With Flow Controller Or Closure Patents (Class 222/536)
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Patent number: 11932460Abstract: A tamper-evident closure is provided and includes a base and a lid. The lid is movable between a closed and an open position with respect to the base. The closure includes a tamper-evident member which is initially provided on or by the base with the closure in an unopened condition. The tamper-evident member is released from the base when the lid is initially moved to the open position and is then retained by the lid.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbHInventors: Jamie Fox, Thomas Cox
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Patent number: 11905079Abstract: A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell and a container. The coupling shell is engaged with the container by a neck fitment projecting from the coupling shell. The coupling shell is provided with a dispensing opening and at least two support zones. The container includes a membrane seal engaged with a sealing surface of the container. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Charles Van Rens, William Michael Cannon, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Richard Christopher Hagee
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Patent number: 11858672Abstract: A cartridge fluid filling system and method for the cannabis and hemp industry. The system comprises a gas-pressurized sanitary reservoir sub-assembly holding material to be dispensed. A spool valve sub-assembly lies in fluid communication with the reservoir sub-assembly and has a spool valve that moves to permit or block fluid flow to a metering rod. Effluent material may pass through an outlet port to a tray sub-assembly for locating cartridges into which metered amounts of the effluent material may be delivered. A robot moves a tray and the outlet port so that material is delivered in precisely metered amounts to cartridges in the tray without waste and in the absence of air bubbles. A human-machine interface includes controllers that supervise related process parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: DETROIT DISPENSING SOLUTIONS LLCInventors: Christopher Joseph, Michael Joseph
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Patent number: 11858698Abstract: A coupling shell including a top wall, a shell wall, a front aperture in the top wall, a dispensing opening in the top wall, and a neck fitment projecting into the shell interior of the shell wall. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Richard Christopher Hagee, William Michael Cannon, John Charles Van Rens
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Patent number: 11858697Abstract: A dispensing package for a floor treatment composition. The dispensing package includes a coupling shell and a container. The coupling shell is provided with a dispensing opening and at least one front aperture. The container includes a membrane seal engaged with a sealing surface of the container. The coupling shell can provide for a connection between a container and a dispensing system.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Richard Christopher Hagee, William Michael Cannon, John Charles Van Rens, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
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Patent number: 11673698Abstract: A filling system includes a conveyor for moving containers to be filled along a conveyance path and a drop chute with an outlet above the conveyance path. A drive for the drop chute includes a primary drive frame movable along a first axis and a secondary drive frame mounted on the primary drive frame for movement therewith, the secondary drive frame movable relative to the primary drive frame along a second axis, wherein the second axis is transverse to the first axis. A filling machine with a rotating disc assembly is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: BLUE SKY VENTURES (ONTARIO) INC.Inventors: Alexandre Lebel, Simon Lajoie, Mathieu Lafortune
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Patent number: 11485551Abstract: A closure assembly for a dispenser container comprises a base defining a longitudinal recess and a body configured to be moveably coupled to the base. The base comprises a first seal positioned at a first end of the recess and a second seal positioned at an opposing second end of the recess. The body comprises a first body end and an opposing second body end. A shaft extends from the first body end to the second body end. The body is configured to move between an open position where the body is fluidly connected with the recess, and a closed position where the body engages the first seal and the second seal. The first seal and the second seal are configured to exert a force toward each other in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the body to tension the body.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Tessy Plastics CorporationInventors: Jim Weishaar, Mark Bartlett
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Patent number: 11472628Abstract: A tumbler with maneuverable straw is an apparatus that facilitates the consumption of small edible additives of a beverage. The apparatus includes a straw assembly, a lid, and a tumbler. The straw assembly includes a mouthpiece, a straw, and a main channel. The straw assembly delivers the beverage and small edible additives contained within the tumbler to the mouth of the user. The mouthpiece serves as a mount for the lips of the user and allows the user to maneuver the straw within the tumbler. The lid covers an open end of the tumbler and mounts the straw assembly onto the tumbler. The lid seals the open end of the tumbler, preventing any leakage, and receives the straw assembly. The tumbler contains a beverage and any small edible additives such as tapioca balls. The apparatus further includes a friction inducing base that protects a closed end of the tumbler.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventor: Galina Lang
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Patent number: 11369235Abstract: Disclosed is a dispensing bottle for storing and dispensing a fluid medium. The dispensing bottle comprises a container comprising a cavity for storing the fluid medium. The dispensing bottle further comprises a cap engaged with the container. The cap comprises a first portion and a second portion comprising a top surface disposed above the first portion. The dispensing bottle further comprises a pump engaged with the first portion of the cap and substantially disposed within the cavity. The dispensing bottle further comprises a spout engaged with the pump and extending outside of the cap. The spout being moveable between an open position where the spout extends away from the cap so the fluid medium may be dispensed and a closed position where the spout is disposed slightly above or in contact with the top surface of the second portion of the cap to prevent downward movement of the spout.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventor: Erik A. Kaiser
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Patent number: 11326922Abstract: An apparatus for metering and dispensing a predetermined amount of a viscous substance includes an inlet fluidly connected to a supply flow path that branches into a metering flow path and a first dispensing flow path which branches into a second dispensing flow path that is angled relative to the first dispensing flow path. The apparatus also includes a supply valve disposed in the supply flow path, a dispensing valve disposed in the first dispensing flow path and the second dispensing flow path, a metering piston disposed in the metering flow path, and a dispensing piston. A method of metering and dispensing a volume of a viscous substance is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: ACASTI PHARMA, INC.Inventors: Pierre Lemieux, Simon Despins, Sarya Aziz, Nicolas Bissuel, François Lemieux
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Patent number: 10926495Abstract: A device and method for dispensing and sealing an inflatable article, in particular a tire, are provide from a container (5) having a valve (6) that has an inlet (7) and an outlet (8), the inlet (7) and an outlet (8) are connected to one another in a first position of the valve (6) and are connected to one another in a first position of the valve (6), and outlet (8), the container (5) are in communication via the valve (6) only if necessary for delivering sealing means in the second position of the valve (6).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKSInventors: Martin Spindler, Henry Klemm
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Patent number: 10034989Abstract: A blister piercing element for puncturing the lid of a blister containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user is disclosed. It comprises a body having a surface and an opening in the surface for the passage of air, or for the passage of medicament entrained in air, through the body. The body includes a pair of spaced cutting teeth upstanding from the surface in spaced side-by-side relation, each cutting tooth projecting in cantilevered form over said opening and each having a distal cutting edge at a free end remote from said surface. The distal cutting edge of each tooth is configured to initiate a slit in a blister lid when pressure is applied to a blister lid by the teeth and the teeth are spaced from each other so that separate slits cut by the distal cutting edge of each tooth propagate in a direction toward each other between the teeth as the teeth continue to penetrate a blister lid.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: VECTURA DELIVERY DEVICES LIMITEDInventors: Peter Wilson, Andreas Meliniotis
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Patent number: 9271807Abstract: Provided is a nozzle mounting structure of a component container by which a nozzle configured to rotate between a first position and a second position may be mounted to a housing without the need for a high processing precision and a high assembly precision. A pair of shaft portions support a body with the nozzle unitarily formed therewith. The nozzle rotates between the first position and the second position. A curved convex surface provided on the body is pressed against a curved concave surface provided on a first bottom wall portion of a housing by a pressing force imparted from a support portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: SHOFU INC.Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
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Patent number: 9010952Abstract: A cap for a liquor bottle can have an upper wall, a cylindrical outer wall and an internally threaded inner wall configured to be secured to an externally threaded neck of a liquor bottle. The cap can include a spout pivotally coupled to the upper wall comprising first and second parallel internal passageways extending longitudinally through the spout and configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position. An annular light ring can be positioned between the outer and inner walls and can include light sources configured to emit light downwardly toward an annular shoulder of the liquor bottle. The light sources can emit light in various different manners.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Edge Beverage 2 LLCInventors: Chris Lenahan, Danny Mills, Lyle Andrew Ramsdell
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Publication number: 20150090745Abstract: Provided is a nozzle mounting structure of a component container by which a nozzle configured to rotate between a first position and a second position may be mounted to a housing without the need for a high processing precision and a high assembly precision. A pair of shaft portions support a body with the nozzle unitarily formed therewith. The nozzle rotates between the first position and the second position. A curved convex surface provided on the body is pressed against a curved concave surface provided on a first bottom wall portion of a housing by a pressing force imparted from a support portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicants: SHOFU INC., PENTEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
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Patent number: 8910835Abstract: A fuel container includes a container, a spout, an outlet valve, an air intake valve, and an actuator. The spout is coupled to the container at a bottom end portion of the container. The outlet valve is positioned at the bottom end portion and operable to control fluid flow into the spout. The air intake valve is positioned at a top end portion of the container. The actuator is operable to open both the outlet valve and the air intake valve concurrently.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Inventor: Brad C. Ouderkirk
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Publication number: 20140319179Abstract: A volumetric displacement preservation system for preserving a volume of flowable substance in a vessel. A fluid exchange structure has a stopper, a head portion, and a fluid exchange valve with a first condition where fluid inlet and exhaust pathways in the fluid exchange structure are simultaneously closed and a second condition where the fluid inlet and exhaust pathways are simultaneously opened by conduit joining portions in the fluid exchange valve. A chamber retains a volume of preservative gas and is connected to the fluid inlet pathway externally to the vessel. The preservative gas can be supplied from the chamber into the vessel through the fluid inlet pathway as liquid is exhausted through the fluid exhaust pathway. The chamber can be replenished from preservative gas displaced from the vessel in a reverse volumetric displacement process or from preservative gas supplied by a preservative gas production canister.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventor: Carlos Fernando Bazoberry
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Patent number: 8833617Abstract: A fuel container includes sealed vessel having a pivoting spout assembly and fill nozzle assembly and a locking assembly. The container provides storage and dispensing of fuels without a user having to manually remove any caps. The spout assembly pivots closed and automatically seals when not in use. An air vent is built into the locking assembly to allow air to enter the vessel only during filling or dispensing, thereby effectively containing fumes within.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Inventors: Mark A. P. Compton, Gene Compton
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Patent number: 8827106Abstract: A bottle assembly is provided having a body portion defining a cavity therein, a top lid assembly connectable to the body portion, which includes a selectively deployable and retractable spout, a spout bottom lid; and a resilient tube having a lumen therethrough, wherein the lumen is occluded when the spout is retracted and the resilient tube is kinked, and wherein the lumen is opened when the spout is deployed and the resilient tube is not kinked; a trigger assembly for selectively moving the spout between a deployed and a retracted condition; and a bottom lid assembly selectively connectable to a bottom end of the body portion, the bottom lid assembly including a valve assembly to open and close a fluid path into the cavity of the body portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Inventor: David Mitchell Windmiller
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Patent number: 8827099Abstract: A fluid container includes a spout and a cap, where the spout has an actuation portion that is inclined with respect to a drinking portion of the spout. The spout is actuated from a closed position to an open position with an external force applied on the actuation portion. A channel through the spout encompasses an oblique angle, and the spout is pivotally coupled to the cap at a fulcrum point. The fulcrum point is laterally offset from an aperture in the cap, where the aperture forms a passageway through a thickness of the cap. The channel adjoins the aperture when the spout is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Lifefactory, Inc.Inventors: Daren Joy, Kazuna Tanaka, Jeffrey Kapec
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Patent number: 8690022Abstract: The present invention relates to a button-sliding-type opening/closing device for a cosmetic container consisting of a vessel for storing cosmetics in a liquid or gel state, and a discharge pump coupled to a top inner portion of the vessel for discharging cosmetics by applying external pressure thereto, wherein the button-sliding-type opening/closing device comprises: a shoulder (20) coupled to the top portion of the vessel (10); a button body (30) inserted into the shoulder (20) and upwardly and downwardly movable; and a button (40) slidably coupled to a top surface of the button body (30), for opening and closing a cosmetic pumping hole (31) in the button body (30), as well as for preventing the button body (30) from being pressed and actuated.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Inventor: Young Joo Lee
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Patent number: 8668106Abstract: A fluid container includes a spout and a cap, where the spout has an actuation portion that is inclined with respect to a drinking portion of the spout. The spout is actuated from a closed position to an open position with an external force applied on the actuation portion. A channel through the spout encompasses an oblique angle, and the spout is pivotally coupled to the cap at a fulcrum point. The fulcrum point is laterally offset from an aperture in the cap, where the aperture forms a passageway through a thickness of the cap. The channel adjoins the aperture when the spout is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Lifefactory, Inc.Inventors: Daren Joy, Kazuna Tanaka, Jeffrey Kapec
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Patent number: 8657163Abstract: A draining device and a package with such a draining device for a liquid material. The draining device comprises a housing part and a draining part, which is articulated around an axis in relation to the housing part. The housing part comprises a first channel with an inlet which ends on the inside of the package. The draining part comprises a second channel with an outlet which ends on the out-side of the package. The housing part is arranged to be attached on the outside of the wall of the package. The draining part is arranged with at least one puncturing device in its end being arranged opposite to the outlet. The puncturing device is arranged to puncture the wall of the package so that at least one passage is formed through which liquid material being located in the package may be made to flow out through the draining part to the outside of the package.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Inventor: Vilho Eriksson
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Patent number: 8596499Abstract: Cartridge systems for application of a material have at least one cartridge having cartridge walls, a cartridge head having at least one opening in the cartridge head, and a bracket arranged on the cartridge head. A valve is mounted in rotatable manner in the bracket and has at least one passage through the valve that is connected to an outlet opening of the valve. In a closed position, the valve closes the at least one opening of at least one cartridge in a sealed manner. The at least one passage of the valve is connected to the at least one opening when the valve is located in an open position such that the cartridge content is squeezable out of the at least one cartridge through the outlet opening, and further wherein the valve is configured to be transitioned from a closed position to an open position through a rotation of the valve about an axis of symmetry of the valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbHInventors: Sebastian Vogt, Hubert Büchner, Tim Schnieber
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Patent number: 8550309Abstract: A disposable molded dispenser for a non-pressurized container capable of dispensing a variety of fluid materials having a deformable spout chamber with an integral outlet valve through which fluid is expelled as the spout is selectively depressed compressing the chamber. A molded inlet valve serves to permit fluid to be pushed by ambient air pressure from a container into the spout chamber when pressure on the spout is removed and the spout chamber is restored to an initial configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Inventor: Conrad Flick
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Patent number: 8459502Abstract: A dispensing closure for a vessel comprising a base member engageable with the vessel and a flip top spout member defining a flow channel. The spout member engaged with the base member and pivotable relative to the base member for dispensing fluid from the vessel. The spout member including a rupture membrane and the base member having an actuator for rupturing the rupture membrane during pivoting of the spout member to define a flow opening in the base member in fluid communication with the flow channel and to permit fluid flow through the flow opening. The spout member defining a vent positioned to be in communication with the flow opening when the spout member is pivoted to the flow position to permit air to pass through the vent channel. The rupture member configured to prevent fluid from passing into the vent channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Calibre Closures, LLCInventor: Kenneth P. Swanick
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Patent number: 8453890Abstract: The product container, in particular for spices, is made of opaque material, wherein one wall (2) of the container (1) comprises a viewing window (3) made of transparent material. A dispenser (6) which is secured pivotably on a pivot axis (7) between two limit positions, is shaped and dimensioned so that in one limit position it completely covers the viewing window (3) and in the other limit position completely exposes the viewing window (3). The dispenser (6) is connected in a non-rotatable manner to an closing flap (8), which is pivoted at the same time as the dispenser (6) and closes an outlet opening (5) in one limit position and releases it in the other limit position.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: WIBERG Besitz GmbHInventor: Leon Widdison
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Publication number: 20130068800Abstract: A fuel container includes a container, a spout, an outlet valve, an air intake valve, and an actuator. The spout is coupled to the container at a bottom end portion of the container. The outlet valve is positioned at the bottom end portion and operable to control fluid flow into the spout. The air intake valve is positioned at a top end portion of the container. The actuator is operable to open both the outlet valve and the air intake valve concurrently.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventor: Brad C. Ouderkirk
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Publication number: 20120181302Abstract: The present invention is directed to a closure for a container comprising a first component which assembles onto an outlet opening of a container and provides a seal; said first component containing a snap component to engage to a second component to form a closure; a second component combined with first component forms a dispensing orifice wherein the dispensing orifice is positioned directly adjacent to the open portion of container outlet; a motion of second component pivots about an axis to open a dispensing orifice; wherein second component engages with first component when second component is moved relative to first component to enable operation of orifice; first component comprising one or more elements being in a specific juxtaposition enabling a small height and a low profile for one or more elements of first component; said element(s) being in the plane or below the plane of the outlet of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Alfredo PAGAN, Chow-chi Huang, Gene Michael Altonen, Su-Yon McConville, Widalys Luz Desoto-Burt, Gregory Christopher Peischl, Cristian Alexis Viola-Prioli
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Publication number: 20120181303Abstract: A dispensing closure for a vessel comprising a base member engageable with the vessel and a flip top spout member defining a flow channel. The spout member engaged with the base member and pivotable relative to the base member for dispensing fluid from the vessel. The spout member including a rupture membrane and the base member having an actuator for rupturing the rupture membrane during pivoting of the spout member to define a flow opening in the base member in fluid communication with the flow channel and to permit fluid flow through the flow opening. The spout member defining a vent positioned to be in communication with the flow opening when the spout member is pivoted to the flow position to permit air to pass through the vent channel. The rupture member configured to prevent fluid from passing into the vent channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: Calibre Clousres LLCInventor: Ken P. Swanick
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Publication number: 20120129127Abstract: A device for dispensing a dental material comprises a container for containing the material and an outlet which is closed by a closure. A breakable seal is arranged between the closure and the container. The device further is operable between a storage position in which the outlet is closed and an operational position in which the outlet is open. An initial operation toward the operational position causes the seal to break, whereby the closure is captured in the device. The device may provide a relatively long shelf life for the material, and may facilitate preparation of the material for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andreas Johannes Boehm, Marc Peuker
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Publication number: 20120125953Abstract: A disposable molded dispenser for a non-pressurized container capable of dispensing a variety of fluid materials having a deformable spout chamber with an integral outlet valve through which fluid is expelled as the spout is selectively depressed compressing the chamber. A molded inlet valve serves to permit fluid to be pushed by ambient air pressure from a container into the spout chamber when pressure on the spout is removed and the spout chamber is restored to an initial configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventor: Conrad Flick
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Publication number: 20120064482Abstract: A dispensing device for a dental substance is provided which has an outlet for the dental substance, and a valve for opening and closing the outlet. The device is switchable between a storage mode and an operative mode. In the storage mode a cannula is locked in the device and the valve opens the outlet, and in the storage mode the cannula can be released from the device and the valve closes the outlet. The device may facilitate handling and may be relatively inexpensive.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Andreas Johannes Boehm, Marc Peuker, Alexander Walter, Peter Müller
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Patent number: 8074849Abstract: A toggle-action dispensing closure is provided for manipulation between a closed, non-dispensing orientation and an open, dispensing orientation that is easily assembled, resists inadvertent opening and has an improved aesthetic appearance for variously shaped closures. The closure includes an actuator rotationally mounted on a housing whereby the housing may be secured to a container. The axis of rotation of the actuator is asymmetrically disposed in the housing. The actuator has a rear flange with an articulatable hinge that is longer than its front flange. When the closure is securely mounted to a container, the portion of the rear flange below the hinge resiliently contacts the container assisting in preventing inadvertently opening the closure.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Brett Christopher Domoy, Michael Lyons
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Patent number: 7828140Abstract: A cap with a storage space for containing a secondary material includes a storage portion having a storage space and provided with a seal plate formed on a lower end of the storage space, an outer cap foldably formed on the storage portion and coupled to a spouting portion, a spouting member inserted in the spouting portion, and an operational member for breaking the seal plate when the spouting member is in operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2005Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Inventors: Jeong-Min Lee, Seong-Jae Lee
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Publication number: 20100276460Abstract: A toggle-action dispensing closure is provided for manipulation between a closed, non-dispensing orientation and an open, dispensing orientation that is easily assembled, resists inadvertent opening and has an improved aesthetic appearance for variously shaped closures. The closure includes an actuator rotationally mounted on a housing whereby the housing may be secured to a container. The axis of rotation of the actuator is asymmetrically disposed in the housing. The actuator has a rear flange with an articulatable hinge that is longer than its front flange. When the closure is securely mounted to a container, the portion of the rear flange below the hinge resiliently contacts the container assisting in preventing inadvertently opening the closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Brett Christopher Domoy, Michael Lyons
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Publication number: 20100258594Abstract: A dispensing head for dispensers of fluid products includes: a connecting body (3) operatively engaged to a dispensing pump of a respective dispenser (2) of the fluid product; and a nozzle (4) for dispensing the liquid product, associated to the connecting body (3) and rotatably associated on a surface (7) of the connecting body (3) to rotate between a position of use in which it projects from the surface (7) of the connecting body (3), and a position of non use in which it is retracted inside the overall size of the surface (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2008Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: EMSAR S.P.A.Inventors: Lamberto Carta, Marco Zavarella
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Patent number: 7802704Abstract: A gasoline can having a nozzle assembly which includes a ball valve that is in an open mode when the can's nozzle is lifted for pouring, and which when the can's nozzle is in a lowered storage mode, the ball valve is closed.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Inventors: David A. Hatch, James R. Hickey
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Publication number: 20100213211Abstract: Described is a bottle having a bottle base, a transition fitment with a pouring spout and a measuring cup closure, where the measuring cup in multifunctional, for example, serving as a measuring cup, a bottle closure, and a pretreatment applicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Audrey M. Whaling, John E. Jamieson, Shannon Fong, Ramesh Annapindi, Maarten Dinger
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Patent number: 7584873Abstract: A beverage container of the type having an internal CO2 cartridge, that is adapted to be tapped from the outside and to be connected to a constant pressure-maintaining mechanism, has a tap provided on the upper edge of the container. The tap: is connected on its inner end with a riser line; comprises an outside tube in which an inside tube is slidably arranged; has a terminal coupling of the outside tube that is located at the end of the riser line; and is formed so that the inside tube comprises a projection which closes the riser line when the tap is in its pushed-in condition. A tapping actuator on the outer end of the inside tube operates a plunger that is connected to a tapered member that cooperates with a correspondingly tapered seat positioned within the inside tube.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Inventor: Günter Grittmann
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Patent number: 7562680Abstract: An improved multi fluid dispenser for simultaneous dispensing of a plurality of fluids shown and described. The dispenser includes a controller that is linked to a coordinator board. The controller has a memory with a plurality of recipes stored in the memory. A coordinator board is linked to a first module. The first module may include one or two pumps, each connected to a fluid reservoir. The module is then linked in series to a plurality of other modules as well as a manifold module. Each module includes a module board for controlling the pump or pumps of that module. The controller, coordinator board and module boards are all programmed for the simultaneous or sequential pumping of multiple fluids from the reservoirs through outlet nozzles of the manifold in accordance with a recipe selected by the user and retrieved from the memory of the controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2006Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Fluid Management Operations, LLCInventors: Christopher Khoo, William A. Miller, James R. Cleveland
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Publication number: 20090084814Abstract: A dispensing closure system is provided for a container that has an opening wherein a membrane is interposed between the container opening and the dispensing closure system. The system includes a body for extending from the container at the opening. The system includes a movable spout that (1) has a dispensing opening at one end, (2) has a piercing edge at the other end, and (3) is mounted in the body for pivoting the movement between (a) a non-dispensing position in which the piercing edge is above the membrane to locate the spout dispensing opening at a first, non-dispensing location, and (b) a dispensing position in which (i) the piercing edge can pierce the membrane, and (ii) the spout projects outwardly from the body to locate the spout dispensing opening at a location that is further outwardly than the non-dispensing location of the spout dispensing opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2007Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: John Wisniewski, Travis J. Hoepner
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Publication number: 20090032556Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for pouring free-flowing media out of a container. The arrangement contains a pour-out valve (3, 50) which can be specifically opened and closed by the user via an easy to operate actuating device (9), and thus allows a controlled pouring-out action. A pour-out tube (2) arranged in a pivotable manner on the container (1) makes it possible, depending on the position of the pivoted pour-out tube (2), to lock or unlock the pour-out valve (3, 50) using a blocking device. Locking the pour-out valve in the closed position prevents accidental opening of the pour-out valve (3, 50). The arrangement according to the invention also contains a venting valve (8), which can likewise be locked in the closed state. A compression spring ensures that, in the rest state, that is to say when the actuating device (9) is not actuated, the pour-out valve (3, 50) seals off the spout and the venting valve (8) is likewise closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: BIRCHMEIER SPRUHTECHNIK AGInventor: Jurg Zwahlen
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Publication number: 20080277424Abstract: A flip-top shaker for mixing and pouring is presented. The flip-top shaker may include a container sealed with a collar which may be integrated with a strainer assemblage. The strainer assemblage may be pivoted to a first position in which the flip-top shaker may be completely sealed. In this position the shaker may be shaken with one hand for mixing the contents of the container without holding any of the components together to maintain the seal. The strainer assemblage may be pivoted to a second position in which a passageway is opened allowing communication between the container and the outside. In this position the shaker may be tilted for pouring the contents of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventors: Robert Larimer, Edward Kilduff, William Kang, Chun Ming Cheung
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Publication number: 20080257858Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) for liquid contents, comprising a closure means for reclosing the container. The container has a pouring spout portion (6) made of two opposite side walls (2) and provided with a removable end flap (8). The closure means comprises a squeezing means (7), which is permanently arranged on said pouring spout portion (6) and comprises a first and a second leg (9, 10), which are joined to each other by a joining means (11). The closure means also comprises a connecting portion (20, 21) which is permanently connected to the pouring spout portion (6), and a joint means (19) which is arranged between the joining means (11) and the connecting portion (20, 21). The joint means allows mutual relative turning of the first and the second leg to open and close the squeezing means. The invention also relates to such a closure means for reclosing of a container, and use of such a closure means for opening and reclosing a container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: ECO LEAN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT A/SInventors: Per Abrahamsson, Per Gustafsson
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Patent number: 7152767Abstract: A guarantee closure having a closure body with a guarantee foil and a pour-out spout as well as a closure cap fitting onto the closure body. The pour-out spout is arranged on the closure body such that it may be pivoted up. The guarantee foil, by pivoting-up the pour-out spout into the pour-out position, is cut open and thus frees the passage to the pour-out spout. The closure body comprises a relief for receiving the guarantee foil and forms above the relief, by two shoulders arranged over one another and distanced from one another, a free space for receiving the lying pour-out spout. This is enclosed and held by a film-hinge material bridge which in the lying condition connects the two shoulders with a surface which seen from the outside is concave and on the upper side of the lying pour-out spout runs together to a point which defines the pivoting axis of the pour-out spout.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2002Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: SIG Technology Ltd.Inventor: Fritz Seelhofer
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Patent number: 7066358Abstract: A fluid container includes a body defining a storage compartment, an elongated spout carried by the body and in fluid communication with the storage compartment, and a swivel coupling between the spout on the body accommodating swiveling of the spout relative to the body about an axis extending upwardly from the bottom of the body. The spout may swivel between a pouring position extending away from the body and a storage position disposed closely adjacent to the body. The spout may be of light transmitting material and volume indicia may be formed on the body adjacent to the spout.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventors: Luis Arsenio García Monsalve, Agnete Enga, Antonio Carlo Hernandez Celestin, Anthony Di Bitonto, Adriana Bárcena Kliegman
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Patent number: 6976611Abstract: A pressure dispensing cap for a liquid container, and more particularly to a pressure dispensing cap for liquid container that is designed such that its spout is inclined to one side at a predetermined angle thereby easily dispensing the contents of the container, and is possible to selectively open and close an inlet and an outlet over again and is more suitable to a long term storage container for a liquid like an edible oil and molasses.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2001Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Inventor: Jung Min Lee
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Patent number: 6932240Abstract: A dispensing closure is provided for attachment to the discharge port of a standard circular-headed tube. The closure comprises a skirt with a circular cross-sectional shape at its base that merges gradually to an oval-shaped face at its top. When the closure is attached to a standard circular-headed tube, with the long axis of the oval face oriented substantially parallel to the straight crimped edge of the filled tube, the combination of closure and tube appears to the ordinary observer to have a continuously oval cross-sectional shape throughout the length of the combination. The dispensing closure can be manufactured using typical injection-molding techniques, and may be adapted for use with dispensing mechanisms and attachment means known in the personal care products industry.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: CCL Container CorporationInventors: Ron E. Harriman, Edward F. Csaszar
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Patent number: 6932249Abstract: A toggle-action dispensing closure according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a base having a deck with a dispensing opening, a recess adjacent to the deck and a toggle lid pivotally carried on the deck. The lid has a first portion overlying the deck and closing the dispensing opening in a closed position of the lid, and a second portion overlying the recess in the closed position of the lid. The lid can be pivoted between its closed and an open position in which the first portion of the lid is spaced from the deck and the second portion of the lid is disposed at least in part in the recess. The lid has a first protrusion and the base has second and third protrusions that cooperate with the first protrusion on the lid to releasably hold the lid in its closed position and in its open position respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.Inventor: Darin M. Pugne