Patents Examined by Bob Zadeh
  • Intake boot for household pump dispenser supply tube
    Patent number: 11351565
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph Simpson Carter
  • Fluid dispensing control unit and fluid dispensing system central web server software installation
    Patent number: 11356497
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LINCOLN INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan Donovan, Eric Krassinger, Mark Linneman
  • Composition for aerosol cans, method of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11344913
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: MSI Coatings, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Kent Springer, Neil Brian Cramer
  • Flavor and additive delivery systems and methods for beverage dispensers
    Patent number: 11339045
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John Conway, Cesar Ramirez, Erik Lynch, Bart Peeters, Robert Zudic, Marilyn Bombard, Samuel Goodrow
  • Refillable dispenser having reservoirs and refill containers configured for fluid and air transfer therebetween
    Patent number: 11331685
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron D. Marshall, Nick E. Ciavarella, Donald Russell Harris
  • High flow, reduces foam dispensing nozzle
    Patent number: 11325818
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Kirk Walter Dahlberg, Youlung Chen, Charles Bradley Green, Josef Klucik, John Martin, Cassilyn Bair, Robert B. Brownell, Jr.
  • Cap for closing an opening of a container
    Patent number: 11319120
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KAO GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Lott, Max Diecks
  • Dispensing assembly
    Patent number: 11319119
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TRIMAS COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Ian Darby, Paul N. Georgelos, Mark A. Smith
  • Multifunctional wearable fluid dispensing apparatus
    Patent number: 11304570
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: IntelWrist, LLC
    Inventors: Kashif Shaukat, Bernard Lagroue
  • Fluid product dispenser
    Patent number: 11292020
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Duquet, Francis Moreau
  • Grease injection gun cartridge adaptor
    Patent number: 11292026
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: GURTECH (PTY) LTD.
    Inventor: Cary Donald Lusso
  • Automatic isobaric dispensing machine for craft beer and beer dispensing method by using the same
    Patent number: 11292708
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Chiwu Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Peipei Guo, Mengyu Chen, Haifei Zhou, Tianhui He
  • Content dispensing container apparatus
    Patent number: 11292657
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: David Abrams
  • Post-mixing beverage dispenser having pressurizable ingredient containers
    Patent number: 11292707
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KUANTOM
    Inventors: Valentin Lecomte, Geoffrey Martins
  • Dosing machine for dispensing metered quantities of fluid products, in particular for preparing paints, varnishes, dyes and the like
    Patent number: 11286150
    Abstract: A dosing machine for dispensing metered quantities of fluid products, in particular for preparing paints, varnishes, dyes and the like, includes: a stock having a plurality of compartments configured to receive respective sealed disposable cartridges, a dispensing head having a plurality of nozzles, and a plurality of dosing circuits configured to supply metered quantities of fluid products to respective nozzles of the dispensing head, wherein each of said dosing circuits is hydraulically connected to two cartridge supports configured to be connected to respective cartridges containing the same fluid product, so that, during operation, one of the two cartridges connected to the same dosing circuit forms a buffer for the complementary cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Luca Drocco
  • Disposable deformable capsule
    Patent number: 11284697
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable deformable capsule including: a pouch containing a predetermined amount of only one of two phases which when mixed form a ready-to-use cosmetic product, a narrowing which forms a channel leading from one side to the pouch and from the other side to outside the capsule, the pouch being flattened, one of its two faces being flat, the other of its two faces being at least partly convex and flexible to allow expelling the contents of the pouch by mechanical pressure on the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LABORATOIRES M&L
    Inventor: Philippe De Brugiere
  • Magnetically controlled valve using a blocking device and a movement device
    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
  • Pressurizable fluid container apparatus
    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
  • Aseptic cap for containers with evidence of first opening
    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
  • Powder dispensing fixture
    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