Patents Examined by Patrick M Buechner
  • Patent number: 11737540
    Abstract: A brush having a brush head, a neck, a concave crown and handle defining a hollow interior recess, the brush ergonomically adapted to contour a user's grip. The brush may comprise, in some embodiments, a container having two receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Imani Smith
  • Patent number: 11731149
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for applying a viscous substance, in particular for cosmetic, writing, painting, drawing and/or marking purposes, having a tank for the substance, an applicator and a conveyor designed to convey the substance from the tank to the applicator. According to the invention, the conveyor has a cylinder, a first and a second closing device, which are both arranged in the cylinder in an axially displaceable manner, a pump tappet for axially displacing the closing devices, a first connecting channel between the cylinder and the tank and a second connecting channel between the cylinder and the applicator, the first closing device opens or closes the first connecting channel depending on its position relative to the cylinder, and the second closing device is adjustable relative to the pump tappet, opens or closes the second connecting channel depending on the position relative to the pump tappet and, together with the cylinder, forms a pump in which it serves as a piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Monika Schroft, Herbert Brendel, René Heinlein
  • Patent number: 11702266
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fitment. In an embodiment, 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 fitment is composed of a polymeric composition. The polymeric composition includes (i) from 70 to 90 weight percent of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) having a density from 0.940 g/cc to 0.970 g/cc, a melt temperature, Tm, greater than 125° C., and a melt index from 1 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min; and (ii) from 30 to 10 weight percent of an olefin-based elastomer having a density from 0.860 g/cc to 0.905 g/cc, a melt index from 0.2 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min, and a Tm less than 125° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Laura Nunez, Lamy J. Chopin, III
  • Patent number: 11697579
    Abstract: A dispensing head includes a fastening portion fastened to a mouth of a beverage container, a connecting portion to which a gas coupling connected to a gas cylinder via a gas tube is connected, a gas channel configured to cause the connecting portion and the beverage container to communicate with each other, a dispensing portion configured to dispense a beverage injected from the beverage container by a pressure of a gas supplied to the beverage container via the gas channel, and an operation inhibition mechanism configured to inhibit an operation for connecting the gas coupling to the connecting portion in a state in which the fastening portion is not fastened to the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD., NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., TEX E.G., CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kurabe, Yoshihiro Kudo, Hirotsugu Hosono, Takahide Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11678732
    Abstract: A cosmetic container assembly capable of simultaneously discharging multiple kinds of contents through a single pumping action is disclosed. The cosmetic container assembly includes a plurality of cosmetic containers, each of which includes a container and a pump dispenser, a press plate, which includes connection ports connected to hollow piston rods, a discharge port, a discharge channel connecting the connection ports with the discharge port, and a support shaft, a container housing including a base, a housing cap including a shaft hole and a button-supporting shaft, and a lever push button, which is coupled to the button-supporting shaft and includes a press portion configured so as to press the support shaft to move the press plate downwards to thus simultaneously press the pump dispensers when the lever push button is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: APOLLO INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Dae Lee, Jae Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11667512
    Abstract: A dispensing system including a container and a dispenser. In some embodiments, the container includes a container body, a dispensing opening, and a seal over the dispensing opening. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes a base, a drawer, a piercing tube, and a dispensing tap. In some embodiments, the base is configured to receive the container. In some embodiments, the drawer is moveable relative to the base between a first position and a second position. In some embodiments, the piercing tube is coupled to and moveable with the drawer. In some embodiments, the dispensing tap is in fluid communication with the piercing tube. In some embodiments, the piercing tube is configured to pierce the seal of container when the container is received in the base and the drawer is moved from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andrew Bell Krystinik, Alexander Borgestedt, George Wells
  • Patent number: 11655077
    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: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MaxPax LLC
    Inventor: Bill Nathan
  • Patent number: 11649094
    Abstract: A portable beverage container lid can include a main outer housing, a slider top assembly coupled thereto, a carrier disposed therewithin, and beverage and vent seals coupled to the carrier. The main outer housing can include a beverage opening and a vent opening. The slider top assembly can slide laterally between open and closed positions. The carrier can move when the slider top assembly slides laterally. The beverage seal can close the beverage opening when the slider top assembly is in the closed position and allow the beverage to pass through the beverage opening when the slider top assembly is in the closed position. The vent seal can close the vent opening when the slider top assembly is in the closed position and allow air to pass through the vent opening when the slider top assembly is in the closed position. The beverage and vent seals can be actuated simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Fellow Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Pajnucci Vue, Nicholas Terzulli
  • Patent number: 11648796
    Abstract: A mechanical pencil has a main body housing a lead-feeding mechanism which includes a chuck and a clamping ring. A tapered member is provided at a front end of the main body, and a slider is mounted to undergo back and forth movement within the tapered member. A lead protection pipe protrudes from a front end of the tapered member when the slider moves forward, and an outer pipe is provided at a front end of the tapered member and surrounds a front end of the lead protection pipe. The slider moves backward as the writing proceeds so the lead protection pipe is not bent by a writing pressure, whereby a lead can be fed by a few knocking operations. The outer pipe is fixed to the tapered member or provided on an outer pipe holder inserted into the tapered member. The outer pipe holder is fixed to the inside of the tapered member or disposed to move back and forth in the tapered member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kanari
  • Patent number: 11643257
    Abstract: A dispensing fitment assembly includes a fitment assembly and a dispensing probe. The fitment assembly includes a fitment housing and a plug. The fitment housing is configured to operatively couple to a container opening of a fluid container. The plug is positioned within an interior portion of the fitment housing. The plug is slidingly movable between an open and closed position. Engagement between the dispensing probe and the interior surface of the plug is configured to move the plug from the closed position to the open position. Disengagement between the dispensing probe and the interior surface of the plug is configured to move the plug from the open to closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Alan Heinbuch, Matthew D. Lausted, Jeffrey Michael Schultz, Kevin Michael Welle, Bradley Jacob Johnson
  • Patent number: 11639289
    Abstract: A dispensing unit having a circulation system for circulating a fluid in the dispensing unit is provided. The circulation system comprises, a circulation circuit, and a mechanism configured to circulate the fluid in the circulation circuit. By circulating the fluid, the fluid is counteracted from crystallizing. A method for circulating a fluid in a dispensing unit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Dover Fueling Solutions UK Limited
    Inventor: Bengt I. Larsson
  • Patent number: 11628982
    Abstract: A plastic cap, which is a highly producible one-piece type cap when molded, but becomes a two-piece type cap excellent in sealability and openability when used, and enables a small-diameter pouring opening to be formed, is provided. The plastic cap comprises: a cap body which is composed of a top plate section and a skirt section, has a pouring nozzle formed on an outer surface of the top plate section so as to surround an opening-scheduled portion, and is fitted and fixed to a container mouth; and a top lid composed of a top face, and a circumferential wall suspending from an outer peripheral edge of the top face. The top lid has, formed therein, a protrusion protruding downward from an inner surface of the top face and having an engaging portion on an outer surface thereof. The cap body has an inner plug formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi Tsujiguchi, Takashi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11628984
    Abstract: The present application relates to a closure assembly for connection to a spout in fluid communication with a container. The closure assembly includes a housing configured to be secured to the spout and including a fluid passageway and a piercable membrane in the fluid passageway. The closure assembly includes a retention member configured to be secured to the housing and a flexible valve that is positioned in the fluid passageway of the housing and that is secured to the housing by the retention member. The closure assembly is configured to receive a piercing element that extends into the housing such that the piercing member can pierce the valve and the membrane, and the retention member has locking elements that engage the piercing element to lock the piercing element in place with respect to the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Liqui-Box Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Kieras, Matthew Ruschmeier
  • Patent number: 11624641
    Abstract: What is disclosed in the present invention is to provide a quantitative transfer pipette structure, wherein an anti-backflow compartment is configured in the first bulb. The dimensions and locations of the first bulb, the second bulb and the third bulb are specifically configured to aspirate and transfer a specific volume of the liquid to a container, mix the liquid with the substance in the container by pressing and releasing the specific bulbs, so as to achieve the effects of precise quantification and sufficient mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Credo Diagnostics Biomedical Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Ta Lai, Yu-Cheng Ou, Jim-Yi Liao, Fan-Yun Huang, Yi-Hsi Chen
  • Patent number: 11613455
    Abstract: An automated system for venting gas from a FOB is provided replacing a conventional manual venting button at the top of a FOB with a remotely controlled vent (bleed) valve attached to the FOB. After that the venting button is reinstalled in parallel with the vent valve. The automated vent valve can be implemented as a solenoid or pneumatic valve and is controlled by a controller. A tube connects FOB's vent outlet with a waste bucket. When the FOB is vented, a mix of gas, foam, and beverage is expelled from the FOB chamber and deposited in this waste bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SESTRA SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Lev Volftsun, Alex Kushnir, Thomas AuBuchon
  • Patent number: 11596273
    Abstract: A foam dispenser includes a housing, a drive motor, and a foam pump. The foam pump includes a pump housing, and a molded multi-chamber diaphragm. The molded multi-chamber diaphragm includes a liquid pump diaphragm having a liquid pump stem and two or more air pump chambers each having an air pump stem. The length of the liquid pump stem is longer than the air pump stem. The foam pump further includes one or more outlet valves, a mixing chamber, an outlet for dispensing foam wherein the outlet is in fluid communication with the foam cartridge; and an actuator for sequentially actuating the liquid pump chamber and the two or more air pump chambers, wherein there is lost motion between the actuator and the liquid pump diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Harris, John J. McNulty, Aaron D. Marshall, Daniel M. Willis, Nick E. Ciavarella
  • Patent number: 11592325
    Abstract: A solid colorant dispensing unit for dispensing charges of solid spherical colorant particles in a time-controlled way, the dispensing unit having a supply container having a nozzle for dispensing the particles having a number average particle size and a number particle size distribution, wherein a ratio of the standard deviation of the number particle size distribution to the number average particle size of the particles is less than 25%. The nozzle having a dispensing outlet having a diameter taking into account the number average particle size of the particles. The dispensing unit having a control assembly for controlling the dispensing of the charges of the particles by taking into account the properties of the particles and the diameter of the outlet of the nozzle. A tinting machine having the solid colorant dispensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CHROMAFLO TECHNOLOGIES EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Petronella Martinus Thommassen, Jeroen Hofman, Judith Jeanette Elisabeth Huijnen
  • Patent number: 11589669
    Abstract: Brush, in particular toilet brush, with a brush head and a handle. The brush head can be detachably pushed onto the handle. The handle has a release mechanism for the brush head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Delgigante, Rens Jurian Hoeke, David Stephen Thomas, Ross Weir, Geoff Woo, Peter Atkins
  • Patent number: 11571703
    Abstract: A trigger dispenser device (1) envisages a secondary liquid aspiration duct (50) in communication with the dispenser duct, and a primary liquid aspiration duct (8) in communication with the container, off-axis with each other. Between these, a joining compartment (64) is provided communicating upstream with the primary liquid aspiration duct (8) and communicating downstream with the secondary liquid aspiration duct (50) to form the fluidic connection between them. In particular, the container (C) is of the type with built-in suction pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Riccardo Alluigi, Stephen R. Dennis
  • Patent number: 11555726
    Abstract: A metering system for distributing particulate material includes a meter housing containing a metering wheel. An inlet and/or outlet of the meter housing provides a projection extending into the opening of the inlet and/or outlet so that the flow of particulate material is optimized. This can provide even distribution of such material, including at low rotating speeds such as 5 RPM, while using a polyurethane metering wheel with straight vanes. In one aspect, projections extending into the inlet on opposing sides can substantially form an hourglass shape, and the outlet can comprise a substantially diagonal shape, analogous to a parallelogram, instead of more traditional rounded/rectangular shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL CANADA, LTD.
    Inventors: Rex Ruppert, Joel Denis