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).

  • Air assisted severance of fluid stream
    Patent number: 10150128
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing flowable fluids by dispensing the flowable fluid through a passageway leading to a discharge outlet in one stroke of a piston pump and, in a second opposite stroke of the piston pump, discharging air into the passageway to displace the fluid from the passageway through the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Zhenchun Shi
  • Two-Piece Foam Piston Pump
    Publication number: 20180344101
    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: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Jones, Heiner Ophardt, Zhenchun Shi
  • Pump for under counter dispensing system
    Patent number: 10144020
    Abstract: A piston pump with a piston chamber-forming body and a piston-forming element relatively coaxially reciprocally movable to dispense liquid and air from a discharge outlet, which the discharge outlet is fixed relative to the piston chamber-forming body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: OP Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Valery Ten
  • System for monitoring fluid in a fluid dispenser
    Patent number: 10144027
    Abstract: A hand cleaning liquid dispenser including a fluid level gauging mechanism with a plurality, preferably three or more, vertically spaced optical sensors located closely adjacent an external of a side wall of the reservoir to each receive electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the side wall from within the reservoir with the electromagnetic radiation sensed originating from an emitter directing the electromagnetic radiation preferably through the reservoir downwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Rainer Duske, Sascha Korthauer, Michael Stephan
  • Dual Pump Hand Cleaner Foam Dispenser
    Publication number: 20180304284
    Abstract: A hand cleaner foam dispenser with a first pump arrangement that discharges a first liquid and first air from the atmosphere through a first foam inducing member into a mixing chamber and a second pump arrangement that discharges a second liquid into the mixing chamber, and in which there is a simultaneous discharge of the first liquid, first air and the second liquid from the mixing chamber through an outlet foam inducing member to produce a foamed product delivered onto a person's hand. Preferably, the second pump arrangement may discharge not only the second liquid, but also second air drawn from the atmosphere and discharge the second liquid and the second air through a second foam inducing member into the mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Zhenchun Shi
  • Two-piece foam piston pump
    Patent number: 10105018
    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: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew Jones, Heiner Ophardt, Zhenchun Shi
  • Cover arrangement for fluid dispenser
    Patent number: 10098511
    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: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, John Gerard Garry, Padraic Grady
  • Parallel Hand Hygiene Compliance System
    Publication number: 20180293874
    Abstract: In combination a group compliance system for monitoring hand-hygiene compliance of a plurality of persons using a plurality of hand cleaning fluid dispensers in facilities together with a personal compliance system for monitoring hand-hygiene compliance of an individual person of the dispensers within the facilities, however, with the individual person having control as to the extent that any data regarding their identity and hygiene events are disclosed to others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventor: Heiner Ophardt
  • Reservoir With Removable Mobile Dispenser
    Publication number: 20180255980
    Abstract: A replaceable cartridge for a liquid master dispenser is disclosed. The replaceable cartridge includes a reservoir for containing liquid to be dispensed from the liquid master dispenser; and a personal dispenser removably coupled to the reservoir. The personal dispenser includes a receptacle for containing liquid to be dispensed from the personal dispenser; and an outlet port for discharge of the liquid from the receptacle. The personal dispenser is configured for selectively discharging the liquid contained in the receptacle from the outlet port, after the personal dispenser is removed from the reservoir. The reservoir has a cavity sized for removably receiving the personal dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, David R. Duncan
  • Piston Pump Arrangement Automatically Disabling in Absence of Inlet Liquid
    Publication number: 20180245580
    Abstract: A piston pump arrangement that disables operation of the pump in the absence of an inlet liquid and also to a piston pump arrangement useful to discharge liquids from at least two sources and to disable discharge of all of the liquids when supply of liquid from at least one source is empty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Zhenchun Shi, Valery Ten
  • Parallel hand hygiene compliance system
    Patent number: 10008098
    Abstract: In combination a group compliance system for monitoring hand-hygiene compliance of a plurality of persons using a plurality of hand cleaning fluid dispensers in facilities together with a personal compliance system for monitoring hand-hygiene compliance of an individual person of the dispensers within the facilities, however, with the individual person having control as to the extent that any data regarding their identity and hygiene events are disclosed to others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventor: Heiner Ophardt
  • Piston pump with locking pistons
    Patent number: 9999896
    Abstract: A piston pump with an improved arrangement by which a piston-forming element is movable relative to a piston chamber-forming element between locked and unlocked positions. The piston chamber-forming body has a collar member having an inner guide tube coaxially about an axis with a lug member extending radially inwardly therefrom and the piston-forming element has a slide tube coaxially radially inwardly of the collar member with the slide tube carrying motion control features for interaction and engagement with the lug member whereby relative axial and rotational movement of the piston-forming element relative to the piston chamber-forming body provides for the adoption of positions in which the pump is operable to dispense fluid and positions in which the pump is inoperative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones
  • Liquid dispenser with removable mobile dispenser
    Patent number: 9993119
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser is disclosed. The liquid dispenser includes a reservoir for containing liquid to be dispensed; a dispenser outlet for discharge of the liquid from the reservoir; a discharge mechanism operable to discharge the liquid from the dispenser outlet when activated; and a personal dispenser removably coupled to the dispenser outlet. The personal dispenser includes a receptacle for containing the liquid discharged from the dispenser outlet; an inlet port for receiving the liquid discharged from the dispenser outlet; and an outlet port for discharge of the liquid from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, David R. Duncan
  • Cover Lift Mechanism for Fluid Dispenser
    Publication number: 20180132669
    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: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, John Garry, Padraig McDonagh
  • System for Monitoring Fluid in a Fluid Dispenser
    Publication number: 20180111145
    Abstract: A hand cleaning liquid dispenser including a fluid level gauging mechanism with a plurality, preferably three or more, vertically spaced optical sensors located closely adjacent an external of a side wall of the reservoir to each receive electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the side wall from within the reservoir with the electromagnetic radiation sensed originating from an emitter directing the electromagnetic radiation preferably through the reservoir downwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Rainer Duske, Sascha Korthauer, Michael Stephan
  • Dispenser for generating ozone containing fluid
    Patent number: 9936841
    Abstract: A dispenser for generating ozone containing fluid comprising: drawing atmospheric air into an air compartment, generating ozone within the air compartment from air in the air compartment by conversion within the compartment of oxygen in the air within the compartment into ozone to form ozonated air, discharging the ozonated air from the air compartment, mixing the ozonated discharged air with a flowable fluid to form an ozonated fluid-air mixture, and passing the ozonated fluid-air mixture out a discharge outlet. Preferably, the method is carried out in a dispenser utilizing a piston pump to draw air through a corona discharge ozone generator and to draw liquid from a liquid reservoir and simultaneously pass both the ozonated air and liquid through a foam generator to generate foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones
  • Pump for Under Counter Dispensing System
    Publication number: 20180078958
    Abstract: A piston pump with a piston chamber-forming body and a piston-forming element relatively coaxially reciprocally movable to dispense liquid and air from a discharge outlet, which the discharge outlet is fixed relative to the piston chamber-forming body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Valery Ten
  • Cartridge for Pump Assembly Carrying Rasp
    Publication number: 20180035848
    Abstract: A pump assembly for generating and dispensing of particles of a solid material with or without dispensing of a fluid. The pump assembly preferably includes a fluid pump which in a cycle of operation draws the fluid through a fluid inlet and dispenses the fluid out a fluid outlet. The pump assembly carries a block of the solid material coalesced together and a rasp member, which during the cycle of operation, moves relative the rasp in engagement with the block whereby the rasp member disengages particles of the solid material from the block which particles drop under gravity downwardly adjacent the fluid outlet, for example, onto a user's hand as in the case that the fluid is a hand cleaning fluid and the solid is a solid soap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Zhenchun Shi
  • Piston Pump with Locking Pistons
    Publication number: 20180015489
    Abstract: A piston pump with an improved arrangement by which a piston-forming element is movable relative to a piston chamber-forming element between locked and unlocked positions. The piston chamber-forming body has a collar member having an inner guide tube coaxially about an axis with a lug member extending radially inwardly therefrom and the piston-forming element has a slide tube coaxially radially inwardly of the collar member with the slide tube carrying motion control features for interaction and engagement with the lug member whereby relative axial and rotational movement of the piston-forming element relative to the piston chamber-forming body provides for the adoption of positions in which the pump is operable to dispense fluid and positions in which the pump is inoperative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones
  • Dispenser Servicing in a Multiple Washroom Facility
    Publication number: 20170344957
    Abstract: A method of managing a plurality of washrooms in a facility for servicing by service personnel and, more particularly, for establishing servicing operations which provide for service of at least selected of the dispensers before their consumable product supply falls below a pre-selected refill value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Rudolpho Gian-Franco Gugliotta