With Bypass Or Return To Supply Patents (Class 222/318)
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Patent number: 11779152Abstract: A method is provided for cleansing a hot beverage dispensing device (1), the device including at least one water inlet (11), a hot beverage preparation module (2) located downstream of the water inlet, and a beverage outlet (26) downstream of the beverage preparation module, a second rinsing step (S2) The method includes a first rinsing step (S1), a second rinsing step (S3). In the first rinsing step at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are rinsed with a rinsing fluid having a first rinsing fluid temperature. In the treatment step (S2) at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are treated with a treatment fluid, the treatment fluid having a temperature that is higher than the first rinsing fluid temperature. In the second rinsing step (S3) at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are rinsed with a rinsing fluid having a second rinsing fluid temperature.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS B.V.Inventors: Jacobus Petrus Maria Dessing, Koen Standaar, Hendrik Johan Dees
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Patent number: 11148838Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a product dispenser comprising a tank for storing a flowable product and a conveyor for conveying storage containers along a longitudinal direction from an entry position to an exit position. The product dispenser further comprises a dosing mechanism extending in the longitudinal direction above the conveyor. The dosing mechanism comprises an inner cylindrical part and an outer cylindrical part enclosing and sealing against the inner cylindrical part. The inner cylindrical part defines a circumferential groove and a helically shaped groove extending between the entry position and the exit position. The outer cylindrical part defines an elongated opening extending in the longitudinal direction and an inlet opening for establishing a fluid path from the tank via the circumferential groove and the helically shaped groove to the elongated opening. The inner cylindrical part is rotatable for dispensing the flowable product into the storage containers.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CABINPLANT INTERNATIONAL A/SInventor: Niels Ulrik Lund Thrane
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Patent number: 11026555Abstract: A dishwasher may include a washing chamber, a door having a detergent dispenser, and a wash arm arrangement with a rotatable first wash arm and a second wash arm which may be rotatably attached to the rotatable first wash arm. The second wash arm may include a spray nozzle arranged to expel washing liquid in a direction relatively the second wash arm. The second wash arm may be arranged to bring the spray nozzle along a circular path with a radius in a plane during a rotation cycle of the second wash arm. The direction may have a first angle in the plane relatively the radius and a second angle relatively the plane, and the spray nozzle may be arranged to be directed in the direction towards the detergent dispenser during at least a portion of the rotation cycle to cause the washing liquid to intersect with the detergent dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAGInventors: Marie Minde, Anders Haegermarck
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Patent number: 11000451Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for producing a medical preparation, in particular for producing a preparation for parenteral nutrition. The installation comprises a pump with which liquids can be transferred from a plurality of source containers into a target container. The installation has a modular construction and comprises a weighing module and a main module with the pump. According to a further aspect of the invention, the pump is arranged at an inclination with respect to a vertical plane. According to a further aspect of the invention, the installation comprises cascaded valve nodes.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutchland GmbHInventors: Martin Biehl, Michael Hock, Henrik Schaake, Ulla Schöbel, Holger Lenkeit, Marcel Borgward
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Patent number: 10975538Abstract: The present invention relates to a retractable floodwall unit that comprises a foundation unit having a plurality of guide tracks along side walls of the foundation unit, a floodwall panel stowed in the foundation unit; a power system for raising and lowering the floodwall panel, and a plumbing system. The plumbing system is configured to remove ground water from a dry-side of the floodwall unit and flood water that becomes located in the floodwall unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: RSA PROTECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Richard S. Adler, Risto Salo, Diego Porqueras
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Patent number: 10966906Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for synthesizing a medical preparation, a peristaltic pump being used for pumping liquid from a plurality of source containers. According to the invention, the individual metering steps are verified by a weighing process, even the metering of micro-amounts being verifiable.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Martin Biehl, Michael Hock, Henrik Schaake, Ulla Schöbel, Martin Bohm
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Patent number: 10906059Abstract: The present invention discloses a sprayer with self-cleaning function, which includes a tank, a water pump, and a spray device; the water pump, used for conveying the liquid chemical from the tank to the spray device, is provided at its water inlet end with a pipeline switching mechanism to realize the switching between the liquid chemical supply and the water supply. The sprayer with self-cleaning function provided by the present invention is convenient for cleaning the sprayer, prolonging the life of the sprayer.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: SUZHOU CROSSTEC CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiaobing Zhang
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Patent number: 10898870Abstract: A liquid mixing system includes a support housing at least partially bounding a compartment. A mount is secured to the support housing. A drive motor assembly is configured to engage a drive shaft for moving the drive shaft within the compartment of the support housing. A four bar linkage system extends between the mount and the drive motor assembly, the four bar linkage system being movable between a first position wherein the drive motor assembly is disposed at a first elevation and a second position wherein the drive motor assembly is disposed at a second elevation that is different from the first elevation.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Jeffery C. Hurd, Nephi D. Jones, Jacob D. Lee
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Patent number: 10674863Abstract: A beverage dispenser for dispensing either a hot or cold beverage, for example tea, from a common mixing chamber and a method for making and/or operating the same is disclosed. The dispense has a source of hot water, usually a heater, and a source of water, a refrigeration system to cool the water and one or more sources of flavor. The hot or cold water, or both can be provided to the common or same, mixing chamber and mixed assisted with a static and/or dynamic mixer and then dispensed. The last portion of the water is used to rinse for the next beverage. Flavor or syrup pump current is sensed to provide the appropriate amount of flavor concentrate to a known quantity of water to form a beverage of appropriate strength or syrup.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Scott E. Sevcik, David K. Njaastad, Andrew J. Tobler, Vincenzo DiFatta, Daniel Prochaska, Fernando Sanchez, Dusan N. Ivancevic, Kurt F. Zoellick, Bogdan M. Gheorghe
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Patent number: 10441504Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for tempering the temperature of a liquid in a fluid conducting system. More particularly, some embodiments of the invention relates to tempering the temperature of water supplied to a fixture from a water heater in a fluid conducting system. The system can include a heater for heating the fluid and a diffuser for slowing the rate at which water provided to a decontamination fixture is heated.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Magarl, LLCInventors: Robert Eveleigh, Gary Cook
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Patent number: 10385843Abstract: A manual pump (P) having a pump body (B) defining a slide cylinder (F) for a piston (K) secured to an actuator rod (S); a pump chamber (C) and an outlet valve (V) arranged between the pump chamber (C) and a dispenser orifice (O) so as to dispense the fluid from the pump chamber (C). The pump includes an inlet valve (2, 12) arranged between the pump chamber (C) and an inlet (I) of the pump (P) to take the fluid into the pump chamber (C) from the reservoir (R), the inlet valve having a movable member (2) that selectively bears against a valve seat (12), a return passage (23) enabling a fraction of the fluid that is put under pressure in the pump chamber (C) to escape therefrom without passing via the outlet valve (V). The return passage (23) creates a lack of sealing at the inlet valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Stephane Beranger, Frederic Duquet
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Patent number: 9771254Abstract: A dispensing unit is provided having a circulation system for circulating a fluid in the dispensing unit is provided. The circulation system can include a circulation circuit, and a mechanism configured to circulate the fluid in the circulation circuit. By circulating the fluid, the fluid is counteracted from crystallizing. A method for circulating a fluid in a dispensing unit is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems Sweden ABInventor: Bengt I. Larsson
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Patent number: 9540225Abstract: The present invention provides a discharge mechanism has a drive unit that moves a rod reciprocally, and a discharge unit including a liquid chamber allowing the rod to pass therein and a valve seat communicated with a nozzle, the nozzle discharging a liquid mixed with solid particles with an operation of moving the valve seat and a tip of the rod relatively away from each other. The discharge unit includes an inflow path through which the liquid mixed with the solid particles flows into the liquid chamber, and an outflow path through which the liquid mixed with the solid particles in the liquid chamber flows out. The inflow path and the outflow path are connected in a V-shape, the liquid chamber is disposed in a valley portion of the V-shape, and the valve seat is disposed at a lower end of the V-shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
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Patent number: 9506842Abstract: A volumetric sample adjustment assembly located outside of a process line to facilitate rapid changes in the sample volume without having to remove the sampler from the process line, from process pressure or without having to manually disassemble the collection head assembly, like some prior art devices. The volumetric sample adjustment assembly has a “gross adjustment” assembly to vary the gross sample volume within the predetermined range. This gross adjustment assembly uses a removable pin to vary the sample size. This removable adjustment pin may be removed and replaced in different positions to change the gross volume of the sample on short notice and without having to remove the sampler from the process line, from process pressure or without having to manually disassemble the collection head assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Welker, Inc.Inventor: Tracy D. Peebles
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Patent number: 9440837Abstract: A beverages dispenser, particularly for carbonated beverages, comprises a cooled tank where beverage is stored, an inlet pipe to the tank, an inlet valve on the inlet pipe, a pump downstream the inlet valve for feeding a beverage to the tank in order to maintain a predetermined level wherein, an outlet pipe from the tank to a beverage dispensing nozzle, and an outlet valve on the outlet conduit. An auxiliary pipe is disposed between the inlet pipe downstream the inlet valve and the outlet pipe downstream the outlet valve and a control unit is adapted to close the inlet valve and to run the pump in order to empty the outlet pipe into the tank after the beverage is dispensed in order to prevent dripping.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Stefano Tavolazzi
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Patent number: 9284524Abstract: A heat exchanger system includes a heat exchanger having a body plate with a first side face and an opposing second side face, the body plate bounding a fluid channel disposed between the opposing side faces and extending between an inlet port and an outlet port, and a first side plate having an inside face. A flexible first bag includes of one or more sheets of polymeric material, the first bag bounding a fluid pathway that extends between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the first bag being removably retained between the body plate and the first side plate so that at least a portion of the first bag rests against the first side face of the body plate when the fluid pathway of the first bag is filled with a fluid.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Life Technologies CorporationInventors: Clinton C. Staheli, Nephi D. Jones, Michael E. Goodwin
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Patent number: 9278675Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus is disclosed which includes: a base body; and a housing to be fixed to one surface of the base body. The housing includes an opening facing the one surface of the base body. The opening includes a flange portion formed on and projected outwardly from an opening edge portion. The flange portion includes a screw-formed housing fixing hole for fixing the housing to the base body using a fastening member and a reference hole for provisionally fixing the housing when assembling parts to the housing. The reference hole is formed by lightening the flange portion and arranged parallel to the housing fixing hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTDInventor: Takuro Kodama
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Patent number: 9038856Abstract: A dispensing unit is provided having a circulation system for circulating a fluid in the dispensing unit. The circulation system includes a circulation circuit and a mechanism for circulating the fluid in the circulation circuit. By circulating the fluid, the fluid is counteracted from crystallizing. A method for circulating a fluid in a dispensing unit is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLCInventor: Bengt I. Larsson
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Publication number: 20150076172Abstract: A system and method for mixing and dispensing two substances are provided. The system includes: a first substance a first container for containing a first substance, a second container for containing a second substance, a feeding tube, and a pumping system connected to the first container, the second container, and the feeding tube; wherein the system comprises at least three modes of operation: combining the first and second substances into one combined substance, mixing the combined substance, and dispensing the mixed substance; and wherein the pumping system is adapted to perform the at least three modes of operation and dispense the mixed substance to the feeding tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventor: Arthur L. VELLUTATO, JR.
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Patent number: 8919669Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to fluid spraying devices and systems and more specifically, but not by limitation, to a fluid intake assembly configured to be used with a remote fluid source to supply fluid material from the remote fluid source to a fluid sprayer. In one example, a fluid intake assembly for a fluid sprayer is provided. The assembly includes an inlet tube providing at least a portion of a fluid path between a remote fluid source and the fluid sprayer. The assembly also includes a fluid flow control mechanism configured to allow a flow of fluid material in the fluid path in a first direction and restrict a flow of fluid material in the fluid path in a second, opposite direction. In one example, the fluid flow control mechanism comprises a valve mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech CorporationInventor: Jeffrey E. Sandahl
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Publication number: 20140353338Abstract: The present invention relates to a discharge apparatus for a plant protection product with a container (1) which encloses an interior (7) for accommodating the plant protection product and which comprises a discharge orifice (9). The discharge apparatus according to the invention is characterized by a suction tube (3) which comprises a first orifice (10) in the interior (7) of the container (1), a second orifice (5) at the discharge orifice (9) of the container (1) and a third orifice (4) in the interior (7) of the container (1), which third orifice (4) is arranged at a distance from the first orifice (10), and a pump (2), which is in particular arranged in the interior (7) of the container (1) and is in operative connection with the suction tube (3), such that plant protection product located in the container (1) may be delivered by means of the pump through the suction tube (3) from the first orifice (10) of the suction tube to the second and the third orifices (5, 4) of the suction tube (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Robert Huber, Karl-Heinz Koch, Harald Kroeger, Heinz-Gerd Wegkamp, Christian-Andreas Winkler
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Patent number: 8899452Abstract: A plug structure is provided that can be installed on a container in which the thread of a container inlet for installing a cap is an outer thread, and furthermore, bubbles are not produced at the fluid surface inside the container even during fluid circulation. In a plug structure that is used in a container in which the thread of the container inlet for attaching the cap is an external thread, that is installed on the container inlet, that is capable of removing a fluid inside the container by using the siphon hose method, and that is capable of circulating the fluid that is inside the container, a fluid circulation path is provided that causes a fluid that is returning into the container during fluid circulation to fall along an external wall of a siphon hose during fluid removal.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Surpass Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshiyuki Takanohashi
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Patent number: 8863986Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for dispensing predetermined volumes of fluid into receptacles receives the fluid to be dispensed from a fluid supply into a reservoir. A fill tube is connected to the fluid reservoir such that it forms a closed loop with the reservoir. The fill tube minimizes the fluid turbulence that occurs inside the reservoir while the reservoir is being re-supplied with fluid from the fluid source. Additionally, the fill tube holds the predetermined volume of fluid to be dispensed into the receptacle. A fluid level sensor is disposed along the fill tube to control the volume of fluid flowing into or out of the fill tube, while a timer controls a dispense valve to meter the flow of fluid into or out of a dispense tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Acertacorp LLCInventors: John R. Randall, Jr., Denis E. Keyes
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Patent number: 8783516Abstract: An apparatus for selectively dispensing liquids, such as paint colorants. The apparatus comprises container assemblies with a container and a pump. A pump conduit connects the pump to a valve assembly. A recirculation conduit connects the container to the valve assembly bypassing the pump. The valve assembly is configured to be switched between a dispensing position and a recirculation position closing off the dispense conduit. Method of preventing segregation of a multiphase liquid in a pump conduit between a container and a dispense conduit. A valve assembly between the pump conduit and the dispense conduit closes off the dispense conduit while it opens a recirculation conduit between the container and the valve assembly. The liquid is circulated via a circuit formed by the container, the pump conduit, the valve assembly and the recirculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Fluid Management Operations LLCInventors: Mark Baak, Bas Peeters, Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Marcel Engels
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Patent number: 8757220Abstract: The invention relates to a metering device for fine grained powder (1), in particular for medicinal powder (1) for pulmonary administration, and to a method for operating the metering device. The metering device comprises a powder pump and a metering mechanism (3), wherein the metering mechanism (3) comprises a continuous powder passage (4) and at least one metering chamber (5) with an outlet valve (6). The metering chamber (5) branches off from the powder passage (4) at an angle. The metering chamber (5) has a larger cross section than the powder passage (4). The powder (1) is conveyed through the powder passage (4) by means of the powder pump, the at least one metering chamber (5) being filled with the powder (1) in a self-levelling manner. The conveying by means of the powder pump is then interrupted, and at least one target container is filled from the metering chamber (5) with the outlet valve (6) being opened and a residual quantity of powder (1) remaining in the metering chamber (5).Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbHInventor: Rolf Scharger
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Publication number: 20140158716Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for dispensing an off-gassing liquid product mixed with a diluting product are provided. A liquid product or product solution is moved through an unprimed product line and towards a dispenser. The liquid product is combined with the diluting product to create a solution. The solution is dispensed. The product line is cleared of unused liquid product to unprime the product line after the dispensement of the solution. The unused product may be directed back into a product container from which it was held.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Jared R. Freudenberg, Troy A. Anderson, Henry Louis Carbone, II, Ryan Carroll, Ryan Jacob Urban
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Patent number: 8733590Abstract: A fluid dispenser has a housing in which fluid flow control components are located and a fluid conduit completing a fluid flow path between a fluid storage tank and a nozzle coupled to the housing. The fluid dispenser further has a control system, at least one controllable valve and a fluid flow meter located along the fluid flow path. The fluid dispenser further has a fluid temperature conditioning subsystem located along the fluid flow path upstream of the flow meter. The control system selectively operates the fluid temperature conditioning subsystem upon detection of a predetermined temperature. At least one controllable recirculation valve may also be provided, and the control system may selectively actuate the controllable recirculation valve such that the fluid flows back to the fluid storage tank. A method of measuring the flow rate of a fluid in the fluid dispenser is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Gilbarco, Inc.Inventors: Jack Francis Bartlett, Jonathan E. Deline, John E. Ingold, Michael Lawrence Jennings
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Patent number: 8657161Abstract: A beverages dispenser, particularly for carbonated beverages, comprises a cooled tank where beverage is stored, an inlet pipe to the tank, an inlet valve on the inlet pipe, a pump downstream the inlet valve for feeding a beverage to the tank in order to maintain a predetermined level wherein, an outlet pipe from the tank to a beverage dispensing nozzle, and an outlet valve on the outlet conduit. An auxiliary pipe is disposed between the inlet pipe downstream the inlet valve and the outlet pipe downstream the outlet valve and a control unit is adapted to close the inlet valve and to run the pump in order to empty the outlet pipe into the tank after the beverage is dispensed in order to prevent dripping.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Stefano Tavolazzi
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Patent number: 8640923Abstract: Device for dosing dyes in solution or dispersion for the preparation of dye baths for textile materials, comprising a plurality of pipettes (1) individually connected to corresponding bottles or containers (6) containing the said dyes, the said bottles or containers being respectively connected to a dosing head (8) through corresponding ducts (9) from which the dyes exit. The device comprises programmable means (EU) which individually control the said pipettes (1) and respective electrovalves (4) and which, depending on the formulation programmed to realize a dye bath, operate the automatic subdivision or selection of the electrovalves (4) in two groups.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Tecnorama S.R.L.Inventor: Mario Scatizzi
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Publication number: 20140027540Abstract: A liquid delivery system comprises a tank containing a supply of liquid. A positive displacement pump operates to withdraw the liquid from the tank via a suction conduit and to deliver a pressurized flow of the liquid via a delivery conduit. A metering orifice in the delivery conduit serves to modulate the flow of the liquid through the delivery conduit. A normally closed first valve located in the delivery conduit between the pump and the metering orifice is opened in response to a pressure of the liquid exceeding a threshold level, and is operative when open to deliver the liquid to the metering orifice at a substantially constant pressure. A bypass conduit communicates with the tank and with the delivery conduit at a location between the pump and the first valve. A flow restrictor in the bypass conduit serves to modulate a return flow of the liquid from the delivery conduit to the tank, thereby modulating the pressure of the liquid being delivered to the first valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, LLCInventors: John R. Newton, Michael E. Cheney, Peter J. Brooke
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Patent number: 8590579Abstract: The invention relates to an inlet for a tank which is intended for a liquid food product. The inlet is placed in the side wall of the tank and at the upper end of the tank. The inlet is further designed so that the inflowing product is distributed in fan-shape along the inside of the tank. The application also includes a method of supplying liquid food product to a tank.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.Inventor: Max Leufstedt
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Patent number: 8578974Abstract: A portable fluid exchange system comprises a source container, a liquid and vapor pump for pumping liquid from the source container to the destination container and for pumping vapor from the destination container to the source container. The liquid inlet and vapor outlets of the liquid and vapor pump are connected in fluid communication with the source container. A liquid delivery hose delivers liquid from the pump to the destination container. A vapor delivery hose delivers vapor from the destination container to the pump. A selectively controllable actuation mechanism actuates the liquid and vapor pump to thereby concurrently pump liquid from the liquid and vapor pump through the liquid outlet and vapor into the liquid and vapor pump through the vapor inlet, and concurrently pump vapor from the liquid and vapor pump through the vapor outlet and liquid into the liquid and vapor pump through the liquid inlet.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Fuel Transfer Technologies Inc.Inventor: Mark Bonner
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Patent number: 8561855Abstract: A fluid dispense system for use with a drum having a drum insert configured to couple with a bung included on a drum, the drum insert having an upper portion and a drum insert down tube extending therefrom into an interior of the drum. The system further having a dispense head configured to couple with the drum insert, the dispense head having first and second conduits, each having a valve assembly, the valve assemblies in operable communication with the drum insert when the dispense head is coupled with the drum insert. When the dispense head is coupled with the drum insert the first and second valve assemblies are effected to an open position enabling fluid to flow through the conduits. When the dispense head is not coupled with the drum insert the first and second valve assemblies are biased to a closed position inhibiting fluid from flowing through the conduits.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Entegris, Inc.Inventors: John M. Hennen, Barry L. Rauworth, James C. Linder
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Patent number: 8528607Abstract: Liquid beverage filling machine for filling containers, such as bottles or cans, with a liquid beverage, and a method of filling containers with a liquid beverage, in which the flow of liquid is monitored and measured. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: KHS GmbHInventor: Felix Wagner
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Publication number: 20130140323Abstract: The present application relates to a foaming soap dispenser. The soap dispenser includes a housing, a liquid storage tank, a pump, a main control assembly and an output assembly. The arrangement of the pump allows for control of the output which prevents the air-liquid mixture from freely back flowing or dripping. The soap dispenser includes a controller configured to reverse the fluid pumping direction of the pump allowing for some liquid provided to the outlet to be returned to the liquid storage tank. Return of some liquid to the liquid storage tank prevents contamination.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.Inventor: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.
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Patent number: 8453876Abstract: A combination dispense and recirculation valve assembly is disclosed for viscous fluids. The assembly easily moves between a dispense and a recirculation position. Therefore, a pump linked to the canister of fluid being dispensed can be run continuously, intermittently or on demand. After the dispense, the actuator moves the valve stem downward to block any further dispense and the pump recirculates fluid upward past an upper valve element and upper valve seat into a recirculation outlet and back into the canister. In the closed position, the valve chamber is sealed to prevent air from causing any remaining colorant to dry. When a dispense is desired, the actuator simply raises the valve stem upward so the upper valve element engages the upper valve seat thereby preventing fluid from being recycled and directing all fluid downward past the lower valve element and out through the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Fluid Management Operations LLCInventor: William A. Miller
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Patent number: 8453880Abstract: Systems for dispensing heated liquids, such as hot melt adhesives, with the assistance of process air. The dispensing system may include a control operative to independently control a characteristic of the process air dispensed by a first dispensing module compared to the same characteristic of the process air dispensed by a second dispensing module.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventor: Laurence B. Saidman
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Patent number: 8434646Abstract: A mixed beverage dispense system and method for pumping a first liquid and a second liquid using a controlled gas source. The dispense system can include a first pump that pumps the first liquid and a second pump that pumps the second liquid. The first pump and the second pump can each include a gas inlet, an inlet gas connection, and an outlet gas connection. The dispense system can also include connector tubing connecting the controlled gas source to the first pump and the second pump in series. The dispense system can include a bag-in-box package with chambers that hold the liquid bags and a fitment with fitment openings open to each one of the chambers for receiving the liquids from the liquid bags. The dispense system can also include an outlet connector coupled to the fitment for receiving the liquids from the fitment.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Everpure, LLCInventors: Michael Saveliev, Kevin Carlson, Steven T. Jersey, Paul H. Bertsch
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Patent number: 8402998Abstract: Systems and method for delivering materials to a tool are disclosed. A material delivery system utilizes two or more sources of the material to be delivered to the tool. One or more of the sources of the tool may be a batch mixer. The material delivery system also includes at least two material delivery recirculation lines providing material to at tool. The material delivery system may be manually or automatically controlled to switch supply of the material from one source to another, and/or to switch from one material delivery recirculation line to another.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Mega Fluid Systems, Inc.Inventors: David Kandiyeli, Todd Graves, Rhey Yang
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Patent number: 8397491Abstract: A device (4) for introducing a liquid reducing agent (5) into an exhaust gas (6) of a combustion system (2) has a reservoir (20), a discharge element (23) for discharging the liquid reducing agent (5) into the exhaust gas (6), a feed line (22), interposed between the reservoir (20) and the discharge element (23), a delivery element (26) arranged in the feed line (22) for delivering the liquid reducing agent (5) in a direction of delivery (29) from the reservoir (20) to the discharge element (23). The feed line (22) is associated with a controllable venting element (34) upstream of the delivery element (26), the discharge element (23) is connected to the reservoir (20) via a return line (32) and a controllable shut-off element (36) is arranged in the return line (32).Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Peter Bauer, Rainer Bentz, Joachim Frank, Hermann Ketterl
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Patent number: 8393142Abstract: A reductant dosing manifold is disclosed. The reductant dosing manifold may have a housing with a pump interface configured to directly connect the reductant dosing manifold to a reductant pump, and a reductant supply passage in fluid communication with the pump interface. The housing may also have a reductant outlet port, and a pressurized reductant passage connecting the pump interface to the reductant outlet port.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Shashank Mupparapu, Raymond Upano Isada, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Michael R. Errera, Bryce L. Tiller
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Publication number: 20120248137Abstract: An apparatus for selectively dispensing liquids, such as paint colorants. The apparatus comprises container assemblies with a container and a pump. A pump conduit connects the pump to a valve assembly. A recirculation conduit connects the container to the valve assembly bypassing the pump. The valve assembly is configured to be switched between a dispensing position and a recirculation position closing off the dispense conduit. Method of preventing segregation of a multiphase liquid in a pump conduit between a container and a dispense conduit. A valve assembly between the pump conduit and the dispense conduit closes off the dispense conduit while it opens a recirculation conduit between the container and the valve assembly. The liquid is circulated via a circuit formed by the container, the pump conduit, the valve assembly and the recirculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Fluid Management Operations, LLCInventors: Mark Baak, Bas Peeters, Marcus Johannes Voskuil
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Patent number: 8241577Abstract: Process for storing an additive and injecting it into the exhaust gases of an engine and comprising two tanks for storing the additive and one pump for supplying the additive from these tanks to an injection line, these two tanks being in parallel and each being connected to the pump by a branch of the supply line, each of these branches being equipped with a non-return valve and these two valves being calibrated so that the valve located in the branch coming from the first tank (1) is normally open but closes when this tank is empty, and so that the valve located in the branch coming from the other tank (2) is normally closed but opens when the valve from tank (1) is closed or when the branch coming from this tank (1) is blocked.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Philippe Lucien Valmy Georis, Nadja Walling
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Patent number: 8201587Abstract: A portable pumping apparatus for concurrently pumping liquid from a source container to a destination container and pumping vapor from the destination container to the source container comprises a liquid and vapor pump having a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, a vapor inlet and a vapor outlet. There is a selectively controllable actuation mechanism for actuating the liquid and vapor pump to thereby concurrently pump liquid from the liquid and vapor pump through the liquid outlet and vapor into the liquid and vapor pump through the vapor inlet, and concurrently pump vapor from the liquid and vapor pump through the vapor outlet and liquid into the liquid and vapor pump through the liquid inlet.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Fuel Transfer TechnologiesInventor: Mark Bonner
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Patent number: 8201588Abstract: A portable fluid exchange system comprises a source container, a liquid and vapor pump for pumping liquid from the source container to the destination container and for pumping vapor from the destination container to the source container. The liquid inlet and vapor outlets of the liquid and vapor pump are connected in fluid communication with the source container. A liquid delivery hose delivers liquid from the pump to the destination container. A vapor delivery hose delivers vapor from the destination container to the pump. A selectively controllable actuation mechanism actuates the liquid and vapor pump to thereby concurrently pump liquid from the liquid and vapor pump through the liquid outlet and vapor into the liquid and vapor pump through the vapor inlet, and concurrently pump vapor from the liquid and vapor pump through the vapor outlet and liquid into the liquid and vapor pump through the liquid inlet.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Fuel Transfer TechnologiesInventor: Mark Bonner
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Patent number: 8196778Abstract: Systems for dispensing heated liquids, such as hot melt adhesives, with the assistance of process air. The dispensing system may include a control operative to independently control a characteristic of the process air dispensed by a first dispensing module compared to the same characteristic of the process air dispensed by a second dispensing module.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventor: Laurence B. Saidman
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Patent number: 8191733Abstract: An arrangement for dispensing color paste, a shading apparatus, a method, a computer program product, and a memory. The arrangement includes a piston pump including a feed channel. The feed channel is provided with a substantially different amount of color paste per travelling length unit when the piston is moving towards the first end of the cylinder than when the piston is moving towards the second end of the cylinder. The arrangement further includes a valve connected to the feed channel, a dispensing channel connected to a first outlet channel of the valve for conveying color paste into a can, and a by-pass feed channel connected to a second outlet channel of the valve for conveying color paste past the can for the paint to be shaded.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: CPS Color Equipment OyInventor: Tapio Seppänen
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Publication number: 20120118914Abstract: Device for dosing dyes in solution or dispersion for the preparation of dye baths for textile materials, comprising a plurality of pipettes (1) individually connected to corresponding bottles or containers (6) containing the said dyes, the said bottles or containers being respectively connected to a dosing head (8) through corresponding ducts (9) from which the dyes exit. The device comprises programmable means (EU) which individually control the said pipettes (1) and respective electrovalves (4) and which, depending on the formulation programmed to realize a dye bath, operate the automatic subdivision or selection of the electrovalves (4) in two groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventor: Mario Scatzzi
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Patent number: 8171876Abstract: The present invention provides applicators reducing generating bubble. Dispersion liquid is supplied while the pressure of a circulation tank on the delivery side is lower than the atmospheric pressure but higher than the pressure of the space in buffer tanks. The dispersion liquid in the discharge chambers is recovered while the pressure in a circulation tank serving as recovery destination is lower than the atmospheric pressure. Gas dissolution can be reduced because the dispersion liquid does not come into contact with gases at pressures higher than the atmospheric pressure and engulffing gas or deformation of solid microparticles can be avoided because no pump is used.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.Inventors: Takumi Namekawa, Kei Baba, Yuya Inoue, Masao Murata, Koji Hane, Robert D. Taff, Robert R. McKay, Ralph D. Fox
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Patent number: 8152029Abstract: A dispensing apparatus is disclosed. The dispensing apparatus has a product container for holding the fluid; a chamber including a dispensing cylinder having an inlet and an outlet; an inlet check valve disposed at the inlet of the chamber, the inlet check valve being openable to permit flow substantially only in a direction through the inlet check valve into the chamber; an outlet check valve disposed at the outlet of the chamber, the outlet check valve being openable to permit flow substantially only in a direction from the chamber out through the outlet check valve; an outlet spout connected with the outlet of the outlet check valve for receiving the fluid from the outlet check valve; a spring-biased piston configured for sliding movement in the dispensing cylinder, the piston being smaller than the dispensing cylinder thus providing a clearance; and a bypass backflow opening disposed in the dispensing cylinder above the spring-biased piston.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.Inventors: James M. Tuyls, Thomas R. Hecht, Juha K. Salmela