Patents by Inventor Heiner Ophardt

Heiner Ophardt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cover arrangement for fluid dispenser
    Patent number: 10765269
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a housing and a cover removably coupled to the housing with the cover having a right cover side wall and a left cover side wall secured together spaced laterally from each other and in which the cover side walls are resilient and deflectable laterally away from each other for disengagement of the cover from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, John Gerard Garry, Padraic Grady
  • Invertible Hand Held Trigger Sprayer
    Publication number: 20200276603
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a first fluid outlet for dispensing fluid when in a first orientation and a second fluid outlet for dispensing fluid when in a second orientation. An outlet valve mechanism directs the fluid towards the first fluid outlet in the first orientation, and towards the second fluid outlet when in the second orientation. The outlet valve mechanism includes a movable outlet member that is located at a first position when the fluid dispenser is in the first orientation, and is located at a second position when the fluid dispenser is in the second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Jones, Heiner Ophardt
  • Knee Operated and/or Motor Operated Waste Bin
    Publication number: 20200270056
    Abstract: A container having a receptacle with an open upper end for receiving material, and an edge cap that is movably supported relative to the receptacle. The edge cap has a sidewall that is spaced outwardly from a camming surface of the receptacle, and a lid support member that projects inwardly from the sidewall. A lid panel is pivotably mounted to the lid support member for pivoting between a closed position and an open position. An actuation portion of the lid panel has a cam surface that is positioned between the camming surface and the sidewall. The cam surface is configured to engage with the camming surface to pivot the lid panel towards the open position when the sidewall is moved towards the camming surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Heiner Ophardt
  • Spring mechanism for fluid dispenser
    Patent number: 10750911
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser with a housing, a cover, a cover actuator member, and a biasing mechanism. The cover is movable relative to the housing between a first location and a second location, and the cover actuator member is movable relative to the housing between a first orientation and a second orientation. The cover actuator member engages with the cover to effect movement of the cover from the first location to the second location. The cover actuator member comprises an engagement member that travels in a travel path between a first position and a second position as the cover actuator member moves between the first orientation and the second orientation. The biasing mechanism engages with the engagement member and biases the engagement member towards the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Padraig McDonagh, Heiner Ophardt
  • Fluid dispenser with movable pump holding member
    Patent number: 10743719
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a housing with a cover coupled to the housing for movement between a closed position and an open position and a lifting member coupled to the housing between the housing and the cover whereby movement of the lifting member as guided by the housing moves the cover between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, John Garry, Padraig McDonagh
  • Method Providing Superimposed Machine Readable Tags for Dispenser and Replaceable Reservoir
    Publication number: 20200257949
    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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, David Duncan, Hendrik Ophardt
  • Fluid Dispenser With Improved Catch Mechanism
    Publication number: 20200221909
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a piston pump mechanism and a pump driver. The pump mechanism has two piston arms, each piston arm having an inwardly extending piston tip. Each piston tip has a downwardly directed catching shoulder and an upwardly and inwardly directed camming surface. The pump driver has a first driver hook and a second driver hook, each of the driver hooks having an outwardly extending driver tip with an upwardly directed catch shoulder and a downwardly and outwardly directed cam surface. The pump driver is coupled to the pump by moving the pump driver downwards so that engagement of the cam surfaces of the driver hooks with the camming surfaces of the piston arms deflects the piston arms outwardly, until the driver tips move below the piston tips, allowing the piston arms to move inwardly to a coupled position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Padraig McDonagh
  • Ozone Generator With Sensor
    Publication number: 20200223693
    Abstract: A method for monitoring ozone generation in an oxygen containing gas within a chamber in an ozone generator in which ozone is generated comprising: sensing with a sensor a parameter within the chamber with time; wherein the parameter is selected from the group consisting of sound and electromagnetic radiation and estimating an amount of ozone generated with time as a function of the parameter sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones
  • Valve Retention Under Pressure
    Publication number: 20200171525
    Abstract: A one-way valve assembly including a chamber forming body and a valve forming body. The chamber forming body has an opening that extends along an axis and a radially outwardly directed catch surface. The valve forming body extends through the opening, and has an inner sealing disc that is positioned axially inwardly from the opening and has a radially inwardly directed catching surface. The disc is movable between a closed position and an open position. When the sealing disc is at the closed position, the catching surface is positioned radially outwardly from the catch surface in radial alignment with the catch surface so that, if the catching surface were forced radially inwardly, the catch surface would engage with the catching surface to prevent the catching surface from passing axially outwardly through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones
  • Method providing superimposed QR code for dispenser and replaceable reservoir
    Patent number: 10671902
    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: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, David Duncan, Hendrik Ophardt
  • Two-Piece Foam Piston Pump
    Publication number: 20200154953
    Abstract: A piston pump for dispensing fluid from a reservoir, an improved vacuum relief arrangement in which a passageway for flow of air from the atmosphere into the reservoir is provided at least in part through a piston-forming element of the piston pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Jones, Heiner Ophardt, Zhenchun Shi
  • Spring Mechanism for Fluid Dispenser
    Publication number: 20200146514
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser with a housing, a cover, a cover actuator member, and a biasing mechanism. The cover is movable relative to the housing between a first location and a second location, and the cover actuator member is movable relative to the housing between a first orientation and a second orientation. The cover actuator member engages with the cover to effect movement of the cover from the first location to the second location. The cover actuator member comprises an engagement member that travels in a travel path between a first position and a second position as the cover actuator member moves between the first orientation and the second orientation. The biasing mechanism engages with the engagement member and biases the engagement member towards the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Padraig McDonagh, Heiner Ophardt
  • Frangible Dip Tube
    Publication number: 20200147626
    Abstract: A dip tube for a fluid pump which dip tube includes at least one frangible portion which, when intact, provides different characteristics to the dip tube than when broken, including, for example, providing for shortening of the length of the dip tube and/or providing for an inlet opening at a closed a lower end of the dip tube. The dip tube is to be inserted into a fluid containing bottle such that on insertion a distal end of the dip tube comes into engagement with a bottom wall of the reservoir with forces arising in such engagement resulting in a breaking of the frangible portion causing a change of characteristics of the dip tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Padraig McDonagh
  • Cover arrangement for fluid dispenser
    Patent number: 10624502
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a housing and a cover removably coupled to the housing with the cover having a right cover side wall and a left cover side wall secured together spaced laterally from each other and in which the cover side walls are resilient and deflectable laterally away from each other for disengagement of the cover from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, John Gerard Garry, Padraic Grady
  • Fluid Dispenser with Stroke Independent Dosage Adjustment
    Publication number: 20200113392
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a pump mechanism that dispenses a dose of fluid when a movable pump member of the pump mechanism is moved between a selected extended position and a retracted position. The fluid dispenser includes a dose adjustment mechanism for selecting the selected extended position from at least a high dose extended position and a low dose extended position. An actuator of the fluid dispenser, when activated, effects movement of the movable pump member between the selected extended position and the retracted position to dispense the dose of fluid. A volume of the dose of fluid that is dispensed upon activation of the actuator is higher when the high dose extended position is the selected extended position than when the low dose extended position is the selected extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones
  • Liquid hand cleaner foam dispensing as spray and liquid stream
    Patent number: 10617263
    Abstract: Operating a hand cleaner dispenser for dispensing a cleaning liquid from a reservoir onto a person's hands in a cycle of operation wherein, during a first time interval during the cycle dispensing the liquid onto the hand as a spray, and during a second time interval during the cycle dispensing the liquid onto the hand as a liquid stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Zhenchun Shi
  • Fluid Dispenser With Movable Pump Holding Member
    Publication number: 20200107679
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a housing with a cover coupled to the housing for movement between a closed position and an open position and a lifting member coupled to the housing between the housing and the cover whereby movement of the lifting member as guided by the housing moves the cover between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, John Garry, Padraig McDonagh
  • Dispenser With Contaminant Sensor
    Publication number: 20200100627
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser including a contaminant sensor and methods of use of such a fluid dispenser to monitor contaminants either alone or in an array of similar dispensers within a facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Heiner Ophardt
  • Cover Arrangement for Fluid Dispenser
    Publication number: 20200093335
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a housing and a cover removably coupled to the housing with the cover having a right cover side wall and a left cover side wall secured together spaced laterally from each other and in which the cover side walls are resilient and deflectable laterally away from each other for disengagement of the cover from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, John Gerard Garry, Padraic Grady
  • Two-piece foam piston pump
    Patent number: 10588466
    Abstract: A piston pump for dispensing fluid from a reservoir, an improved vacuum relief arrangement in which a passageway for flow of air from the atmosphere into the reservoir is provided at least in part through a piston-forming element of the piston pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew Jones, Heiner Ophardt, Zhenchun Shi