Patents Examined by Frederick C. Nicolas
  • Patent number: 11890625
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device including a body; a reservoir containing one or two doses of a fluid, the reservoir including a stopper that closes the reservoir in leaktight manner before actuation; a dispenser head that is provided with a dispenser orifice; and dispenser mechanism for dispensing at least a portion of the fluid through the dispenser orifice during actuation. The device further includes a needle having a tip that is adapted to pierce the stopper during actuation, the reservoir being filled with the fluid and being closed with the stopper under a vacuum, so that the residual volume of air present in the reservoir between the fluid and the stopper is substantially zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Fabien Adam
  • Patent number: 11884458
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser is for the delivery of pharmaceutical liquids, including a droplet dispenser, the liquid reservoir thereof being formed by a squeezable bottle body. Two measures secure the liquid dispenser, namely the provision of a cover body, an application of force on the squeezable bottle body being able to be prevented thereby, as well as a cap with a rotatable locking ring. The removal of the cap and the transfer of the cover body into a use position requires the deformation of an annular partial element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Heinzle, Julian Trinkner
  • Patent number: 11884475
    Abstract: An aerosol dispensing system having an aerosol actuator with a skirt and a skirt angle of between 50 and 70 degrees fitted on an aerosol can having a can slope angle within about 3 or 5 or 7 or 10 degrees of the skirt angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brandon Ramsuer
  • Patent number: 11884531
    Abstract: Kegs of beer may be connected in parallel alongside one or more valves that connect to a flushing fluid supply. When a beer is selected, the associated beer valve opens so that beer can be dispensed. After a pour is completed, the system automatically flushes the beverage tubing line clean by opening a flushing fluid valve, allowing flushing fluid to cleanse the line. This flushing of the line enables the system to dispense a beer from a recently flushed line for each pour, and/or dispense many different beers because leftovers of a beer from an earlier pour do not contaminate the line for later pours. The system is also configured to measure the time poured based on information from a sensor in a dispenser (e.g., a tap handle). The time poured and a measured flow rate are used to calculate the total price to charge a customer for the beer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: OASES INNOVATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Connor David Kudirka
  • Patent number: 11884533
    Abstract: Disclosed is a water dispenser including a container with an out-let channel at the bottom thereof and a manually operated valve arrangement with a valve member resiliently pre-stressed towards a closing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LIFESTRAW SÀRL
    Inventors: Mikkel Vestergaard-Frandsen, Alison Hill, Jean-Luc Madier, Mathieu Corbineau, Lionel Sabourin, Jean-Marc Pascal
  • Patent number: 11878901
    Abstract: A mounting assembly includes a beverage mounting assembly having a housing. The housing has a housing wall that surrounds a cavity. A valve body is connectable to the beverage mounting assembly. The valve body is connectable to the beverage mounting assembly via a clip. The clip is insertable into both the housing and the valve body to connect the valve body to the beverage mounting assembly. At least one actuator is disposed in the cavity of the housing. The actuator rotates from a closed position to an open position that actuates pressure to the valve body from a liquid source. The actuator is separate from the clip that connects the housing to the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: WELBILT FOODSERVIE COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Wallace Brown, Bruce Burton
  • Patent number: 11877678
    Abstract: A wine decanter includes a control circuit board; and a water pump, an air pump, a power supply and a switch electronically connected with the control circuit board respectively. An inlet end of the water pump is connected to one end of a first connecting pipe, an outlet end of the water pump is connected to one end of a second connecting pipe; an outlet end of the air pump is connected to one end of the gas pipe, and the other end of the gas pipe is connected to any position of the liquid flow path which includes the first connecting pipe and the second connecting pipe; the red wine drawn by the water pump is mixed with air injected by the air pump in the liquid flow path for decanting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Danping Liu
  • Patent number: 11871874
    Abstract: Provided is a tumbler for beverage making including a drinking water tray including a lower tray which has an open top and a closed bottom to form a storage space for storing drinking water or a beverage therein, and an upper tray which is detachably coupled to the top of the lower tray to close the open top of the lower tray and has a drinking aperture formed therein to enable a user to drink the drinking water or beverage in the storage space; an additive tray which is detachably coupled to the bottom of the drinking water tray, and has an additive storage space for storing an additive formed therein; and a pumping unit which is mounted to penetrate through the drinking water tray and the additive tray so as to pump the additive and supply same to a drinking water storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Moon Sik Park
  • Patent number: 11873207
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a beverage from at least one pouch having a first dispensing apparatus is provided herein, the system including: a keg defining a longitudinal axis, an inner surface, and an outer surface; a first aperture extending from the inner surface of the keg to the outer surface of the keg, the first aperture configured to receive the first dispensing apparatus; and a first outer clip positioned to abut the outer surface of the keg and encircle a first portion of the first dispensing apparatus. Also provided herein are methods of assembling and using the beverage-dispensing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: World Wide Hagerty Inc.
    Inventor: John C. Hagerty
  • Patent number: 11872587
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly includes a cartridge and a sleeve, the cartridge having a solid head part and a cartridge wall formed by a film integrally formed with the head part, the cartridge being received in the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Tobias Bodenmüller, Marcel Richter, Richard Lavelanet
  • Patent number: 11866319
    Abstract: A container for dispensing a liquid includes a body and a piercing device. The body includes an interior storage volume, an outlet through the first wall for dispensing the liquid, a first track disposed in a first side wall of the body, and a second track disposed in a second side wall of the body, the second side wall opposite the first side wall. The piercing device can be slidably coupled to the body and includes a first rail configured to slide within the first track, a second rail configured to slide within the second track, and a piercer that includes a piercing end. The piercer can slide from a first position to a second position to pierce the body and create a vent opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andrew Bell Krystinik, Edward Gilchrest, Craig R. Bures, Lee M. Marchetti, Scott H. Smith, Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: 11858799
    Abstract: A dispensing tap (700) for liquids includes a body (702) connected to the neck of a container (900), a dispensing head (708) with an outlet or mouth (714), and a throat (710) connecting the body to the dispensing head. A shut off valve (716) is configured for sealing engagement with the mouth of the dispensing head, and a piston (718) is axially guided within the dispensing head. The piston includes a peripheral seal (720) slidably engaged with an interior surface of the dispensing head, and a valve stem (722) coupled to the shut off valve. The piston is selectively actuable between a normally closed position an open position. A vent (740) is in communication with an interior of the body and the vent is opened and closed with movement of the piston and shut off valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Willam Driskell, Brandon Ramsuer, Eelco H. DeMan, Niels F.G. van Wieringen, Paulus Zuijderduijn
  • Patent number: 11858696
    Abstract: A device may include a dispensable substance container to hold a dispensable substance; a dispensing nozzle attached to the dispensable substance container to dispense the dispensable substance out of an opening in the dispensing nozzle; and a frangible obstruction encompassing the dispensing nozzle and obstructing the opening of the dispensing nozzle wherein the frangible obstruction is to slide along the dispensing nozzle to uncover the opening when broken free from the dispensing nozzle by a wall of a receiving container during an engagement between the dispensable substance container and the receiving container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeff Luke, Dean Richtsmeier, Mathew Lavigne, Sean Daniel Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 11852406
    Abstract: An insulated container having an internal chamber, a second container received within the internal chamber, a spigot assembly extending through a passageway through a wall of the insulated container and removably coupled to the second container, the spigot assembly being in fluid communication with the second container for dispensing liquid out of the insulated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BRUMATE, INC.
    Inventor: Dylan M. Jacob
  • Patent number: 11851315
    Abstract: A flow diverting device is provided at the lower end of the dip-tube (D) in a bag-in-keg container (C) which is filled top-side-down, e.g. with beer. The device directs the incoming flow to run smoothly back down the outside of the dip tube, gently into the already pooled beer thus minimising any fountain effect and associated turbulence. The device can also be used with single-wall metal or plastic kegs to reduce the dispensing of sediment and allow a greater volume of beer to be withdrawn without fobbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Walton, Sergio Sonzogni
  • Patent number: 11851269
    Abstract: A dredging device for dredging a pipe is provided including: a carrying frame, adapted to connected to a pipe; a shaking dredging unit including a first shaking plate and a second shaking plate, and the first shaking plate and the second shaking plate are arranged within the pipe; and a driving unit, connected to the carrying frame. The driving unit is connected to the first shaking plate and the second shaking plate for driving the first shaking plate and the second shaking plate to reciprocate to approach or move away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SUZHOU TPRI ENER & ENVIRO TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Chen, Xiaohua Wang, Baokang Chen, Junwu Zhao, Zhenfeng Mei, Xiaolei Xue, Xiaomin Peng, Shengjie Yu, Ruipeng Liu, Peng Zhao, Yiwen Ding, Jinyong Zhu, Sheng Yao, Zhucheng Wang, Hao Liang, Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 11839888
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing system includes at least one container for storing the liquid to be dispensed, the at least one container having a neck defining a fill opening for the liquid. The system includes a liquid dispensing device releasably connectable to the at least one container, an exchangeable cartridge for an additive to be mixed with the stored liquid, where the cartridge is accommodated in the neck, and a piercing member for opening the cartridge. The cartridge includes a one-piece hollow body filled with the additive and with a pressurized gas, and the piercing member is arranged to pierce a wall of the hollow body. A method of dispensing a liquid by using the liquid dispensing system, and a cartridge for use in the liquid dispensing system and/or method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: DISPENSING TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Paulo Nervo, Dennis Van Melick, Dominicus Jan Van Wijk
  • Patent number: 11834258
    Abstract: An intermediate bulk container (IBC) system including a base and walls, and having an interior space. The system comprises a drain in the base or in a wall, a liner bag having a liner bag drain couplable to the drain in the base or in a wall, and a door coupled to the wall by a hinge and shaped to cover an opening in the wall. The opening extends from a top of the wall. The hinge is coupled to the door to allow the door to rotate into the interior space. A stop prevents the door from rotating beyond the wall. The system may be used by rotating the door into the interior space to expose the opening, reaching through the opening and operatively coupling the liner bag drain at the drain in the base or in a wall, and rotating the door to cover the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: A. R. Arena Products, Inc.
    Inventor: David A Nowicky
  • Patent number: 11833005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container (100) for producing a self-curing or dual-curing dental synthetic material composition (200), which container comprises a deformable wall (101), having a first synthetic material component (103-1); and a second synthetic material component (103-2) for curing the synthetic material composition (200) or starting a curing reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Stephan Lenz, Benjamin Gebhardt, Theresa Sujata Maria Senti, Stefan Lerch
  • Patent number: 11827443
    Abstract: An aerosol foam dispenser for dispensing a foam antiperspirant or deodorant composition. The foam dispenser can have a pressurized container adapted for one or more propellants and a liquid deodorant or antiperspirant composition; a valve assembly, which can be a metered valve assembly, having a valve stem; an actuating mechanism in operative communication with the valve assembly, a dome with a skin contacting surface and one or more exit orifices in fluid communication with the valve stem; and a dip tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew John Martin, Matthew Corey Cataudella, Scott James Murschel, Nathanial David Thulin, Laurie Michelle Taragano