Having Mixing Chamber Patents (Class 222/145.5)
  • Patent number: 11945710
    Abstract: A smart inventory management system is described for a dispensing and blend-in-cup beverage platform including a container having an information tag that is configured to store unique information specific to a particular product, a reader configured to read the stored information from the information tag, a control board configured to host a software based decision engine which is configured to interpret the information specific to a particular product and to control one or more system components based at least in part on the information, a pump controlled by the control board and configured to pump beverage concentrates out of the containers in order to dispense the beverage concentrate into a beverage holder, and a check valve located between an opening on the container and the pump, the check valve configured to provide backflush prevention of foreign solutions into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Fresh Blends Ltd.
    Inventors: Dennies Bergmann, Marc Hildmann, Marc-Alexander Lange
  • Patent number: 11872535
    Abstract: A connecting chuck of a material cylinder for a mixer and a mixer are disclosed according to the present application. The chuck includes a chuck body, and a first axial position-limiting connector and a second axial position-limiting connector are provided on the chuck body. After the chuck body rotates around the outlet pipe of the material cylinder by a preset angle, the first axial position-limiting connector can cooperate with a first axial position-limiting cooperating member on the material cylinder, and the second axial position-limiting connector can cooperate with a second axial position-limiting cooperating member on the mixer, so that an inlet pipe of the mixer is compressed with the outlet pipe of the material cylinder for cooperation. Through the above structure, after use, the chuck body reversely rotates to an initial position and the mixer is replaced, and the chuck body is reusable without replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HUANGHUA PROMISEE DENTAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qingxuan He
  • Patent number: 11873205
    Abstract: A drink dispensing device including one or more processors, a drink dispensing item located above a drink container positioning area, and a first sensor to determine when a drink container is located in the drink container positioning area, where the one or more processors initiate a drink container filling operation based on a first signal from the first sensor that the drink container is located in the drink container positioning area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GATE CFV Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John Newton, Peter Brooke, Jacob Lockwood, Dustin Hartsfield, Michael Cheney, Gillian Callaghan, Rory Pawl
  • Patent number: 11858800
    Abstract: A fluid exchanger may exchange a fluid (e.g., coolant) in a reservoir (e.g., vehicle radiator) by removing or withdrawing a first fluid (e.g., old, spent, used, etc.) and by introducing a second fluid (e.g., new, clean, etc.). For example, the fluid exchanger may use a negative pressure, suction, or vacuum to draw the first fluid from the reservoir, and subsequently, the second fluid may be transferred into the reservoir using a negative pressure held in the reservoir, a positive pressure applied to the second fluid, or a combination thereof. The fluid exchanger may also include a multi-purpose, hand-held nozzle that can change an operation of the fluid exchanger from a withdrawing mode to a dispensing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BG Intellectuals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Erwin, Bradley Robert Young, Lucas Mitchell Shaw, Thomas Michael Probus, John Daniel Cheek
  • Patent number: 11858797
    Abstract: A dispenser head for in-line mixing and dispensing of beverages, which may be carbonated or nitrogenated. The dispenser head comprising a pump, a dilution mechanism, an additive mechanism, and outlet nozzle and optionally a regulation system. In use, the pump can pump concentrate liquid for the liquid product from a concentrate source to the dilution mechanism; the dilution mechanism can receive diluent liquid suitable for the liquid product from a diluent source, operable to mix the diluent liquid and the concentrate liquid and provide diluted concentrate liquid; and the additive mechanism can receive additive fluid for the liquid product from an additive source, to combine the diluted concentrate liquid and the additive fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: QUANTEX ARC LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst, Jonathan Edward Ford
  • Patent number: 11814278
    Abstract: A post-mix drink dispenser includes a mixer body securable to a drink dispensing system and having at least one beverage concentrate inlet and outlet sheltered within a downwardly open cavity in the bottom thereof; a diluent channel formed exterior to the cavity and about a lower sidewall of the mixer body; and a nozzle housing securable in place about the mixer body. The dispenser includes an air channel formed in a wall portion of the nozzle housing, a diffuser to organize flows of diluent along the interior surface of the nozzle housing, or both a vent and a diffuser. The air channel includes provisions to impede ingress of diluent, and to contain flow through the channel of liquid beverage components. The diffuser may be formed unitary with the nozzle housing, or may be selectively removable from the drink dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Lancer Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl E. Conover, Brandon P. Ojeda, Merrill R. Good
  • Patent number: 11779893
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system is disclosed that includes a container assembly configured to store two liquids (e.g., liquor and a mixer) that is couplable to a head assembly. The head assembly includes one or more pumps configured to draw the different liquids from the assembly, to mix variable ratios of the two liquids together, and to dispense the drink. In some configurations, the drink may be dispensed from the beverage dispenser into a glass or directly to the mouth of an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Pnu Corp.
    Inventors: Tyler Logan Fox, David Thomas Melin, Robert Eugeniusz Regent, Addie Elizabeth White, Brennar Thomas Schindel
  • Patent number: 11738989
    Abstract: A system for controlling selection and distribution of a product in a product dispensing system. The system includes a user interface for prompting a selection and selecting the product, a machine control processor in communication with the user interface, a power distribution module connected to the machine control processor, and a power supply unit for supplying power to the system through the power distribution module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: John J. Biasi, Russell H. Beavis, Michael J. Goulet, Eric L. Pribyl
  • Patent number: 11717985
    Abstract: A nozzle unit for a reaction molding machine, comprising an inlet channel prepared for connection to a mixing head outlet and comprising a first dispensing nozzle, which is prepared for applying a reactive mixture and which is connected to the inlet channel in a first operating state, a second dispensing nozzle being present, which is connected to the inlet channel in a second operating state and which is likewise prepared for applying a reactive mixture. Further disclosed is a mixing head device for a reaction molding machine having the nozzle unit, to a reaction molding machine having the mixing head device, and to a method for producing a plastic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: KRAUSSMAFFEI TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Berg, Thomas Nowak
  • Patent number: 11639288
    Abstract: An apparatus for filling containers with a product includes a filling element, a supply line that supplies the product, a switching valve, a control valve, a vessel that is disposed between the switching valve and the control valve, and a volumeter that is disposed between the switching valve and the control valve. The vessel supplies a pre-metered quantity of the product for discharge via the switching valve to the filling element, the quantity having been pre-metered by the volumeter. The supply line provides the product to the vessel at a first flow rate. Discharge of the product through the switching valve and into the filling element occurs at a second flow rate that exceeds the first flow rate, the first and second flow rates being volumetric flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Clüsserath, Dieter-Rudolf Krulitsch
  • Patent number: 11629044
    Abstract: A fluid exchanger may exchange a fluid (e.g., coolant) in a reservoir (e.g., vehicle radiator) by removing or withdrawing a first fluid (e.g., old, spent, used, etc.) and by introducing a second fluid (e.g., new, clean, etc.). For example, the fluid exchanger may use a negative pressure, suction, or vacuum to draw the first fluid from the reservoir, and subsequently, the second fluid may be transferred into the reservoir using a negative pressure held in the reservoir, a positive pressure applied to the second fluid, or a combination thereof. The fluid exchanger may also include a multi-purpose, hand-held nozzle that can change an operation of the fluid exchanger from a withdrawing mode to a dispensing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BG Intellectuals, Inc
    Inventors: Michael J. Erwin, Bradley Robert Young, Lucas Mitchell Shaw, Thomas Michael Probus, John Daniel Cheek
  • Patent number: 11571668
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for manufacturing instantly emulsified cosmetics is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a housing; a pump in the housing for discharging an instantly emulsified emulsion outside of the housing; a first container in the housing for storing an internal fluid; a second container in the housing for storing a functional fluid including a functional raw material; a third container in the housing for storing an external fluid; a channel part in the housing for receiving the external fluid, the internal fluid and the functional fluid generate an emulsion; and a tube provides the pump with the emulsion generated in the channel part, wherein the channel part includes: a first channel for mixing the internal fluid and the functional fluid to generate a mixed fluid; and a second channel for mixing the mixed fluid provided from the first channel and the external fluid to generate an emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Sup Han, Jin Nam
  • Patent number: 11534778
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a cosmetic composition containing an emulsion substance formed by instant emulsification through a microfluidic channel is provided. The apparatus includes a housing defining the appearance of the apparatus and installed with a pump on one side, the pump being operated by a user; an external-phase chamber provided in the housing, and storing an external-phase fluid forming the external phase of the emulsion substance; a dispersed-phase chamber provided in the housing, and storing a dispersed-phase fluid forming the dispersed phase of the emulsion substance. The apparatus further includes a microfluidic channel providing a path for the external-phase fluid and the dispersed-phase fluid to flow for forming the emulsion substance by combining the external-phase fluid with the dispersed-phase fluid; and a tube for discharging the emulsion substance from the microfluidic channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Sup Han, Jin Nam
  • Patent number: 11478818
    Abstract: An electric glue gun includes a housing, a motor supported by the housing, a bracket which extends from the housing for supporting a glue cartridge, a pushing mechanism, supported by the housing and connected to the motor, comprising a drive rod wherein the pushing mechanism is driven by the motor to enable the drive rod to squeeze glue out of the glue cartridge, and a controller configured to control the motor to enable the drive rod to return by a preset distance after the motor stops driving the drive rod forward or after the drive rod reaches a limited position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yufei Ren, Xiangqing Fu, Wenkang Tong
  • Patent number: 11470994
    Abstract: A beverage supplying apparatus that supplies a beverage into a beverage container, includes: an ingredient storage unit to store a beverage ingredient; a compressed gas supplying means to supply compressed gas to the ingredient storage unit and pressurize the beverage ingredient; and a beverage supplying means to, when receiving a supply command, allow the pressurized beverage ingredient to be supplied to a nozzle, and supply compressed nitrogen gas to the nozzle, so that the nitrogen gas and the beverage ingredient are mixed and stirred at the nozzle and the beverage is discharged to the beverage container through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masami Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11311141
    Abstract: An assembly for frothing a fluid having an air channel with a controllable air valve and having a fluid channel with an air inlet emanation point in which the air channel emanates, a pump, a fluid restriction, a heater, and a valve assembly having a first state in which fluid is channeled to a fluid outlet of the fluid channel and a second state in which the fluid is diverted from the fluid channel to a second fluid outlet. A water supply channel is connected to the fluid channel. The assembly also includes a cleaning reservoir and a return channel that is connected to the second fluid outlet of the valve assembly and that emanates in the cleaning reservoir. An electronic controller assembly is configured to control at least the pump, the heater, and the valve assembly, and to operate the assembly in a production mode and a cleaning mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Johan Dees, Abram Christiaan Knip, Jacobus Petrus Maria Dessing
  • Patent number: 11020519
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing multiple pass continuous flow dialysis are provided. In an embodiment, a system for providing peritoneal dialysis includes a catheter in communication with a peritoneal cavity, a fluid loop in fluid communication with the catheter and capable of circulating a therapy fluid into, through and out of the patient's peritoneal cavity, a multi-line fluid circuit, the multi-line fluid circuit in fluid communication with the fluid loop and including a bypass line coupled to a discharge fluid line, and a cycler including a plurality of valves, the cycler programmed to operate the plurality of valves to selectively (i) discharge therapy fluid from the multi-line fluid circuit via the discharge fluid line or (ii) bypass the discharge fluid line via the bypass line and circulate the therapy fluid a plurality of times through the fluid loop prior to exiting the multi-line fluid circuit via the discharge fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
    Inventors: Robert W. Childers, Lee Pan, Brian Lauman
  • Patent number: 10894152
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a solution delivery device having a container component and a plug component configured for selective engagement with the container component. The container component has an internal cavity including an elongated mixing channel containing a first constituent, and the plug component provides an internal flow path configured for introduction of a second constituent into the mixing channel for mixing with the first constituent. The plug component may be inserted within the container component partially in a first operational mode and fully in a second operational mode. The first constituent may be a drug and the second constituent a diluent, such that the drug may be lyophilized with the device in the first operational mode and reconstituted with the device in the second operational mode. Multiple devices may be employed in tandem for the co-delivery of multiple constituents. The device may be included in a kit or installed within an injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Byeong Seon Chang
  • Patent number: 10554106
    Abstract: An apparatus used in terminating and winding coils of a core of a dynamo electric machine. The coils being formed from at least an electric wire and the core having a longitudinal axis. The coils are wound by relatively moving a wire dispenser with respect to a core with relative motions of translation and rotation; at least a stretch of wire extends from the coil; and the stretch of wire is provided with a portion for a termination connection to a termination structure of the core, such as a tang. The method avoids waste cut wire in the apparatus. The core is provided with a groove at an end to receive at least a wire in the path of the wire for the termination of the coils. The apparatus comprises a wire deflector positioned adjacent the end of the core, where the groove is located, in order to intercept and align the wire with the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ATOP S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Ponzio, Maurizio Mugelli
  • Patent number: 10351409
    Abstract: A high diluent to concentrate volumetric ratio post-mix drink dispenser includes a mixer and a nozzle housing. The mixer defines a mixing pathway adapted to receive a diluent flow from a diluent source and a concentrate pathway adapted to receive a concentrate flow from a concentrate source. The concentrate pathway communicates with the mixing pathway to deliver concentrate therein. The mixing pathway manipulates the diluent flow therein to decrease the pressure thereof, thereby creating a low pressure region at the concentrate pathway that promotes introduction of the concentrate into the diluent for mixing therewith. The nozzle housing couples with the mixer such that the nozzle housing receives mixed diluent and concentrate from the mixing pathway and delivers the mixed diluent and concentrate therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Lancer Corporation
    Inventors: Donald W. Smeller, Robert L. Robinson, Brandon P. Ojeda, Linda M. Voller
  • Patent number: 10239276
    Abstract: A compact dunnage conversion machine includes a converging chute with a restricted inlet, a powered feed assembly with a sealed gearbox, a plurality of interchangeable power supplies, and a restricted outlet chute. The converter can convert a sheet stock material into dunnage for use in packaging one or more objects in a container. The restricted inlet and outlet make it more difficult for foreign objects to enter the converter and disrupt the conversion process. The sealed gearbox interposed between the driving elements of the feed assembly and an electric motor facilitates maintenance and repair of the feed assembly, while also protecting the gears therein. Finally, the power supplies provide electrical power to the motor and can include an electrical storage device, such as a battery, or an alternating-current-to-direct-current converter which is connectable to a source of electricity for supplying that electricity to the motor in an acceptable form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: RANPAK CORP.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Carlson, Donald A. Gorg, Thomas A. Bilkie
  • Patent number: 10201692
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a solution delivery device having a container component and a plug component configured for selective engagement with the container component. The container component has an internal cavity including an elongated mixing channel containing a first constituent, and the plug component provides an internal flow path configured for introduction of a second constituent into the mixing channel for mixing with the first constituent. The plug component may be inserted within the container component partially in a first operational mode and fully in a second operational mode. The first constituent may be a drug and the second constituent a diluent, such that the drug may be lyophilized with the device in the first operational mode and reconstituted with the device in the second operational mode. Multiple devices may be employed in tandem for the co-delivery of multiple constituents. The device may be included in a kit or installed within an injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Inventor: Byeong Seon Chang
  • Patent number: 10150127
    Abstract: The invention provides a dispensing assembly to dispense a foam, comprising: ?—a double cylinder element (2) mounted or to be mounted in an opening of a container (100), comprising a liquid cylinder (3) and an air cylinder (4), wherein the liquid cylinder has a smaller diameter than the air cylinder, and wherein the liquid cylinder and the air cylinder are arranged substantially concentrically, and ?—a piston assembly (10) comprising a liquid piston (11) and an air piston (12) for reciprocal movements in the liquid cylinder and air cylinder, respectively, and a common operating part for operating the liquid piston and air piston, ? wherein a liquid pump chamber (14) is at least delimited by the liquid cylinder and the liquid piston, said liquid pump chamber having a liquid inlet (15) and a liquid outlet (16), ? wherein an air pump chamber (25) is at least delimited by the air cylinder, the air piston and the liquid piston, said air pump chamber having an air inlet (26) and an air outlet (27), ? wherein the pi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Twist Beauty Packaging Airspray N.V.
    Inventors: Marcus Cornelis Jacobus Tepas, Arjen Haisma, Peter Jozef Jan Albertz
  • Patent number: 10039533
    Abstract: A materials delivery instrument is provided and includes an outer sheath and an instrument movably mounted within the outer sheath. The instrument includes a treatment lumen extending substantially the length of the instrument for receipt of treatment material. A super elastic wire is positioned in at least a distal end of the instrument. The super elastic wire forms a loop in an unstressed state to allow the instrument to encircle an anastomosis formed between a pair of tubular tissue sections. The super elastic wire is in a stressed state when the instrument is retracted within the outer sheath and in the unstressed state when the instrument is extended from the outer sheath to enclose the anastomosis. A proximal end of the super elastic wire is oriented substantially perpendicular to a plane formed by the loop to allow the instrument to lie parallel to the tubular tissue sections during the spraying of the anastomosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: David Fowler
  • Patent number: 9986748
    Abstract: A machine for making liquid or semi-liquid food products includes a plurality of first containers containing a liquid or semi-liquid basic mixture and having a deformable wall, such that the space occupied by each first container depends on a quantity of basic mixture in the first container. A rigid second container forming a processing chamber for the basic mixture includes a mixer and mechanism for thermal treatment to convert the basic mixture into a liquid or semi-liquid product. A sensor providing a signal representing the quantity of basic mixture at least in one of the first containers is operatively connected to the second container. A command and control unit is connected to the sensor to receive the signal and configured to infer, based on the signal, a condition of absence of mixture in one of the first containers connected to the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ALI S.P.A.—CARPIGIANI GROUP
    Inventors: Roberto Lazzarini, Andrea Cocchi
  • Patent number: 9874129
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an SCR device configured to store an amount of urea. In one example, a system may include rotating a plurality of plates in the SCR as exhaust gas flows through the SCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaogang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9827539
    Abstract: A dynamic mixer head has a connecting cover, a rotor and a housing. The connecting cover has a rotor opening. The rotor has a first rotor axle mounted in the rotor opening and a mixing rotor connected with the first rotor axle. The mixing rotor has multiple vaned inner rotors with quarter-circle shaped multiple vanes and a vaned front rotor opposite to a second rotor axle of the mixing rotor with multiple vanes complementary to the multiple vanes of the multiple vaned inner rotors. The housing mounted to the connecting cover has at least two grooves disposed on the circular partition. Each of the at least two grooves has a spacer along each of the at least two grooves. The dynamic mixer head can enhance the mixing effect of two different component substances during rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Phillip Phung-I Ho
  • Patent number: 9802013
    Abstract: An inhaler with a mixing channel (1) for producing an aerosol to be inhaled includes an outlet (9) at one end that can be inserted in the mouth of a person in order to inhale the aerosol that is produced; at least one inlet (3) at its other end for drawing air into the mixing channel (1); and at least one injection zone (6) that lies between the inlet (3) and the outlet (9) and forms part of the channel wall. The injection zone (6) has at least one nozzle orifice (10) for supplying a liquid, especially a liquid drug, wherein the inner surface of the injection zone (6) is largely flush at least with that portion of the mean surface curvature (22) of the inner surface of the channel wall (11) that is adjacent to it on the inlet end. A possible height difference (17) between the inner surface of the injection zone (6) and that portion of the mean surface curvature (22) of the inner surface of the channel wall (11) that is adjacent to it is less than 1 mm or at most 100 ?m or at most 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: MEDSPRAY XMEMS BV
    Inventors: Jeroen Mathijn Wissink, Wietze Nijdam, Iwan Rutger Heskamp, Marc Herman Padberg
  • Patent number: 9795242
    Abstract: A compact filtering and additive delivery system which is readily adaptable to a portable container, such as a sports bottle, and receives a modular additive container for the metered delivery of additive, such as flavor concentrate, to a stream of base liquid as the base liquid is drawn or dispensed from the container. The modular additive container configuration on the delivery system allows a consumer/user to experience different additives, such as different flavors or supplement compositions, for a given supply of base liquid, such as water, stored in the container. The system may be readily used with off-the-shelf containers, such as disposable water bottles. An additive container configuration provides modular additive delivery system as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.
    Inventors: Garrett S. Waggoner, Andrew Gay, Christopher Jasperse
  • Patent number: 9745086
    Abstract: Apparatus for supplying multiple foam machines with foam precursor chemicals. The apparatus comprises first and second totes having a top opening and a bottom drain and containing first and second foam precursor chemicals, first and second supply lines connected to the bottom drains of the first and second totes and in fluid communication with first and second sets of batcher stands, and first and second sets of batcher pumps each of which is positioned in a respective one of the first and second sets of batcher stands. Each batcher pump is adapted to be in fluid communication with a respective one of the foam machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Storopack, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt William Allen
  • Patent number: 9663285
    Abstract: A container for isolating first and second fluids, such as beverage concentrate components, until dispensing is provided, as well as methods of assembly and dispensing. The container can have a body for containing the first fluid and an insert, received at least partially within the body, for containing the second fluid and isolating the first and second fluids. A first fluid exit path and a second fluid exit path can both be blocked by a valve member. When the valve member is moved to an open position, flow through both the first and second fluid exit paths can occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventor: Gary J. Albaum
  • Patent number: 9546037
    Abstract: A modular foam spray gun is illustrated in which a third hose is attached to the gun for the application of either a liquid or a gas, the spray gun having a transverse channel positioned at a rear of the housing of the gun for securedly affixing the separable module to the housing of the spray gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ICP Adhesives and Sealants, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry W. Armes, Christopher Dolezal, Karl W. Burkart, James Paul Hunt
  • Patent number: 9409696
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-chamber container for dispensing flowable substances, comprising: a body having: a first storage chamber for storing a first flowable substance, a second storage chamber for storing a second flowable substance, a mixing chamber, a first inlet that fluidly connects the first storage chamber with a first portion of the mixing chamber, and a second inlet that fluidly connects the second storage chamber with a second portion of the mixing chamber; and a closure having a divider, wherein the closure is movable relative to the body between: (a) a first position, at which the divider isolates the first portion of the mixing chamber from the second portion of the mixing chamber and the closure is spaced from the first and second inlets, and (b) a second position, at which the first portion of the mixing chamber is in fluid communication with the second portion of the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Paul Donald Carse
  • Patent number: 9409695
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-chamber container for dispensing flowable substances, comprising: a body having: a first storage chamber for storing a first flowable substance, a second storage chamber for storing a second flowable substance, a first inlet that fluidly connects the first storage chamber with a first outlet zone, a second inlet that fluidly connects the second storage chamber with a second outlet zone, a first member movable between a closed position, at which the first member seals the first inlet to isolate the first storage chamber from the first outlet zone, and an open position, at which the first storage chamber is in fluid communication with the first outlet zone, and a second member movable between a closed position, at which the second member seals the second inlet to isolate the second storage chamber from the second outlet zone, and an open position, at which the second storage chamber is in fluid communication with the second outlet zone; and a closure movable relative to the body between (a)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Paul Donald Carse
  • Patent number: 9388033
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system includes a nozzle body with a plurality of ingredient inlets and a water inlet disposed in the nozzle body. A diffuser is connected to the nozzle body and has floor with a plurality of holes therethrough. A nozzle cap is connected to the diffuser and has an outlet. A first mixing chamber is formed between the ingredient inlets and the diffuser floor, and a second mixing chamber is formed between the diffuser and the outlet, with the second mixing chamber being configured to receive fluid from the first mixing chamber via the holes in the diffuser floor. A first water flow path is situated between the water inlet and the first mixing chamber, and a second water flow path is situated between the water inlet and the second mixing chamber, wherein the second water flow path bypasses the first mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: FBD PARTNERSHIP, LP
    Inventor: Matthew Gates
  • Patent number: 9162199
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component mixing container in which a piston member may be capable of a rotation motion operation and a linear motion operation without the need for a complex guide groove. Two or more spring structure portions are provided at the piston member. The two or more spring structure portions impart a pressing force on an inner wall surface of the third cylindrical portion. Two or more fitting grooves are formed in the third cylindrical portion. In this fitting state, the piston member and a second-component containing member rotate together without contact portions getting out of the fitting grooves. When a force of a predetermined level or higher toward a third bottom wall portion is applied to an operating rod portion with a second-component containing chamber and a mixing chamber being communicable with each other, the contact portions get out of the fitting grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9156014
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component mixing container in which a communication passage may be formed between a partition wall member and a second-component containing member without the need for a high processing precision and a high assembly precision. A columnar portion provided at the central portion of a second bottom wall portion of a partition wall member and a circular through hole provided in the central portion of a third bottom wall portion of a second-component containing member are fitted. A first communication passage and a second communication passage are communicated with each other, using a fitting surface formed between the columnar portion and the circular through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9108208
    Abstract: A mixing and dispensing apparatus having first and second containers. The first container has a main body portion which retains a first substance. A separate compartment is located in the first container and an internal passageway is formed between the main body portion and the compartment. The second container is configured to retain a second substance, and is compressible. The second container has a top end and a closed spout, wherein the closed spout is located in the compartment with the spout extending through the internal passageway into the main body portion of said first container. A release mechanism is formed by a plunger extending within the second container. The plunger has a first end in communication with the top end of the second container, and a second end aligned with the closed spout. The second end opens the closed spout when the second container is compressed to release the second substance into the main body portion of the first container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Veltek Associates. Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur L. Vellutato, Jr., Walter Anthony Baker
  • Patent number: 9038855
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering fluid-containing feed materials to process equipment are disclosed. A liner-based pressure dispensing vessel is subjected to filling by application of vacuum between the liner and overpack. Multiple feed material flow controllers of different calibrated flow ranges may be selectively operated in parallel for a single feed material. Feed material blending and testing for scale-up may be performed with feed materials supplied by multiple liner-based pressure dispensing containers. A gravimetric system may be used to determine concentration of at least one component of a multi-component solution or mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Lurcott, John E. Q. Hughes, Peter Wrschka, Thomas H. Baum, Donald D. Ware, Peng Zou
  • Publication number: 20150136806
    Abstract: A mixing tip for a dispenser according to the present invention includes a lower casing connected to the dispenser and to which a silicone base material and a curing agent are supplied, an upper casing coupled to the lower casing and including a discharge pipe through which an impression material having a desired mixing ratio of the silicone base material and the curing agent is discharged to the outside, and a mixer disposed between the lower casing and the upper casing to mix the silicone base material with the curing agent, wherein the mixer includes a mixing plate disposed between the lower casing and the upper casing and having a predetermined surface area, a shaft-fitting pipe extending downward from the mixing plate and fitted over a drive shaft of the dispenser to be rotated therewith, and a path control rib extending downward from an outer peripheral edge of the mixing plate to control flow paths of the silicone base material and the curing agent, wherein the lower casing includes a body including an
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Du Rok JUNG, Kyoung Soo Shin
  • Publication number: 20150129615
    Abstract: A two part adhesive packaging system is provided. The packaging system includes two containers for holding a two-part adhesive. The packaging system further includes a connector having two ports for communicating with the containers. A mixing nozzle is attachable to the containers. The mixing nozzle includes a membrane disposed therein. The membrane is configured to break upon application of a sufficient force thereon, such as by pumping or pushing the two-part adhesive from the containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Justin Bates, Ronald Vollmer
  • Patent number: 9016519
    Abstract: A beverage system includes a pump that draws a set mount of a flavored concentrate into a mixing chamber through a conduit for mixing with water to form a beverage. A sensor detects when the amount of the flavored concentrate in the conduit or in the container is low or out. The sensor includes two wings each including a recessed surface that together defines a circular space. A portion of the conduit is received in the circular space. Each of the wings includes an ultrasonic portion that emits ultrasonic waves that are non-intrusive. When the amount of flavored concentrate in the conduit is low, air bubbles are generated in the flow along the conduit and/or a vacuum is created in the conduit to draw the conduit away from the recessed surface. The ultrasonic waves detect either of these two features, indicating that the amount of the flavored concentrate is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Carrier Commercial Refrigeration, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Minard, Mark E. Bush
  • Patent number: 9016522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multi-compartment devices having a pre-applied dispensing element. The device is adapted for dispensing multi-component compositions that are kept separate prior to use. Supplying a pre-applied dispensing element facilitates and simplifies the dispensing operation during use and reduces the chance of misuse due to improper application of the mixing element, loss and/or damage of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Discus Dental, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Hayman, Eric P. Rose, William Landsman, John Raybuck, Marc Orloff
  • Patent number: 9016523
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system includes a nozzle body with a plurality of ingredient inlets and a water inlet disposed in the nozzle body. A diffuser is connected to the nozzle body and has floor with a plurality of holes therethrough. A nozzle cap is connected to the diffuser and has an outlet. A first mixing chamber is formed between the ingredient inlets and the diffuser floor, and a second mixing chamber is formed between the diffuser and the outlet, with the second mixing chamber being configured to receive fluid from the first mixing chamber via the holes in the diffuser floor. A first water flow path is situated between the water inlet and the first mixing chamber, and a second water flow path is situated between the water inlet and the second mixing chamber, wherein the second water flow path bypasses the first mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: FBD Partnership, LP
    Inventor: Matthew Gates
  • Patent number: 9010578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a discharge arrangement, comprising a two-component cartridge (2) and an accessory part, for example, a mixer (3). A connecting component (11, 12) of a connecting device is arranged on each of the two parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Medix Systems AG
    Inventor: Wilhelm A. Keller
  • Patent number: 9010367
    Abstract: The controller of the plural component proportioner (10) dispenses both components (or all three if a three component material) as necessary to maintain the correct mix ratio. The fluid displacement measuring technique described allows this proportioning to take place with the “A” or main component pump always able to supply fluid to the spray gun without being stopped. The “B” component, at a higher pressure, is added as necessary to control ratio. The control can determine whether the pumps were properly loaded with fluid, and the fluid was properly compressed for accurate measurement. This technique allows for the proportioned fluids to be provided to the spray gun(s) at high flow rates and consistent spray pressure without interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Martin P. McCormick, Richard T. Mallum, Jeffrey G. Zinn
  • Patent number: 9010577
    Abstract: A fountain beverage dispenser for constituting a beverage by mixture of a beverage syrup and a diluent for the syrup is characterized by use of a highly concentrated beverage syrup supply and at least one diluent and syrup blending station for diluting the highly concentrated syrup with diluent before the diluted syrup is mixed with diluent in the final mixture of syrup and diluent delivered to a dispensing nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: IMI Cornelius, Inc.
    Inventor: George Harold Hoover
  • Publication number: 20150102053
    Abstract: A dispensing system includes a decomposition chamber having a catalyst for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide and a foaming soap are provided in separate first and second chambers of a product reservoir portion of a refill unit. Decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide produces oxygen gas and water that may be used as a propellant for the creation of the foamed product, or may be used to power a pump. Additionally, the oxygen gas may be used to power a scavenger for the creation of electricity for charging a battery within the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Robert L. Gray, Nick E. Ciavarella
  • Publication number: 20150102055
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for obtaining a solution from a solid product are disclosed. A solid product is housed in a dispenser. A liquid is introduced into the housing of the dispenser to interact with the solid product to form a solution. To control the concentration of the formed solution, the turbulence of the liquid introduced to the dispenser is controlled and adjusted either manually or on a real time basis to account for varying characteristics of either or both of the solid product and the liquid. The dispenser will adjust the turbulence based on the characteristics to maintain a formed solution within an acceptable range of concentration. The concentrated solution can then be discharged from the dispenser to an end use application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Richard R. Carroll, John D. Morey, Andrew Schultz, Ryan Drake, John E. Thomas, Troy A. Anderson, Joshua J. Lanz
  • Patent number: 9004318
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a foam dispensing container that can homogenize foam quality and can discharge foam of stable quality. By providing a plurality of liquid intake paths for delivering the foaming liquid into the air-liquid mixing chamber and a plurality of air intake paths for delivering air, the air-liquid mixing efficiency can be improved significantly, stable volumes of air and foaming liquid can be delivered into the air-liquid mixing chamber, without the possibility of delivering a great volume of liquid with a single press, and consequently the foam quality can be homogenized and foam of stable quality can be discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Kao Corporation; Daiwa Can Company
    Inventors: Daisuke Kodama, Shoii Uehira, Hiroya Morita, Daisuke Saito