Separable Pump With Holder Mount Or Securing Means Patents (Class 239/333)
  • Publication number: 20020079380
    Abstract: A combined portable, cleaning fluid spray apparatus and paper towel support and dispensing apparatus is provided which combines the functions of a liquid window cleaner spray dispenser and a paper towel roll holder into one product. A long, tube-type arrangement fits inside a roll of paper towels, and the lower portion of the tube comprises a base which holds used and discarded paper towels in a lower compartment. A standard pump sprayer at the top connects to the tube with a threaded connection. An upper plate-type washer along with a tension rod provides a method of restraining the paper towels when not being used, as well as an easy means to tear off the paper towels during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: Kirk L. Presson
  • Publication number: 20020074429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new atomizer for nasal or oral application of a medicinal-pharmaceutical aerosol, wherein the active ingredient formulation is always kept under sterile conditions. It is preferred that moisturizers, medicaments and/or wound healing agents are sprayed from the atomizer into the nose or the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Patrick Hettrich, Peter Asp
  • Patent number: 6402055
    Abstract: A miniaturized device for pressurizing fluid. The device includes a hollow piston that provides a fluid path and a valve member. The valve member is configured for axial movement so that the valve axis remains parallel to the piston axis. The valve member is arranged at one end of the hollow piston. The valve member may be partially or completely disposed within the hollow piston. The device is particularly adapted for use in a mechanically operated atomizer to produce an inhalable aerosol of a liquid medicament without the use of propellant gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Jaeger, Pasquale Cirillo, Joachim Eicher, Johannes Geser, Bernhard Freund, Bernd Zierenberg
  • Publication number: 20020066802
    Abstract: A trigger spray having much smaller number of components and a spray container provided with this trigger spray. The trigger spray for injecting liquid in a container through a nozzle by pulling a trigger comprises a cap attached to an opening of the container, a base body supported by and fixed to the cap and having a first valve case, a secondary valve case, a cylinder in which a piston slides, a trigger movably mounted on the base body and connected to the piston for pressing the piston to compress liquid in the cylinder, a spring mounted between the trigger and the base body for elastically supporting the trigger relative to the base body, a cover and the nozzle engaged in and fixed to the base body, a primary valve inserted into the first valve case and a tube mounted in the first valve case, and a secondary valve 9 inserted into the secondary valve case and positioned between the nozzle and the secondary valve case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventor: Tetsuya Tada
  • Patent number: 6398132
    Abstract: A portable spray misting device including an internally hollowed body capable of holding a volume of fluid to be dispensed. The body includes a flattened base capable of supporting the body upon a flat surface and a contoured upper body terminating in an upwardly extending and interiorly open neck which defines a first port having a first diameter. A spray applicating head for issuing a mist spray of the fluid is secured to the open neck by an integrally formed collar. An interiorly open and annular rim extends from a specified location of the contoured upper body and defines a second port with a diameter greater than the first diameter of the first port. A cap is provided for securing in a fluid-tight manner over the annular rim of the second collar and so as to provide a device which permits a user to more quickly refill a fluid reservoir within the body interior and to facilitate reception of larger sized ice cubes and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Circulair, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric F. Junkel, Linda M. Usher
  • Patent number: 6382527
    Abstract: The selector wheel is mounted to rotate about the axis of the nozzle cap, and a spray window and foaming sleeve are formed in the wheel offset from the axis. The window or sleeve is registrable with the offset spray orifice by rotating the wheel. Either window or sleeve can be brought into registry so that the discharge is spray or foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Dukes, Martin S. Laffey
  • Patent number: 6378786
    Abstract: A spraying device comprising a reservoir and a nozzle linked by a path is used to apply an aqueous cleaning composition to a surface. The interim dimension of the path is located immediately upstream of the nozzle. The composition comprises abrasive particles, wherein substantially none of the particles has a maximum dimension which is more than half of the minimum dimension of the path and none of said particles have a dimension greater than said minimum dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Mark Beeston, Mark Laing
  • Patent number: 6367711
    Abstract: A fluid product dispenser and a dispensing head for a fluid product dispenser are provided. The fluid product dispenser dispenses fluid product in the form of any one of a jet and a spray. The dispensing head includes a body or first piece having an inlet conduit. The inlet conduit communicates with a stem of any one of a pump and valve of the fluid product dispenser. The dispensing head also includes a second piece mounted on the first piece. The first piece includes a dispensing orifice which can be detachably placed in communication with the inlet conduit. The second piece is movable at will, with respect to the body or first piece, in an X-direction, wherein the X-direction is different from a Y-direction defined as the fluid product outlet direction of the jet or spray of the fluid product. The second piece is movable in order to clean the inlet conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Benoist
  • Patent number: 6367715
    Abstract: The device for forming an aerosol has a device for adjusting the amount of particle former transported by the spray jet per time unit and/or a device for adjusting the amount of compressed gas passing per time unit through the wall. Such a device can be used for fluid treatment of sensitive, easily deformable objects, especially for their cooling, or other applications requiring certain metering of the particle formation, for example, in a burner. By providing a permeable wall having pores, it is possible to produce fluid particles with minimal kinetic energy by the effect of the compressed gas flowing through the permeable wall so that at the exit side of the wall a fluid particle stream with particles having extremely low energy per particle can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Stephan Rieth
  • Publication number: 20020038823
    Abstract: The cooking oil spray dispenser has a container for receiving the cooking oil. A spraying mechanism is mounted on the upper end of the container for picking up and spraying the cooking oil. The spraying mechanism includes a tube through which the cooking oil is picked up from the container. This tube extends within the container and has an open lower end to which is fixed a filtering device having a central hub and a base with rim. The central hub is shaped to fit onto the lower end of the tube while the base acts as a support for a mesh which is supported by the rim of the base. In use, the mesh prevents clogging of the lower end of the tube with solid materials such as spices or herbs that may be contained in the cooking oil. Preferably, the mesh is a micromesh and has a convex shape. Such further reduces the risk of clogging since the herbs or spices cannot attach to the micromesh and thus cannot close the inlet of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventor: Pierre Tardif
  • Patent number: 6364175
    Abstract: This pump dispenser has a piston with a central inlet opening connected to a tubular piston stem. A one-piece plastic check valve insert comprises a rim secured to the piston around the inlet opening and a hub which selectively seals the opening. The rim and hub are resiliently connected by zig-zag spokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth S. Bloom
  • Publication number: 20020033424
    Abstract: The invention describes a shower and a faucet apparatus which includes a showerhead (or faucet) and a feeding mechanism, the showerhead (or faucet) includes a water inlet, a water outlet and a water passageway connecting said water inlet and outlet. A feeding aperture is provided on the showerhead (or faucet) connected to the feeding mechanism and the feeding mechanism includes a pump to deliver a substance through the feeding aperture into the passageway for subsequent dispensing through the water outlet. This invention provides a very user friendly water and substances dispensing system particularly useful for the public in the enjoyment of a shower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Santagio Rivera, Ruben H. Lujan
  • Publication number: 20020030116
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing of hand lotion and air freshener in a combined unit for home and office. Air freshener may be passively dispersed at a controlled rate from the apparatus, or may be actively dispersed when a user pumps the apparatus to receive a measured quantity of hand lotion. Dispersion may be implemented using a mechanical fan or compression of a sponge, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventor: Douglas S. Brown
  • Publication number: 20020017575
    Abstract: A spray head for delivering a hair care composition onto and/or into the hair comprising an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet, the inlet of the spray head being adapted for connection with an outlet of a container including a hair care composition, the outlet of the spray head including at least one hollow protrusion defining a fluid channel extending from the spray head, the hollow protrusion including an opening for delivering the atomized hair care composition onto the hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Paul Andrews, Gregory Alan Erickson, Euan Stuart Reid, Keith Leslie Rutherford
  • Patent number: 6345774
    Abstract: A spray bottle spray head for spraying a fluid therefrom over a large area. The spray bottle spray head includes a bottle with a pump body coupled thereto. A generally frusta-conical spray head is coupled to the pump body. The spray head has a generally circular front face and tapers from the front face of the spray head to the pump body. The front face of the spray head has a plurality of spaced apart spray apertures therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Inventor: Patricia D. Calhoun
  • Patent number: 6345775
    Abstract: This invention concerns very high solid content aerosol adhesives and an aerosol spray device for the application of such aerosols comprising a spray can, a valve mounted to the can, a button mounted to the valve to control its opening and closing, a nozzle comprising a throughbore in fluid communication with the can interior when the valve is open. The nozzle comprises an axial throughbore, a flow restrictor being a channel having a length and a rectangularly-shaped cross section, and an exit port comprising a substantially rectangular orifice and a pair of opposing horizontal and a pair of opposing vertical walls extending and flaring outward from the orifice in the direction of the spray flow. This invention provides a very high solid content contact adhesive and an application device which provides for a substantially more uniform application of the adhesive than previously attainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Wilsoart International, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Purvis, II, Kenneth Charles Pechal, John James Ach
  • Publication number: 20020011530
    Abstract: Radial actuation of a handle (15) axially retracts the dispensers shaft (6) inclusive an exit head (9) relative to a base body (5) and a reservoir (7). The shaft (6) is prevented from rotating. The medium thus flows from a pressure chamber (26) via an outlet valve (32) through the entire shaft (6) to a medium exit (20) while being swirled. For facilitated handling the base body (5) and the reservoir (7) form a rod-shaped grip with the handle (15) on one side and a finger scallop (72) on the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventor: KARL-HEINZ FUCHS
  • Patent number: 6341735
    Abstract: A receptacle is fitted with a dispenser head which includes a body and a nozzle secured to the body. The nozzle is provided with a dispenser orifice, made through an elastically deformable wall organized to bulge outwards under the effect of the pressure of a substance. The nozzle is closed at rest and is opened by deformation of the elastically deformable wall under the effect of the pressure of the substance being dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Gilles Baudin
  • Publication number: 20020008164
    Abstract: A sparing device comprising of a liquid storage tank (22) for storing liquid (21) and a spraying mechanism (24) for spraying the liquid from the liquid storage tank (22) through a nozzle (23). Said spraying member further includes a trigger member (26) rotatingly fixed to a free axle, a first liquid pipe (29) which is provided with a suction valve (30) and exhaust valve (32) which is activated by the movements of the trigger member (26) and the piston (28), a pressure accumulator (31) which is supported by a spring member (34), a second liquid pipe (37), a third liquid pipe (38) wherein one end of the third liquid pipe is connected to the liquid storage tank and the other end is branched to the second liquid pipe and a seesaw button (40) to seal and seal the liquid passage way in the second and third liquid pipes alternatively to allow the liquid to flow through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventor: Jun Yanagida
  • Patent number: 6332562
    Abstract: A trigger actuated sprayer has its shroud provided with laterally extending side saddles having undersurfaces defining supports extending longitudinally and continuously between forward and rearward ends of the shroud to provide for ergonomic supports of the sprayer on the top of the hand of the operator when the sprayer is grasped during use. The lateral outward extent of the side saddles is minimized by the provision of a constricted throat portion of the shroud located beneath side saddles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.
    Inventor: Steve L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: 6325304
    Abstract: A liquid insecticide applicator in the form of a trigger pump having a detachable, semirigid, tubular extended nozzle press fit into a recess within a nipple along the discharge end of the pump assembly is provided. When the extended nozzle is engaged to the pump assembly, the applicator is suitable for applying or injecting insecticides such as solutions of containing disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (D.O.T.) into holes or wall voids. When the extended nozzle is disengaged from the pump assembly, the applicator can deliver contents in a spray, suitable for treating larger surfaces, such as large areas of exposed wood. Preferably, the liquid insecticide solution used with the applicator is a 5% to 20% water solution of a DOT mixture comprising disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, colored pigment, and a bittering agent of either sucrose octa-acetate or denatonium benzoate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Inventors: Alan D. Brite, Terry Brite
  • Publication number: 20010040191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a very high solid content contact adhesive (VHS) which has a higher solid content than previously thought attainable in the prior art without increasing the viscosity beyond operable levels. Additionally, the present invention provides a VHS application device which allows substantially more uniform application of the VHS than was previously attainable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2000
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Purvis II, Kenneth C. Pechal, John James Ach
  • Publication number: 20010030246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand lever-operated spray pump (3), particularly for attaching to bottles (2) or similar, having a pump plunger (6) which moves linear in a pump chamber (7) on the housing side and which is connected with the hand lever (5) at the rear of a mouth piece opening (9) and which returns to its starting position as a result of a spring loading, and proposes, for the purpose of achieving a structurally simple, functionally reliable solution, to allocate two hinge points (I, II) to the hand lever (5) one of which (I) is movable in a linear guide on the housing side and the other (II) is arranged on the housing on the side opposite to the mouthpiece (9) In such a way that both hinge points (I, II) are connected by means of two buckling bridge sections (a, b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 6299028
    Abstract: A pump for discharging bubbles is provided on a neck portion of a container body. The pump for discharging bubbles comprises a cylinder for liquid in which a first piston slides, a cylinder for air in which a second piston slides, a pump head on which a nozzle is provided and which is connected to the first piston and the second piston so as to drive the both pistons, a vapor-liquid mixing chamber in which liquid delivered from the cylinder for liquid and air delivered from the cylinder for air are joined and a bubbling member provided between the nozzle and the vapor-liquid mixing chamber. Liquid within the container body and outside air are pumped up to be joined in the vapor-liquid mixing chamber and the vapor-liquid is bubbled via the bubbling member to be discharged in a foamy state from the nozzle by depressing the pump head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Iizuka, Hiroshi Mizushima, Haruo Tsuchida, Tadao Saito
  • Publication number: 20010022324
    Abstract: Liquid dispensing devices provided with tilting or bending pickup tubes for allowing substantially complete evacuation of the contents of the supply bottles. In preferred embodiments, the pickup tube is connected to a dispensing unit such as a sprayhead by a variety of different types of flexible connectors to allow tilting of the pickup tube. In other preferred embodiments, a semi-flexible pickup tube is weighted to cause bending of the tube with or without the addition of a flexible connector between the pickup tube and sprayhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Applicant: EVNX Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Evans, William L. Klima
  • Patent number: 6286727
    Abstract: One-piece pump body to be attached to a container has nozzle at one end and overhang at the other. Portion of overhang which engages the web of the user's hand is molded from the bottom up to provide a plurality of closely spaced ribs having rounded bottom end surfaces extending below the side walls of pump and present an ergonomic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois Closure Inc.
    Inventor: Wing-Kwong Keung
  • Patent number: 6286728
    Abstract: An open-fronted shroud covers a pump body of a trigger actuated pump sprayer and comprises a one-piece cover of at least one molded thermoplastic material having an upper section and a lower section, the cover having a rearwardly extending portion defining a saddle for supporting the pump sprayer on top of the operators hand during use. The upper and lower sections are interconnected by an integral hinge at a terminal end of the rearwardly extending portion for pivotal movement between an open position of the sections during molding and a closed position when mounted on the pump body during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Driskell, Philip Dimaggio
  • Publication number: 20010011687
    Abstract: A swirling effect nozzle has substance feed channels opening out into a swirling chamber which communicates with an outlet orifice. The ratio Ap/Ao where Ap is the smallest total section offered by the channels to the passage of the substance and Ao is the section of the outlet orifice is less than or equal to 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventor: Jean Francois Benoist
  • Patent number: 6267297
    Abstract: A programmable dispenser, especially for dispensing an olfactory stimulating material from a source of the material, is presented. More particularly, the present invention relates to a dispenser for an olfactory stimulating material, such as an air freshener composition, wherein the dispenser can be programmed so as to be operational within a wide variety of operating modes, such as starting and ending operations at specific times during the day, being operational during specific days of the week, and dispensing frequency (i.e., in the case of an aerosol or pump source) and/or intensity (i.e., in the case of a gel or cartridge source).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Waterbury Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl D. Contadini, Nicholas A. Velezis, John J. Dean
  • Patent number: 6264120
    Abstract: A portable automatic misting device (20) uses a misting device assembly (38) to automatically disperses a mist (36). The misting assembly (38) includes a hollow cylinder (40) that forms a liquid reservoir (50) that is in fluid communication with a one-way valve (76,102) that permits liquid flow into the reservoir (50). The reservoir (50) has fluid communication with a misting nozzle (34) through a hollow plunger rod (28). A plunger (42), a spring (48) and a portion of the hollow plunger rod (28) are located inside the hollow cylinder (40). The spring (48) is biased to move the plunger (42) and the hollow plunger rod (28) to automatically shrink the liquid reservoir (50). In another embodiment, the plunger rod (28) is solid and the reservoir (50) has fluid communication with the misting nozzle (34) through a second one-way valve (106) that permits liquid flow out of the reservoir (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Arizona Mist, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Wintering, Leonard Montenegro
  • Publication number: 20010004091
    Abstract: A portable automatic misting device (20) uses a misting device assembly (38) to automatically disperse a mist (36). The misting assembly (38) includes a hollow cylinder (40) that forms a liquid reservoir (50) that is in fluid communication with a one-way valve (128) that permits liquid flow into the reservoir (50) from a liquid container (118). The reservoir (50) has fluid communication with a misting nozzle (34) through a hollow plunger rod (28). A plunger (42), a spring (48) and a portion of the plunger rod (28) are located inside the hollow cylinder (40). The spring (48) is biased to move the plunger (42) and the plunger rod (28) to automatically shrink the liquid reservoir (50). A second one-way valve (122) permits a passage of air into the liquid container (118) to equalize pressure therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Inventors: Gary Wintering, Leonard Montenegro
  • Patent number: 6234412
    Abstract: The invention concerns a spray pump (3) capable of being actuated by a hand lever, to be mounted on dispensers (2) or the like. Said pump comprises a piston pump (6) capable of sliding linearly in a pump chamber (7) on the housing side. Said piston is connected, on the rear side of an outlet (9), to the hand lever (5) and returns to its base position urged by a spring. The invention aims at producing a pump which is both simple and reliable by associating two articulating parts (I, II) with the lever (5). One (I) of said parts is located so as to slide in a linear slider on the housing side, and the other (II) is fixed to the housing, on the side opposite the outlet (9), such that the two articulating parts (I, II) are connected by mutually collapsible contiguous parts (a, b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 6216961
    Abstract: The fan propelled misting apparatus for cooling an extended area by evaporative cooling includes a blower with a hollow, cylindrical mist discharge tube, and a fan for propelling air flow through the mist discharge tube; and a misting device connected to the blower for delivering a fine spray of water to the cylindrical mist discharge tube. The misting device includes a pressurizable fluid tank, such as a piston type pump, with a water supply tube connected between the pressurizable fluid tank and the mist discharge tube for delivering the fine spray of water to the cylindrical mist discharge tube. The water supply tube has a nozzle at a distal end of the water supply tube disposed in the mist discharge tube so as to deliver the fine spray of water in the air flow provided by the blower. A valve is provided for controlling flow of water through the water supply tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventors: Steven M. Utter, Geri Utter
  • Patent number: 6206303
    Abstract: A manually operated spray device for spraying a liquid in a vessel comprises a cylinder member which includes an upper air cylinder and a lower liquid cylinder, an air piston slidably fitted in the air cylinder, and a suction pipe connected to the liquid cylinder within the vessel toward the bottom thereof. An actuator member is urged upwards and vertically movable relative to the cylinder member; and includes a hollow stem protruding upwards from the liquid cylinder and fitted at its center portion with the air piston, a press head fitted onto the upper portion of the stem, a nozzle hole opening at the side surface of the press head, and first and second passages merging with each other on the upstream side of the nozzle hole. The first passage is communicated with the air chamber on one side of the air piston, and the second passage is communicated with the liquid cylinder through the interior of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Natsuo Shinozaki, Katsuhito Kuwahara, Risa Iwata, Masami Chiku
  • Patent number: 6202943
    Abstract: Liquid dispensing devices provided with tilting or bending pickup tubes for allowing substantially complete evacuation of the contents of the supply bottles. In preferred embodiments, the pickup tube is connected to a dispensing unit such as a sprayhead by a variety of different types of flexible connectors to allow tilting of the pickup tube. In other preferred embodiments, a semi-flexible pickup tube is weighted to cause bending of the tube with or without the addition of a flexible connector between the pickup tube and sprayhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: EVNX Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Evans, William L. Klima
  • Patent number: 6164565
    Abstract: An improved means for modifying the spray characteristics of a liquid to be sprayed from a container, such as a manually pumpable container or a pressurized container such as an aerosol container which comprises a first fitment element which includes a first fluid flow modifying element mountable substantially perpendicular to the flow path of the liquid to be sprayed which comprises a plurality of spaced apart beams having intermediate transverse passages therebetween, and, a second fitment element which includes a second fluid flow modifying element rotatably mounted on the first fluid flow modifying element and perpendicular to the flow path of the liquid to be sprayed where the second fluid flow modifying element comprises a plurality of spaced apart beams having intermediate transverse passages therebetween, where the second fitment element may be variably rotatably oriented with respect to the first fitment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Reckitt Beneckiser Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Gerald Adee, Charles Raymond White
  • Patent number: 6158674
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser comprises a pumping assembly attached to a liquid storage container. The pumping assembly includes an outlet port for dispersing liquid from the container. The outlet port includes a plurality of channels that communicate with a plurality of orifices through which a liquid is dispensed to an exterior of the storage container. The orifices arranged are in two series of concentric rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventor: Ronald O. Humphreys
  • Patent number: 6155496
    Abstract: A device mountable on a material container for dispensing fluid or pasty material therefrom is disclosed. The device comprises a first pump (10) for selectively dispensing the material from the container through an outlet (31), said first pump being mountable on the container by means of an attachment member (11), and a manual actuation member (30) movable between an inoperative position and an actuated position. The device further comprises a second pump (20) for dispensing compressed air at the same time as the material is dispensed. The second pump comprises two elements (21, 22), i.e. a plunger (21) and a pump cylinder (22) slidably housing the plunger (21), and is designed to feed a flow of compressed air to the outlet (31) in order to spray the material. One of said two elements (21, 22) of said second pump (20) is secured to said attachment member (11) of the first pump (10), whereas the other of said two elements (21, 22) is secured to the actuation member (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Brunet, Olivier de Pous
  • Patent number: 6152326
    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: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Sprayex, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter F. Klima, Jr., William L. Klima
  • Patent number: 6145756
    Abstract: A gardening applicator for efficiently delivering liquid chemicals to selected vegetation is disclosed. The applicator includes a wind guard chamber through which a stream of emitted liquid chemicals may be directed in a predetermined path along a central axis of the wind guard chamber. The wind guard chamber is preferably tube shaped over a predetermined length and can incorporate a diffuser screen or mesh which extends transversely across the predetermined path at the exit end of the wind guard chamber such that the liquid chemicals are finely dispersed upon passing through the diffuser screen. Actuation of a pressure activated pump head may provide a pressurized stream of liquid chemicals through the wind guard chamber and onto the diffuser screen for dispersion onto selected vegetation. The pressure activated pump head may conveniently be connectable to a liquid chemical reservoir such as a generally commercially available bottle with a standard sized threaded opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: Corwin Kohls
  • Patent number: 6142692
    Abstract: A distributor for a cosmetic product, in fluid or paste form, intended for make-up, in particular to a mascara distributor, comprising on the one hand a distributor body (C) which comprises a seating (29) for an applicator member (3) and, on the other hand, a gripping element (E) which comprises a capsule (1) provided with a rod (2) bearing the applicator member (3) at one of its ends which projects from the capsule. The capsule being capable of being assembled in a removable manner on the distributor body (C) and capable of being gripped by a user in order to apply the cosmetic product. A reservoir (8) for the cosmetic product is, moreover, provided and associated with a feed device intended to introduce successive doses of the cosmetic product into the seating (29) of the applicator member (3) from the reservoir (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventor: Firmin Garcia
  • Patent number: 6131820
    Abstract: A trigger actuated pump sprayer has a discharge valve assembly located in the discharge barrel of the pump body which includes a filler for reducing the volume of the discharge barrel thereby displacing the air therein whereupon the strokes-to-prime ratio of the pump required during initial pumping for discharging pressurized liquid along the barrel and through the orifice at a nozzle end thereof, is improved. Also the discharge valve assembly may be shiftable along the length of the discharge barrel in response to pressure and return strokes during pumping, a downstream end of the assembly engaging a spin mechanics element at the nozzle end to therewith define a variable volume suction chamber in communication with the discharge orifice for withdrawing product therefrom during each pumping suction stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Calmar Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph K. Dodd
  • Patent number: 6126090
    Abstract: A trigger actuated pump sprayer has a nozzle cap rotatable on the sprayer nozzle into one of four on and off positions. The cap is of a rectangular section having opposing pairs of flat walls which are grasped by the operator to facilitate cap rotation.Ridges or flutes are provided along the adjoining edges of the walls to avoid slippage of the hand from the nozzle during rotation in either direction about its central axis. The nozzle is positively set in each of its on and off positions by a snap detent/cavity engagement between the pump body and the cap, or a protuberance/notch engagement between the cap and the pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Wadsworth, William L. Driskell, Joseph K. Dodd
  • Patent number: 6123230
    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: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: SPRAYEX, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter F. Klima, Jr., William L. Klima
  • Patent number: 6119899
    Abstract: A container with a pump is provided that includes a container body with a neck portion and a pump for discharging bubbles that is provided on the neck portion. The pump includes a cylinder for air and a cylinder for liquid provided in a concentric arrangement. An attaching trunk is provided on the neck portion that holds a flange of the cylinder. A piston head passes through the attaching trunk in a state that allows upward and downward movement. A hollow, cylindrical stem having open ends is received within the cylinder. The upper part of the stem is connected to the piston head and a slidable circular first piston is provided on the lower part of the stem. A second piston is provided on an external surface of the stem and is only capable of slight upward and downward movement. A liquid discharge valve is arranged on the stem and a bubbling member is received between the liquid discharge valve and the nozzle. The pump also includes a vapor-liquid mixing chamber, an air passage and a liquid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Iizuka, Hiroshi Mizushima, Haruo Tsuchida, Tadao Saito
  • Patent number: 6116472
    Abstract: A trigger actuated pump sprayer has a reduced number of parts to render it low cost without compromising any pump function. A combined inlet/discharge valve unit is located in a liquid passageway leading from the inlet end of the pump body. The unit has a pair of axially spaced apart frusto-conical valve skirts diverging outwardly from the common stem on which the valve skirts are provided. The valve skirts straddle a pump chamber port, and the unit may be mounted in place by a dip tube retainer or the retainer may be eliminated with the unit coupled to the pump body itself, fixed in the passageway directly by the dip tube, or made integral with the unit. The trigger actuator has an integral piston return spring, the actuator being fixed to the pump body, and the trigger lever of the actuator being coupled to the pump piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: Linn D. Wanbaugh, Joseph K. Dodd
  • Patent number: 6113003
    Abstract: A hand-held compressed air duster apparatus comprises a pressurizable vessel for containing a fine particulate dusting material. The vessel has an upper shoulder provided with a sealable top opening, in which a hand pump is mounted and sealably connected to the top opening. The pump comprises an external handle connected to a piston extending into the vessel. A dust discharge outlet is disposed on the shoulder of the vessel. Located within the vessel are two concentric tubes. A rotatable outer tube having a closed lower end that is provided with a pivot foot in contact with the bottom of the vessel extends upwards to an open upper end that is in fluid communication with the interior of the vessel. The rotatable outer tube comprises a dust feed agitator pin extending outwardly from the outer surface of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Chapin Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory C. Condon
  • Patent number: 6109547
    Abstract: A dispenser head (2) includes a pivotable discharge stud (17). The outlet duct (15) thereof is bounded by an inner body (22) and is located laterally adjacent to the stud axis (11). Thereby the medium may be discharged in atomized form while being multiply deflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Ritsche
  • Patent number: 6095434
    Abstract: A portable automatic misting device (20) uses a misting device assembly (38) to automatically disperses a mist (36). The misting assembly (38) includes a hollow cylinder (40) that forms a liquid reservoir (50) that is in fluid communication with a one-way valve (76) that permits liquid flow into the reservoir (50). The reservoir (50) has fluid communication with a misting nozzle (34) through a hollow plunger rod (28). A plunger (42), a spring (48) and a portion of the hollow plunger rod (28) are located inside the hollow cylinder (40). The spring (48) is biased to move the plunger (42) and the hollow plunger rod (28) to automatically shrink the liquid reservoir (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Arizona Mist, Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard Montenegro
  • Patent number: 6053433
    Abstract: A nozzle mechanism for generating an aerosol-type liquid discharge is provided, which nozzle mechanism ensures one-way movement of liquid during discharge and also has a substantially zero "dead volume" at the tip of the nozzle. The nozzle mechanism includes a flexible nozzle portion with an outlet and a fluid channel, a rigid shaft received within the flexible nozzle portion, and a rigid housing surrounding the flexible nozzle portion and exposing the outlet. The rigid shaft interfaces the outlet to form a first normally-closed, one-way valve, as well as to define a swirling chamber for collecting the liquid which has been channeled from the liquid reservoir, prior to being discharged via the outlet. The outlet has a tubular wall with thickness that decreases along the elongated axis of symmetry for the outlet toward the tip of the outlet. The fluid channel is circumferentially positioned within the flexible nozzle portion to create swirling action of the liquid delivered to said swirling chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventor: Daniel Py