Patents Examined by Patrick M Buechner
  • Dispensing baked good container assembly and method
    Patent number: 10492500
    Abstract: A dispensing baked good container assembly includes a container having a top and a bottom and having a cavity configured to hold baked good ingredients and configured to be opened. The dispensing baked good container assembly includes a pastry bag coupled to the container. The pastry bag is initially packed in the container and is configured to be contained in the cavity. The pastry bag is configured to be deployed after the container is opened. The pastry bag is open to the container such that items are configured to be passed from the cavity of the container into the pastry bag after being deployed for mixing and dispensing of the baked good ingredients from the pastry bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventors: Samuel Siwak, Benjamin Siwak, Molly Siwak
  • Nozzle with isolation porting
    Patent number: 10494246
    Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage dispensing system for dispensing a non-mixed fluid along with a post-mix fluid. The post-mix fluid is formed by mixing a base beverage with at least one beverage additive. For example, the beverage dispensing system may dispense a post-mix fluid (e.g. cola) and a non-mixed fluid (e.g. spirits) separately. In some embodiments, the post-mix fluid may be dispensed simultaneously with the non-mixed fluid from separate fluid outlet ports. In other embodiments, the post-mix fluid may be dispensed from a first fluid outlet port and, subsequently, the non-mixed fluid may be dispensed from a second fluid outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hecht, Bret D. Baker
  • Pump style dispense mechanism for flowable product packaging
    Patent number: 10493476
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a body having a an exterior surface, an interior surface, a first chamber, a first opening in fluid communication with the first chamber and extending through the body, a second opening in fluid communication with the first chamber and extending through the body, a first valve and a second valve disposed on the body, the valves having a closed and an open configuration, and an actuator disposed at least partially within the first chamber. The actuator may be configured to increase and decrease pressure in the first chamber such that the first valve and the second valve change from their respective closed configurations to their respective open configurations and from their respective open configurations to their respective closed configurations. When in the closed configuration, flow through the valves is impeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenneth Micnerski
  • Delivering device, in particular for pasty or creamy products
    Patent number: 10493477
    Abstract: A delivering device (1) is described, in particular for pasty or creamy products preferably for domestic use, comprising at least one delivery duct (3) which puts in fluid communication at least one internal volume (5) of at least one container (7), the internal volume (5) containing therein at least one product, and at least one delivery nozzle (9) for exiting the product by interposing pumping means (11) actuated by at least one actuating motor (13) to transfer amounts of the product from the internal volume (5) to the delivery nozzle (5) through the delivery duct (3), and control means (14) actuated by a user and operatively cooperating with the actuating motor (13) to allow or inhibit at will an operation of the actuating motor (13) and perform or stop a delivery of the product through the delivery nozzle (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Stan Engineering Corp. S.R.L.
    Inventor: Alessandro Sacchet
  • Applicator for ejecting doses of a flowable component
    Patent number: 10486189
    Abstract: An applicator for ejecting doses of a flowable component includes a housing, an application tip connected to the housing, an actuation mechanism, and an insert which is detachable from the housing. The insert is adapted to be inserted into the housing, and has a storage volume for the flowable component. The housing includes a receiving portion adapted to the insert. The insert includes a drive portion which is adapted to cooperate with the actuation mechanism so that the operation of the actuation mechanism results in a displacement of the insert relative to the housing and on a displacement axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hiemer, Michaela Noack
  • Case for liquid state cosmetics
    Patent number: 10485321
    Abstract: Provided is a case for liquid state cosmetics. The case for liquid state cosmetics includes a case body provided with a content storage part in which the liquid content is stored, a shoulder unit coupled to close an upper portion of the case body and provided with an inflow part having a content inflow hole in a center thereof; a piston unit disposed in the case body to move according to discharge of the content, a pumping unit inserted into the inflow part and connected to the content inflow hole to discharge the content through pumping action due to elasticity, and a button unit elevatably coupled to an upper portion of the shoulder unit and connected to the pumping unit and having an outlet hole, through which the content is discharged, at a center thereof, the button unit operating the pumping unit to discharge the content to the outlet hole by the pumping action of the pumping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: Young-Kwang Byun
  • Fitment with ethylene/?-olefin multi-block copolymer
    Patent number: 10486880
    Abstract: A fitment is provided and includes a top portion, a base, and a channel extending through the top portion and the base for passage of a flowable material. The base includes a pair of opposing sidewalls. The sidewalls extend around the channel. The sidewalls are joined together at opposing ends. The fitment further includes at least one sealing rib extending along the sidewalls. The sealing rib includes an ethylene/?-olefin multi-block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marcos P. Franca, Bruno R. Pereira, Peter J. Schulz, Scott R. Kaleyta
  • Packages and arrays of packages for plastic aerosol dispensers
    Patent number: 10486892
    Abstract: A package and an array of packages for aerosol dispensers is provided. The package includes a polymeric outer container, the polymeric outer container having a closed bottom, a sidewall, a neck opposite the closed bottom and defining an opening for receiving product. The polymeric outer container has a longitudinal axis. The package has an attachment ring disposed adjacent to the neck of the outer container. The attachment ring has a radially outermost edge from the longitudinal axis that defines an outer diameter of the attachment ring. The outer diameter is 32.20 mm to 32.80 mm, and wherein the attachment ring is directly connectable with an actuator of an aerosol dispenser. The outer diameter of the attachment ring in the array of packages is 32.50 mm with a standard deviation of +/?0.30 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, David Andrew Dalton, Philip Andrew Sawin, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Douglas Bruce Zeik
  • Gas supply device and method for starting operation of gas supply device
    Patent number: 10480715
    Abstract: A gas supply device for supplying a hydrogen gas to a dispenser of a hydrogen station includes: a refrigerant flow path through which a refrigerant for cooling the gas before being discharged from the dispenser flows; a refrigerator that can cool the refrigerant; a cooling device that can cool the refrigerant by latent heat when liquid hydrogen changes to the hydrogen gas; and a control unit that performs control to activate the refrigerator while stopping the cooling device when a condition set in advance is satisfied after performing control to activate the cooling device in activation of the hydrogen station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akitoshi Fujisawa, Kenji Nagura
  • Using magnetism to secure the detachable spray-extension tube to an aerosol spray can to prevent misplacement or loss
    Patent number: 10472161
    Abstract: Methods and systems using magnetism to securely hold detachable spray-extension straws to aerosol cans to prevent their misplacement or loss are presented. Created from inexpensive magnetic plastic material: one is a magnetized straw that alone will securely attach to a spray can, and others are a variety of magnetized devices that will affix the straw on the surface of spray cans by magnetic attraction forces. Each device variation is designed to grasp and hold a conventional plastic straw while magnetically attached to an aerosol can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MAGTUBE, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard L. Sater, Neil D. Sater
  • Systems and methods for a device with an internal vented nozzle
    Patent number: 10472138
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for a pouring device with an internal vented nozzle. More particularly, embodiments relate to a nozzle that is partitioned by an internal sidewall that extends across a chord of a circumference of the nozzle that allows for a vented nozzle with a larger diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Inventor: Donny Smith
  • Hand washing dispenser for a water bottle
    Patent number: 10464795
    Abstract: A gravity based dispenser for use with a bottle of liquid. The dispenser hangs about the neck of a user and allows the user to selectively dispense water from the water bottle while the user maintains a valve of the dispenser in an open position. In a closed position, the valve of the dispenser prevents the flow of liquid from the bottle to which the dispenser is attached. The valve is biased to the closed position. In this way, a user may use water to wash their hands using a single water bottle without using unnecessary quantities of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Kevin Peithman
  • Material sprayer having sliding pump mounting
    Patent number: 10456801
    Abstract: A pump for use with a material sprayer includes a cylinder, a piston, a pump head, first and second check valves, and an elbow connected to the cylinder. The cylinder and the piston are coaxial with a pump axis. The pump head is configured to make a mechanical connection with the reciprocating drive mechanism so as to allow the reciprocating drive mechanism to reciprocate the piston along the pump axis. The elbow includes a first end, a second end, and an inner fluid channel. The first end is configured to make a fluid connection with the hopper. The second end is configured to be fixed with respect to the cylinder. The inner fluid channel extends from the first end to the second end. The pump head and the first end of the elbow are configured to make mechanical and fluid connections with a single linear motion of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Jeromy D. Horning, Thomas E. Pauly
  • Method and apparatus for dispensing sanitizer fluid, opening doors, and recording data pertaining to hand sanitization
    Patent number: 10455936
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for promoting hand sanitization which may be mounted above or near a door handle. Hand sanitization devices include a sanitizer agent cartridge disposed inside a housing body and fluidically coupled to an actuating pump. The pump is configured to dispense the sanitizer when an actuation mechanism is pushed or pulled. The cartridge is also coupled to a pump sheath disposed below the pump so as to protect the internal components of the devices from unintentional splashing by the sanitizer agent. The hand sanitization devices may also record when the door is opened, when the sanitizer is dispensed, if the cartridge is empty, and when a user is approaching the door. The hand sanitization devices also have a user interface system configured to encourage the approaching user to sanitize their hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Altitude Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Vincent McKnight, Richard James Gilbert, Adam Wilmore Paterson, Matthew David Laws, Nicholas Hooton, Gregg Alan Henderson
  • Pen and pen refill having a longitudinally extending groove for transferring decorative particles
    Patent number: 10455919
    Abstract: A pen has an ink reservoir configured to store an ink containing decorative particles and a pen tip configured to apply the ink to an ink coating target. The pen tip includes a proximal end to which the ink is supplied from the ink reservoir, a distal end opposite to the proximal end and configured to contact the ink coating target, and a groove opening on the outer circumferential surface of the pen tip and extending from the proximal end to the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Kuretake Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Natsumi Saito
  • Expandle gravity-feed bin
    Patent number: 10450152
    Abstract: A gravity-feed bin includes a generally hollow main bin having an open end, a storage reservoir and a dispensing chute. The dispensing chute has an opening disposed near a distal end. The bin includes a dispensing gate movable between open and closed positions. When the dispensing gate is in the closed position, the dispensing gate blocks the opening of the dispensing chute. The main bin includes a vertical front wall joined to planar first front surface that is disposed below the vertical front wall, at an angle relative to the vertical front wall so as to direct bulk material inwardly towards the interior of the storage reservoir. A second planar front surface is joined to the first front surface, and disposed at an angle relative to the first front surface, so as to direct the bulk material towards the dispensing chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: TRADE FIXTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Brundick, Scott Johnson, John Clayton Odom
  • Hand hygiene
    Patent number: 10448792
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for preventing one with dirty hands from entering or exiting an area without first using a hand washing system. Typical uses would be in hospitals, where patients are endangered by health care workers who may propagate microorganisms and thus illness from patient to patient. The subject technology seeks to stop one from passing by having a barrier block passage. Overrides for bypass system on an emergency basis or when hands are otherwise necessarily occupied, such as in carrying a tray or other objects. Sensors detect presence of obstructions in the movement of the barrier. Further, the barrier may be broken should an emergency arise. Current implementation presumes that one's hands are dirty, and thus entry or exit is initially denied. Once hand washing has occurred, then entry or exit is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventors: Dean Cawthon, Clifford Cawthon
  • Nozzle with isolation porting
    Patent number: 10442671
    Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage dispensing system for dispensing a non-mixed fluid along with a post-mix fluid. The post-mix fluid is formed by mixing a base beverage with at least one beverage additive. For example, the beverage dispensing system may dispense a post-mix fluid (e.g. cola) and a non-mixed fluid (e.g. spirits) separately. In some embodiments, the post-mix fluid may be dispensed simultaneously with the non-mixed fluid from separate fluid outlet ports. In other embodiments, the post-mix fluid may be dispensed from a first fluid outlet port and, subsequently, the non-mixed fluid may be dispensed from a second fluid outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hecht, Bret D. Baker
  • High quality non-aerosol hand sanitizing foam
    Patent number: 10441115
    Abstract: High quality non-aerosol foam sanitizers include a liquid mixture that includes an alcohol, water and a surfactant mixed with and entrapping air to form a plurality of foam bubbles. Wherein more than about 50 percent of the foam bubbles have a size of between about 50 ?m and about 250 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Nick E. Ciavarella
  • Arrangement of capsule beads filled with topical material
    Patent number: 10413025
    Abstract: A wearable hand-sanitizing apparatus includes a series of breakable capsules containing a hand sanitizing gel or fluid. The capsules are linked together and can be worn as a bracelet or a necklace, as desired by the user. Each capsule containing the hand-sanitizing material contains enough material for a single use. The capsules can be ruptured by being squeezed by the user. Some capsules can contain different types of material, such as a moisturizing lotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventors: Saxon Cwalinski, Dustin Cwalinski, Helen Cwalinski