Patents Examined by Norman L. Stack, Jr.
  • Combination shower head and toiletries mixing and dispensing apparatus
    Patent number: 4019658
    Abstract: An integrated unit associated with the shower head adapted for mounting in a shower stall. The unit contains conventional aerosol cans or containers for fluids such as soap and/or shampoo and the like. The aerosol cans are positioned to dispense into cavities, there being channels controlled by valves, providing communication between these channels, and a tube or pipe leading to the shower head for mixing the fluid controllably with the shower water. Associated with the cavities are manually actuatable plungers which are operable to cause dispensing of fluids from the cavities. Manually actuatable means can be provided for actuating the aerosol can valves to dispense.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Consaul
  • Nozzle having a lateral chute outlet
    Patent number: 4018366
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising a nozzle for dispensing a fluent solid product, e.g., a dry ingredient such as instant coffee, instant tea, sugar, coffee lightener, chocolate or soup mix, in a hot beverage vendor, having a chute for delivering the product into a mixing bowl of the vendor where the product is mixed with hot water flowing through the bowl. The nozzle comprises a tubular body closed at one end constituting its outer end and having a lateral outlet, the tubular body being adapted to receive an auger of the dispenser for feeding the product through the body and thence out of the outlet. The chute is on a sleeve having a telescoping sliding fit on the tubular body. The sleeve has a lateral opening which registers with the outlet of the tubular body when the sleeve is in place on the body for flow of the product to the chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: UMC Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard A. Ficken, Gerald J. Podgorny
  • Front protection device for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 4015870
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pedestrian protection device for motor vehicles which comprises essentially a hinged member adapted to be raised to an operative position from a normally lower inoperative position on the motor vehicle.More particularly, this hinged member constitutes a kind of transverse beam or barrier having side flanges provided with two series of connecting means associated with a pair of trunnions permitting the rotation of said beam and secured to said side flanges. The second series of connecting means provides an operative connection between the beam and the thrust rod of a cylinder and piston unit having its cylinder pivoted to the vehicle body. The essential purpose of this device is to protect pedestrians against the dangers of running into a car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignees: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault, Automobiles Peugeot
    Inventors: Georges Stcherbatcheff, Andre Lefeuvre
  • Vehicle bumper system
    Patent number: 4014582
    Abstract: A vehicle bumper system and apparatus is disclosed herein having a plate mountable on the chassis of a vehicle which supports an inflatable member carried by a holder. The holder is resiliently supported on the plate by means of a pair of mountings taking the form of a hydraulic shock absorber and a leaf spring arrangement. The inflatable member is reinforced by layers of fibers as well as reinforcing rods that are critically located so as to form mounting lobes detachably connected to the opposing edges of an elongated slot formed in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Inventor: Kenneth W. MacKenzie
  • Vehicle bumper assembly
    Patent number: 4013139
    Abstract: An improved motor Speed Actuated Vehicle Bumper wherein a cam and linkage arrangement combined with a spring is provided to restrain an inward movement of a bumper under collision conditions. The restraint increases as the speed of the vehicle on which it is installed so that its effectiveness is substantially constant over a range of vehicle speeds. The present improvement utilizes the speed responsive restraint, but in addition, it provides means for gradually extending the bumper in accordance with the speed of the vehicle. Thus, in addition to increasing the restraint with vehicle speed, the travel of the bumper is also increased with speed thereby dissipating the force of a collision over a greater travel of the bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Inventor: James Hrebicek
  • Measuring dispenser
    Patent number: 4013198
    Abstract: A measuring dispenser wherein a generally cylindrical drum having a transverse wall is positioned at the bottom of a canister, and a forwardly extending longitudinally movable partition with a transverse rear wall is inserted within the drum so that variable volume measuring chambers are provided by longitudinally moving the partition within the cylindrical drum. A one-piece cylindrical adjuster is inserted within the drum and is provided with inclined slots for longitudinally adjusting the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Frank C. Miklas
  • Sprayer-wiper device
    Patent number: 4013369
    Abstract: A sprayer-wiper device including a container having a fluid dispensing means with a releasable wiper head having wiper pads thereon spaced from said dispensing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Inventor: Alice Turek
  • Device for dispensing liquids from a sealed container and for preserving undispensed portions thereof
    Patent number: 4011971
    Abstract: A method of and device for dispensing liquids from sealed containers such as wine bottles is disclosed, and for replacing the dispensed liquids with an innoxious gas at a preselected pressure to prevent spoilage of undispensed portions of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: Edward R. Haydon
    Inventor: Edward R. Haydon
  • Toothpaste dispenser
    Patent number: 4010873
    Abstract: A resilient frame for accommodating a tube of amorphous material has a cover part in operative proximity with a tube of amorphous material accommodated therein. A tube compressing device in the frame is guided by the frame for compressing the tube from the end thereof to the area of the neck thereof. The tube compressing device moves the cover part in a manner whereby the cover part covers the opening of the neck of the tube when the tube compressing device is a maximum distance from the neck of the tube and the cover part frees the opening of the neck of the tube for the transfer of amorphous material when the tube compressing device is moved toward the neck of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Inventor: Hovhannes H. Mardirossian
  • Multiple compartment structure
    Patent number: 4010974
    Abstract: A truck to haul live poultry has compartments arranged in horizontal rows and vertical tiers, there being two rows of tiers opening onto the opposite sides respectively of the truck. The walls of the compartments are formed by wall members incorporating vertical tubes and the floors and ceilings are formed by horizontal panels. Vertical rods extend upward from the truck bed through the horizontal panels and through the vertical tubes of the wall members to form a unified structure. The invention teaches that the number of vertical rods required may be minimized by employing special brackets to anchor the wall members and/or by making some wall members angular instead of linear. The number of vertical rods required for a horizontal row of N number of vertical tiers of compartments is reduced to 2N + 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Inventor: Donald F. Day
  • Toothpaste dispenser and container
    Patent number: 4010870
    Abstract: A container for dispensing toothpaste is adapted to receive a flexible tube of toothpaste. The container includes a toy figure holding a simulated tube of toothpaste, wherein the arm and hand holding the simulated tube is in an extended horizontal plane. A squeezing mechanism is provided for squeezing the flexible tube within the chamber of the container. A tube member is contained in the extended arm, wherein the tube member extends from the flexible tube to the simulated tube. The toothpaste is transported through the tube member from the flexible tube and outwardly through the simulated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Esther Wilson
  • Liquid mixing and dispensing device
    Patent number: 4010934
    Abstract: A pitcher or similar container of generally cylindrical shape having a closure member for the open upper end of the container, a tubular housing extending axially of the container and mounted in the closure element for rotary and axial movements therein, and an axial shaft mounted in the housing for axial movements with the housing and for rotation relative to the housing. A generally disk-like impeller is mounted on the lower end of the shaft. The tubular housing and closure member have portions that cooperate to limit upward movement of the impeller from the bottom of the container to various levels above the container bottom. Retainer members operate to confine solids below a given liquid level in the container and to limit access of outside air to liquid in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Inventors: King S. McCord, Irene W. McCord
  • Paint can attachment
    Patent number: 4009802
    Abstract: A semiannular paint can attachment combines brush scraping means with a shallow cavity for catching and retaining the paint drippings up to a certain level, above which the excess returns to the can through an internal opening. A pouring lip partially surrounds the opening, functioning in a dual capacity as a scraper for the brush, and to prevent paint poured from the can from dripping over the sides of the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Inventor: Leon Hayduchok
  • Liquid dispenser using a non vented pump and a collapsible plastic bag
    Patent number: 4008830
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser which permits dispensing liquid or viscous semi-liquid products from an unpressurized container using a non-vented pump in which a rigid outer container open on one end and having a breathing hole holds a flexible collapsible bag, filled with the product to be dispensed; the bag is affixed to the container as by extending through the open container end and the bag ends overlapping the containers edges, and the non-vented pump installed therein placed on or over the open container end so as to seal the bag against the outer container. When operated, the force of the atmospheric pressure, acting through the hole, partially collapses the bag, and forces the liquid to be dispensed into the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1977
    Inventor: Philip Meshberg
  • Tube hanger
    Patent number: 4007900
    Abstract: A thin resilient plastic preform is provided for suspending a shampoo tube or the like having an elongated bottom sealing flange from a hook, showerhead, or faucet handle. The preform includes a tube attachment portion and a hanger portion. The hanger portion is adapted to engage conveniently located objects protruding from the shower wall and can comprise intersecting slits or a cut-out area in the plastic or a handle means. The tube attachment portion is an elongated straight cut through the plastic having a length about equal to the tube body width, but less than the length of the tube bottom sealing flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: George H. Holoubek
  • Apparatus for operating an aerosol container
    Patent number: 4006844
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for operating an aerosol container equipped at one end with a dispenser valve having a valve stem urged outwardly to a normally closed position away from a depressed open position. The apparatus, which actuates the dispenser valve, comprises a housing constructed to receive at least the valved end of the container. A lever is pivotably mounted in the housing and is operatively associated with the valve stem when the housing receives the valved end of the container. The lever is pivoted to depress the valve stem and open the dispenser valve by a drive assembly that includes a drive shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, a motor for rotating the drive shaft, and a flexible band having one end attached to the lever and an opposite end attached to the drive shaft to be wound thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1977
    Assignee: The Risdon Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Charles James Corris
  • Apparatus for dispensing confectionery
    Patent number: 4004716
    Abstract: A depositor for effecting simultaneous deposition of two different confectionery materials into a mould beneath it. The depositor includes separate hoppers disposed out of contact with one another for the reception of the two materials, an independently controllable heater associated with each hopper, coaxially disposed inner and outer nozzles disposed beneath the hoppers, pumping mechanism for discharging material from one hopper to the inner nozzle and from the other hopper to the outer nozzle, and thermal insulation between the two nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: Baker Perkins Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Gordon Steels
  • Multiple nozzle dispenser head
    Patent number: 4005226
    Abstract: A dispenser head having a plurality of prong-like nozzles is useful for impregnating meat with tenderizing and flavoring liquids, and similar purposes. It may be fitted to a conventional pressurized dispenser of the type having a tubular stem. Preferably constructed in two parts, the lower or manifold part has a bottom inlet; the upper or outlet part has a number of prong-like nozzles on parallel axes; and interfitting portions provide sealed passages to distribute the dispensed liquid to the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: The Jim Dandy Company
    Inventors: Dewey B. Dykes, E. Michael Powers, T. Kenneth Foster, Robert E. Rogers
  • Syringes
    Patent number: 4004718
    Abstract: A syringe, especially for measuring microliter amounts, which comprises a barrel having over at least a part of its length an inner liner composed of a resilient plastics material surrounding a bore and a piston slidable within the liner bore, the maximum cross-sectional area of the piston being slightly greater than the cross-sectional area of the undeformed bore. The liner is preferably made of a polytetrafluoroethylene and the piston comprises a wire with a bead at one end. A method of attaching a needle to the syringe is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: Societe d'Assistance Technique pour Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventor: Frank Wesley
  • Relief vent for pressurized cans
    Patent number: 4003505
    Abstract: An aerosol dispenser can has a cylindrical body and an outwardly-concave bottom divided into an outer annular frusto-spherical part and a central dome like part by a plurality of discrete generally tangential scores spaced apart in circular configuration, the central part having a greater radius of curvature than the outer part. Generally tangential scores may also be spaced around a rolled rim at the edge of the bottom. These scores weaken the resistance of the bottom to outward deformation so that in the case of a certain internal overpressure, the bottom firstly deforms outwardly and one or more scores then gradually rip, without propagation of the ripping, to release the overpressure. The neighboring ends of adjacent scores may be arranged out of alignment with one another to prevent propagation of ripping from one score to the next.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Assignee: Aluminium Suisse S.A.
    Inventor: Jean Hardt