Patents Examined by Patrick M Buechner
  • Patent number: 10300502
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a pump dispenser which allows accurate determination of a direction of spraying of liquid without a nozzle part moving toward a higher or lower position and, furthermore, whose trigger is excellent in operability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CANYON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Tada, Mitsuaki Shaduki
  • Patent number: 10293992
    Abstract: An anti-refill closure assembly comprises a closure body having an upper spout portion and a lower fitment portion configured for securement to an associated container. The closure body defines at least one flow passage through which liquid from the container enters the closure body. A reciprocable valve member is positioned within the closure body for movement between opened and closed positions. In the opened position of the valve member, liquid from within the container flows into the closure body through the at least one flow passage, and past the valve member outwardly through the upper spout portion. In the closed position of the valve member, the valve member acts to prevent the reverse flow of liquid from the outer spout portion back through the valve body and into the associated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Closure Systems International Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Zweigart, Jr., Navaneeth Bashyam, Russell Tartock, Daniel Elliott
  • Patent number: 10294094
    Abstract: Described herein is a container for storing and dispensing a liquid. In one embodiment, the container for dispensing a liquid includes an upper region that is capable of being removed from the container, a sidewall region coupled or integrated with the upper region, and a lower region coupled or integrated with the sidewall region. The lower region includes an inner sloped surface within the container to provide an improved ability for dispensing the liquid from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SHOMO, LLC
    Inventors: Curt Daniel Mottaz, Ernest Gordon Shortness
  • Patent number: 10287061
    Abstract: A dispensing unit includes a first sheet-material bag which is filled with a first composition, a second sheet-material bag which is filled with a second composition, and a head part disposed on a first end of the first sheet-material bag and a second end of the second sheet-material bag. The head part has a first outlet channel for the first composition and a second outlet channel for the second composition, the first and second sheet-material bags are open on the first and second ends, and the first and second outlet channels are filled with the first and second compositions, respectively. A closure part is configured to couple with the head part, where the closure part is openable or removable by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sascha Dierker, Philip Poggendorf
  • Patent number: 10287081
    Abstract: A flexible package for dispensing a liquid. The package includes a fitment and a piercing member. The fitment is secured to a wall of the flexible package and has a passageway extending through it and a screw-thread section. The piercing member has a passageway extending through it, a piercing tip, and a screw-thread section. The piercing member is configured for insertion in the passageway of the fitment, with the screw-thread sections engaging each other to cause the piercing tip to penetrate the package, whereupon the liquid within the package can flow into and through the piercing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Fres-co System USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond Andrew Stever
  • Patent number: 10266386
    Abstract: A dispenser for delivering a liquid from an inverted supply bottle. The dispenser has a base. A top portion of the dispenser base is where the inverted supply bottle is supported. A side opening is formed in a sidewall of the dispenser base. A foot is formed at a bottom portion of the dispenser base. A reservoir container rests upon dispenser base. The reservoir container is detached from the inverted supply bottle. A bottle collar engages a top portion of the dispenser base. The bottle collar is adapted to engage the inverted supply bottle. The bottle collar has a center aperture in a bottle seat where a mouth of the inverted supply bottle extends through. The liquid from the inverted supply bottle is delivered from the mouth of the inverted supply bottle into the reservoir container and through the side opening in the dispenser base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Kenneth John Gallagher
  • Patent number: 10264859
    Abstract: The Liquid Dispenser that can be worn as jewelry of the present invention includes a dispenser having a bladder assembly and an outer shell. The outer shell opens to receive the bladder assembly, which includes a flexible bladder, neck and valve. The outer shell has an opening, exposing the enclosed flexible bladder to enable a user to apply pressure directly on the flexible bladder through the opening. When a user applies pressure to the flexible bladder, liquid passes through the valve for use. In an alternative embodiment, a flexible bladder is contained within a watch base. The watch base includes a flexible watch face that when pressed by a user, applies pressure to the flexible bladder. In yet another embodiment, a pump/valve device in combination with hollow tubes that store liquid enables a user to press a flexible dome on the device to release fluid stored in the hollow tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ivonne Parker, Adonica Vickers
  • Patent number: 10266381
    Abstract: A water dispenser is provided. The water dispenser may include a water tank to store water, a cooling module provided in the water tank to circulate cooling water to cool the water to make cold water, a drain valve that connects to the water tank and protrudes from the water tank to discharge the cooling water in the water tank, and a foam insulator that covers an outer circumferential surface of the water tank and contacts the drain valve to prevent the drain valve from being exposed to air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seulki Kim
  • Patent number: 10252847
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a device that can be used to seal an opening of a package to mitigate loss of package contents, and to effectively transfer contents of the package to a target device or system. The device can comprise a base cap that engages with a package opening, such as a fitment, and a nozzle portion. Alternately, the fitment may comprise a fixedly engaged base. The nozzle portion can comprise a portion that selectably engages with two or more target systems, such as through a filling port, and may also selectably engage with a closing cap that can be used to close the opening, by sealing a spout portion of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Specialty Lubricants Corp.
    Inventors: Steven James Bugenske, Mark J. Egle, John Sinchok
  • Patent number: 10244901
    Abstract: A hand cleaner fluid dispenser, including a reservoir for containing hand cleaner fluid to be dispensed; a dispenser outlet for discharge of the hand cleaner fluid from the reservoir; and a discharge mechanism operable to discharge a drop of the hand cleaner fluid from the dispenser outlet when activated. A levitator device is incorporated into the hand cleaner fluid dispenser, and is operable to levitate the drop of hand cleaner fluid at a position where the drop is accessible to be taken by a user's hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Albrecht Lang, Siegfried Steltenkamp, David Duncan, Valery Ten
  • Patent number: 10242301
    Abstract: A dispenser with a replaceable cartridge containing a product to be dispensed, and a housing configured to removably receive the cartridge. The cartridge has a surface that is marked with a first marking, and the housing has a surface that is marked with a second marking. The housing is configured so that, when the cartridge is received by the housing, the first marking and the second marking together form a machine readable code that is detectable from outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, David Duncan, Hendrik Ophardt
  • Patent number: 10240718
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for containing leakage of a grease gun. In certain embodiments, a cover includes a body which has an open end, a closed end, and a sidewall extending between the open end and the closed end. The sidewall has an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface which encompasses an inner space for receiving a leaking lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Koch
  • Patent number: 10239663
    Abstract: A handheld container for dispensing particulate matter having an opening and a moveable cover for the opening positioned at the bottom of the container. The cover has a pivoting lid that can selectively open or close the opening of the container and assist with dispersal of particulate from the container while a user holds the container in an upright position. The lid may swing outward from the container or hinge into an open position and include a series of ribs for improving the dispersal of particulate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventors: Neil Rosenbaum, Fred Marconi, Scott Ryan
  • Patent number: 10232392
    Abstract: A sealant applying device and a working method thereof, and a sealant applying apparatus are disclosed. The sealant applying device includes a nozzle; the nozzle includes an air inlet portion and a sealant outflow portion, a switch plate is arranged below the sealant outflow portion, the switch plate includes a plate body configured to horizontally move between a first state and a second state, one end of the plate body is provided with a through hole, and a discharge portion is provided at a position corresponding to the through hole and on a side of the plate body facing away from the sealant outflow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchao Feng, Xiaoqiang Zeng, Hongyu Zhang, Lei Xing
  • Patent number: 10231579
    Abstract: An apparatus for pumping a selected sterilizing fluid by a user comprising: a fluid container, a pump assembly having a fluid delivery tube, the fluid delivery tube being manually drivable by the user in a downstream direction starting from a stationary start position and adapted to pump fluid upstream through an upstream end of the fluid delivery tube that is configured to receive and engage a complementary surface of an external device, the fluid delivery tube being drivable downstream from the start position by manually engaging the complementary surface of the external device against the upstream facing surface of the enlarged head and manually driving the external device in the downstream direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Richard Ma
  • Patent number: 10228083
    Abstract: Apparatus for providing a thermal insulation layer in a flexible pipe, including one or more encapsulated regions of aerogel material disposed in a layer of flexible pipe body is disclosed. In addition, flexible pipe body including such apparatus, and a method of manufacturing flexible pipe body is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas UK Limited
    Inventors: Terence Henry Sheldrake, Jonathan David Leyland
  • Patent number: 10226779
    Abstract: The sprayer comprises a container (1) intended to hold liquid for forming the cleaning mass and pressurized air for spraying it, the container (1) being dismantlably attachable to a head (3) bearing a manual pump (4) to increase the pressure of the air, the head (3) also having a supporting handle (23) with a pushbutton (24) operating the outlet valve (18) for the cleaning mass to the delivery nozzle (22), the sprayer having a manually replaceable mixing device (7, 26) located between the outlet conduit (8) for the liquid from the sprayer container (1) and the outlet of damping mass (20) controlled by the manual valve (18), the mixing device (7, 26) having different passage cross-sections for the liquid and the air present in the container (1) in order to adjust the sprayer to provide cleaning masses with a drier or wetter foam consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: GOIZPER, S.COOP.
    Inventor: Mikel Loiti Urquia
  • Patent number: 10226783
    Abstract: Bellow actuated pump devices for dispensing a product from a container may include a bellow and a base or a bellow, a base, and a valve having two or more valves wherein actuation of the bellow opens a discharge portion of the valve and dispenses a product and the de-actuation of the bellow opens an intake portion of the valve and refills the pump for the next actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems R&D Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Eelco Han de Man, Stefan Koster
  • Patent number: 10226784
    Abstract: Fluid substance dispensing device including a dispensing button provided with a hole for tight coupling with a hollow stem of a pump or a valve, and a dispensing opening associated with a shutter that, at least when subjected to fluid substance to be dispensed pressure, translates in contrast to an elastic element freeing the dispensing opening. The shutter having at least one projection cooperating with mechanical opening element associated with the dispensing button. The opening element devoid of fluid substance passages and having a first fixing portion to the dispensing button and a second portion to abut, in use, a fixed part from which the stem extends. At least one elastically deformable part mutually interconnecting the first and second portions. An actuation lever extending from second portion cooperating with the projection to open the shutter when the second portion contacts fixed part consequently deforming elastically deformable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: LUMSON S.P.A.
    Inventor: Matteo Moretti
  • Patent number: 10227227
    Abstract: A beverage containment assembly may include a disposable liner assembly for dispensing fluids with a vessel. The liner assembly may comprise a flexible liner configured for the vessel, a flexible tube; and a cuff having an interlock surface. The cuff may be received in at least a portion of the tube thereby securing the liner and the tube. The interlock surface may be configured to provide a seal between at least the cuff and the liner. A method of manufacturing same is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Plascon Group
    Inventors: David E. Peterson, Matthew P. Klein