Patents Examined by Michael J Melaragno
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Patent number: 11072488Abstract: A replacement aerosol nozzle assembly includes a coupler that is attachable around a neck of an aerosol container. A plunger is slidably attached to the coupler to engage a broken spray nozzle on the aerosol container when the coupler is attached to the neck of the aerosol container. A conduit is integrated into the plunger and the conduit fluidly engages the broken spray nozzle when the coupler is attached to the aerosol container. In this way the conduit is placed in fluid communication with an interior of the aerosol container. The plunger urges the broken spray nozzle downwardly when the plunger is depressed to spray contents of the aerosol container.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Inventor: Jeffrey Goodman
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Patent number: 11066214Abstract: An additive container is configured to contain an additive to be added to a defibrated material therein and to be coupled to an intake port for introducing the additive of an additive supply device. The additive container includes a container that includes a discharge port and contains the additive, and a first shutter member that opens and closes the discharge port. The first shutter member enters an open state by rotating the container in a first direction around a central axis of the discharge port with respect to the first shutter member, and the first shutter member enters a closed state by rotating the container in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the first shutter member from the open state.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shuichiro Nakamura
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Patent number: 11066286Abstract: The water-dispensing system for furniture further includes a plurality of vessel structures. Each of the plurality of vessel structures is a mechanical structure that contains the water in preparation for consumption. The plurality of vessel structures automatically refills the water after the water has been consumed.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Inventor: Thomas Mullenaux
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Patent number: 11059712Abstract: A system and method for dispensing beverage from a container, such as wine from a wine bottle. Dispensing may be automatically controlled based on a detected orientation of the container, e.g., dispensing may occur when a bottle is tilted as if to pour from the bottle and stopped when the bottle is oriented upright. Dispensing may be stopped when the container is rotated about its longitudinal axis even while in a pour orientation. A remaining amount of beverage in the container and/or an amount of pressurized gas used to drive dispensing may be detected and beverage dispensing controlled accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Coravin, Inc.Inventors: Michael Rider, Gregory Lambrecht, Andrew S. Sweezey, Chris Vogt
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Patent number: 11059069Abstract: A liquid material discharge device includes a discharge member made of a rod-shaped body, a liquid chamber which is wider than the discharge member and in which a tip portion of the discharge member is disposed, a discharge port in communication with the liquid chamber, a liquid feed path establishing communication between the liquid chamber and a liquid material storage container, a drive device driving the discharge member, and a main body. The liquid material discharge device further includes an elongate insert member that is removably inserted into the liquid feed path without cutting the communication between the liquid chamber and the liquid material storage container.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
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Patent number: 11060626Abstract: A fluid distributor valve (1) for repartitioning an inlet fluid stream (Z) into two outlet fluid streams (X, Y), comprising an inlet port (10), two outlet ports (11, 12), a first and a second valve mechanism (13, 14), one arranged upstream each outlet port (11, 12), wherein each valve mechanism (13, 14) comprises a valve body (15, 16) slidable in a cylindrical valve bore (17) in reciprocating strokes through a valve shaft (18), wherein the valve body (15, 16) includes a first portion (15a, 16a) that is formed with a progressively changing diameter so as to reduce a valve gap between the valve bore inner peripheral wall and the valve body outer peripheral wall at a plane (A, B) perpendicular to the stroke direction, in a regular operating range of the valve mechanism (13, 14), from a maximum valve gap to a minimum valve gap, to reduce or increase the flow rate through the gap towards the associated outlet port (11, 12) upon the relative movement, and wherein at least one of the valve bodies (15, 16) of the valType: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventor: Laurent Moreau
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Patent number: 11059639Abstract: A protective cap for a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic liquids. The dispenser has a liquid reservoir and a discharge opening through which the liquid can be dispensed into a surrounding atmosphere. The protective cap has at least one ventilation opening for establishing communication between an interior and an outer surrounding area, and a sterile filter which covers the at least one ventilation opening is arranged on the protective cap in order to reduce or prevent an introduction of microbes into the interior of the protective cap via the at least one ventilation opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBHInventor: Matthias Wochele
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Patent number: 11059654Abstract: Provided is a fluid dispense pump comprising a pump housing and a cartridge body positioned along an axis. The cartridge body comprises a chamber and a feed aperture extending through a surface of the cartridge body to the chamber. A fluid shaft extends through the cartridge body along the axis. The fluid shaft has an inlet port positioned in the chamber of the cartridge body. One of the cartridge body and the fluid shaft is attached to the pump housing and is fixed relative to the pump housing. The other of the cartridge body and the fluid shaft moves relative to the one of the cartridge body and the fluid shaft to change a position of the inlet port relative to the feed aperture during a dispensing operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: DL Technology, LLC.Inventor: Jeffrey P. Fugere
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Patent number: 11059633Abstract: A flip-top closure includes a spout, a lid, and a hinge member. The spout is configured for coupling with a fitment of a container. The spout includes a base portion, a tip portion, and a main body. The base portion defines a retention receptacle and an inlet. The inlet includes a first diameter. The tip portion extends from the base portion and defines a dispensation outlet. The base portion and the tip portion cooperate to define a passageway that extends between the inlet and the dispensation outlet. The lid includes a main body that includes an upper wall and a sidewall that cooperate to define an interior. The hinge member is coupled with each of the spout and the sidewall of the main body. The hinge member is configured to facilitate pivoting of the lid between a closed position and an opened position.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Cheer Pack North AmericaInventors: Stephen L. Gosling, David A. Williamson, Peter J. Walters
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Patent number: 11053056Abstract: Glue bottle anti-clog caps are provided. The anti-clog cap has a body with a mounting section for attaching the body to a glue bottle. The body of the anti-clog cap has a dispensing section that includes a central lumen extending from the second mounting end. The body of the anti-clog cap also has a tip section with a support rib protruding from an outlet of the dispensing section. The tip has a tip plug protruding from the support rib. The anti-clog cap has a nozzle that mates to the body and a tip orifice aligned with the tip plug of the body. The tip section is configured to allow the free flow of glue through the cap. The nozzle can rotate between an open and closed position. In the closed position the tip plug can extend into the tip orifice thereby preventing the flow of glue.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Sanford, L.P.Inventors: Craig P. E. Davidson, Ryan Heiser, Joseph Wayne Kreft, Patrick Kevin Shields
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Patent number: 11052413Abstract: A remote trigger head for dispensing a liquid includes a rewindable tube (2) having a predefined length and a winder unit (70) for the automatic spring rewinding of the tube (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: GUALA DISPENSING S.p.A.Inventor: Riccardo Alluigi
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Patent number: 11052625Abstract: A press includes a movable platen and a non-moving platen within a housing defining a pressing chamber, an opening is defined at the top of the pressing chamber for receiving a juice pack and an outlet is defined in a front wall of the chamber vertically between the top and bottom of the movable platen. The lid may include a front portion extending over the front of the pressing chamber and defining a slot that is aligned with a slot defined by the front wall to form the outlet. The front wall, the lid, and a sidewall may be removable for cleaning. The juice pack may have edges defining a rectangle with a spout at a first corner and an aperture for suspending the juice pack in the pressing chamber at a second corner that is intersected by a same edge intersecting the first corner.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: FRESH PRESS LLCInventors: Diego Solano, David Lee, Mason Curry, Michael Roberts, Timothy Barry, Giovanni Scalzo, Benjamin McLaughlin, Jacob Sandoval
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Patent number: 11053110Abstract: A dispensing assembly that can include first and second elements is provided. The first element can define a first outlet through which a first liquid is dispensed. The second element can define a second outlet through which a second liquid is dispensed. The first liquid can form an internal liquid stream when dispensed through the first outlet. The second liquid can form an annular liquid column around the internal liquid stream when dispensed through the second outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: BEDFORD SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Patrick Lazatin, Bryan Ellis Wagenknecht, William Roger Mainwaring-Burton, Linda Marie Donoghue, Thomas Adam Sullivan, Michael M. Martin
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Patent number: 11053055Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure for a fluid container with a spout for dispensing a fluid, said dispensing closure comprising a peripheral wall, a transverse wall and a toggle member, wherein said peripheral wall and said transverse wall are made of an elastic material. The dispensing closure also comprises a valve element.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbHInventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Kristina Freund, Siegfried Runge
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Patent number: 11054294Abstract: A timing device is integrated into a pour cap to visually indicate when a dose has been dispensed from the container. The timing device may be secured to either the pour cap or the container and timing is configurable based on a product being dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems CorporationInventors: Leah Smalley, Brian Van Houten, Kevin Rodgers
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Patent number: 11046570Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling a drinking-water supply device, the method comprising: a first step of connecting a guide pipe of a case separated from a cabinet to form a channel through which water moves from the case to the cabinet; a second step of supplying the cabinet with hot water heated by a second hot water module included in the case; and a third step of supplying the cabinet with water which has not passed through the second hot water module included in the case, wherein a first hot water module, included in the cabinet, for heating water is not driven in the second step and the third step.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kiwon Yu, Youngjin Kim, Kowoon Baek, Kyungsoo Oh
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Patent number: 11047724Abstract: A dispensing system includes a pour cap for a container and a timing device configured to visually indicate when a dose has been dispensed from the dispensing system, the timing device being securable to either the pour cap or the container and configurable based on a product being dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems CorporationInventors: Stefan Koster, Eelco H. Deman, Kelly A. Harrigan
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Patent number: 11027297Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising a dispenser member (1), such as a pump, a dispenser head (14), such as a fluid applicator, and a fluid reservoir (2) that is connected in leaktight and removable manner to the dispenser member (1), the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the sealing between the dispenser member (1) and the fluid reservoir (2) is obtained by coaxially sliding leaktight radial contact that is interrupted when the fluid reservoir (2) is disconnected from the dispenser member (1), such that the fluid reservoir (2) is connected in leaktight manner to the dispenser member (1) over a determined axial height range.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SASInventor: Florent Pouliaude
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Patent number: 11021307Abstract: A closure assembly with a spout having a body with a seal portion and a tubular neck, and, a rotational plastic cap having a top wall, a downward depending skirt and opposite wing parts, extending in a vertical plane from the skirt over a wing part length. The top portion of the wing parts has a top protrusion extending from the base portion. The top protrusion extends substantially in and/or opposed to the opening direction of the cap such that the top portion of the wing parts extends along the wing part length over/outside the base portion thereof in a direction corresponding or opposed to the opening direction, such that, for a cross-section in a vertical plane of the opening direction, the surface area of the at least one top protrusion contributes at least equally to the inertial moment as the surface area of the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Scholle IPN IP BVInventor: Peter Jan Van Der Molen
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Patent number: 11000878Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments are directed to a precision dispenser that is hand held and constructed and arranged to receive and release a variety of glue cartridges. In various embodiments, the adhesive cartridges include precision tips that provide, for example, flat even bead with little or no spill or drip. Other precision tips can be constructed and arranged for use with the precision glue gun. In some examples, the precision tips can be tailored to the specific adhesive contained in the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: STONERIDGE KITCHEN & BATH LLCInventor: Steven P. Baylis