Patents Examined by Darren W Gorman
  • Patent number: 11097289
    Abstract: A sprayer having a spray head configured to receive water; a spray face coupled to the spray head and defining an internal fluid chamber, which is located between the spray face and the spray head and is fluidly connected with the spray head, wherein the spray face includes a plurality of channels and a plurality of apertures; a control ring having a plurality of channels, wherein the control ring is coupled to the spray face so that each channel of the control ring cooperates with one associated channel and one associated aperture of the spray face to define a nozzle cavity; and a nozzle assembly having a mat and a plurality of nozzles coupled to the mat, wherein each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles is disposed in one associated nozzle cavity to control an orientation of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Pete Kajuch, Meghamukta Ghosh
  • Patent number: 11097288
    Abstract: A fountain attachment for water effects has an exterior pipe and an interior pipe disposed inside the exterior pipe. An adjustable nozzle of the fountain attachment has a slot size that can be adjusted by a coaxial displacement of the exterior pipe relative to the interior pipe. At least one guide ball is movably arranged between the exterior pipe and the interior pipe and pretensioned by at least one spring. The guide ball interacts with a guide contour for the coaxial displacement by a rotation of the exterior pipe and the interior pipe relative to each other. A pressure element is arranged between the spring and the guide ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: OASE GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Wesselmeier
  • Patent number: 11090675
    Abstract: A sprinkler height adjustment mechanism is described that can be used to increase the height of a top cover and a top of the riser relative to the sprinkler body. The height adjustment mechanism is particularly useful for sprinklers with compartments having removable tops, however, a similar design can also be adapted for sprinklers without compartments (e.g., components that connect to a sprinkler flange or the sprinkler riser).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Steven C. Renquist, James T. Wright, III, Michael Williamson
  • Patent number: 11077222
    Abstract: A fragrance diffuser has a diffuser element connecting a first reservoir to a second reservoir. As a fragrant oil flows between the reservoirs, the diffuser element becomes saturated with oil and diffuses the fragrance or scent. The diffuser is self-contained, easy to interact with, without creating a mess. The diffuser is relaxing and pleasant to watch as it flows through from one end and drips to the other, releasing one small bubble at a time. It is refillable, transportable, and the intensity of the scent release can be controlled easily by saturating the wood more or less often.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Hya-Scent, Inc.
    Inventors: Helena Zaludova, Martin Schnitzer
  • Patent number: 11066797
    Abstract: A salt spreader for distributing a material includes a bucket including a front surface, a rear surface, first and second side surfaces, and a base surface, wherein the front and rear surfaces tend toward one another, and wherein the base surface includes an ejection port, a spinner mount attached to the base surface of the bucket under the ejection port, a spinner rotatably mounted atop of the spinner mount, and an auger positioned in a base of the bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Randy Strait, Blake Strait
  • Patent number: 11052411
    Abstract: A nozzle device and method for creating a fluid nucleation in situ, is disclosed. The nozzle has a housing having a hollow interior, an outer cylindrical wall, and inlet and an outlet, and a diffuser disposed in the cylindrical tube at a first end toward the inlet. The diffuser is configured to break bonds between adjoining fluid molecules and create a nucleation event. The nozzle further has a mesh framework disposed in the cylindrical tube and extending longitudinally within the tube in the nucleation zone, and is configured to manipulate the bonding and un-bonding of water molecules within a pressurized environment for the production of snow, clean water or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Richard Marcelin Wambsgans
  • Patent number: 11052410
    Abstract: A sanitary shower device including a shower body including a fluid inlet configuration, a jet disk and an interposed fluid guidance, wherein jet output elements of the jet disk each have a first and a second fluid input opening and discharge fluid supplied via the first fluid input openings as a first shower jet with a first jet pattern and fluid supplied via the second fluid input openings as a second shower jet with a second jet pattern differing from the first jet pattern, a fluid control device including a fluid outlet connection configuration and a user-operated fluid control unit, and a fluid conduit configuration for fluid coupling of the fluid inlet configuration to the fluid outlet connection configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Joachim Blattner, Jürgen Groß
  • Patent number: 11047352
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a housing that includes an injection hole and a valve seat; a needle that includes a flange at a radially outer side of the needle and opens or closes the injection hole; a movable core that is installed on the valve seat side of the flange; a first spring that urges the needle toward the valve seat side; a second spring that urges the movable core toward an opposite side, which is opposite from the valve seat; and a limiting member that is installed on a radially outer side of the needle such that the limiting member enables movement of the movable core between the limiting member and the flange on the valve seat side of the flange. The limiting member includes an outside projection, which supports the second spring; and a tubular portion and an inside projection, which are contactable with the movable core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yamamoto, Kouichi Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11040359
    Abstract: A sprinkler can include a turbine, a nozzle, a gear drive and a reversing mechanism. The gear drive and the reversing mechanism rotatably couple the turbine and the nozzle. The gear drive can shift a direction of rotation of an output stage that is coupled to the reversing mechanism. The sprinkler can include at least one arc adjusting gear that moves and arc adjusting tab to contact a shift arm to cause the shifting mechanism to change direction. The arc adjusting gear can engage with the arc tab for adjusting the arc setting and disengage from the arc tab for normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Zachary B. Simmons
  • Patent number: 11040356
    Abstract: A shower head structure comprises a handle with a passage. A head portion is arranged at one end of the handle, and the head portion is internally provided with an accommodating cavity. The accommodating cavity is in communication with the passage. First water through holes and bumps made of elastic materials are arranged on one face of the head portion. The first water through holes are in communication with the accommodating cavity. A reinforcing plate is arranged on the face where the bumps are arranged of the head portion. The reinforcing plate is provided with spray holes and reinforcing holes for the bumps to pass through. Side walls of the reinforcing holes are closely attached to roots of the bumps. The spray holes are in communication with the first water through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: Zhejiang Petalent Pet Supplies Co., Ltd., WENZHOU WANKANG PET PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinyue Song
  • Patent number: 11041471
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection nozzle for use in an internal combustion engine, having a nozzle body (1), in which is formed a pressure chamber (2) fillable with fuel under high pressure and in which a longitudinally displaceable nozzle needle (4) is arranged, wherein the nozzle needle (4) has a sealing face (5) with which it interacts with a conical body seat (7) formed in the nozzle body (1) and thereby opens and closes the connection from the pressure chamber (2) to a blind hole (10). The blind hole (10) forms a cylindrical section (12) directly adjoining the body seat (7) so that an inlet edge (11) is formed at the transition between the body seat (7) and the blind hole (10). In the nozzle body (1) is formed at least one injection opening (14) which opens into the blind hole (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Birgit Lenz, Gerhard Suenderhauf
  • Patent number: 11033913
    Abstract: A dispensing head with a staged swirling chamber for a dispensing system includes a spraying nozzle including a dispensing orifice and a swirling chamber opening into the dispensing orifice, the swirling chamber including a converging portion, and extending along an axis between an upstream end and a downstream end in the direction of displacement of the product, and an anvil including a core provided with a peripheral wall, that is housed inside the swirling chamber, and forming with the converging portion at least one fluidic path in which the product circulates, the converging portion including an inner wall of the nozzle, the inner wall and/or the peripheral wall of the core being provided with a plurality of steps, each step being defined by a transverse wall that extends in a plane secant to the axis and a longitudinal wall substantially parallel to the axis, the steps forming obstacles in the fluidic path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ALBEA LE TREPORT
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Songbe, Thomas Nevens
  • Patent number: 11033765
    Abstract: A cooking system includes an appliance configured to cook food products, a fire suppressant supply configured to selectively provide fire suppressant agent, and a conduit. The appliance includes a food receptacle and a cover selectively repositionable between a fully open position and a closed position. The cover defines an internal volume configured to contain the food products during cooking, a fluid aperture fluidly coupled to the internal volume, and an access aperture through which the food products may be introduced into the internal volume. The cover extends at least partway across the access aperture in the closed position. The conduit fluidly couples the fire suppressant supply to the fluid aperture. The fire suppressant supply and the conduit are configured to introduce the fire suppressant agent into the internal volume of the food receptacle at least when the cover is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Joshua Lepinski, Nicholas David Lukowski
  • Patent number: 11027158
    Abstract: Fire fighting apparatus using a single pressurizing pump and an improved eductor venturi to enable the in-line eduction of a long term fire retardant concentrate into a pressurized diluting water flow stream downstream of the water pressurizing pump so that the resulting mixture of water and liquid concentrate is accurately proportioned to meet a specification dictated by the concentrate vendor and is thus instantly available for application to fire threatened structures and vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas E. Black
  • Patent number: 11027161
    Abstract: A concealable sprinkler head includes a frame having a body mountable to a fire suppression liquid source, a pair of frame arms and a pair of corresponding drop pins slidably engaged with a respective frame arm. A thermal trigger is supported within the sprinkler frame. A fluid deflector is secured to the drop pins and includes a generally horizontal surface. The drop pins extend substantially orthogonally from the horizontal surface. An inclined surface of the fluid deflector extends angularly upwardly from the horizontal surface. A concealing cup surrounds the frame arms. A cover plate is attached to the concealing cup, covering the distal end thereof, wherein the drop pins and the deflector are positioned within the concealing cup. The cover plate is removable from the concealing cup permitting the drop pins and the deflector to axially slide out of the concealing cup into an operational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: VICTAULIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen J. Meyer, Thomas Wancho, Thomas Sandberg, John Desrosier, Kevin Desmond Maughan
  • Patent number: 11020757
    Abstract: This rotary atomizing head used in a rotary atomizing head type painting device is provided with: an atomizing head main body formed in a bell shape or a cup shape; an attachment part which is connected to the atomizing head main body and attaches the atomizing head main body to a motor rotary shaft of the rotary atomizing head type painting device; and a resin mold in which an IC tag containing unique information about the rotary atomizing head stored therein is embedded, and which is attached to the attachment part, wherein the attachment part can have a prescribed structure, the resin mold is attached to the attachment part through a prescribed method, and the IC tag is embedded in the resin mold such that the surface of an embedded coil antenna adopts a prescribed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD., ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamauchi, Masaaki Saruyama, Masaaki Kitagawa, Shinya Nomura
  • Patent number: 11007544
    Abstract: An undercarriage washing assembly for washing the undercarriage of a vehicle includes a spray block 12 that has a fluid input 14, a first fluid output 16 and a second fluid output 18. The fluid input 14 is fluidly coupled to a fluid source 20 comprising a handle of a pressure washer. The first fluid output 16 is oriented to lie along a line oriented at an upward angle with respect to the fluid input 14. In this way the first fluid output 16 can spray fluid upwardly from the spray block 12. The second fluid input 14 is oriented to lie along a line is oriented at an upward angle with respect to the fluid input 14 to spray fluid upwardly from the spray block 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: Peter Waring
  • Patent number: 10987972
    Abstract: A wheel apparatus for a self-propelled irrigation system has a center portion, a rim assembly, and a support structure disposed between the center portion and the rim assembly. The rim assembly has a plurality of rigid members spaced apart from each other with longitudinal axes that are parallel with each other and equidistant from the axis of rotation. The rigid members are cylindrical with unsupported ends, and a mounting portion between the ends is connected to an outer periphery of the support structure. The rigid members are held in a fixed position relative to the center portion by the support structure. The rigid members are arranged to contact the ground surface to support the irrigation system with spaces between the rigid members allowing mud and debris to pass freely between the rigid members during operation to enhance traction while minimizing mud from being forced out of a wheel track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Corey Schaaf
  • Patent number: 10987278
    Abstract: The invention is characterized in that the straw body (1) is consisting of two or more segments, which are attached together with connection (5) and that the straw body (1) on its both ends has a cross-slit valve (2, 3) closure and the valves (2, 3) and the straw body (1) are integrated by molecular adhesion. The inlet and outlet valves (2, 3) are of a slit type. The straw body (1) is preferably made of a thermoplastic material and the valves (2, 3) are preferably made of elastomer material. The edge of the straw body (1) is shaped to enable larger surface of the connection between the straw body (1) and the valve (2, 3). The said shape is preferably a groove (8). On the wall on the end of the straw body (1) a tongue-shaped groove (9) is formed on the surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Alterno Labs d.o.o.
    Inventor: Boris Nolimal
  • Patent number: 10987681
    Abstract: A miniature low-flow, fluid conserving washer nozzle has an elongated housing enclosing an interior volume aligned along an inlet axis which receives an elongated insert member with internal fluid passages defining first and second power nozzles, so that accelerating first and second fluid flows are aimed by the first and second power nozzles toward one another in an interaction region defined within the insert with an insert throat to aim spray laterally or transversely along a spray axis through an aligned sidewall aperture in the nozzle housing. The nozzle may generate a planar oscillating sweeping fan of spray, produced by fluidic oscillations at low flow rates, typically 150-300 ml/min at 25 psi. The fan of spray generated may be varied from 20° to 70° or about 15°-60°. The outer dimensions of spray head could be as small as 3.5 mm. The fluidic geometry is also capable of spraying high viscosity liquids up to 25 CP or up to 15 CP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: DLHBOWLES, INC.
    Inventors: Chunling Zhao, Shridhar Gopalan, Zachary Kline