Patents Examined by Nicholas J Weiss
  • Discharge device and discharge method for liquid material containing solid particles, and coating device
    Patent number: 10799906
    Abstract: A device and a method of discharging a liquid in a state of solid particles being dispersed in the liquid with a minimum additional structure for dispersing the solid particles. A discharge device and an application device each include a storage container; a measuring unit having a measuring hole; a plunger disposed in the measuring hole; a nozzle; a selector valve having a first position at which the storage container and the measuring unit are communicated, and a second position at which the measuring unit and the nozzle are communicated; a plunger drive device; a selector valve drive device; and a discharge control device, wherein a discharge control program includes a filling stepinto the measuring hole; an ejection step; an inflow step causing the liquid material in the measuring hole to flow into the storage container; a discharge step; and a stirring step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Brew basket for automated beverage brewing apparatus
    Patent number: 10799060
    Abstract: A beverage system is provided including a housing and a brew basket body mounted to said housing for receiving a fluid. The brew basket body is pivotably mounted to said housing for movement between a retracted position and an extended position. The brew basket body includes a brew chamber for receiving a flavorant and at least one outlet through which fluid exits said brew basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
    Inventor: Richard Rhys Mathias
  • Suction swab for surgical use
    Patent number: 10792403
    Abstract: A surgical method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, drying an osteochondral defect using a suction swab. The drying step includes suctioning moisture from the osteochondral defect through the suction swab or communicating a gas to the osteochondral defect through the suction swab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Benedict, Brandon Roller, James R. McWilliam, Frank Grimaldi, Jr., David Shepard
  • Pressing system, laser-joining system, and method
    Patent number: 10792761
    Abstract: A pressing system for a laser joining system for pressing together parts to be joined (storage cell, base plate) in the area of a joining point, includes a receptacle for accommodating the parts to be joined, a pressing element for locally pressing together the parts to be joined, in the area of the joining point, and a positioning system for the relative positioning of the pressing element and the receptacle and for pressing together the parts to be joined, during the joining process. The positioning system includes a parallel positioning device for the relative positioning of the receptacle and the pressing element in parallel to a plane (E), and an oblique positioning device for the relative positioning of the pressing element and the receptacle obliquely, in particular transversely, with respect to the plane (E) and for pressing together the parts to be joined, during the joining process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Manz AG
    Inventors: Martin Freundt, Ralf Neher, Benjamin Schmieder
  • Dynamic negative-pressure therapy with instillation
    Patent number: 10786608
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for instilling a solution to a tissue site are disclosed. In some embodiments, an instillation regulator may be fluidly coupled to a solution source and to a dressing, and the instillation regulator may draw a solution from the solution source during a negative-pressure interval may instill the solution to the dressing during a venting interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Andrew Pratt, James Killingworth Seddon
  • Method and system for performing laser marking
    Patent number: 10766102
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure discloses system and method for performing laser marking. Initially, a first image of a region to be laser marked may be captured and compared with a predefined image of a predefined pattern to be laser marked on the region. By the comparison, a first score may be computed. The first score may indicate marking present in the region to be laser marked, in relation to the predefined image. Further, a co-ordinate data of a configuration file, relating to the predefined pattern, in the laser marking system may be modified based on the first score, for performing the laser marking on the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Wipro Limited
    Inventor: Sujith Krishnan Pallath
  • Liquid fuel spout assemblies
    Patent number: 10759653
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are spout assemblies including a spout assembly for pouring liquid fuel, which spout assembly may include a valve body, a valve stem, and a nozzle, in which: the valve body may include: an air flow housing defining an air flow path; a liquid flow housing defining a liquid flow path; and a valve stem housing that includes a valve stem wall defining a valve stem path, the valve stem wall may include: a liquid port capable of liquid communication with the liquid flow path; and an air port capable of fluid communication with the air flow path; the valve stem may be disposed in the valve stem path, and may include: a first stem flange capable of inhibiting air flow from the air flow path to the valve stem path; a second stem flange capable of inhibiting liquid flow from the liquid flow path to the valve stem path; and the nozzle may be coupled to the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Sidney Jasek
  • Laser welding device
    Patent number: 10730143
    Abstract: A laser welding device includes: a gun body mounted on a front end portion of an arm of a robot; a laser scanner installed on the gun body; a shielding gun fixed to the gun body in a first direction and shielding a laser beam irradiated from the laser scanner; and a pressing gun installed at the gun body to move in the first direction or in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hanjong Lee, Chaewon Lim
  • Device and liquid compositions for securing catheters having a rigid tapered tip
    Patent number: 10722688
    Abstract: An applicator for storing, sterilizing, and dispensing adhesives. The applicator includes a rigid tapered tip, a body, and a container holding a polymerizable cyanoacrylate monomer adhesive. The applicator is sterilized by radiation and, following sterilization, the adhesive remains substantially unpolymerized for about twenty-four months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Adhezion Biomedical, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Amanda Guido, Rafael Ruiz, Sr.
  • Preparation of electrodes on CFRP composites with low contact resistance comprising laser-based surface pre-treatment
    Patent number: 10722984
    Abstract: Various examples are provided related to the preparation of electrodes on carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites with low contact resistance. Laser-based surface preparation can be used for bonding to CFRP composites. In one example, a method includes preparing a pretreated target area on a CFRP composite surface using laser pulsed irradiation and bonding an electrode to exposed fibers in the pretreated target area. The surface preparation can allow the electrode to have a low contact resistance with the CFRP composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Khaled Hamdan Almuhammadi, Gilles Henri Fernand Lubineau, Marco Francesco Alfano, Ulrich Buttner
  • Modified aseptic front pull piercing valve assembly
    Patent number: 10717579
    Abstract: A front pull piercing valve assembly attached to a flexible container, whereby; when the wall of the flexible container is pulled into contact with a piercing element in the assembly, the contents of the container are dispensed by piercing the wall of the container and liquid flows through the valve assembly and directly into a container or through flexible hose or another connection to be dispensed. The valve assembly is configured in such a manner that during use it is filed with the liquid being dispensed thereby preventing the liquid in the flexible container from being exposed to air, namely, oxygen that often causes spoilage of certain liquids, such as wine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
    Inventor: James W. Johnson
  • Squeezable dispensing package and method
    Patent number: 10710776
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing container is provided. The container includes a container body formed from a first flexible material defining an interior cavity. The container includes a membrane formed from a second flexible material and a seal coupling the membrane to the inner surface of the container body. The membrane divides the interior cavity into a contents chamber and a dispensing chamber, and the membrane and the seal are configured to be fluid tight to maintain fluid within the contents chamber prior to rupture of the membrane. The rupture stress of the second flexible material is less than the rupture stress of the first flexible material such that, as fluid pressure within the contents chamber increases, the membrane is configured to rupture without the container body rupturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MaxPax LLC
    Inventor: Bill Nathan
  • Substrate processing method
    Patent number: 10702946
    Abstract: A substrate has a first surface with at least one division line formed thereon and a second surface opposite the first surface. The substrate is processed by applying a pulsed laser beam from the side of the first surface. The substrate is transparent to the pulsed laser beam. The pulsed laser beam is applied at least in a plurality of positions along the at least one division line, a focal point of the pulsed laser beam located at a distance from the first surface in the direction from the first surface towards the second surface, so as to form a plurality of modified regions inside the substrate. Each modified region is entirely within the bulk of the substrate, without any openings open to the first surface or the second surface. Substrate material is removed along the at least one division line where the modified regions are present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morikazu, Karl Heinz Priewasser, Nao Hattori
  • Apparatus and process for dispensing a measured quantity of liquid product
    Patent number: 10698368
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for dispensing a measured quantity of liquid product from a container. The apparatus includes a pour chamber and a density timer. The density timer is engaged with the pour chamber. The density timer includes a reservoir containing a timing liquid and a timing element. The timing element is visible from outside the reservoir. One or more dosing indicia are on or adjacent the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicole Lynn Briggs, Scott Eugene Mizer
  • Closure
    Patent number: 10689158
    Abstract: A package includes a container and a closure cap for mounting on the container. The closure cap is coupled to a neck of the container to block selectively removal of product stored within the container at the selection of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Sprick, Todd D. Faubion, Mark A. Deutsch, Jason A. Bragg, Karla S. Koring
  • Cleaning device having fluid reservoir handle with integral refill/reservoir receiver
    Patent number: 10682034
    Abstract: A mop or like cleaning implement with a fluid reservoir and dispensing handle and with an integral refill/add-on reservoir receiver which embraces the handle. A refill/add on reservoir fluid container is inserted into the receiver to supplement and/or replenish the volume of liquid contained in the fluid reservoir handle. The refill fluid container can be removed and replaced when empty. The reservoir and dispensing handle can be filled and refilled independently of the refill fluid container, or can be refilled using the refill container. Either way, a refill container can be inserted into the refill receiver to supplement the volume of fluid in the reservoir handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Geerpres, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott E. Ribbe, Erin L. Olesen
  • Cartridge type fluid dispensing apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 10682666
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus having various features is described. The dispensing apparatus can receive a cartridge having a movable plunger configured to direct the fluid through a dispensing valve. The plunger can be movable under a force applied by air pressure. The cartridge can be inserted in the dispensing apparatus using a clamping and sealing mechanism and can be released using a cartridge ejector. The dispensing apparatus can include a ball valve having a ball defining an internal passageway that selectively aligns with a second internal passageway outside of the ball, a brush mounted via an elongating mechanism, and/or a gear train transmitting power from the elongating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry R. Routen, William C. Paetow, II, Jeffry J. Grana, Justin E. Hall, Thomas R. Tudor
  • Dripless cap and cup
    Patent number: 10676247
    Abstract: A liquid bottle or container, such as for liquid detergent, and corresponding cap and cup is disclosed for operation in a horizontal position with the cap and cup side wall substantially parallel to the ground, the cap and cup shape providing a built-in drip collector cavity positioned around a portion of the circumference or perimeter of the cap and cup rim on the open end of the cap. The cap and cup may be used to cover a nozzle or other valve dispenser during storage. The drip collector cavity has a volume sufficient to collect liquid residue remaining after normal use of the cap as a measuring and dispensing cup, and any post-use drops from the dispenser nozzle. Thus, the cap and cup of the present disclosure is dripless or nearly drip less. In an embodiment, at least a portion of the cap rim perimeter around which no built-in drip collector cavity is positioned is shaped as a pouring spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Maxim Umarov
  • Beverage dispensing system
    Patent number: 10676339
    Abstract: A method of determining a sold-out state of a beverage dispenser is provided. The method includes providing a beverage dispenser including a pump having a gas exhaust port, a dispensing valve, and a sensor disposed on the pump gas exhaust port. The method may include activating the beverage dispenser to dispense a beverage through the dispensing valve and during the activating, sensing a gas exhaust pattern of the pump. The method may also include generating a signal based on the sensed gas exhaust pattern and determining whether the beverage dispenser is in a normal-pour state or a sold-out state. The method may also include providing feedback about the sold-out state to a user interface of the beverage dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Karol, Robert W. Balstad, Anthony Romano, Alberto Pravato, Alessandro Roncato
  • Internally fitted aerosol dispenser
    Patent number: 10661974
    Abstract: An aerosol dispenser having a valve cup. The valve cup has an internal interlock, for attachment of a valve assembly thereto. A seal is disposed below the interlock. This arrangement provides the benefit that components of the dispenser may be inserted past the interlock, and still seal product therein under pressure. The interlock may comprise threads or a bayonet fitting. The valve cup may be injection molded as a preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Neumann, Douglas Bruce Zeik, Scott Edward Smith