With Discharge Assistant Patents (Class 222/82)
  • Patent number: 6938798
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a substance in fluid or powder form, the device having a dispensing outlet (10), an air blaster (20) for generating a blast of air when the device is actuated, and at least one reservoir (30) containing a single dose of substance. The reservoir (30) an air inlet (31) connected to the air blaster (20), and a substance outlet (32) connected to the dispensing orifice (10), the air inlet (31) being provided with a substance retaining member (40) for retaining the substance in the reservoir (30) until it is dispensed, and the substance outlet (32) being closed off by a closure element (50). The dispenser device is configured such that the closure element (50) is a spherical element, such as a ball, force fitted into the substance outlet (32) of the reservoir (30). The device further has a mechanical opening system (60, 70, 80) co-operating with the closure element (50) for ejecting it mechanically from its closure position when the device is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: TEBRO S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Stradella
  • Patent number: 6929152
    Abstract: An assembly for the packaging and application of a fluid product in a container. A closure element closes an opening in the container in a manner which is leaktight for the product, with the closure element being fixed on the container by snap-fastening or screwing. An application head can be fixed on the container, and includes; i) an orifice for dispensing the product, which can communicate with the interior of the container; ii) an opening component intended to break the closure element of the container when the head is being fastened onto the container, in order to establish communication between the dispensing orifice and the interior of the container, and iii) a deformable wall which can deform in response to an external pressure exerted on the head, so as to cause the product to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Philippe Bonningue, Patrick Uras
  • Patent number: 6889872
    Abstract: An electric dispensing gun for dispensing two part viscous materials. The dispensing gun features a directly driven pinion/rack assembly and an optional mixing manifold for dispensing material from sausage packaging. A controller controls operation of the dispensing gun to implement dosage control and automatic power reverse features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Meritool, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Timm Herman, Kevin Whited, Raymond Fritz
  • Patent number: 6877672
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a method and a dispenser in which, compared with known dispensers, the fluid path design is simplified. The dispenser has a medium reservoir (19) containing a medium to be discharge during one discharge stroke of the dispenser (11). For this purpose a feed fluid flows through the medium reservoir and discharges the medium through a reservoir discharge opening. For producing a discharge stroke, the dispenser has an actuator (25), whose actuation at least indirectly leads to an impact spike (29) penetrating from the outside into the medium reservoir (19), so as to produce a connection between a pump (40) for a feed fluid and the medium reservoir. As a result of the pressure of the feed fluid flowing into the medium reservoir, at a point in the medium reservoir (19) differing from the entry point of the impact spike (29), an opening is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Stihl
  • Patent number: 6874657
    Abstract: A method for dispensing a bilogical sealant and a dispensing system for dispensing the biological sealant are described. The dispensing system comprises a dispenser and a plurality of cartridge for delivering a biological sealant to an application site. The sealant is presented as a multi-component liquid sealant, with each component contained in a cartridge comprising a tubular body closed at one end with a pierceable seal and closed at the other end by a piston element movable axially within the tubular body. The dispenser coprises a plurality of recesses to receive respective cartridges containing the components of the sealant. Each recess includes means to establish a fluid connection with the cartridge placed within the recess. The dispenser further comprises means for engaging the piston elements of the cartridges to move the piston element axially so as to expel the sealant components. Ducting within the dispenser leads the sealant components to a dispensing point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: ZLB Behring GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert J. Metzner, Stewart Madison Fox
  • Patent number: 6854595
    Abstract: A container closure to be attached to a liquid container around a container opening of a liquid container. The container closure includes a storage compartment which includes a mix, such as powder or concentrated liquid. The storage compartment includes a seal or a rotating member to seal the mix within the storage compartment. A plunger unseals the seal or the rotating member is rotated to allow the mix to be mixed with the liquid in a liquid container to flavor the liquid when the container closure is attached to the liquid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Inventor: Danny Kiser
  • Patent number: 6802436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dispensing device for dispensing portions of liquid foodstuff from a foodstuff container. A pump device (5) includes a pump chamber (10) and a connecting pipe (7) or similar for connecting the foodstuff container (2) to the pump chamber (10) and a pump means (14) forming part of the pump device (5) is designed and can be affected such that said pump means (14) can generate a vacuum in the pump chamber (10), connecting pipe (7) and foodstuff container (2) for drawing foodstuff (4) out of said foodstuff container (2) to the pump chamber (10). At least portions (18) of a through-flow passage (13) for foodstuff (4) in the connecting pipe (7) taper in which the flow direction (S) in which food-stuff (4) flows through said through-flow passage (13). The connecting pipe (7) has an inlet pipe (11) which can be pressed through a flexible wall (3) of the foodstuff container (2) and be connected to a connecting member (21) therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Asept International AB
    Inventors: Sten Drennow, Stefan Cedergren
  • Publication number: 20040188458
    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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: OMRON Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Tabata, Kei Asai, Shinichi Ito
  • Patent number: 6772915
    Abstract: Such dispensers must be easy to grasp or operate by a user, e.g. a user suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and whose capacity to manipulate objects is under certain circumstances limited. In addition, the dispenser must have a simple, inexpensive construction from a minimum number of components. The dispenser is used for the discharge of media, particularly fluids, e.g. a liquid, which preferably contain a pharmaceutical substance, as described in exemplified manner hereinbefore. In the case of the dispenser, the medium is discharged in at least two proportioned partial charges by actuating an actuating means. As a result of the actuation of the actuating means, a relative movement is produced between the actuating means and a housing having a dispenser discharge opening. According to the invention an elastically deformable material bridge is provided. The actuating means is held on the housing by means of the elastically deformable material bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Helmlinger
  • Patent number: 6725857
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser for dischargeable media, preferably containing at least one active pharmaceutical substance and packed in portioned manner in storage chambers of a storage means, as well as a conveying device for the supply of the storage means. The problem of the invention is to provide a dispenser operable with one hand and able to reliably discharge the medium made available in the storage chambers. The dispenser has a punch, which can be introduced into the storage chambers. An actuating means is provided according to the invention for the dispenser. An actuation of the actuating means in the sense of performing a discharge process brings about both the positioning of a storage chamber relative to the punch and the discharge of the medium from the storage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Ritsche
  • Patent number: 6722530
    Abstract: A system for dispensing controlled amounts of flowable materials having a wide range of viscosities, such as food condiments, caulking or adhesives, from a flexible-walled container or bag includes a housing for holding the flexible-walled container and a piston positioned within the housing to apply pressure to a wall of the flexible-walled container. An enfitment, which has a piercing member and sealing mechanism, is positioned adjacent an opposite wall of the flexible-walled container. By rotating the enfitment about a rotational axis generally normal to the wall of the first container, the enfitment forms an opening in the flexible-walled container and a seal with the container. The flowable material can then be forced through a hollow tube of the enfitment and an exit nozzle coupled to the enfitment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Restaurant Automation Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenyon M. King, Gregory D. King
  • 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: 6715643
    Abstract: A chemical dispensing system including a reservoir, a collapsible container inserted in the reservoir, the reservoir being sealed after the collapsible container has been inserted into the reservoir. A valve is configured to conduct fluid from an external source to a volume formed by the exterior of the collapsible container and the interior of the reservoir. A connecting tube is configured to conduct product from the collapsible container to an applicator when water is provided to the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Inventor: J. Keith Kelly
  • Patent number: 6708846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser, especially a disposable atomizer (25), with a dispenser unit (11). Said unit contains a media container (12) which also forms the pump chamber and which is sealed by a piston-type stopper (14). When activated, said piston-type stopper is punctured by a hollow needle (16). The outlet nozzle (20) surrounds the dispenser unit to a large extent. The dispenser unit (11) can be introduced into an activating unit (26). According to one configuration, this activating unit is pin-shaped with a loading chamber (29). The dispenser unit is held in place by an activating push rod (30) which can be longitudinally displaced when activated by turning (33) and is prestressed by a spring (36). The dispenser is activated by a trigger device (39). The dispenser unit (11) can also be changed after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Fuchs, Stefan Ritsche
  • Publication number: 20040035891
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus (10) for dispensing a quantity of fluid (10) from a sealed container (12) onto a device (16), or the like. The apparatus (10) comprises a venting needle (18) having a fluid delivery portion (22) and a container venting portion (24), a housing (26), a fluid container (12) contained within the housing (26) and an aperture (28) in the housing (26) for passage of fluid (20) from the container (12) onto a fluid receiving portion (14) of the device (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Robert Edward Matthews
  • Patent number: 6634523
    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: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Summithood Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Thomas Slewidge
  • Patent number: 6626328
    Abstract: A dispenser (1) comprises a reservoir (7) and a plunger pump (8), the medium inlet (3) of which pierces a closure (45) of the reservoir (7), after which the medium can be discharged metered from the reservoir (7) by repeated strokes with the pump (8). Until used the medium thus remains hermetically sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Ritsche, Juergen Greiner-Perth
  • Patent number: 6612465
    Abstract: A multi-component, mixing, storage and dispensing package (10) has a housing 11, a displaceable cavity block (20) having at least one cavity (21) therein. A vent spike block (40) having at least one spike (42) held in an opposing relation to at least one cavity (21) is provided within the housing (11). When cavity block (21) is caused to move toward the vent spike block (40) spike (42) is caused to enter a cavity (21). A vent (43) is in fluid communication through the spike (42) with a mix channel (51) and a mixing and dispensing tip (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Dentsply Research & Development Corp.
    Inventors: Paul R. Pierson, Paul D. Hammesfahr
  • Patent number: 6609612
    Abstract: A closure for a beverage receptacle is provided with a selectively operable dispense feature. A plurality of hollow plungers containing different additives are disposed in the closure and are selectively operable to pierce a rupturable seal, permitting contents to be dispensed into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: James A. Vlodek
  • 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: 6578737
    Abstract: An improved cartridge for holding a variety of filler materials for use with a gun system, such cartridge of the type having a nozzle wherein the foil seal above the filler material in the barrel and beneath the nozzle can be punctured by pressurizing the filler material which action causes foil seal to move into contact with a sharpened edge disposed under the innerside of the base of the top under the sidewall of the nozzle to puncture the foil seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Inventor: Paul D. Jackman
  • Patent number: 6568562
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with rechargeable dispensers includes a spray head and a probe connected to the spray head for puncturing reservoirs of concentrated chemical. The probe includes a connecting portion for attaching the probe to the barrel of the spray head; a disc portion, the connecting portion and the disc portion defining a through hole; and a shaft portion connected to the disc portion at one end and defining a tip end at another end. The probe may also include more than one shaft portion. In one embodiment, a conventional downtube is modified to function as a probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Sunpat L.L.C.
    Inventors: Walter F. Klima, Jr., William L. Klima
  • Patent number: 6564970
    Abstract: A disposable self-opener apparatus for opening a tubular bag cartridge and squeezing a pasty composition therefrom includes a conical tube shoulder having an orifice, with the conical tube shoulder, preferably, made by a plastic injection molding procedure. A self-opener device is able to be screwed with the screw cap for joining the self-opener device with said one end of a tube portion of the conical tube shoulder. The self-opener device has gable-shaped pairs of cutting edges on an inner side thereof with the peaks of the gable-shaped pairs of cutting edges pointing in the direction of screwing. A retainer basket for receiving a metal clip of a tubular bag cartridge to be opened is centrally located on the inner side of the self-opener device, so that the metal clip does not enter a nozzle attached to the orifice of the conical tube shoulder for dispensing the pasty composition, thereby preventing the metal clip from obstructing the flow of the pasty composition through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Createchnic AG
    Inventors: Roger Walch, Fritz Seelhofer
  • Patent number: 6557740
    Abstract: A device for removing a pill from its package including a lower base portion having a generally rectangular configuration. The lower base portion has a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and opposed side walls. The front wall has an upper arm and a lower arm extending outwardly therefrom whereby the upper arm is contiguous with the top wall and the lower arm is contiguous with the bottom wall. The upper arm has an aperture therethrough. An upper arm portion is hingedly coupled with the lower base portion. The upper arm portion is comprised of an elongated central section, a downwardly turned back portion, and a forward head portion. The forward head portion has a downwardly extending protrusion secured thereto. The protrusion is aligned with the aperture in the upper arm of the lower base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventor: Sue Dent
  • Patent number: 6554465
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for efficient and clean handling of concrete admixtures that allows their incorporation into a concrete mixture in a pre-measured and controlled manner. The system provides a novel packaging system to be integrated into the admixture feed devices on a concrete batch mixing truck allowing transfer and incorporation of the admixture material to the concrete without additional handling by the operator. The present invention consists of a tubular package of heavy gauge cardboard or plastic material such as PVC with an easily removable light gauge cover on each end. The cover would be constructed of a material that could be easily displaced when installing the tube into the feeder section of the mixer. The tube is pre-loaded with any variety of clean pre-measured concrete admixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Cruso
  • Patent number: 6547101
    Abstract: A multi-chambered ampoule for dispensing a mixture of substances comprising: an oblong container (10) having at least two cylindrical chambers (12, 14) which extend in the axial direction from the rear end to the front end of the container, a respective piston (22, 24) which can be slidingly inserted into each chamber in an axial direction, creating a seal with respect to the inner wall of the chamber, and a housing (30) comprising a front section (32) which surrounds a discharge channel (34) and a rear section (36) which is adjacent to the front section, containing an inner chamber (38) formed therein into which the container can be inserted in such a way that the front end of the container defines a mixing chamber (33) inside the housing, leading into a discharge channel and provides a tight closure. In a ready-to-use state, the openings at the rear end of the chambers are closed by pistons and the openings at the front end of the chambers being sealed by a sealing means (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Dentaco Dental Industrie und Marketing GmbH
    Inventor: Alberto C. Sogaro
  • Patent number: 6488894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device in which at least two liquid or semi-liquid reagents can be stored separately. When used, the inventive device enables precise, chronologically defined, sequential reagent discharge in a reaction chamber by means of a linear movement without any prior mixing of said reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Biognosis GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Miethe, Dimitri Plaksine, Elena Gromakovskaja
  • Publication number: 20020125271
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for dispensing a lubricant and, more particularly, a surgical lubricant, from a mechanical dispenser. The method includes a health care worker positioning a hand or other receiving object near an outlet of a mechanical dispenser configured to dispense a surgical lubricant, then receiving the lubricant from the dispenser through the outlet onto the hand or receiving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Scott Zeitlin
  • Publication number: 20020127141
    Abstract: A fuel container and delivery assembly for use with a direct oxidation fuel cell system is provided. The container and delivery assembly allows clean fuel which, in a preferred embodiment, is in the form of either pure methanol or an aqueous methanol/water mixture to be delivered to the cell. Additives are mixed with the fuel containing substance prior to release of the fuel outside of the cell. The fuel substance is housed in an inner tank, which is disposed within an outer container. A plenum area defined by the space between the outer container and the flexible bladder is filled with the additives so that, upon rupture of the entire assembly, the fuel substance is mixed with the additives. In one embodiment of the invention, the inner tank is a flexible bladder. A rupture means is provided on a needle, which draws the fuel out in pure form, tears the flexible bladder so that any remaining fuel is mixed with the additives when it is desired to dispose of or re-fill the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: William P. Acker
  • Patent number: 6446839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser for the discharge and the atomizing of media, in which a liquid medium is discharged in one charge or a small number of partial charges in one operating stroke of an operating presser or trigger. The dispenser is secured against accidental operation and has a minimum packing or storage volume. Prior to each stroke, the operating presser is returned from an operating end portion to the operating starting position to commence the discharge stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Ritsche
  • Publication number: 20020117512
    Abstract: Processing solution is delivered to a processing apparatus by means of a syringe type delivery system.. The container in which the solution is stored acts both as the storage container and as part of the metering system for delivering an accurate volume of solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Anthony Earle, Nigel R. Wildman
  • Publication number: 20020117513
    Abstract: Such dispensers must be easy to grasp or operate by a user, e.g. a user suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and whose capacity to manipulate objects is under certain circumstances limited. In addition, the dispenser must have a simple, inexpensive construction from a minimum number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventor: Michael Helmlinger
  • Patent number: 6439431
    Abstract: A single stroke fluid dispense system, including a dispense member having a dispense end defining a dispense end opening and a container well communicating with the dispense end opening for receiving a fluid to be dispensed. A closure cap is supported over the dispense end opening of the dispense member and further defines a fluid passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the container well. A compression assembly for forcing the fluid through the fluid passageway of the closure cap is also provided. A sealing piston assembly maintains the closure cap in sealing engagement with the dispense member. The closure cap may further defined a burst port at one end of the fluid passageway facing the container well which is especially useful for dispensing fluid from a flexible rupturable container. The compression assembly maintains fluid integrity between the container and the closure cap about the rupture port throughout dispensement so as to thwart fluid from leaking into the container well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Loctite Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Breault, Martin C. Cosgrove
  • Patent number: 6439427
    Abstract: A monomer delivery device for a bone cement delivery system having a sealed body that has and a chamber sized to receive an ampule of monomer, a collar attached to the body having a blade configured to sever the ampule and a spout attached to the collar to expel the monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack F. Long
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    Patent number: 6419393
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a bag which is free from development of tears around a hole formed therein when pierced with tubular or hollow needle suction means. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a bag for containing a liquid or powdery material, the bag comprising a penetrable portion to be pierced with tubular or hollow needle suction means for delivering the material out of the bag, the penetrable portion comprising a laminated sheet having an outer layer including at least one of a calendered film (e.g., aluminum foil) and a stretched film, and an inner layer of an unstretched film, wherein a peeling strength between the outer layer and the inner layer is 0.0490 to 3.4323 N/15 mm width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Daiwa Gravure Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukihiko Shibata
  • Patent number: 6412659
    Abstract: The neck of the container has arranged therein a tightly fitting insert comprising a bottom which is closed in an initial state and which, prior to the activation of a pump engaging with its end section into the insert, is opened in that a housing part of the pump is screwed forwardly in the axial direction of the container. The bottom of the insert and the pump have provided thereinbetween a receiving chamber for an active substance which, after the bottom has been opened, is mixed with a liquid contained in the container. A liquid drug containing an active substance which has no long-time stability can thus be discharged with a vacuum pump after a long storage period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Gaplast GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Kneer
  • Patent number: 6398074
    Abstract: This invention relates to a reservoir (10) for a fluid product containing a single dose, the reservoir (10) comprising an air inlet (11) and a product outlet (15), the air inlet (11) comprising a product retention device (12 and/or 13) to keep the product in the reservoir (10) until dispensation of the product, and the product outlet (15) being blocked, preferably in a sealed fashion, by a closing ball (16) which is removed from its blocking position by the flow of air when the product is being dispensed. This invention also relates to the method of filling the reservoir and a dispensing device for the product contained in the reservoir using an air blast (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventors: Pascal Bruna, Jean-Louis Guiffray
  • Patent number: 6398956
    Abstract: Filtration cells capable of direct sampling of a fluid from a container and which may be used for microfiltration of both small and large microvolumes of a fluid to be filtered are provided. Also a process for directly transferring a fluid to be filtered from a container to a filtration cell is described. The filtration cells have one or more reservoirs and are in communication with fluid in a container to be filtered through a piercing instrument connected to a base and support for a reservoir that receives the fluid to be filtered after it passed across a filter membrane. The filtration cell may then be pressurized and vented to allow fluid to be filtered to reciprocally and tangentially pass across a filter membrane between either a container having a fluid to be filtered and a single reservoir for small volume filtrations or between two reservoirs after pressurizing a fluid to be filtered into the reservoirs from a container using a piercing instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Bio/Data Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Coville, David M. St. Onge
  • Patent number: 6390335
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for the delivery of products, preferably cleaning products comprising an active ingredient, more preferably cleaning products comprising a surfactant. The device comprises at least one vented reservoir for containing at least one liquid product and a dispensing appliance for dispensing the product from the reservoir. In one embodiment, the reservoir comprises at least one recess and/or protrusion and the dispensing appliance comprises at least one corresponding protrusion and/or recess. The reservoir is releasably secured in a leak-tight manner with the dispensing appliance such that fluid communication between the reservoir and the dispensing appliance is established, only when the protrusion(s) and recess(es) are fitted into each other, and the protrusion(s) and the recess(es) of the reservoir have a shape which is complementary, preferably exactly complementary, to the protrusion(s) and/or recess(es) of the dispensing appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Russell Lawson, Jelle Dankert Vuuk, Yvon Loic Crozet
  • Publication number: 20020056731
    Abstract: A liquid jetting pump of the present invention is constructed such that an intra container liquid is sucked into a cylinder 3 through a suction valve 9 by moving a vertically movable member 4 up and down, and the intra cylinder liquid is jetted out of a nozzle 29 through a discharge valve 31 from a stem 28. A plurality of ribs 10 are protruded in a peripheral direction from a lower edge part within the cylinder. Engagement recessed portions 11 are formed in inner parts of the upper surfaces of the ribs. A lower edge of a coil spring 38 for biasing the vertically movable member 4 is secured to each of the engagement recessed portions 11, thereby permitting a flow of liquid on both sides of the lower edge of the spring internally externally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Shimada, Katsuhito Kuwahara, Takao Kishi, Takayuki Abe, Shuzo Endo, Yuji Kohara, Takamitsu Nozawa
  • Patent number: 6382465
    Abstract: A method of producing a flexible conduit whose dimensions and shape can easily be changed according to its use is described. The method includes producing elongate elements from an elastic flexible material, wherein the cross-section of the elongate elements each have at least one corrugation and extend so as to be rectilinear longitudinally. Each elongate element is fixed to at least one elongate holding element made of rigid pliable material so as to keep its shape after bending. Several sets of elongate elements are produced and are connected to each other along their adjacent longitudinal edges in order to form a flat enclosure whose dimensions correspond to those of the deployed flexible conduit. The flat enclosure is then deformed so as to close it and to obtain the required shape of the cross-section of the conduit, wherein the enclosure is kept in shape by the deformation of the elongate holding elements. Then, the adjacent ends of the shaped enclosure are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Ing. Ercih Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Greiner-Perth
  • Patent number: 6375039
    Abstract: A particulate material transfer device comprises a tubular body having a passage with an entrance to receive particulate material and an exit for discharging material and an annular chamber about the body in which a travelling member is disposed for movement about the body in a manner to impart vibrations thereto. A fluid inlet supplies pressurized air to the chamber to cause the travelling member to move about the body to impart vibrations thereto. A plurality of fluid discharge openings extend from the chamber to the passage to discharge pressurized fluid toward the exit to transfer material from the entrance through the passage toward the exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Howmet Research Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey Todd Anderson
  • Patent number: 6352177
    Abstract: A device for the discharge of a pasty two-component mixture includes a supply container with two chambers, each chamber for containing one component of the two-component mixture and having an outlet stub for connecting to a mixer unit. The mixer unit includes a coupling end having two inlet stubs which form two channels leading into a mixer element, and on an opposite end, an outlet opening. A rotatable holding shell is provided in a substantially surrounding relationship to the two outlet stubs and includes a recess of a shape substantially identical with the cross sectional shape of the coupling end of the mixer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Kettenbach GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Bublewitz, Matthias Suchan
  • Patent number: 6347725
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a closed flexible sachet in the form of an individual portion provided for extraction under pressure, containing ground roast coffee, which sachet includes two identical flexible sheets or a single folded flexible sheet of circular, oval or polygonal shape. A space for a powdered beverage is created between the two sheets or between the two faces of the folded sheet. The two sheets or the two faces of the folded sheet are welded over their periphery so that the sachet is substantially symmetrical with respect to its welding plane. The sachet is opened through the rise in pressure which takes place upon injection of an extraction fluid, in which the two flexible sheets or the two faces of the folded sheet extend over one side of the sachet beyond their welding line to provide, between the sheets or between the two faces of the folded sheet, a channel which allows the arrival of the extraction fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Yoakim, Alain Mariller
  • Publication number: 20020008117
    Abstract: A system of dispensing viscous liquid including mounting plate and reservoir and dispensing mechanism for use with a bottle containing liquid having a viscosity up to about 20,000 cps. The mounting plate has a generally flat rectangular surface with a first and second pair of vertically extending mounting tracks extending outwardly from the plate. A first shelf positioned generally horizontally and extending from the plate below and between the first pair of tracks. A second shelf positioned generally horizontally and extending outwardly of the plate generally below and between the second pair of tracks. A flexible first latch positioned between the first shelf and the second pair of tracks, and mechanism below the second shelf for supporting mechanism for dispensing liquid. A bottle has a neck with a membrane capable of being punctured, and a dove tail member extending longitudinally of the bottle spaced to slide between at least one of the first and second pair of mounting tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Gent-I-Kleen Products Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Strickler, John Kauzlarich, Brian Phillips, A. J. Voth
  • Publication number: 20020003146
    Abstract: A monomer delivery device for a bone cement delivery system having a sealed body that has and a chamber sized to receive an ampule of monomer, a collar attached to the body having a blade configured to sever the ampule and a spout attached to the collar to expel the monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventor: Jack F. Long
  • Patent number: 6321942
    Abstract: A disposable atomizer for discharging successive partial discharge amounts as a spray has a base body (12), a projecting nose adapter (13) with a nozzle (14), actuating shoulders (35) where two fingers can rest, and an actuating part, containing an actuating sleeve (25) and a medium store (20), which can be pressed into the base body (12). A hollow needle (17) can penetrate the closure piston-stopper (21) of said medium store (20). A ring (28) is mounted on the actuating sleeve (25) by spokes (29) and predetermined breaking points (30), the ring (28) separating in response to typical actuating pressure when the actuator is used the first time. The spokes (29) strike a stop which thus limits the first partial discharge stroke. By rotating the actuating sleeve (25), the actuating part is moved into a starting position for a second partial discharge stroke, and when intermediate webs in the form of material bridges are broken out, the second partial discharge stroke can be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Krampen, Karl-Heinz Fuchs, Hans Merk
  • Patent number: 6321943
    Abstract: A system of dispensing viscous liquid including mounting plate and reservoir and dispensing mechanism for use with a bottle containing liquid having a viscosity up to about 20,000 cps. The mounting plate has a generally flat rectangular surface with a first and second pair of vertically extending mounting tracks extending outwardly from the plate. A first shelf positioned generally horizontally and extending from the plate below and between the first pair of tracks. A second shelf positioned generally horizontally and extending outwardly of the plate generally below and between the second pair of tracks. A flexible first latch positioned between the first shelf and the second pair of tracks, and a mechanism below the second shelf for supporting the mechanism for dispensing liquid. A bottle has a neck with a membrane capable of being punctured, and a dove tail member extending longitudinally of the bottle spaced to slide between at least one of the first and second pair of mounting tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Gent-I-Kleen Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Strickler, John Kauzlarich, Brian Phillips, A. J. Voth
  • Patent number: 6299023
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a base substance and a booster substance in a user selectable ratio includes a dispenser head having a pair of spaced apart outlet ports, a first cartridge containing the base substance which is removably coupled onto the dispenser head and a second cartridge containing the booster substance which is removably coupled onto the dispenser head. Each of the first and second cartridges include a collapsible plastic liner which is mounted onto a supporting frame, the supporting frame of each cartridge having a uniquely shaped flange. A first pump assembly is disposed within the dispenser head and serves to draw a fixed amount of the base substance from the first cartridge and dispense the fixed amount of base substance out one of the outlet ports upon depression of a trigger which is slidably disposed in the dispenser head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: Miles Arnone
  • Patent number: 6296149
    Abstract: A monomer delivery device for a bone cement delivery system having a sealed body that has and a chamber sized to receive an ampule of monomer, a collar attached to the body having a blade configured to sever the ampule and a spout attached to the collar to expel the monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack F. Long