Patents Examined by Cody J Lieuwen
  • Patent number: 10322420
    Abstract: A pressing waterway switch device and shower includes a fixed housing and a pressing switch mechanism, the pressing switch mechanism includes a button, a switching component, and a transmission component, the button, the driving piece and the switching component are all or part of connected with an elastic piece. The pressing waterway switch device is installed in a shower body with the button disposed outside. By pressing the button makes the water outlet function changed in switch manner, and the water outlet function includes shower spray function, massage spray function and shower spray combined with massage spray together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIAN XIHE SANITARY WARE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofa Lin, Xiaoshan Lin, Qiqiao Liu, Xiaoqing Deng, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 10323616
    Abstract: A valve assembly is provided with a valve body, a valve needle and an armature. An actuator assembly surrounds the valve assembly. The actuator assembly includes a housing and a coil. The coil can be energized so as to induce a force for axially displacing the armature. A flow characteristic of fluid to be injected by the injector is adjusted by axially shifting the valve assembly and the actuator assembly relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Stefano Filippi, Mauro Grandi, Francesco Lenzi, Valerio Polidori
  • Patent number: 10315208
    Abstract: A description is given of a sprayer of liquids (10) with trigger-operated pump comprising a body (11) which can be attached to the mouth of a container and a nozzle (16) of delivery of the liquid, in the body (11) being formed a pumping chamber (22) in communication with the interior of the container and with the delivery nozzle (16), via a one-way valve of suction and of delivery (30), in the outlet duct (29) for the liquid a system of precompression being placed comprising a piston (41) pushed with constant force by a spring (42) in occlusion of said outlet duct (29) such as to increase the pressure of the liquid in said outlet duct (29) during the pumping, and therefore the speed or the acceleration of the liquid in output from the nozzle (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Vicenza S.R.L.
    Inventor: Gilberto Rech
  • Patent number: 10300827
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispersing liquid flame retardant mixtures mounts in the bucket of mine scoop. The apparatus has a housing which is generally sized to fit within a mine scoop bucket while leaving space in the bucket for moving mine material. The housing has a reservoir within it for holding a fire prevention mixture. The mixture is a liquid mixture and the apparatus has a motor, pump, tubes, and nozzles for dispersing the fire prevention mixture. The apparatus accommodates a hydraulic cylinder for moving the mixture dispersing apparatus back and forth within the scoop bucket. Some embodiments of the apparatus have a front face with scraper blade elements that operate as a scraper blade similar to scraper blades in scoop buckets that do not have the apparatus in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Jason Wilkerson
  • Patent number: 10287069
    Abstract: A vaporizing/discharging container 100 is provided that can properly vaporize and discharge a volatile substance in use, and prevent tampering by children, etc. The vaporizing/discharging container 100 for vaporizing and discharging a volatile substance into the outside, includes a main body 10 configured to contain the volatile substance, and a closure member 20 having a vapor discharging hole 21 for the volatile substance, and configured to be screwed and attached onto the main body 10. A pair of temporary lock mechanisms 30 (31, 32) configured to engage with each other so that resistance occurs against a direction in which the closure member 20 is rotated backward after the closure member 20 is screwed onto the main body 10, are provided between the closure member 20 and the main body 10, and at least one of the temporary lock mechanisms 30 (31, 32) is formed in the shape of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: ZHONGSHAN FUJI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., DAINIHON JOCHUGIKU CO., LTD., THE YANKEE CANDLE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Chi Wai Chan, Koji Nakayama, Frederick A. Enko, Cheriyan B. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10286446
    Abstract: Spray nozzle device for spraying a cast strand or similar metallurgical products with a misty air/water mixture for uniformly cooling the cast strand. The air/water mixture is produced in a mixing chamber which acts as a diffusor and includes an air inlet, a water inlet, and a nozzle outlet approximately in alignment with the air inlet. The air inlet is arranged in an air inlet nozzle, the tip of which protrudes into an upper region of the mixing chamber and preferably has air outlet holes oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the mixing chamber. Water enters near the tip through at least one water outlet hole oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and placed such that the water jet exiting the water outlet hole flows past the air outlet holes. The air flow or air pressure and the water flow or water pressure do not influence each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SMS Concast AG
    Inventors: Louis Kuster, Klaus Von Eynatten
  • Patent number: 10280886
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve which has a structure where failure hardly occurs in a valve member and a peripheral member thereof at the time of press-fitting of a fixed core. The present invention provides a fuel injection valve that includes: a valve member 114A; an anchor 102 which is relatively displaceable with respect to the valve member 114A; a fixed core 107 in which a through-hole 107A is formed; a gap forming member 133 which forms a gap between an engagement portion 129B on the valve member side and an engagement portion 102D on the anchor side; and a biasing spring 134 which biases the gap forming member 133 in a valve closing direction. The engagement portions 102D and 129B are provided in both the anchor 102 and the valve member 114A so as to be engaged with each other when the anchor 102 is displaced in a valve opening direction with respect to the valve member 114A, thereby regulating the displacement of the anchor 102 in the valve opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Sugaya, Kiyotaka Ogura, Takao Miyake, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Ryo Kusakabe, Atsushi Nakai
  • Patent number: 10271471
    Abstract: An agricultural trailed implement includes a chassis with tongue for hitching to a tractor. A housing is integrated into a loadbearing section of the tongue. A pump or generator is mounted inside the housing and is driven by a PTO shaft connected to an attached tractor. The pump housing may define a sump which provides a fluid reservoir to supply the pump in a hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventor: Joris Jan Hiddema
  • Patent number: 10272450
    Abstract: The present invention is a spout apparatus (1) for discharging water, including a spouting apparatus main body (2) and an oscillation inducing element (4) for discharging water with reciprocating motion; wherein the oscillation inducing element has: a water supply passageway (10a); a water colliding portion (14) for generating vortexes of mutually opposing circulations at the downstream side thereof by the collision of hot or cold water; a vortex street passageway (10b) having a tapered part, placed on the downstream side of the water supply passageway, which narrows in flow path cross section toward the downstream side; a separating portion (12) for suppressing the Coanda effect acting on the flow of water along the wall surface of a vortex street passageway; and a flow-aligning passageway (10c) having an essentially fixed flow path cross section which aligns the flow of hot or cold water which has passed through the separating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Nagata, Kiyotake Ukigai
  • Patent number: 10251336
    Abstract: The drip irrigation system allows for the irrigation of soil with carbon dioxide-infused water. The drip irrigation system includes a pipe having first and second inlets. The first inlet is adapted for receiving pressurized carbon dioxide gas, and the second inlet is adapted for receiving water under pressure. A plurality of drip nozzles are mounted to the pipe, such that each drip nozzle is in fluid communication with an interior of the pipe. An inner tube is mounted in the interior of the pipe and is in fluid communication with the first inlet for receiving the pressurized carbon dioxide gas. The pressurized carbon dioxide is expelled through a plurality of ports of the inner tube to mix with the water flowing within the interior of the pipe. This mixture forms water infused with carbon dioxide, which is then released, in the forms of drops, by the plurality of drip nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: United Arab Emirates University
    Inventors: Taoufik Ksiksi, Shaijal Babu Thru Ppoyil, Abdulla Yousif Abdulla M. Almarzooqi, Soltan Abdollah Barahim
  • Patent number: 10201825
    Abstract: A protective nozzle top assembly includes a center recess to protect the attached retractable nozzle assembly when the sprinkler is in its non-operating condition. In an embodiment, the protective nozzle top assembly includes a secondary top surface positioned over a conventional primary top surface with water and dirt drainage between the two in order to provide dirt protection as well as protection from contact with lawn equipment, personnel and auto tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Inventor: Carl L. C. Kah, Jr.