To Form Dispensing Opening In Container Patents (Class 222/81)
  • Publication number: 20080295859
    Abstract: A refillable dental flosser dispenser stores and sequentially dispenses a plurality of dental flossers each of which flossers has first and second sides and an edge extending between the first and second sides. The dispenser includes a housing having a refill end, a dispensing end and a housing side wall extending between the refill and dispensing ends. The housing side wall defines an internal storage cavity within which plural flossers are stored in a side-by-side serial arrangement. A dispensing-end wall combines with a housing side wall to define a side-emitting dispensing slot dimensioned so as to permit the edgewise withdrawal from within the storage cavity of only a single flosser at a time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Clark Lee Grendol, Allan Joseph Rieser, SR.
  • Publication number: 20080257910
    Abstract: A supporting device for a packaged water dispenser that is capable of supporting a water bag of packaged water includes a supporting base and a supporting tray. The bottom of the supporting base is provided with a through hole for allowing an inlet conduit protruding from the top of the water dispenser to penetrate therein. The periphery of the supporting base is provided with a plurality of positioning pillars. Each positioning pillar is provided with an elastic element. The supporting tray is accommodated in the supporting base. The bottom of the supporting tray is formed into a funnel and provided with a penetrating hole to correspond to the position of the through hole. The penetrating hole allows the inlet conduit to penetrate therein. The periphery of the supporting tray is provided with a plurality of accommodating troughs for accommodating each positioning pillar and elastic element, so that the elastic element can support the supporting tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventor: Kuei-Tang Chang
  • Publication number: 20080251545
    Abstract: A liquid transfer tool is provided that facilitates safe removal or transfer of liquids from containers in the upright position. The tool includes a retractable sealed tube that can pierce a seal and that extends to the bottom of the container to extract substantially all of the liquid disposed in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil O'Leary, Frederick Tedesco
  • Publication number: 20080245816
    Abstract: A tap 2 is provided which has a body with an inlet 8 and an outlet 10, valve means to control fluid flow from the inlet 8 to the outlet 10, seal opening means 14 designed either to pierce a sealing diaphragm or to open a sealing plug and actuation means 12, 48 for actuating the seal opening means 14. The seal opening means 14 comprises a seal opening member 16 coupled to a spring member which in an initial position is in a compressed state. The actuation means 12, 48 actuates the seal opening means 14 by releasing the spring member 18 from the compressed state such that the spring member 18 then drives the seal opening member 16 to open the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: DS SMITH PLASTICS LTD.
    Inventors: Gavin Armstrong, Terence Paul Waite
  • Publication number: 20080237258
    Abstract: The invention herein described relates to fluid filled blister packs (1) and provides an alternative to dosing bottles and packs. An apparatus is disclosed for dispensing liquids, creams or gels in dosed amounts from blisters (1), and an assembly (4) in which the apparatus is located on an array of blisters. The apparatus has particular application for the dispensing of alcohol gels used in the healthcare industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Alan Joseph Green
  • Publication number: 20080210707
    Abstract: A dispensing spout for dispensing pourable contents from a package is described. The spout comprises a shaft having a mouth at its distal end and a flange extending radially around an aperture at its proximal end. The spout is characterized by the flange having an adhesive layer upon its underside for retrofitting the spout to an outer surface of the package. Pourable contents are dispensable from the package in a controlled manner after puncturing the surface of the dispensable package through the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Pour-All Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Avner Kitai
  • Publication number: 20080173670
    Abstract: Devices designed to aid the cooling of liquids in a flexible fluid container such as a bag being dispensed over time, generally through use of a dispenser which penetrates the membrane of the bag with at least one spike. The devices are cooling packs, adapted and sized to allow interaction with the fluid in the bag, while generally inhibiting damage to the pack from the spike. The devices are designed especially to cool liquid beverages such as water, without need to include an electromechanical cooling system in the dispensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Henry H. Macler
  • Publication number: 20080142543
    Abstract: An outlet tap assembly (1) for dispensing liquid packaged in flexible packaging bags is provided. The tap assembly comprises a tubular outlet member (2, 32) having a bore (8) therein, a tap (5, 6) at one end for controlling the flow of liquid through the bore, and a spike (3) at the opposite end for penetrating a plastic packaging bag. At least one aperture (4) communicates with the bore towards the inner end to allow liquid to enter from a bag into the bore. An endless clamping surface (11, 31) encircles the outlet member between the aperture and tap and a clamping element (12, 30, 35) having an endless clamping edge or surface (13) is movable axially on the outlet member so as to cooperate with the clamping surface on the outlet member to operatively clamp material of a flexible packaging bag therebetween. The outlet tap assembly has resilient means (16, 21, 26, 29, 33, 36) for urging the clamping element axially into engagement with the clamping surface on the outlet member automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Ronald Archibald Jones
  • Patent number: 7360671
    Abstract: A liquid reservoir comprising a container (20) forming a chamber for holding the liquid (27). The container has a top wall (23) that closes the upper end of the chamber, a liquid outlet (35) in fluid communication with a lower en d of the chamber, and an air supply duct (47) through which air can enter the lower end of the chamber. In use, the reservoir finds an equilibrium position in which, due to a reduction in pressure in an air space (29) formed above the liquid (27) at the closed, upper end of the chamber, the column of liquid in the chamber is supported by atmospheric pressure acting at the opening of the air supply duct (47) to the lower end of the chamber. This opening is achieved by breaking a frangible seal (32) across the duct (47) by the axial insertion of the liquid outlet (35). While the seal was unbroken the container offered a self-contained capsule of liquid for replacement fitting with the liquid outlet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Inventor: Brian Slade
  • Patent number: 7357277
    Abstract: A container assembly having a container, a fitment and a cap assembly. The container has at least one panel and at least one seal sealing the at least one panel to define a cavity. The fitment is coupled with the container, comprising a body having a first end and a second end. The second end extends away from the container, wherein the fitment provides fluid communication with the cavity. The cap assembly is releasably attachable to the second end of the fitment. The cap assembly comprises a base and a cover. The base includes an upper surface, a lower surface and an opening extending therethrough. The opening including an upper annular rim extending from the upper surface of the base and a lower annular rim extending from the lower surface of the base. The cover is attachable to the base to cover the opening. The cover includes an annular ring that extends along at least a portion of the upper annular rim of the opening. The annular ring forms a hermetic seal with the upper annular rim of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: Rocklin Verespej, Luke Hartman, Craig F. Knaack, David Slevin
  • Patent number: 7353971
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device having a body (10), a fluid reservoir (20) containing one or a plurality of doses of fluid, a piston (30) designed to slide in the reservoir so as to dispense a dose of fluid each time the device is actuated, and actuator (40) for displacing the piston (30), the device being characterized in that it includes at least two laterally-actuated elements (50, 60) distributed around the body (10), the laterally-actuated elements (50, 60) being displaced simultaneously in a direction that is approximately transverse to the central axis of the device, and each co-operating with a peripheral edge (41) of the actuator (40) so as to exert an axial force thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Tebro S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Stradella
  • Patent number: 7350656
    Abstract: A cap for use with bottled water dispensing systems. The cap includes a main cap and a liner. The main cap has an opening which receives and seals against a probe. The liner is gripped between the main cap and the bottle neck and has a outside part and an inner movable part. The inner movable part is separated from the outer part by perforations and is connected to the outer part by a large connecting section, which serves as a hinge, and small connecting sections, which serve as frangible ties. When the bottle is lowered onto the dispensing system, the probe enters into the opening in the main cap, breaks the frangible ties, and pushes the inner movable part open like a flap. The liner, at the location of the large connecting section, is resilient such that the inner movable part tends to close when the bottle is removed from the dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Blackhawk Molding Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas J. Hidding
  • Patent number: 7273076
    Abstract: A device is provided for emptying a pressure container (4) which includes a receptacle (2) capable of being closed in a pressure-tight manner, for accommodating the pressure container (4), means for opening (38) the pressure container (4) located in the receptacle (2), means for leading away the container contents, and an excess pressure safety means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Umwelt-Technik-Metallrecycling GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Franck
  • Publication number: 20070207469
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparing and dispensing a reactive mixture including at least a growing molecular species formed by mixing multiple reactive components in a pressure dispenser with the features of precise ratio, complete mixing, impact-activation, safeguard, and self-contained package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventor: Liang Wang
  • Patent number: 7222453
    Abstract: The insertable pest catching device is an invention that because of its unique geometry and design provides for the simple and cost effective catching of pests such as hornets and yellow jackets. The device is principally intended for use in combination with an empty plastic two-liter volume soda pop bottle or the like. In practice, an attractant such as a predetermined amount of sugar water is placed into a capped plastic bottle and the funnel shaped device is retentatively pressed into the side of the bottle. The device in combination with the bottle creates an attraction to pests. The pests are guided into the bottle through the funnel and subsequently die within the bottle. After a predetermined quantity of pests are trapped within the bottle, the bottle, with the device still inserted may be discarded as an entire assembly. Thus the disassembly, mess, and washing common with prior art pest catching devices is avoided. In certain embodiments, multiple devices may be inserted into a single bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Inventor: Michael A. Uhl
  • Patent number: 7175049
    Abstract: A combination container and container cap (10) includes a container cap (11) having a deformable cover (14) on which a plurality of levers (15) are operatively connected. The levers (15) move from a first position to a second position, wherein the levers (15) move downward and radially outward to puncture a membrane (20) thereby allowing the substance in the container cap (11) to mix with a liquid (102) in a cavity (101) of a container (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Hormel Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin R. Kastenschmidt, Charles D. Weber, Dennis P. Vosen
  • Patent number: 7159741
    Abstract: A cap for covering an opening of a spout. The cap includes a top that defines an inner surface and an outer surface. An engagement portion extends from the inner surface and is adapted to engage the spout. A wall extends from the inner surface to define a container-receiving space and a pierce point extends from the inner surface and is at least partially disposed within the container-receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Dehn, Thomas G. Guntly, Peter D. Shears, Bradley Deml, Marvin Klowak
  • Patent number: 7156257
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compressed gas cylinder that is capable of storing a compressed fluid at high pressures. The cylinder of the present invention includes a body terminating in an inwardly domed cap. The dome included in the cap of the compressed gas cylinder of the present invention is formed such that the material near the tip of the dome is relatively thinner than the material near the base of the dome. The tip of the dome, therefore, creates a pierce region in the cap that can be pierced through the application of a relatively low pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Alza Corporation
    Inventor: Pedro E. de la Serna
  • Patent number: 7152767
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: SIG Technology Ltd.
    Inventor: Fritz Seelhofer
  • Patent number: 7147132
    Abstract: An ampoule for containing a specified amount of liquid inside to be used for a liquid atomizer has a tubular main body having an open front part including an outlet at one end and an open back part at an opposite end. A piston is inserted into the main body from the open front part in an airtight manner and is slidable axially inside the main body. Another piston is inserted into the main body from the open back part in an airtight manner so as to be slidable axially inside the main body. The two pistons form a reservoir in between for storing a liquid. The forwardly located piston has a weakened part on the side that faces the reservoir. As a sharp member extending from the other piston penetrates this weakened, the reservoir and the outlet become connected and the liquid inside the reservoir is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Tabata, Kei Asai, Shinichi Ito
  • Patent number: 7114635
    Abstract: An antipollution cap comprises a base member (7) attachable to an eyedrops container (A) for containing a fluid, a overcap (8) mountable on the base member (7), a pressing member (9) inserted into and held by the base member (7) to be slidable relative thereto, with a groove portion (91) formed in a side face thereof for guiding the fluid to the outside, the pressing member being pressed toward the eyedrops container (A) by the overcap (8) to cancel a sealed condition of the eyedrops container (A), a first tight contact member (11) provided on a tip end portion (77) of the base member (7) to be placed in tight contact with the pressing member (9) from outside and yet allow the fluid to be discharged therethrough, and a second tight contact member (12) provided on an inner periphery of the base member (7) to be placed in tight contact with the pressing member (9) in a pressed position thereby preventing the fluid from being discharged therethrough and yet allowing ambient air to flow therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 7114634
    Abstract: A carbonation retaining closure assembly device for beverage containers. The device comprising a cap member manufactured to seal and adapted to engage with the mouth of the beverage container. An inner groove surrounds the outer peripheral edge of the cap member forming a stud within the center of the cap member. The stud has a threaded outer wall. A connector member has an internal bore dimensioned to accommodate the length and circumference of the stud. The bore has means for securely engaging upon the outer wall of the stud. A cutting means is internally mounted within the top layer of the bore wherein a slit is punctured within the outer wall as the connector member is engaged upon the stud. A dispensing mechanism is disposed upon the top of the connector member for dispensing the beverage through the slit such that the carbonation level in the beverage container is retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Inventor: Ghasem Azodi
  • Patent number: 7086431
    Abstract: A filling apparatus for cartridges includes a housing for holding a vial of fluid, a severing device for severing the septum of the vial, a fluid chamber for receiving the discharged fluid, a valving structure for effecting the discharge of fluid from the vial and for directing the fluid into a cartridge upon the decreasing of the size of the fluid chamber, and air inlet system for admitting air to the vial upon discharge of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: D'Antonio Consultants International, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas F. D'Antonio, Richard O. Colvin, Linda F. D'Antonio
  • Patent number: 7073691
    Abstract: A caulking gun for dispensing caulking material from a standard caulk tube. The gun is fabricated in three basic parts; a trigger assembly, a trigger housing and a barrel cage for holding the tube. The facing portions of the barrel cage and trigger housing is provided with a mating configuration which enables the gun to be easily assembled for use and easily disassembled for storage in a toolbox. A novel drip/no drip feature is provided wherein a cam actuator conveniently positioned on the trigger housing enables an operator to select between no drip operation or drip type operation when caulking material and application requirements warrant such. A thumb release mechanism is provided on the rear of the trigger housing so the operator can release the driving rod for insertion of another tube of caulk when the unit has been placed in the drip position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventors: Danny Rumrill, Larry C. Childs
  • Patent number: 7063238
    Abstract: A cartridge ejector mechanism for a beverage dispensing machine comprises a cartridge holder sized to receive a beverage cartridge. The cartridge holder is coupled to the beverage dispensing machine and the cartridge holder is movable between a cartridge loading position and a beverage dispensing position. A cartridge ejector is coupled to the beverage dispensing machine. The cartridge ejector is responsive to movement of the cartridge holder from the beverage dispensing position to the cartridge loading position. Interaction between the cartridge ejector and the beverage cartridge when the cartridge holder is being moved from the beverage dispensing position towards the cartridge loading position causes the beverage cartridge to be removed from the cartridge holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Inventor: Robert Hale
  • Patent number: 7000806
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a fluid includes a rigid vial that has a main fluid chamber containing a fluid, and a pump assembly that is in fluid communication with the main fluid chamber and is configured to dispense a predetermined quantity of fluid from the main fluid chamber. A flexible bladder is provided which is located within the main fluid chamber and is configured to expand to fill the ullage created within the main fluid chamber during dispensing of fluid by the pump assembly. The resilient bladder tends to force itself outwardly toward the rigid vial and, in turn, increases the pressure within the main fluid chamber in comparison to the interior of the bladder to thereby prevent the ingress of air or vapors through the bladder or otherwise into the main fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Joseph M. Ting
  • Patent number: 6988496
    Abstract: For meteredly dispensing a liquid over a period of several months from a container which can be stored over a long period of time, the need is for a container which is practically diffusion-tight and in which the liquid does not come into contact with the ambient atmosphere. The cartridge according to the invention is a three-shell container comprising a collapsible bag which contains the liquid, a container which is stable in respect of shape and a stiff metal casing. The cartridge can be releasably connected to a dispensing device. The cartridge can be provided with a micro-opening with which the time for pressure equalisation between the cartridge and the ambient atmosphere can be adjusted. The cartridge is suitable for aqueous and for alcoholic liquids which contain a pharmacologically active substance. The liquid in the cartridge is protected from external influences. The cartridge can be used in an atomiser for producing an inhalable aerosol for the treatment of illnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Eicher, Johannes Geser, Matthias Hausmann, Michael Schyra, Gilbert Wuttke, Andreas Fiol, Heinrich Kladders, Dieter Hochrainer, Bernd Zierenberg
  • Patent number: 6976606
    Abstract: A tote bin liner having a liner wall to form a container, the liner wall including a transfer spigot which provides a passage from inside the liner to a tote bin outlet, the transfer spigot being adapted to have a valve mounted thereto to provide a controlled outlet from the tote bin outlet, the transfer spigot including a tubular body which defines the passage, the tubular body having a first opening on a distal end thereof; an annular surface located around the opening; a rupturable membrane sealed to the annular surface by a continuous seal around the first opening, the continuous seal being located on the annular surface; the tubular body being shaped and configured such that when in use and the valve is mounted to the body, a seal on the valve will clamp the membrane against the annular surface, wherein the annular surface has a radially inner portion and a radially outer portion, and the continuous seal is operatively located on the radially outer portion, while the radially inner portion is adapted to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Visy Films & Laminates Pty Limited
    Inventor: Ian Anderson
  • Patent number: 6953069
    Abstract: A system for dispensing flowable materials from a package. The system basically comprises the package and a receiver apparatus. The receiver apparatus includes a hollow interior chamber, e.g., a hopper, a penetrating assembly e.g., plural blades, fixedly mounted with respect to the chamber, and an outlet. The package, e.g., a flexible package, has a handle and a hollow interior in which the flowable material is located and includes at least one wall portion, e.g., a bottom wall, arranged to be penetrated by the penetrating assembly, whereupon the flowable material is enabled to flow out of the package for ultimate dispensing out of an outlet of the chamber. The flexible package may include an outer carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Fres-co System USA, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Galomb
  • Patent number: 6921003
    Abstract: A water bottle cap includes a cap body including a sealing platform and a surrounding sealing wall extended from the sealing platform for sealedly enclosing around an opening of a water bottle, and a water dispensing arrangement including a guiding channel extended from the sealing platform of the cap body and defining a water passage, and a sealing member, which is integrally mounted at the guiding channel to sealedly close the water passage defining a breakable edge portion and a retaining edge portion. Therefore, when the water bottle is installed on the water dispenser, a spigot adapter of the water dispenser is plugged into the water passage to break the sealing member at the breakable edge portion thereof while the retaining edge portion of the sealing member is remained to attach to the guiding channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Inventor: Charles Y. Yu
  • Patent number: 6921087
    Abstract: A cap has a plug portion, a seal plug and a sleeve. At the plug portion a side and a cylindrical wall project from a top board. An inner circumferential surface of the side wall fits on an outer circumferential surface of an opening portion of a vessel and covers the opening portion with the top board. The cylindrical wall forms a receiving chamber having an opening mouth at its under end face. The seal plug seals the opening mouth. The sleeve is loosely fitted on the cylindrical wall and opens the opening mouth by separating the seal plug from the cylindrical wall at relative movement of the cap. A sepal portion on the outer circumference of the sleeve is larger than inner diameter of the opening portion at its outer diameter and has flexibility to pass the inner diameter bending so as to avoid backward moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon Tansan Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Takahashi, Tetsuo Yoshiwara
  • Patent number: 6883682
    Abstract: A tote bin liner has a transfer spigot (2) through which product may be introduced into or emptied from the liner. The transfer spigot has a membrane (6) which seals the interior of the liner. The membrane is sealed to the spigot on an outer face (11) of the spigot which is configured so that the membrane will be clamped in position during piercing of the membrane by a cutter. The invention extends to a cutter assembly for use with a tote bin liner. The cutter assembly (40) may be adapted to be moved past a valve closure member (22) for the valve (20), the assembly furthermore including an arrangement (78) for sterilising the interior of the valve and the outer face of the membrane, and an actuator (43) for moving the cutter in order to pierce the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Visy Films & Laminates Pty Limited
    Inventor: Ian Anderson
  • Publication number: 20040238563
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus includes a dispenser, a cap and a cover. The dispenser includes a mouthpiece for insertion in a mouth, an insert for insertion in a pack of drink and a stop between the mouthpiece and the insert for avoiding insertion of the mouthpiece into the pack. The cap can conceal the insert. The cover can close the mouthpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Chien-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 6758372
    Abstract: With soap and cleansing foam dispensers, there is a risk that they may be equipped with supply containers of unsuitable liquid or that their intermediate containers may become contaminated. According to the invention, an adapter (8) that is mounted on an intermediate container (6) has a coded cylindrical jacket (10), into which coded parts (4,5) that are positioned on the neck of a suitable supply container (2) can be fitted. To prevent the contamination of the intermediate container (6), the latter has a spring-loaded internal sealing plug (50) which ensures the hygienic sealing of the container even prior to use and when the supply container is changed. To prevent interruptions in the operation, a reliable fill-level indicator (22) is provided. The device thus ensures improved, hygienic dispensing of soap-solution in dispensers (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: HTS International Trading AG
    Inventors: Hans-Jörg Studer, Markus Ehrensperger
  • Patent number: 6739352
    Abstract: A self-piercing radiator drain valve which is implemented in a radiator requiring the coolant therein to be drained, particularly a radiator having no integrated drain valve. A radiator foot has a blind bore. A self-piercing valve body including a piercing tip and a resilient seal is threadingly driven into the blind bore to cause the piercing tip to penetrate the bore end wall and enter into a coolant reservoir tank, thereby providing a valve orifice for draining the tank. The seal provides coolant tight sealing with respect to the valve orifice for the remaining life of the radiator. At any time in the future, coolant draining and refilling can again be performed by unthreading and then rethreading the self-piercing valve with respect to the blind bore, as recounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: General Motors of Canada Limited
    Inventor: Jim F. G. Munro
  • Patent number: 6719172
    Abstract: A dispenser for releasing a debilitating substance into a user's hand comprises an outer layer defining a cavity therein wherein the outer layer further defines a plurality of holes therethrough communicating the cavity with an exterior of said dispenser. At least one sharp projection extends from the outer layer into the cavity. A pouch is positioned within the cavity proximate to the at least one sharp projection wherein the pouch contains a debilitating substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Summithood Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Thomas Slewidge
  • Patent number: 6702161
    Abstract: A closure for a container having a foil or membrane sealed opening. The closure includes a cap, a spout and a stem. The stem includes a downwardly extending piercing structure adapted for piercing the foil or membrane of the container upon rotation of the spout relative to the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Portola Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Adams, Mike Xiaoli Ma
  • Patent number: 6698466
    Abstract: A dispensing adapter for connecting pressurized containers to other valved systems such as automobile air conditioners is provided. The housing has a dispensing end, a receiving end, and fluid flow channel communicating between the dispensing end and the receiving end. The receiving end sealingly engages a first valve of a pressurized container, and the dispensing end sealingly engages a second valve such as a service port of an automobile air conditioner. When the dispensing end is attached to the service port, the core depressor opens the service port. A button, when depressed, pushes down and thus opens the valve on the pressurized container. The housing may be angled or straight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Interdynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Cowan, Jochen Schapers, Saul Trachtenberg, Nikolay V. Nikolayev
  • Patent number: 6668875
    Abstract: A tire puncture sealant set comprises a bottle having a body and a threaded neck portion provided with an outlet, a puncture sealant in the bottle, an inside plug put into the outlet, an outer cap screwed onto the neck portion for covering the inside plug, an injector replaceable with the outer cap, a side wall of the body having a triple layered structure of an inner layer, an outer layer and a middle layer therebetween made of a gas barrier resin so that the body is squeezable by hand, the inside plug provided with a breakable partition wall separating the inside of the bottle from the outside, the injector comprising an adapter cap to be screwed onto the neck portion, a sticking pipe for piercing the breakable partition wall into the inside of the bottle, and a hose for injecting the sealant into a pneumatic tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Masahiro Kishida
  • Patent number: 6655407
    Abstract: A refrigerant charging tool. In a described embodiment, a refrigerant charging tool has two separately formed handles pivotably attached to each other. One of the handles has a container piercing member mounted thereon. Interchangeable spacers are configured for attachment to the other handle, so that a selected one of differently shaped containers may be biased against the container piercing member when the handles are pivoted toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Technical Chemical Company
    Inventor: Newton Howard Dudley
  • Patent number: 6648035
    Abstract: A dispensing adapter for connecting pressurized containers to other valved systems such as automobile air conditioners is provided. The housing has a dispensing end, a receiving end, and an interior volume communicating between the dispensing end and the receiving end. The receiving end sealingly engages a first valve of a pressurized container, and the dispensing end sealingly engages a second valve such as a service port of an automobile air conditioner. A reciprocatable core depressor is disposed inside the housing. When dispensing end is attached to the service port, the core depressor is moved toward the receiving end of the housing, and the proximal end of the core depressor engages a stem of the first valve and opens the first valve. The housing maybe angled or straight, and the core depressor may have a piercing pin to open puncture valve containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Interdynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Cowan, Jochen Schapers, Saul Trachtenberg, Nikolay V. Nikolayev
  • Patent number: 6626327
    Abstract: A container (11) for a liquid containing bag. The container is capable of adjusting the flow rate of a liquid (41) to be poured out. The container includes a container body (12) having an opening (24), and a cap (13) for selectively closing the opening. The container body is closed by a pair of lids (17). The upper end portion of the bag (42) is supported between mating faces (25) of the lids. The cap has fasteners (37) for clamping the upper end portion of the bag. When the cap is slid along grooves (26) formed;in the lids, the fasteners close a pourer (43) of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Makino Sogo Kenkyugo
    Inventors: Hideya Makino, Yutaka Iwashita
  • Publication number: 20030178440
    Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing a powdered product includes a housing having a first end and a second end defining a first outlet; a plunger slidably received in the first end of the housing, the housing and plunger together defining an interior of the dispensing device which is open to atmosphere; a chamber located within the plunger for housing a powdered product; a sheathing member slidably mounted on an end of the plunger proximate the second end of the housing, and having an inlet and a second outlet closed by a frangible membrane. Additionally, the plunger includes a perforating element for puncturing the frangible membrane when the plunger is moved towards the second end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: BESPAK PLC
    Inventor: Andrew David Wright
  • Patent number: 6622891
    Abstract: A container (11) for a liquid containing bag. The container is capable of adjusting the flow rate of a liquid (41) to be poured out. The container includes a container body (12) having an opening (24), and a cap (13) for selectively closing the opening. The container body is closed by a pair of lids (17). The upper end portion of the bag (42) is supported between mating faces (25) of the lids. The cap has fasteners (37) for clamping the upper end portion of the bag. When the cap is slid along grooves (26) formed in the lids, the fasteners close a pourer (43) of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Makino Sogo Kenkyugo
    Inventors: Hideya Makino, Yutaka Iwashita
  • Patent number: 6619344
    Abstract: A device for filling an ink cartridge, particularly a refilling device for filling ink cartridges of ink-jet systems, such as printers and plotters, or other automatic registering, writing or drawing apparatus, includes a refilling container and an ink cartridge connected through an adaptor and arranged essentially one above the other in the filling position. The adaptor has at least two connections for the refilling container and the cartridge to be connected. A separate ink reservoir is arranged in the ink cartridge, wherein the ink reservoir of the ink cartridge and/or the filling container of the refilling container includes an easily deformable bag, and wherein the reservoir bag and/or container bag are of a flexible, elastic material. A hermetically sealed cartridge space is formed between the cartridge housing and the separate ink reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: J. S. Staedtler GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Volker Schönfelder, Günther Tandler, Thomas Bothe
  • Patent number: 6609634
    Abstract: A dispensing device and related methods for jointly dispensing and separately storing two products. The dispensing device comprises a first container defining a first reservoir configured to hold a first product and a second container at least partially surrounding the first container. A second reservoir configured to hold a second product is defined between the first container and the second container. The dispensing device further comprises an outlet configured to permit flow of the first product and the second product from the device, and a flow control member. The flow control member is moveable from a first position in which the flow control member prevents flow of the first product from the first reservoirs, to a second position in which the flow control member permits flow of the first product. A closure is configured to be placed in a storage position in which the closure prevents flow of product through the outlet and prevents flow of the first product from the first reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent De Laforcade, Laure Bourjal
  • Patent number: 6598762
    Abstract: In a touch up kit for painting small surface areas, an outer container contains a paint or primer coating material and an inner container contains a catalyst for the paint or primer material. The inner container comprises a bottom seal member closing the bottom of the inner container and an upper seal member closing the top of the inner container. The inner container is nested in the mouth of the outer container. The upper seal member is pierceable by a blunt instrument such as the inlet tube of an aerosol spray canister and the bottom seal member is designed to be detached from the bottom of the inner container in response to downward pressure on the bottom seal member by the inlet tube of the aerosol canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Affinity Management Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian McKune
  • Patent number: 6581802
    Abstract: A liquid supply device, particularly for gluing machines, coating machines, paper moistening machines and printing machines. It includes an airtight container of collapsible design including at least one collapsible wall. The container collapses corresponding to the quantity of liquid sucked out of it by a suction pump. The collapsible container may be disposed in a rigid container with walls that support the collapsible container walls from folding over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Baldwin Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Sperber
  • Patent number: 6571994
    Abstract: A closure for a container having a foil or membrane sealed opening. The closure includes a cap, a spout and a stem. The stem includes a downwardly extending piercing structure adapted for piercing the foil or membrane of the container upon rotation of the spout relative to the cap. The cap includes a cap top, a cap skirt depending from the cap top, an open sleeve and a stem guide. The open sleeve has an inwardly extending thread adapted to detachably engage the container. The open sleeve extends upwardly from the cap top. The stem guide extends along an internal surface of the sleeve. The spout rotatably engages the sleeve and includes a spout top having a central aperture, an outer spout skirt and an inner skirt. The outer skirt depends from the spout top radially outward of the sleeve and rotatably engages the sleeve. The inner spout skirt depends from the spout top radially within the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Portola Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Adams, Mike Xiaoli Ma
  • Publication number: 20030080147
    Abstract: A fluid delivery apparatus is provided that includes a pressure tube and a first cap assembly having a control system, with the first cap assembly coupled to a first end of the pressure tube for forming a gas-tight seal thereat. The apparatus also includes a second cap assembly coupled to a second end of the pressure tube for forming a gas-tight seal thereat, with the second cap assembly supporting a fluid container that is housed in the interior space of the pressure tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Hydrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Cesar Diaz, Douglas Patton, Thomas Allen