Patents Examined by Vishal Pancholi
  • Patent number: 11839890
    Abstract: An all-plastic miniaturized spray gun including an inner hole of a piston bush with a lower elastic sleeve, upper and lower ends of a piston cavity in an inlet hole of a body are respectively provided with an upper thru-hole and a lower thru-hole. An upper elastic sleeve is disposed above an inner hole of a piston bush in an inlet hole on the body between the upper thru-hole and the lower thru-hole. The upper elastic sleeve is abutted against the piston bush and fixed in the inlet hole of the body. A diversion groove is disposed on an inner wall of the inlet hole of the body. The inlet hole of the body is tapered and corresponds to the upper elastic sleeve. The upper elastic sleeve includes a second piston and a cover, and the lower thru-hole of the body can be opened and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: YUYAO AOHONG PLASTICS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Honghu Huang
  • Patent number: 11833533
    Abstract: A pump container includes: a container in which a liquid is contained; a shoulder member configured as a cylindrical member, the upper and lower portions of which are open, the shoulder member having a lower outer peripheral portion formed to have an inner diameter larger than that of an upper inner peripheral portion; a valve housing comprising a cylinder portion, a hose being inserted/connected into/to the lower portion of the cylinder portion, the upper portion of the cylinder portion being open, the valve housing comprising an outer-periphery cylinder portion configured on the outer peripheral edge of the cylinder portion in a flared shape, the upper portion of the outer-periphery cylinder portion being open, the valve housing comprising an upper-end insertion portion bent outwards, and the valve housing comprising a seating portion bent outwards from the upper end of the upper-end insertion portion and a discharge cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: F.S.KOREA INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Young Joo Lee, Ji Hoon Lee, Dae Sik Seo
  • Patent number: 11834321
    Abstract: Beverage dispensing system (10) comprising: —one or more pressure chambers comprising a connectable base (14) part and lid (12) defining a sealed inner space (16) for accommodating and encapsulating a collapsible beverage container (18) having a beverage outlet connectable to the base part (14), —a tapping device (34) comprising one or more tapping heads (36) for extracting the beverage from the collapsible beverage container(s), —a tapping line (28) extending from said base part (14) to said tapping device, said tapping line comprising one or more beverage lines, and—at least one measuring device (56) configured for monitoring at least one physical quantity of the tapping line, sealed inner space, base part, lid and/or collapsible beverage container, said measuring device configured to have a sampling rate of at least 10 Hz, wherein the beverage dispensing system is configured for—processing data from the measuring device, and—detecting an event in the system by continuously analysing data from the measuring
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S
    Inventors: Peter Bach, Roland Jonathan Koch, Luka Karoli
  • Patent number: 11819166
    Abstract: The invention comprises an apparatus and/or a method of use thereof for dispensing whipped cream, comprising: a profi including a pressure containment housing, a first receiving port integrated into the pressure containment housing, a dispensing port integrated into the pressure containment housing, and at least a first pressure cartridge containing at least a liquid form of nitrous oxide, where the pressure cartridge includes a pressure gas delivery port and where a connection between the receiving port and the pressure gas delivery port form: (1) a section of a pressure containment unit encompassing contents of the pressure containment housing and the pressure cartridge and (2) an open path between the pressure containment housing and the pressure cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Christian T. Metcalfe, Warren R. Kirsch, W. Davis Lee
  • Patent number: 11820583
    Abstract: An overcap assembly configured to attach to a container. The overcap assembly includes a body, an actuator, a first nozzle, and a second nozzle. The actuator is integrally attached with the body and defines a longitudinal axis. The actuator further comprises a fluid passageway that extends therein. The first nozzle and the second nozzle extend laterally from the actuator, and the first nozzle and the second nozzle define a portion of the fluid passageway. The first nozzle comprises a first angled exit aperture and the second nozzle comprises a second angled exit aperture. The first nozzle and the second nozzle each comprises an inner cylindrical wall and an outer cylindrical wall surrounding and spaced apart from the inner cylindrical wall. The first angled exit aperture and the second angled exit aperture are non-parallel to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventors: David P. Mather, Ngoc Pham
  • Patent number: 11820641
    Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for smart draft beer taps that can dynamically vary flow rate and control the amount of dispensed head based on one or more of sensed parameters of the beer, the draft beer environment, characteristics of the beer, and on brewery specified pouring standards. The disclosed systems provide networked data communication relating to bar draft beer pouring conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Pubinno, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmet Necdet Alpmen, Yusuf Can Algul
  • Patent number: 11821415
    Abstract: An embodiment system and method for dispensing multiple dairy products includes a dispenser which houses two or more dairy product bases with different formulations, which may be combined with or without water to create a multitude of homogenous dairy beverages. The two or more dairy product bases may be mixed together first and then separately mixed with water, mixed together simultaneously with water, or mixed together without adding water. They may be mixed together with or without additional flavoring, ingredients, mineral or nutritional additives. The dispenser comprises a pump with a quick-release mechanism to allow for quick and clean maintenance of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: fairlife, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Dobbins, Timothy Peter Doelman, John Hengesbach, Brett Malsom
  • Patent number: 11814238
    Abstract: A dry powder spray bottle includes a bottle body. The bottle body includes an outer bottle and an inner bottle, a piston and a one-way air inlet valve are sequentially arranged between the inner bottle and the outer bottle, a powder storage cavity is formed above the piston, and an airbag structure is formed between the one-way air inlet valve and the outer bottle. A rotating powder stirring mechanism is provided between the inner bottle and the outer bottle. A one-way valve is provided in the powder stirring mechanism, and when the head cap is pressed, the one-way valve opens, and gas in the airbag structure is delivered to the inner bottle through the one-way valve and sprayed out from the head cap together with dry powders, and a sealing mechanism which can close a powder outlet passage is provided between the head cap and the inner bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Yuyao Doucai Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhian Zheng, Lijiang Xu, Yinlong Xu, Jiefeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11813627
    Abstract: Fluid product dispenser having a reservoir, a pump having an actuating stem, a cup mounted on the actuating stem for accommodating the product output by the pump, and a removable member engaged with the cup and having an applicator held in the cup to take up the product, the applicator being deformable and constrained in the cup by a rotational locking mechanism having a plurality of fixed flanges solidly attached to the reservoir and a plurality of fins integral with the removable member. The cup and the removable member are provided with a rotational connection mechanism, such that the removable member drives the cup in rotation on the actuating stem, as soon as the removable member is engaged with the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Fabrice Perignon
  • Patent number: 11813624
    Abstract: A cap assembly for a refill capsule and associated refill system is disclosed. The cap assembly (200) comprises an inner wall (202) defining a conduit (203) through the cap assembly (200) and an outer wall (204) surrounding the inner wall to form a circumferential void between the inner and outer walls (202, 204). A connecting wall joins the inner and outer walls (202, 204). The cap assembly (200) further comprises a closure member (208) which is sealed to the inner wall (202) with a peripheral frangible connection (210). The frangible connection (210) is disposed between a first peripheral recess (222) formed between the inner wall (202) and the downstream side (208b) of the closure member (208), and a second peripheral recess (224) between the inner wall (202) and the upstream side (208b) of the closure member (208).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus Den Boer, Matthijs Lucas Bookelmann, Willem Ramon, Sjoerd Bastiaan Zwartkruis
  • Patent number: 11813633
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a leak-proof foam spraying can, characterized in that it includes a liquid tank, a liquid tank lid and a duckbill valve, wherein the top of the liquid tank is provided with a liquid injection port, the liquid tank lid is engaged on the liquid injection port, the liquid tank lid is provided with a mounting hole which penetrates through the liquid tank lid along the vertical direction from the top to the bottom, and the duckbill valve is mounted in the mounting hole and the opening of the duckbill valve faces downward. The present disclosure has the following advantageous effects: by mounting a duckbill valve in the liquid tank lid, the duckbill valve can be opened when the spraying can is in use and suck air to equalize the pressure, or it can be closed when the spraying can is inverted to avoid leaking cleaning agent or disinfectant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Xiangcheng Xie
  • Patent number: 11813634
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a foam spraying can with excellent pressure resistance, including a spray head, a liquid tank lid, a liquid tank, wherein the spray head is inserted in the liquid tank lid, the liquid tank lid is engaged on a liquid injection port of the liquid tank, a polygon hole is provided in the interior of the spray head, a metal tube is provided in the spray head, a polygon positioning element is provided on the metal tube, the metal tube is inserted in the polygon hole, the polygon positioning element is engaged in the polygon hole, the spray head sprays foam through a nozzle, and the metal tube connects the spray head and the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Xiangcheng Xie
  • Patent number: 11812905
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of pumps having positive pressure venting and refill units are disclosed herein. An exemplary pump includes a liquid pump chamber, a liquid piston, a first air pump chamber, and a first air piston and a mixing area in fluid communication with the liquid pump chamber and the first air pump chamber. The exemplary pump further includes a second air pump chamber and a second air pump piston. The second air pump chamber is configured for pumping air into a container and the first air piston and the second air piston move in unison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Nick E. Ciavarella
  • Patent number: 11806708
    Abstract: A droplet dispenser comprises a chamber (3) with a fluid inlet valve (2) and a fluid outlet valve (4). The chamber (3) is arranged such that the volume of the chamber may be varied in use to cause fluid to be alternately drawn in to the chamber (3) through the inlet valve (2) then subsequently expelled from the chamber through the outlet valve (4) to dispense a droplet. The droplet dispenser is capable of dispensing from an open reservoir and one may change the dispensed drop volume simply and easily. The droplet dispenser can also handle liquids which are normally seen as difficult to dispense, such as cyanoacrylate adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TTP Plc
    Inventor: Adrian Woodward
  • Patent number: 11806734
    Abstract: An example of a device (100) may include a valve body (108); a printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) rotatable within the valve body (108) between a sealed orientation and a dispensing orientation; and a locking rod extending through a locking rod window (146) in the valve body (108) and into a locking rod channel (144) in the printing substance dispensing nozzle (110), wherein the locking rod is movable within the locking rod window (146) between a first position, fixing the printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) in the sealed orientation, and a second position allowing rotation of the printing substance dispensing nozzle (110) to the dispensing orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mathew Lavigne, Jeffrey H. Luke
  • Patent number: 11806735
    Abstract: A connection system between a dispensing head and a bottle of a trigger dispensing device includes a skirt having a seat configured as an inlet on an inner surface, and a neck having a rib protruding from an outer surface. In a relative assembled position, the rib is angularly aligned with the seat while, outside of the relative assembled position, the rib constitutes an impediment to axial insertion of the skirt on the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GUALA DISPENSING S.P.A.
    Inventor: Riccardo Alluigi
  • Patent number: 11801523
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing gun for 1K-polyurethane foam includes a dispensing tube with a dosing nozzle at its outlet, a spring-loaded needle co-axially moveable in the dispensing tube for opening and closing the dosing nozzle, a trigger actuating the needle to open the nozzle and to dispense the fluid, a regulator regulating the degree of opening of the nozzle outlet and a coupler coupling a pressurized can to the gun. It also concerns a method for dispensing 1K-polyurethane foam. The fluid dispensing gun includes a delivery device delivering a curing fluid essentially parallel to the nozzle outlet that includes a curing fluid reservoir, a curing fluid outlet situated near the nozzle and a curing fluid line connecting the curing fluid reservoir and the curing fluid outlet, the trigger activating the delivery device. The curing fluid delivered in the same direction as the 1K-polyurethane foam and separately therefrom makes the foam cure more rapidly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: ALTACHEM NV
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Poppe, Wouter Halfmaerten
  • Patent number: 11800957
    Abstract: An air-assisted, gravity feed amenity fluid dispensing system suitable for use with personal care fluids. The system may be embodied in a fluid dispenser including a support structure attachable to a support surface such as a wall and an openable canister supported by the support structure. The canister defines an internal cavity configured for inserting a recyclable container pre-packaged with the personal care fluid, and a fluid dispensing mechanism including an air pump configured to pressurize and dispense the fluid from the container through a dispensing hole in the canister. The air pump may be manually-operated in one embodiment to pump air into the container and dispense fluid each time a user depresses an actuator button. The personal care fluid may alternatively be filled directly into the canister without use of an insertable fluid container. Plural canisters each containing different fluids may be supported by the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Salvatore Sisto
  • Patent number: 11793229
    Abstract: A device for producing a foamed-food-product comprises a container which stores a liquid-food-product and is filled with filling gas at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, the filling gas containing argon or nitrogen as a main component; an agitator provided at the bottom of the inside of the container; a driving unit detachably connected to the bottom of the container to rotate the agitator, agitate the liquid-food-product in the container by the rotation of the agitator, and mix the filling gas in the liquid-food-product; and a dispenser mounted to the container and having a discharge outlet and a gas filling inlet for injecting the filling gas into the container, the dispenser causing the liquid-food-product having the filling gas mixed therein to be discharged from the discharge outlet by pressure in the container, so that the liquid-food-product foams while being discharged from the discharge outlet and is made into the foamed-food-product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Toho Acetylene Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriko Sugita, Naotada Sakai, Yuichi Sasaki, Naoki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 11794202
    Abstract: An easy-to-disassemble pump with a replaceable, ergonomic shroud is contemplated. The pump components snap-fit and allow the user to easy access and clean its interior. Further, the internal components ensure sufficient suction is provided to minimize or avoid entrapment of fluid on exposed portions of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: RIEKE LLC
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kasting, Dale W. Taylor