Patents Examined by Lien Ngo
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Patent number: 9687866Abstract: A liquid soap dispenser includes a cap adapted to be mounted onto a container. A cylinder longitudinally and rotatably extends through the cap. A tube is longitudinally connected to a lower end of the cylinder. A discharge tube is partially longitudinally received in the cylinder. The discharge tube has a lower end received in the cylinder and abutting against an inner periphery of the cylinder and is reciprocally moved relative to the cylinder. A push-button is mounted onto a top of the discharge tube. A negative pressure relative to the space in the container is intermittently formed in the cylinder such that the liquid soap in the container will sequentially pass through the tube, the discharge tube and the push-button when the push-button is reciprocally pressed and the piston of the discharge tube is reciprocally moved relative to the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: LIVING FOUNTAIN PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Ching-Chung Chan
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Patent number: 9686976Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable metered amount airless applicator with cartridge. Examples of such an applicator include, for example, syringes and gun-shaped applicators. A variable amount selector is a feature of an embodiment of the applicator. The applicator can be attached to a variety of pass-through devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE LPInventors: Matthew Ramsdell, Byron Reid, Peter Jardine
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Patent number: 9669988Abstract: A fixed amount discharge container includes: a syringe barrel 3; and a piston 8 inserted in the syringe barrel 3 so as to be movable in a longitudinal direction, thereby defining a fluid chamber between the syringe barrel 3 and the piston 8. One of the syringe barrel 3 and the piston 8 includes a guide 3c that is extended in a longitudinal direction. The other of the syringe barrel 3 and the piston 8 includes a slider 9 that is movable in the guide 3c along with the other of the syringe barrel 3 and the piston 8. The guide 3c is provided with a target position contact portion 3j which the slider 9 contacts when an amount of the fluid chamber is equal to a target amount.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kojima, Nobuo Yokouchi, Naoki Kato, Kenji Kaitsuka, Takeshi Iida
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Patent number: 9656032Abstract: A system of medicament dispensers includes a plurality of dispenser housings each having a unique first indicia and a plurality of containers each having a unique second indicia. The unique second indicia of each of the containers corresponds to one of the unique first indicia of a corresponding one of the dispenser housings. Methods for associating various containers and dispensers is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Trudell Medical InternationalInventors: Winston Z. Lu, Robert Morton, Joaquim Balles
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Patent number: 9649455Abstract: An indicating device for a dispenser that dispenses metered dosages of a medicament from a container having a valve moveable between a closed position and an open position. The indicating device includes an indicator housing having a first cover with a first vertical wall and a second cover with a second vertical wall. One of the first or second covers includes a base defining a lower surface of the indicator housing, and the other of the first or second covers includes a top defining an upper surface of the indicator housing. The first and second covers are joined with the first and second vertical walls and the base and the top defining an interior space therebetween. An indicator is rotatably disposed in the interior space of the indicator housing, with the indicator including dosage indicia. A dispensing device includes a dispenser housing and an indicating device.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Trudell Medical InternationalInventors: Richard Blacker, Daniel K. Engelbreth, James N. Schmidt
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Patent number: 9642776Abstract: A compounding dispensing gun includes a pawl-spring assembly and a hand-housing assembly. The hand-housing assembly is coupled to the pawl-spring assembly. The hand-housing assembly has a handle. A plunger assembly extends through the hand-housing assembly and includes a push rod and a push rod head removably coupled to the push rod. The push rod has a plurality of first notches and a plurality of second notches formed thereon. The push rod selectively cooperates with the pawl-spring assembly to advance the push rod and the push rod head during a dispensing operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Medisca Pharmaceutique, Inc.Inventors: Sarah Nyat Peng Wong, Dajun Yuan, Wenxiong Li
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Patent number: 9638473Abstract: A beverage dispensing assembly 10 comprises a beverage distribution python 18 extending between a beverage storage area and a beverage tapping area. The beverage distribution python 18 comprises a liquid carrying line defining a center line 22. The liquid carrying line comprises a beverage tube 16 and/or a beverage guide tube. The beverage distribution python 18 further comprises a pipe 34 covering the liquid carrying line in a coaxial relationship to the center line and establishing a space in-between the pipe 34 and the liquid carrying line. An insulation layer 32 comprises at least 80% aerogel by volume is located in the space between the pipe 34 and the liquid carrying line and encircles the liquid carrying line.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/SInventors: Jan Nørager Rasmussen, Steen Vesborg
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Patent number: 9637301Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Galina Laufer, David Michael Pehar, John Evan Spirk
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Patent number: 9637285Abstract: An anti-refill product includes a container including a neck with an interior surface, an anti-refill dispensing fitment positioned in the neck of the container, and including at least one ceramic or glass component, and a bonding material between the container and the component that non-removably secures the fitment to the container and thereby renders the product tamper-evident.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Shawn Eric Kellogg, Roger P. Smith
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Patent number: 9630190Abstract: A multi-function water output device includes: a shell, a water ejection head and a core body connected to each other in the shell. On the core body is provided with a first valve hole, a second valve hole, and a third valve hole disposed in sequence along a water flow direction from rear to front. Rear end of the core body is provided with an outer interface, while inside the outer interface is provided with an inner interface. An inner cavity of the inner interface is in communication with a first water input port at bottom of a first valve hole. An upper portion of the first valve hole is provided with first water output port. In the first valve hole is provided with a first valve plug, controlling connection and disconnection of the first water input port and the first water output port.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: XIAMEN RUNNER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONInventors: Xian-hai Lin, Xi-min Chen, Rong-gui Zhang
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Patent number: 9624083Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus for providing hands-free hydration to a person. Specifically, the invention comprises a case having a storage container with chilled fluid therein and a pump for circulating the chilled fluid. Additionally, the device further comprises several lines of tube for supplying water to a user when the user engages a bite valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Carolina Buyer's AgentInventors: Julie Tuggle, Marvin Wheaton, John Woodard
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Patent number: 9624012Abstract: A product includes a container including a neck, and a fitment having a portion coupled to the neck of the container via an interference fit.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Douglas Laib, Jessica Rose Bryant
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Patent number: 9611131Abstract: A number of variations may include a mini-keg growler cap mini-keg growler cap including a head having an upper disc shaped surface and an opposite lower surface connected to a cylindrical side surface having a plurality of parallel striations defined thereon and defining three threaded ports formed therein, a tapered surface extending between the cylindrical side surface and the disc shaped top surface, and threaded nipple extending from the lower surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Deep Wood Brew Products, LLCInventor: Kevin Lehman
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Patent number: 9615405Abstract: A heat exchange device for heating liquid adhesive material to an application temperature suitable for an adhesive bonding application includes a body having an inlet configured to receive a flow of liquid adhesive material and an outlet configured to provide the liquid adhesive material to a dispensing device for the adhesive bonding application. A fluid passageway in the body connects the inlet and the outlet. The fluid passageway includes a thin slit section having a length along a fluid flow direction between the inlet and the outlet, the thin slit section further having a first dimension and a second dimension transverse to the fluid flow direction. The first dimension and the length are substantially greater than the second dimension. The heat exchange device further includes a heating element for heating the liquid adhesive material flowing through the thin slit section to the application temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Steven Clark, Wesley C. Fort, Mark A. Gould, Leonard J. Lanier, Laurence B. Saidman
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Patent number: 9611967Abstract: A system for transferring and heating fluid is disclosed comprising a fluid transfer pipe having an internal surface and an external surface, and at least one helical heating rib connected to the internal surface of the fluid transfer pipe structured and arranged to generate non-laminar flow and to heat the fluid as it flows through the fluid transfer pipe. A method of heating fluid contained in a pipe is also disclosed. The method comprises providing at least one helical heating rib connected to an internal surface of a fluid transfer pipe, and passing the fluid through the fluid transfer pipe, whereby the at least one helical heating rib generates turbulent flow of the fluid to thereby heat the fluid. The helical heating ribs may comprise hollow channels through which a heating liquid may be passed to further heat the fluid contained in the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Inventor: Joseph Dugan
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Patent number: 9591943Abstract: An automated dispenser for dispensing spices, condiments, herbs, teas, ground coffees, or powdered beverages, comprising a plurality of cartridges mounted on a carrier respectively containing said items, having a dispensing means with relative movement capable between said dispensing means and said cartridges. A look-up table, containing a plurality of separate, discrete dispensing programs is provided for operation of the dispensing means to dispense a particular variety of mixtures and quantities from said cartridges. When a spice blend and associated dispensing program is selected by a user, the dispensing program aligns the dispensing means relative to the cartridge carrier and cartridge, to dispense a particular quantity and, in the case of a mix, to subsequently align with other selected cartridges to provide, from said cartridges, the mix of spices, herbs, condiments, powdered beverages or ground coffees. A specialized cartridge adapted for use in said automated dispenser is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: TASTETRO INC.Inventors: James Bruce Murray, Carlos Eduardo Salazar, Francis James Giunta, Kenneth Scott Hanna
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Patent number: 9586734Abstract: A fluid containment and dispensing system includes a sealed, variable-volume containment device having a movable plunger slidably mounted within a barrel, and a sealing head having a seal insert retained thereon. A seal arrangement includes a self-resealing cross-slit opening, an internal sealing ring for engaging a corresponding coupling of a compatible device, and a raised peripheral seal ring for sealing engagement with a closure lid.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: NEOMED, INC.Inventors: Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty, Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair
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Patent number: 9580197Abstract: The invention relates to a removal system for a portable container and comprises an immersion pipe that is mounted in a bung unit that is held in an opening of the container. Furthermore, the removal system includes an extraction head that can be fastened to the immersion pipe. A switch that generates a switching signal whose switching states indicate whether the extraction head is fastened in a target position on the immersion pipe or not is provided in or on the extraction head.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: as Strömungstechnik GmbHInventor: Andreas Szeteli
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Patent number: 9579676Abstract: A dual dispenser having two pumps associated with a first and second receptacle and a common dispenser head, said common dispenser head having an output forming a dispensing orifice, said output channel being fed with the fluid products coming out of the two pumps, such that the two pumps have actuating rods that are movable axially over travel paths of different lengths, i.e.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lee Burrowes, William John Cleveland Connolly, Alex Didier Milian, Yannick Jacques Pointel
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Patent number: 9581066Abstract: Embodiments of a heating system maintains the temperature of a fuel additive (e.g., AUS32) at and/or above freezing temperature to avoid crystallization. The heating system can form a fluid circuit with one or more coaxially arranged sleeves disposed about hoses that transport the additives. The fluid circuit can also include a central compartment that encloses a flow meter. A fluid heater couples with the fluid circuit to provide heating fluid, e.g., to the central compartment. The heating fluid disperses throughout the heating compartment and into the sleeves, thereby direction heating fluid in thermal proximity to the hoses and other components that handle the fuel additive.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLCInventors: Bengt I. Larsson, Harry Zimmermann