Patents by Inventor Marcus Johannes Voskuil
Marcus Johannes Voskuil 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).
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Patent number: 9494240Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser for fluids including: a housing having at least an inlet opening and an outlet opening and a further opening connected or connectable to a fluid displacement mechanism, and a valve member including two parts translatably disposed within the housing, a first part for closing and opening the inlet and a second part for opening and closing the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventor: Marcus Johannes Voskuil
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Patent number: 9073026Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a plurality of fluids, comprising a support, such as a turntable or a linear table, a plurality of containers for holding a fluid and mounted on the support, pumps and valves connected to respective containers, at least a common actuator for sequentially operating the pumps and a common actuator for sequentially operating the valves to dispense fluid and a drive mechanism for moving the support, and thus the containers, pumps, and valves on the one hand and the actuator on the other relative to each other. The common actuators for sequentially operating the pumps and valves and optionally the drive mechanism for relative motion of the support are integrated in a module, which module is releasably mounted in the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Marcel Hendrikus Petrus Engels, Martin Kruit, Nico Van Beelen, Ronald Peter Krom, Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Mattijs Oostendorp
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Patent number: 8783516Abstract: An apparatus for selectively dispensing liquids, such as paint colorants. The apparatus comprises container assemblies with a container and a pump. A pump conduit connects the pump to a valve assembly. A recirculation conduit connects the container to the valve assembly bypassing the pump. The valve assembly is configured to be switched between a dispensing position and a recirculation position closing off the dispense conduit. Method of preventing segregation of a multiphase liquid in a pump conduit between a container and a dispense conduit. A valve assembly between the pump conduit and the dispense conduit closes off the dispense conduit while it opens a recirculation conduit between the container and the valve assembly. The liquid is circulated via a circuit formed by the container, the pump conduit, the valve assembly and the recirculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Fluid Management Operations LLCInventors: Mark Baak, Bas Peeters, Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Marcel Engels
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Publication number: 20140034674Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a plurality of fluids, comprising a support, such as a turntable or a linear table, a plurality of containers for holding a fluid and mounted on the support, pumps and valves connected to respective containers, at least a common actuator for sequentially operating the pumps and a common actuator for sequentially operating the valves to dispense fluid and a drive mechanism for moving the support, and thus the containers, pumps, and valves on the one hand and the actuator on the other relative to each other. The common actuators for sequentially operating the pumps and valves and optionally the drive mechanism for relative motion of the support are integrated in a module, which module is releasably mounted in the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Marcel Hendrikus Petrus Engels, Martin Kruit, Nico Van Beelen, Ronald Peter Krom, Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Mattijs Oostendorp
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Publication number: 20130277594Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser for fluids comprising: a housing having at least an inlet opening and an outlet opening and a further opening connected or connectable to a fluid displacement mechanism, and a valve member comprising two parts translatably disposed within the housing, a first part for closing and opening the inlet and a second part for opening and closing the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Marcus Johannes Voskuil
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Patent number: 8448823Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a plurality of fluids, includes a support, such as a turntable or a linear table, a plurality of containers for holding a fluid and mounted on the support, pumps and valves connected to respective containers, at least one common actuator for sequentially operating the pumps and valves to dispense fluid and a drive mechanism for moving the support, and thus the containers, pumps, and valves on the one hand and the actuator on the other relative to each other. The common actuator for sequentially operating the pumps and valves and the drive mechanism for relative motion of the support are integrated in a module, the module is releasably mounted in the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Marcel Hendrikus Petrus Engels, Martin Kruit, Nico Van Beelen, Ronald Peter Krom, Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Mattijs Oostendorp
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Publication number: 20120248137Abstract: An apparatus for selectively dispensing liquids, such as paint colorants. The apparatus comprises container assemblies with a container and a pump. A pump conduit connects the pump to a valve assembly. A recirculation conduit connects the container to the valve assembly bypassing the pump. The valve assembly is configured to be switched between a dispensing position and a recirculation position closing off the dispense conduit. Method of preventing segregation of a multiphase liquid in a pump conduit between a container and a dispense conduit. A valve assembly between the pump conduit and the dispense conduit closes off the dispense conduit while it opens a recirculation conduit between the container and the valve assembly. The liquid is circulated via a circuit formed by the container, the pump conduit, the valve assembly and the recirculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Fluid Management Operations, LLCInventors: Mark Baak, Bas Peeters, Marcus Johannes Voskuil
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Patent number: 8256647Abstract: A valve assembly for dispensing a plurality of flowable materials, such as viscous fluids or powders, comprising a valve member having a plurality of inlets for the plurality of flowable materials and dispense outlets communicating with the inlets and a closure having one or more openings in a pattern that corresponds to the pattern of at least some of the outlets. The valve member and the closure are movable relative to each other between a closed position in which the outlets are closed and at least one dispensing position in which one or more openings in the closure are at least partially in register with the dispense outlets thus clearing the latter.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Fluid Management Operations LLCInventors: Marcel Engels, Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Goran Aleksijovski, Rob van Leeuwen
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Publication number: 20120175385Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser for fluids includes a housing having at least an inlet opening and an outlet opening and a further opening connected or connectable to a fluid displacement mechanism, and a valve member comprising two parts translatably disposed within the housing, a first part for closing and opening the inlet and a second part for opening and closing the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Fluid Management Operations, LLCInventor: Marcus Johannes Voskuil
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Publication number: 20120175383Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a plurality of fluids, includes a support, such as a turntable or a linear table, a plurality of containers for holding a fluid and mounted on the support, pumps and valves connected to respective containers, at least one common actuator for sequentially operating the pumps and valves to dispense fluid and a drive mechanism for moving the support, and thus the containers, pumps, and valves on the one hand and the actuator on the other relative to each other. The common actuator for sequentially operating the pumps and valves and the drive mechanism for relative motion of the support are integrated in a module, the module is releasably mounted in the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Fluid Management Operations, LLCInventors: Marcel Hendrikus Petrus Engels, Martin Kruit, Nico Van Beelen, Ronald Peter Krom, Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Mattijs Oostendorp
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Publication number: 20100206902Abstract: A valve assembly for dispensing a plurality of flowable materials, such as viscous fluids or powders, comprising a valve member having a plurality of inlets for the plurality of flowable materials and dispense outlets communicating with the inlets and a closure having one or more openings in a pattern that corresponds to the pattern of at least some of the outlets. The valve member and the closure are movable relative to each other between a closed position in which the outlets are closed and at least one dispensing position in which one or more openings in the closure are at least partially in register with the dispense outlets thus clearing the latter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: Fluid Management Operations, LLCInventors: Marcel Engels, Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Goran Aleksijovski, Rob Van Leeuwen
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Patent number: 7644840Abstract: A valve assembly comprising a housing and a valve member mounted within the housing rotatable about an axis and between at least a dispensing position and a further position, for instance a volume selection position during which a material can be withdrawn from a container, and, preferably, a seat for mounting and guiding the valve member within the housing, wherein at least one of said housing, valve member, and seat is made of a synthetic material and the assembly further comprises a spring, which urges at least two of said housing, valve member, and seat together.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2005Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Fluid Management Operations LLCInventors: Micha Alexander Held, Arthur Frans Van der Knaap, Marcus Johannes Voskuil