Patents Examined by Bob Zadeh
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Patent number: 11383967Abstract: Techniques for monitoring dispensed liquid include an intelligent spout that incorporates an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) for tracking its own orientation and movement in three-dimensional space. The spout has its own processor, memory, and wireless networking components, which support local data processing, data logging, and bi-directional wireless communication. Communication may be carried out with a server, with other spouts of like kind, and/or with other devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Barvision, LLCInventors: Joseph P. Nolan, Ian Johnston, Geoffrey O. Nesnow
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Patent number: 11383257Abstract: An all-plastic self-locking pump includes a pump body extending into a bottle, provided with a pump chamber and connected with a bottle locking cover, a suction assembly is arranged in the pump chamber, a check valve is arranged at a lower end of the pump chamber. A button is connected to an upper end of the suction assembly, a self-locking cover is arranged on the pump chamber, a plastic annular part is arranged in the pump chamber above the check valve, and an opening is formed in a side face of the plastic annular part. A locking mechanism is arranged between the button and the self-locking cover, and after the button is rotated to an unlocking position from a locking position, the button can be pressed to enable liquid in the bottle to be sprayed out of an outlet of the button.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: MAJESTY PACKAGING SYSTEMS LIMITEDInventors: Peihui Liang, Maoyong Zhu, Yonglei Zhang, Jinkao Liang
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Patent number: 11369233Abstract: A soap dispenser for use in a hotel bathroom includes a bottle body, a sealing cover and a positioning frame, wherein the bottle body is used for containing shampoo or shower gel, and the bottle body is placed upside down; the sealing cover is connected to and covers a bottle mouth of the bottle body, a liquid discharge hole is provided in the center of the sealing cover, the liquid discharge hole is provided with a barrier sheet made of silica gel, and a cutout is provided at the center of the barrier sheet; and the positioning frame is used for fixing the bottle body to a wall of the bathroom. The problem in the prior art of inconvenience m use when a hotel guest takes a bath and needs to press a pressing valve on a bottle body when using bathroom amenities is solve.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: JIANGSU OPPEAL DAILY COSMETICS CORP., LTDInventors: Jingjing Li, Mingyang Chen, Aijun Luo
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Patent number: 11365031Abstract: The device for packaging and dispensing a product comprises a container (1) intended to contain in a sterile manner the product to be packaged and dispensed in the form of calibrated doses or drops by means of a dispensing accessory equipped with a mouthpiece (4) of the type having a flexible part (5), said accessory forming a dosing chamber (7) for the dispensing of the calibrated drop. An outer wall (8) of the mouthpiece delimits a space (18) equipped with one or more openings (19), the end of said mouthpiece (4) including a central channel (13) allowing the dispensing of the calibrated drop, associated with one or more lateral channels (11) leading into the space (18). A cover (14) equipped with an inner skirt (15), in the mounted state, creates an overpressure so as to eliminate any residual drop (10) which can subsist in the mouthpiece (4) at the end. Application to the dispensing of doses of sterile products, particularly of drops in ophthalmology.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Inventor: Jacques Pozzi
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Patent number: 11365043Abstract: A fluid dispensing system is provided. The fluid dispensing system includes a container formed by a first chamber and a second chamber separated by an internal divider. A stopper element extends through each chamber via a first aperture disposed in the internal divider. A second aperture is disposed in a base of the second chamber, wherein the stopper element is used to selectively allow fluid to flow from the first chamber into the second chamber when the stopper element is in a measuring configuration. When the stopper element is in a dispensing configuration, the first aperture between is closed and the second aperture is opened to allow fluid from the second chamber to flow exterior from the container. In this manner, a measured amount of fluid from the container can be dispensed in a single movement without using a secondary measuring receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Inventor: Rennie West
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Patent number: 11358783Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a valve for dispensing flowable product from a container under pressure, the valve comprising a stem, a seal coupled to the stem, and a mounting cup configured to mount the valve to the container, wherein each of the stem, seal, and mounting cup comprises a recyclable plastic, and wherein the valve is free from a gasket configured to surround an opening of the container to form a seal between the valve and the container. Also provided herein is a container for dispensing a flowable product under pressure comprising the valve as described above.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Clayton CorporationInventors: Mark Baker, Kevin Robert Martz, Richard Berger
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Patent number: 11357363Abstract: A liquid soap dispensing device with a soap dispensing apparatus and a timer, and associated methods, are disclosed herein. The soap dispensing apparatus includes a housing and a soap dispensing element. The timer includes a traveling object (e.g., a ball), a track, and a mover. The track is configured to receive the traveling object at a start position and release the traveling object at an end position. The track is also configured to carry the traveling object from the start position to the end position in a time interval. The mover is configured to displace the traveling object from a first position to a second position. Displacement of the traveling object from the first position to the second position initiates the release of the traveling object onto the track at the start position.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventor: Betty Ko Wong
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Patent number: 11356497Abstract: A fluid dispensing control unit is provided that includes at least one electronic circuitry processor configured to function as a web server, at least one generic purpose input/output block for connecting to a fluid dispensing system device being a fluid valve, a meter, a pump or a tank for controlling or metering the dispensed fluid or for controlling the fluid pump or tank. The fluid dispensing control unit further includes at least one web input/output block that is provided for connecting the web server to a web enabling a remote control of the fluid dispensing control unit and the connected fluid dispensing system device via the web. The at least one generic purpose input/output block and the one web input/output block are connected with the at least one electronic circuitry processor.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: LINCOLN INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONInventors: Nathan Donovan, Eric Krassinger, Mark Linneman
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Patent number: 11351565Abstract: An intake boot for pump dispensers is provided. The intake boot is reliably positioned into a lower corner of a bottle and allows toiletry products such as lotions or creams to be easily dispensed from the pump dispenser until the bottle is empty.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Inventor: Joseph Simpson Carter
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Patent number: 11344913Abstract: A volatile organic compound (VOC) free low radiant flux radiation curable composition for aerosol containers including an acrylate-terminated compound component, a thiol monomer or oligomer component, a photoinitiator component, a surface additive component, and an ethanol-based reducer, wherein the composition does not include an acetone component. Moreover, other implementations are directed towards methods of using the aerosol containers to apply the UV Curable Composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: MSI Coatings, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Kent Springer, Neil Brian Cramer
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Patent number: 11339045Abstract: Flavor and additive delivery systems and methods for beverage dispensers are disclosed. An example manifold of a beverage dispenser includes a base defining a base cavity and configured to extend through an opening defined by an outer wall. The manifold includes a first housing coupled to the base and defining a housing cavity. The base cavity and the housing cavity are adjacent to each other to form a chamber. The manifold includes a body coupled to the first housing and defining a body cavity and angled apertures. The manifold includes an insert housing that is coupled to the body and extends at least partially through the body cavity. The manifold includes an insert housed within the insert housing and defining a water outlet for spraying water downward into the chamber. The angled apertures are configured to receive nozzles that extend at least partially into the chamber at the predefined angle.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing CompanyInventors: John Conway, Cesar Ramirez, Erik Lynch, Bart Peeters, Robert Zudic, Marilyn Bombard, Samuel Goodrow
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Patent number: 11331685Abstract: A fluid dispenser includes a housing, a pump, an outlet nozzle, a reservoir, a liquid passage, an air passage, and a refill container. The pump and reservoir are attached to the housing, and both the outlet nozzle and the reservoir are in fluid communication with the pump. The reservoir has at least one engagement member, and the liquid passage and the air passage are located in the engagement member. The refill container has at least one sealing member, and the refill container is configured to be releasably attached to the reservoir such that the refill container is in fluid communication with the reservoir. When the refill container is attached to the reservoir, the engagement member engages the sealing member to cause the liquid passage and the air passage to be in fluid communication with the refill container.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.Inventors: Aaron D. Marshall, Nick E. Ciavarella, Donald Russell Harris
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Patent number: 11325818Abstract: The present application provides a dispensing nozzle for use with a flow of a diluent and a flow of a concentrate. The beverage dispenser may include an annular concentrate path of the flow of the concentrate and an annular diluent path surrounding at least in part the annular concentrate path for the flow of the diluent. The annular diluent path may include a shallow angle leading towards the flow of the concentrate such that the flow of the diluent and the flow of the concentrate mix in or downstream of the dispensing nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Kirk Walter Dahlberg, Youlung Chen, Charles Bradley Green, Josef Klucik, John Martin, Cassilyn Bair, Robert B. Brownell, Jr.
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Patent number: 11319120Abstract: It is provided a cap (10) for closing an opening (41) of a container (30), comprising a mainly tubular skirt (12), wherein the skirt (12) comprises a bayonet notch (26) for guiding a pin (28) of the container (30), wherein the skirt (12) comprises a guiding rim (38) running in axial direction and in circumferential direction towards the bayonet notch (26) for guiding the pin (28) of the container (30) into the bayonet notch (26). When the cap (10) is mounted to the container (30), the pin (28) may slide along the guiding rim (38) towards the bayonet notch (26) even at an originally significant displacement in circumferential direction, so that a facilitated mounting of a cap (10) to a container (30) with a bayonet mount is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: KAO GERMANY GMBHInventors: Manfred Lott, Max Diecks
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Patent number: 11319119Abstract: A dispensing assembly for a liquid container including a ring part configured to be mounted to a liquid container, a resilient member positioned in the ring part to be in contact with the liquid contents of the liquid container, a ring member mountable to the ring part to secure the resilient member to the ring part, and a hollow connecting member with an outlet. The connecting member is releasably securable to the ring member and includes a hollow projecting member which, when the connecting member is secured to the ring member, engages the resilient member so as to urge an opening in the resilient member to permit liquid in the container to pass into the connecting member and subsequently out through the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: TRIMAS COMPANY LLCInventors: Ian Darby, Paul N. Georgelos, Mark A. Smith
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Patent number: 11304570Abstract: A wearable fluid-dispensing apparatus includes a frame including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and a pair of lateral walls defining a receptacle, a cartridge removably attached to the frame within the receptacle of the frame, the cartridge having an interior reservoir, a fluid extraction port, and a fluid transfer conduit disposed within the interior reservoir of the cartridge. A housing located above the upper wall of the frame including an electric pump assembly in communication with the fluid transfer conduit of the cartridge. The electric pump assembly includes a rotatable nozzle disposed above a top end of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: IntelWrist, LLCInventors: Kashif Shaukat, Bernard Lagroue
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Patent number: 11292707Abstract: An appliance for making a drink individually. The appliance includes a plurality of containers. Each container includes a vessel and a head screwed onto the vessel. A base defines a plurality of housings each receiving a container, and being provided with a housing outlet and a pressurizing inlet connected with a drain valve and a pressurizing valve of the container, respectively. A funnel is mounted under the housing outlets. Structure transfers by pressurization, into the funnel, ingredients contained in the containers housed in the housings. The vessel and the head of at least one container include polarizing surfaces of the vessel and of the head, respectively, configured to form, together, a container polarizing surface that can cooperate with a housing polarizing surface to ensure a predetermined positioning of the container with respect to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: KUANTOMInventors: Valentin Lecomte, Geoffrey Martins
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Patent number: 11292026Abstract: Disclosed is an adaptor for connecting a grease injection gun to either of a lipped or a threaded grease cartridge; the adaptor including a tubular sleeve, having an internal diameter slightly larger than the external diameter of the grease cartridge, but smaller than the lip of the lipped cartridge, for receiving the discharge end portion of the cartridge; and an adaptor head shaped and dimensioned to form a closure over the tubular sleeve, the adaptor head including an outer face configured to releasably connect with the grease injection gun, and an inner face shaped and configured to releasably connect with the tubular sleeve and the cartridge, with a flow passage extending between the outer face and the inner face, for fluid communication between the grease injection gun and the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: GURTECH (PTY) LTD.Inventor: Cary Donald Lusso
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Patent number: 11292708Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic isobaric dispensing machine for craft beer and a beer dispensing method by using the same. The automatic isobaric dispensing machine for craft beer comprises a housing; a beer dispensing head installed on the housing and hermetically placed at a container mouth of a container; a carbon dioxide supplying device connecting with a gas inlet of the beer dispensing head through a pre-pressure gas valve, a beer barrel connected with a beer inlet of the beer dispensing head through a beer outlet valve, a flowmeter for measuring a beer flow of the beer barrel, and a processor connected with the pre-pressure gas valve, the beer outlet valve, the flowmeter, the gas exhaust valve and the barometer. The isobaric dispensing machine has a simple machine structure and is convenient to use, and is capable of reducing the time cost and the beer waste thus providing better beer quality.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Shenzhen Chiwu Technology Ltd.Inventors: Peipei Guo, Mengyu Chen, Haifei Zhou, Tianhui He
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Patent number: 11292020Abstract: A fluid dispenser having: a fluid reservoir (1); an applicator (2); and a dispenser module (3) that is arranged between the reservoir (1) and the applicator (2); the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the dispenser module (3) includes an air pump (4) for sending air into the reservoir (1), and a fluid duct (54) connecting the reservoir (1) to the applicator (2).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Frédéric Duquet, Francis Moreau