Patents Examined by Qingzhang Zhou
  • Visual insulating spray lance for live working
    Patent number: 11331682
    Abstract: Provided is a visual insulating spray lance for live working. A liquid guide tube and an air tube in a hollow operating rod are communicated with an inlet end of a spray nozzle; the operating rod is connected to a connecting rod and a display respectively through a fastener; a video optical transceiver fixedly arranged on the connecting rod is connected to the display through an optical fiber; the optical fiber is connected to an optical receiver, the optical receiver is connected to a chip for a video signal processor, the chip for a video signal processor is connected to a power divider having two output interfaces respectively connected to a display screen and a 4G communication module; a battery is connected to the optical receiver, the chip for a video signal processor, the power divider, the display screen, the 4G communication module, and a global positioning system (GPS) module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HENAN HENG'AN POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ping'an Zhang, Yu Wang, Dabo Guo, Jianfei Wang, Pin Liu, Yong Wang, Chaofei Wang, Yuezhi Liu, Zhanxia Kou
  • Pump guard and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 11324976
    Abstract: A pump combination guard and methods of use thereof, having an inner housing or guard configured to cover mechanical seal assembly and the motor coupling housed between a drive motor and a fluid pump to enable foam spray nozzles to be directly inserted into the coupling guard housings for fire suppression and an outer “Air scoop” housing or guard configured to direct motor induced airflow over the mechanical seal assembly thereby enabling fire protection and cooling to extend seal life and to protect mechanical seals from pre-mature failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: WECHSLER ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING
    Inventor: Thomas Wechsler
  • Nozzle and dispensing container
    Patent number: 11318484
    Abstract: A nozzle includes a mounting opening that is to be connected to an opening portion of a container, an outlet that jets liquid stored in the container, a side face that connects the mounting opening to the outlet, and a liquid storage portion that stores a part of the liquid stored in the container in the nozzle without jetting a part of the liquid from the outlet in a case where the liquid is to be jetted from the dispensing container, that is, in a case where the outlet faces downward in the direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Wada, Keiji Shigesada, Junichi Katada
  • Water outlet device with adjustable water power
    Patent number: 11318486
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a water outlet device with adjustable water power. The water outlet device comprises a fixed portion, a water outlet portion, and an adjusting member. The fixed portion comprises a water inlet passage and a first connection portion. The adjusting member is disposed in the water outlet portion and is configured to move relative to the water outlet portion. The adjusting member comprises a second connection portion and an adjusting portion, the adjusting portion corresponds to the water outlet hole. The first connection portion and the second connection portion cooperate to drive the adjusting member to move close to or away from the water outlet portion so as to adjust a power of water flowing out from the water outlet hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Lota International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuedong Wang, Jiangcheng Zhang, Chuanbao Zhu
  • Container for fluid
    Patent number: 11311006
    Abstract: A container for fluid, including a container housing, a button atop the container housing, an overcap at least partially enclosing the button, the overcap having an orifice to allow flow of the fluid and an aperture for facilitating actuation of the button, the overcap further having a projecting member, and a fitting member disposed at least partially circumferentially about the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CLARKE CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert G. States, III, Harbinder Singh Pordal, David Andrews Parrott, Jeffrey Michael Akins, Anthony Kevin Magro, Scott A. Lazar
  • Fire sprinkler with actuator
    Patent number: 11291873
    Abstract: A sprinkler includes a frame, a deflector member, a sealing assembly, and a releasing mechanism for a controlled actuation. The releasing mechanism includes a hook member, a strut member, a load member, a link member, and an actuator. The link member surrounds or frames the strut and hook members and holds the members in a static relationship of an unactuated configuration. A preferred link member includes a single central slot through which each of the hook member and the strut member extend. The actuator is arranged with respect to the link member to separate the hook and strut members and break the link member upon operation of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventor: Scott Thomas Macomber
  • Perfume diffusion device in a portable jewel
    Patent number: 11284686
    Abstract: A device for diffusion of a liquid product, of the perfume type, stored in a reservoir includes at least one fixed part capable of being mounted on the reservoir, and offering at least one point of product supply by capillarity, the fixed part including a fixed porous body capable of being impregnated with product by capillarity by being directly immersed in the reservoir. The device also includes a nomadic element for each supply point, including a mobile porous body capable of being impregnated with product by capillarity while being in contact with the fixed porous body when the nomadic element is mounted on the fixed part. The nomadic element also includes a decorative structure of the jewel type, the mobile porous body being housed inside the decorative structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS LE TREPORT
    Inventors: Guillaume Mouraret, Emir Ezzina
  • Showerhead assembly with dual nozzle mount
    Patent number: 11278920
    Abstract: An improved showerhead assembly is provided for use with handheld showerheads. The handheld showerhead includes an elongate handle and a showerhead face including one or more nozzles for spraying water. In addition, the showerhead assembly includes a hollow mount for affixing to the male threaded pipe found in a shower stall. The mount includes a “C” shaped receptacle for holding the handheld shower assembly, an inlet for receiving water, as well as an outlet for expelling water to a flexible hose, which in turn is connected to the handheld showerhead. In addition, the mount includes supplemental spray assemblies which are affixed to the left and right sides of the “C” shaped receptacle and which can be rotated so as to expel water through different spray nozzle configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: ETL, LLC
    Inventor: David Hofman
  • Handheld misting device with pressure-relieving handle
    Patent number: 11267005
    Abstract: A misting device has a form factor that allows the device to be handheld. The device includes a fluid tank that can be pressurized to force the contained fluid under pressure through a fluid delivery system. A hand-operated pump injects air into the fluid tank to pressurize the fluid tank. The pump includes a pump handle located at the bottom of the tank at one end of a rod, and a piston at the other end of the rod. A pressure-relieving air channel extends through the piston, the rod, and the pump handle to emit air out of the pump and into the environment when the fluid tank is at a maximum pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Misty Mate, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bandawat, April LaCerra
  • Ejector devices, methods, drivers, and circuits therefor
    Patent number: 11260416
    Abstract: In a piezoelectric ejector assembly, a piezoelectric actuator is attached to an ejector mechanism, while a drive signal generator and a controller are coupled to the actuator. The drive signal generator is configured to generate a drive signal for driving the actuator to oscillate the ejector assembly. The controller is configured to control the drive signal generator to drive the actuator at a resonant frequency of the ejector assembly, and an auto-tuning circuit is provided to define the optimum drive signal frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Eyenovia, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Ryan Wilkerson, Iyam Lynch, Jeffrey Parrott, Charles Eric Hunter
  • Integrated mixed tap water and conditioned water faucet assembly with pull out sprayer head
    Patent number: 11261587
    Abstract: An integrated mixed tap water and conditioned water faucet assembly has a pull-out sprayer head and a spout. The spout has an upwardly extending portion, a downwardly extending dispensing portion and a bight extending between the upwardly extending portion and the downwardly extending dispensing portion. A conditioned water housing and the sprayer head are disposed at a lower end of the downwardly extending dispensing portion and extend downwardly therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Joseph D. Rosandich, Thomas E. Lefeber, Peter J. Loire, Matthew A. Schmitt
  • Turf maintenance or working apparatus with automatically controlled laterally and angularly displaceable swath-based implement
    Patent number: 11252861
    Abstract: A turf sprayer comprises a transport vehicle that carries a laterally extending spray boom assembly. The spray boom assembly is both laterally displaceable and angularly displaceable relative to the transport vehicle. A controller uses a defined path represented by GPS coordinates to control the operation of various actuators to automatically maintain a reference point on the spray boom assembly on the desired path and to automatically maintain the spray boom assembly perpendicular to the desired path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Todd A. Otto, John R. Kess, Steve A. Swinney, II
  • Water outlet device
    Patent number: 11229919
    Abstract: The invention discloses a water outlet device, which includes a shell part, a movable plate and a driving mechanism. The shell part is provided with a water outlet part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shilong Wu, Fengde Lin, Wenxing Chen, Qihua Fan
  • Fire suppression and safety system
    Patent number: 11224773
    Abstract: A system for suppressing fires from an aircraft has a munition deployment system suspended beneath the aircraft. A shield is suspended between the aircraft and the munition deployment system to protect the aircraft. The munition deployment system has munitions compartments containing munitions for deploying vertically from the munition deployment system, and for detonating over a fire. A controller within the aircraft communications with a sensor package in the munition deployment system and directs the order of munition deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Shane Strickland
  • Button structure of pull-out spray head
    Patent number: 11225782
    Abstract: A button structure of a pull-out spray head includes a main body, an operating assembly, and two switching assemblies. The two switching assembles are disposed on the main body and configured to switch spray modes of the pull-out spray head. The two switching assembles are linked with the operating assembly. A return structure is provided for the operating assembly to drive the switching assemblies to counter the water pressure and to be returned in place, so that the spray modes of the pull-out spray head can be switched in place to ensure water discharge of the pull-out spray head so as to improve the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN FORBETTER SANITARY WARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiliang Yan, Yihui Chen
  • Rotating spray device for lubricant
    Patent number: 11207700
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating spray device for a lubricant, wherein the rotating driving mechanism rotates to drive the rotating spindle, and the rotating spindle drives the upper and lower rotating spray trays to rotate, and compressed air and a lubricant are respectively fed into each pitch circle closed cavity formed between each of the rotating spray trays and the spray tray main body, and then are sprayed out through the nozzles on the rotating spray trays for uniform spray coating. The device can spray the same and uniform dosage of the lubricant to the working surfaces of the maximum pitch circles of upper and lower dies, play a role of uniform forging lubrication and reduce the forging defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinling Yang, Xiaoting Zhu, Jiansheng Wang, Weizhou Liu, Hongshen Zhang, Haibin Liu, Li Yang
  • Sprinkler cart of hose reel irrigator in folding truss inhaul-cable type
    Patent number: 11185022
    Abstract: A sprinkler cart of hose reel irrigator in folding truss inhaul-cable type includes a cart body, a water supply pipeline, a folding truss structure and an inhaul-cable structure. The folding truss structure adopts a planar multi-rod folding structure, drives a three-rod folding through a single hydraulic cylinder, and is mounted on the cart body in combination with the inhaul-cable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lingdi Tang, Cong Yu, Shouqi Yuan, Yue Tang
  • Fluidic faucet spray face and spray generation method
    Patent number: 11186974
    Abstract: A flow-restricted compound spray generating device 100 includes a spray face member 120B including at least one fluidic circuit oscillator defining geometry 132 including an outlet orifice 138 in the spray face member's central area configured to aim an oscillating spray 300 having a selected oscillating spray thickness distally along a spray axis 112. The spray face member 120B also includes a plurality of non-oscillating (e.g., laminar or jet) spray generating orifices 160B arrayed evenly around the spray face member's periphery to aim a plurality of non-oscillating laminar or jet sprays 302 distally along the spray axis 112 to provide a ring of high velocity streams arrayed around the central oscillating spray 300 to generate a compound spray 310 with an outflow which has a pleasing spray density with an apparent outflow thickness which is substantially equal to the spout orifice's diameter 320.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DLHBOWLES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Russell, Russell Hester, Benjamin D. Hasday
  • Assembled shower device
    Patent number: 11185873
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembled shower device, that includes a hand-held type shower and a head portion shower. In the head portion shower is disposed a control mechanism. The control mechanism is adapted to control open or close of a water channel of the hand-held type shower, such that the hand-held type shower and the head portion shower act in cooperation in the following two approaches: the hand-held type shower is disposed on the head portion shower, to bring the control mechanism into action, to close the water channel of the hand-held type shower; and the hand-held type shower is separated from the head portion shower, to bring the control mechanism into action, to open the water channel of the hand-held type shower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: RUNNER (XIAMEN) CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Wu Su, Min-Qing Zheng, Zhao-Yi Zhuo, Tai-Hua Chen, Sheng-Jun Du
  • Viscous damped stream rotary deflector with internal spiraled damping ribs
    Patent number: 11179738
    Abstract: A viscous damped deflector in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one sloped spiral rim extending from a lower surface of a top of the viscous damping chamber that rotates with the rotating distributor of the damped deflector, such that viscous fluid in the chamber is pumped to the center of the chamber as the distributor rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: K-Rain Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Richard Zhang