With Material Discharge Guide On Container Side Of Discharge Assistant Patents (Class 222/328)
  • Patent number: 11678774
    Abstract: This application relates to a fluid dispenser. In one aspect, the dispenser includes a body including an opening and an accommodating space for accommodating fluid, a lid for closing the opening, a pressing unit disposed on a side of the body, and a discharge unit disposed on the side at a position diagonally higher than the pressing unit and configured to discharge a predetermined amount of the fluid from the accommodating space when a pressure is applied to the pressing unit. The dispenser may also include a pump mechanism configured to pump the predetermined amount of the fluid from the accommodating space to the discharge unit when the pressure is applied to the pressing unit, and an air intake formed on a part of the lid and configured to flow air into the accommodating space when the predetermined amount of the fluid is discharged from the accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Jae Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 10292327
    Abstract: In a grain unloading system for a combine harvester a grain bin includes a frame, the frame has a floor with a trough. An unloading auger is disposed at least partially within the trough. An auger cover at least partially covers the auger. The auger cover has a hat for a top portion of the auger cover and a pair of gates movable between the hat and locations on the floor that are proximal to the trough. A gate adjustment structure is coupled to the pair of gates to move the pair of gates relative to the auger. A control system is coupled to the gate adjustment structure and configured to control the gate adjustment structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Ducroquet, Joseph M. Biggerstaff, Gerald R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9233806
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to receive and discharge bulk materials are disclosed. An example method for treating gaseous fluid includes filling a device with ceramic granular material, a ceramic heat storage body, a catalyst body and a particle-shaped bulk material including calcium and/or carbon. The method also includes supplying gaseous fluid to be treated into a bulk material container and acting upon the bulk material in the bulk material container with the supplied gaseous fluid while discharging the bulk material out of the bulk material receiving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: LUFT-UND THERMOTECHNIK BAYREUTH GMBH
    Inventors: Reimund Friedel, Daniel Schroder
  • Patent number: 9211983
    Abstract: A device comprises a first portion including a first polymer, and a second portion that is relatively flexible in comparison to the first portion and includes a second polymer that is substantially not bondable to the first polymer. A chamber of the device is hermetically sealable with respect to ambient atmosphere and is defined by (i) an interior of the second portion, and/or (ii) a space formed between the first and second portions. A third portion of the device includes a third polymer that is bondable to the first and second polymers and fixedly secures the first and second portions to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Py Institute LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 8820589
    Abstract: A discharge assembly for discharging a metered volume of a liquid held in a pressured container includes an elongate tubular housing, a valve stem having a body locating within the housing, a chamber provided within the body of the valve stem and having a liquid inlet, and a liquid discharge element moveable along the chamber from a liquid primed position to a liquid discharged position to effect discharge of the metered volume of liquid, wherein a second fluid transfer passageway is formed along the outside of the valve stem between the inlet of the housing and the first fluid transfer passageway, and a seal is provided for relative sliding movement onto a seat as the valve stem moves to close the second fluid transfer passageway to fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Salford
    Inventors: Ghasem Ghavami-Nasr, Andrew John Yule, Martin Laurence Burby
  • Patent number: 8820588
    Abstract: A discharge assembly apparatus for discharging a metered volume of a liquid when used in combination with a liquid-containing, pressurized or pressurizable container includes an actuator assembly incorporating a valve stem having a discharge conduit arrangement with an inlet and an outlet, a metering chamber formed within the valve stem and incorporating a liquid discharge element, an inlet/outlet arrangement, and a housing wherein the valve stem and the inner surface of the housing define a fluid transfer passageway therebetween, the discharge conduit arrangement of the valve stem providing communication between the outlet of the metering chamber and the outlet of the valve stem via the fluid transfer passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Salford
    Inventors: Ghasem Ghavami-Nasr, Andrew John Yule, Martin Laurence Burby
  • Patent number: 8701553
    Abstract: A valve system for a container or vat, such as a food cooking vat. The valve system includes a valve body and stem having a valve head with a sealing member. The valve body has an outlet configured to be in fluid communication with the vat, and the sealing member is in fluid communication with the outlet and the chamber and is selectively operable between a discharge position, allowing the vat's contents to drain from the chamber, and a closed position, allowing the contents to remain in the chamber. The sealing member preferably is comprised of polymer and has an O-type sealing ring interposed between a first portion and a second portion, where the diameter of the second portion is smaller than the diameter of the first portion. Embodiments may also include a snap-fit connection of the sealing member to the valve head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventor: James H. McCarter
  • Patent number: 8424722
    Abstract: An integrated design for dispensing lubricants and similar fluids from bulk containers incorporates a dispense valve (8), a meter (1), a hose (7), a DC powered electric pump (2), power cord (18) and adjustable fluid suction tube (5), all packaged in one portable unit The unit is capable of dispensing fluids such as standard SAE grade automotive motor oils, automatic transmission fluid, gear lube, hydraulic oil and engine coolant (antifreeze) The pump motor will shut down at completion of dispense; and emergency shut-off to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: D. Christian Koch, Blade R. Wilson, Mark A. King, Thomas C. Neese
  • Patent number: 8353431
    Abstract: A spray bottle that has a Suction Straw Diversion Device (SSDD) that diverts or directs the sprayer pump suction straw towards the perimeter of the bottle. This can be accomplished through the use of a protrusion, bar, tube, rail, plate, hook or any other device built into the bottle that will keep the suction straw diverted to the perimeter of the bottle and in the liquid thus allowing it to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Inventor: John Wilmer Ward, II
  • Patent number: 8187574
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an intermittent aerosol dispensing device, for application of a product to skin of a human being, where the aerosol dispensing device includes an intermittent injection mechanism located downstream of an aerosol valve of an aerosol dispenser and responsive to a pushbutton of the aerosol dispensing device, and the aerosol dispensing device further includes a pressure chamber. A ratio of an injection time to a stop time is set, in said intermittent injection mechanism, to 0.1 to 5.0, so that when said aerosol valve is opened a cycle of injection and stop is performed 1 to 25 times per second in order to obtain a cooling and/or massage effect on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Dazio Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Mekata, Hiroshi Fujio
  • Publication number: 20080135117
    Abstract: A dispenser for delivering beverages (e.g. beer) including a main body (20), an inlet (21), an outlet (23) and a piston stop valve (23). In use, the piston moves from a first closed position (A) to a second position (B) where fluid is permitted only through a restricted aperture (31) provided in a collar (27) that extends around the piston. The restricted flow path causes turbulence and hence foam formation on the beverage. In a third position (C), flow is completely open from the inlet to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: DIAGEO IRELAND
    Inventors: Guy Robert Hansson, Paul Clifford Smith, John Justin Walshe
  • Patent number: 7063275
    Abstract: A sprayer has a spray shield and a spray shield retainer. The spray shield is removably attached to the spray shield retainer for efficient storage when not in use. The spray shield can be contoured to the body of the sprayer. The spray shield is configured for attachment to a spray wand proximate to a nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Chapin Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: David Byron
  • Patent number: 6431408
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a product may comprise a container defining an opening, with the container being configured to contain a product and a retaining element mounted at least partially in the opening and defining a cavity configured to contain an amount of the product for dispensing. The device may further comprise a separating member separating a first region of the container from a second region of the container. The first region may be configured so that the product resides therein when the device is in an upright position and the second region may be disposed adjacent the opening. At least one first passage defined by the retaining element may have a position that defines a maximum amount of product capable of being contained in the cavity. At least one second passage defined by the retaining element may be in flow communication with the second region of the container and configured to permit passage of at least some product from the second region into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6419127
    Abstract: An apparatus for raising concrete members and maintaining the members in a raised position. The apparatus may be utilized for raising or leveling flat slabs such as sidewalk sections, driveways and patios or for raising sunken sections of curbs and gutters, and the apparatus includes a portable mud pump and mixing tank to provide grout or mud under the raised members for maintaining same in the raised position. A method for raising the members is carried out by attaching the sunken member to an apparatus including one or more lifting jacks, raising the member by the jacks, and at least partially filling the cavity under the member with a grout or mud. The portable mud pump, which includes a limit switch controlled double-acting air driven piston, is connected to a mud or grout mixing tank via a check valve and withdraws mud from the tank during an intake stroke and forces the mud, during a power or output stroke, into a cavity under a raised concrete member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Steven Fershtut
  • Publication number: 20020027144
    Abstract: A device for packaging and metered dispensing of a product includes a container having an opening that receives a retention element defining a metering cavity. The device may be equipped with a pump for dispensing the contents of the metering cavity. The retention element may also include a first passage and a second passage, with the second passage located between the opening of the container and the first passage. The first and second passages are intended to be brought into communication with the product by at least partially inverting the container. Ribs may be provided within the retention element for channeling all or some of the product entering the retention element via the second passage towards the metering cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventor: Frank Lacout
  • Patent number: 6238145
    Abstract: A silo for pulverulent and other loose materials of the type that has a base formed in part by a centrally located, inner conical dome. The silo has a vertically oriented material withdrawal conduit through which the loose materials are withdrawn from the silo. The conduit has an upper end located approximately at the apex of the inner conical dome, and the silo is constructed so that approximately two thirds of its stored contents can be withdrawn by gravity from the lower end of the material withdrawal conduit. The silo may also utilize a plurality of angularly spaced material transport conduits passing radially inward, with a first end of said conduits being located at material outlet points located within the silo body near the inner silo wall and a second end of each of said conduits located at a centrally located collection point within the silo body. The conduits will preferably utilize a dense phase conveying system that utilizes gravity to provide the pressure head to transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Fuller Bulk Handling Corp.
    Inventors: Kermit Paul, Leslie Bartholomew
  • Patent number: 5476198
    Abstract: A dispenser pump 1 is mounted on a liquid receptacle 2, in which the liquid 3 forms a free surface 4. A liquid retention member 6 communicates with a pump inlet orifice 5 and with the receptacle, and is adapted to receive a certain volume of liquid 15 when the device is shaken or tilted relative to an upright position in which the pump is at the top of the receptacle, and to retain the liquid volume in communication with the inlet orifice of the pump when the device is back in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventors: Claude Jouillat, Olivier de Pous
  • Patent number: 5292033
    Abstract: The dispenser for a liquid to pasty product comprises a container (R) containing the product (P) integral with a rigid outer casing (4) provided in its upper part with a subplate (7) to which there is fixed a hand pump (8) surmounted by a push-button (9). The subplate (7) is in the form of a dish engaged in the container (R) and with its concavity directed towards the face opposite the container. The pump (8) is carried by the base (11) of the dish. The depth (h) of the dish is substantially equal to the length (1) of the pump body. The base (11) of the dish is provided with a movable transition component (13) connected to the base so that it projects in relation thereto, the pump body being engaged in the said component and fixed to the transition component (13) at or below the upper level of the subplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: 4768683
    Abstract: A granular food dispensing machine having a housing with a dispensing chamber, a metering dispensing unit and a discharge chute, a food supply reservoir designed to supply the dispensing chamber by gravity feed, and a dispenser chamber insert located in the dispensing chamber to facilitate and direct the flow of granular food from the reservoir through the metering dispensing unit and out the discharge chute by preventing the food from becoming trapped in the dispensing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Carousel Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Gold, John T. Magdars, Burton L. Siegal
  • Patent number: 4576209
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for delivering a predetermined amount of material into a predetermined position on each of a series of moving trays while avoiding spillage of the product onto other portions of the trays. A conveyor lifts the material from a supply bin and deposits the material onto a shaker pan. The shaker pan delivers the material in an even flow on to a rotating turntable having a plurality of radially extending gutters thereon. The turntable directs the material to flow along the gutters and into a plurality of hoppers disposed at the periphery of the turntable. The hoppers are rocked to distribute the product evenly within each hopper. Once a hopper is full, any excess material falls onto a drip tray which returns the material back to the supply bin. The filled hoppers are rotated above the trays, which are moving on a conveyor, and release the material onto a predetermined area of the trays by means of funnels mounted adjacent to each hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Solbern Corp.
    Inventor: Bernard C. Eisenberg
  • Patent number: 4453866
    Abstract: Apparatus for feeding granular material into a gas stream, for example seed or fertilizer into multiple airstreams of an agricultural vehicle, includes a receptacle for granular material, a duct for a gas stream, and a pair of resiliently compressible surfaces which contact or almost contact to define a nip between them. The surfaces may be provided by contrarotatable rollers and are disposed so that granular material may pass from one side of the nip through a port into the duct, and are moveable into the nip from the other side. The apparatus further includes metering means defining a controllable outlet from the receptacle and positioned with respect to the nip for feeding granular material into the nip from said other side at an adjustable controlled rate. Also disclosed is a distributor for gas-entrained granular material which includes a conical, part-conical or inverted conical surface in a diverging housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: Doreen Rose Ryan
    Inventor: Austin T. Ryan
  • Patent number: 4407433
    Abstract: An apparatus for the precise dispensing of particulate matter either at a uniform flow rate or in repetitious accurately measured discrete batches. The apparatus includes a housing having a hopper with a hopper outlet orientated over an endless conveyor belt. A metering tube is connected to the hopper outlet and is movable toward and away from the upper surface of the forward run of the conveyor belt. The distance of the lower end of the metering tube from the conveyor belt provides one measure of regulation of flow rate of the particulate matter from the hopper to the conveyor belt. The speed of the conveyor belt provides a second measure of regulation of the rate of flow from the hopper to the conveyor belt and eventually to a dispensing station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: Accu-Feed Corp.
    Inventor: James D. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 4215803
    Abstract: An ice handling apparatus effectively handles crushed, cracked, flaked or cubed ice without agglomeration or congealing of the ice. The apparatus has a hopper for holding a mass of small particles of ice and an agitator in the hopper, and in one embodiment the hopper has level or inclined shelves extending from its side walls for supporting the ice and decreasing the compressive pressures to which the mass of ice is subjected, and for cooperating with the agitator to keep the ice particles in discrete, free flowing form. The hopper has an opening spaced above a lowermost end thereof through which ice may be dispensed, and in accordance with another embodiment of the invention a ramp extends from the bottom of the hopper to the opening to smoothly carry ice to the opening and facilitate dispensing of ice from the hopper. In combination with the shelves, the ramp provides for significantly improved dispensing of discrete, free flowing particles of ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: Remcor Products Company
    Inventor: Albert L. Schafer
  • Patent number: 4139106
    Abstract: Devices for emptying a cylindrical or prismatic silo of ensilaged granular and/or pulverulent material, said devices embodying (a) a conical or pyramidal deflector, located at the lower part of silo, its axis 4 converging perceptibly with that of the silo, its apex directed upwards, and its base, together with interior silo wall, defining a horizontal annular corridor (b) at least one scraper which, guided by a drive system along and above the corridor, displaces the products toward a discharge outlet for the products, this outlet opening into the corridor through an opening located at a right angle with the zone swept by the scraper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1979
    Inventor: Adolphe A. Tartar
  • Patent number: 4091967
    Abstract: A device for dealing with chips and cut ends during the processing of plastics and synthetic resins, comprising a feeding chamber having a front chamber and a rear chamber, the front chamber having a circular portion and the rear chamber having a circularly shaped portion at the central part thereof, the upper portion of the feeding chamber having a feeding inlet. A cutting blade is fixed on the center line of the feeding chamber at the upper end of the circular portion of the front chamber, and a rotary shaft is mounted horizontally on the center line of the circular portion of the front chamber and the circularly shaped portion of the rear chamber. A plurality of wheel blades is fixedly separated on the rotary shaft, and a plurality of stopping materials is positioned respectively between the plurality of wheel blades, the lower portions of the plurality of stopping materials being fixed respectively at the lower portion of the rear chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Nihon Repro Machine Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoo Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 4078703
    Abstract: A large capacity silo for flour-like bulk materials provided with a discharger having a body provided with an inside slanting wall and an annular bottom, a conical hood located above the bottom, broadening downwardly and provided with discharge openings each of which is provided with a shut-off device, a loosening device associated with each of the discharge openings, and a line supplying to the loosening up devices a quantity of pressure air corresponding to the maximum quantity of bulk material for the loosening up process which can be drawn off via the discharge openings, the opening of each shut-off device being designed for maximum discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Assignee: Portland Zementwerke Heidelberg AG
    Inventor: Wilfried Dressler
  • Patent number: 4005790
    Abstract: A conveyor system for slip-form concrete and similar paving materials includes a V-shaped hopper having a material supporting beam extending longitudinally through it, and a conveyor for unloading paving materials from the hopper. The vertical positioning of the material supporting beam in the hopper is adjustable to control the amount of material that is unloaded during each increment of conveyor travel. The hopper includes channels which both protect and provide access to the components of the conveyor and the material supporting beam is supported solely at its ends, so that the system may be thoroughly cleaned after each use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1971
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Assignee: Arkansas Rock and Gravel Co.
    Inventor: John H. Holland
  • Patent number: 3985244
    Abstract: A silo, or bin, for flowable materials, especially heavy particulate solid materials. The bin has a bottom wall with a cylindrical wall upstanding therefrom. The bottom wall has a radial discharge opening formed therein and a rotor positioned above the bottom wall sweeps material into the opening. The bin has a guiding body on the axis which tapers in the downward direction and mounted inside the bin side wall are brake members which incline downwardly toward the axis of the bin and are preferably within the axial range of the guiding body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1976
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Hans Gessler, Josef Faul