Including Mixing Means Patents (Class 222/145.6)
  • Publication number: 20130026255
    Abstract: A coaxial syringe spray assembly that includes a first receptacle defined by the assembly, a second receptacle defined by the assembly and in coaxial alignment with the first receptacle, and a spray tip assembly configured to be in fluid communication with both the first receptacle and the second receptacle. The spray tip defines a first fluid chamber in fluid communication with the first receptacle, a second fluid chamber in fluid communication with the first receptacle, and an outlet port that defines a blending chamber that is in fluid communication with the second receptacle, the first fluid chamber, and the second fluid chamber such that a first fluid introduced into the first fluid chamber and a second fluid introduced into the second fluid chamber are mixed in the blending chamber to provide a mixture having a helical flow pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Biomet Biologics, LLC
    Inventor: Ned M. Hamman
  • Patent number: 8360279
    Abstract: An automatic home appliance that performs the preparation, mixing, and heating of infant formula bottles provides a reservoir on top that holds an amount of powdered formula. Connection to a household water supply provides a flow of water to an internal water heating reservoir. A central front opening is provided in which the infant bottle is placed. A digital display and a plurality of programming buttons are arranged upon a front panel to allow the user to select operating parameters. Once programmed, internal electronic controls perform dispensing and mixing of the necessary ingredients in the proper ratio and dispensing of mixed formula into the proper sized bottle. The mixture is also kept warm at the proper temperature by a hot plate. An indicator light then illuminates to communicate to a user that the bottle is ready to be removed and the mixture consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: Matthew L. Giles
  • Patent number: 8356928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a supply assembly for use in the manufacture of a machine for preparing a beverage obtained by dissolving a soluble preparation in water. The invention also relates to a beverage machine that comprises said supply assembly. The supply assembly (1) according to the invention comprises a mixing chamber (10) containing a mixer (11) comprising at least one impeller (HA) for mixing a single dose of soluble preparation in a quantity of water in order to obtain said beverage. At least one nozzle (20) is provided for the insertion of said water inside said mixing chamber (10) which comprises an upper opening (15) directly accessible to a user for the manual insertion of a single dose of soluble preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Assunto M. Maver
  • Patent number: 8333064
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine, reducing agent is diffused and the exhaust resistance is made small. The apparatus includes a reducing agent addition valve that injects reducing agent, a reducing agent addition valve mount portion that has a space in which the reducing agent addition valve injects the reducing agent outside a stream of exhaust gas flowing in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and on which the reducing agent addition valve is mounted, and an impingement portion that is provided in the reducing agent addition valve mount portion and on which the reducing agent injected through the reducing agent addition valve impinges, wherein the direction of injection of the reducing agent from the reducing agent addition valve is oriented toward the impingement portion, and toward downstream of the reducing agent addition valve with respect to the exhaust gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Bisaiji, Koichiro Fukuda, Mikio Inoue, Satoru Nitta, Kiyohiko Nagae
  • Patent number: 8333301
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of a beverage by mixing water and at least one powdered product in a mixing chamber and dispensing the mixture to a final container. The method includes preparation and delivery of at least a first portion of beverage by mixing a first soluble product with water, either in the absence of mechanical stirring or with rotating a rotor at a rotor rotation speed of less than 500 rpm. The method also includes the preparation and delivery of at least a second portion of beverage by mixing a second soluble product with water in the presence of mechanical stirring and for the delivery of further portions of beverage to the final container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Rhea Vendors S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luca Doglioni Majer
  • Publication number: 20120292341
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a dental composition comprises a piston for extruding a component of the dental composition from a container. The device has a roller drive for displacing the first piston. The roller drive comprises cooperating first and second rollers, and each of the rollers have a roller surface with a radial rib profile. The rollers are arranged for rolling with their roller surfaces on one another. The invention may help providing for a relatively reliable and compact device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Jens Gramann, Manfred Harre, Ralf Kelz, Christian A. Richter, Karin Watzek, Oezcan Doenmez
  • Patent number: 8308340
    Abstract: Devices and methods for mixing a clotting agent with other inputs such as blood, blood derived product, bone marrow, and/or bone marrow derived product to form a congealed mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Ferrante, Si Janna, Thomas Mayr, Jeremy Odegard, Wayne Phillips, David Schuelke
  • Publication number: 20120279988
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing at least two flowable components having a mixer housing with an outlet opening. At least one mixing element arranged in the mixer housing having at least two separate inlet passages through which the flowable components can be introduced separately from one another. Each inlet passage is capable of being in sealing cooperation with a respective outlet passage of a storage container or a chamber. At least one of the inlet passages has an end configured to cooperate with the outlet passage as a piercing element for opening a flow connection between the storage container or the chamber and the inlet passage. The piercing element includes at least two inflow areas for the flowable components, with the two inflow areas being inclined relative to one another. A dispensing apparatus having such a mixer is furthermore provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventor: Andreas Hiemer
  • Publication number: 20120269945
    Abstract: Method for dispensing a foamed product, wherein gas is supplied to the product via a microfiltration device, includes a product dispensing system, provided with a holder which contains a product to be dispensed, and a product discharge arrangement for discharging product coming from the holder. The product discharge arrangement is provided with a microfiltration device which is connectable to a fluid supply for supplying gas to the product during product discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Friesland Brands B.V.
    Inventors: Maria Elisabeth Wijnen, Wiebe Nicolaas Van Druten, Renate Christel Spronk, Maarten Joannes Botman, Jan Herman Ebbekink, Willibrorda Antonia Maria Van De Heijning, Werner Marie Camiel Clauwaert
  • Publication number: 20120267395
    Abstract: A beverage cartridge for use in a beverage dispensing system, comprising a housing, and located within the housing, a container for accommodating a beverage-related fluid substance and a pump; a drive port via which a driving torque may be delivered to the pump; and a fluid outlet port via which the fluid substance may be pumped from the cartridge; wherein the fluid outlet port and the drive port are located on the same side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: Tjasse Willem Biewenga
  • Patent number: 8286832
    Abstract: The dispensing device for single use includes a multicomponent cartridge (1), a mixer (8) having a mixer housing (9), as well as closure means for closing the outlets (4, 5) of the multicomponent cartridge. These closure means are connected to the mixer housing and comprise a respective closure stopper (13, 14) for each outlet that is insertable in an outlet (4, 5) of the multicomponent cartridge and is deformable such that upon rotation of the mixer housing relative to the cartridge, the closure stoppers (13, 14) are removed from the outlets (4, 5) of the multicomponent cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Sulzer Mixpac AG
    Inventor: Wilhelm A. Keller
  • Publication number: 20120231410
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a dental material comprises a plunger for extruding a component of the dental material, and a motor for driving the plunger. The device has two electric circuits for powering the motor to drive the plunger forward or backward. A selector switch is arranged in the device for alternately selecting between the first electric circuit and the second electric circuit for powering the motor. The device further has switches for interrupting the first and/or second electric circuits when the plunger is positioned at certain positions. The device provides automatic functionality for facilitating dispensing of dental materials, and further is preferably relatively robust and relatively inexpensive to manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Jens Gramann, Ralf Kelz
  • Patent number: 8256646
    Abstract: A device for storing, mixing, and dispensing components that has at least one container and a transferor configured to transfer a first, liquid component into a second, powdery component, a dispensing piston configured to dispense mixed materials, a valve assembly arranged between the first, liquid component and the second, powdery component, and a closure element. The first, liquid component and the second, powdery component are located in the at least one container, and the transfer device arranged between the first, liquid component and the second, powdery component is designed as a sealing passage piston. Such a multicomponent syringe has a significantly reduced volume as compared to the multicomponent syringes of the prior art but nevertheless offers a simple and safe handling besides the required safety with regard to separate storage and hygiene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Medmix Systems AG
    Inventor: Wilhelm A. Keller
  • Publication number: 20120218856
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mixer 1 for mixing at least two components a dental material having a drive shaft 20. The drive shaft 20 at a front end has a drive shaft coupling with a coupling plug 21. The coupling receptacle 11 of the mixing rotor 5 and the coupling plug 21 if the drive shaft 20 are adapted for mating with one another. In particular the coupling receptacle 11 and the coupling plug 21 are adapted for positive engagement with one another. The coupling receptacle 11 of the mixer 1 extends along a rotation axis A of the mixer 1, and the coupling plug 21 of the drive shaft extends along a rotation axis B of the drive shaft 20. Both the coupling receptacle 11 and the coupling plug 21 have a cross-sectional profile that is shaped such that it can be positively engaged. In particular the cross-sectional profile of the coupling receptacle and/or the coupling plus may be hexagonal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Alexander Walter, Jens Gramann, Manfred Harre, Marc Peuker
  • Patent number: 8238970
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile communication terminal having an aromatic function and a terminal charger for the same. The terminal charger for charging a mobile terminal having an absorbent material disposed therein includes a charger body having a mounting space formed at one part thereof and in which the terminal is mounted; and an aromatic supply part installed in the charger body for supplying an aromatic agent into the absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ja-Won Seo, Young-Kwon Yoon, Yong-Gu Lee
  • Patent number: 8235581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixing device for mixing a liquid, such as water, with an instant ingredient to form a beverage. The mixing device comprises a mixing chamber and a rotor which, during rotation about the axis of rotation, defines a surface of revolution extending along the circumference of the rotor. The rotor is arranged in the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber comprises a peripheral wall zone having a substantially circular cross section. The peripheral wall zone surrounds the surface of revolution. An outlet duct for discharging the mixture formed is connected to the mixing chamber. The inlet of the outlet duct is provided at the rotor. At least one rotor rib is provided at the peripheral wall zone. This rotor rib extends from the peripheral wall zone in the direction of the surface of revolution of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Bravilor Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Ramon Eduard Verhoeven, Carlos Nicolaas Jozef Maria Koopman
  • Patent number: 8220668
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for storing and dispensing a product. The apparatus includes a rigid outer casing adapted to receive a cartridge that is partially covered with a support membrane and has a weakened area capable of rupturing when pressure is applied to the cartridge. The support membrane extends over the weakened area and bursts as the cartridge expands into an expansion chamber or the weakened area ruptures. The support membrane provides support to the front end of the cartridge and resistance during insertion of the cartridge so that the cartridge is ‘primed’ and ready to dispense its contents by a user when necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Artex-Rawplug Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Cadden, Campbell Wallace
  • Patent number: 8210397
    Abstract: Provided is a dispensing device including a cylinder; a static mixer that is mounted in the cylinder such that the outer circumferential surface thereof is closely attached to the entire inner wall surface of the cylinder; and a flow path block that has a flow path formed therein and is mounted on the upper portion of the cylinder, the flow path diverging into two or more flow paths. Fluids passing through the static mixer are continuously transferred while being repeatedly divided and mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung LED Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Il Kweon Joung
  • Publication number: 20120148980
    Abstract: A dispensing device comprises a compartment for receiving a dental material, a piston for extruding the material from the compartment and a spindle drive for moving the piston and the compartment relative to one another. The spindle drive comprises a spindle and a link which are adapted for disengageable engagement with one another, wherein the spindle and the link are operable relative to each other between an engaged position in which the link and the spindle are engaged with one another, and a disengaged position in which the spindle and the link are disengaged from one another. The device may be relatively robust and inexpensive to manufacture, and may facilitate preparation of dental materials for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Jens Gramann
  • Patent number: 8181825
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a beverage dispenser and more specifically to an assembly within the dispenser for mixing beverage components and optionally whipping the beverage product into a foam. The assembly includes a cleaning system that provides for cleaning of the surfaces that contact the beverage product or its components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Bala Reddy, Eugene Scoville, Brian P. Tulley
  • Patent number: 8182236
    Abstract: A method for the high-pressure delivery of a mixture comprises delivering at least first and second fluids. The method comprises operations consisting in forming a mixture of fluids in a mixing zone having a pressure that is less than the desired high pressure and bringing the pre-mixed fluids to the high pressure. The first fluid is introduced into the mixing zone by a pumping operation that is performed by a high-pressure pump that is positioned downstream of the mixing zone. A device for performing the method is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: PIC Solution
    Inventor: Mohamed Shaimi
  • Patent number: 8177099
    Abstract: A cartridge for storing and dispensing substances that are in paste form and/or capable of flow is formed by at least one tube, in which a closure piston and a dispensing piston adjustable by means of a piston rod are disposed, so as to form a seal, in such a manner that a chamber is formed between the pistons. At least one passage opening is provided in the closure piston, and at least one projection is provided in the tube assigned to this closure piston and/or an outlet opening, whereby the passage opening and the projection are adapted to one another, in terms of their shape, in such a manner that the closure piston can be displaced between a closure position, in which the chamber is closed, and a dispensing position, in which the chamber stands in a flow connection with the outlet opening, by means of the passage opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Kettenbach GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Suchan, Alexander Bublewitz
  • Patent number: 8167175
    Abstract: An applicator bottle allows the reconstitution and dispensing of a re-hydrated powdered product. The bottle has a dispenser apparatus detachably mounted on the dispensing end and a spring-loaded plunger apparatus detachably mounted on the distal end with a movable disk defining the distal end of the internal cavity within the bottle. The plunger apparatus includes a telescoping plunger spring-loaded to extend toward the dispensing end and a locking mechanism that will restrain the plunger apparatus in a compressed configuration until released through an external release button. A rotatable, hand-operated mixing apparatus can be mounted on either end of the bottle to provide an aggressive mixing action when needed. The plunger apparatus exerts a mechanical pressure on the reconstituted product to force the product out of the dispenser apparatus for utilization. Clean-up is facilitated by the ability to disassemble the bottle and the apparatus attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventor: Jean Jacques Jaouen
  • Publication number: 20120097702
    Abstract: The present invention is preferably directed to a dispenser of the type sold by 3M ESPE under the trade name Pentamix and as also described above. Such a dispenser preferably comprises at least a first and a second compartment for a first reservoir and a second reservoir, respectively, the first and the second reservoirs containing a first and a second component for the dental material, respectively. It further preferably comprises a first and a second plunger driven by a first drive for advancing the first and the second components from the first and the second reservoirs, respectively. Moreover, a dynamic mixer driven by a second drive for automatically mixing the first and second components to form the dental material from the first and second components is provided. Such a dispenser further preferably has a dispensing portion or mixing tip for dispensing the mixed dental material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Manfred Harre, Dirk Müller-Paul, Michael Keller, Ingo W. Wagner
  • Patent number: 8162181
    Abstract: The present application describes a product dispenser. The product dispenser may include at least one macro-ingredient source, at least one micro-ingredient source positioned about the dispenser, a diluent source, a dispensing valve, a number of pumps or metering devices, and a user interface. The user interface receives a request for a product type and instructs the pumps or metering devices to dispense a predetermined type and ratio of macro-ingredients, micro-ingredients, and diluent to the dispensing valve for a predetermined flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Gregg Carpenter, David R. Newman, Nilang Patel, Paul A. Phillips, Arthur G. Rudick, Lawrence B. Ziesel
  • Patent number: 8147122
    Abstract: A tip (10) for mixing a plurality of components and for dispensing the mixture. The tip is particularly suited for use with a bulk supply of the components (11). The tip is further particularly suited for the mixing and dispensing of reactive materials. The tip (10) includes a housing (32) having a stator (31) positioned therein. The housing (32) includes a plurality of feeder channels (20, 21) that correspond to outlet channels of the bulk storage device. At least one of the feeder channels (20, 21) has a length dimension such that it extends into the outlet channel of the bulk storage device to prevent cross-contamination of the components held within the bulk storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Pieroni
  • Patent number: 8141753
    Abstract: An ejection device (11) for cartridges containing multi-component compounds has an ejection mechanism (12) and a receptacle (16) for the cartridge, with the receptacle (16) being limited on the front side by a head plate (17) and on the rear side by a stop plate (18) and in order to hold the cartridge in a first position, a first stop (21) provided at the head plate (17) and a second stop (22) provided in the area of the stop plate (18), and a third stop (23) in order to hold the cartridge in a further position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Ostermeier, Franz Heiberger, Ingo Loeschky, Rainer Strobel-Schmidt, Christian Hefele
  • Patent number: 8132694
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dispensing device comprises a dispense mechanism and a multicomponent syringe. The fastening parts of the syringe are embodied such that the syringe can be inserted into a holder on the dispense mechanism on the plane of the reservoirs thereof and perpendicular to the plane formed by the handle and the triggering lever of the dispense mechanism. The fastening parts on the syringe and the insertion opening on the syringe holder of the dispense mechanism are provided with coding elements that ensure that the syringe is inserted in only one direction, thus preventing non-certified syringes from being dispensed by the dispense mechanism. In a preferred embodiment, ergonomically shaped syringe flanges can optionally be used for dispensing the syringe in an optimal manner by hand with the aid of a dispense mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sulzer Mixpac AG
    Inventor: Wilhelm A. Keller
  • Publication number: 20120018452
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel device for producing and dispensing different beverages, which are mixed from milk and different flavoring agents. For this purpose, a mixing chamber (3) having a milk feed line (2) and a line (8) for discharging the milk-flavoring agent mixture is provided. The device further has at least one reservoir (5) for receiving the flavoring agent (S2, S2, S3, Sn), wherein each reservoir (5) is connected with a supply line (7) via a metering device or delivery pump (4) and a feed line (6) to the mixing chamber (3) of each flavoring agent (S1, S2, S3, Sn) such that the flavoring agent (S1 . . . Sn), which can be delivered into the mixing chamber (3) in a metered manner by means of the delivery pump (4), can be mixed therein with the milk, wherein the mixed beverage can be dispensed via the dispensing line (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: EGRO COFFEE SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Markus Anliker, Markus Landolt
  • Patent number: 8100147
    Abstract: The present invention provides a particle measuring system which is provided in a processing system 40 which generates an atmosphere obtained by exhausting air or a gas in a processing chamber 48 by a vacuum pump 98 and applies a process concerning semiconductor manufacture to a wafer W in the atmosphere, attached to an exhaust pipe 90 which connects an exhaust opening 86 of the processing chamber 48 with the vacuum pump 98, and measures the number of the particles in the exhaust gas, and a measuring method thereof, the system and method providing a processing system and a cleaning method which terminate etching process by determining an end point based on the number of the particles in the exhaust gas and perform cleaning of unnecessary films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hayashi Otsuki, Tsukasa Matsuda, Kyoko Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8100295
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly comprises a syringe and at least one accessory, such as a mixer or a closure cap. The syringe defines a first fastening area with a first pair of retaining elements, and the accessory defines a second fastening area with a second pair of retaining elements. The accessory has a housing with two mutually opposite, compressible housing portions. These housing portions are offset in relation to the second pair of retaining elements along the circumference of the housing. The fastening areas are configured such that the accessory is capable to be slipped-on the syringe and removable therefrom without a twisting motion, by applying pressure to the compressible housing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Medmix Systems AG
    Inventor: Wilhelm A. Keller
  • Publication number: 20120006850
    Abstract: The invention concerns a dosing device for dosing a metered amount of a powdered product comprising: a fixed body (2) made of at least a disc presenting a single pierced aperture (5), a rotary top disk (1) disposed on the top of the fixed body (2) and presenting a taking out pierced aperture (4), a rotary bottom disk (3) disposed on the bottom of the fixed body and presenting a discharging pierced aperture (6), a rotary shaft (7) connecting the bottom disk (1) and the top disk (3), wherein in the stand-by position of the device the metered pierced aperture (5) is empty and closed to the atmosphere. The invention also concerns a beverage preparation apparatus implementing such a dosing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Raphael Bernhardsgruetter, Cedric Beausire, Lucio Scorrano
  • Patent number: 8087542
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and vending system mixes a dry mix with water to produce a whipped fluid slurry for a beverage. The mixing apparatus includes an inlet for receiving an unwhipped fluid slurry and an outlet for discharging the whipped fluid slurry. A whipping chamber is connected to the inlet for whipping the unwhipped fluid slurry and further includes an impeller that induces fluid turbulence to produce the whipped fluid slurry when the impeller rotates above one or more indentations in the surface of the whipping chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Crane Merchandising Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory G. Stettes
  • Patent number: 8083099
    Abstract: A method for producing a multicomponent compound involves pressing components out of cartridges by means of pistons. The method has particular applicability in connection with dental applications. The method prevents pressing the components initially under high pressures. At the beginning of the pressing-out process, a pressure lower than the characteristic pressing-out pressure of the components from the cartridges is employed. Feed speeds are adjusted to constant value as a function of the pressing-out behavior of the components which are compared with stored or calculated values for a known material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Ernst Muhlbauer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Meyer, Hans-Dieter Höhnk, Matthias Weihrauch
  • Patent number: 8083100
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser provides numerous inventive features in its refrigeration system, diluent delivery system, concentrate delivery system, mixing and dispensing system, and control system. The refrigeration system employs a plate heat exchanger to provide on demand refrigeration of an intermittent water flow. The diluent delivery system includes a flowmeter/solenoid/check-valve assembly. The concentrate delivery system employs a positive displacement pump. The mixing and dispensing system includes a mixing nozzle that has a locking feature such that an elevated blocking surface directly faces the inlet of pressurized diluent to create turbulence. The control system receives package-specific information from a scanner and diluent flow rate information from the flowmeter, and then determines the pump speed in order to set a desired mix ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Minard, Mark E. Bush, Peter F. McNamee
  • Patent number: 8074843
    Abstract: A two-part double syringe or double cartridge having associated, isolated containers with respective outlets which are connected to each other by a connecting element, the connecting element forming a unit that includes a holder with two container receptacles, a support wall, and a one-piece retaining flange, the support wall having recesses for receiving the container outlets and the container receptacles having respective guiding sleeves, and the outlet side being configured as a fastening area for the attachment of a mixer or accessory. Such a double syringe allows the containers to be filled separately, is very solid, and can be operated like a one-piece double syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Medmix Systems AG
    Inventor: Wilhelm A. Keller
  • Patent number: 8070019
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and vending system mixes a dry product mix with liquid to produce a mixed beverage. The apparatus includes a product canister containing the dry product mix. The product canister includes a dispensing mechanism that dispensed a portion of the mix through an outlet. During dispensing, a plurality of agitators positioned within the product canister and in contact with the product mix displaces the product mix, thereby keeping the product mix loose and lifted and resulting in a more evenly distributed product mix feed for dispensing through the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Crane Merchandising Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory G. Stettes
  • Patent number: 8065953
    Abstract: Preparing device for preparing a beverage from a powdery substance and a hot liquid, the device comprising: at least one mixing chamber for mixing a quantity of the powdery substance and a quantity of the hot liquid; an inlet into the mixing chamber for the quantity of hot liquid; an inlet into the mixing chamber for the quantity of powdery substance; an extractor hood placed on the mixing chamber; an extraction duct connected to the extractor hood and provided with a suction device, such as a ventilating fan, for extracting vapor and dust particles from the mixing chamber via the extraction duct and the extractor hood; a first housing accommodating further components of the preparing device, such as electrical components and pipework, in which the extraction duct extends entirely along the exterior of the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Bravilor Holdings B.V.
    Inventors: Ramon Eduard Verhoeven, Johannes Jacobus Van Steenderen de Kok, Carlos Nicolaas Jozef Maria Koopman
  • Publication number: 20110284586
    Abstract: A manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser to be used with a personal care composition having a relatively higher viscosity that gives a desired foamed composition generated from a manually-actuable, non-aerosol dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: George Scott Kerr, Robert Drennan Lewis, Mark Thomas Lund, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Christopher Gerald Donner
  • Patent number: 8056767
    Abstract: This discharge container is a discharge container provided with a container main body, a discharge pump and a fixing cap, in which the discharge pump is provided with a cylinder member made of a large-diameter cylinder and a small-diameter cylinder, a piston member mounted on the cylinder member and a nozzle head. The piston member is provided with a piston, a poppet valve, a piston guide, an air piston, an air piston valve and a stem. The air piston is provided with an inner tube portion engaged with the outer circumference of the piston guide, an upper wall portion having an air hole, and a sliding tube portion engaged with the large-diameter cylinder internally so as to slide freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizushima, Shigeo Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20110262638
    Abstract: A device for depositing a mixture of powders to form an object with composition gradients, including: a plurality of tanks respectively configured to contain different powders; a powder mixer placed under the tanks and including a rotatably mounted mixing member; a plurality of powder dispensing mechanisms respectively cooperating with the tanks, and each configured to regulate mass flow rate of the powder escaping from a respective of the tanks towards the mixer; a powder mixture collector placed under the mixer; and a powder mixture dispenser placed under the collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Comm. A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alter.
    Inventors: Olivier Gillia, Basile Caillens
  • Patent number: 8042710
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing device for dispensing a foam, comprising a manually compressible container (2) for storing a liquid and air, which container comprises an opening (3), a rigid housing to be fitted in or on the opening, the housing comprising an air passage (11) and a liquid passage (9) and a valve body (6) which, in a rest position, covers a mouth of the liquid passage and a mouth of the air passage in a sealing manner (4a, 4c) and which, during dispensing, opens the mouth of the liquid passage and the mouth of the air passage in order to allow mixing of air and liquid to take place in the dispensing passage (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Rexam Airspray N.V.
    Inventor: Edgar Ivo Maria van der Heijden
  • Patent number: 8038033
    Abstract: A beverage whipper, including a whipper disk configured for spinning within the whipper and having a radius is disclosed. The whipper disk further includes a front surface and a plurality of forward-facing concave surfaces that divide the front surface into a plurality of front surface sections. The concave surfaces extend generally radially over more than half the radius and have a circumferential width and a depth, wherein the width is larger than the depth. The front surface sections have a total area that is at least 4-times the total area of the concave surfaces. Also, a beverage dispenser that includes the whipper for forming beverages having crema such as espresso or cappuccino.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Darren William Crow, Takeshi Masu, Jurgen Leenders, Richard Patrick Egnor, Travis D. Hall
  • Patent number: 8033101
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas system has an exhaust-gas pipe for guiding an exhaust-gas flow and an injection nozzle mounted to the exhaust-gas pipe for injecting reducing agent into the exhaust-gas flow. Downstream of the injection nozzle, the exhaust-gas pipe branches into at least two exhaust-gas lines. A fluid divider, formed with a front face that faces upstream into the gas flow, is disposed between the injection nozzle and the branching. The front face is oriented with respect to the cross section of the exhaust-gas pipe and the injection nozzle, such that the exhaust-gas flow and the medium are divided among the exhaust-gas lines in a predefined dividing ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Faurecia Abgastechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Amon, Herbert Albert
  • Patent number: 8033429
    Abstract: The dispensing device for single use includes a multicomponent cartridge with a closure and a mixer. The cartridge and the mixer form an interconnected unit and the closure, arranged between the outlets of the cartridge and the inlets of the mixer, is configured as a valve arrangement in order to establish a connection between the cartridge outlets and the mixing elements of the mixer after performing a relative movement between the mixer and the cartridge or syringe. In certain embodiments of the invention the connection is effected by rotation of the mixing unit relative to the cartridge, and in other embodiments of the invention by axial displacement of the mixing unit relative to the cartridge. This results in a disposable dispensing unit that can be economically produced and is particularly easy to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sulzer Mixpac AG
    Inventor: Wilhelm A. Keller
  • Patent number: 8028859
    Abstract: A foil container (11) has two foil bag chambers (12, 16) arranged next to one another for compound components of a multi-component compound which are stored separately from one another, and a head (21) having a base plate (22) with a contact side (23) at which two receptacle portions (24, 25) are provided, each for one end of the respective foil bag chambers (12, 16), and a mixer connection (31) in which there are provided a first outlet opening (33) for one of the compound components of the multi-component compound and a second outlet opening (34) for an additional compound component of the multi-component compound and arranged in the first outlet opening (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mario Paetow, Markus Koegler, Christian Hefele, Andreas Schell
  • Publication number: 20110233233
    Abstract: A method and related system blend fuels and dispense a blended fuel to a vehicle at a fueling station. In one aspect, the method comprises selecting the desired proportion of at least one of the fuels available at the service station, blending that fuel with another one available, and delivering the blended fuel to the vehicle. Preferably, the first fuel is a non-renewable, petroleum based one, while the second fuel is a non-petroleum based, renewable one (such as ethanol or biodiesel).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Winsness
  • Patent number: 8016161
    Abstract: A package (10) for the storage and dispensing of a plurality of materials includes a first and a second longitudinally juxtaposed barrels (11, 12). Each barrel (11, 12) having a first and a second end (20, 21). Each first and second barrels (11, 12) having a quantity of at least one of the materials initially contained therein, and each barrel having an open end (20) and a dispensing end (21). A sealing plunger (40) disposed in each barrel (11, 12) such that the material in each barrel (11, 12) is initially positioned between the dispensing end (21) of the barrels (11, 12) and the respective ones of the sealing plungers (40). A snap cap (23) is contiguously formed to initially close each of the dispensing ends (21) of the barrels (11, 12), such that the snap cap (23) may be broken from the barrels (11, 12) to thereby forming a secondary open end (22) at the dispensing end (21) of the barrels (11, 12), thereby facilitating the material contained in each barrel (11, 12) to flow through and be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Dentsply International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Richard Pierson, Curt E. Metzbower, Robert J. Pieroni
  • Patent number: 8007164
    Abstract: For easier and surer fixing to a syringe holder, a mixing tip fixed at two portions of a top end of a syringe holder (X) containing two parallel syringes (Y, Y) comprising: a housing (2) including a mixing element (1); a paste guiding member (3) including paste inlets (3a) attached to nozzles of two syringes (Y, Y), and flow paths (3b) to introduce pastes extruded from the syringes into the housing (2) through the paste inlets (3a); and two locking members fixed at or integrally formed with the paste guiding member (3) or the housing (2) to be locked to the syringe holder (X), wherein the two locking members are a pawl part (4) locked with a locking hole (Xa) formed at the syringe holder (X) and a projection part (5) inserted into a hole part (Xb) provided at the syringe holder (X), or two pawl parts (4, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsunosuke Miyano, Masayuki Takahashi, Kazuma Noguchi
  • Patent number: 7997450
    Abstract: The multicomponent cartridge has a container with chambers for the reception of different fluid components, a mixer element fixed on the container for the mixing of the components and a dispensing tube placed onto the mixer element and connected to the container for the dispensing of the mixed components. The mixer element is configured as a guide element for the axial displacement of the dispensing tube between an open position for dispensing of the mixed components and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Sulzer Mixpac AG
    Inventors: Rolf Heusser, Andreas Staub