Patents by Inventor Steven L. Sweeton

Steven L. Sweeton 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: 7467752
    Abstract: An electrically-powered fluid sprayer employs a piezoelectric fluid pump that includes an inlet port, an outlet port, a pump chamber, and a piezoelectric element that is deformed and displaced by electrical signals supplied thereto to vary the volume of the pump chamber. Such displacement pumps fluid into the inlet port and into the pump chamber and discharges fluid from the pump chamber out the outlet port. The inlet port is in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir. Spin mechanics may be disposed downstream from the outlet port of the fluid pump and upstream from the discharge nozzle. The piezoelectric fluid sprayer may be extended to include a dual chamber piezoelectric pump that pumps different fluids (e.g., a liquid and air). The output of the dual chamber pump is mixed in a manifold and supplied downstream to the discharge nozzle. Spin mechanics may be employed in the fluid stream upstream from the discharge nozzle after the mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Publication number: 20080149587
    Abstract: A container closure system including a container cap and a container closure may be frictionally mated such that projections in the container closure removably lock interior projections of an opening in the container cap in spaces defined in the container closure projections to hold the container cap on the container closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Steven L. Sweeton, David L. Dejong, Robert J. Good
  • Patent number: 7219848
    Abstract: An electrically-powered fluid sprayer employs a piezoelectric fluid pump that includes an inlet port, an outlet port, a pump chamber, and a piezoelectric element that is deformed and displaced by electrical signals supplied thereto to vary the volume of the pump chamber. Such displacement pumps fluid into the inlet port and into the pump chamber and discharges fluid from the pump chamber out the outlet port. The inlet port is in fluid-communication with a fluid reservoir. Spin mechanics may be disposed downstream from the outlet port of the fluid pump and upstream from the discharge nozzle. The piezoelectric fluid sprayer may be extended to include a dual chamber piezoelectric pump that pumps different fluids (e.g., a liquid and air). The output of the dual chamber pump is mixed in a manifold and supplied downstream to the discharge nozzle. Spin mechanics may be employed in the fluid stream upstream from the discharge nozzle after the mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: 7032777
    Abstract: A trigger actuated liquid sprayer, including a pump body, a discharge nozzle mounted on a forward end of the body for manual rotation about a central axis thereof between discharge open and closed positions, and a trigger lever movably mounted to the body for operating a pumping mechanism upon actuation thereof. A trigger cover may be mounted on the sprayer and overlie a front face of the trigger lever in a first position for immobilizing trigger lever actuation. The trigger cover may be rotatable to a second position from the first position for exposing the front face for facilitating a grasp of the trigger lever for manual actuation thereof for operating the pumping mechanism. The trigger cover may be latched with the trigger lever in the first position to prevent rotation of the trigger cover from the first position to thereby render the sprayer child-resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Good, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: 6669058
    Abstract: A trigger actuated pump sprayer has a lock bar connected to its nozzle cap or foamer cap for rotation therewith for both locking the trigger lever against actuation and for locking the nozzle cap against rotation from a discharge closed position, the lock bar having a bendable tab for coupling the lock bar to the trigger lever to prevent nozzle rotation in either direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: 6554319
    Abstract: The dispensing system for a remote operation includes a trigger sprayer assembly removably mounted to a container of liquid to be sprayed, the assembly being mounted within a cutout section provided at the upper end of the container as part of a through opening forming the carrying handle of the container. The trigger sprayer assembly has a flexible delivery tube which may be coiled and stored within a hollow gripper handle provided on the trigger sprayer, and may extend outwardly from the gripper handle to function as a resilient element for mounting the trigger sprayer in place. A one-piece adaptor is non-removably connected to a distal end of the delivery tube and connects to the container by mounting directly to an external dip tube of the container or by mounting in a closure cap of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques J. Barriac, Joseph Krestine, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Publication number: 20020092872
    Abstract: The dispensing system for a remote operation includes a trigger sprayer assembly removably mounted to a container of liquid to be sprayed, the assembly being mounted within a cutout section provided at the upper end of the container as part of a through opening forming the carrying handle of the container. The trigger sprayer assembly has a flexible delivery tube which may be coiled and stored within a hollow gripper handle provided on the trigger sprayer, and may extend outwardly from the gripper handle to function as a resilient element for mounting the trigger sprayer in place. A one-piece adaptor is non-removably connected to a distal end of the delivery tube and connects to the container by mounting directly to an external dip tube of the container or by mounting in a closure cap of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Jacques J. Barriac, Joseph Krestine, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: 6419128
    Abstract: The dispensing system for a remote operation includes a trigger sprayer assembly removably mounted to a container of liquid to be sprayed, the assembly being mounted within a cutout section provided at the upper end of the container as part of a through opening forming the carrying handle of the container. The trigger sprayer assembly has a flexible delivery tube which may be coiled and stored within a hollow gripper handle provided on the trigger sprayer, and may extend outwardly from the gripper handle to function as a resilient element for mounting the trigger sprayer in place. A one-piece adaptor is non-removably connected to a distal end of the delivery tube and connects to the container by mounting directly to an external dip tube of the container or by mounting in a closure cap of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques J. Barriac, Joseph Krestine, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: D525124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: D525524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calamar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: D530201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: D535560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: D562683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Sweeton, David L. Dejong, Robert J. Good
  • Patent number: D571204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: D571205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Sweeton, David L. Dejong
  • Patent number: D571206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Sweeton, David L. Dejong
  • Patent number: D580761
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: D583668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: D588454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Sweeton, David L. Dejong
  • Patent number: D589795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Sweeton, David L. Dejong