Inhibiting Actuation Of Discharge Assistant Patents (Class 222/153.13)
  • Patent number: 8397714
    Abstract: An inhaler is provided with a restricting member to prevent unintentional actuation of the inhaler. Also provided is an inhaler with an extensible strap joining a dust cap to the housing of an inhaler, the strap being particularly suited for use with inhalers that comprise a restricting member. The inhaler is useful, for example, in the treatment of asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Allen John Pearson, Gregor John McLennan Anderson, Peter John Brand, Mark Anthony Cox, Ian Cude, Phillp William Farr, Andrew Michael Kelly, Daniel Thomas De Sausmarez Lintell, Paul Kenneth Rand
  • Patent number: 8387830
    Abstract: A dispenser housing that receives a refill unit including a container and pump associated with the container to pump contents from the container. The dispenser housing includes an actuator carriage moveable between a rest position and an actuated position. The dispenser housing also includes a lockout device moveable between an open position and a closed position. When the lockout device is in the open position, the actuator carriage is movable, and, when the lockout device is in the closed position, movement of the actuator carriage is blocked by the lockout device such that the actuator carriage cannot be moved from the rest position to the actuated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott T. Proper, Kenneth Corby
  • Publication number: 20130032613
    Abstract: A product dispensing system includes a locking mechanism to prevent actuation of the system absent an authorized product refill unit. More specifically, the dispensing system includes a housing and an actuator slidably secured within the housing and including at least one locking post extending therefrom. The actuator is adapted to actuate a pump to cause dispensing of a product. A release ring is rotatably secured within the housing and includes at least one locking post extending therefrom and aligned with the locking post of the actuator. The release ring also includes at least one ramped surface. The locking posts of the actuator and release ring engage one another in a locked position to prevent actuation of the dispensing system, and the release ring is adapted to be rotated to an unlocked position upon insertion of an authorized refill unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Nick E. Ciavarella, David D. Hayes
  • Patent number: 8365962
    Abstract: What is being proposed is a lever spray pump for dispensing a cosmetic liquid. The lever spray pump has a flexible section which can be deformed for the pumping of the liquid. The pump has a manually operable actuation element in order to deform the section for pumping. The pump has an air valve for a container associated with the pump. The air valve is embodied in a single piece with the section and is opened automatically upon deformation of the section or operation of the pump. Preferably, the section is pretensioned in the built-in state with non-actuated pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Aptar Dortmund GmbH
    Inventor: Reiker Canfield
  • Publication number: 20130026187
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cosmetic container which comprises an inner container having a storing part storing a cosmetic, and a pumping part which relatively slides in a certain pumping direction (X-axis direction) and the storing part, thus discharging a cosmetic of the storing part to the outside; a pair of outer caps which are disposed opposite to each other about the inner container in a vertical, horizontal direction (Z-axis direction) of the pumping direction; and a conversion part which is disposed between the inner container and the outer cap and converts a relative approach movement of the pair of the outer caps into a relative slide movement of the storing part and the pumping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Seob Kim
  • Publication number: 20130026186
    Abstract: A fluid dispersion device including a housing defining a reservoir for storing contents therein, the housing defining a plurality of detents; a cap coaxial with and rotatably coupled to the housing, the cap defining a plurality of tabs releasably engageable with the detents and a pair of depressible locator elements operable to disengage the tabs from the detents; an actuator coaxial with and longitudinally movable with respect to the housing to dispense the contents, the actuator including a nozzle extending outward beyond when the cap is in a first position, and permits movement of the nozzle when the cap is in a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Walter Jenkins
  • Patent number: 8360258
    Abstract: A beverage container closure or lid that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable stopper that when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The stopper may be selectively opened by a user by the user pressing a button disposed on a side of the beverage container closure. The stopper is subsequently automatically closed when the user releases the button. Thus, a user may open and close the beverage container closure using a single hand without the need to remove the beverage container closure from the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Sean Gilbert, Randy Sims
  • Publication number: 20130008922
    Abstract: A paste dispenser includes a bottle, a piston, an elastic element, and a switch. The bottle includes a main body and a neck connected to the main body. The main body includes a bottom wall facing the neck. The piston is received in the main body, and hermetically divides the bottle into a first and a second receiving spaces. The first receiving space receives paste. The first elastic element is compressed between the bottom wall and the piston. An uncompressed length of the first elastic element is equal to or greater than a length of the main body. The switch is mounted on the neck and used for controlling the flow rate of the paste. When the switch is turned on, the first elastic element pushes the piston to squeeze the paste out of the neck. When the switch is turned off, the first receiving space is sealed up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HUNG-TSAN SHEN
  • Patent number: 8348101
    Abstract: A locking dispenser to dispense material from a replaceable refill container maintains a lock assembly having a plurality of spring-biased plungers configured in accordance with a predetermined lock parameter. The refill container carries a collar that includes a plurality of markers configured in accordance with a predetermined key parameter. Thus, when a refill container having a key parameter that is compatible with the lock parameter of the key block is installed at the dispenser, the plungers transition from a locked state to an unlocked state to enable the movement of an actuator, which when depressed by a user, results in the dispensement of material from the refill container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nick E. Ciavarella, Aaron Ronald Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20120325863
    Abstract: A pump head for a displacement pump used in a bottle dispenser and configured to minimize misdirection of solution dispensed through an orifice thereof. The pump head is an integrally molded one piece structure, having an elliptical outlet orifice that lies in a substantially horizontal plane, and having a major axis substantially twice that of the minor axis. The configuration and the positioning of the orifice minimizes clogging or coagulation of certain solutions, obscures such coagulation from view, and minimizes the misdirection of any dispensing through the nozzle orifice that would otherwise result from clogging or coagulation. The pump head is particularly adapted for use with displacement pumps employed in bottle dispensers and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Weston R. Houghton, Estella Allen, Eugene W. Ray
  • Patent number: 8336739
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device having a fluid dispenser member, the fluid dispenser member fastened by a fastener ring (30) on a reservoir (1). An actuator head (20) is mounted on the dispenser member and is movable so as to actuate the dispenser member. A removable blocking element (40), in its blocking position, prevents the dispenser member from being actuated. At least one breakable element (50) is secured to the blocking element so as to indicate first use. The blocking element is assembled around the fastener ring (30), between the head (20) and the reservoir (1), and, in its blocking position, co-operates with the actuator head and the reservoir so as to prevent the actuator head from moving axially relative to the reservoir. The breakable element (50) surrounds the blocking element (40), at least in part, before first use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Aptar France SAS
    Inventor: Antonio Margheritis
  • Publication number: 20120292344
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head including a fluid dispenser member; a dispenser endpiece that is connected to a nozzle via a duct; a pusher that is manually and axially movable down and up so as to move the dispenser endpiece, in such a manner as to dispense fluid; and a rotary control hoop for moving the pusher axially between a storage position and an actuatable position. The head further includes axial guide for guiding the pusher axially without turning about its own axis; and rotary cam that is turned by the control hoop, the pusher being in engagement with the cam so as to urge the pusher in axial movement, without any turning component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventors: Romain Bertin, Sébastien Michaux
  • Patent number: 8308029
    Abstract: A dispenser has a reservoir to hold a fluid, in at least one embodiment a viscous cosmetic, with a pump and a set of groove protrusions attached integrally. The dispenser fits within an outer casing that houses the reservoir and has a set of grooved passages with a flat upper section, a flat lower section, and a slope in between which seat the set of groove protrusions. The dispenser is raised and lowered within the outer casing with a hollow rotating body that has a set of straight grooves that simultaneously seat the set of groove protrusions so that when the hollow rotating body is twisted on top of the outer casing, the dispenser can move up or down. The hollow rotating body also has a notch to seat a button and nozzle actuating top when the dispenser is rotated to its lowest position. When the button and nozzle are depressed, fluid is dispensed through the nozzle. More or less fluid is dispensed depending on how high the dispenser is raised with respect to the outer casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Yonwoo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joong Hyun Ki
  • Patent number: 8292124
    Abstract: A discharge device for a housing, an actuation handle, a transport device for transporting a liquid medium through a discharge opening, and a blocking device to restrict movement of the handle relative to the housing. The blocking device comprises at least one ratchet that can be moved wherein it does not hinder the movement of the actuation handle wherein it restricts the movement of the actuation handle relative to the housing, at least one blocking handle movable in response to application of force, and at least one thrust member through which the blocking handle is operably coupled to the ratchet, whereby the thrust member is connected to the blocking handle and to the ratchet such that the application of force enables the ratchet to be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventor: Christiane Guenther
  • Patent number: 8240516
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a liquid to a pasty product is placed at the open end of a rigid container and includes a manual dosing pump for dosing a predetermined amount of product to be dispensed. The device has a base member to be placed on the container, a push button with a dispensing spout capable of a pumping action against a bellow including an opening-closing system formed at the upper end of the bellow. The opening-closing system includes a first inner peripheral collar formed at the upper end of the bellow and associated with a second collar of the bellow that is concentrically arranged relative to the first one and inserted in the same groove of the push button, wherein a locking tab capable of blocking the opening protrudes from the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Plastohm SA
    Inventor: Philippe Lautre
  • Patent number: 8230888
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for delivering fluid or liquid to a container (e.g. a bottle), has a container holding device and a fluid delivery system delivering fluid to a dispensing outlet under control of an actuation member, which causes the fluid delivery system to deliver fluid in response to movement of the actuation member from its start position. A dispensing lock has a first position in which it blocks movement of the actuation member from its start position, and a second position in which it permits movement of the actuation member. A release member that releases the dispensing lock includes a movable release member which is moved by the container, during its insertion into the refill position, so as to release the dispensing lock by bringing the dispensing lock to said second position, thus enabling fluid to be delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Diversey, Inc.
    Inventors: Garry W. Crossdale, Barry Hague, Brian P. Onufryk
  • Publication number: 20120187151
    Abstract: A child resistant container with inverting cap top key for spray activation includes (a) a container main body adapted to receive a sprayer container with a top-positioned spray activator and spray nozzle; (b) an inner cap adapted for permanent connection to the open top of the container main body and having at least one key slot to permit at least one key to be inserted therein to permit a spray activator of a spray container to be activated by depression; (c) cut-out(s) to expose the spray activator nozzle when needed; (d) an outer cap to fit over the inner cap and having upwardly projecting key(s) for spray activation when the outer cap is inverted and inserted into the inner cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Stuart W. DeJonge
  • Patent number: 8201594
    Abstract: A system (10) and method for substantially automatically aseptically or non-aseptically filling a container with a fluid. The transfer of fluid occurs via a movable nozzle mechanism (20) substantially automatically inserted into a side opening (32) in a connector (12) attached to the container. More specifically, the side opening (32) in the connector (12) is exposed, the nozzle mechanism (20) is moved into the side opening (32), the fluid is transferred into the container via the nozzle mechanism (20) and the connector (12), the nozzle mechanism (20) is removed from the side opening (32) in the connector (12), and the side opening (32) in the connector (12) is closed. The aseptic transfer of fluid includes a substantially automatic sterilization procedure accomplished by both spray and contact components (54,56).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Scientifics, Inc.
    Inventor: Carl Martin
  • Patent number: 8162183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing device for a preferably liquid or pulverulent medium, preferably for a pharmaceutical medium, having a housing, a media store for accommodating the medium, a dispensing opening for discharging the medium, and an actuating handle which, by relative movement in relation to the housing, can bring about a dispensing operation. The housing has a removable protective covering by which the actuating handle or the dispensing opening is covered in a storage state, wherein, in the storage state, the protective covering is connected to the housing by a coupling device, and the coupling device can be uncoupled by engagement of at least one functional portion of the dispensing device, it being possible for the functional portion to be moved in relation to the housing and the protective covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Koenig, Peter Stadelhofer
  • Patent number: 8152026
    Abstract: Provided is a nozzle retractable dispenser which includes a container (20); a cylinder (22); a piston (24); a pressing member (28); an elastic unit (30); a pumping button (36), in which a button portion (32) is formed at the upper portion of the pressing member (28), and a nozzle (34) communicating with the communication hole (26) is protruded in a lateral direction of the pressing member (28); and a cover member (40). Here, the pumping button (36) goes slidingly forward and backward with respect to the pressing member (28) at the state where the pumping button (36) has been elastically supported by the elastic unit (30), so as to be withdrawn and retracted in the lateral direction of the container (20). Accordingly, the nozzle can be withdrawn in a sufficient length in the lateral direction of a container during use, by a simple operation of slidingly manipulating the pumping button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Yonwoo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joong Hyun Ki
  • Publication number: 20120080448
    Abstract: A discharging device for dispensing liquids having a housing, control electronics, a liquid storage receptacle, a discharge orifice, a conveying device actuable manually by a first actuator which transports the liquid to the discharge orifice from the storage receptacle and a blocking device, which in a blocked state blocks the actuation of the conveying device and in a released state allows actuation of the conveying device. The blocking device includes an interlock device movable relative to the housing between first and second positions and a movement of the interlock device from the first to the second position causes the blocking device to assume the released state. The interlock device is biased by a spring device in the direction of the second position and a first retaining device is provided which retains the interlock device in the first position and which is releasable by a signal from the control electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Silvio Carriço, Michael Helmlinger, Joerg Kohnle
  • Patent number: 8123082
    Abstract: A hand-held dispensing device having a dispenser incorporating: (i) a dispenser body defining a dispensing chamber for holding a substance; (ii) an outlet communicating with the dispensing chamber; (iii) a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the substance through the outlet; and (iv) an actuating member resiliently mounted for movement relative to the dispenser body to actuate the dispensing mechanism. The dispenser is operably connected to and manually slidable relative to a handle between a non-use position, and an operative position. The device further comprises a locking assembly for releasably locking the dispenser body to the handle in the operative position to prevent said manual sliding movement of the dispenser body, whereby a user may grasp the handle and effect manual movement of the actuating member relative to the handle and the dispenser body, against the action of the biasing member, to actuate the dispensing mechanism and dispense the contents of the dispensing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: McNeil-AB
    Inventors: Paul Graham Hayton, Tom Edward Walker, David Gary Cottle, Philip Walsh, Philip Beardsall
  • Patent number: 8109414
    Abstract: A discharge device for media has a housing (10), an operating member (88) manually movable relative to the housing (10) and which, for performing a discharge can be transferred from an unoperated starting position in the direction of an operating direction (1a) into an operated end position and with a locking member (52), which is displaceable relative to the housing (10) between a locked position where it prevents the displacement of the operating member (88) into the end position and a release position in which it permits the displacement of the operating member (88) into the end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventors: Miro Cater, Joachim Koerner, Volker Umbeer, Karl-Heinz Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20120024899
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head for mounting on a fluid reservoir so as to constitute a dispenser, the head comprising: a fluid dispenser member comprising a body and a valve rod; a dispenser endpiece that is rotatably mounted on the valve rod; and a turning pusher so as to move the dispenser endpiece and the valve rod; the head further comprising: a transmission part that is interposed between the endpiece and the pusher, the part being secured to the pusher in axial movement; and actuator means that cause the endpiece and the pusher to turn, but not the transmission part, the actuator means moving the transmission part axially between a non-working, storage position and a working, actuation position, in such a manner as to cause the pusher to move axially, the part transmitting directly and axially to the endpiece, any thrust force exerted on the pusher in the working position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: VALOIS SAS
    Inventors: Sebastien Michaux, Alex Milian
  • Patent number: 8104643
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device having: a fluid dispenser member such as a manually-actuated pump or valve, the fluid dispenser member being fastened by a fastener ring on a reservoir; an actuator head that is mounted on the dispenser member, and that is movable so as to actuate the dispenser member; and a removable blocking element that, in its blocking position, prevents the dispenser member from being actuated. The blocking element is assembled to the actuator head and co-operates with the fastener ring, or with an element that is secured thereto, through at least one opening that is provided in the actuator head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Samuel Pruvot
  • Patent number: 8079497
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing unit, particularly suitable for a liquid container, comprising an air pump with an air cylinder and an air piston (31), wherein an air chamber (32) is defined between the air cylinder and the air piston, a liquid pump with a liquid cylinder and a liquid piston (24), wherein a liquid chamber (30) is defined between the liquid cylinder and the liquid piston. An axially displaceable activating element (36) for activating the pumps, and upper edge (50) of air piston (31) for closing air supply to the air pump, and an oblique wall (51) of activating element (36) for closing air discharge from the air pump. The air piston and the liquid piston are movable in axial direction relative to the activating element in order to close air supply to the air pump and close air discharge from the air pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar Netherlands B.V.
    Inventor: Markus Franciskus Brouwer
  • Publication number: 20110297700
    Abstract: The present invention is a unit (1, Ia) for dispensing fluids (L) suited to be applied to a container, and comprises: a hollow body (2) defining a suction/compression chamber (3) for a fluid (L), provided with a suction duct (4) for the fluid (L), to which a piston (5) is slidingly coupled, wherein said piston (5) can be moved from a first lower position to a second upper position; valve means (19) suited to regulate the flow of the fluid (L) from the suction duct (4) into the suction/compression chamber (3) and to regulate its outflow towards a communication duct (Ha) in hydraulic communication with an outlet duct (1 ib) of the device; locking means (16) that can be activated by the user to lock the piston (5) in one of the lower and upper positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Evans Santagiuliana
  • Patent number: 8056765
    Abstract: A discharge device for media includes an outer housing with a discharge opening, a discharge handle for manual actuation. A support is arranged in the outer housing. Movable along a main axis relative to the outer housing and connected to the discharge handle, it has a seat for a pump dispenser. A pump is actuated by compression of the pump dispenser. A first abutment on the housing interacts with the pump dispenser, actuating the pump. The support has a functional portion which acts on the pump dispenser with a force oriented in the direction of the first abutment on the housing. An adjuster is provided between the handle and the functional portion of the support, by which the position of the functional portion relative to the first abutment on the housing can be adjusted for a defined setting of the discharge handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventors: Judith Auerbach, Juergen Greiner-Perth
  • Patent number: 8042709
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device having an outlet valve (22, 36) including a seat (22) and a movable member (36) that is urged in leaktight manner against the seat (22), the dispenser device being switchable between a locked position and a working position in which the outlet valve (22, 36) is closed, the dispenser device not being actuatable in the locked position, but being actuatable in the working position, the movable member (36) being urged by at least one resilient element (42) against the seat (22) in the working position, the dispenser device being characterized in that, in the locked position, the movable member (36) is urged against the seat (22) by at least one bearing element (41) other than the at least one resilient element (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Frederic Duquet
  • Patent number: 8038668
    Abstract: A cryosurgery device for dispensing a liquid refrigerant from a container having a valve stem extending outwardly therefrom. The device includes an actuator adapted to seat on the valve stem of the container in order to depress the valve stem to release the refrigerant from the container. The actuator includes an inner passageway having opposed ends disposed therein, one of the ends of the passageway being in fluid communication with the valve stem. An applicator tube is mounted to the actuator at the other end of the inner passageway. A cap is disposed on the top of the container. The actuator is movably positioned on the cap and a shield is attached to the cap to completely receiving the applicator tube. Liquid refrigerant can only be dispensed when the actuator is positioned properly and the applicator tube is disposed within the shield means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Orasure Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Scott, William Eric Ross, Philip Michael Formica, Keith W. Kardos, Daniel Gary Shenberger, David Schiff, Peter Byar
  • Patent number: 8038034
    Abstract: Personal dispensers include a refill unit and a refill casing. The refill unit is a collapsible container that is associated with pump mechanisms for dispensing fluid from within the collapsible container. The refill casing retains and protects the refill unit, and includes a pump lock that is manipulated to selectively cover a pump opening in the refill casing. When the pump lock covers the pump opening, the pump mechanisms cannot be manipulated, and when the pump lock does not cover the pump opening, the pump mechanisms can be manipulated to dispense product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith A. Pelfrey
  • Patent number: 7997451
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser member for associating with a fluid reservoir (3). The member has a body (1), a fastener ring (2) for holding the body in stationary manner relative to the reservoir (3), a covering hoop (6) that is engaged in stationary manner around the fastener ring (2), an actuator rod (15) that is axially movable down and up in the body (1), and a pusher (4) that is mounted on the actuator rod (15). The pusher is provided with a dispenser orifice (44). The dispenser member is provided with a blocking mechanism (49, 5, 62) that is secured to the hoop so as to prevent the pusher from turning on the actuator rod relative to the body, and consequently relative to the reservoir, such that the pusher is movable only axially. The blocking mechanism includes at least one longitudinal axial guide (55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Valois SAS
    Inventor: Simone Carnacina
  • Patent number: 7984830
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device has a reservoir, a pump, a dispensing outlet, an actuator, and a removable cap. The actuator is integrally formed with the dispensing outlet in at least one embodiment. The cap has detents that project from the cap. The actuator is blocked from actuating by a blocking flange that is integrally connected with the dispensing outlet. The detents from the cap bend the blocking flange so that the reservoir can not move in relation to the dispensing outlet when the cap is in a closed position. When the cap is removed, the detents no longer bend the blocking flange, and the actuator can then move the reservoir in relation to the dispensing outlet and affect dispensation. In at least one embodiment the actuator is not axially aligned with the dispensing outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Tebro S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Stradella
  • Publication number: 20110174840
    Abstract: A dispenser pump is disclosed of the moveable-nozzle type, arranged for sealing a vent path in the extended position of the pump plunger. A pump body includes an internal collar formed at the lower end of a tubular insert, through which the vent path passes. This collar has a seal portion. The plunger has a complementary seal portion which makes a guided and fitting engagement with the collar seal portion. One or both of the plunger seal portion and the collar seal portion is formed as an annular taper, so that the seal portions are guided into close engagement with one another. Plunger lock-down formations are constructed to engage at the bottom of the body insert and remain below the top opening of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Brian Robert Law, David John Pritchett
  • Publication number: 20110168175
    Abstract: An inhaler including a pre-inserted cartridge (100) is proposed. The cartridge contains liquid (103) which is preferably pressurized to a low pressure. The cartridge is connected via an aerosol valve (106) with the inhaler. The liquid is further pressurized by a pump (117) of the inhaler to a high pressure and atomized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stephen T. Dunne, Heinrich Kladders
  • Publication number: 20110163115
    Abstract: An epoxy injection controller including a housing having a housing body and a handle, the housing body having a front wall, opposing side walls, a bottom wall, and a rear wall, and the handle having a front wall. A cartridge holder configured to receive a cartridge of material is disposed within the housing. A trigger having a first end and a second end is rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A rotatable link member having a first end and a second end is disposed within the housing, and is in engagement with the trigger. An actuator for dispensing material from the cartridge is selectively engaged with the link member. The actuator dispenses material from the cartridge when the trigger is unlocked, and the actuator is retracted from the cartridge and prevented from dispensing material from the cartridge when the trigger is locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David Zhi Chen, Mark Anthony Ali
  • Publication number: 20110155763
    Abstract: A device for retaining and dispensing a free-flowing substance includes a syringe-like retaining body (12) in which a retaining space (46) is formed. A displaceable piston (22) is axially introduced into the retaining space (46) and the retaining body (12) is provided with a dispensing nozzle (18) on its front end facing away from the piston (22). A locking pin (36) through which at least one transverse channel (44) passes, with an axial channel (42) branching off therefrom, is provided on the inside of the dispensing nozzle (18). In a closed position of the locking pin (36), a flow connection between the retaining space (46) and the transverse channel (44) is blocked. In an activation position of the locking pin (36), the transverse channel (44) is connected to the retaining space (46), so that the free-flowing substance can be dispensed from the retaining space (46) via the transverse channel (44) and the axial channel (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Alberto C. Sogaro
  • Publication number: 20110155764
    Abstract: A small hand-operated sprayer for spraying small volumes of content is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Chung Kee Lee
  • Publication number: 20110121023
    Abstract: For use in dispensing a material that has a limited period of utility, a novel device comprises a first part (1) containing the material and a second part (2), wherein the first and second parts have mutual engagement means (6,7) and can be disengaged to allow the material to be dispensed, wherein the device includes, located within the device, control means that can be activated to initiate a time-controlled period of use and that, at the end of that period, causes the first and second parts to be permanently engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: MILAN INNOVATION LTD.
    Inventor: Guy Dimitri Milan
  • Patent number: 7942291
    Abstract: A manually operated trigger sprayer has an integral plastic spring and pump piston rod that are connected by a breakable connection, whereby the spring and piston rod can be assembled to the trigger sprayer as one piece and are subsequently broken into two separate pieces in response to their assembly to the trigger sprayer, or subsequent manual operation of the trigger sprayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar Inc.
    Inventor: Donald D. Foster
  • Patent number: 7931172
    Abstract: A pump dispenser includes a tube seat engaged in a rotating lid of the lotion bottle; a pump arranged on a bottom of the tube seat for drawing the lotion unilaterally; a through hole arranged in the tube seat and communicated with the pump; a pipe movably received in the through hole to be configured for guiding the lotion in the pump; a press head placed over an opening of the pipe exposed out of the top of the through hole to be configured for guiding the lotion in the pipe out; at least one upper trapezoidal body opening upwards and at least one lower trapezoidal body opening downwards arranged on the inner surface of the through hole; and at least one protrusion arranged on the outer surface of the pipe. The protrusion moves into or out of the bottom of the lower trapezoidal body by rotating the head press for preventing or permitting the press head from moving upwards such that the lotion bottle is convenient to be carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventor: Roy Kuo
  • Publication number: 20110056987
    Abstract: A dispenser housing that receives a refill unit including a container and pump associated with the container to pump contents from the container. The dispenser housing includes an actuator carriage moveable between a rest position and an actuated position. The dispenser housing also includes a lockout device moveable between an open position and a closed position. When the lockout device is in the open position, the actuator carriage is movable, and, when the lockout device is in the closed position, movement of the actuator carriage is blocked by the lockout device such that the actuator carriage cannot be moved from the rest position to the actuated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Scott T. Proper, Kenneth Corby
  • Patent number: 7891525
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head having a fluid duct (73, 61) and a dispenser orifice (83) from which the user can draw the dispensed fluid. The head including a closure mechanism for selectively closing the dispenser orifice (83). The closure mechanism has a closure member (93) that is displaceable between a closed position and an open position. The head also includes a non-rotary portion (6) that is prevented from turning relative to the dispenser member (4), and a rotary portion (7, 8) that can be turned relative to the non-rotary portion (6), and a displacement mechanism (69; 69?) that displaces the closure member (93; 93?) between the closed and open positions while the rotary portion (7, 8) is being turned relative to the non-rotary portion (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Airlessystems
    Inventors: Alain Behar, Laurent Decottignies
  • Publication number: 20110036867
    Abstract: A security tab isolating varied dispensing apertures with a multi chamber consumable container is disclosed. In one embodiment the dispensing apertures are similar and have either a spray dispenser or a spot dispenser. In another embodiment they may have dissimilar apertures such as a spray dispenser and a spout dispenser. The dispensing aperture can be operated simultaneously or separately. The dispensing aperture may be sealed individually or together with a security tab. The sealing of the dispensing apertures with a security tab enables the user to select the consumable of choice, to prevent loss and accidental usage of the wrong consumable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: MIRIAM M. FLORES
  • Publication number: 20110031275
    Abstract: A product dispensing system is provided. The product dispensing system includes a dispensing device and a sealing assembly. The dispensing device is configured and arranged to pass product out of a dispensing orifice in the product dispensing system. The sealing assembly is configured and arranged to wipe and seal the dispensing orifice to prevent exposure of unused product with ambient air when the product dispensing system is not dispensing product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Ryan D. Lucey, Anthony L. Kramer, Paul R. Kraus, Richard J. Mehus, Sherri L. Tischler, Mihnea A. Popa, Brian P. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7882984
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a fluid or pasty product includes a dispensing member fixed to a container including a neck and a cap, about the dispensing member, wherein the neck includes a ramp and an edge of the cap includes a ramp, the ramps being mutually mobile in rotation between a dispensing position wherein the dispensing member can be actuated and a locking position wherein the ramps prevent the dispensing member from being actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nouvel Oeuvre
    Inventors: Cedric Francois, Laurent Fontaine
  • Patent number: 7878373
    Abstract: Dispensing cap for bottles, including a lower mounting part fixed onto a neck of bottle, an upper covering part containing the dispensing parts, such as valve and opening members, sealing elements between the cap and the bottle for gas-proof sealing, an outlet for pouring liquid, a tube support for holding the tube of siphon structure. The dispensing cap is characterized by containing an irreversibly removable fixing member (27). The fixing member is used to prevent push-down of the valve while the cap is intact. It thus prevents dispensing liquid from the bottle. After it is torn off from the upper covering part, however, to permit the dispensing of liquid from the bottle, the fixing member can be readily removed from the cap without opening the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mayex USA KFT.
    Inventor: István Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 7874461
    Abstract: A cosmetic receptacle includes: a button locking part including a locking operation pipe assembled with an outer surface of an upper end of the outer receptacle so as to rotate respective to the outer receptacle and a stopping protuberance protruding from an inner surface of the upper end of the outer receptacle, a locking operation groove being formed at the locking operation pipe, the locking operation groove including a lock keeping groove arranged at an upper area of the locking operation groove along a horizontal direction, a release keeping groove arranged at a lower area of the locking operation groove along a horizontal direction, and an elevation guide groove connecting the lock keeping groove with the release keeping groove in a linear direction, and a shoulder part including a stopper groove formed on the shoulder part along a longitudinal direction and an elevation leading protuberance formed at an outer surface of the shoulder part, the shoulder part being installed in such a manner that the stop
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Taesung Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hae Dong Bae
  • Publication number: 20100320237
    Abstract: One embodiment is a dispensing apparatus including a dispensing head for a fluid, wherein the dispensing head comprises an actuator, a pump mechanism and a locking member. The actuator is movable relative to the pump mechanism from a lock position to a first pump position and moveable relative to the pump mechanism between a first pump position and a second pump position for actuating said pump mechanism. The dispensing apparatus is configurable into a locked configuration, in which the actuator is in the lock position and in which the locking member is braced between the actuator and the pump mechanism to prevent movement of the actuator from the lock position, and an unlocked configuration in which the locking member allows movement of the actuator from the lock position, and wherein the dispensing head is adapted to revert from the unlocked configuration when the actuator is returned to the lock position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: ACCREDIT INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Balbir Raj, Matthew Rose
  • Patent number: 7854351
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for locking an axially mobile actuating and freely rotating head of a pump whereof the body is mounted on the neck of a reservoir of liquid product via a connecting socket. The invention is characterized in that it comprises an intercalated ring mounted on top of the pump body and whereof the inner side wall is provided with at least one longitudinal guiding groove capable of receiving, through rotation of the head, at least one rib bone by an inner coaxial sleeve integral with the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Bougamont