected to the arm is pivotally connected proximate the rear side of the tee body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bray International, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Linhorst, John Long
  • Reusable dry erase spray paint can
    Patent number: 10421086
    Abstract: The reusable dry erase spray paint can is a can having a removable base and a replaceable color cartridge. The can resembles an ordinary spray paint can with a nozzle on top. The base comprises a battery-operated compressor that draws air in through an inlet on the bottom of the can and forces pressurized air up into the can through the color cartridge. The color cartridge couples to the top of the base and contains a dry erase color medium. When the nozzle is depressed while the compressor is operating, a mix of dry erase color medium and pressurized air is expelled from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Christine Kuligowski
  • Sanitary unit with monitoring device
    Patent number: 10422117
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile sanitary device, comprising a bowl having an upper opening, a water storage tank which is connected to the bowl via a water conduit that supplies water from the water storage tank to the bowl, a wastewater tank which is connected to the bowl via a wastewater line that discharges the wastewater out of the bowl from a bowl outlet opening to the wastewater tank, a first intermediate tank which is inserted into the water conduit between the water storage tank and the bowl or into the wastewater line between the bowl outlet opening and the wastewater tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Evac GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Getmann, Patrick Meyer
  • Container insert for use in a closed loop dispensing system
    Patent number: 10414645
    Abstract: An insert is disclosed for use with a closed loop dispensing system. The insert is press-fitted into the throat of a liquid container. The insert includes a normally closed chemical valve which is opened when pierced by a vertically movable lance to permit the liquid in the container to be dispensed to a mixing machine or the like. The insert also includes a plurality of radially spaced-apart bi-directional valves which automatically permit air to be vented into the container. The bi-directional valves also permit off-gassing of gas in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Rodney Laible
  • Glue gun with sequential stick feed
    Patent number: 10413931
    Abstract: A glue gun and a method of advancing glue sticks in a glue gun. A leading glue stick is held in a channel of a feeder assembly in an active position, and a next-in-line glue stick is positioned adjacent the active position. In response to movement of a trigger of the glue gun by a user, the feeder assembly feeding the leading glue stick in an advancing direction. Upon advancement of the leading glue stick beyond a forward end of the next-in-line glue stick, the next-in-line glue stick drops freely into the active position, and a transition from feeding the leading glue stick with the feeder assembly to feeding the next-in-line glue stick with the feeder assembly occurs exclusively by repeated trigger actuation. No other steps or actions are required to put the next-in-line glue stick into the active position upon depletion of the leading glue stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Acco Brands Corporation
    Inventor: James M. Drachenberg
  • Glue injecting apparatus
    Patent number: 10399243
    Abstract: The glue injecting apparatus is configured for use with an adhesive. The glue injecting apparatus is configured for use in injecting the adhesive to a mortise and tenon joint. The glue injecting apparatus comprises a pedestal, a reservoir, a pump, and a nozzle assembly. The reservoir contains the adhesive. The pedestal supports the reservoir above a supporting surface. The pump: 1) attaches the nozzle assembly to the reservoir; and, 2) generates a pressure differential, which is used for transporting the adhesive through the nozzle assembly to the mortise and tenon joint. The nozzle assembly is a flexible structure capable of supporting a fluid under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Louis Lozier
  • Compound nozzle for cement 3D printer to produce thermally insulated composite cement
    Patent number: 10399247
    Abstract: The compound nozzle for a cement 3D printer to produce thermally insulated composite cement is useful for producing composite thermally insulated cement sections using a 3D printer. The nozzle includes an insulation nozzle concentrically disposed in the central discharge orifice of the compound nozzle to produce a stream of insulation media axially surrounded by a stream of cement mixture extruded from the nozzle to form a wall with a cement exterior and an insulation interior. A motor-driven auger is controlled by a controller, and the cement is supplied from the top either manually or by a concrete pump. The insulating material is supplied to the insulation nozzle by a separate line that uses another pump. The system includes a cleaning mechanism to clean the internal components of the compound nozzle using water jets and a drying system to dry the internal components without disassembling the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Qatar University
    Inventors: Hamad Al Jassmi, Fady S. Alnajjar, Waleed K. Ahmed
  • Converter hose and methods of use
    Patent number: 10393300
    Abstract: A converter hose includes a self-sealing connector coupled to a hose. Related methods include attaching the converter hose to a shower head, faucet or spigot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Lisa A. Lane
  • Container pouring spout sealing structure
    Patent number: 10392168
    Abstract: A pouring spout sealing structure of an inside plug includes a sealing member including a bottom part for sealing an opening of a pouring spout of the inside plug, a peripheral wall rising from the peripheral edge of the bottom part, and a knob part extending from the peripheral wall, in which the sealing member is connected to the upper end of the opening of the pouring spout at the peripheral edge of the bottom part, the connected portion constitutes a thin part breakable by a certain pulling force, and the peripheral wall is inclined upwardly and outwardly from the opening of the pouring spout. The container pouring spout sealing structure achieves both sealability and easy opening properties, reduces number of parts and manufacturing steps, and is applicable to small containers such as cosmetic containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KOSE Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Hanawa, Mamoru Orii
  • System and method for instructing personnel on washroom maintenance requirements
    Patent number: 10395192
    Abstract: A system and associated method are provided for maintenance of a plurality of washroom facilities by maintenance personnel, wherein each of the washroom facilities has one or more consumable product dispensers that require periodic refill. For each of the washroom facilities, the product dispensers are configured with a sensor that detects a product level or amount condition of the product dispenser, the sensors in communication with a monitoring station assigned to the washroom facility. A set of instructions unique to each of the washroom facilities is generated based upon the detected product level or amount conditions of the dispensers in the respective washroom facility, the set of instructions including instructions as to the amount of product refill to be added to the dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Becker, Charlene Dunbar, Jason Kirkland, Warren Moede, Thomas H. Schulz, Chrissy Sheehan, Peter W. Shipp, Jr., Paul F. Tramontina, Matthew T Zielinski
  • Dual pump dispensing system
    Patent number: 10384224
    Abstract: A dual pump dispensing system that features a reservoir within a reservoir arrangement. Each reservoir holds a different product, and has a separate pump dispenser. The pump dispensers are housed in a cartridge so that much of those mechanisms are not visible to the consumer. The pumps are sized to dose a specified ratio of each product, and the products are only mixed at the exit orifice of the nozzle or on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ELC MANAGEMENT LLC
    Inventors: Julien Moignard, Robert Michael Crescas, Lorraine Drake, Thomas Edward Owen, Janet Pardo
  • Manual pump
    Patent number: 10385843
    Abstract: A manual pump (P) having a pump body (B) defining a slide cylinder (F) for a piston (K) secured to an actuator rod (S); a pump chamber (C) and an outlet valve (V) arranged between the pump chamber (C) and a dispenser orifice (O) so as to dispense the fluid from the pump chamber (C). The pump includes an inlet valve (2, 12) arranged between the pump chamber (C) and an inlet (I) of the pump (P) to take the fluid into the pump chamber (C) from the reservoir (R), the inlet valve having a movable member (2) that selectively bears against a valve seat (12), a return passage (23) enabling a fraction of the fluid that is put under pressure in the pump chamber (C) to escape therefrom without passing via the outlet valve (V). The return passage (23) creates a lack of sealing at the inlet valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Beranger, Frederic Duquet
  • Extender for toilet flush activator
    Patent number: 10385558
    Abstract: An extender for a push-button and/or motion sensor toilet flush actuator, has a fulcrum member for mounting on a rim of a tank of the toilet and a sleeve for slidably receiving a rigid extension rod, which has an angular bend between the first rod end and the second rod end. An extender head is connected to one end of the rigid extension rod is adapted to engage the flush actuator. A lever arm is connected to the other end of the rigid extension rod for operation of the extender by a user's upper extremity, so that when the user applies pressure to the second lever end of the lever arm, the rigid extension rod moves to allow the extender head to engage the flush actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventor: Nader Omidi
  • Refillable container
    Patent number: 10376910
    Abstract: A refillable container including: an outer container having an opening formed on top thereof; a cover configured to close the opening of the outer container; an inner container configured to store liquid and accommodated in the outer container; and a dispense pump provided on the cover and configured to pump the liquid content in the inner container and dispense the liquid content outside of the refillable container under a state in which the suction tube is stuck into a suction port of the inner container. The suction tube of the pump is inserted into the inner container when the opening of the outer container is closed by a cover. The cover includes a tubular wall portion fitted to an outer periphery of the outer container, and a distal end of the suction tube is positioned within an open end of the tubular wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hideki Okude, Takaharu Noda
  • Single action dispensing device with sliding sleeve having a plug
    Patent number: 10370178
    Abstract: A dispensing device for attaching to a container having a valve stem includes: (a) a hollow tube having a flow channel defined by a wall extending between entrance and exit ends with a connector on the entrance end for connecting to the valve stem; (b) a sleeve extending slidably over a portion of the hollow tube, the sleeve extending over, and having an opening proximate to, the hollow tube's exit end; (c) a sealing gasket around the outside of the hollow tube and between the hollow tube and the sleeve that prevents fluid communication past the gasket between the hollow tube and sleeve; (d) a trigger mount rigidly attached to the hollow tube or container; (e) a trigger hingedly connected at a first location to the trigger mount and operatively engaged with the sleeve at a second location; and (f) an elastic element between the trigger and the hollow tube and/or container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Schroer, Marc S. Black, Chad V. Schuette, Christopher J. Siler
  • Facility for preparing a beverage for tasting and method for opening a beverage container using such a facility
    Patent number: 10364138
    Abstract: An installation (1) comprising a storage zone (5) for storing the container (40) of the beverage for preparation; a liquid flow circuit (2) provided with at least one feed inlet (3) for feeding a beverage for preparation extending in said storage zone (5) and being provided with a perforation member (7); cooling and/or heating means (8) arranged along the liquid flow circuit (2); a sensor (13) for measuring the circuit temperature of the liquid flow circuit (2); and means (14) for providing a setpoint temperature corresponding to the tasting temperature desired for the beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: 10-VINS
    Inventors: Thibaut Jarrousse, Luis Da Silva, Jerome Pasquet
  • Single action dispensing device with sliding sleeve
    Patent number: 10364092
    Abstract: A dispensing device that attaches to a container has: (a) a hollow tube with opposing entrance and exit ends with a connector on the entrance end and a wall defining a flow channel; (b) a sleeve with opposing entrance and exit ends slidably extending over the hollow tube; (c) a sealing gasket between and contacting the hollow tube and sleeve; (d) a trigger mount rigidly attached to the hollow tube or container; (e) a trigger hingedly connected to the trigger mount and operatively connected to the sleeve; (f) an elastic element between the trigger and the hollow tube and/or container; wherein the exit end is closed and there is an opening through the hollow tube wall proximate to the exit end; the sleeve has an open dispensing end, reduces in inside diameter at dispensing end and engages the hollow tube when closed and disengages from the hollow tube when open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Schroer, Marc S. Black, Chad V. Schuette, Christopher J. Siler
  • Angled spout associated with a timer for dispensing a controlled quantity of liquid composition
    Patent number: 10351319
    Abstract: A fitment including a fitment body and a peripheral mount engaged with the fitment body. The fitment includes a timer and a spout oriented at an angle with respect to the mounting plane of the peripheral mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Scott Eugene Mizer, Nicole Lynn Briggs