Patents by Inventor Norman Jason Pritchard

Norman Jason Pritchard 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).

  • Patent number: 6182865
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing a liquid, particularly a dilutable concentrate such as a detergent concentrate or the like, the device being co-operable with a spray dispenser bottle and a spray dispenser head which which together from a spray dispenser, the device comprising: a top wall and a bottom wall, the top wall and bottom wall being separated by one or more side walls, the top and bottom wall each having an opening continuous with a channel running through the device from the top wall opening to the bottom wall opening, whereby the top, bottom and sidewalls together with the channel, define at least one reservoir area of the device wherein liquid is storable, the device further comprising an exit in the device by relative displacement of parts thereof, whereby liquid is releasable from the reservoir area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Deversey Lever, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerrit Klaas Bunschoten, Norman Jason Pritchard, Fredi Widmer
  • Patent number: 6155459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dosing a predetermined amount of concentrate into a spray dispenser, said device being insertable between a spray head and the spray dispenser, the device comprising:a reservoir chamber for storing a predetermined amount of concentrate;a dosing chamber associated with said reservoir chamber, wherein concentrate is transferable into the dosing chamber from the reservoir chamber, said dosing chamber having such a form as to be able to dose a predetermined amount of concentrate into the spray dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Diversey Lever, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerrit Klaas Bunschoten, Norman Jason Pritchard
  • Patent number: 5947338
    Abstract: A dosing dispenser for liquid soap, hair shampoo or similar fluids is provided, having a holder (2), releasably retaining at its two free end zones (3,4) a storage vessel (5) from which the fluid is dischargeable by way of a delivery valve of a discharge device (6), the storage vessel and discharge device connected thereto forming a replaceable refill unit, wherein the holder (2) has an inverted F--shape and is equipped with a holding sleeve (8) positioned at one of the two free end zones (3,4), locally embracing the refill unit, and forming an integral part of the holder, and wherein the replaceable refill unit is secured to the holder by means of a safeguard to prevent pilfering present in one of the free end zones.Said dosing dispenser was found to be user-friendly and suitable for use with storage vessels of widely varying shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Diversey Lever Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Budsworth, Gerrit Klaas Bunschoten, Norman Jason Pritchard
  • Patent number: 5922667
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaner concentrate composition which can be diluted to form a viscous use solution, the cleaner composition comprising:an ammonium compound and/or an amphoteric compound; andan anionic surfactant, wherein the composition is free of amine oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Diversey Lever, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduard C. van Baggem, Norman Jason Pritchard, Gijsbertus de Goederen, Ruben E. M. J. Jakobs
  • Patent number: 5858105
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaning returnable beverage bottles, particularly plastic bottles comprising the following steps: pre-treating the bottles with a concentrated cleaning formulation comprising more than about 0.5% by weight of an alkaline agent, followed by removing the cleaning formulation and soil in one or more subsequent stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Diversey Lever, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman Jason Pritchard, David John Christopher