Container-mounted Pump Patents (Class 222/383.1)
  • Patent number: 8899449
    Abstract: An outlet valve assembly for fluid dispenser of a type having a pump which has a pump inlet coupled to a fluid reservoir and a pump outlet includes a pump tip having a first end adapted to be coupled to the pump outlet and a second end defining a conduit extending in a flow direction therebetween. A first annular protrusion extends radially inwardly within the conduit and a resiliently deformable valve member is received within the conduit. The valve member includes a valve head portion having one or more slits defining an orifice and a peripheral valve portion bounding the valve head portion, which is retained on the first annular protrusion. A vent-resisting member is received within the conduit and includes a perforated baffle adjacent to the upstream side of the valve head portion and an axially-extending sidewall which has a distal edge engaging the peripheral valve portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Inventor: Warren S. Daansen
  • Publication number: 20140346193
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device having a trigger actuated sprayer assembly for dispensing a liquid with features such as a bottle with a concavity, a clip around the bottle neck, a sprayer assembly with a bottle filling conduit and a translucent neck window on the sprayer assembly for viewing the bottle filling conduit. The fluid delivery system includes a bottle with a concavity in the side wall attached to a body. A pump in the body receives fluid from the bottle via a fluid inlet conduit and discharges the fluid from a fluid discharge conduit. Also provided is a kit including (i) a fluid delivery device with a bottle, and (ii) one or more fluid refill containers, wherein the bottle and the container(s) include matching indicia of the fluid such that the bottle is only filled from a container with the fluid indicated by the matching indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Linda J. Babinski, Kate Schreiber, Robert T. Wosewick, Aaron B. Eiger, Evan P. Thompson, Trevor Wesolowski
  • Publication number: 20140338788
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing flowable solid materials, wherein the apparatus includes a container for holding dispensable material, a dispensing assembly, a lever locking assembly, and a receptacle. In operation, a receptacle is inserted into a receptacle receiving area. The receptacle engages a pivotable release arm to unlock a latch plate. The receptacle also engages a pivotable latch arm to slide the latch plate to unblock a lever slot, thereby allowing a lever to be urged downward by a user. As the lever is urged downward, a piston advances through an angularly disposed piston shaft to push dispensable material from a piston shaft upper portion into a spiral chute wherein the material gravity flows down the chute and into the receptacle in the receptacle receiving area. The apparatus may include a receptacle locking assembly to lock the receptacle within the receptacle receiving area while material is being dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Scott D. Green, Joseph M. Wyatt
  • Patent number: 8887967
    Abstract: A trigger dispenser (1) for liquids comprises a suction valve (30) having a diaphragm (32) abutting against the bottom wall (106) of the pumping chamber (4). The suction valve (30) comprises a stem (40) extending along a suction valve axis (Y), which crosses the bottom wall (10b), snap-coupling with it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Guala Dispensing S.p.A.
    Inventor: Riccardo Alluigi
  • Publication number: 20140332566
    Abstract: A hand pump for fixing to a working surface comprises a pump housing and an outlet that extends substantially laterally with respect to the pump housing in order to extend above a receptacle. The pump is operable by substantially straight-lined operational movement of the outlet along the pump housing. The outlet and the pump housing are coupled by means of a guide, in particular comprising guiding means in the pump housing, against tilting of the outlet with respect to the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Henri Peteri Beheer B.V.
    Inventor: Niels Theodoor Peteri
  • Patent number: 8881953
    Abstract: Fluid dispensing apparatus with integral dip tube. Container includes body having wall defining interior volume, a first neck top, and a fitment extending from the neck top. A dip tube integrally formed to the body, fluidly connected to interior bottom, and fluidly connected to interior volume at landing top edge at or below the neck top, wherein distance between landing top edge and neck top is equal to or less than length of the fitment. The landing may be funnel-shaped, with one or more sides of landing slanting inward towards top opening of dip tube. Dispenser may be coupled to fitment and include supply line connected with dip tube at landing. Bent connector may be provided for fluidly connecting supply line with dip tube at landing when dispenser is attached to neck top. Container may include second neck top separated from first neck top by gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: Stephen R. Dennis
  • Patent number: 8881946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact container having an airless pump, and more particularly, to a compact container for discharging cosmetic in preset amount when the pump is driven by pressing a button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Pum-Tech Korea Co. Ltd, F.S. Korea Industries
    Inventors: Do Hoon Lee, Jae Kwang Hwang
  • Patent number: 8870033
    Abstract: A trigger dispenser device (1) envisages a secondary liquid aspiration duct (50) in communication with the dispenser duct, and a primary liquid aspiration duct (8) in communication with the container, off-axis with each other. Between these, a joining compartment (64) is provided communicating upstream with the primary liquid aspiration duct (8) and communicating downstream with the secondary liquid aspiration duct (50) to form the fluidic connection between them. In particular, the container (C) is of the type with built-in suction pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Guala Dispensing S.p.A.
    Inventors: Riccardo Alluigi, Stephen R. Dennis
  • Publication number: 20140312072
    Abstract: The invention relates to dispensers for fluid products, particularly oral dosing of medicines. The dispenser is a pump dispenser and has a separate nozzle attachment. The nozzle and dispenser may be uncoupled in a holding position or coupled position. A child resistance feature is disclosed which prevents unauthorised coupling of the dispenser and nozzle, thereby preventing unauthorised dispensing of product. The child resistance feature only allows coupling of the dispenser and nozzle when a coupling control element is triggered and then maintains this coupling with additional features. A protective cover for the dispenser is also disclosed, which covers the nozzle attachment and pump plunger button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Simon Christopher Knight, Joseph Stanley Brunton, David John Pritchett
  • Publication number: 20140309299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical preparation, comprising a mixture of at least one pharmaceutical active ingredient, at least one alcohol component and at least one triglyceride component, in a plastic container, characterized in that the plastic has a water vapour permeability of no more than 3.0 g/m2/24 h (measured on a film 100 ?m thick at 40° C. and 90% relative humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: G. POHL-BOSKAMP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Groteluschen, Henning Ueck, Thomas Zimmeck
  • Patent number: 8857738
    Abstract: A device (10) for selectively dispensing ones of multiple fluids, preferably cleaning agents, is disclosed. The device includes a reservoir (50) and a container assembly (100) that can include at least one container body (105, 110, 112, 114, 116). The reservoir (50) houses a diluent “D,” for example, water, and each container body houses a concentrate “C,” for example, a concentrated form of a cleaning agent. Each container body has an outlet assembly (200) with a nozzle (260), so that container assemblies (100) with multiple container bodies correspondingly include multiple nozzles (260). The diluent “D” and concentrates “C” are kept separate from each other, whereby ho end use product is stored in the device (10). Rather, end use product is mixed on demand during dispensation, as part of the, dispensing act. Namely, diluent “D” is pumped through an outlet assembly (200), drawing concentrate “C” thereinto which mixes into the end use product while exiting the device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy F. Knopow, Jeffrey L. Crull, Lawrence J. Fenske, Cunjiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8857670
    Abstract: A dispenser (300) includes an arched flange (303) that works as a baffle to prevent dispensed media from exiting a nozzle erratically. The dispenser (300) can be configured with a connector (402), connector extension (403), and nozzle (401) for use with vessels (802). Alternatively, a dispenser cap (1100) can include a coupling mechanism (1200) configured to attach to prior art dispensers. Dispensed media is directed along the dispensing surface (301) in a ventral direction (302) relative to the dispenser (300), thereby eliminating the possibility of the media being dispensed into the user's face or eyes, regardless of clogs present or user hand position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew J Mills
  • Patent number: 8851331
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser includes an adjustable dosing mechanism that permits adjustment of the amount of fluid to be dispensed. An adjustable dosing mechanism may be inserted into the dispenser in either a high dose orientation or a low dose orientation. The body further includes pair of dose adjusting flanges. When the adjustable dosing mechanism body is received into the dispenser in the high dose orientation, a relatively larger quantity of fluid product is dispensed. When the adjustable dosing mechanism body is received into the dispenser in the low dose orientation, a relatively smaller quantity of fluid product is dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Pelkey, Brian P. Carlson, Troy A. Anderson, Brian K. Stahel
  • Patent number: 8852528
    Abstract: A fragrance product is disclosed including a container containing liquid fragrance and a dispenser assembly for dispensing the liquid fragrance including a transport assembly and a tube connected to the transport assembly and extending into the liquid fragrance. The tube and the liquid fragrance each have a refractive index, and the difference between the refractive index of the tube and the liquid fragrance is not greater than about 0.04.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: James Thomson, Julia DiCorleto Gibson, John Boyle, Kevin Gray
  • Publication number: 20140291321
    Abstract: A storage or transport container for gasoline or similar hydraulic media, which tend to form explosive mixtures of air or gas and vapors. The container includes an electrically conductive plastic. The interior chamber of the container is substantially filled with an explosion-protection filling made of very highly thermally conductive material having a small displacement volume and a large surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Bernhard Schmid
  • Publication number: 20140294742
    Abstract: Anti-plaque dental treatment compositions are useful in treating and/or preventing formation of dental plaque and biofilm. The anti-plaque compositions are configured for daily application to a patient's teeth in order to inhibit dental plaque formation and generally include a peroxide-based anti-bacterial compound, xylitol in an amount so as to provide a bacteriostatic effect, and an aqueous gel carrier comprised of water and at least one thickening agent into which the anti-bacterial compound and xylitol are dispersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Dan E. Fischer, Peter M. Allred
  • Patent number: 8839992
    Abstract: Described is a fluid dispensing container having a bottle and fluid withdrawing assembly for liquids, such as liquid cleaners and the like. The bottle has an integral dip tube formed therein connecting at a landing below the top of the bottle neck, fluidly connecting the inside of the bottle with the top opening of the bottle. A fluid dispensing mechanism, such as a pump or trigger-sprayer, is attached to the top of the bottle to take fluid up through the integral dip tube and dispense the fluid accordingly. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be aligned to allow a direct connection between integral dip tube and the fluid dispensing mechanism at a landing below the bottle opening. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be attached to the bottle with a snap-fit connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: Stephen R. Dennis
  • Patent number: 8839991
    Abstract: The dispensing bottle includes a dispensing head with an air inlet allowing ambient air to enter an opening of a reservoir portion of the bottle, and a filter member that fits over and seals the opening of the reservoir portion of the bottle for filtering the ambient air entering the bottle to prevent contaminants from entering the reservoir portion of the bottle along with ambient air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventor: Ronald B. Smernoff
  • Patent number: 8833607
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) dispenser is configured to communicate with an RFID tag provided by a refill cartridge utilizes a multi band pass filter to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal. The digital signal read by the dispenser is processed by a controller to enable a dispensing function that is representative of the code associated with the RFID tag. In addition, the dispenser includes a pair of transistors that write to the RFID tag provided by the refill cartridge. The dispenser may also be configured to communicate with the RFID tags that are disposed upon cartridges utilized by the dispenser. In addition, the dispenser may be configured to utilize cartridges that include adjustable or telescoping partitions that allow the size of the cartridge to vary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson W. Wegelin, Aaron R. Reynolds, Chip W. Curtis
  • Patent number: 8827117
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser includes a pressing unit is pivotably connected to a base received in a body. A guiding tube in communication with a container is movably connected to an engagement cap. An inner tube includes a passage in communication with a passage of an outer tube. The inner tube further includes at least one hole in communication with the passage of the inner tube and a passage of the guiding tube. A mouth includes a tube and an end cap having an aperture. The tube includes two rods movably engaged in two sliding grooves of the pressing unit. The tube is coupled to the outer tube, with the aperture of the end cap in communication with the passage of the outer tube. When the pressing unit is pressed, the transverse rods are driven by the sliding grooves to move upward, causing dispensation of a fluid via the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Yung-Wei Ho
  • Patent number: 8827116
    Abstract: A disposable self-contained fluid dispenser that can be easily mounted to a wall or toilet. The dispenser has a hinged integral fluid container (formed as a lever) and has a pump laterally extended from the fluid container. The fluid container is hinged to a back plate and a hood covers the top of the extended pump. The top edge of the back plate is hinged to the rear edge of the hood and the front of the hood is hinged to contact the compressible end of the pump. The three hinge points form a triangle. When the user presses the fluid container (lever) or applies downward pressure to the extended front end of the hood, the geometry of the triangle is altered thereby compressing the piston of the pump and causing fluid to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: George Wesley Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20140239018
    Abstract: In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, various new generation dispensing devices can be provided. Such devices are vertically aligned, provide greater than 1.0 cc per piston stroke, and can involve a range of sprayer heads and sprayer/foamer systems incorporating such heads. Such novel sprayer heads can include a novel stretched piston, or, for example, the standard separate piston and piston chamber configuration. By using integration of parts, and a novel dome valve, exemplary sprayers are more easily manufactured, and have better operating properties. Finally, pre-compression is such novel valves is supplied by a novel dome valve with binary behavior, and minimal hysteresis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: DISPENSING TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Maas, Dominicus Jan van Wijk, Paolo Nervo, Petrus Lambertus Wilhelmus Hurkmans, Aaron Haleva
  • Patent number: 8814007
    Abstract: A dispenser (300) includes an arched flange (303) that works as a baffle to prevent dispensed media from exiting a nozzle erratically. The dispenser (300) can be configured with a connector (402), connector extension (403), and nozzle (401) for use with vessels (802). Alternatively, a dispenser cap (1100) can include a coupling mechanism (1200) configured to attach to prior art dispensers. Dispensed media is directed along the dispensing surface (301) in a ventral direction (302) relative to the dispenser (300), thereby eliminating the possibility of the media being dispensed into the user's face or eyes, regardless of clogs present or user hand position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew J. Mills
  • Publication number: 20140224841
    Abstract: Liquid dispensers with a housing, a reservoir for receiving liquid prior to discharge, a discharge opening, and a conveyor device for conveying liquid from the reservoir to the discharge opening. The conveyor device includes a metering chamber with a cylindrical wall, and a piston adapted to the cylindrical wall to allow a sliding movement thereon. The metering chamber and the piston are displaced relative to each other between starting and end positions. An outlet side of the metering chamber is adjoined by an outlet chamber, and an inlet side of the metering chamber is adjoined by an inlet chamber. The piston is arranged in the inlet chamber when in the starting position and in the outlet chamber when in the end position. During the transition from the starting position to the end position, the liquid in the metering chamber is pressurized for discharge through the discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Judith Auerbach, Juergen Greiner-Perth
  • Publication number: 20140224842
    Abstract: A trigger dispenser device (1) is for dispensing a liquid comprises a container (C) and a dispenser head (20). The head includes a frame (22) having a pressure chamber (24) and a secondary liquid aspiration duct (50), and an auxiliary body (2) attached to the frame (22). The auxiliary body is provided with a primary liquid aspiration duct (8) and an air aspiration chamber (4b). Between the frame (22) and the auxiliary body (2) a merger compartment (64) is formed and the air aspiration chamber (4b) surrounds the merger compartment (64) so as to seal it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Riccardo Alluigi
  • Patent number: 8800823
    Abstract: A valve system for a trigger sprayer including a valve forming an air spring with a portion of the trigger sprayer and being made of a flexible or elastomeric material. The trigger sprayer may include an air-spring valve system wherein the air-spring valve system provides precompression during a pump stroke. The precompression forces developed in the valve system during a pump stroke may originate from an air valve or air pocket trapped between a portion of a valve body and a part of the valve system. For example, a valve may be inserted in a tube retainer which is connected to a valve body of a trigger sprayer. Air trapped in a chamber or space between a portion of the valve and the tube retainer may provide a force against the valve such that a certain force must be applied to the valve before it allows product to be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: 8800822
    Abstract: A pump system may include a blown-in dip tube connected to a valve body and having a connection which may include an improved blown-in dip tube connector having a swivel adaptor, or a rotatable connector, which creates a fluid path from a blown-in dip tube of a bottle to a trigger sprayer. The swivel adaptor, or rotatable connector, may also include a body or head which may be attached to a valve body, tube retainer, or valve retainer of a trigger sprayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Good, Dennis Kelly, Joseph K. Dodd, Joseph R. Krestine, David L. DeJong, Steven L. Sweeton, Eric Scheier, Lluis Costa Quintas, Alejandro Espinoza
  • Patent number: 8794474
    Abstract: A reusable concentrate cartridge adapted to be supported by a diluting and dispensing container for combining at least two separate components of a multi-component system, the concentrate cartridge having a hollow cylindrical element and a hollow tube with a closure portion. The concentrate cartridge is caused to open by the rotating engagement of a closure cap onto the diluting and dispensing container to which causes the closure portion of the hollow tube to disengage, releasing the concentrate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: iDispense, LLC
    Inventors: Edward L. Mueller, Douglas F. Taylor
  • Patent number: 8777065
    Abstract: A container for use with a handheld fluid dispenser is provided. The container may include a container body having interconnected walls that define an inside space therebetween and in which liquid contents are held. An opening may extend through the container body and permit access to the liquid contents in the container body. A cap may engage the container body and be aligned with the opening of the container body. The cap may include a rim that defines an outer portion of the cap. A neck may be arranged concentrically within the rim, the neck including a bore that extends longitudinally through the neck and is aligned with the opening of the container body. A recess that has an annular shape may be defined between the rim and the neck of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy F. Knopow, Jeffrey L. Crull, Lawrence J. Fenske, Cunjiang Cheng, Cory J. Nelson, Jose M. Arevalo
  • Patent number: 8771799
    Abstract: A system for spray delivery of liquids comprising a motor axially coupled to one or more pistons through a wobble plate coupling. Each piston feeds an input port of a swirl chamber spray nozzle. Each piston may separately pulse the swirl chamber using a different injection point. In one embodiment, the spray nozzle, swirl chamber, feed channels and cylinder heads for the cylinders may be formed as a single integrated casting. In one embodiment, the sprayer may include an intermediate plate rotatably mounted on the wobble plate. The sprayer may include a piston cap with a flat contact with the wobble plate/intermediate plate and a spherical interface with the piston. In a further embodiment, the system may be configured for handheld application of liquids and may comprise a tank for holding the liquid, a power source and control actuator together with the spray pump and nozzle in a hand operable package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: JM Harwood LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Harwood
  • Patent number: 8746585
    Abstract: A power trigger sprayer comprising an integrated nozzle and pump assembly. The pump may comprise one or more pistons. Each piston feeds an input port of a swirl chamber spray nozzle. The nozzle is pulsed at a high rate, producing a predetermined spray pattern. In a further embodiment, the sprayer may be configured for handheld application of liquids and may comprise a tank for holding the liquid, a power source and control actuator together with the spray pump and nozzle in a hand operable unit. The sprayer may comprise a drip guard for directing drip flow away from the trigger and hand grip portion of the sprayer. The sprayer may include a battery within the hand grip portion. The battery may be in a battery module with grip/latch tabs allowing easy removal and replacement of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: JM Harwood LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Harwood, James Richard Bullington
  • Publication number: 20140144946
    Abstract: A discharging apparatus having two housing portions displaceable in relation to one another, a discharging opening for discharging a medium, and a reservoir for storing the medium. A manual displacement movement of the housing portions causes medium to be delivered from the reservoir to the discharging opening. The discharging apparatus has an electric load, an electromagnetic generator by which the mechanical energy introduced upon actuation is converted into electrical energy for supplying the electric load, and the electromagnetic generator has a magnet and a conductor connected to the electric load. A spring energy store with a stressing member movable in relation to the second housing portion, and a spring acting between the second housing portion and the stressing member are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Joerg Kohnle, Joachim Koerner
  • Patent number: 8720746
    Abstract: A power assembly that can obtain duration discharge of product upon a single turn of an actuator sleeve to pressurize product and ready it for dispensing. The assembly includes a piston carried by a piston housing for reciprocation in a cylinder cup having a pump chamber. The actuator sleeve is connected through a clutch disc to a drive screw that is connected to reciprocate the piston housing and piston when the actuator sleeve is rotated. The clutch disc is operative to first disengage the actuator sleeve from the drive screw and then move a stem valve to an open position when an actuator is depressed to dispense product. The power assembly can be used with various energy storage devices such as springs, gases or elastics to exert pressure on product to be dispensed when the actuator is turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventor: William Sydney Blake
  • Patent number: 8714415
    Abstract: A sprayer for liquids including a USD (Upside Down) device which allows operation of the sprayer in the upright and upside down positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: MWV-Vicenza S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gilberto Rech, Sarlo Buti
  • Publication number: 20140110439
    Abstract: A bayonet connection structure between a container mouth portion and a cap is provided in which a crush and abrasion of a rotation prevention portion on a container mouth portion side is prevented. A cap 11 includes a plurality of slip prevention claws 12 and 13 spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction on an inner circumferential surface, one of the plurality of slip prevention claws 12 and 13 is the slip prevention claw 12 elastically displaceable in a radial direction, and a rotation prevention projection 14 extending in an axial direction is provided between the elastically-displaceable slip prevention claw 12 and each of the other slip prevention claws 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: CANYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tada, Mitsuaki Shaduki
  • Patent number: 8701934
    Abstract: A dispenser device head (1) of a liquid is provided with a nozzle (20) comprising a lateral wall (30) having through signalling apertures (40) defining a caption or symbol to highlight a functioning configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Guala Dispensing S.p.A.
    Inventor: Riccardo Alluigi
  • Patent number: 8695896
    Abstract: A re-fillable liquid spray dispenser useful as a fragrance atomizer includes a re-filling valve apparatus that is cooperative with a discharge nozzle of a liquid reservoir. A main chamber into which liquid may be filled in the spray dispenser is cyclically vented in unison with liquid injection through the re-filling valve apparatus. In this way, the liquid spray dispenser is accurately and efficiently vented during a liquid filling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Zhejiang JM Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xufeng Tu
  • Patent number: 8684235
    Abstract: A trigger-type liquid sprayer of the present invention is provided with a liquid sprayer body 2 having a nozzle 21 and a trigger lever 22 and a shroud 3 covering the liquid sprayer body 2 and sprays a liquid from a spray hole 211 in the nozzle 21 by a pulling operation of the trigger lever 22. The nozzle 21 is rotatable with respect to the liquid sprayer body 2 and provided so as to open/close a flow passage for the liquid according to a rotational position of the nozzle 21 when an operation lever 24 mounted on the nozzle 21 is rotationally moved, and an abutment portion 31 for positioning the nozzle 21 at a position where the flow passage is opened through abutment of the operation lever 24 is provided at the shroud 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Kao Corporation, Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Inaba, Takeshi Omi, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Takayuki Abe, Masayuki Nakamura, Hidesato Kizaki
  • Patent number: 8672191
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hand-operated spray pump configured to discharge a predetermined amount of content upon pressing a button and to suction a residual portion of the content in an end of a nozzle after discharging the content, the hand-operated spray pump including a housing forming the external appearance of the pump, a housing cap configured to seal the internal space of the housing from the outside, the closure configured to mount a container containing content in the housing, the closure being integrally formed with the housing cap, a stem configured to move upward and downward while being connected to the lower end of the button, the shaft configured to move upward and downward along the inside of the housing cap while being coupled to the outside of the stem, a piston configured to move upward and downward along the inner wall of the housing, a compression spring provided between a side protrusion formed at the upper end of the shaft at the side of the shaft and the housing cap, an opening and closin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Chong Woo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung Kee Lee
  • Patent number: 8668118
    Abstract: A replenishable liquid soap dispensing apparatus includes a liquid soap container, a soap dispensing device and a support rack. The liquid soap container includes a holding portion, a bottle opening on the holding portion and at least one lean portion on the holding portion. The soap dispensing device has a soap intake tube connecting to the liquid soap container to draw liquid soap, a soap discharge tube connecting to the soap intake tube to discharge the liquid soap and a pressurizing mechanism to increase the pressure in the soap intake tube and soap discharge tube to send the liquid soap from the soap intake tube towards the soap discharge tube. The support rack includes a first support portion to hold the soap dispensing device and a second support portion corresponding to and coupling with the lean portion to hold the liquid soap container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hokwang Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huang Tsai, Kuan-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 8657162
    Abstract: A recharge insert, for use with a spray dispenser device, is made of a matrix material impregnated with a chemical composition that is made dry-to-the-touch and is held in place by a porous three-dimensional polyethylene film that prevents direct skin contact, while allowing the chemical composition to be dissolved in solution with a diluent fluid such as water. When the spray bottle is filled with water, sealed, and shaken, the fluid penetrates into the matrix material, and the chemical composition becomes dissolved in solution, thereby creating a cleaning, sanitizing or disinfectant solution that will remain stable and fully active in use. The recharge insert may be engaged with an insert locating adapter as may be desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventors: Albert R. Kelly, George Schmidt, Denise F. Ortell
  • Publication number: 20140014691
    Abstract: Pre-compression valve systems for trigger sprayers include one-piece valve systems having both check and pre-compression valves or multiple component valve systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: MEADWESTVACO CALMAR, INC.
    Inventors: Donald D. Foster, Philip L. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8627985
    Abstract: Described is a fluid dispensing container having a bottle and fluid withdrawing assembly for liquids, such as liquid cleaners and the like. The bottle has an integral dip tube formed therein connecting at a landing below the top of the bottle neck, fluidly connecting the inside of the bottle with the top opening of the bottle. A fluid dispensing mechanism, such as a pump or trigger-sprayer, is attached to the top of the bottle to take fluid up through the integral dip tube and dispense the fluid accordingly. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be aligned to allow a direct connection between integral dip tube and the fluid dispensing mechanism at a landing below the bottle opening. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be attached to the bottle with a snap-fit connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventor: Stephen R. Dennis
  • Patent number: 8616466
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sprayer with a reservoir for a fluid, such as for a pesticide, with a pump device for pressurizing the fluid, whereby the pump device includes a pump drive, which is movably coupled to a pump piston by means of a pump connecting rod, whereby the pump connecting rod features a first connecting rod part and a second connecting rod part, whereby in order to connect the first connecting rod part and the second connecting rod part, at least one connecting device is provided, by means of which the connecting rod parts can be interlocked in at least two different latching levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventors: Willi Strauss, Michael Betz
  • Publication number: 20130341362
    Abstract: A trigger pump dispenser comprises an outlet valve which is adapted to open an outlet port when a pump chamber decreases in volume as liquid therein is dispensed through the outlet port, and which is adapted to close when the pump chamber increases in volume. The outlet valve comprises a precompression valve operable to allow liquid through the outlet only after a predetermined elevated pressure is established in the pump chamber. The valve has a movable valve member carried on or by a spring member which biases the valve member to a closed position but flexes in response to the elevated pressure in the chamber acting on the valve member to move the valve member to an open position so that liquid can pass from the chamber and thereafter be dispensed through an outlet nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Hoffmann, Juergen Pellenz, Klaus Thanish, Peter Stoelben, Klaus Natersky
  • Publication number: 20130341357
    Abstract: A vessel defining a variable interior volume has a wall with a first and second wall portion, and a flexure zone parallel to a longitudinal axis. In a volumetrically reduced configuration, the wall portions are brought together by flexing of the flexure zone. A fixing element attached to the wall releasably maintains the wall in the reduced configuration by maintaining proximity of the wall portions. A spray bottle system includes a housing forming a receptacle for receiving a soft refill liquid container and having at least one opening representing a reduction in material of the housing. A spray head includes an operable trigger for causing dispensation of liquid from the container. A pivoting junction connects the housing to the spray head permitting flexing of the spray head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Tyler W. Fyke, Paul Bradley Forrest, Bryan McNelis, Thomas Perelli
  • Publication number: 20130341361
    Abstract: A hand held spray bottle for use in the downward application of a liquid onto a horizontal surface. The spray bottle generally comprises a liquid spray device and a liquid storage bottle with an open threaded top to which the spray device is attached. The liquid spray device contains an internal pump assembly, trigger, and nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Nicholas Christian Graham
  • Publication number: 20130334258
    Abstract: A pneumatically powered pump for liquid color adapted to fit partially within a liquid color container having a body portion of the pump within the liquid color container adapted to be mounted on the underside of the container lid and being a single piece of molded plastic overlying an aperture in the container lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Stephen B. MAGUIRE
  • Patent number: 8608031
    Abstract: A dispensing head which can be mounted on a receptacle. The dispensing head includes a pump, for surmounting the receptacle, with an actuating rod having a longitudinal axis X. A diffuser is mounted on the pump, and includes a tube opening at a dispensing orifice, with the tube being elongated along an axis Y distinct from the axis X. A lever arm controls the actuation of the pump, with the lever arm including a portion capable of coming to bear on the diffuser in order to actuate the pump. In addition, a locking member is configured such that, in a first position, the locking member allows actuation of the pump and, in a second position, the locking member prevents actuation of the pump. In a disclosed example, in the second position the tube abuts against a portion of the locking member to prevent actuation of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Pierre-Andre Lasserre, Marcel Sanchez, Pedro Pares Montaner
  • Patent number: RE44710
    Abstract: A unit (1) for packaging and dispensing a liquid or semi-liquid product includes a body (10) with an axis X, forming a reservoir (12) for the liquid or semi-liquid product, the reservoir (12) being surmounted by a pump (30) actuable by an actuating element (34). The product emerges through at least one opening arranged in an outlet element (9) connected to the pump (30) by a conduit (41) forming a flexible connection. The outlet element (9) is held substantially immovably in position on a fixed portion (51) of the body (10) surmounting the reservoir (12), the actuating element (34) being independently mounted relative to the fixed portion (51) of the body (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Thierry Ponton