Patents Examined by Bob Zadeh
  • Patent number: 11279607
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to conduits, devices, systems and methods, which may include a hollow element including an inner surface and an outer surface which allows for a passage of one or more of one or more fluid elements and one or more gaseous elements, a constraining element with one or more openings and one or more non-open elements, one or more blocking elements configured to stop the passage of the at least one of the one or more fluid elements and the one or more gaseous elements when the one or more blocking elements are in a first position relative to the one or more openings, and a movement device configured to move the one or more blocking elements to a second position relative to the one or more openings which allows for the passage of the one or more fluid elements and the one gaseous elements through the one or more openings in the constraining element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GATE CFV SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John Newton, Peter Brooke, Dustin Hartsfield, Michael Cheney, Gillian Callaghan, Scott Ross
  • Patent number: 11268843
    Abstract: A module for dispensing a powder is disclosed. The module has a channel having an entry port, a hopper coupled to the entry port and configured to receive the powder, and a piston partially disposed within the channel and configured to reciprocate within the channel. The piston has a retracted position configured to allow the powder to move from the hopper through the entry port into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: K2R2 LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Kay, Eric Plambeck, Zachary Francis
  • Patent number: 11267006
    Abstract: A pressurizable fluid container apparatus, system and method of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Lunatec
    Inventors: Nick Rhea, Eric Young
  • Patent number: 11267622
    Abstract: An aseptic cap for containers with evidence of first opening includes a protective cover positioned on a pouring element and produced as a single piece, which has an upper and a lower part connected by frangible bridges facing edges of the upper and the lower parts of the cover, and by a hinge arrangement. The pouring element includes a cylindrical element formed by two sections having different diameters separated by a step defined by a radial annular extension, which protrudes from the lower cylindrical part of the cover and is at least partially inserted in the upper part of the cover. The upper part of the cover has, in its interior, an appendix or flap which extends to rest above the annular extension, to become folded when the cap is mounted, and which is arranged straight downwardly to be abutted above the annular extension after the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Silvia Ferrari, Guglielmo Ferrari
  • Patent number: 11259670
    Abstract: A wearable dispensing device includes a pouch made of a flexible material and having opposed first and second walls defining an interior configured for containing a fluid therein, the pouch further including an outlet port in fluid communication with the interior. A support has a first portion attached to the pouch and a second portion contiguous with the first portion, with the second portion being configured for attachment of the pouch to an outer surface of a human wearer. A dispensing tube has a first end in fluid communication with the outlet port and a second end configured for fluid dispensing. A kit for assembling the wearable dispensing device and a method of operating the wearable dispensing device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Joel Joseph
  • Patent number: 11261976
    Abstract: A valve assembly for use with a spout. The assembly includes a slide that includes a side wall, an end wall, a slide flange, and an anti-tamper strap. The side wall includes a dispensing hole. The assembly further includes a sleeve and a cap that includes an inlet, an outlet, and a cap flange. The cap flange includes a strap cavity. The cap is configured to be slidably inserted into a spout, the sleeve is configured to be slidably inserted into the cap, the slide is configured to be slidably inserted into the sleeve, and the anti-tamper strap is configured to be inserted into the strap cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Liqui-Box Corporation
    Inventor: James W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11253887
    Abstract: A caulking gun is provided, including: a gun body, including a main body, a push mechanism, a driving member movably disposed within the main body and a lever rotatably mounted to the main body to drive the driving member, the push mechanism including a restriction member swingably disposed on the main body and a push rod movably disposed on the main body and disposed through the restriction member; and an adjustment mechanism, mounted to the gun body, being movable to be located in a first position or at least two different other positions; wherein when the adjustment mechanism is located in the first position, the adjustment mechanism contacts the restriction member or the driving member; the adjustment mechanism is distanced by different distances from the restriction member or from the driving member when the adjustment mechanism is located in the at least two different other positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SIANG SYUAN FU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen-Hsuan Hung
  • Patent number: 11230465
    Abstract: A system for sensing empty soft drink syrup containers in a soda pop dispensing arrangement is provided that includes at least one soft drink syrup container; a mixing station for mixing water and CO2 with soft drink syrup to make a soda pop mixture; a pump for pumping soft drink syrup to the mixing station and beyond to be dispensed; a CO2 container providing CO2 gas; and a soda pop dispenser apparatus. The system also includes a first tubing transmission line extending between the soft drink syrup container and the pump for carrying soft drink syrup, a second tubing transmission line for carrying soft drink syrup between the pump and the mixing station, and a third tubing transmission line extending between the mixing station and the soda pop dispenser for carrying soda pop to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin M. Candler, Mark Riddle
  • Patent number: 11224887
    Abstract: A dispenser system for applying multi-component adhesives or like substances to work surfaces in carpeting, roofing and like applications as well as a method of dispensing and applying multi-component adhesives to work surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: 4 C's Spray Equipment Rental, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Jay Calaman, Timothy E. Curtis
  • Patent number: 11219909
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a casing (E) provided with a dispenser head (11); and a refill cartridge (C) that includes a fluid reservoir (R). The refill cartridge (C) is axially insertable into the casing (E) in such a manner as to connect the fluid reservoir (R) to the dispenser head (11). The refill cartridge (C) and the casing (E) are provided with a connection mechanism (17, 253) that connects the refill cartridge (C) in the casing (E) by screw-fastening, so as to bring the fluid reservoir (R) into leaktight contact with the dispenser head (11). The movement, after screw-fastening, of the refill cartridge (C) in the casing (E) towards the dispenser head (11) delivers the fluid to the dispenser head (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Tyler Sun, Raul Ye
  • Patent number: 11213145
    Abstract: A portable carafe has a reservoir (14) for holding a liquid, a hot liquid outlet (18) and a hot liquid flow path (22) connecting the reservoir to the hot liquid outlet. A heater (28) is arranged in the hot liquid flow path so that the heater can heat liquid passing from the reservoir (14) to the hot liquid outlet (18). The heater (28) may be inactive when no liquid is passing through the hot liquid flow path, and may be active only when hot liquid is to be dispensed. The carafe may include a battery (50) for powering the heater. The carafe may include a cold liquid outlet (20) and a cold liquid flow path (34), and may be arranged so that tilting the carafe in one direction causes hot liquid to be dispensed, whereas tilting the carafe in another direction causes cold liquid to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Heatworks Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremiah M. Callahan
  • Patent number: 11214472
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system is provided. The beverage dispensing system can include a nozzle module connected to a beverage dispenser housing. The nozzle module can be vertically and/or horizontally spaced from a beverage dispenser valve and nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Madden, Steven T. Jersey, Scott Thomas Loomis, Fernando A. Ubidia
  • Patent number: 11208317
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a flexible container for transport and storage of a working material are described herein. The material can be a viscous or liquid material when dispensed. The flexible container can be configured to move between a first shape and a second shape. The first shape can allow for efficient transport of the flexible container while the second shape can allow for the flexible container to couple to a dispenser. In certain examples, the flexible container can be cooled for transport and heated for dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Caitlin E. Auffinger, Sean Auffinger, Katherine L. Frank, Kevin D. Gordon, Thomas G. Lawton, Chunxing She, Conor J. Van Camp
  • Patent number: 11208255
    Abstract: A certain amount of contents is easily sprayed by one pressing operation. A metered spray unit 10 being mounted on a stem 23 of a valve 22 that is provided on the upper portion of a container body 21, configured to spray a certain amount of contents in a container body 21, includes an outer cylinder 30 which is provided with a stem insertion hole 30a into which the tip of the stem 23 is inserted and the inner wall thereof is fixed to the stem, a metering chamber 35 connected to the stem insertion hole 30a, the metering chamber being an internal space having a predetermined capacity, connected to the stem insertion hole 30a, and an spray port 33 communicating with the metering chamber 35, a plug member 40 that is inserted from the inside of the metering chamber 35 into the spray port 33 for blocking the spray port 33, a push button 51, an elastic member 60 for supporting the push button 51 on the outer cylinder 30, and a shaft member 50 connected to the push button 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITANI VALVE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11202744
    Abstract: A method of formulating a personal cleansing product that will adhere to skin, includes: combining a cleansing composition with from about 18% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant; wherein the composition has a low shear viscosity of 100 Pa*s or more and a high shear viscosity 5 Pa*s or less; and a package with an orifice, wherein the package has a dispensing velocity of 50 cm/s or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelsey Marie Smyth, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy, Nancy Lorincz Leppla
  • Patent number: 11191395
    Abstract: A wearable fluid-dispensing apparatus that includes a flexible wristband coupled to and surrounding a wrist-arm area of a user, with the wristband having a frame disposed along an outer surface of the wearable wristband and at a ventral side of the user's wrist, an enclosed cartridge coupled to the frame for housing a fluid therein, and a fluid transfer conduit disposed within the enclosed cartridge for transporting the fluid from the enclosed cartridge to a nozzle port on a finger-activatable pump assembly coupled to the frame. The pump assembly defines a nozzle port disposed above a top end of the wristband and angled toward the user's palm, defining a fluid extraction passageway fluidly coupled to the nozzle port and the fluid transfer conduit, and operably configured to translate downwardly toward the fluid extraction passageway fluidly to generate a vacuum therein and emit the fluid on the user's inner hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: INTEL WRIST, LLC
    Inventors: Kashif Shaukat, Bernard Lagroue
  • Patent number: 11192709
    Abstract: A dispenser for aerosol containers includes: a nozzle; and a cover including an operating portion. One of the operating portion and the nozzle includes a sliding portion capable of depressing the nozzle to a predetermined depression position together with a plurality of stems while sliding on a slid portion provided at an other one of the operating portion and the nozzle to a termination, with a depression operation on the operating portion. A vibration generation portion that generates vibration as a result of entry of the sliding portion is provided at the termination of the slid portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Furusawa
  • Patent number: 11185876
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for attaching a dispensing pump on the neck of a reservoir containing a fluid product. The system a sleeve with attachment means on the neck and hooking means of the pump, an articulation collar, the articulation collar and sleeve being mounted mobile with respect to one another between an end of motion position (PF) and a start of motion position (PI), a shrink ring configured to move along the articulation collar between a top disassembly position (PH), wherein the attachment means are free, and a bottom position (PB) of use, wherein the attachment means are engaged around the neck and wherein the start and end of motion positions (PI, PF) are arranged so that the articulation collar can go from the top disassembly position (PH) to the bottom position (PB) of use by a translational motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Pierre Dumont, Frédéric Leleu, Emir Ezzina
  • Patent number: 11172787
    Abstract: A food product dispenser valve which comprises a mounting cup which has a grommet/stem opening formed therein; a grommet defining an axial passageway which extends along an axial length of the grommet and has a sealing edge formed in an upstream end thereof, and a body of the grommet extends through the grommet/stem opening; a valve stem accommodated within the passageway, and the valve stem has a sealing head which is spaced apart from a valve stem shoulder; and a dispensing actuator surrounds a portion of the body of the grommet which extends through the grommet/stem opening, and has a product discharge outlet. The spacing of the sealing head from the valve stem shoulder is less than an axially height of the grommet so that the grommet normally biases the sealing head into sealing engagement with the annular sealing edge to prevent flow through the food product dispenser valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SUMMIT PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin G. Verville, Elizabeth A. Heron
  • Patent number: 11167880
    Abstract: A pouring element for a package having a base body, a polyhedrally formed flange, the flange inner surfaces of which converge in face abutments, for joining to a package sleeve and at least one holding element projecting on the inside of the flange for operatively connecting to a mandrel of a packaging machine, as well as a pouring element with polyhedrally formed gable surfaces, which are correspondingly joined to the polyhedrally formed flange. Provision is made for the holding element to be formed as a rounding in the area of the face abutments on the inside of the flange, in order to prevent the pouring element from becoming damaged during the whole joining process with the package sleeve when putting the pouring element onto, holding it on and removing it from the mandrel and additionally in order to guarantee a secure and precise hold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SIG Technology AG
    Inventors: Olivier Peterges, Martin Ruegg, Thomas Vetten, Sven Himmelsbach, Hansjörg Huber