Articulated Or Plural Point Ingress To Pump Patents (Class 239/334)
  • Patent number: 9016599
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device comprises a housing body, a reciprocating piston fluid pump, a primary drive element, a wobble assembly and a spray tip. The reciprocating piston fluid pump has a piston disposed within a pumping chamber inside the housing body. The primary drive element is coupled to the housing body to provide a rotary input. The wobble assembly connects the primary drive element to the reciprocating piston fluid pump to convert the rotary input into reciprocating input to the piston. The spray tip connects to an outlet of the pumping chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Harold D. Johnson, Jimmy Wing Sum Tam, Bradley H. Hines, Glenn W. Davidson
  • Patent number: 6834815
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device is provided in the form of a spray container. The spray container is formed with a protruding sump region formed along the bottom of the container. The thickness of the bottom of the container is tapered such that the lowest point in the upright container is in the distal end of the protruding sump region. The container further includes a rotating trigger spray head mounted on the container top and a rigid suction tube extending from the container top into the protruding sump region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Appleby
  • Publication number: 20040227012
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device is provided in the form of a spray container. The spray container is formed with a protruding sump region formed along the bottom of the container. The thickness of the bottom of the container is tapered such that the lowest point in the upright container is in the distal end of the protruding sump region. The container further includes a rotating trigger spray head mounted on the container top and a rigid suction tube extending from the container top into the protruding sump region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Appleby
  • Patent number: 6027041
    Abstract: A spray bottle has a ball swivel joint enabling angular orientation of the spray head with respect to the bottle. Both liquid and air are conducted between the pump and the bottle in separate passageways in the swivel joint, thus enabling use of a conventional pump. These passageways may be spaced apart or substantially concentric. A highly flexible pickup hose has a weight at its distal or pickup end, so that the distal and remains immersed in liquid, even when the spray bottle is inverted. In alternative embodiments, the pickup hose is bendable, rather than highly flexible. Tightening a cap adjusts tension on the swivel joint, thus varying pressure required to adjust spray head angularity or to immobilize the spray head at a desired angularity. The swivel joint may include one or more ball members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Evnx Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert M. Evans
  • Patent number: 5222636
    Abstract: A pump sprayer for pharmaceutical or cosmetic products provides for consistent spray regardless of the orientation of the container. A gravity-actuated valve element coacts with a valve seat to close a secondary passage to the pump when the container is in a normal upright position. In an inverted position the valve opens and the pump intakes from the secondary passage which draws from the area of the top of the container, opposite the primary pump dip tube intake at the base of the container. The valve casing which includes the valve seat has an insertion aperture for the valve element, as well as an axial slot to insure communication of the secondary passage with the pump when the container is in the inverted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Precision Valve Corporation
    Inventor: Herbert Meuresch
  • Patent number: 4958752
    Abstract: The thrust piston pump of a delivery apparatus for liquid media and the like is provided with a valve arrangement in the suction passage. The valve arrangement has two valve seats acting in opposing manner and is associated with a single common valve body. This permits a rapid transfer of the valve body into the closed position engaging on the valve seat, particularly during operation in an inverted position. In addition, the discharge passage has a mechanically openably discharge valve which can be simply opened by displacing the actuating head of the pump with respect to a collar of the pump piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignee: Erich Pfeiffer GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Leo Maerte, Michael Wolter
  • Patent number: 4776498
    Abstract: The thrust piston pump of a delivery apparatus for liquid media and the like is provided with a valve arrangement in the suction passage. The valve arrangement has two valve seats acting in opposing manner and is associated with a single common valve body. This permits a rapid transfer of the valve body into the closed position engaging on the valve seat, particularly during operation in an inverted position. In addition, the discharge passage has a mechanically openable discharge valve which can be simply opened by displacing the actuating head of the pump with respect to a collar of the pump piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Leo Maerte, Michael Wolter
  • Patent number: 4775079
    Abstract: A manually actuated upright/inverted pump sprayer having a piston controlled container vent path, an auxiliary liquid intake port for inverted spray being spaced closer to the inner side of the container seal gasket compared to the spacing of the container vent port therefrom so as to preclude the spontaneous ingestion of air bubbles from the open vent path into the pump chamber through such intake port during inverted spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Inventor: Hans Grothoff
  • Patent number: 4331295
    Abstract: A windshield washer having a jet nozzle adapted for ejecting a washing liquid to a windshield, a first reservoir for containing a first liquid such as water, a second reservoir for containing a second liquid such as a detergent solution, and a pump having a rotor for feeding the first or second liquid to the jet nozzle. By rotating the rotor selectively in the forward or reverse direction, the desired first or the second liquid is ejected from the jet nozzle as the washing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Inventor: Hisanori Warihashi