Patents Examined by Joseph Kaufman
  • Patent number: 7296712
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device a body (1), a fluid reservoir (3), a dispensing member, such as a pump or a metering valve having a piston or a valve member that is mounted to move axially, which dispensing member is fitted to the reservoir (3), and an actuating element (5) mounted to move between a rest position and an actuating position, for actuating the dispensing member and thus for selectively dispensing the fluid contained in the reservoir (3), fluid dispenser device being characterized in that the direction in which actuating element (5) moves is different from, and in particular perpendicular to, the axial direction in which the piston or the valve member of the dispensing member moves, the actuating element (5) having an end portion provided with the cam surface (6) which co-operates with the reservoir (3) or a fixing ring (8) adapted to fix the dispensing member to the reservoir (3) so that the actuating element (5) being moved substantially radially into its actuating position causes the reservoir (3) to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Valois S.A.S.
    Inventor: Guiseppe Stradella
  • Patent number: 7293674
    Abstract: The technical problem of this invention is to create check valve mechanisms of a simple configuration. Thus, the object of this invention is to provide a discharge container maintaining high productivity, showing good squeeze operation, and having improved outer appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Abe, Takayuki Goto, Mitsuo Furusawa, Tsutomu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7293676
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus comprising a spout and a spigot. The spout includes a tubular member. The tubular member includes a first end, a second end, an inside surface and an opening extending transversely through the tubular member between the first and second end thereof. The tubular member defines a cavity capable of receiving a flowable material therein. The spigot is attached to the inside surface of the tubular member. The spigot includes a peripheral wall, a transverse wall and a handle. The peripheral wall includes an outer surface positionable over the opening. The transverse wall is coupled to the peripheral wall. The peripheral wall and the transverse wall cooperating to substantially seal the first end of the tubular member and the opening from the cavity of the tubular member. The handle is associated with at least one of the peripheral wall and the transverse wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Liston, Robbie Wells
  • Patent number: 7287671
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser modular manifold routes carbonated water and non-carbonated water to a plurality of outlet ports for dispensing water for mixing with syrup and dispensing a beverage. A selector allows a store owner or manager to set the manifold to dispense one of carbonated water and non-carbonated water for each mixing and dispensing nozzle in the beverage dispenser. The manifold may be combined with similar manifolds to provide as many dispensing stations as desired in a beverage dispenser. Syrup modular manifolds may also be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Morrow, Sr., Jerry L. Landers, William Derek Slone
  • Patent number: 7287670
    Abstract: A fluid extracting device is structured to be capable of extracting only a predetermined amount of a fluid such as wine or the like while a deterioration preventive gas is being supplied to a bottle B and the fluid extracting device (60), which are coupled to each other in an airtight state. Consequently, the partial extraction in a plurality of operations is made possible without causing quality deterioration of the fluid such as wine or the like even after the bottle is once opened. Further, such a structure is provided that the fluid extracting devices (60) having a large number of bottles of wine or the like attached thereto are mounted on a display table at a wine bar or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Inventors: Eiji Yoshida, Keiichi Yahagi, Hiroyuki Matsunaga, Satoshi Otake, Hiroki Matsumoto, Tatsuro Ishimatsu, Yusuke Yoshida, Kagenori Nagao, Satomi Kudo, Eri Kawaguchi, Ikuo Andreas Nakayama, Yuta Ogino, Syotaro Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7284682
    Abstract: It is a liquid-containing bottle (1) available on the market that is fitted with device (7, 8, 9) that applied instead of the original plug allows its quick-fitting and -dismantling to/from a suitable support (18, 19, 21) equipped with drain (16, 17) using the liquid without any spillage, and fitted with a cap (12) applied to the bottom (3, 4) equipped with a manual valve (13, 14) to put its inside into communication with the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Filmop s.r.l.
    Inventor: Bruno Zorzo
  • Patent number: 7278550
    Abstract: In a liquid dispensing system having a dispensing module and a manifold or service block, the manifold includes an vertically oriented interactive portion that extends, for example, outwardly from a front side and the dispensing module includes a correspondingly shaped interactive portion configured to engage the manifold so that the dispensing module is automatically aligned. The increased surface area in contact between the module and manifold improves their sealing engagement and heat transfer with one another, reduces leakage, and permits increased operating pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Bezema, Ronald Buerger
  • Patent number: 7278551
    Abstract: A dosing hopper for producing wood material panels has a feed device (2) that distributes the supplied material flow of glued wood particles continuously over the width of the hopper (1). The dosing hopper supplies elongated flat wood strands for producing oriented structural chip boards or panels (OSB, LSL). The feed device (2) includes a weighing device (23), with which the wood strands are distributable over the entire hopper width in a weight-dosed and oriented manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Dieffenbacher Schenck Panel GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Graf, Lutz Wolf, Guenter Natus, Karl-Heinz Koehler
  • Patent number: 7275661
    Abstract: A pump for discharging bubbles is provided on a neck portion of a container body. The pump for discharging bubbles comprises a cylinder for liquid in which a first piston slides, a cylinder for air in which a second piston slides, a pump head on which a nozzle is provided and which is connected to the first piston and the second piston so as to drive the both pistons, a vapor-liquid mixing chamber in which liquid delivered from the cylinder for liquid and air delivered from the cylinder for air are joined and a bubbling member provided between the nozzle and the vapor-liquid mixing chamber. Liquid within the container body and outside air are pumped up to be joined in the vapor-liquid mixing chamber and the vapor-liquid is bubbled via the bubbling member to be discharged in a foamy state from the nozzle by depressing the pump head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Iizuka, Hiroshi Mizushima, Haruo Tsuchida, Tadao Saito
  • Patent number: 7267247
    Abstract: A portable beverage dispensing system includes a supply of flat water and a supply of pressurized gaseous carbon dioxide. A first motorless carbonator is configured to receive a portion of the flat water and a portion of the carbon dioxide and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the flat water to produce partially carbonated soda. A second motorless carbonator is configured to receive a portion of the partially carbonated soda and a portion of the carbon dioxide and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the partially carbonated soda and to produce fully carbonated soda. The system also includes a dispenser for selectively dispensing the fully carbonated soda.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Inventors: James T. Crunkleton, III, David W. Dupree
  • Patent number: 7267248
    Abstract: An improved aerosol dispenser is disclosed for mixing and dispensing a first and second fluid. The improved aerosol dispenser comprises a valve body sealably mounted to the aerosol container. A first and a second channel is defined in the valve body for providing fluid communication with a valve body cavity of the valve body. A first and a second inner container are located within the aerosol container for communicating with the first and second channels, respectively. A valve assembly comprising a first and a second valve element enables the mixing and dispensing of the first and second fluids from a terminal orifice upon the simultaneous actuation of the first and second valve elements. The invention is also incorporated into the process of filling an improved aerosol dispenser with a first and a second fluid products and an aerosol propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Seaquist Perfect Dispensing Foreign
    Inventors: Patrick Timothy Yerby, Mark Neuhalfen
  • Patent number: 7267289
    Abstract: A water-deflecting shroud. In one embodiment, the water-defelcting shroud comprises a detachable parabolic shield to confine a rupture from a lint filter disposed within the parabolic shield, the parabolic shield configured to modify the rupture in the direction of the interior of the parabolic shield. A securing component coupled to the parabolic shield is configured to secure the shroud to the lint filter and the lint filter to a hose to deflect the rupture. In another embodiment, the shroud provides a splashguard to prevent the rupture from splashing onto adjacent areas and structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Inventor: Calvin LaMarr Lyons
  • Patent number: 7264177
    Abstract: An automated irrigation and chemical treatment system comprising a user input device adapted to communicate with a control unit; a mixing chamber adapted to communicate with the control unit and connected to a water supply and chemical canisters, wherein each canister has a sensor to monitor fluid level therein, and control valves for connecting the mixing chamber to a network of pipes. Sprinkler heads connected to the network of pipes each include, a control valve adapted to control fluid flow to a water delivery nozzle by an electro magnet controlled rubber coated ferric ball closure member. The sprinkler heads include water and chemical saturation sensors and the sprinkler heads also communicate with the control unit via wireless transceivers. Multiple zones covered by the system may be treated according to predetermined schedules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Intelligent Lawn Systems, L.P.
    Inventors: David Aaron Buck, Thomas Daniel Storey, Richard David Buck
  • Patent number: 7261224
    Abstract: With the subject invention, a pump may be formed that generally includes a reservoir formed to accommodate at least one fluid dose, and a fluid-collecting chamber in communication with the reservoir. The fluid-collecting chamber is located such that fluid from the reservoir is fed thereinto, preferably gravitationally. A piston is disposed to reversibly slide within at least a dose-control portion of the fluid-collecting chamber, and the piston is configured such that upon sliding within the dose-control portion, the piston seals or substantially seals the dose-control portion from other portions of the fluid collecting chamber. The piston is configured to displace a volume of fluid from the sealed or substantially sealed dose-control portion which is approximately equal to or greater than the volume of one of the doses of the pump. A nozzle is also provided which is located such that the fluid displaced by the piston from the dose-control portion is generally urged towards the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Inventors: Ben Z. Cohen, Nigel Kelly
  • Patent number: 7261165
    Abstract: A housing unit includes two parts that define a fire-smothering chemical storing interior volume. The housing unit is transported to a target area of a forest fire by an aircraft and dropped onto the target area. An explosive charge is located inside the housing unit and is detonated when the housing unit impacts the ground. The explosion associated with the detonated charge separates the two parts of the housing and disperses the chemical from the open housing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Inventor: Benjamin Black
  • Patent number: 7261220
    Abstract: A cordless device for dispensing a viscous material including housing components for a product cartridge, a DC motor, an air pump, and a rechargeable battery. The device has a pressure limiting switch that maintains a pre-determined pressure of compressed air in a gas enclosure. A manually actuated trigger, when depressed, is adapted to open a flow valve allowing the device to forcefully dispense the viscous material from the product cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Campbell, Daniel P. Valenti
  • Patent number: 7258172
    Abstract: An onboard fire suppression system has a distribution network including porous, pressure-responsive nozzles which deliver fire suppression agent in a uniform pattern, without the need for drilling or other machining of nozzle orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Thompson
  • Patent number: 7258283
    Abstract: A fuel injector with a direct needle control for an internal combustion engine, having an actuator, a hydraulic booster, and a nozzle needle guided in a nozzle body and acting on a nozzle needle sealing seat. The hydraulic booster includes a booster piston connected to the actuator and a nozzle needle booster piston connected to the nozzle needle; a booster chamber in the form of an actuator coupler chamber is associated with a pressure surface of the actuator booster piston; and depending on the pressure in the actuator coupler chamber, the nozzle needle is lifted away from the nozzle needle sealing seat, thus initiating an injection. In addition to the actuator booster piston, a control element is provided that is able to execute a stroke motion, is hydraulically coupled to the actuator coupler chamber by means of a first control surface, and is associated with a control chamber by means of a second control surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Heinz, Stefan Schuerg, Wolfgang Stoecklein, Michael Mennicken, Holger Rapp, Thomas Kuegler, Hans-Christoph Magel, Andreas Wengert, Thomas Pauer, Andreas Rau, Andreas Bartsch, Christian Kuhnert
  • Patent number: 7252210
    Abstract: An aerosol spray article is used to hold an aerosol spray container and spray an object with the container's contents from a remote locale. The article comprises a main body having a cord guide, a clip extending from the main body for holding the aerosol spray container, a pole adaptor adjustably mounted to the main body as needed, and a spray lever operably associated with the main body to contact the aerosol spray container's push button valve actuator. It further has a cord which extends from the spray lever, through the cord guide and along the extension pole to the user. The article allows a spray from the container to be emitted directly onto an object by the user standing at a locale remote from the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventors: Edwin R. Schultz, Ian A. Schultz
  • Patent number: RE39727
    Abstract: A dispenser closure is provided having a stopping mechanism that limits the rotation of the closure and generally prevents removal of the closure cap from the container. The dispenser closure includes a cap body, fitment and container finish. The cap body has a double shell design, which includes at least one drop lug projecting from the inner shell. When the cap body is rotated about the container finish, the drop lug engages at least one lug stop located on the container finish so as to limit the rotation, thereby preventing removal of the cap body from the container finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Rexam Medical Packaging Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Sprick, Christopher B. Clodfelter