Follower And Impeller Coaxial Or Parallel And Interconnected Patents (Class 222/260)
  • Patent number: 11473723
    Abstract: A hand-held lubrication device that allows for both one- and two-handed operation. The device utilizes a front-facing mounted trigger that actuates a rear-mounted plunger via two tie rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Dualco, Inc.
    Inventors: D. L. Whitney Reed, Henry A. Hill, Jr., Israel Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11370604
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a device that allows for dispensing of products from one or more hoppers. The system utilizes a hopper or hoppers to hold product. An impeller is enclosed within an outlet chute of the hopper. A sensor monitors the area surrounding the port of the outlet chute and, when a receptacle is sensed, the sensor transmits a signal to a controller that in turn controls the operation of a motor to move the impeller and dispense product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Gil Gold, Tamir Levy
  • Patent number: 10850292
    Abstract: A refillable fluid dispenser having a dispenser head including a fluid pump, such as a pump or a valve; a reservoir of variable volume; and a filling valve that is connected to the reservoir. The dispenser further comprises an air pump of variable volume, having a volume that varies inversely with the volume of the reservoir, so as to create resistance to the variation in volume of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Lecoutre
  • Patent number: 9919328
    Abstract: A fluid container comprises at least two fluid dispensing paths, wherein the fluid container comprises a container body and a fluid dispenser, and the fluid dispenser comprises a dispenser body connected to the container and a bottom portion enclosing the container. The dispenser body comprises a flow path extending through the bottom portion to a flow path exit, and a conduit aperture extending through the bottom portion and configured to accept a flexible conduit therein. A dispenser cap is operably connected to the dispenser body, wherein the dispenser cap comprises a fluid pump configured to pump fluid from the container via the flexible conduit. The dispenser cap is operable between a closed configuration in which the flow path exit is sealed and an open configuration in which the flow path exit is open, enabling fluid to flow out of the container via the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventor: James Stephen Emery, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150136809
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a predetermined amount of material from a prefilled syringe is provided. The dispenser includes a dispenser body and a plunger. The dispenser body includes a syringe mounting region and a nozzle portion through which the material is dispensed. The nozzle portion has a syringe dispensing end receiving cavity configured to mate with the dispensing end of the syringe and an outlet. A fluid flow path fluidly communicates the syringe dispensing end receiving cavity with the outlet and includes a measuring cavity having a predetermined volume. The plunger is carried by the dispenser body. The plunger has a retracted state in which the plunger is retracted from the measuring cavity such that the outlet is in fluid communication with the syringe dispensing end receiving cavity. The plunger has a depressed state in which the plunger extends through the measuring cavity to evacuate material from the measuring cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SMARTHEALTH, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis P. Hamann, Karl-Michael Klenk, Bryan Richard Falk
  • Patent number: 9033167
    Abstract: An insert which is useable with a baby bottle, a baby bottle including an insert, and a method of feeding an infant that serves to pace the infant's feeding rhythm. Generally, these devices and methods will be of use for a preterm infant, but that is by no means limiting because full term infants could also benefit from these devices and methods. The device generally cues the infant to swallow and breathe after each 1-4 sucks by stopping the flow of the fluid from the bottle after the infant has sucked sufficiently. Once the baby breathes, the bottle resets for the next repetition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Inventors: Roberta Pineda, Alyssa Abramoski, William Forrester, Rebecca Salisbury
  • Patent number: 8919614
    Abstract: A dispenser has a housing, and a variable-volume storage chamber formed within the housing and defining a substantially fluid-tight seal between the chamber and exterior of the housing for storing a substance to be dispensed. A piston is mounted within the housing, and a one-way valve is mounted within the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: MedInstill Development LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 8453886
    Abstract: A device for discharging a constant amount of a high-viscosity material, capable of accurately discharging the material even if the material is sent under high pressure. A device for discharging a constant amount of a high-viscosity material, provided with: a discharge unit (400) having a discharge opening which discharges the high-viscosity material; a holding unit (300) having a holding area which holds the high-viscosity material, a receiving opening which supplies the high-viscosity material to the holding area, and a delivery opening which delivers the high-viscosity material to the discharge unit; and a high-pressure supply pump (100) for supplying to the holding unit under a first pressure the high-viscosity material having been filled into a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Musashi Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Patent number: 8413854
    Abstract: A dispenser has a housing, and a variable-volume storage chamber formed within the housing and defining a substantially fluid-tight seal between the chamber and exterior of the housing for storing a substance to be dispensed. A piston is mounted within the housing, and a one-way valve is mounted within the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 8302821
    Abstract: There is provided a paste application device which can solve problems of an increased exclusively occupied space attributed to an arrangement of a syringe and of deterioration of a tube. In a paste application unit 15 (a paste application device) for applying a paste 7 stored in a syringe 16 to an application target material, a configuration is adopted in which a pump mechanism 18 for sending the paste 7 under pressure is formed by causing a discharge thread portion 32b provided at a lower portion of a rotary member 32 to rotate about an axis AX within a discharge space 31b provided in a casing portion 31, in which a discharge port 17a, which communicates with the discharge space 31b, is provided at an end portion of the casing portion 31, and in which the syringe 16 is disposed coaxially with the rotary member 32 for detachable connection thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzuru Inaba, Osamu Okuda
  • Publication number: 20120145743
    Abstract: A device for discharging a constant amount of a high-viscosity material, capable of accurately discharging the material even if the material is sent under high pressure. A device for discharging a constant amount of a high-viscosity material, provided with: a discharge unit (400) having a discharge opening which discharges the high-viscosity material; a holding unit (300) having a holding area which holds the high-viscosity material, a receiving opening which supplies the high-viscosity material to the holding area, and a delivery opening which delivers the high-viscosity material to the discharge unit; and a high-pressure supply pump (100) for supplying to the holding unit under a first pressure the high-viscosity material having been filled into a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Publication number: 20120018455
    Abstract: A dispenser has a housing, and a variable-volume storage chamber formed within the housing and defining a substantially fluid-tight seal between the chamber and exterior of the housing for storing a substance to be dispensed. A piston is mounted within the housing, and a one-way valve is mounted within the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume storage chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 8066153
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Airlessystems
    Inventors: Laurent Decottignies, Alain Behar
  • Patent number: 7984833
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser includes: a container defining a chamber; a discharging tube defining a fluid passage and having an outlet disposed outwardly of the chamber; a movable valve body disposed outwardly of the chamber and sleeved and slidable on the discharging tube between first and second positions for blocking and unblocking the outlet of the discharging tube; and an urging member disposed outwardly of the fluid passage and biasing the movable valve body for restoring the movable valve body to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Fang
  • Patent number: 7886937
    Abstract: A dispenser has a housing, and a variable-volume storage chamber formed within the housing and defining a substantially fluid-tight seal between the chamber and exterior of the housing for storing a substance to be dispensed. A piston is mounted within the housing, and a one-way valve is mounted within the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 7770762
    Abstract: This invention is a collapsible flexible pouch that fits into a rigid bottle that is connected to a pump such that the pouch collapses while the bottle remains rigid as the contents of the pouch are pumped out. The pouch has a rigid upper part that serves as a seat for the collapsing pouch, the pouch also having one and only one contraction forming an annular concertina that seats on the upper rigid part of the collapsible pouch which collectively prevents blocking and clogging of the exit opening very effectively. An air inlet is provided in the rigid bottle to prevent a vacuum from forming around the collapsing pouch as its contents are dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Lablabo
    Inventors: Laurent Arghyris, Patrice Puviland, Jean-Philippe Taberlet
  • Publication number: 20100108719
    Abstract: A dispenser has a housing, and a variable-volume storage chamber formed within the housing and defining a substantially fluid-tight seal between the chamber and exterior of the housing for storing a substance to be dispensed. A piston is mounted within the housing, and a one-way valve is mounted within the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume storage chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 7644842
    Abstract: A dispenser has a housing, and a variable-volume storage chamber formed within the housing and defining a substantially fluid-tight seal between the chamber and exterior of the housing for storing a substance to be dispensed. A piston is mounted within the housing, and a one-way valve is mounted within the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Publication number: 20090001102
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser includes: a container defining a chamber; a discharging tube defining a fluid passage and having an outlet disposed outwardly of the chamber; a movable valve body disposed outwardly of the chamber and sleeved and slidable on the discharging tube between first and second positions for blocking and unblocking the outlet of the discharging tube; and an urging member disposed outwardly of the fluid passage and biasing the movable valve body for restoring the movable valve body to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Fang
  • Patent number: 7377406
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Weems Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Don R. Linkletter, R. Mark Weems
  • Patent number: 7337927
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Weems Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Don R. Linkletter, R. Mark Weems
  • Patent number: 7264142
    Abstract: A dispenser has a housing, and a variable-volume storage chamber formed within the housing and defining a substantially fluid-tight seal between the chamber and exterior of the housing for storing a substance to be dispensed. A piston is mounted within the housing, and a one-way valve is mounted within the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 7216782
    Abstract: A dispenser has a syringe having a nozzle at one end thereof and a plunger fitted in the syringe from the other end of the syringe. One end of a pipe is connected to a portion of the syringe between the one end and the other end of the syringe. A liquid material tank is connected to the other end of the pipe. The liquid material tank is arranged so that a level of the liquid material in the liquid material tank is higher than in the syringe. The dispenser can be used for drip injection method for producing a liquid crystal display device to stably drip droplets of a liquid crystal onto a substrate of a liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sugimura, Satoshi Murata, Tetsuya Kida, Shota Makimoto
  • Patent number: 7195136
    Abstract: Dispenser for delivering portions of pasty substances has an emptying nozzle (18) associated with a squeeze head (13), and a tubular housing (1) in which a plunger (9) is displaced in a stepwise manner during a process of emptying the dispenser. Displacement of the plunger occurs in the direction toward the nozzle (18). The squeeze head can be pressed in, in the direction of the plunger (9), and can be actuated via a handle (H). A cover (21) closes an opening (20) of the nozzle (18). A pivot-pin connection (DV) is provided between the cover and the nozzle, and a slit/pivot pin mounting (23/22) is disposed between cover and the housing such that, once the cover has been displaced open partially, the pivot pin (22) is displaced in the pressing-in direction of the squeeze head (13), and the nozzle is carried along in the process, by way of support against a housing-side abutment (w).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 6991135
    Abstract: Dispenser for delivering portions of pasty substances has a tubular housing with a plunger, an emptying nozzle, a squeeze head, a handle and a stationary cover. The plunger is displaced in the tubular housing in a stepwise manner during emptying actuation in a direction of the emptying nozzle. The nozzle is associated with the squeeze head that can be pressed in the direction of the plunger and can be actuated via the handle. The stationary cover closes an opening cross-section of the emptying nozzle. The handle, upon pressure actuation, pivots about a point which, in relation to the emptying nozzle is located on an opposite side to an actuating-button surface of the handle, and the emptying nozzle pivots away sideways beneath the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 6854622
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Inventors: Ben Z. Cohen, Nigel Kelly
  • Patent number: 6834780
    Abstract: An improved dispenser for pastes is disclosed comprising a variable volume paste chamber, a dispenser nozzle communicating with the chamber for dispensing paste, a displaceable element displaced by room pressure, as a result of a reduced pressure in the paste chamber, an actuating member, accessible from outside the container and displaceable from an inactive to an active position, an elastic element, a means for applying a force to the elastic element in such a way as to reduce the volume of the chamber, thereby causing said paste to be dispensed through said dispenser nozzle, when said actuating member is displaced from the inactive to the active position, a kinematism for kinematically connecting the actuating member to the means for applying a force to the elastic element when the actuating member is displaced to its active position, and for allowing the elastic element elastically to return to its base configuration when the actuating member is returned to its inactive position, and a support means for h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Inventor: Eli Levy
  • Patent number: 6550957
    Abstract: A kneading device adapted for preparing calcium phosphate-based cement and for applying the cement directly to a required site which comprises a cylinder 1 which includes a hollow cylindrical body portion 11 and a nozzle 12 formed at the distal end of the cylindrical body portion; a plug 2 having an axial through-hole 21 slidably disposed within the proximal end of the cylindrical body portion; a piston assembly 3 which includes a shaft 31 extending through the through-hole 21 of the plug 2 for axial and rotatable movement, a kneading element 32 at the distal end of the shaft 31 within the cylindrical body portion, and a handle 34 formed at the proximal end of the shaft 31 external of the cylindrical body portion; a cover member 4 attached to and forming a closure for the nozzle 12; and a stop member 5 for locating the plug 2 in position at the proximal end of the cylindrical body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Mizutani, Takenori Sawamura, Masateru Hattori, Masahiko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6382472
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Doron Shoval
  • Patent number: 6367962
    Abstract: A kneading device adapted for preparing calcium phosphate-based cement and for applying the cement directly to a required site which comprises a cylinder 1 which includes a hollow cylindrical body portion 11 and a nozzle 12 formed at the distal end of the cylindrical body portion; a plug 2 having an axial through-hole 21 slidably disposed within the proximal end of the cylindrical body portion; a piston assembly 3 which includes a shaft 31 extending through the through-hole 21 of the plug 2 for axial and rotatable movement, a kneading element 32 at the distal end of the shaft 31 within the cylindrical body portion, and a handle 34 formed at the proximal end of the shaft 31 external of the cylindrical body portion; a cover member 4 attached to and forming a closure for the nozzle 12; and a stop member 5 for locating the plug 2 in position at the proximal end of the cylindrical body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Mizutani, Takenori Sawamura, Masateru Hattori, Masahiko Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6302304
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Rieke Packaging Systems Limited
    Inventor: Jeffrey William Spencer
  • Patent number: 6230935
    Abstract: The dual chamber dispenser consists of two tubular chambers each of which is connected to a pump. The pumps are self-priming and are of a type that draw the substances from the tubular chambers. There is an activator which also serves as the top of the dispenser, side view apertures, a foot for better stability and a spout that is angled for enhanced dispensing. The side view apertures allow for viewing the fill level of the tubular chambers. The pumps are of a type having an upper valve and a lower valve, with the upper valves a part of the piston's that move in and out of the pumping chambers. The valves in said pumps are positive closing by means of a biasing spring. The substances to be dispensed are maintained separate, one from the other, until the substances are dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Mack, James C. McKinney, Kenneth R. Berger
  • Patent number: 6216966
    Abstract: An electrostatic spraying device comprising a nozzle, means for establishing a column of material to be sprayed within a passage leading to the nozzle outlet such that the leading surface of the column is spaced from the nozzle outlet, means for pneumatically ejecting said column or part thereof from the nozzle and means for applying high voltage to the material so that the spray formed by breaking up of the column on ejection from the nozzle are electrically charged. The column of material in the passage is preferably a discreet slug having a leading surface spaced from the nozzle outlet and a trailing surface to which air, gas or vapor under pressure can be applied to effect ejection of the slug from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Maurice Joseph Prendergast, Michael Leslie Green
  • Patent number: 6161731
    Abstract: A dosing device (1, 31) comprises a storage vessel (16, 36) for a substance to be dosed and a feed means (5) which transports the substance to a discharge opening (3) of the dosing device. A storage vessel (16, 36) is connected to the feed means (5) in such a way that the vessel is sealed off from the outside on all sides and there is provided in the wall of the storage vessel (16, 36) a closure element (21, 41) which, when the storage vessel (16, 36) is emptied, is subjected to a force which is caused by the external air pressure and has the effect that the shape of the storage vessel (16, 36) can be changed in the region of the closure element (21, 41). Further there is provided indicating means (18, 38) assigned to the movement of the closure element (21, 41) with the effect that the extent of movement of the closure element (21, 41), and consequently the amount of substance discharged, can be indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Jurgen Sigg
  • Patent number: 6070763
    Abstract: A dispenser (1) for a liquid product (P), provided with a dispensing head (7) has an axially movable push button (26) defining a pumping chamber (22) having an intake opening (14) for the product, obturated by an admission valve (16) carried by a piston (12). The piston has at least one sealing lip (12a, 12b) in contact such that the internal sides are displaced between a high position and a low position, the passing from the low position to the high position causing the product to be drawn in and the reverse passing causing the drawn-in product to emerge through a dispensing valve (40). A spring (32) is provided for restoring the push button (26) into its high position. The admission valve (16) and the piston (12) are mounted on a collar (4) having a seat (18) for the admission valve (16). The sealing lip (12a, 12b) is made of a rigid or semi-rigid material, and the admission valve (16) is formed by a membrane made of a flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: 6006948
    Abstract: A two-chamber metering dispenser 1 for liquid and/or paste-like media is equipped with two containers 2, 3 made of plastic, which are arranged in parallel positions next to one another and are provided each with a hand-operated metering pump and with a follower piston. The follower piston is tightly in contact over the entire circumference of the inner surface of the containers. In order to optimally utilize the hollow space in the case of an elliptical outer cross-sectional shape, and to guarantee a tight contact between the follower piston and the inner surfaces of the container walls, the two containers 2, 3 form a common outer jacket 10, which has an elliptical cross-sectional shape, and the containers are separated from one another by two middle walls 14, 15, which are arched against each other symmetrically to the short axis 12 of the ellipse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Raimund Andris GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gunter Auer
  • Patent number: 5878920
    Abstract: A dispenser for discharging a flowable medium, having an elongate storage container which receives the flowable medium, has an essentially constant inner cross-section, bears a manually actuable, suction-type discharge device at the top and contains a follow-on plunger which forms a base in the storage container and is in close contact with a dischargeable quantity of free-flowing medium. In order to provide a dispenser of the abovementioned type which is of simple construction and is subject to low wear, it is provided that the plunger is made up of a circumferentially closed-cell flexible foam, which has little or no capacity for adhesion, and is provided with a slightly oversized circumferential surface with respect to the inner cross-section of the storage container, with the result that the plunger can slide along the inner wall of the storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Georg Wiegner
    Inventors: Georg Wiegner, Hyeong Sook (Morin) Kim
  • Patent number: 5826753
    Abstract: In a grease gun having a handle that is manually manipulated from a position extending along the side of the grease gun body to a position oriented at an angle relative to the body to charge the pump of the grease gun with lubricant or some other liquid contained in the gun, and then is moved from the angled orientation relative to the grease gun body to a discharge position or back to the position where the lever handle extends along the side of the grease gun body to operate the pump to discharge the lubricant or liquid, a lock mechanism locks the lever handle in its discharge position extending along the side of the grease gun body preventing it from being moved to its charge position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: McNeil (OHIO) Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Fehlig, Kurt M. Pfitzinger
  • Patent number: 5788124
    Abstract: A device for packaging and dispensing a liquid or semi-liquid substance (P) in which a substance (P) in a receptacle (1), which is closed in a sealed manner firstly at a top by a cap (2) and secondly at a bottom by an internally movable punt (5), is compressed. The device includes an elastically deformable membrane (4) received in the top of the receptacle (1). The membrane (4) is formed by a substantially frustoconical axial valve (40) having a top portion provided with a central ejection orifice (41), a middle portion running into a channel section ring (42) and a bottom portion provided with a stretchable thin skirt (43) connected to a flange (44). The skirt (43) extends upwards along an internal wall of the receptacle (1). The flange (44) fixes the membrane (4) to the receptacle (1). A nozzle-forming tube (3) passes axially through the cap (2) of the receptacle (1). The tube (3) has a top end (31) projecting outside the receptacle (1) and an internal bottom end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: SOFAB
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Bougamont, Pierre Dumont, Herve Lompech, Pierre Amiel
  • Patent number: 5611463
    Abstract: A double dispenser for fluid products, comprising, in a single casing (1), two chambers (2) filled with different fluids and each closed by a pump (3) provided with a valve, the two valves being actuated by a single pusher (5). The pusher (5) has a chamber into which open the outlets of the two valves. This chamber is divided by a wall (7) so as to form two separate chambers (6', 6") into which open respectively the outputs of the two valves. The wall (7) has two outlet openings (8', 8") respectively connected to the separate chambers (6', 6"). These outlet openings (8', 8") open into cavities (10', 10") of a dispensing nose (11) of elastically deformable material. The dispensing nose (11) has an outlet slot (12) sealingly closed by two lips (13) arranged to spread under the pressure of the mixed fluid arriving respectively in the cavities (10', 10") during depression of the pusher (5). The dispensing nose (11) comprises an intermediate partition (14) separating the cavities (10', 10").
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Lir France, S.A.
    Inventor: Bernard Favre
  • Patent number: 5244123
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for applying mortar, grout, bonding materials and caulk ("sealing material") into or between building components or materials includes a handheld power tool having or adapted to mount, a hopper receiving a supply of sealing material, an auger associated with the hopper selectively to convey the sealing material, and a nozzle adjacent the end of the auger to direct the sealing material to the point of application. The auger may have temporary auger extension(s) releasably and rotatably coupled thereto for conveying sealing material into voids, cracks or holes ("holes") in the building components or materials, with the temporary auger extension(s) being uncoupled and left in the filled holes as a central anchor or reinforcing member. When used with caulk, the apparatus is preferably adapted to have a disposable caulk container coupled to the assembly to replace the hopper and a removable and disposable plastic auger assembly to replace the steel auger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Flora M. Benedict
    Inventor: James L. Benedict
  • Patent number: 5236021
    Abstract: A powder filling apparatus comprised of a frame means having a cylindrical channel extending therethrough. A cylindrical funnel means is rotatably mounted in the channel, the funnel means having a bore extending therethrough. The bore has an axial section for receiving a flow of powder and an angled section at a preselected angle from the axis for directing the powder flow from the funnel means. A drive means is operatively connected for rotating the funnel means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernard P. Bewlay, Dennis J. Dalpe, Peter G. Frischmann
  • Patent number: 5197637
    Abstract: A pump for a free-flowing, in particular pasty or liquid, substance includes a support part, a pump element which has an elastically deformable membrane and can be pressed against the support part in opposition to a restoring force, and a pump chamber, disposed between the pump element and the support part, fluidly connected to an inlet valve and to an outlet aperture by an outlet valve, the outlet aperture passing through the membrane. On a side of the membrance which faces the pump chamber, a disk is provided, the disk together with the membrane forming the outlet valve, the disk being connected to the membrane so that in a closed position the membrane rests against the disk in an area enclosing the outlet aperture, and so that in an open position the membrane is arched upward partly away from the disk by a pressure exerted on it by the free-flowing substance, thereby forming an open connection between the outlet aperture and the pump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Compagnie Francaise des Matieres Plastiques PLASCO
    Inventor: Wilhelm K. Naumann
  • Patent number: 5127548
    Abstract: A device for administering a medicine in the form of a spray, the medicine being constituted by a mixture of at least two substances that must be stored separately prior to use, the device comprising a volume which is divided into two compartments by a membrane 2 suitable for puncturing or tearing. The volume is defined by a receptacle 1A, 1B which is generally tubular in shape, and which is open at both ends. A suction and spray pump 4 is crimped onto one end thereof while its opposite end has a free piston 6 slidably received in the tubular element 1B to reduce the inside volume thereof as the pump sucks the content out from the tubular element after the membrane has been punctured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Valois
    Inventors: Michel Brunet, Claude Jouillat
  • Patent number: 5100027
    Abstract: A unit for dispensing products in cream, liquid or powder form, comprising on a container (2) with a flexible bag or with a follower piston, a push button (8) forming a pump body sliding on a hollow piston (10) capable of being closed by a first valve (13), the outlet opening for the product in the push button (8) being provided with a second valve (25) that only opens in the dispensing direction of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 5085350
    Abstract: A pump assembly for storing and discharging a liquid such as a chemical solution includes a substantially cylindrical container for storing the liquid therein. A pump is mounted on one end of the container. The pump has a suction port for drawing the liquid from the container and an outlet port for discharging the liquid. A gasket is slidably inserted in the opposite end of the container in contact with the liquid stored in the container, for sealing the liquid in the container. The gasket is slidable toward the pump when the liquid stored in the container is reduced by the pump. A slanted portion is disposed in one end of the container and has a slanted surface extending continuously from an inner peripheral surface of the container and converging away from the gasket. The suction port of the pump communicates with the interior space of the container substantially at a converging end of the slanted surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Top
    Inventor: Koichi Sugita
  • Patent number: 5072854
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery that a cured organic or organosiloxane gel will enter and flow through a conduit to a dispensing location as a coherent, homogeneous portion of material when (1) one end of the conduit is immersed in the gel (2) a sufficient pressure differential is applied between the surface of the gel and the interior of the conduit to cause the gel to enter and at least partially fill a portion of the conduit, and (3) sufficient pressure is then applied within the conduit to cause the gel to flow in the conduit to at least one dispensing location where the gel is withdrawn from the conduit as an integral, homogeneous stream of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Randolph G. Niemi, Michael R. Strong
  • Patent number: 5071040
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing and dispensing a surgical adhesive having at least two components has a barrel with a central longitudinal axis extending from a first to a second end thereof. The second end includes a nozzle with a discharge port. A rotatable screw conveyor shaft extends through the barrel position along the longitudinal axis. A dispensing element is mounted within the barrel and has a threaded bore for operative engagement with the screw shaft. The dispensing element has a keyway and may freely rotate at the first end of the barrel. A snap element is included to move the dispensing element into engagement with a key on the inner surface of the barrel which prevents the rotation of the dispensing element and causes the dispensing element to move from the first end of the barrel to the second end dispensing the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Pfizer Hospital Products Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph E. Laptewicz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4978037
    Abstract: The invention concerns a dispenser for the metered delivery of materials in paste form, with a tubular housing in which a follower piston in incrementally displaceable in the direction of discharge, and with an actuating key, positioned adjacent to a discharge nozzle, for the displacement of the surface of a pump diaphragm, fastened at its edges, from its rest position in the direction of the follower piston. The follower piston has a closable air vent. The pump diaphragm has a series of radially extending formations which materially increase its recovery capacity following a pumping stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Alfred V. Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 4946076
    Abstract: A dispenser for pasty compositions, having a housing within which a piston displaceable in only the direction of emptying is arranged. An actuator enables a headpiece to act on a restorable wall which can be pressed in the direction towards the piston, the headpiece having a dispenser outlet opening. The wall forms an outlet tube the opening of which is coordinated to the outlet opening, and on which opening a stopper is formed which closes the outlet opening. The outlet opening is formed in the front side actuator and the actuator can act on the wall by means of the lever transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Bramlage Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Ludger Hackmann, Josef Wilken