Follower Combined With Casing Enclosed Impeller Patents (Class 222/256)
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Patent number: 7654418Abstract: An airless dispenser pump assembly includes a pump mechanism with an inlet valve that is configured to efficiently pump viscous fluids and that is able to be pre-primed when the pump mechanism is attached to a container. In one form, the inlet valve includes a seal member that seals an inlet port of the pump and an outer support member that secures the inlet valve to the rest of the pump mechanism. Two or more legs generally extend in a circumferential direction between the support member and the seal member in order to create a large flow opening for fluid flow through the inlet valve when opened and to rapidly close the inlet valve. The pump mechanism further includes an outlet valve that is configured to draw fluid back from a nozzle of the pump after dispensing in order to minimize build up around the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Rieke CorporationInventors: Brian R. Law, Jeffrey William Spencer, Robert D. Rohr, David J. Pritchett
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Publication number: 20090289083Abstract: A fluid container according to the present invention includes a container body having upper and lower openings, and further having a shoulder member and a side wall which extend between the upper and lower openings. The fluid container also includes a spacer abutting on the shoulder member of the container body, and a slidable valve slidably moving along an inner surface of the side wall of the container body in a hermetically sealed manner. The slidable valve defines a container space for holding fluid, in conjunction with the side wall of the container body. Further, a bottom cover is provided for covering across the lower opening of the container body. The spacer and the slidable valve include a spacer surface and a valve surface, respectively, which oppose to each other and are inclined at tilt angles between 5 and 30 degrees relative to a horizontal surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2007Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicants: TOKO YAKUHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHINKO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Taizou Kamishita
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Publication number: 20090283547Abstract: A metered dispenser includes a housing including a reciprocable piston drive stem including an inlet opening at a first end thereof, a floating piston at a second end, and a passage between the first and second ends. An inlet valve is provided adjacent the first end for permitting entry of liquid product into the passage. A biased cocking mechanism is reciprocally disposed substantially within the housing. A biased loading mechanism is movable in a second generally opposite direction by the cocking mechanism, and is engageable with the piston drive stem to move the drive stem in the second direction. When the cocking mechanism is moved from an initial rest position toward the second direction, a series of operations allow the loading mechanism to project the drive stem in the first direction to dispense a metered dose of liquid product through a discharge orifice provided adjacent the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventor: John E. Harrold
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Publication number: 20090283546Abstract: A metered dispenser includes a housing including a reciprocable piston drive stem including an inlet opening at a first end thereof, a floating piston at a second end, and a passage between the first and second ends. An inlet valve is provided adjacent the first end for permitting entry of liquid product into the passage. A biased cocking mechanism is reciprocally disposed substantially within the housing. A biased loading mechanism is movable in a second generally opposite direction by the cocking mechanism, and is engageable with the piston drive stem to move the drive stem in the second direction. When the cocking mechanism is moved from an initial rest position toward the second direction, a series of operations allow the loading mechanism to project the drive stem in the first direction to dispense a metered dose of liquid product through a discharge orifice provided adjacent the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventor: John E. Harrold
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Publication number: 20090261127Abstract: A free-form container with follow-up piston includes a double-wall body defining an internal volume for containing a fluid, a top cover connected to an open upper end of the double-wall body, a fluid dispenser head mounted to and projected from the top cover, and a bottom cover seal an open lower end of the double-wall body. The double-wall body includes a cylindrical inner wall defining a fully round inner wall surface and a free-form outer wall integrally formed at an outer side of the inner wall. A follow-up piston is mounted in the cylindrical inner wall to face toward the fluid dispenser head. A vent hole is formed on the bottom cover to communicate an inner space of the inner wall with external air. The outer wall may have differently designed appearances to attract more consumers without affecting the operation of the follow-up piston in the cylindrical inner wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventor: Patrick PAN
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Publication number: 20090230152Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir (10) of variable working volume, in which reservoir the fluid is protected from the air, the reservoir being provided with an actuator wall (25) that is axially movable down and up between a rest position and a depressed position, the movement of the wall causing the pressure in the reservoir to vary, the wall being situated at an end of the dispenser; and a dispenser orifice (150) via which the fluid is dispensed, the orifice being provided with an outlet valve (4); the dispenser being characterized in that the orifice (150) is situated at an end of the dispenser other than the end at which the actuator wall (25) is situated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2007Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: AIRLESSYSTEMSInventors: Laurent Decottignies, Alain Behar
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Publication number: 20090224001Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a container which does not show a sealing body on the external surface. The invention is a container having a container body with a dispensing device and a lid body, in which a sealing cap is provided between the lid body and the dispensing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2005Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: FANCL CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Suzuki
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Publication number: 20090218008Abstract: The application describes small hand-held dispensers suitable for use with creamy flowable products such as cosmetics. The dispensers are of a kind having a top plate (4) with a dished pick-up surface (42), and a product discharge opening (43) opening into the pick-up area (42). Specific proposals include positioning the pick-up surface (42) and an actuator (8) side-by-side on the top plate. The actuator (8) operates a pump (6), desirably positioned beneath the actuator and offset from the pick-up surface (42). A corresponding transverse outlet conduit (69) may be provided. The container (1) may be plastics or a metal container. Embodiments using plastic pump springs and resiliently deformable pump chamber walls are also described. Also, embodiments in which actuation is by tilting of the top plate in its entirety, the pick-up area then optionally being central.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventor: Brian Law
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Patent number: 7578319Abstract: A method of assembling a fluid dispenser comprising: a dispenser member (2), such as a pump, the member including an inlet tube (22; 61) in which there extends an inlet for admitting fluid into the dispenser member; a reservoir (10) for containing fluid, said reservoir comprising a cylinder (11; 11?) and a follower-piston (14) that is slidably mounted in said cylinder; and an annular dish (32; 32?) presenting an outer periphery (33) that is secured to the cylinder (11; 11?), and an inner periphery (321) defining an opening (20) of section that is small relative to the cylinder, the working volume of the reservoir (10) being defined between the dish (32; 32?) and the follower-piston (14) over a height of the cylinder, the method including the successive steps of: filling the reservoir (10) with fluid; and engaging the tube (22) in leaktight manner in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2004Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: AirlesssystemsInventors: Alain Behar, Laurent Decottignies
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Publication number: 20090140011Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing having a sidewall with first and second axial ends. A container has first and second end portions with the second end portion engaged with the housing such that the container extends from the first axial end of the housing. A plunger having first and second sides is disposed in the interior cavity of the container. The interior cavity of the container and the first side of the base cooperatively define a product cavity. The interior cavity of the container and the second side of the base cooperatively define an air cavity. A valve mechanism is in engagement with the second end portion of the container. The valve mechanism includes a nozzle defining an orifice and an accumulator defining a pumping chamber. The pumping chamber is adapted to receive a portion of the product in the container. A piston is selectively slidable in the pumping chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Kerstin M. Olson, Harry F. Bogen, Edmund Farmer, Troy Starkey, John K. Clay
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Patent number: 7523843Abstract: An apparatus converts rotary motion of a motor drive shaft into oscillatory motion of a work piece, for example, in a power tool. The apparatus comprises a planetary gear assembly connected to the motor for rotating an output gear. The output gear meshes with a drive gear including a drive pin. The drive pin fits in a yoke slot for reciprocation of the yoke upon rotation of the drive gear. The yoke is operatively connected to the work piece. An air flow system cools the power tool housing. The housing has an inlet aperture in the handle portion and an outlet aperture for placing the interior of the housing in communication with the atmosphere. A wall integral with the handle portion engages the body of the motor housing between a first end and openings in the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Alemite, LLCInventors: Jerry D. Shew, David Khiam Keong Sia, Raymond Wai Man Wong
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Publication number: 20090101677Abstract: A pump intended to be mounted on a bottle, so as to allow the dispensing of a liquid contained in the bottle, includes a needle for closing an ejection orifice that is separate from a dosing sleeve. The needle is mounted on the sleeve by means of a device for the reversible movement of the needle between a closure position and an ejection position, the device being actuated by interference between the sleeve and a piston when a push button is moved on a hoop.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventor: Eric Rossignol
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Publication number: 20090090746Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (R) of variable working volume comprising a sealing slide-cylinder (100) and a follower piston (2) that is in sliding sealing contact in said cylinder; dispenser means (3) that are suitable for putting the fluid stored in the reservoir under pressure in such a manner as to drive a fraction of the fluid through a dispenser orifice (37), and under suction in such a manner as to move the follower piston in the direction that decreases the working volume of the reservoir; and non-return means that are suitable for preventing any substantial movement of the follower piston in the direction that increases the working volume of the reservoir; in which device the non-return means include at least one chamber (C) of variable volume that is filled with fluid from the reservoir during the suction stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: AIRLESSYSTEMSInventors: Laurent Decottignies, Alain Behar
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Publication number: 20090071985Abstract: The present invention provides a dispenser, which includes a container (2), a dispenser cap (10), a button (20) and an outer casing (30). Particularly, in the present invention, guide slots (32), upper ends of which differ in height from each other, are formed in the outer casing. A horizontal extension slot (34) extends from an upper end of each guide slot. A hollow rotating body (40) is rotatably coupled to the outer casing. A guide groove (42) is formed in the hollow rotating body, and a guide protrusion (11) is provided on the outer surface of the dispenser cap. Thus, when the hollow rotating body is rotated, the guide protrusion is moved upwards along the corresponding guide slot and the guide groove and is inserted into the corresponding horizontal extension groove, thus adjusting the distance to which the button is movable downwards, thereby adjusting the amount of contents that is discharged.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventor: Joong Hyun Ki
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Publication number: 20090065531Abstract: A fluid dispenser member (1) for associating with a fluid reservoir (2) so as to form a fluid dispenser, said member (1) including a body (11) via which the dispenser member is mounted in stationary manner on a mounting part (3), the body (11) defining a housing (113) for receiving another component element (13) of the dispenser member, the member being characterized in that the housing (113) includes a movable portion (115) that is displaceable from an initial configuration in which the housing is open, to a final configuration in which the housing is closed on the component element (13) while the dispenser member (1) is being mounted in the mounting part (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: AIRLESSYSTEMSInventor: Laurent Decottignies
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Patent number: 7484642Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a metered volume of a fluid product having a storage chamber for storing the fluid product, an outlet orifice through which the fluid product is dispensable from the dispenser and a metering chamber is disclosed. The metering chamber has an outlet opening which places the metering chamber in fluid communication with the outlet orifice, a transfer opening through which the fluid product is transferable between the storage and metering chambers, and a boundary wall structure which is cyclically movable between a first configuration, in which the transfer opening is opened, and a second configuration, in which the transfer opening is closed. Each cycle of movement which commences at, and ends in, the second configuration results in a metered volume of the fluid product being transferred from the storage chamber to the metering chamber via the transfer opening and dispensed from the outlet orifice via the outlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Glaxo Group LimitedInventor: Stanley George Bonney
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Publication number: 20090008413Abstract: An airless dispensing pump container with an airtight push down type nozzle head is disclosed, which comprises a content discharge part which is installed at a nozzle engaging hole of the nozzle head; a ball valve support which is engaged at a lower side of the stem; and a content compression piston support shoulder which is provided at an inner upper wall of the content storing container. In the present invention, a vacuum sealing function is enhanced in the whole structure of the present invention, and a content opening and closing valve member of a content discharge part provided at a nozzle head is automatically opened and closed, along with a reliable discharge of the content, and a reverse flow and leakage are prevented by improving a structure of a content pump piston which sucks and transfers the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Hee Jin Choi, Yu Kwang, Won hee Lee
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Patent number: 7455196Abstract: A support for manual grease guns has a base and lever-restoring mechanism. Grease guns conventionally have a pumping head with a barrel and lever joined thereto for cycling through pumping and restoring strokes between restored and depressed extremes. The restored extreme has the lever and barrel flared apart. Conversely, since the pumping stroke closes the flare, the depressed extreme has the lever brought alongside the barrel. The base has ground-engaging feet as well as clamps for clamping the grease gun tightly by the barrel, preferably with the lever projecting away for pedal-style depression in a generally vertical plane by a user stepping on it. The lever-restoring mechanism links the lever to the base, and yields under the user's step while the lever moves through pumping strokes, but restores the lever toward the restored extreme therefor as soon as the user takes his or her step off the lever.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Inventor: Joe M. Montgomery
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Publication number: 20080277427Abstract: The invention relates to a pump for a liquid product dispenser, which includes a reservoir and interacts with a manually actuatable element provided with an injection orifice. The pump includes a body embodied in the form of a single piece and including a seat which covers the reservoir and is provided with an intake orifice and a flap, which is mounted on the seat by means of a joint associated with an elastic return means which enables the flap to be reversibly tilted towards the seat, by pressing on the actuating element, in such way that the injection orifice is opened and the intake orifice is simultaneously closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventor: Eric Rossignol
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Publication number: 20080260451Abstract: A container having a body surrounding a cavity and with lotion within the cavity, a mouth formed in the body and communicating with the cavity, and a dispenser located in the mouth. The dispenser comprises a pump base at a bottom end of the dispenser, a foraminous member located in an upper end of the dispenser, a first hollow piston extending from the base and a second hollow piston mounted on the foraminous member and disposed coaxially with respect to the first hollow piston, and a bellows surrounding the second piston and operative to urge away from the first piston upon release of an external actuating force on the foraminous member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventor: Felix Caron
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Publication number: 20080251542Abstract: A pump for dispensing a liquid contained in a bottle including a shrunk-fit section including an orifice for communicating with the liquid, a pushbutton including an orifice for ejecting the liquid, a dosing sleeve integrating a needle for plugging the ejection orifice and a device for bi-directional movement of the needle, a dosing piston including a channel equipped with a closing valve for the orifice, the piston being mounted in translation, in a leak-tight manner, inside the shrunk-fit section, between an open position and a closed position of the orifice, by means of the valve, an actuating member integral with the device for moving the needle and slidably mounted inside the dosing piston, by pressing on the pushbutton, the sliding assembly being set up to actuate the moving device and to position the valve in closed position so as to enable ejection of the liquid from the dosing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventor: Eric Rossignol
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Patent number: 7431181Abstract: A fluid-dispensing pump 1 includes a cylinder 11, a piston 12 which can reciprocate inside the cylinder 11, a coupling tube 13 for coupling the nozzle head 2 and the piston 12, a coil spring 17 for giving momentum to the piston 12 in a direction of sending it up via the coupling tube 13, an inflow valve mechanism 14 for introducing a fluid stored inside the fluid-storing portion 4 into the cylinder 11, an outflow valve mechanism 15 for dispensing the fluid from the nozzle head 2, and a leakage prevention mechanism 18, which prevents a fluid having flowed into the cylinder 11 from leaking out to a fluid flow path 131 of the coupling tube 13 when a pressure is not applied to the nozzle head 2.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Inventor: Masatoshi Masuda
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Publication number: 20080197149Abstract: An airless dispenser pump assembly includes a pump mechanism with an inlet valve that is configured to efficiently pump viscous fluids and that is able to be pre-primed when the pump mechanism is attached to a container. In one form, the inlet valve includes a seal member that seals an inlet port of the pump and an outer support member that secures the inlet valve to the rest of the pump mechanism. Two or more legs generally extend in a circumferential direction between the support member and the seal member in order to create a large flow opening for fluid flow through the inlet valve when opened and to rapidly close the inlet valve. The pump mechanism further includes an outlet valve that is configured to draw fluid back from a nozzle of the pump after dispensing in order to minimize build up around the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: RIEKE CORPORATIONInventors: Brian R. Law, Jeffrey William Spencer, Robert D. Rohr, David J. Pritchett
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Publication number: 20080169312Abstract: A dispenser with a sealed dispensing valve unit is disclosed. The dispenser is secured to a mouth of a hermetic casing, and discharges contents through a center of an upper plate of a button. The dispenser includes an outlet hole (100) bored in a central portion of the button. An inclined inner surface defines a lower portion of the outlet hole, and a vertical inner surface extends from an upper end of the inclined inner surface to a predetermined height. The dispenser also includes a dispensing valve (200) having at a lower portion thereof an inclined outer surface to selectively come into contact with the inclined inner surface of the outlet hole due to operation of a pumping means, thus opening or closing the outlet hole. Further, a vertical outer surface extends upwards from an upper end of the inclined outer surface to a predetermined height.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2005Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventor: Jung Hyun Kee
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Patent number: 7377406Abstract: A portable grease gun with a dual pressure output capability which can be selectively changed by the user with little effort. The larger diameter plunger is slidable within a plunger retainer. The larger diameter plunger has a bore through them in which a smaller diameter plunger is slidable. The smaller diameter plunger moves when an actuating lever is operated to compress grease in the grease gun. The larger diameter plunger may be adjusted to remain static during operation of the actuating lever or it may be adjusted to move during all or part of the compression stroke of the actuating lever. A high pressure can be generated by movement of the smaller diameter plunger alone, or a high flow volume can be generated by movement of the smaller and larger diameter plungers in unison.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Weems Industries, Inc.Inventors: Don R. Linkletter, R. Mark Weems
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Patent number: 7337927Abstract: A portable grease gun with a dual pressure output capability which can be selectively changed by the user with little effort. A larger diameter plunger is longitudinally coupled to an extension. The larger diameter plunger and its extension are variable in length by manual rotation of the extension relative to the larger diameter plunger. The larger diameter plunger is slidable within a plunger retainer over a limited range and is not free to rotate within the plunger retainer. The larger diameter plunger and the plunger extension have aligned bores through them in which a smaller diameter plunger is slidable. The smaller diameter plunger moves when an actuating lever is operated to compress grease in the grease gun. The larger diameter plunger may be adjusted to remain static during operation of the actuating lever or it may be adjusted to move during all or part of the compression stroke of the actuating lever.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Weems Industries, Inc.Inventors: Don R. Linkletter, R. Mark Weems
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Publication number: 20080029549Abstract: A grease gun is provided. The grease gun has a cylindrical wall that is made of aluminum. The cylindrical wall defines an interior and has both an inner surface and an outer surface. In some aspects, the cylindrical wall is seamless and the outer surface defines a gripping element thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventor: Richard M. Hulden
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Publication number: 20070289994Abstract: A container system of this invention includes a container for holding a fluid, a follower in the container which moves in the container in response to a change in a level of fluid in the container, and a sensor assembly for sensing the level of fluid in the container. The sensor assembly is especially (albeit not exclusively) suited for viscous fluids.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: LINCOLN INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONInventor: Jeffrey M. Kotyk
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Patent number: 7306123Abstract: A piston adapted to be engaged inside a cylindrical container is constituted by an elastic member and includes: a sliding member having an upper fluidtight portion and a lower fluidtight portion, both of which fluidtightly and slidably contact an inner wall of the cylindrical container; and a support member having an upper concentric flexion and a lower concentric flexion to urge the sliding member against the inner wall of the cylindrical container.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2004Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Inventor: Masatoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 7267198Abstract: This invention discloses a portable electrical grease gun which relates to electric tool field. The portable electrical grease gun according to the present invention, in which conventional slide block assembly driving structure is replaced by a crank link mechanism. As a result, the structure of the product is compact and simple. The crank link mechanism is constructed at low cost. The friction is low during operation. The operation is stable and reliable. It is easy for bulk production. In addition, the volume of the portable electrical grease gun according to the present invention is small so that it is easy to take and operate conveniently.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Inventor: Jianli Cen
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Patent number: 7156262Abstract: A sanitary fill head and sanitary fill head assembly for dispensing viscous flowable materials including a housing having an inlet passage for receiving the viscous flowable material and an outlet passage from which the viscous flowable material is dispensed, a product dispenser for dispensing the viscous flowable material from the outlet passage, and a product flow regulator for adjustably regulating the rate of flow of the viscous flowable material into the chamber to accommodate viscous flowable materials having different physical properties.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Inventor: Ramon M. Navarro
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Patent number: 7008433Abstract: This invention relates to a mixing and delivery device suitable for delivering injectable biomaterials, and to preferred bone cement formulations.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2001Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: DePuy Acromed, Inc.Inventors: John C. Voellmicke, Paul J. Mraz, Robert Sommerich, John Buonanno, Francis Peterson, Todd Bjork, Mark Duffy
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Patent number: 7004357Abstract: An apparatus converts rotary motion of a motor drive shaft into oscillatory motion of a work piece, for example, in a power tool. The apparatus comprises a planetary gear assembly connected to the motor for rotating an output gear. The output gear meshes with a drive gear including a drive pin. The drive pin fits in a yoke slot for reciprocation of the yoke upon rotation of the drive gear. The yoke is operatively connected to the work piece. An air flow system cools the power tool housing. The housing has an inlet aperture in the handle portion and an outlet aperture for placing the interior of the housing in communication with the atmosphere. A wall integral with the handle portion engages the body of the motor housing between a first end and openings in the body. The wall provides a barrier to minimize air flow between an intake air portion of the interior of the housing and an exhaust air portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Alemite, LLCInventor: Jerry D. Shew
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Patent number: 6962273Abstract: A liquid-dispensing structure includes: an outer cylinder with a one-way valve at its lower end to allow a liquid to flow into the outer cylinder; a hollow piston being slidable inside the outer cylinder and having a pair of liquid-tight portions formed with circular convex portions around its outer circumferential surface in positions apart in an axial direction; and an inner cylinder for dispensing a liquid, which reciprocates inside the outer cylinder so that the piston moves in a piston-sliding area of the inner cylinder having an opening through which the liquid flows. The opening is closed when the piston is at a lower position and is opened when the piston is at an upper position.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2003Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Inventor: Masatoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 6892901Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a rotary sauce dispensing apparatus for applying a sauce on a receiving surface such as a pizza dough. In one embodiment, an apparatus for producing a flow of a sauce to a dispenser comprises an accumulator including an accumulator chamber with an accumulator inlet to receive and store the sauce and a dispense member configured to dispense the sauce from the accumulator chamber out through an accumulator outlet, and a pump configured to pump the sauce through the accumulator inlet to the accumulator chamber. A diverter valve is coupled with the accumulator and being movable between a closed position to close the accumulator outlet and an open position to open the accumulator outlet. A control member is coupled with the pump, the diverter valve, and the accumulator.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.Inventors: James M. Tuyls, Antonio J. Jepson, Juha K. Salmela, John W. Dewing
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Patent number: 6854622Abstract: Accessories are provided for preventing the ingress of air into a dispensing pump (P) and to align a discharge aperture of the dispensing pump with a target, such as an eye (E). A dip tube (10) is disclosed that is sealed with a sealing plug (22) to serve as a liquid reservoir for the dispensing pump. A pliant dip tube (100) is also disclosed to which is mounted an anchor (108) that causes the dip tube (100) to be responsive to gravitational orientation of a dispensing pump (P). In a third embodiment of the invention, a liquid reservoir (200) is formed with a recess (208) that is covered by a semi-permeable membrane (212). The semi-permeable membrane restricts flow in and out of the recess (208) to maintain a supply of liquid (L) about an end (210) of a dip tube (206). In a fourth embodiment, a safety is provided that comprises a safety ball (304), a blind aperture (306) defined in a nozzle cap (302), and a conical depression (308) defined in the dispensing pump (P).Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Inventors: Ben Z. Cohen, Nigel Kelly
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Publication number: 20040226969Abstract: An apparatus converts rotary motion of a motor drive shaft into oscillatory motion of a work piece, for example, in a power tool. The apparatus comprises a planetary gear assembly connected to the motor for rotating an output gear. The output gear meshes with a drive gear including a drive pin. The drive pin fits in a yoke slot for reciprocation of the yoke upon rotation of the drive gear. The yoke is operatively connected to the work piece. An air flow system cools the power tool housing. The housing has an inlet aperture in the handle portion and an outlet aperture for placing the interior of the housing in communication with the atmosphere. A wall integral with the handle portion engages the body of the motor housing between a first end and openings in the body. The wall provides a barrier to minimize air flow between an intake air portion of the interior of the housing and an exhaust air portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventor: Jerry D. Shew
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Patent number: 6712243Abstract: The invention provides a pump of the type comprising a body (1) having a bottom portion for communicating with a dip tube (2) via an admission valve and a top portion for connection to the edge of a container (R) and itself containing a metering chamber (10) closed in leaktight manner on top by compression means provided with an exhaust valve and with a return member, and suitable for being actuated by manual thrust being applied to a dispenser head (T) provided with a delivery duct (C), the pump being characterized in that said return member comprises an elastically deformable internal diaphragm (3) carried by the dispenser head (T) and co-operating with a rigid cup (4) fixed beneath said head (T) and co-operating with said diaphragm (3) to define the metering chamber (10).Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2002Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Rexam SMTInventor: Eric Rossignol
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Patent number: 6666356Abstract: A grease gun with a rotary oil injection tube comprises an oil storage tank, a valve seat, an oil injection tube and a press rod. The oil storage tank is hollow round cylinder with an opening in the front end. The oil storage tank serves to store grease. The press rod is a long rod pivotally installed to one side of the valve seat. The user can press the press rod for extruding grease. The valve seat is formed at a front end of the oil injection tube and the front surface thereof is installed with a tilt surface. The tilt surface is formed with a tilt through hole which is communicated with the oil storage tank. Thereby, the rotary seat of the oil injection tube can pass through the tilt through hole and is communicated with the tilt through hole. Thereby, a grease gun with a rotary oil injection tube is formed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2002Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Shinnyi Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tuz-Fen Chen
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Patent number: 6659309Abstract: A portion control dispensing apparatus for dispensing precise portions of a product in a tightly controlled manner that minimizes waste caused by residual product left undispensed in a container. The device provides a dispenser for fluid products stored in a flexible container, enabling a portion control pump combined with an extrusion apparatus to squeeze the flexible container, thus continuously directing all remaining product in the container towards the dispensing end. A portion control pump removes product from the container by peristaltic action. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus comprises a frame with an upwardly spring biased carriage configured to removably hold a flexible container that holds product to be dispensed. A pair of rollers is preferably situated at the top of the frame and is positioned such that the carriage will pull the flexible container upward between the rollers as product is dispensed from the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: International Dispensing CorporationInventor: Mitchell A. Friedman
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Publication number: 20030222104Abstract: Continuously shooting pneumatic grease gun structure including an air chamber housing defining therein an elongated air chamber. A push hole extends from the air chamber through one end of the housing to outer side thereof. A piston is reciprocally axially movably disposed in the air chamber between a start position and an end position. When in the end position, the piston permits the air in the air chamber to pass through the piston and escape from an outlet passage of the housing. A grease push rod is coaxially fitted in the push hole and synchronously movable along with the piston. A restoring spring is compressed between the end of the housing and the piston to resiliently keep the piston in the start position. A controlling valve is movably disposed on the housing between an open position and a close position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventor: Chia-Chiung Chuang
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Patent number: 6651849Abstract: A unitary one-piece, disposable package includes a canister for storing a product. A pump housing formed integrally with the canister contains a progressive cavity pump that pumps product from the canister to an outlet chamber of the pump housing and out an outlet from the chamber. A product dispenser for use with the unitary one-piece, disposable package includes a housing, a chamber in the housing for receiving the package, and a motor within the housing for driving the progressive cavity pump of the package. An alternative product dispenser includes a housing having a chamber for receiving a product canister wherein the chamber facilitates communication of product from the canister to a pump chamber. A progressive cavity pump mounts within the pump chamber for pumping product from the canister out an outlet from the pump chamber. A motor within the housing drives the progressive cavity pump.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2002Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Lancer Partnership, Ltd.Inventors: Alfred A. Schroeder, Michael T. Romanyszyn, Jr., Samuel Durham
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Publication number: 20030141319Abstract: A grease gun with a rotary oil injection tube comprises an oil storage tank, a valve seat, an oil injection tube and a press rod. The oil storage tank is hollow round cylinder with an opening in the front end. The oil storage tank serves to store grease. The press rod is a long rod pivotally installed to one side of the valve seat. The user can press the press rod for extruding grease. The valve seat is formed at a front end of the oil injection tube and the front surface thereof is installed with a tilt surface. The tilt surface is formed with a tilt through hole which is communicated with the oil storage tank. Thereby, the rotary seat of the oil injection tube can pass through the tilt through hole and is communicated with the tilt through hole. Thereby, a grease gun with a rotary oil injection tube is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2002Publication date: July 31, 2003Inventor: Tuz-Fen Chen
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Publication number: 20030132252Abstract: The invention provides a pump of the type comprising a body (1) having a bottom portion for communicating with a dip tube (2) via an admission valve and a top portion for connection to the edge of a container (R) and itself containing a metering chamber (10) closed in leaktight manner on top by compression means provided with an exhaust valve and with a return member, and suitable for being actuated by manual thrust being applied to a dispenser head (T) provided with a delivery duct (C),Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Inventor: Eric Rossignol
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Patent number: 6585135Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-reverse structure of a continuous pneumatic oil feeding gun. An anti-reverse valve is mounted in the gun bore and includes a valve body formed with an annular groove communicated with the oil supply hole, an oil inlet hole connected between the annular groove and the bore of the bore body, and an oil outlet hole connected between the bore of the bore body and the oil supply hole. Each of the oil inlet and outlet holes is formed with an enlarged receiving space for receiving a ball. The enlarged receiving space is formed with a reduced catch portion to prevent from falling of the ball.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Inventor: Kuo-Chung Yeh
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Patent number: 6550643Abstract: A dispenser for viscous fluids such as plastisol inks includes a frame, a plunger mechanism having a plunger that is adapted to engage a container containing the fluid, and a drive mechanism for vertically advancing the plunger into the container. The plunger includes a central opening attached to a hose for dispensing the fluid in the desired quantities.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Inventors: Gordon Brian Foster, Nyansa Alberta VanVonno
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Patent number: 6460734Abstract: A unitary one-piece, disposable package includes a canister for storing a product. A pump housing formed integrally with the canister contains a progressive cavity pump that pumps product from the canister to an outlet chamber of the pump housing and out an outlet from the chamber. A product dispenser for use with the unitary one-piece, disposable package includes a housing, a chamber in the housing for receiving the package, and a motor within the housing for driving the progressive cavity pump of the package.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1996Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Lancer PartnershipInventors: Alfred A. Schroeder, Michael T. Romanyszyn, Jr., Samuel Durham
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Patent number: 6382472Abstract: A container-dispenser for products which are viscous fluids such as liquid soap, which allows one-handed operation to supply a controlled amount of viscous fluid in a convenient and clean way and protects the contents from exposure to air. The container body is equipped with a piston that applies constant pressure on the product within the container. By applying force on a valve from above, a passage is opened allowing the product to be dispensed through the top of the container. When the pressure on the valve is relieved, the opening is closed, preventing further dispensing of the product. Excess product is temporarily retained until needed in the “bowl” resulting from the convex shape of the top of the container.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2001Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Inventor: Doron Shoval
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Patent number: 6375045Abstract: The invention relates to an airless type dispenser. According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided with an airless type dispenser comprising a receptacle 11, a piston 18 inserted in the receptacle 11, a dispenser cap 12 which is coupled to the opening of the upper end of the receptacle 11 and includes a pump 14, a button 15 and a nozzle 16 wherein, on the upper surface of the piston 18, a material which has lower expansibility than the piston 18 is laminated.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2000Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Yonwoo CorporationInventor: Jung Hyun Ki
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Patent number: 6302304Abstract: A dispensing system has a dispenser pump mounted on top of a container. Product in the container reaches the intake of the dispenser pump through a vertical feed tube which extends down to the container's base. A follower plate fits around the feed tube and lies on top of the product and is slidable along the feed tube while sealing against the container's side wall. The foot of the feed tube interlocks mechanically with the container base, e.g. by an upward projection on the container base which fits into the feed-tube at its foot. A preferred form of the upward projection has a series of radial fins to permit the flow of product and an upwardly tapered region to facilitate installation of the feed tube. By preventing sideways movement of the feed tube the interlock arrangement improves the performance of the follower plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1996Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Rieke Packaging Systems LimitedInventor: Jeffrey William Spencer