Patents Examined by Kevin Edward Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11944992
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a foam machine. Liquid for generating foams is conveyed onto a laminating member through a liquid pump. The laminating member further conveys the liquid onto a foam forming device. On the foam forming device, a rotating ring is provided with a plurality of forming rings and a plurality of forming ribs, so that a plurality of foam film forming holes are formed in the rotating ring; afterwards, as the rotating ring rotates, the laminating member can form foam films on the respective foam film forming holes, and continuous foams are formed after an air flow is blown through; the foams are pushed by the air flow to be continuously sprayed out; and new foam films are continuously formed on the respective foam film forming holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Dakai Chen
  • Patent number: 11938503
    Abstract: An ultrafine bubble (UFB)-containing liquid manufacturing apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit having a thermal energy generating element, a flow path for leading liquid to the thermal energy generating element, a driving unit configured to drive the thermal energy generating element, and an ejection opening. The UFB-containing liquid manufacturing apparatus also includes a collecting unit configured to collect liquid ejected from the ejection opening. The driving unit drives the thermal energy generating element to cause film boiling in liquid led to the flow path and causes liquid containing ultrafine bubbles generated by the film boiling to be ejected from the ejection opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Masahiko Kubota, Ikuo Nakazawa, Akitoshi Yamada, Nobuhisa Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 11865386
    Abstract: An automatic self-extinguishing fire device including an extinguishing substance, and a hose closed on both ends by pressed endings. The extinguishing substance is inside the hose. At least one of the endings of the hose has a closing screw. A pressure valve for filling by the extinguishing substance inside the hose is located on one of the endings of the hose. The extinguishing substance in the hose is under pressure and the hose is at least partially transparent in order to observe an inner content of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Roman Malovec
  • Patent number: 11839703
    Abstract: The present application provides an atomizer structure and an atomizer having the same. The atomizer structure includes: a spray assembly including a first cavity; a bottle body configured for containing liquid and configured to be connectable to the spray assembly, the bottle body comprises a second cavity; a first connecting member communicating the first cavity and the second cavity and configured for guiding the liquid contained in the second cavity to enter the first cavity, when an air pressure in the first cavity is less than an air pressure in the second cavity; and a second connecting member selectively communicating the first cavity and the second cavity such that a quantity of remaining liquid in the first cavity can enter the second cavity, and configured for preventing liquid in the second cavity from flowing into the first cavity when the atomizer structure is tilted or inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BLOOMY LOTUS LIMITED
    Inventor: Leander Lee
  • Patent number: 11826766
    Abstract: An example portable fluid spraying system includes a handheld fluid sprayer. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a fluid reservoir configured to store a fluid, a pump configured to pump the fluid from the fluid reservoir to an outlet of the handheld fluid sprayer and a handle. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a first trigger proximate the handle, configured to control fluid flow to the outlet. The portable fluid spraying system includes a fluid hose having a coupling mechanism configured to removably couple to the handheld fluid sprayer proximate the outlet and a fluid spray gun. The fluid spray gun includes a gun inlet configured to couple to the fluid hose and receive the fluid from the handheld fluid sprayer, a gun outlet configured to expel the fluid in a spray pattern and a second trigger configured to control fluid flow to the gun outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher J. Sulzer, Joseph W. Kieffer
  • Patent number: 11801406
    Abstract: A Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use for protecting residential, commercial and governmental structures made of a heat reflective cover configured to fully encase the structure, a fire proof spray foam—approximately 2 to 12 inches, with fire retardant additive, multiple hold down straps, a series of anchors, a pre spray release coating a set of corner bands whereby the system, broadly considered, can be individually installed into a position to completely isolate a free standing structure from an external fire and can be readily customized to fit varying size structures which can prevent damage to a free standing structure and its contents from an external wild fire or firestorm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Lee D Paull, Marcus S Ramsey
  • Patent number: 11794201
    Abstract: A rotary atomizing coating device includes a rotary atomizing head. The rotary atomizing head includes a first bell cup, a second bell cup, and an inner member. The outer peripheral surface of the inner member is provided with paint discharge holes. The paint discharge holes communicate with a paint supply passage. The first bell cup includes a plurality of through holes. The plurality of through holes are disposed near the paint discharge holes. The plurality of through holes communicate with the second bell cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Yashima, Naoki Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11772109
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device including a nanoaerosol nozzle for releasing an aerosol with very fine particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ELYSION FAMILY OFFICE GMBH
    Inventor: Hans Peter Zarfl
  • Patent number: 11766684
    Abstract: A fan-shaped air suction spray nozzle automatically adjusting an air suction speed is provided in the present invention, which includes a spray nozzle body and a liquid channel, the spray nozzle body being provided with a liquid channel in communication with a nozzle hole, and further includes a pressure groove and an air intake channel, wherein an inlet section of the liquid channel is in communication with the pressure groove, and the air intake channel is in communication with the liquid channel after penetrating through the pressure groove; an air intake orifice plate is installed in the pressure groove through an elastic damping apparatus, and a change of the pressure at an inlet of the liquid channel causes the air intake orifice plate to move between the pressure groove and the air intake channel; the air intake orifice plate is provided with several through holes of the same or different sizes, which are configured to change the air intake volume in the liquid channel as the air intake orifice plate m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Chen Gong, Dongyang Li, Yuli Wang, Bo Gao
  • Patent number: 11766036
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle having a chassis and an application boom coupled to the chassis. The agricultural vehicle is configured to deliver agricultural product to an agricultural field. The application boom has a boom arm. The boom arm includes a longitudinal truss member, and a longitudinal chase supported by the longitudinal truss member. The longitudinal chase includes a channel. The agricultural vehicle further includes an application system. The application system has a product tank supported by the chassis and storing a volume of the agricultural product for delivery onto an agricultural field, a plurality of nozzle bodies, a piping system delivering the agricultural product to the plurality of nozzle bodies, and one or more control lines coupled to the plurality of nozzle bodies and for controlling the plurality of nozzle bodies. The one or more control lines are supported by the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Roy A. Bittner, Steven Winkel
  • Patent number: 11752509
    Abstract: An assembly for delivering a fluid includes a fluid dispenser connected to a fluid supply conduit. The fluid dispenser includes a fluid outlet positioned along a length of the fluid dispenser. The fluid outlet is configured to deliver the fluid from the fluid supply conduit at a flow rate that varies along the length of the fluid dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Upside Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Liu, Michelle Warner, Jaewon Samuel Kang, Matthew Leung, Eric Ordonez, Roshan Patel, Konrad Muller-Auffermann
  • Patent number: 11752510
    Abstract: An assembly for delivering a fluid includes a fluid dispenser connected to a fluid supply conduit. The fluid dispenser includes a fluid outlet positioned along a length of the fluid dispenser. The fluid outlet is configured to deliver the fluid from the fluid supply conduit at a flow rate that varies along the length of the fluid dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Upside Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Liu, Michelle Warner, Jaewon Samuel Kang, Matthew Leung, Eric Ordonez, Roshan Patel, Konrad Muller-Auffermann
  • Patent number: 11744171
    Abstract: A ready-to-use sprayer comprises a container defining an interior compartment for containing a liquid product and having a pin receiver located near the rear portion and an opening located near the front portion, a housing having a main chamber and a grip portion, a nozzle in selective fluid communication with the outlet of the fluid chamber, a pivot switch on the exterior of the housing for selecting a fluid flow condition for the main chamber, and the housing being coupled to the container at the container opening and the pin receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: OMS Investments, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy M. Goodwin, Paul M. Havlovitz, Paul Hsu, Jay F. Perkins
  • Patent number: 11738357
    Abstract: A high pressure nozzle, including a longitudinal housing having a liquid inlet end and a liquid outlet end opposite to the liquid inlet end and comprising an internal channel running from the liquid inlet end to the liquid outlet end, a nozzle head support shaft, rotatably arranged partially in the internal channel and comprising a liquid channel in fluid communication with the internal channel, and a rotary nozzle head supported on the nozzle head support shaft and arranged outside the housing, wherein the rotary nozzle head is arranged to rotate about a longitudinal axis of rotation to provide a rotating spraying of liquid jetted from the rotary nozzle head. The high pressure nozzle includes an axial pressure compensator arranged in the internal channel, wherein the axial pressure compensator is arranged to substantially compensate axial pressure force from liquid entering the channel at the liquid inlet end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: P. BEKKERS HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Dingenus Van Der Wielen
  • Patent number: 11731770
    Abstract: A nozzle configured to receive and disperse a high-pressure fluid or a low-pressure fluid is disclosed. The nozzle includes a nozzle body defining an open end, a closed end, and a side wall connecting the open end to the closed end, where the open end of the nozzle body configured to receive either the high-pressure fluid or the low-pressure fluid. The side wall defines a plurality of low-pressure apertures, a plurality of high-pressure apertures, and a compressible member positioned within the nozzle body. The plurality of high-pressure apertures are positioned downstream from the plurality of pressure apertures. The low-pressure apertures are smaller in size by a predefined ratio when compared to the high-pressure apertures. The compressible member is in an expanded position and blocks the plurality of high-pressure apertures when the open end of the nozzle body receives the low-pressure fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rachel Darr, Charles Steven Meis
  • Patent number: 11712706
    Abstract: An atomizer nozzle for atomizing a fluid, in particular a liquid, including a nozzle opening, a spinning chamber and at least one delivery channel for feeding the fluid into the spinning chamber, at least one delivery channel extending into the spinning chamber via at least one inlet. The spinning chamber has a curved base which is curved away from the nozzle opening, and at least one delivery channel is oriented towards the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Alfons Kenter
  • Patent number: 11701674
    Abstract: A nozzle of a spray gun includes an outer part connected to the spray gun. The outer part includes a neck portion formed therein. A neck hole is formed through the neck portion. Multiple paths are defined through the neck portion. The neck portion divides the inner space of the outer part into a first room and a second room. A tube extends through the neck hole and the tube. A swing member is located in the first room and connected to the rear end of the tube. An inner part is located in the second room and connected to the front end of the tube. High pressure fluid is introduced into the first room to swing the swing member. The tube and the inner part swing with the swing member. The high pressure fluid enters into the second room via the paths and spray out from the outer part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hui Bao Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wan Pao Chen
  • Patent number: 11684058
    Abstract: A hinge system is provided for a boom of an agricultural product applicator that facilitates a compact folded boom width in a transport mode by providing a multi-directional folding, including folding with compound movement components to reorient a primarily horizontal stack of boom sections to a primarily vertical stack of the boom sections, when fully folded. The hinge system may include multiple hinge joints with pivot axes that are oriented at different angles to allow for substantially horizontal folding movements followed by a rolling-type movement(s) that reorients a generally horizontal stack of boom sections into a generally vertical stack of boom sections to decrease an overall width of the applicator when in transport mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Rex LeRoy Ruppert, Nicholas R. Pederson, Charles O'Connell
  • Patent number: 11673149
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an applicator (e.g. printhead) for applying a coating agent (e.g. paint) to a component (e.g. motor vehicle body component), having at least one nozzle row with a plurality of nozzles for dispensing the coating agent in the form of a jet in each case, the nozzles being arranged along the nozzle row and in a common nozzle plane, and having a plurality of actuators for controlled release or closure of the nozzles. The disclosure provides that the individual actuators each have an outer dimension along the nozzle row which is greater than a nozzle distance along the nozzle row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: DÜRR SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Fritz, Benjamin Wöhr, Marcus Kleiner, Mortiz Bubek, Timo Beyl, Frank Herre, Steffen Sotzny, Daniel Tandler, Tobias Berndt
  • Patent number: 11638926
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an atomization device, an aroma diffusion instrument, and an operation method. The atomization device includes an atomization chamber, a mixing chamber, a container, a repair cavity, a suction pump, and a gas pump; the atomization chamber is communicated with the mixing chamber through an atomization port; the suction pump is communicated with the container and the mixing chamber; the suction pump is used for pumping a substance in the container to the mixing chamber or pumping a substance in the mixing chamber back to the container; impurities in the mixing chamber can also be discharged from an opening of the repair cavity; the gas pump is connected with the mixing chamber to convey high-pressure gas to the mixing chamber; the high-pressure gas is used for atomizing liquid of the mixing chamber towards the atomization chamber; and the atomization chamber is provided with a mist outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventor: Weiqin Wang