Patents Examined by Bob Zadeh
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Patent number: 10913128Abstract: A welding wire light is shown and described. The welding wire light can be used to align the welding tip and the wire in automated welding processes. This welding wire light can allow more accurate and precise alignment of these elements resulting in better welded results. Several embodiments are disclosed for illuminating these elements which are especially helpful on automated welding process lines when components need to be replaced or adjusted quickly and accurately.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Inventors: Joseph Hoffman, Edward L Cooper
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Patent number: 10906626Abstract: A laminated glazing includes a first structural ply assembled with a first glass sheet of 0.5 to 1.5 mm thickness by way of a first adhesive interlayer, the first glass sheet forming a first exterior face of the laminated glazing, the face of the first glass sheet oriented toward the first adhesive interlayer bearing a first conductive heating layer of 2 ?ngströms to 500 nm thickness, and the first conductive heating layer including flow-separating lines of 0.05 to 0.2 mm thickness spaced apart by 8 to 20 mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Thomas Tondu, Pierre Chaussade, Vincent Legois
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Patent number: 10898034Abstract: A hand foam pump fabricated entirely from plastic components for dispensing foamable liquids, is provided. The hand foam pump includes an actuator, a closure, a housing, cylinder bores for an air piston and a liquid piston within the housing and an air piston and a liquid piston fixed to a stem, wherein the air and liquid pistons are reciprocally mounted within the cylinder bores, and check valves, among other components. An elastic, dome shaped, plastic return spring is utilized to return the actuator to its rest position after actuation. The plastic return spring is positioned over the closure and below the actuator. The all plastic hand foam pump is suitable for dispensing foamable liquids from a dispenser bottle. Used pumps do not require disassembly to be recycled.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Inventor: Armin Arminak
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Patent number: 10894271Abstract: A sealant dispenser comprising: a hollow can which includes an accommodation chamber, an opening, a connection seat, chemical sealant, an insertion, and the two peripheral ribs formed on a bottom of the insertion. A sealant dispenser is fixed on an accommodation box in which an air compressor is accommodated, the accommodation box includes a fixing hole, a U-shaped protrusion formed on a lower end of the fixing hole, a positioning space defined on the fixing hole above the U-shaped protrusion, and a peripheral column surrounding around the fixing hole, the U-shaped protrusion and the positioning space. The insertion of the hollow can is inserted into the fixing hole of the accommodation box, and the sealant dispenser is rotated so that the two peripheral ribs of the insertion are retained with the positioning space of the fixing hole, thus fixing the sealant dispenser on the accommodation box.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: UNIK WORLD INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Wen-San Chou
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Patent number: 10895385Abstract: Cooking apparatus (10) includes heating chamber (4) in which an object to be heated is rested, radiant heater unit (38) provided inside heating chamber (4) and operating in the preheating mode and cooking mode, and a control unit controlling radiant heater unit (38). The control unit is configured to make radiant heater unit (38) operate in the standby mode, which is a mode after the preheating mode ends and until the cooking mode starts. According to this aspect, the surface temperature of radiant heater unit (38) is kept at a high level during the standby mode to suppress uneven browning due to variations in the surface temperature of radiant heater unit (38) when cooking starts.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Otsuki, Takahide Yamaguchi, Takahiro Hayashi, Seiichi Yamashita
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Patent number: 10888888Abstract: A utility bucket lid uses a common bucket lid and one or more rigid support members to strengthen the bucket lid in order to secure a pump and rigid pipe to deliver on-demand water or other fluid via a fluid manifold and valve that is connected to the rigid pipe. The rigid support member(s) support a pump having a suction hose and discharge hose and the rigid support member(s) also support a rigid pipe. The rigid pipe is passed through the bucket lid and also through the rigid support member(s). The pump's suction hose is passed into a hole proximate the top end of the rigid pipe (above the top side of the bucket lid) and exists the rigid pipe through a second hole proximate the bottom end of the rigid pipe (below the bottom side of the bucket lid). The rigid pipe holds the position of the open end of the suction hose proximate the bottom of the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Inventor: Alan Stanley Poudrier
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Patent number: 10882060Abstract: A flexible dispensing apparatus for coupling to pressurized fluid containers is described. It includes a flexible tube and a handle assembly. The handle assembly houses a second end of the tube. The handle assembly has a first side connected to a second side, a slide trigger, a roller coupled to the bottom of the slide trigger with a dowel pin, a spray nozzle assembly, a magnet reservoir, and a magnet. The first side has an inclined ramp that runs along a length of the first side and extends into the second side above and beyond a seam that is formed by the connection of the two sides. The tube is within a channel in the handle assembly formed between the inclined ramp and the roller. When the roller is rolled toward the end of the ramp it pinches the flexible tube near the top of the inclined ramp.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Lunatec, Inc.Inventors: Nick Rhea, Eric Young
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Patent number: 10875042Abstract: A bottle closure includes a drink spout, a pump mechanism, and a trigger mechanism. The pump mechanism includes a plunger configured to be movable along a first axis to pump a liquid, and the plunger is operatively connected to a first camming surface. The trigger mechanism is connected to the pump mechanism and movable linearly along a second axis. The second axis is transverse with the first axis. The trigger mechanism is configured to actuate the pump mechanism to pump the liquid as the trigger mechanism is moved. The trigger mechanism has a second camming surface configured to engage with the first camming surface of the pump mechanism. The first and second camming surfaces are shaped and configured such that motion of the trigger mechanism causes the second camming surface to engage with the first camming surface to move the plunger along the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: O2COOL, LLCInventors: Eric F. Junkel, Tom Zeng, Oliver Breit, Lars Junker, Vicky Hui, Michael Ksiazek
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Patent number: 10870121Abstract: A bottle cap assembly for pressurizing a water bottle is described herein. The bottle cap assembly comprises a cap, a teeter valve coupled to the top of the cap, a pressurizing plunger, a hollow pump shaft receiving the plunger, a hollow uptake adapter, a relief tube extension and a flexible conduit.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Lunatec, Inc.Inventors: Nick Rhea, Eric Young
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Patent number: 10863872Abstract: A flowable material dispenser for dispensing flowable material from a container having a pump may include a housing, an actuator, a motor, and a drive assembly. The actuator may be disposed within the housing and configured to translate relative to the housing between a first position and a second position during a dispense cycle. The actuator may be configured to move the pump between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration to dispense the flowable material as the actuator translates between the first position and the second position during the dispense cycle. The drive assembly may be coupled to the actuator and the motor and configured to translate the actuator between the first position and the second position at a varying rate of translation during the dispense cycle. The varying rate of translation may vary relative to a rate of rotation of the motor and follow a non-sinusoidal waveform.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: GPCP Holdings LLCInventor: Brian S. Borke
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Patent number: 10858170Abstract: Cosmetic containers configured to hold and dispense a cosmetic product. The container may store and dispense cosmetic products from two different cavities, or it may be configured to dispense a cosmetic product from a single cavity in two different manners. A first dispensing outlet can be used by adjusting the container to a first configuration and tilting the container. A second dispending outlet is used by actuation of a pump.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Nolan Quentin Eng, Adrian Apodaca
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Patent number: 10835084Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a liquid. The apparatus includes a monolithic container to store a liquid. The monolithic container has a lower reservoir from which to dispense the liquid, an upper reservoir substantially adjacent to the lower reservoir to replenish the liquid in the lower reservoir, and a narrowing between the upper and lower reservoirs. An exit port communicates with the lower reservoir and is oriented in an upward direction relative to the lower reservoir. A corresponding system and method are also disclosed and claimed herein.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Earth Dispensing Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Quinn Jay Adamson
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Patent number: 10836536Abstract: A tap and solvent container assembly includes a container having an upper wall, a bottom wall and a side wall connecting the upper wall and said bottom wall. A bung hole is formed in the side wall and a threaded bung assembly is mounted within the bung hole. The threaded bung assembly has a threaded member and a tap assembly is threadedly mounted to the threaded member. The container has an inner reservoir for containing liquids such as solvents, paint, thinners, reducers, etc. The top assembly is used to dispense the liquids from the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Pro Form Products Ltd.Inventor: James H. Speck
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Patent number: 10815047Abstract: The object of present invention is to provide a chemiluminescent aerosol product that can easily form an expected quantity of a chemiluminescent composition which exhibits excellent storage stability, is stably self-held for a long period of time and achieves a good luminous effect. This aerosol product includes a double-structure container provided with a discharging mechanism for simultaneously discharging contents filled in two liquid concentrate filling spaces. A propellant filling space is filled with a propellant composed of a compressed gas, a first liquid concentrate filling space is filled with a first liquid concentrate composition containing an oxalic acid ester, a fluorescent substance and a thickener, and having a viscosity of 10,000-200,000 mPa·s (20° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: LUMICA CORPORATION, TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Tsubouchi, Keisuke Koshizuka, Yasutomo Nakajima, Shinichi Tsunoda, Masaya Ito, Shiro Harada
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Patent number: 10806305Abstract: Various soap dispensers are disclosed. Certain embodiments include a housing, reservoir, pump, motor, sensor, electronic processor, and nozzle. In some embodiments, the pump comprises a peristaltic pump. In certain embodiments, the sensor can be configured to generate a signal based on a distance between an object and the sensor. In certain embodiments, the electronic processor can be configured to receive the signal from the sensor and to determine a dispensation volume of the liquid, such as based on the distance between the object and the sensor. The processor can be configured to control the motor to dispense approximately the dispensation volume of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: simplehuman, LLCInventors: Frank Yang, Guy Cohen, Zachary Rapoport, Hon-Lun Chen, Eric Beaupre, Sachin Kumar, Chetan Machakanoor, Varun Sundar
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Patent number: 10787356Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.Inventors: Joseph J. Madden, Steven T. Jersey, Scott Thomas Loomis, Fernando A. Ubidia
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Patent number: 10791589Abstract: A sensor circuit and a method for compensating for temperature changes are provided. In accordance with an embodiment, sensor circuit includes at least one sensor for determining a measurement variable; a heating structure; and at least one compensation circuit. The compensation circuit is configured to acquire information about a temperature change in an environment of the sensor, and to counteract a temperature change in the sensor on the basis of the information by driving the heating structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Ulrich Krumbein, Werner Simbuerger, Dietmar Straeussnigg, Andreas Wiesbauer
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Patent number: 10781030Abstract: A content dispensing package apparatus is provided. The content dispensing package apparatus can be configured to elevate contents for immediate dispensing to the user, the user able to raise the contents from outside an outer container. For example, a container for dispensing edible contents can include a first container portion, a second container portion configured to move between a first position and a second position, and a tab coupled to the second container portion. The tab can be accessible from the outside of the container and used to move the second container.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Inventor: David Abrams
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Patent number: 10773874Abstract: A flexible package is designed to contain a product, for instance a spice or a cosmetic product, and the flexible package is formed of at least two layers of flexible material joined together to create a closed package (volume). A dosage device is arranged on an inner face of the closed package, and the dosage device includes an elastic dosage membrane having a number of incisions over at least a part of its width and length, and includes an opening device configured to stretch the elastic dosage membrane.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: FIMTECH ASInventor: Dag H. Gundersen
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Patent number: 10773859Abstract: A tube squeezing device. The tube squeezing device includes a body with a first member, a second member, an elastic material, a collar, and a fastener. An elastic material runs along the length of sides of each member and connects the first member to the second member. The collar connects the top end of the first member to the top end of the second member. The collar has an aperture sized to receive a neck of a container therethrough. The fastener on the bottom ends of the first and second members selectively secures the bottom ends together. In various embodiments, pins are pivotally attached to the bottom of the members and travel in grooves to selectively keep the device in an open or closed configuration. The tube squeezing device is utilized to receive a tube of material and enable a user to squeeze out the material.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventors: Jerry Walters, Leslie Nielson