Fluid Pressure Actuated Patents (Class 222/389)
  • Patent number: 8070021
    Abstract: A viscous material evacuator has a chamber to hold containers shaped as drums and has a plunger that presses into the interior of the drum to press out its highly viscous contents. The chamber has a hinged enclosure that has a hydraulically activated clamp that connects the two sides of the hinged enclosure. The hydraulically activated clamp can be arranged in series and also has a relief cartridge and pressure sensor to prevent the drum from becoming overpressurized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Stanton, Harry A. Bayly, Roger Knox
  • Publication number: 20110272437
    Abstract: A dispensing device for cartridges having a connection for supplying a pressurised gas, a base body, in which at least one passage and/or channel extends through which the pressurised gas can be guided to a first cartridge connector for connecting a cartridge. The first cartridge connector has a first opening towards the passage and/or the front channel such that a cartridge content can be expelled from the cartridge through application of the pressurised gas to a cartridge when the cartridge is arranged in the cartridge connector, wherein a second cartridge connector having a larger cross-section and a second opening is arranged at a front edge of the first cartridge connector The second cartridge connector is suitable for connecting a larger cartridge, and wherein the second opening of the second cartridge connector is sufficiently large to allow a cartridge to be connected to the first cartridge connector proceeding through the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Hubert Büchner
  • Publication number: 20110272433
    Abstract: A cartridge system for application of a flowable material has at least one cartridge having cartridge walls, one cartridge head, and one feed plunger opposite the cartridge head for expelling a cartridge content. The cartridge has at least one opening in the cartridge head or the cartridge wall that can be closed through a valve, wherein a rotatable valve is mounted in rotatable manner in a bracket on the cartridge head or cartridge heads or a shiftable valve is mounted in shiftable manner in a bracket on the cartridge. The valve has at least one passage through the valve that is connected to an outlet opening, the valve, in a closed position, closes in a sealed manner at least one opening of at least one cartridge, in particular all openings of all cartridges, the passage or passages is/are connected to the opening or openings in an open position of the valve such that a cartridge content can be squeezed from the cartridge or cartridges through the outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Hubert Büchner, Tim Schnieber
  • Publication number: 20110272438
    Abstract: A dispensing device for cartridges having a trigger grip for operating a valve of the dispensing device, a connection for supplying a pressurised gas, a cartridge connector for connecting a cartridge, and a base body, in which at least one passage extends through such that pressurised gas can be guided to the cartridge connector. The cartridge connector comprises an opening towards the passage such that the content can be expelled from the cartridge upon application of the pressurised gas to the floor of a cartridge when the cartridge is arranged in the cartridge connector, and wherein the passage can be closed and opened through the operated valve. The valve has a valve body that is arranged in the base body in a rotatable manner, wherein a motion of the trigger grip leads to a rotation of the valve body in the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Hubert Büchner
  • Publication number: 20110272434
    Abstract: A cartridge system for application of a material has at least one cartridge having at least one cartridge has cartridge walls and one cartridge head each having at least one opening in each cartridge head, and a bracket that is arranged on the cartridge head or cartridge heads. A valve is mounted in rotatable manner in the bracket, wherein the valve has at least one passage through the valve that is connected to an outlet opening, wherein the valve, in a closed position, closes at least one opening of at least one cartridge, in particular all openings of all cartridges, in a sealed manner. The at least one passage is connected to the opening or openings in an open position of the valve such that the cartridge content can be squeezed out of the at least one cartridge through the outlet opening, and further wherein the valve can be transitioned from a closed position to an open position through a rotation of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Hubert Büchner, Tim Schnieber
  • Patent number: 8042579
    Abstract: A quantitation setup mechanism (58) is composed of a piston (62) which is incorporated into a quantitation tank (61) to define therein a metering chamber (63), a quantitation setup portion (65) for presetting a quantity of paint replenishment, and a sensor (66) adapted to detect a displacement of the piston (62) preset by the quantitation setup portion (65). In this instance, paint is replenished into a paint chamber (19) of a cartridge (16) by means of a paint feed mechanism (32). In the course of the paint replenishment, an equivalent amount of an extruding liquid is displaced and discharged from an extruding liquid chamber (20). The displaced extruding liquid is introduced into the metering chamber (63) of the quantitation setup mechanism (58), detecting a quantity of displacement of the extruding liquid by replenished paint by the sensor (66) through the piston (62) to exactly quantitate the paint replenishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: ABB K.K.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8042712
    Abstract: The subject invention is a system for dispensing a controlled amount of fluid product from a dispensing container which includes a pneumatically driven dispensing actuator. This actuator includes a dispensing cylinder and a movable dispensing piston. The dispensing piston is movable under pneumatic pressure within the cylinder, the cylinder including a volume of hydraulic fluid under the pneumatic pressure acting against the dispensing piston to selectively prevent movement of the dispensing piston. The invention further includes a means for selectively reducing the volume of the hydraulic fluid in the dispensing cylinder to allow the controlled movement of the dispensing piston. The controlled movement of the dispensing piston causes controlled displacement of the fluid product from the dispensing container. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a force may be generated and applied to a plunger, which can be accurately controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Hemsen, John P. Breault
  • Patent number: 8028857
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing assembly and a method for dispensing a beverage are provided in which a collapsible container provided with a base unit is mounted on a substantially flat base part of a dispensing assembly with the outlet of the container facing downwards. A free end of a dispensing tube is arranged at a closed dispensing tap located outside the dispensing assembly, and a hollow piercer connected to the dispensing tube is aligned with the outlet of the collapsible container. A cover is mounted on the base part in a hermetically sealed manner to form a pressure chamber between the collapsible container, the base unit, the base part and the cover. An increased pressure is provided in the pressure chamber, and the beverage is dispensed after the piercer has pierced the outlet of the container by opening the dispensing tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Carlsberg Breweries A/S
    Inventor: Jan Nørager Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 8025182
    Abstract: Fuel gas or some other kind of fluid is stored in a collapsible metallic bag that is attached to a valve and is stored inside a rigid outer container. Between the rigid outer container and the collapsible bag is a space or volume filled with compression gas during use which puts a collapsing pressure evenly upon the bag. In order to reduce bag failures, the outer surface of the collapsible bag has a series of projected streak portions that project outwardly from the vertical length of the collapsing in several locations that prevent the bag from expanding to fill the entire space between the rigid outer container and the bag. These projected streaks form recessed portions in the bag's surface which facilitates the bag collapsing in those predetermined locations evenly which in turn reduces the collapsible bag's failure rate from breaking during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keijiro Murayama, Katsuhiko Murayama, Jyunichi Tamura, Masakazu Konishi
  • Patent number: 8006872
    Abstract: A pressure package system for providing a working pressure on a fluid included in a pressure package, the system being provided with a pressure package (2) in which a product chamber (4) is included for holding the fluid and in which a working pressure chamber is included for keeping a propellant at the working pressure, the system being further provided with a pressure controller (5) and a high-pressure chamber (6) connected with the pressure controller for keeping the propellant in supply at a relatively high pressure, the pressure package system being further provided with a wall (7) which is designed to be movable relative to the pressure controller, a first side (8) of the wall bounding the working pressure chamber at least partly and a second side (9) of the wall, facing away from the working pressure chamber, bounding the product chamber at least partly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: I.P.S. Research and Development B.V.
    Inventors: Roland Frans Cyrille Cornelius Vanblaere, Willy Leonard Alice Kegels
  • Patent number: 8006873
    Abstract: A pressure package system for providing a working pressure on a fluid included in a pressure package, the system being provided with a pressure package in which a product chamber is included for holding the fluid and in which a working pressure chamber is included for keeping a propellant at the working pressure, the system being further provided with a pressure controller and a high-pressure chamber connected with the pressure controller for keeping the propellant in supply at a relatively high pressure, the pressure package system being further provided with a wall which is of elastic and/or flexible design, a first side of the wall bounding the working pressure chamber at least partly and a second side of the wall, facing away from the working pressure chamber, bounding the product chamber at least partly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: I.P.S. Research and Development B.V.
    Inventors: Roland Frans Cyrille Cornelius Vanblaere, Willy Leonard Alice Kegels
  • Patent number: 7997445
    Abstract: A material transfer system for storing, transferring and dispensing viscous material, such as fluids and liquids, includes a material containment vessel with an upper region incorporating a motive force and a bottom region with a material ingress and egress opening. A diconical or other shaped force transfer device is located in the material containment area. The force transfer device is an energy transducer when the material containment is filled with highly viscous materials, such as adhesives, sealants, mastics or lubricating greases. The force transfer device serves as an integral part of a level indicator for both viscous fluids and lower viscosity liquids. The viscous material itself forms a seal between the interface region of the force transfer device and the inside wall of the fluid vessel. Vertical stabilizing elements may extend outward from the force transfer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: CH&I Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Thibodeau, Eric A. Williams
  • Patent number: 7992490
    Abstract: A by-pass control system for a meat injection system has a variable speed pump that transports fluid to a meat injection machine. Excess fluid is transported to a by-pass control valve. The valve has a moveable piston disposed therein that separates the valve into a fluid chamber and an air chamber. The piston moves back and forth based on the relationship between fluid pressure and air pressure. Sensors are disposed within or through the lid or the valve to sense the position of the piston. A controller is connected to the sensors and the variable speed pump and adjusts the speed of the pump based on the position of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Stork Townsend Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Pfeffer, Michael S. Simpson, Craig A. Smiens
  • Patent number: 7954678
    Abstract: A novel pressure control device is provided comprising a first cylinder (3) at a predetermined excess pressure, a piston (4) with a sealing ring (5) being movable within said first cylinder, and a second cylinder (7). The first cylinder (3) is encompassed by the second cylinder (7) as to form a ring-shaped passage which is leading to the outside. A valve in said passageway is released and closed by a stem (14) of the piston (4). The open end of the first cylinder (3) is provided with at least one axially directed incision (37), such that the piston (4) with the sealing ring (5) introduced in the first cylinder (3) and covering the end of the incision (37) is in a non-pressurized position. The stem (14) has a stop element (15) which closes the valve in the upper position of the piston, wherein the piston stroke essentially defines the excess pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: I.P.S. Research and Development B.V.
    Inventors: Phil Regan, Roy Van Swieten, Niels Van Wieringen
  • Patent number: 7954601
    Abstract: A lubricant dispenser includes a lubricant container that has an outlet opening for lubricant, a piston disposed in the lubricant container, and a cap connected with the lubricant container, having a device for generating a gas that impacts the piston. The device for gas generation has a gas cell with an electrolyte fluid and electrodes for electrochemical gas generation, a power source, as well as an electrical connection between the power source and the electrodes with a switch. The cap is a plastic injection-molded part produced in one piece, formed from several parts, using the multi-component injection-molding method, which part is made of an outer ring made of insulation material and an insert that forms the gas cell, having two electrically conductive wall regions as electrodes, as well as having an intermediate piece that separates the conductive regions. The insert contains a sponge saturated with electrolyte fluid, and is closed off with a plastic lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: perma-tec GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Walter Graf
  • Patent number: 7931171
    Abstract: A tank base (12) is formed of a mount block (13) and a feed tube (16), and a first paint passage (17) is provided internally through the feed tube (16). A baggy tank (19) is composed of a support member (20) and a bag member (21) having opposite ends thereof securely fixed to the support member (20) to define a paint chamber (22) therein. A second paint passage (23) is provided in a fore end portion (20A) of the support member (20). A tank accommodating case (25) is provided to accommodate the bag member (21). The baggy tank (19) is set in position within the tank accommodating case (25) with opposite ends of the support member (20) gripped between the mount block (13) of the tank base (12) and the tank accommodating case (25), bringing the paint chamber (22) into communication with the first paint passage (17) through the second paint passage (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: ABB K.K.
    Inventors: Takehiro Hamamura, Toshio Onda
  • Patent number: 7926684
    Abstract: A pressurized container (1) for a viscous product, comprising a container body (2) with an opening (9), a piston (3), a dispensing closure (4) attached to the container body opening (9) which comprises closure walls, at least one dispensing aperture (13), at least one closing element (14) that is movable relative to the closure walls between a closed position and an open position, the container (1) further comprising a spring element (15) disposed between said closing element (14) and said closure walls, so as to naturally force the closing element (14) in a position where it closes said aperture (13), wherein the closure walls define a channel (16) with at least one lateral dispensing aperture (13) remote from the container body opening (9), said closing element (14) having the shape of a ring that seals around and is movable relative to the channel (16), by translation along, or by rotation around, an axis which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the channel (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Jean-Marie Yves Charlier, Bruno Sadi Henri Delande, Jean-Francois Andre Alme Launay, Pierre Henri Lebrand
  • Patent number: 7913882
    Abstract: A pressure control device (8) for medium-containing containers (2) such as liquid or gas containers, which pressure control device comprises a pressure control chamber (25) with at least one movable wall part (22) for operating a mechanism for opening and/or closing a gas supply opening (27) of a gas holder, while a scavenger (31) is accommodated in the pressure control chamber. Preferably, the pressure control device is stored at atmospheric conditions before the beverage and the pressure control device are brought into contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Heineken Supply Chain B.V.
    Inventors: Wolter Wolthers, Johannes Jacobus Thomas Vlooswijk
  • Patent number: 7905375
    Abstract: A device for dispensing flowable materials to low locations without the user being required to bend over or kneel down during dispensing provides relief from back strain or other injuries. The device includes a cylinder having a piston mounted therein which reciprocates between forward ejecting and return directions. A driven rod, connected to the piston, extends through a front wall of the cylinder. Upon actuation, a trigger mechanism supplies a pressure medium within the cylinder for displacing the piston in the forward ejecting direction to dispense flowable material from the dispensing device. The trigger mechanism is oriented to enable the user to hold the dispensing device like a suitcase and is spaced a sufficient distance from where the flowable material is dispensed to enable a user to remain standing erect while dispensing to low areas such as where a floor and wall meet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Albion Engineering Company
    Inventors: Mark C Schneider, Joseph B Hanni
  • Publication number: 20110056995
    Abstract: The cartridge 10 provides an inexpensive, effective, clean, reliable means of supplying pressurized cleaning fluid for two component applicators 14. The low friction piston 18 design reduces drag and provides consistent cleaning fluid 12 pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey N. Velgersdyk, Douglas S. Ryder, Joseph E. Tix, Mark T. Weinberger
  • Publication number: 20110049192
    Abstract: A resin fluid dispensing apparatus includes a container arranged to receive a resin fluid, a first connection unit connected to the container, a pressure chamber arranged configured to contain the resin fluid transported from the first volume through the first connection unit from the first volume received into a second volume in a pressure chamber. A pressure unit comprising a pressure plate directly pressurizing the resin fluid in the second volume. A dispenser arranged to receive the pressurized resin fluid transported from the second volume through a second connection unit connected to the pressure chamber. The dispenser dispensing the received pressurized resin fluid through a syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Min Lee, Choong-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7896200
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a liquid substance supplying device exhibiting high operability in handling a container having a large capacity. A liquid substance supplying device for supplying a liquid substance reserved in a vertically elongated container 30 has a configuration in which a bottom part of a container holder 15 for holding the container inserted through an insertion hole provided on a top side of a holder main body 16 is pivoted on a base bracket 14 with a hinge portion 19 to support the container holder 15 such that it can assume either upright attitude or tilted attitude and in which the container holder 15 is fixed in the upright attitude by a holder fixing mechanism 20. As a result, the container holder 15 can be mounted and removed to and from the holder main body 16 in the tilted state at the time of a container replacing operation, which allows high operability to be maintained even in handling a large-capacity container having a great height dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hachiro Nakatsuji, Akira Iizuka, Akira Kabeshita
  • Publication number: 20110031266
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for extruding viscous materials is provided. A dispenser comprises a control mechanism(s), a material containing structure and ports adapted to be coupled to a portable high-pressure gas source. A user controls a flow of the high-pressure gas with a control mechanism such as a trigger. The gas moves a piston inside the material containing structure and displaces viscous materials, such as an explosive, out of the structure through an output port or an output port coupled to a nozzle. A transparent materials tube may be provided to facilitate visual monitoring of the material flow. Localized and system wide pressure is controlled by structural design, material application on a structural component or control mechanisms to mitigate or eliminate a possibility of unintended effects from extrusion of the material including explosion due to overly high pressures between components of the extruder system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: James Eric Scheid, Larry Boivin
  • Patent number: 7878377
    Abstract: A plunger for a syringe of a liquid dispenser comprises a tapered front end section 12 having at its rear end 16 an outer diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the syringe, a cylindrical drum section 14 continued to the rear end 16 of the tapered front end section 12, having a maximum outer diameter substantially the same as the inner diameter of the syringe and opening there, and a collar member 24 (30, 32) slidably formed by coupling with an outer circumferential surface in the vicinity of an opening 22 of the drum section 14 and maintaining the close contact with an inner wall surface 26 of the syringe 18, thereby inclination toward the syringe is eliminated and action within the syringe is constantly made smooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Musashi Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Publication number: 20100327023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air pump type corrugated pipe that holds highly viscose material such as toothpaste in a cylindrical container combined with the corrugated pipe and expels contents using air pressure according to compression of the corrugated pipe, and a container using the same. The container includes an air pump type operation device, a tube type body, and a piston. According to the present invention having such structure, highly viscose material is expelled easily and clearly without residue, thereby economic loss is reduced and convenience in use is provided, also the cost of the container is cheap due to its simple constitution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Yechan Co. Ltd
    Inventor: Jong Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20100258591
    Abstract: There is provided a paste application device which can solve problems of an increased exclusively occupied space attributed to an arrangement of a syringe and of deterioration of a tube. In a paste application unit 15 (a paste application device) for applying a paste 7 stored in a syringe 16 to an application target material, a configuration is adopted in which a pump mechanism 18 for sending the paste 7 under pressure is formed by causing a discharge thread portion 32b provided at a lower portion of a rotary member 32 to rotate about an axis AX within a discharge space 31b provided in a casing portion 31, in which a discharge port 17a, which communicates with the discharge space 31b, is provided at an end portion of the casing portion 31, and in which the syringe 16 is disposed coaxially with the rotary member 32 for detachable connection thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuzuru Inaba, Osamu Okuda
  • Publication number: 20100252583
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a container for a product for dispensing, including a relatively stiff outer container having at least one dispensing opening, and a deformable inner container to be filled with the product which is accommodated in the outer container and which likewise has a dispensing opening. The inner container is connected to the outer container both in the vicinity of the dispensing opening and at least at one location remote therefrom. The connection is formed in that the outer container has an opening through which protrudes at least one fixing element connected to the inner container. This fixing element is pin-like and has an end part of which the dimensions are larger than those of the opening. At least one embodiment of the invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Maas, Petrus Lambertus Wilhelmus Hurkmans
  • Patent number: 7806299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conduit for conducting gasified liquid, which has a flow restrictor arranged in in-line relation therewith. The restrictor itself comprises an at least one aperture (although two or more can be used in series), with each such being adapted to pass the gasified liquid flowing through the conduit and across a pressure drop from a higher-pressure upstream side of the aperture to a lower-pressure downstream side of the aperture. The aperture is operable to moderate the rate of change in pressure over a transitional pressure drop to mitigate the formation of localized pressures below a critical pressure at which off-gassing from the carbonated liquid results in substantial foam formation. The conduit may take the form of a dispensing tube for use in dispensing an alcoholic beverage from a keg, the tube having a flexible wall deformable under the influence of a restricting actuator to control the partial collapse of the wall and thereby form the restrictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Wauters, Ian Anderson
  • Patent number: 7793801
    Abstract: A method of pumping liquid from a container to a destination comprises the steps of connecting a foot operable air pump in sealed air-delivery relation to the container; connecting a liquid delivery hose in sealed liquid receiving-relation to the container at the aperture such that the inlet end of the liquid delivery hose is submerged in liquid in the container, the liquid delivery hose having a hand operable valve for controlling the flow of the liquid through the liquid delivery hose; and operating the foot operable air pump by a foot, so as to pump air into the container, and operating the hand operable valve by a hand, so as to cause the liquid to flow from the container, through the liquid delivery hose, and to the destination. A related system, fitting, and adapter are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventor: David Carl Drummond
  • Publication number: 20100213217
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly including a cartridge and a retainer. The cartridge includes a dispensing end and defines a reservoir for holding a liquid. The dispensing end includes a connector portion for receiving an end fitting with a rotational connection. The retainer includes a first open end and receives the cartridge such that the connector portion communicates with the first open end in a manner allowing connection of the end fitting. The retainer couples with the cartridge in a manner preventing relative rotation between the cartridge and the retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Warren N. Strong, Terrence Woldorf
  • Publication number: 20100206901
    Abstract: A description is given of a filling system for the metered delivery of a lubricant, comprising a container for receiving the lubricant, wherein a rod interacts with the container, is mounted movably with respect to it and forces the lubricant out of an outlet opening arranged in the container. The invention also relates to cartridges for use in the filling system. One of the underlying objects of the invention was that of providing a filling system which can be supplemented by simple workshop means and enables the operator to fill up a lubricating system in a vehicle effortlessly within a short time. This object is achieved by a filling system in which the rod is rotatably mounted with respect to the container and turning of the rod in a predetermined direction of rotation brings about a reduction in the storage volume in the container or a handheld device and in which the rod has means for establishing a rotationally fixed connection with an adaptable turning tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Jost-Werke GMBH
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Alguera Gallego, Jurgen Seigies
  • Patent number: 7766032
    Abstract: A fuel container for a fuel cell, comprises a container body, the container body having a liquid fuel chamber for the storage of liquid fuel and a discharge means accommodating chamber for accommodating means for discharging the liquid fuel, a valve disposed in the container body to discharge or shut off the liquid fuel, and a partition wall member disposed slidably in the interior of the container body, wherein the partition wall member partitions the interior of the container body into the liquid fuel chamber and the discharge means accommodating chamber, the liquid fuel chamber and the discharge means accommodating chamber are in communication with each other through the partition wall member, and at least one of sliding surfaces of the container body and the partition wall member contains a material of a low frictional coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Norimatsu, Tomoichi Kamo, Osamu Kubota, Yasuaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100181345
    Abstract: An improved container and closure. Some embodiments are directed toward a pressurized container adapted to be utilized is any orientation. In one particular embodiment, a bladder separates a dispensable fluid in the container from a pressurizing fluid. Movement of the bladder via force from the pressuring fluid keeping the dispensable fluid in fluid communication with an outlet of the container regardless of orientation of the container. Some embodiments provide an improved sealing arrangement for a pressurized container and closure, wherein a bladder is utilized as a seal between the container and the closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.
    Inventor: Jim J. Hilarides
  • Publication number: 20100176161
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for pulsed dispensing of liquid. The apparatus includes a syringe body structure communicating with an input passage for pressurized actuation air, and communicating with an exit passage for allowing discharge of the liquid. An air input passage flow air controller is operative to increase the flow rate of the input air in accordance with a relationship that depends at least partially on a reduction of liquid volume in the syringe body structure resulting from a previous pulsed dispensing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott A. Conner, William MacIndoe, Raymond W. Tetreault
  • Patent number: 7752974
    Abstract: The present embodiments provide apparatuses for use in launching an inhibiting powder. These embodiments comprise a source of impulse pressure that induces a propellant pressure, a barrel cooperated with the source of impulse pressure to receive the propellant pressure, inhibiting powder positioned within an interior of the barrel, a burst diaphragm secured between the source of the impulse pressure and the inhibiting powder, and an actuator that activates the source of impulse pressure to deliver an expanding gas producing an increasing pressure that is applied to the burst diaphragm where the burst diaphragm bursts when the applied pressure exceeding a burst threshold, resulting in a release of the propellant pressure into the barrel to drive the inhibiting powder from the barrel in substantially an aerosol form generating a cloud of inhibiting powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Pepperball Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Wenaas, Edward J. Vasel, Joseph L. Goode
  • Patent number: 7753239
    Abstract: A pressurized water container for use with a drinking water purification system includes a housing having a top opening and lower first and second valves; a sealing assembly releasably mounted on the opening of the housing; a flexible upper water chamber including a top opening in communication with the opening of the housing; a lower pressure chamber having a rigid top surface fixedly secured to an inner surface of the housing wherein pressurized air is adapted to feed into the pressure chamber through the second valve for storage; an air chamber between the water chamber and the pressure chamber; and a tube interconnecting the first valve and a bottom surface of the air chamber, the tube having a port in communication with the pressure chamber, and a hand wheel for either opening or closing the port. Replacement of the water chamber is made easy by detaching the sealing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Inventor: Hsu-pin Chang
  • Patent number: 7753884
    Abstract: An apparatus is proposed for the dosed dispensing of a fluid, especially an infusion fluid, comprising a housing (1) with a fluid chamber and a pressure medium chamber (3) by which a flexible wall (4) of the fluid chamber can be pressurized from the outside with a pressure medium. In order to provide a re-useable infusion pump with especially simple means it is proposed that the housing (1) consists of two mutually detachably joined housing parts (6, 7), of which the one comprises the pressure medium chamber (3) and the other receives in an exchangeable manner the fluid chamber configured as a leak-proof infusion bag (2), and that the housing part (6) with the pressure medium chamber (3) is sealed by a membrane (5) against the housing part (7) receiving the infusion bag (2) and is connected to a gas pressure source (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: PRO-MED Medizinische Produktions- und Handels-AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Gallnböck
  • Publication number: 20100170921
    Abstract: An air-pump type discharger capable of discharging a dose of contents, such as toothpaste, using pneumatic pressure and a dispenser for daily necessaries including the same are disclosed. The air-pump type discharger includes a housing inserted in a dispenser body, and provided with a plurality of air vent holes around a piston receiving portion formed on a bottom surface of the housing; a piston having a pushing part with an opened lower portion and inserted in an upper opening of the housing, and a connector extending from a bottom surface of the pushing part, inserted in the piston receiving portion, and contacting the bottom surface of the housing, in which an air passage is formed in the pushing part and the connector, through which air passes; and a spring, installed within the housing, for resiliently supporting the piton upwards. Since the discharger is easily detached from the dispenser body, the assembling workability and the recycle of resources can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Byoung Moon Soon
  • Patent number: 7748342
    Abstract: A sealant forming device, a sealant forming method and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device using the same are disclosed. According to the present invention, a sealant coagulated in a nozzle can be minimized or prevented by performing an instantaneous suction process. A sealant forming device includes a dispenser including a syringe, and a nozzle connected to a lower end of the syringe to discharge a sealant therethrough; a dispensing tube connected to the syringe to apply a pressure to the syringe; and an instantaneous suction tube connected to the syringe to extract the sealant remaining in the nozzle after discharging the sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Joon Son, In Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 7748578
    Abstract: A pressure control device for maintaining a constant predetermined pressure in a container which is arranged for dispensing a fluid contained in the container from the container at said pressure, the pressure control device comprising a first chamber and a second chamber, as well as at least one closing member movable relative to the second chamber for releasing and closing a fluid connection between the first chamber and the container depending on the position of the closing member relative to the second chamber. The first chamber is filled with a gas which, in use, has a higher pressure than the pressure in the container. The second chamber is located outside the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: IPS Patent S.A.
    Inventor: Jaap Herman van't Hoff
  • Publication number: 20100155431
    Abstract: A dispenser for viscous materials has a housing with a moveable wall that divides the interior volume of the housing into a distal product chamber and a proximal pressure chamber. An outlet from the product chamber is located adjacent to the distal end of the housing and an air inlet is provided to allow air to enter the pressure chamber. Displacement of the product occurs when accumulated excess air pressure in the pressure chamber acts on the back of the movable wall. The excess air pressure is built up by a bellows assembly arranged in fluid communication with the pressure chamber. On actuation, the bellows can be reduced in volume and subsequently recover by entry of air through the inlet. The direction of force application is preferably perpendicular to the housing axis and the location of the bellows is preferably distant from the product outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Paulus Hoefte, John David Lamb, Paul Robert Scott, Pedro Vincent Vandecappelle
  • Publication number: 20100147871
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container arrangement for fluids that contain gas, comprising a casing. Said casing is made of a pressure-proof collapsible material, and surrounds at least two chambers. The first chamber is used to receive and release the fluids containing gas via a first connection. The second chamber is a pressure chamber that is provided with a second connection for applying pressure. A flexible wall is arranged between the first chamber and the second chamber. The invention further relates to a method for transporting and releasing liquids containing gas into or from a pressure-proof collapsible casing, in addition to a corresponding pressure-proof, flexible non or slightly elastic covering. A container arrangement for liquids containing gas that has a simple construction, is easy to produce, fill, transport, empty and dispose of or recycle is provided due to the above mentioned invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Alfred Haas, Martin A. Bühler
  • Patent number: 7721919
    Abstract: A system for applying a working pressure to a content of a pressure package. The system comprises a pressure package configured to hold a content to be delivered, a high-pressure chamber configured to hold a propellant, a pressure controller connected to the high pressure chamber by a feed-through and configured to control the working pressure on the content of the pressure package with the aid of the propellant on the basis of a predetermined reference pressure, and a movable member positionable in at least a control position and a neutral position. The movable member, in the control position, clears the feed-through to enable control of the working pressure. The movable member, in the neutral position, blocks the feed-through, so that control of the working pressure is then impossible. The movable member has a handle for positioning the movable member in the neutral position or in the control position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: IPS Patent S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Frans Cyrille Cornelius Vanblaere, Willy Leonard Alice Kegels
  • Publication number: 20100108716
    Abstract: An aerosol dispensing container 1 comprising a container body 20, 30, 40 and a collapsible bag 50 therein. The bag 50 separates a pressurised chamber defined between the container body 20, 30, 40 and the bag 50 from a product chamber defined inside the bag 50. A valve 5 is mounted in a valve cup 70 supported by the body 20, 30, 40 and the valve arrangement allows fluid communication between the valve 5 and the product chamber inside the bag 50. An extrinsic support means 54, 55 is carried by the bag 50 and is adapted to ensure flow of product to the valve 5 by preventing radial collapse of the bag 50, whilst allowing axial collapse of the bag 50 as the product is dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: John Pawel Bilko
  • Patent number: 7708171
    Abstract: The invention is a pressurized gas providing and gas pressure regulating device. The invention is a container with an over pressurized second chamber of pressurized gas that can be released to the exterior of the container when a valve that is integrally connected to a piston that along with a first cylinder forms a first chamber that is filled with a comparably less over pressurized gas that pushes the valve open when the gas pressure outside of the container is too low, thereby permitting the over pressurized second chamber to fluidly connect via the valve and thereby increase the pressure outside the container, such as to a volume of gas located below a piston within a fluid dispenser, the first and second chambers are shaped as cylinders and the first cylinder fits within the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: IPS Patent AG
    Inventors: Philip Malcolm Regan, Roy Edwin Van Swieten
  • Publication number: 20100102091
    Abstract: A barrier piston with an integrated seal for use with aerosol containers is disclosed. The barrier piston includes a piston body with flow channels disposed on the surface thereof. Stabilizers of a low durometer material are provided on the flow channels to prevent tilting and binding of the piston body within a container. A seal also of a low durometer material is disposed on the base of the piston body to ensure separation of the product and propellant. Furthermore, a method of multi-step injection molding the barrier piston is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel A. Andersen, Lawrence M. Brown
  • Publication number: 20100025436
    Abstract: A device for dispensing flowable materials to low locations without the user being required to bend over or kneel down during dispensing provides relief from back strain or other injuries. The device includes a cylinder having a piston mounted therein which reciprocates between forward ejecting and return directions. A driven rod, connected to the piston, extends through a front wall of the cylinder. Upon actuation, a trigger mechanism supplies a pressure medium within the cylinder for displacing the piston in the forward ejecting direction to dispense flowable material from the dispensing device. The trigger mechanism is oriented to enable the user to hold the dispensing device like a suitcase and is spaced a sufficient distance from where the flowable material is dispensed to enable a user to remain standing erect while dispensing to low areas such as where a floor and wall meet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Mark C. Schneider, Joseph B. Hanni
  • Patent number: 7637398
    Abstract: A pneumatic dispensing gun includes a receptacle having a conduit for receiving a pressurized gas, a cartridge supported on the receptacle, an end cap attached to the cartridge and having a path communicating with the conduit of the receptacle, and a regulating device attached to the end cap for regulating the pressurized gas or for allowing pressurized gas supplied to the dispensing gun to be released when required, and for preventing the pressurized gas supplied to the dispensing gun from being over pressurized, and thus for suitably and adjustably dispensing the flowable material from the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Kent Bridge Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia Hsien Sung
  • Patent number: 7632251
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a volume-adjustable micro-injection device. The device includes a base structure having a syringe positioning structure and a grip, in which the syringe positioning structure can flexibly accommodate injection syringes with different volumes; a holding structure capable of flexibly adjusting an injection angle of syringe content for easier operation; a qualitative controller capable of accurately controlling injection volume; a pressure pushing structure to hold and push a plunger; an injection controller interlinked with the qualitative controller and the pressure pushing structure; and an eject structure facilitating simple operation and easy replacement of injection syringes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Dermato-Plastica Beauty (DPB) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsai-Ming Lin, Ping-Sen Liao
  • Patent number: 7621429
    Abstract: A piston tank with elongated contact between the piston and the tank bore to prevent piston cocking and preserve alignment is equipped with a compound piston that includes a carriage (or glider) and a barrier that is movable relative to the carriage. The carriage is an elongate ring with sealing and contact sites between the ring and the tank bore and axially spaced apart, and the barrier moves or changes shape in response to pressure differentials across the barrier imposed by a pressurized driving fluid. The barrier and carriage can thus move between a position allowing the full volume of the tank to be occupied by fuel or other functional fluid and a position ejecting all of the fuel or functional fluid out of the tank through an outlet port. Two examples of the barrier are disclosed—a plate that is movable within the ring and a diaphragm affixed to the ring and deformable in both directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Aerojet- General Corporation
    Inventors: Peikuan Wu, Guy B. Spear