Valve Outlet Patents (Class 222/380)
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Publication number: 20080105701Abstract: A system for administering flowable products, has a product storage container, supply means for feeding the product from the container and into a feeding channel and for applying a feeding pressure to the product and a product dispensing head to which the product is supplied. An uninterrupted flow of the pressurized product to the inlet of the dispensing head is provided, and a product metering chamber is provided in the actual dispensing head, having a predetermined fixed maximum volume corresponding to that of a product portion to be dispensed and being displaceable as a shuttle between a loading position and a dispensing position wherein the metering chamber is collapsed for dispensing the fixed product volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2005Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: Jan Anders Niss, Alexander Niss, Andreas Niss
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Patent number: 7357280Abstract: A foodstuff feeding apparatus to convey foodstuff to a metering unit from a hopper without masking or kneading the foodstuff. The apparatus includes a piston pump provided between a lower portion of a hopper and an end of a first pipe to draw foodstuff from the hopper and to press out the drawn foodstuff into the first pipe toward a metering unit. A draw-side valve is provided between the lower portion of the hopper and the piston pump, a discharge-side valve is provided between the piston pump and the first pipe, and setting is made such that when the draw-side valve is opened and the discharge-side valve is closed, the piston pump draws the foodstuff, and when the draw-side valve is closed and the discharge-side valve is opened, the piston pump presses out the foodstuff, and that the piston pump presses out the foodstuff into the first pipe.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Nishinomiya, Ishii Yoichiro
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Publication number: 20080083260Abstract: A method and apparatus for calibrating a gas chromatography instrument by forcefully shooting a measured droplet which securely passes through a confined passageway without direct intervention of human hands into the entry throat of the instrument so as to avoid contaminating the apparatus or impairing the accuracy of the instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventors: Gary W. Watson, Robert E. Pearce, Salin M. Motiwala, Frank E. Zuhde
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Publication number: 20080073380Abstract: A liquid dispenser device for being associated with a liquid reservoir, said device comprising: a chamber (10) provided with an inlet valve (5, 15), an outlet valve (27, 32), and a piston (3) that is suitable for varying the volume of the chamber (10); a liquid dispenser orifice (25); and a pusher (2) that is axially displaceable down and up between a rest position and a depressed position; the dispenser device being characterized in that the piston (3) includes an elastically-deformable portion (31) that is deformed by the pusher (2) in its depressed position, in such a manner as to open the outlet valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: VALOIS SASInventor: Herve Pennaneac'h
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Publication number: 20080041884Abstract: A fluid dispenser nozzle comprising: a rigid support; a fluid passageway; and an annular sealing element that is made of elastomer, that surrounds the rigid support, and that is provided with a lip adapted to close off the passageway so long as the fluid is not arriving under pressure from said passageway. The fluid dispenser nozzle being wherein the rigid support comprises a side wall which internally defines the passageway, the side wall extending along a central axis, and wherein the rigid support further comprises an end wall which closes off the fluid passageway at the second end of the side wall, said end wall being provided with at least one hole that is covered by the lip of the sealing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Applicant: L V M H RechercheInventor: Marc Chevalier
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Patent number: 7325705Abstract: A sustained duration non-aerosol mechanical sprayer includes a spray head which is screwed onto the top of a bottle. The spray head includes a spring biased piston in a cylinder, a lever which is coupled to the piston via a flexible cable. A thumb support is provided to facilitate movement of the lever. A load bearing surface is provided to absorb force exerted by moving the lever. Anti-rotation structure is provided to locate the spray head relative to the bottle. A window in the spray head allows the contents of the cylinder to be viewed. According to some embodiments, the nozzle is located at one end of the spray head and the end of the accumulator to which the inlet and outlet are connected is located at an opposite end of the spray head.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar, Inc.Inventor: Steve L. Sweeton
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Publication number: 20070289991Abstract: A colorant dispenser for dispensing colorant is disclosed having a primary valve and a secondary, outlet control valve. The primary valve is shiftable from a closed position, whereby colorant is prevented from being dispensed from a reservoir, to an open position whereby colorant is permitted to be dispensed from the reservoir. The secondary valve is positioned downstream of the primary valve, and is adapted to permit colorant flow when the primary valve is in its open position in response to pressure from the colorant flow and to restrict colorant flow and drying of colorant downstream of the primary valve and upstream of the secondary valve when the primary valve is in its closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Larry Jensen
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Patent number: 7264142Abstract: A dispenser has a housing, and a variable-volume storage chamber formed within the housing and defining a substantially fluid-tight seal between the chamber and exterior of the housing for storing a substance to be dispensed. A piston is mounted within the housing, and a one-way valve is mounted within the housing and coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume storage chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2005Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Py
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Patent number: 7182225Abstract: A fluid dispenser member having a dispensing wall (623) defining an outside surface and inside surface, said wall being provided with a through dispensing orifice (625) connecting the inside surface to the outside surface, the inside surface forming a leaktight slide cylinder for a piston (632, 633) suitable for moving in leaktight contact inside said cylinder for selectively unmasking the dispensing orifice, said piston forming a wall element of a fluid chamber inside which fluid is selectively put under pressure, said fluid dispenser member being characterized in that the inside surface extends over two surface segments, namely a top segment (6232) and a bottom segment (6242), the top segment having an inside diameter that is smaller than the inside diameter of the bottom segment, the dispensing orifice being formed at the top segment, and the piston being provided with a sealing lip (633) in leaktight sliding contact with the bottom segment.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2005Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Valois S.A.S.Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Hervé Pennaneac′h
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Patent number: 7163130Abstract: A caulking gun has a tubular chamber to surround sleeve-like rigid tubes and compressible sausage type containers containing viscous materials including sealants, adhesives, caulking, mastics and the like. When rigid tubes are loaded into the chamber, compressed gas is allowed to surround the sleeve and a plunger loaded within the rigid tube to equalize pressure around the outside of the rigid tube. If a sausage type container is loaded into the chamber, a removable plunger is also provided to form a tight seal between the perimeter of the plunger and the inner surface of the chamber. Compressed gas introduced into the chamber preferentially acts on the plunger and an underlying end wall of the sausage to expel the material, without imparting any significant pressure to other parts of the sausage. The caulking gun includes a variable flow rate nozzle which may be removed from the device. The nozzle may be replaced with similar or different nozzle pieces of various shapes and sizes, if desired.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2003Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Inventor: Luc Marcel Lafond
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Patent number: 7156262Abstract: A sanitary fill head and sanitary fill head assembly for dispensing viscous flowable materials including a housing having an inlet passage for receiving the viscous flowable material and an outlet passage from which the viscous flowable material is dispensed, a product dispenser for dispensing the viscous flowable material from the outlet passage, and a product flow regulator for adjustably regulating the rate of flow of the viscous flowable material into the chamber to accommodate viscous flowable materials having different physical properties.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Inventor: Ramon M. Navarro
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Patent number: 7131559Abstract: With the subject invention, a pump is formed that generally includes a reservoir formed to accommodate at least one fluid dose, and a fluid-collecting chamber in fluid communication with the reservoir. The fluid-collecting chamber includes a dose-control portion which encompasses a volume defined by two dimensions. A first piston is disposed to urge fluid from the reservoir and at least into the dose-control portion. A second piston is disposed to reversibly slide within at least the dose-control portion of the fluid-collecting chamber. A nozzle is also provided which is located such that fluid displaced by the second piston from the dose-control portion is generally urged towards the nozzle. A check valve may be placed in the fluid path between the dose-control portion and the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Inventor: Robert S. Schultz
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Patent number: 7114639Abstract: A self-contained viscous liquid dispenser having an improved vent valve is provided. The vent valve includes a plug member having a sealing ridge at its perimeter. The vent valve is activated at reduced pressure differentials between the inside and outside of the dispenser. The vent valve also provides redundant sealing capability.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Richard Paul Lewis, Randall Marc Bachtel
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Patent number: 7059499Abstract: The fluid-dispensing pump 1 has an extendable/retractable member 10, an inflow valve mechanism 14 connected to the lower end of the extendable/retractable member 10, and an outflow valve mechanism 15 connected to the upper part of the extendable/retractable member 10. The outflow valve mechanism 15 includes a valve seat member 151 comprising a first valve seat portion 151a at the bottom of which an opening portion is formed and a second valve seat portion 151b which is located at the upper part of the first valve seat portion 151a and has a nearly cylindrical inner wall, a first valve member 152 configured to close the opening portion in the first valve seat portion 151a, and a second valve member 153 configured to contact the inner wall in the second valve seat portion 151b.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Inventor: Masatoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 7056307Abstract: The invention concerns a syringe for administering medication to an animal. The syringe includes a handle that may be manually actuated to dispense medication to the animal. The syringe also includes a valve that controls the flow of medication both into and out of the syringe. A sensor device on the syringe monitors when the medication has been administered in order to inform any attached pump that the syringe may be refilled. An LED informs the user when the syringe has been filled with medication and is ready for the administration of medication to the animal.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Inventors: James E. Smith, Bobby J. Myers, D. Steve Williams
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Patent number: 7048155Abstract: A depression head for pump mechanism increasing sealability on the discharge port and enabling favorable shutting of the liquid leakage, said depression head comprising a mounting cylinder assembly 3 having an upright sliding cylinder communicating with the interior of the stem 2; a body 4 adapted to be depressible relative to the mounting cylinder assembly 3 and having an attachment cylinder 11 fitted on the sliding cylinder, a valve chamber disposed above the attachment cylinder and defining a discharge port 12 opened its leading end; a valve member 5 forwardly biased to close the discharge port 19 and defining a passage between the discharge port and a communication port 12 which is also communicating with the interior of a pump cylinder; and a lever member 6 for coupling to the valve member 5 to open the discharge port in response to the depression of the head; wherein a resistive force against the depression of the body with respect to the stem is smaller than a resistive force against the depression ofType: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhito Kuwahara, Hiroshi Mizushima, Takayuki Goto, Yoshiyuki Kakuta
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Patent number: 7036689Abstract: A child-resistant trigger sprayer includes a sprayer body having a barrel with an internal passage, and at least one first lug formed integrally with the barrel and extending radially outwardly from the barrel. A nozzle is rotatable on the barrel between at least one first position for dispensing liquid from the passage, and at least one second position for blocking dispensing of liquid from the passage. The nozzle has a flexible resilient skirt that is telescopically received over the barrel and the first lug on the barrel, and at least one pair of second lugs extending radially inwardly from the skirt for circumferential abutment on opposed sides of the first lug to block rotation of the nozzle in both directions from the second position toward the first position. The skirt is deflectable to distort the portion of the skirt carrying the second lugs radially outwardly so as to be rotatable past the first lug.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Continental Afa Dispensing CompanyInventor: Martin S. Laffey
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Patent number: 7008433Abstract: This invention relates to a mixing and delivery device suitable for delivering injectable biomaterials, and to preferred bone cement formulations.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2001Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: DePuy Acromed, Inc.Inventors: John C. Voellmicke, Paul J. Mraz, Robert Sommerich, John Buonanno, Francis Peterson, Todd Bjork, Mark Duffy
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Patent number: 6994126Abstract: A squirt gun includes a hollow housing in the form of a gun with a liquid dispensing assembly within the housing. The liquid dispensing assembly includes a rigid pressure vessel having either a gas-filled compressible bladder or a spring-loaded piston disposed within. The vessel is connected to a flexible tube with a nozzle at one end, and the gun is adapted to receive and expel water to and from the vessel through the nozzle. A pivotable trigger cooperates with the flexible tube to either enable both the receiving and expelling, or to deny the expelling of the water. To fill the gun, water is forced into the vessel under pressure, which compresses the air bladder or the piston to retain that pressure within the water-filled vessel. To expel the retained water, the trigger is moved to an “open” position, which allows the water to be forced from the pressurized water-filled vessel, through the nozzle, and from the gun as the air bladder or the piston expands.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2003Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Inventor: Frank Marino
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Patent number: 6991137Abstract: With the subject invention, a pump is formed that generally includes a reservoir formed to accommodate at least one fluid dose, and a fluid-collecting chamber in fluid communication with the reservoir. The fluid-collecting chamber includes a dose-control portion which encompasses a volume defined by two dimensions. A first piston is disposed to urge fluid from the reservoir and at least into the dose-control portion. A second piston is disposed to reversibly slide within at least the dose-control portion of the fluid-collecting chamber. A nozzle is also provided which is located such that fluid displaced by the second piston from the dose-control portion is generally urged towards the nozzle. A check valve may be placed in the fluid path between the dose-control portion and the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Inventor: Robert S. Schultz
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Patent number: 6981658Abstract: A liquid sprayer is provided. This liquid sprayer comprises a bottle having an opening and a sprayer housing attached to the bottle. This sprayer housing includes an electric motor, a voltage source for powering the electric motor, a pump driven by the motor, a switch for completing an electrical circuit, a nozzle mechanism attached to the sprayer housing for spraying a liquid. The liquid sprayer also comprises a venting mechanism. This venting mechanism comprises a vent housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a translating piston disposed in the vent housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Alen David Streutker, Travis Edward Langevin, Robert James Good, Ka-Nam Ho, Steve Lynn Sweeton, Phillip Joseph DiMaggio
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Patent number: 6971553Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing device which can be used to dispense a metered volume of a flowable material such as a liquid, gel or paste product from a reservoir. The invention provides a pump for dispensing a flowable material from a container, the pump including a pump body which is deformable between a rest configuration and a squeezed configuration, the internal capacity of the pump body being substantially reduced in the squeezed configuration compared to the rest configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2001Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Inventors: James William Brennan, Peter Russell Brewer
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Patent number: 6966465Abstract: The present invention relates to a pumping device (110) and a cosmetic bottle using the same. More specifically the present invention relates to a pumping device (110) in which an inserting bar (132) is formed in a upper cap (130) of a nozzle (136) and the nozzle (136) is moved forward and backward according to a pumping operation so that an opening of the nozzle is kept from being clogged by hardening of the gel-type contents.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Inventor: Seong Ill Kang
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Patent number: 6935541Abstract: A device for dispensing a viscous material and a method for controlling the dispensing pressure. The device has a manually actuated control valve, that, when depressed, releases high pressure gas from the source, such as a CO2 cartridge, into a gas enclosure. An indicator signals a pre-determined pressure in the gas enclosure sufficient to forcefully dispense a viscous material from a product cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2004Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: David C. Campbell, Louis A. Gibbons
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Patent number: 6910603Abstract: A dispenser pump has a fixed spout (15) on an upper component (10) which is rotatable relative to a lower component (11) adapted to be fitted to a container (not shown). For transport and storage the spout (15) is rotated so that its inner opening is obturated by the distal end of an arm (13) of the lower component which circumferentially divides its discharge compartment (31). Simultaneously an air opening (22) of the upper component is obturated by the arm (13) which also circumferentially divides an annular air chamber (32) below the discharge compartment (31). The compartment (31) and air chamber (32) are separated by an annular barrier seal (23) in rubbing contact with the internal wall of the upper component (10). By this provision the danger of leakage is so much reduced that it is not necessary to provide a mechanical lock for the pump when the dispenser is closed.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2002Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Scope Next LimitedInventor: Richard Smith
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Patent number: 6824021Abstract: An actuating head (12) of a double-acting pump (1) for ejecting a product (38) from a container (2) includes an outlet duct (13a-13d) leading to an ejection opening (16), wherein a closing piece (18) biased by a spring (17) is arranged in the outlet duct. The closing piece (18) directly seals the ejection opening (16) under the force of the spring (17) and the closing piece (18) releases as a result of the pressure exerted when actuating the double-acting pump (1) the flow of the product (38) through the outlet duct (13a-13d) and through the ejection opening (16) against the force of the spring (17).Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2003Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Aero Pump GmbH, ZerstäuberpumpenInventors: Ettore Masuzzo, Stefan Christ
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Patent number: 6811058Abstract: A valve assembly for a fluid dispenser includes a housing having at least a first opening and a second opening, and a valve member fitted in the housing, the valve member being rotatable about an axis and including a first channel, extending along said axis and communicating with the first opening in the housing, and at least two outlet channels radially extending from the first channel to the circumference of the valve member, wherein each of the radially extending outlet channels can be brought into registry with the second opening by rotating the valve member.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Fluid Management, Inc.Inventors: Mark M. J. Voskuil, Pieter J. M. Alkemade
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Publication number: 20040195271Abstract: A dispensing apparatus including a main body with a fixed handle, a push rod, a gun body uniting section, and a trigger is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventor: Lianrui Chen
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Patent number: 6799611Abstract: An icing dispenser having an expandable elastic reservoir on the handle proximal end which when loaded expands a reservoir bladder under an elastic bias that tends to return the bladder to its unexpanded condition, therein uniformly impressing constant pressure on the icing within the reservoir. A reservoir neck extends from the bladder through a handle passageway to a decorator icing tip. A butterfly valve within the reservoir neck modulates an amount of icing flowing through the tip with butterfly ends angled parallel to the passageway and urged into the pliable neck at a preferred angle, slightly deforming the neck to effect a valve seal. The handle is adapted for operation in an operator's fingers as a writing instrument with icing extrusion modulated by a lever on the handle being adjusted relative to the handle by the fingers.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Inventor: Edbert E. L. Dittmar
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Patent number: 6789706Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising: a reservoir (1) serving to contain fluid and defining an actuating wall (14); and a dispensing orifice (20) via which the fluid is dispensed each time the wall (14) of the reservoir (1) is actuated; the reservoir (1) further containing a pump (3) defining a pump chamber (31) provided with an inlet valve (32) for communicating with the reservoir (1) and with an outlet valve (33), the pump (3) including a pusher (34) which is pushed in order reduce the volume of the pump chamber, said pusher (34) being disposed below the actuating wall (14) of the reservoir; said dispenser being characterized in that a delivery duct (21) connects the outlet valve (33) of the pump (3) to the dispensing orifice (20).Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Valois S.A.S.Inventors: Aline Abergel, Firmin Garcia
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Patent number: 6779690Abstract: A double-acting pump for ejecting a product from a container, with a housing in which a piston with an axial bore is axially slideable and sealed by a first housing portion, with a hollow piston rod which extends the axial bore of the piston and is slideable in an opening of a closing cap of the housing and container. When an actuating head is actuated, it presses the piston against the force of a restoring spring toward a connecting pipe portion for an immersion pipe provided in the housing, so that a pressure is built up in a pressure chamber of the housing which presses a first valve closing piece in the connecting pipe piece against a first valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2003Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: AERO Pump GmbHInventors: Ettore Masuzzo, Stefan Christ
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Patent number: 6776312Abstract: A actuating head of a double-acting or lift and force pump for ejecting a product from a container includes an outlet duct leading to an ejection opening, wherein a valve closing piece is arranged in the outlet duct. Together with the outlet duct, the valve closing piece forms a check valve which, when the actuating head is actuated, is opened by the pressure of the product and allows the product to flow into a space defined by the inner side of the outlet duct and the circumference of the valve closing piece. This space is connected through at least one transverse groove to the ejection opening. The valve closing piece is elastically deformed by the product pressure when the actuating head is actuated and opens the check valve. The valve closing piece borders against the transverse groove and rests with its rear side against a radially inwardly protruding shoulder of the outlet duct.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Aero Pump GmbH, ZerstäuberpumpenInventors: Ettore Masuzzo, Stefan Christ
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Patent number: 6763978Abstract: A dispenser pump e.g. for toothpaste has a plunger (21) connected to a proximal end of an elongate flexible plastics strip (22) which is run slidably along a guide track built into the discharge nozzle (14) of the pump alongside the discharge channel (63). The distal end of the guide track defines a bend which opens through a lateral slot into the discharge channel (63) just inside its external opening. Action of the plunger causes the strip (22) to slide back and forth along the track and round the bend, so that the tip of the strip is moved out of the mouth of the nozzle during dispensing but returns to block it and cut away residual product when the plunger is released.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2003Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Rieke Packaging Systems LimitedInventors: David John Pritchett, Brian Robert Law, Jeffrey William Spencer
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Publication number: 20040129714Abstract: Pressurized Drinking Mug with a drinking mug capable of retaining a liquid. The mug has an attached hollow handle. The mug also has a removable, replaceable lid. The hollow handle contains a standard air pump mechanism that creates positive air pressure inside the mug. The lid has a liquid retaining reservoir that has a rigid straw portion extending down to the bottom of the mug and also extends upward to a removable replaceable flexible straw. The flexible straw is capable of being pinched closed or opened by a pinch valve so that when the pinch valve is opened, the liquid is forced up through the straw to the user's mouth. The rigid straw portion also contains a side port that can be restricted by a removable, replaceable plug. The port is also capable of retaining a push button valve that allows the pressurized liquid to be pumped into the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventor: Garey Thompson
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Patent number: 6758371Abstract: The invention concerns a dispensing device comprising a fluid product pump (1) defining: a pump chamber (112) with variable volume; an intake valve (14) allowing the fluid product to penetrate into the pump chamber; and an outlet valve (16) allowing the pressurized fluid to exit from the chamber; a dispensing orifice (195) downstream the outlet valve, and the outlet valve comprising a valve seat (126) and a mobile valve member (16) elastically stressed on said seat. The invention is characterized in that the mobile valve member (16) forms piston means for delivering the fluid product downstream towards the dispensing orifice.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Valois S.A.Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Aline Abergel
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Patent number: 6752296Abstract: A nozzle cap of a trigger actuated pump sprayer is produced of two different materials using a bi-injection molding process for delimiting the markings on the outer faces of four walls of the cap serving as indicia relating to specific rotative positions of the cap.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2003Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.Inventors: Steve L. Sweeton, Phillip J. DiMaggio
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Patent number: 6729501Abstract: A dosing pump for dispensing two or more liquids, gels, slurries and/or pastes, and adapted to be connected to two or more containers for the two or more liquids, gels, slurries and/or pastes is described. The dosing pump may include an operating button, and two or more liquid, gel, slurry and/or paste dispensing assemblies. Each such assembly may be in mechanical contact with an actuator which in turn is in mechanical contact with the operating button, so that on movement of the operating button liquid, gel slurry and/or paste is dispensed simultaneously or nearly simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Erik Peterson
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Patent number: 6715649Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid delivery pump (1) connected to the neck of a container comprising: a cylindrical hollow body (2) defining a suction and compression chamber (5) communicating with outside through a liquid distribution channel (7); a manually actuated piston (8) slidingly coupled to said hollow body (2); elastic means (12) cooperating with a push button (83) connected to said piston; first valve means (13) adapted to connect said suction chamber (5) with a liquid suction tube (6); second valve means (14) adapted to connect said suction and compression chamber (5) with said distribution channel (7) during the delivery phase. Said distribution channel (7) has a first stationary part (71) made in the plug (23) and a second swinging part (30) consisting of a tube (13) having at the end facing the first stationary part (71) a substantially spherical body (32) whose outer surface closes the first stationary part when said second part is substantially perpendicular to the first part.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Taplast SPAInventor: Stefano Santagiuliana
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Publication number: 20040060947Abstract: A metering pump for viscous fluids, such as cosmetics ingredients and paint colorants, is disclosed which includes a self-sealing valve member at the outlet of the pump to prevent undispensed fluid from solidifying or clogging the outlet and further which enhances the accuracy of the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2002Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventor: Constantijn Thomas Papaikonomou
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Patent number: 6702156Abstract: A liquid jetting pump of the present invention is constructed such that an intra container liquid is sucked into a cylinder 3 through a suction valve 9 by moving a vertically movable member 4 up and down, and the intra cylinder liquid is jetted out of a nozzle 29 through a discharge valve 31 from a stem 28. A plurality of ribs 10 are protruded in a peripheral direction from a lower edge part within the cylinder. Engagement recessed portions 11 are formed in inner parts of the upper surfaces of the ribs. A lower edge of a coil spring 38 for biasing the vertically movable member 4 is secured to each of the engagement recessed portions 11, thereby permitting a flow of liquid on both sides of the lower edge of the spring internally externally.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Shimada, Katsuhito Kuwahara, Takao Kishi, Takayuki Abe, Shuzo Endo, Yuji Kohara, Takamitsu Nozawa
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Publication number: 20040004092Abstract: A valve apparatus for controlling the discharge of material pumped by a material pump through a discharge hose, wherein the valve apparatus includes a substantially sealed flexible bladder in a casing to be located about a discharge hose, and a source of compressed air. Material flow through the discharge hose is prevented by introducing compressed into the flexible bladder, causing the bladder to expand and constrict the discharge hose, and the flow of material is resumed by deflating the bladder. Simultaneous control of the material pump and the valve apparatus is also achieved by the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Kerry Judge, Timo E. Rantikallio
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Patent number: 6669061Abstract: A pump dispenser which precisely transmits trigger motion and enables stable operation of a piston section. The manually operable pump dispenser is mounted on a vessel wherein the liquid contained in the cylinder section is compressed with a piston section by the displacement of a trigger structure and is ejected through a nozzle orifice. The dispenser includes a base body fixed on the vessel orifice via a packing structure, a cylinder section and a vent cylinder section formed adjacent to each other on the base body, and a trigger structure including a trigger section, a valve casing section mounted on the base body, and a trigger guide section oscillating in the vent cylinder section.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Canyon Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuya Tada
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Patent number: 6655555Abstract: A paint dispensing system including a container having a moveable piston contained therein wherein a paint containing area is defined between the piston and a portion of the container. A dispenser extends through an opening formed in the piston and by moving the piston against paint contained within the container results in paint being forced into the dispenser where the paint moves through the dispenser and through the piston to an outlet where the paint is dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2002Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Direct Dye Delivery, LLCInventors: Basil N. Yankoglu, Terry S. Fox
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Patent number: 6651702Abstract: A squirt gun includes a hollow housing in the form of a gun with a liquid dispensing assembly within the housing. The liquid dispensing assembly includes a rigid pressure vessel having either a gas-filled compressible bladder or a spring-loaded piston disposed within. The vessel is connected to a flexible tube with a nozzle at one end, and the gun is adapted to receive and expel water to and from the vessel through the nozzle. A pivotable trigger cooperates with the flexible tube to either enable both the receiving and expelling, or to deny the expelling of the water. To fill the gun, water is forced into the vessel under pressure, which compresses the air bladder or the piston to retain that pressure within the water-filled vessel. To expel the retained water, the trigger is moved to an “open” position, which allows the water to be forced from the pressurized water-filled vessel, through the nozzle, and from the gun as the air bladder or the piston expands.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Inventor: Frank Marino
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Patent number: 6640999Abstract: The present invention relates to a dosing pump for dispensing two or more liquids, gels, slurries and/or pastes, and adapted to be connected to two or more containers for said two or more as liquids, gels, slurries and/or pastes. The dosing pump may comprise an operating button, and two or more liquid, gel, slurry and/or paste dispensing assemblies. Each such assembly may comprise an actuator which is in mechanical contact with said operating button, so that each actuator, on each dispensing assembly, is simultaneously or nearly simultaneously actuated by movement of said operating button. The dosing pump of the present invention may have a flap valve assembly situated within plates between the liquid, gel slurry and/or paste assembly, and the container, which carries the liquid, gel, slurry and/or paste.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2001Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Erik Peterson
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Patent number: 6637625Abstract: A continuous operation metering valve, based on true volumetric positive displacement technology, uses an innovative dual rack and drive pinion design that enables the valve to dispense from one meter chamber while the other meter chamber is filling. This provides greater dispense cycle rates because it does not require a fill or reload period. With an optional encoder-controlled motor, the inventive metering valve is capable of almost unlimited precision dispensing with “on-the-fly” adjustment capability. The metering valve is easily disassembled and cleaned, using stainless steel wetted path components and Teflon seals for the widest range of chemical compatibility. An integral electronic board, mounted to the side of the valve, may be utilized to control the 4-way directional valve and motor direction (when not using a rotary encoder control).Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Delaware Capital FormationInventor: Richard Jefferson
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Publication number: 20030183654Abstract: A valve assembly for a fluid dispenser includes a housing having at least a first opening and a second opening, and a valve member fitted in the housing, the valve member being rotatable about an axis and comprising a first channel, extending along said axis and communicating with the first opening in the housing, and at least two outlet channels radially extending from the first channel to the circumference of the valve member, wherein each of the radially extending outlet channels can be brought in register with the second opening by rotating the valve member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Mark M.J. Voskuil, Pieter J.M. Alkemade
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Publication number: 20030075567Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid delivery pump (1) connected to the neck of a container comprising: a cylindrical hollow body (2) defining a suction and compression chamber (5) communicating with outside through a liquid distribution channel (7); a manually actuated piston (8) slidingly coupled to said hollow body (2); elastic means (12) cooperating with a push button (83) connected to said piston; first valve means (13) adapted to connect said suction chamber (5) with a liquid suction tube (6); second valve means (14) adapted to connect said suction and compression chamber (5) with said distribution channel (7) during the delivery phase. Said distribution channel (7) has a first stationary part (71) made in the plug (23) and a second swinging part (30) consisting of a tube (13) having at the end facing the first stationary part (71) a substantially spherical body (32) whose outer surface closes the first stationary part when said second part is substantially perpendicular to the first part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Stefano Santagiuliana
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Patent number: 6547107Abstract: A filling amount adjustment device for a liquid-form substance filling machine, the device including first sliding units disposed on a swing arm and connecting links pivotally attached at one ends to connecting pins of first sliding members (of the first sliding units) that slide along the length of the arm. Second sliding units are disposed on both sides of the swing arm, and the other ends of the connecting links are pivotally connected to the connecting pins of second sliding members (of the second sliding units). Connecting rods connected to piston rods are pivotally connected to the connecting pins. When fine adjustment shafts in which male screws are cut are rotated, the second sliding members are moved and positioned; as a result, the first sliding members slide via the connecting links, thus changing the positions of the connecting pins in the direction of length of the arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Hiramoto, Kenji Kawamura
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Patent number: 6543651Abstract: A viscous liquid dispenser includes a housing that defines an internal liquid reservoir. A dispensing pump mechanism is disposed at least partially within the reservoir and has a delivery end extending out of the reservoir. A mounting mechanism is configured as an integral component of the housing and provides the dispenser with the ability to be detachable connected to complimentary mounting structure on a wall surface. A unique dispensing pump mechanism is also provided for use with any manner of viscous liquid dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2000Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Richard P. Lewis, Cleary E. Mahaffey, Pamela J. Mayberry, Paul F. Tramontina, David J. Powling, Mark A. Bennett, Randall M. Bachtel