With Follower Patents (Class 222/326)
  • Patent number: 11673160
    Abstract: A dispensing system includes a dispensing apparatus and a cartridge device. The dispensing apparatus has at least one receiving chamber for receiving the cartridge device, at least one dispensing device, a control device, a drive device and a power supply. The method includes inserting the cartridge device into the at least one receiving chamber; emitting at least one first signal from a signal generator of the cartridge device; receiving the at least one signal of the cartridge device by at least one sensor of the dispensing apparatus; transmitting a second signal from the sensor to the control device; transferring the drive device from a first operating mode into a second operating mode if the second signal corresponds to a value stored in the control device or if an algorithm stored in the control device verifies the second signal, or transferring the drive device into a third operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Kuhn, Christian Hefele
  • Patent number: 11654475
    Abstract: A rivet tool for setting a rivet, the rivet tool including a motor and a pulling mechanism. The pulling mechanism is configured to receive torque from the motor and includes a moveable member moveable between first and second positions. A plurality of jaws are configured to Clamp onto a mandrel of the rivet and pull the mandrel in response to the moveable member moving from the first position to the second position. A magnet is coupled for movement with the moveable member and includes a north pole face, an adjacent south pole face, and a pole junction therebetween. The north and south pole faces face away from the moveable member. A first sensor is configured to detect the pole junction when the moveable member is in the first position. A second sensor is configured to detect the pole junction when the moveable member is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bradley S. Killen
  • Patent number: 11633706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser for viscous materials that includes a static mixer, a first and second receptacle R1 and R2 for a first and second viscous material, connected in fluid communication with the static mixer, a first and second actuator configured for discharge of receptacle R1 and R2, an electrically or manually operable drive and a mechanical or hydraulic power transmission configured to translate drive motion into first and second actuator motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU SILICONES EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Gerhard Müller, Kin Saito, Makoto Ohara, Dennis Tenhünfeld
  • Patent number: 11534777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sprayer, comprising an air guiding element and means for fastening the air guiding element on a fixed member of the sprayer. The fastening means comprise at least one magnetic attraction means mounted on a first component from among the air guiding element and the fixed member and at least one part made from a ferromagnetic material, which is intended to cooperate with the magnetic attraction means and which is mounted on or formed by the other component from among the air guiding element and the fixed element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: EXEL INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Gilles Goisot, Sylvain Perinet, Cédric Le Strat, Nicolas Bertrand
  • Patent number: 11523671
    Abstract: The cosmetic liquid container (1) includes: a case (7) in which a cosmetic liquid is filled; a pressing plate (43) disposed at an inner bottom of the case (7) and forming a cosmetic liquid filling space (S) in which the cosmetic liquid is filled in the upper portion, and pressing the cosmetic liquid upward; elastic members (11, 40) disposed under the pressing plate (43) and pressing the pressing plate (43) toward the cosmetic liquid filling space (S); a support part (13) coupled to the lower portion of the case (7), supporting lower portions of the elastic members (11, 40), and compensating elastic force by pressing the elastic members (11, 40) toward the pressing plate (43) upon rotation; a filling pull rod (44) mounted on the lower portion of the pressing plate (43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Jong-bum Lee
  • Patent number: 11505396
    Abstract: The invention comprises a dispensing device having an elongated body, a sidewall which is elliptical in at least a portion of its cross-section, an open top end, and a dispensing bottom end. The device comprises a ratchet, ratchet support member, dial, telescoping members, and an elliptical plunger. The ratchet support member and dial each engage the ratchet to allow movement in certain directions and prevent movement in other directions, beyond a certain point. A first telescoping member is affixed to the ratchet. The exterior diameter of a second telescoping member is smaller than the interior diameter of the first telescoping member, such that the second telescoping member is configured to nest within the interior of the first telescoping member. The second telescoping member may be extended a distance through the dispenser body via rotation of the ratchet. The plunger is affixed to the telescoping member having the smallest diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: James Eric Johanson, Chad E. Lagace
  • Patent number: 11480164
    Abstract: To provide a viscous material supply device facilitating removal operation of viscous material that could be adhered to a platen, a covering sheet used in the viscous material supply device, and a viscous material supply method. A viscous material supply device can include a tank provided with a storage space storing viscous material; a piston slidably inserted into the tank, and is provided with a pressing surface that presses the viscous material and a suction passage through which the viscous material inside the tank flows by pressing force of the pressing surface; and a covering sheet including a covering part covering the pressing surface in the piston and a communication hole communicating with the suction passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Mori, Shigeyuki Ohno
  • Patent number: 11407003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic glue gun including tank components which contain a glue hose and an injector head; pressure generating units which contain a shell, an extruder, a slidable piston and a push/pull rod; and a drive component connected with the extruder. The tank components are fixed on the shell through a open end of the glue hose and faced the interior space of the shell. The drive component increases the atmospheric pressure between the extruder and the piston by driving the movement of the extruder in the shell, and the piston slides in the glue hose through the increased atmospheric pressure. The glue of the present invention does not need to be replaced, and the glue can be replenished at any time, so the work of replacing the tank is eliminated, and no waste of resources is caused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Jiangnan University
    Inventors: Xiang Chen, Qingwen Guo, Zhiwei Chen, Yuexin Huang
  • Patent number: 11376623
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a flowable material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a rotary actuator, a reservoir, containing a hydraulic fluid, a piston, movable inside the reservoir, a linear actuator, coupled to the piston, a gear train, coupling the rotary actuator with the linear actuator, and a flowable-material dispenser, hydraulically coupled with the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Pringle, IV, Angelica Davancens, Branko Sarh
  • Patent number: 11305308
    Abstract: A piston for use in a cartridge for dispensing multi-part fluids, the piston being injection molded and having integrally formed circumferential seals, wherein the piston is molded in the absence of a longitudinal parting line across the seals. A tool for forming a piston having a plurality of circumferential seals for use in a cartridge for dispensing multi-part fluids, the tool comprising a plurality of segments together defining a piston cavity corresponding to an outer periphery of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Murdoch
  • Patent number: 11135791
    Abstract: A damaged glass surface restoring tool comprises a replaceable, hermetically sealed container of glass fluid restoring substance aligned within a vacuum chamber perpendicularly to the glass surface. A method of restoring a damaged glass surface creates a vacuum in a chamber aligned over a crack in the glass and applying to the crack a glass restoring substance before being exposed to external air in a straight line path of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Brian Lemon
  • Patent number: 11001417
    Abstract: A reusable sealing system is provided for caulk tube or similar bulk dispense. A sealing system forms a cylindrical, pliable member having an access orifice at a proximal end and a sealed dome at an opposite, distal end. The sealing system has an overall length of approximately 3½ inches. The access orifice forms an opening diameter of approximately ?? nominal internal diameter. The sealed dome formed as a flattened extension of a pliable sidewall. A pliable sidewall is formed of a resilient elastomeric material, such as a silicone or a plastic, and is adapted to receive a tip of the nozzle n a contiguously contacting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Nenninger
  • Patent number: 10912632
    Abstract: A motor-driven fluid, semi-fluid, or semi-sold material dispensing apparatus including a housing; a plunger/drive rack; an electric motor mounted transverse to the plunger/drive rack; a gear system mechanically coupled to the electric motor and configured to drive the plunger/drive rack, wherein the gear system includes a rack drive gear operatively engaged with the electric motor, the rack drive gear includes a plurality of saw tooth type gear teeth, the rack drive gear teeth being configured to engage with corresponding teeth disposed on the plunger/drive rack; and wherein, the electric motor and gear system are housed in a main body portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: PRACTICON, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley P. Griffin, George E. Riehm, Gregor G. Weaver, John R. Laverack, Gregory A. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10695791
    Abstract: A method of applying a viscous material to a fastener comprises aligning a nozzle relative to the fastener by engaging an aligner with the fastener. Engaging the aligner with the fastener comprises positioning the aligner over the fastener and advancing a biasing tube toward the fastener to establish contact between the aligner and a structure to partially retract the aligner into the biasing tube until a plurality of surfaces of the aligner contacts one or more outer surfaces of the fastener. A flexible wall of a dispenser bellows is deflected by expanding a pressure-application device, which is configured to apply pressure on the flexible wall of the dispenser bellows, wherein the dispenser bellows is in fluid communication with the nozzle. The viscous material is expelled from the dispenser bellows responsive to deforming the flexible wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Solomon T. Atsebha
  • Patent number: 10596322
    Abstract: A pump for use in low-profile applications comprises a barrel for holding fluid; and a piston that converts a rotational driving force into a longitudinal driving motion within the barrel. The pump provides space saving advantages by reducing the need for external equipment and mechanisms around the pump for providing actuation or moving the actuating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony Jones, Jonathan Upsdell
  • Patent number: 10549047
    Abstract: A medical injector, including a body with a displaceable plunger, which has at least one set of ratchet teeth, each set having a plurality of spaced-apart ratchet teeth disposed along the length thereof. At least one indexer is formed to engage the plunger. The indexer is configured to allow the plunger to displace distally toward the distal end of the body but not proximally toward the proximal end of the body. An actuator has a rocker pivotally connected thereto, the rocker being of single-piece construction and having an engagement portion formed to engage the ratchet teeth. The indexer and the rocker engage the same set of ratchet teeth. The rocker is pivotally connected at a first portion thereof to the body to rotate about an axis disposed on the body and pivotally connected at a second portion thereof to a link to rotate about an axis disposed on the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Richard A. Cronenberg
  • Patent number: 10501950
    Abstract: A container body including an expansion tube having a bellows-like wall surface is provided to be filled with an injection filler, the container body communicating with a base having an injection port for pressing the injection filler into a crack portion in a wall surface of concrete or the like via a bellows cap communicating with the body, and upon pressing the injection filler into the crack portion by an extrusion part from the injection port of the base, while the container body maintains a state where the injection filler is injected into the crack portion under pressure from an elastic body of the extrusion part, the injection filler remaining in the container body is manually pressed toward the injection port during a period of time when a state where the remaining injection filler is pressed in is maintained, and then the container body is removed from the base and replaced with a new container body to mount the new container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SG ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi Kagawa
  • Patent number: 10427181
    Abstract: Air purge device for an airless liquid product dispenser having a container equipped with means for sampling the product. The device has a bleed ring that has a deformable lip seal accommodated inside a protective part designed to be inserted into the container. The deformation of the lip when mounting the air purge device in the container causes the air to be purged from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ALBEA LACROST
    Inventor: Eric Rossignol
  • Patent number: 10420893
    Abstract: A drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicament includes an elongated body extending in an axial direction, a cartridge holder to accommodate a cartridge at least partially filled with the medicament and having an axially displaceable piston, and a piston rod to operably engage with the piston of the cartridge to displace the piston in axial distal direction. The drug delivery device further includes a coupling member connected with the cartridge holder and being axially displaceably arranged in the body for retracting the cartridge holder into the body during setting of a dose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Philippe Blank, Wolfgang Pelzer, Michael Pfoser, Björn Wilden, Philipp Zeitz
  • Patent number: 10321976
    Abstract: A lightweight, small footprint, composite extraction pen, for the delivery of dental filling composite from commercially available composite filled carpules. An electric linear actuator is housed in a slender, pen-like housing configured to accept, constrain and allow the rotational positioning of commercially available composite filled carpules. The carpules are contained within an adaptor that connects to the body of the pen. The linear actuator extends and retracts a piston through a bore in the carpule so as to exert pressure on the composite contained therein. The pen provides precise composite delivery while maintaining a highly visible dental environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hari Mark Reyes, John Marshall Arthur Turner
  • Patent number: 10124120
    Abstract: A medical injector is provided herein having a body with a displaceable plunger. The plunger includes a plurality of spaced-apart ratchet teeth disposed along the length thereof. At least one indexer is provided formed to engage the plunger, wherein the indexer is configured to allow the plunger to displace distally towards a distal end of the body but not proximally towards a proximal end of the body. The medical injector also includes an actuator having an engagement portion formed to engage one or more of the ratchet teeth. The actuator is displaceable to a ready state, the engagement portion being displaced proximally relative to the plunger with the actuator being displaced to the ready state. The indexer prevents proximal movement of the plunger thereby allowing the engagement portion to by-pass one or more of the ratchet teeth with the actuator being displaced to the ready state. In addition, the actuator is displaceable from the ready state to cause actuation of the medical injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Richard A. Cronenberg
  • Patent number: 10098510
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing, an aperture within the housing, a receptacle within the housing, and a pneumatically driven actuator. The receptacle removably receives a reservoir, such that when the reservoir is received by the receptacle, an outlet port of the reservoir is exposed through the aperture. When the pneumatically driven actuator is actuated, the pneumatically driven actuator provides a dispensing force that induces a flow of a predetermined volume of fluid within the reservoir through the exposed outlet port of the reservoir and dispenses the predetermined volume through the aperture. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes an internal pneumatic source. The internal pneumatic source may include an air compressor. The dispenser may include a pneumatic input port that receives a pneumatic hose. The dispensing force translates a piston in the reservoir a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance may be linearly proportional to the predetermined volume of dispensed fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Toaster Loabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Carol Buckalter, Jonathan B. Hadley, Alexander M. Diener, Kristin M. Will, Gordon Cohen
  • Patent number: 10016781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a caulking gun for dispensing viscous material comprising a stock a cartridge keep a push rod longitudinally moveably mounted in the stock provided at its one end with a plunger which engages the piston of a cartridge placed in the cartridge keep, means for engaging the push rod to advance it, brake means hinged to the stock and provided with a clearance hole for engaging the push rod such that the push rod is moveable in a direction advancing the push rod towards the cartridge and is held in a direction retreating the push rod from the cartridge, which brake means are arranged to travel to a first position relative to the stock as the push rod advances and to a second position as the push rod retreats thereby defining the retreat of the push rod, the brake means being inclined relative to the axis of the push rod and adjusting means for varying the retreat of the push rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Altachem NV
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Poppe, Lieven Sichien
  • Patent number: 10010382
    Abstract: A paste-type dental material is filled from an opening portion of a cartridge into a cylindrical portion by moving the opening portion of the cylindrical portion of the cartridge along a kneading surface, on which the paste-type dental material is kneaded, with the opening portion being inclined. The piston is placed on the kneading surface with a circular end surface of the piston contacting the kneading surface. The piston is inserted into the cylindrical portion by moving the opening portion of the cylindrical portion of the cartridge closer to the piston located on the kneading surface such that a piston-side tapered surface or the piston-side curved surface of the piston is fitted into the opening portion, and thereafter moving the one of the two ends of the cylindrical portion toward the kneading surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Ryouji Takei, Akira Yoneda, Shuji Sakamoto, Yusei Kadobayashi
  • Patent number: 9993837
    Abstract: A nozzle is provided configured for applying sealant to a construction panel joint. The nozzle includes a nozzle body having a first, supply end, and a second, outlet end opposite the supply end, the body defining an internal passageway. Also included on the nozzle is at least one tooling formation located at the outlet end and constructed and arranged for tooling a bead of sealant dispensed out the passageway from the outlet end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
    Inventor: James M. Ullett
  • Patent number: 9987656
    Abstract: A sealant tube for use in a pneumatic sealant gun for reducing or eliminating air bubbles in the sealant being dispensed. The sealant tube may fit within a hollow sleeve of the pneumatic sealant gun and contains sealant and a slidable plunger. The tube body may include an inner surface, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, a first opening, a second opening opposite the first opening, and pressure release openings formed through the tube body, such that air from a pressurized air source flows into the tube body and between the tube body and the hollow sleeve during use of the pneumatic sealant gun, equalizing pressure on the inner surface and the outer surface of the tube body. A seal or gasket may also be located proximate the second opening of the tube body, for forming an airtight seal between the hollow sleeve and the tube body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Robert Nelson, Jennifer Lyn Wilson, Gus A. Hohlios
  • Patent number: 9956578
    Abstract: A piston for dispensing a flowable component from a cartridge includes a piston having a base body and a venting element. The base body has a passage connecting a component side and an actuation side and has a passage opening. The venting element has an internal connection element and a pin which is partly arranged in the passage opening of the base body. The internal connection element and the pin are connected by a spring element. The pin of the venting element can adopt a sealing position and an aerating position. To enable a secure sealing, the spring element is configured such that it includes an angle of a maximum of 80° with the axial direction in the sealing position of the pin at a connection line to the internal connection element in the direction of an actuation side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Sulzer Mixpac AG
    Inventor: Ralf Seifer
  • Patent number: 9708169
    Abstract: An apparatus for the removal of liquids from deformable containers includes a first holding device for holding a first region of a container, and a second holding device for holding a second region of the container. The second region is arranged at a distance from the first region, with a removal device for removing liquid from the container and with a drive device which moves the second holding device in a pre-set direction of movement (L) with respect to the first holding device. The removal device is arranged on the second holding device in a removable manner and a support element is provided which supports at least one element of the removal device in the direction of movement (L) in a removal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Rupert Meinzinger, Ute John-Unterburger
  • Patent number: 9555928
    Abstract: A cartridge is provided having at least one reception chamber (2), which extends in the longitudinal direction, for a medium to be dispensed, having a head part (4), a base part (6) and a cartridge wall (3) which bound the reception chamber (2), with the head part (4) having an outlet (5) for the medium. The cartridge wall (3) is designed as a film (3), the head part (4) and the base part (6) in each case as fixed shape parts and the head part (4) is sealingly and non-releasably connected to the cartridge wall (3). A multicomponent cartridge is furthermore provided by the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventor: Josef Ettlin
  • Patent number: 9522236
    Abstract: A drug delivery device is provided with a cartridge holder having at least one guide track, and a body having at least one interaction member adapted and arranged to mechanically cooperate with the at least one guide track. The guide track has a first section and a second section, wherein the path which is defined by the first section encloses an angle with the longitudinal axis of the device, wherein the angle which is enclosed by the path defined by the first section with the longitudinal axis is smaller than the angle which is enclosed by the path defined by the second section with the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christiane Schneider, Tobias Stever, Michael Harms, Ulrik Jakobi
  • Patent number: 9517488
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus includes two cylindrical sleeves, two shuttles slidingly disposed in the sleeves, push rods disposed in operable communication with the shuttles, and a piston, driven by pressurized gas, disposed in operable communication with the push rods. The cylindrical sleeves receive film pack bags having a common face plate that has an integrally formed discharge nosepiece having an internal partition that maintains separate flow streams from the film pack bags. A holder is disposed proximate a front end of the sleeves and configured to restrain the face plate during dispensing. A mixer is disposed in fluid communication with the film pack bags. A material applicator is disposed in fluid communication with the mixer. A first flexible tube is disposed upstream of and in fluid communication with the mixer. A second flexible tube is disposed in fluid communication with the material applicator for supplying atomization air to the material applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: PLAS-PAK INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Charles M. Frey
  • Patent number: 9492617
    Abstract: A drug delivery device is provided with a cartridge holder having at least one guide track, and a body having at least one interaction member adapted and arranged to mechanically cooperate with the at least one guide track. The guide track has a first section and a second section, wherein the path which is defined by the first section encloses an angle with the longitudinal axis of the device, wherein the angle which is enclosed by the path defined by the first section with the longitudinal axis is smaller than the angle which is enclosed by the path defined by the second section with the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christiane Schneider, Tobias Stever, Michael Harms, Ulrik Jakobi
  • Patent number: 8991651
    Abstract: A reconfigurable applicator system for extrusive dispensing of a work material is provided. The system includes a body portion having an actuator coupled thereto. A frame portion coupled to the body portion defines a support structure for at least one cartridge unit containing the work material. A combination trigger handle portion is coupled to the body portion to be adjustable between angularly displaced first and second grip positions relative to the frame portion. The combination trigger handle portion includes at least first and second selectable triggers coupled to the actuator, which responds to each of the first and second triggers to actuate extrusive dispensing of the work material from the cartridge unit. The combination trigger handle portion in the first and second grip positions alternatively configures the system between overhand and underhand configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Patent & Investment LLC
    Inventor: Stanley Yeh
  • Publication number: 20150083751
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser and method for simultaneously dispensing fluids from first and second cartridges. The fluid dispenser includes a base structure and a cartridge holding assembly mounted to the base structure. The cartridge holding assembly includes first and second cartridge holders. A linear drive mechanism is mounted to the base structure and coupled with first and second drive pistons force fluids through fluid passages. A dispensing portion is provided in first and second sections for easy cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy D. Aigner, Jeffry J. Grana, William C. Paetow, II
  • Publication number: 20150053717
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing sprayable material such as paint and other liquefied products. The system includes a dispenser such as a marking stick or other commercially available dispenser. The dispenser is configured to accept a container housed inside a cartridge and filled with sprayable material. The sprayable material is sprayed through a valve and spray tip at one end of the cartridge. An electrically powered motor assembly is removably coupled to the cartridge. The motor is used to power a pump that is incorporated in the cartridge to draw the sprayable material from the container. The material is pumped from the container and delivered through a tube to a spray head. The pressure generated by the pump inside the container and the tube are sufficient to spray the product through the valve and spray tip when valve is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: AERVOE INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mark Williams, Michael Joseph Bennett
  • Publication number: 20150048115
    Abstract: A caulking gun includes a housing having a channel opened upwardly, a supporting bracket engageable into the channel of the housing and having an opening for detachably attaching a cartridge member, and a latch device having a latch member slidably attached to the housing and movable relative to the housing for selectively engaging with the supporting bracket and for preventing the supporting bracket and the cartridge member from being disengaged from the housing. The latch member includes two anchors engageable into the channel of the housing for engaging with the supporting bracket and for preventing the supporting bracket and the cartridge member from being disengaged from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Siang Syuan Fu Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hung Chih HUNG
  • Patent number: 8950627
    Abstract: A material dispensing assembly (100) and method of operation for converting a portable cartridge dispensing tool to a bag-type dispensing tool is provided in which the assembly includes a single piece piston (110) for advancing material though a material housing (104). The single piece piston (110) includes a substantially square-shaped receptacle (140). The assembly further includes a square shaped drive rack (112) for attaching to the piston (110) at the substantially square-shaped receptacle (140) at a connection end (128). The drive rack (112) further includes a plurality of teeth (142) located thereon. The assembly (100) further has a support (127) with a substantially square profile for receiving and supporting the drive rack (112) during operation such that the construct of the drive rack and piston (110) are prevented from rotating during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Meritool LLC
    Inventors: Timm Herman, Kevin Whited
  • Publication number: 20150034681
    Abstract: An improved caulking gun is disclosed. The gun includes a cartridge frame having proximal and distal ends and an extension releasably coupled to the proximal end of the cartridge frame. A telescoping shaft is rotatably mounted with in the extension. A spindle is formed on an end of the telescoping shaft projecting from an end of the extension. A portion of the telescoping shaft is threaded and passes through a threaded sleeve mounted at a distal end of the extension. Rotation of the telescoping shaft causes the telescoping shaft to increase and decrease in length causing the distal portion of the telescoping shaft to move between a retracted position adjacent the proximal end of the cartridge frame and an extended position adjacent the distal end of the cartridge frame. A plunger is releasably mounted to the distal end of the telescoping shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Asher Peres
  • Patent number: 8939328
    Abstract: The cartridge 10 provides an inexpensive, effective, clean, reliable means of supplying pressurized cleaning fluid for two component applicators 14. The low friction piston 18 design reduces drag and provides consistent cleaning fluid 12 pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey N. Velgersdyk, Douglas S. Ryder, Joseph E. Tix, Mark T Weinberger
  • Publication number: 20150021359
    Abstract: A dispenser for a fluid material includes a handle portion and a cartridge having the material to be dispensed. The cartridge is easily mounted to the handle portion or removed, whereby the handle portion may be used with a variety of cartridges, each of which may contain a selected material. The handle portion includes a plunger that is moved linearly by actuation of a trigger mechanism, which is engaged by a user's finger. The trigger mechanism is configured to release pressure applied to the plunger quickly upon release of pressure on the trigger and to allow the plunger to move away from the cartridge to ensure release of pressure in the material to be dispensed to prevent dripping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Richard A. BELANGER, Peter S. MELENDY
  • Patent number: 8925764
    Abstract: A cartridge contains a storage chamber for a fluid filler material in which a piston can be movably received, wherein the storage chamber has a filling end and a discharge end and an inner wall extending between the filling end and the discharge end and the piston is displaceable in the storage chamber from the filling end to the discharge end along the inner wall to discharge the filler material from the storage chamber and the filler material can be enclosed in a sealing manner in the storage chamber by the piston. The piston is captively held within the inner wall by a projection provided at the inner wall in the environment of the filling end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sulzer Mixpac AG
    Inventor: Andreas Hiemer
  • Patent number: 8919617
    Abstract: A dispensing tool is for use with a cartridge containing dispensable contents, wherein one end of the cartridge has a discharge nozzle and the opposite end contains a follower that can be pushed toward the nozzle to discharge the contents. A grip-type actuator of the tool advances a pressure plate against the follower to push it toward the nozzle. The tool has a pressure plate aligned with a holder that is sized to retain the cartridge with the follower in line with the pressure plate. A pantograph mechanism drives the pressure plate toward the follower and is driven by a grip-type actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas S. Foley
  • Patent number: 8919616
    Abstract: The piston includes a piston body having a conveying side, an oppositely disposed drive side and, at the circumferential side, a piston jacket forming a connection between the conveying side and the drive side. The piston jacket has a projection that carries a guide element for the guidance of the piston in a cartridge containing a filling with solid particles and for forming a sealing contact with a wall of the cartridge. The projection also carries a scraper element in front of the guide element for scraping solid particles from the cartridge wall back into the filling during discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sulzer Mixpac AG
    Inventor: Manfred Obrist
  • Patent number: 8919609
    Abstract: A dental mixing device with a barrel, a mixing tip, and a plunger. The plunger moves dental material through the barrel where it is mixed using a mixing tip. The mixing tip includes an auto-aligning fitting female element configured to align with an auto-aligning fitting male element of the barrel. This auto-alignment simplifies the attachment between the mixing tip and the barrel. The mixing tip also includes a seal component with a soft material (or component) to insert into the auto-aligning fitting element which is a hard material (or component) to achieve a seal. The seal component and auto-alignment fitting element can be combined together into one component instead of two components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Wang, Taosheng Hu, Bo Tao, Bo Yue, Congbo Wei
  • Publication number: 20140366797
    Abstract: A paste supply apparatus includes a paste pot including a tubular container which stores paste and which includes a bottom portion provided with a through hole and a movable inner lid provided in the tubular container, and a pot holder which holds the paste pot in a state in which the through hole of the paste pot is directed downward such that lateral expansion of the tubular container is suppressed and downward movement of the tubular container thereof is regulated. The paste supply apparatus further includes a paste ejecting device which presses the inner lid of the paste pot and which ejects the paste in the tubular container from the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Isao HORIE, Hideki UCHIDA, Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Masayuki MANTANI
  • Patent number: 8910831
    Abstract: A system for dispensing sprayable material such as paint and other liquefied products. The system includes a dispenser designed to accept a flexible, crushable container filled with sprayable material and having a valve and spray tip at one end. The container is placed into an interior portion in the dispenser with the valve on the container secured in the housing of the dispenser. In operation, a pump action lever is activated causing a piston to slide lengthwise in the housing of the dispenser and exert force on the bottom of the container crushing it as it is emptied and forcing the sprayable material out through the valve and spray tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Aervoe Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Williams
  • Patent number: 8899445
    Abstract: A beverage-dispensing assembly includes a collapsible beverage container having an outlet; a pressure chamber containing the container and including a lid having an opening, the pressure chamber being operable to apply a pressure to the container; a dispensing line having an inlet end and extending through the lid opening to a dispensing tap; and a connecting element fixing the lid to the container around the outlet so as to align the lid opening with the inlet end of the dispensing line, and to fluidly connect the dispensing line inlet end with the container outlet. The connecting element may include a sealing member that closes the container outlet and a piercer connected to the inlet end of the dispensing line that is configured to pierce the sealing member to fluidly connect the inlet end of the dispensing line to the container outlet in response to the pressure applied to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Carlsberg Breweries A/S
    Inventor: Jan N. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 8899446
    Abstract: An injector for co-axial-type dispensers for multiple flowable components is provided. The dispenser has a multi-chamber cartridge with a first outlet for a first flowable component arranged within a second outlet for a second flowable component. The injector includes an inner sleeve for fitting engagement with an inner wall of the first outlet of the dispenser, wherein an interior of the inner sleeve defines a first passage for the first flowable component; and an outer sleeve for fitting engagement with an outer wall of the first outlet of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Integra Adhesives Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas C. Turner
  • Patent number: 8881954
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator for dispensing fluid from a cartridge, the actuator being configured to be moveable within the cartridge along the longitudinal axis of the cartridge and comprising a first radial element configured to face the dispensing opening of the cartridge, a second radial element configured to face in the opposite direction than the first radial element and a connecting element connecting the first and the second radial element and configured to extend along the longitudinal axis of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Maurice Toporek
  • Patent number: 8881955
    Abstract: An extrusion device for compound-containing containers, including a receiving chamber for the container, a piston rod which is displaceable relative to the receiving chamber and further including an extrusion mechanism having an advancing mechanism for advancing the piston rod. A wiper element is provided which has a wiper edge facing the piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Strobel-Schmidt, Christian Hefele, Peter Ostermeier, Hans Peter Lederle