Flow Line Or Nozzle Attached Or Carried Handgrip Or Handle Patents (Class 239/525)
  • Patent number: 11953297
    Abstract: A portable flamethrower is provided. It includes a fuel supply, including an externally powered fuel pump in flow communication with a nozzle and a fuel tank. An ignition system is provided to effect igniting of a stream of liquid fuel. An electronic control system is provided to effect selective operation of the ignition system and the fuel system, and preclude their operation if operation criteria are not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DP & LC HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Lewis Clanton, Donald Patnaude, Chris Byars
  • Patent number: 11938497
    Abstract: A fluid spraying system includes a fluid applicator having a tip that atomizes a fluid. The fluid spraying system also includes a pump configure to pump the fluid from a fluid source to the tip and a control system. The control system identifies at least one characteristic of the tip or the fluid and communicatively couples to the pump. The control system also controls an operating characteristic of the fluid spraying system based on a characteristic of the tip or the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph W. Kieffer, Lam Huu Nguyen, Jeshwanth Durga Sagar Kundem, Xiaogang Luo, Jan Barthelmes, Nima Abbaspour
  • Patent number: 11919017
    Abstract: A water spray gun includes a main body, an operating member and a switch part. The main body includes a handle portion and a tube portion extended from the handle portion and provided with a spray head. A control assembly is enclosed in the main body for control of water outflow and adjustment of the amount of the water outflow. The operating member is pivotally connected to the position where the handle portion meets the tube portion. The switch part is arranged at the operating member and is engaged with the control assembly. The amount of water outflow is controlled by relative movement between the switch part and the operating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: YUAN MEI CORP.
    Inventor: Chi-Han Cheng
  • Patent number: 11913760
    Abstract: A portable flamethrower is provided. It includes a fuel supply, including an externally powered fuel pump in flow communication with a nozzle and a fuel tank. An ignition system is provided to effect igniting of a stream of liquid fuel. An electronic control system is provided to effect selective operation of the ignition system and the fuel system, and preclude their operation if operation criteria are not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DP & LC HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Lewis Clanton, Donald Patnaude, Chris Byars
  • Patent number: 11865562
    Abstract: An applicator for dispensing a fluid includes a housing and a pump disposed within the housing. The applicator also includes a wand rotatably coupled to the housing. The applicator further includes a conduit that extends between the pump and the wand to deliver the fluid from the pump to the wand. The wand comprises a curved portion for receiving the conduit. The conduit, when disposed in the curved portion, intersects an axis about which the wand rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GOJO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Moore
  • Patent number: 11844872
    Abstract: A mobile sanitization system includes a movable trolley having an arm that is extendable between a first position in which the arm is in a collapsed state and a second position in which the arm is extended outwardly. The mobile sanitization system includes at least one ultraviolet light source coupled to the arm that is configured to illuminate to disinfect. The mobile sanitization system includes a source of liquid disinfectant and at least one nozzle fluidly coupled to the source of liquid disinfectant. The nozzle is coupled to at least one of the trolley and the arm, and the nozzle is configured to dispense the liquid disinfectant. The mobile sanitization system includes a spray wand removably coupled to the trolley and fluidly coupled to the source of liquid disinfectant. The spray wand is removable from the trolley to dispense the liquid disinfectant to disinfect a targeted area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Peter Michalakos, Giorgio Isella, Brian Wenig
  • Patent number: 11833552
    Abstract: A formulation delivery system for use with an outdoor cleaning device is provided. The formulation delivery system has a composition containing chlorine, wherein the composition is in a form of a solid chemistry and the outdoor cleaning device is a spray wand containing the composition. The chlorine is selected from the group consisting of calcium hypochlorite; 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione, 1,3-dichloro-, sodium salt, dihydrate (dichlor); 1,3,5-Trichloro-1,3,5-triazinane-2,4,6-trione (trichlor), chloramine-T hydrate, and a combination thereof. A spray wand having a refill cartridge for containing the composition in solid form is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: W.M. BARR & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Michael Petkus, Kevin Andrew Kavchok, Rachel Ann Farmer, Elizabeth Johnson, Alana Byrd
  • Patent number: 11759665
    Abstract: A firehose handle device that secures to a firehose and nozzle interface. The firehose handle device has two spaced apart handles oriented transverse to the firehose/nozzle coupling when secured thereto. In certain embodiments, the handles may be selectively adjustable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph Cambria
  • Patent number: 11623235
    Abstract: A water spray gun includes a main body, an operating member and a switch part. The main body includes a handle portion and a tube portion extended from the handle portion and provided with a spray head. A control assembly is enclosed in the main body for control of water outflow and adjustment of the amount of the water outflow. The operating member is pivotally connected to the position where the handle portion meets the tube portion. The switch part is arranged at the operating member and is engaged with the control assembly. The amount of water outflow is controlled by relative movement between the switch part and the operating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Chi-Han Cheng
  • Patent number: 11458488
    Abstract: A showerhead including a housing defining a plurality of nozzles and an inlet and having a water control assembly is disclosed. The water control assembly may be positioned at least partially within the housing between the plurality of nozzles and the inlet to control water flow from the inlet to the plurality of nozzles. The water control assembly including an actuator linearly movable along a length of the housing, a valve operably coupled to the actuator that rotates from a first position allowing fluid flow from the inlet to reach the nozzles to a second position reducing fluid flow from the inlet to the nozzles, and a valve driver coupled between the actuator and the valve, where the valve driver converts the linear motion of the actuator into a rotational movement of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: Craig P. Rogers, Michael J. Quinn
  • Patent number: 11426747
    Abstract: A hand-held battery operated sprayer with a rotatable spray lance includes a spray lance assembly and a spray chamber. A motor, a pump, a shutoff valve, a suction hose assembly, a pump inlet hose, a pump outlet hose, a battery pack, and a conductor are disposed in the spray chamber. Water sequentially passes the suction hose assembly, the shutoff valve, the pump inlet hose, the pump, and the pump outlet hose, and flows out of the spray chamber. A rotary axle base is disposed at the front end of the spray chamber. A right-angled rotating shaft is movably connected in the rotary axle base. The rotating shaft is connected to the spray lance assembly. The pump outlet hose can reach a nozzle of the spray lance assembly through the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HANGZHOU WEIRRAN MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qunwei Jia, Qili Lu
  • Patent number: 11370647
    Abstract: A water discharge device is disclosed. A water discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a main body unit including a first main body and a second main body movably connected to the first main body; and a discharge unit connected to the second main body so as to be moved with the second main body, and connected to a water source so as to discharge water in the water source to the outside, wherein the discharge unit comprises a plurality of link members having flow channels through which water flows, respectively, and rotatably connected to each other so as to connect the flow channels in a sealed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jong-Hwan Lee, Chan-Jung Park, Woong Jung, Hyun-Goo Kim
  • Patent number: 11052437
    Abstract: A nozzle for water jet equipment and a method of use thereof. The nozzle has a body including a base with a shaft extending outwardly therefrom. The shaft is inserted through a bore of a sleeve that rotatable about the shaft. The base and shaft define a bore therein. At least one opening is defined in the shaft and one or more grooves are milled into the shaft's exterior surface. Each opening places the body's bore in fluid communication with one of the grooves and the sleeve's bore. Water flowing through the body's bore will flow through each opening, into the associated groove and into a space between the shaft and sleeve. The grooves create turbulence in water in this space and thereby reduce leakage from the nozzle. The shaft terminates in a conical section usable as a battering ram to break up blockages in pipes during cleaning operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TERYDON, INC.
    Inventors: Terry D. Gromes, Sr., Gary L. Manack, Jr., Kristen E. Gromes
  • Patent number: 10758945
    Abstract: A liquid knife cleaning apparatus and a liquid knife are provided. The liquid knife cleaning apparatus includes: a frame configured to be arranged on the liquid knife and be capable of reciprocating in an extending direction of the knife edge; a cleaning blade configured to extend into the knife edge of the liquid knife and be capable of reciprocating inside the knife edge under the driving of the frame to clean the knife edge, the cleaning blade being arranged on the frame; and a movable mechanism configured to control the frame to reciprocate on the liquid knife in the extending direction of the knife edge, the frame being connected to the movable mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Yao, Lin Huang, Wei Zhou, Yu Yang, Giseub Lim, Erlun Chen, Chen Yuan, Liming Xu, Chengnan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10569951
    Abstract: A marking paint applicator for a portable electronic locator that locates buried cables and pipes via electromagnetic emissions is disclosed. The marking paint application may include an elongated support structure and a trigger mechanism, along with a bracket assembly, a receptacle for holding paint, and an actuating mechanism for selectively controlling release of the paint in response to operator actuation of the trigger mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SEESCAN, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Michael E. Turgeon
  • Patent number: 10456803
    Abstract: A method of removing a glutinous substance from an applicator comprises removing a plunger before the glutinous substance has solidified; allowing the glutinous substance to solidify inside the applicator; detaching a side cover from a base portion of a first body portion to expose a first sealant plug; severing the first sealant plug from a second sealant plug; severing the first sealant plug from a third sealant plug; detaching a tip portion of the applicator from a second body portion to expose a portion of the second sealant plug; extracting the second sealant plug from the second body portion by pulling the portion of the second sealant plug in a direction along the second body portion; separating the first sealant plug from the base portion of the first body portion; and extracting the third sealant plug from an end-effector interface of the first body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Walter Pringle, IV, Angelica Davancens, Raul Tomuta, Marcos Robert Vaughn Espinosa
  • Patent number: 10322420
    Abstract: A pressing waterway switch device and shower includes a fixed housing and a pressing switch mechanism, the pressing switch mechanism includes a button, a switching component, and a transmission component, the button, the driving piece and the switching component are all or part of connected with an elastic piece. The pressing waterway switch device is installed in a shower body with the button disposed outside. By pressing the button makes the water outlet function changed in switch manner, and the water outlet function includes shower spray function, massage spray function and shower spray combined with massage spray together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIAN XIHE SANITARY WARE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofa Lin, Xiaoshan Lin, Qiqiao Liu, Xiaoqing Deng, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 10099250
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus for applying and curing a light-curable material on a work surface. The apparatus includes a nozzle from which the light-curable material is applied to the work surface to form a layer of light-curable material on the work surface. The layer of light-curable material has a leading edge and a trailing edge defined according to a direction of movement of the nozzle relative to the work surface. The apparatus also includes a light source fixed relative to the nozzle. The light source is operable to direct a light beam to the trailing edge of the layer of light-curable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Carissa A. Pajel, Benjamin P. Hargrave, Darrin M. Hansen, Dion P. Coleman, Michael D. Jones
  • Patent number: 10016776
    Abstract: An articulated connection joint between a liquid supply line and a sprinkler barrel includes a fixed tubular body to be connected to the supply line and a movable tubular body to be connected to the fixed tubular body and to the barrel. These bodies have end portions with equal curvature, one of which slidingly fits into the other one with a sealing element interposed therebetween. The tubular bodies, once coupled, define a common curvature plane and are hinged to each other about a transverse axis, which is substantially perpendicular to the curvature plane to provide for a relative inclination that can be adjusted with a plate-shaped member substantially parallel to the curvature plane and laterally secured to one of the bodies. A plurality of through holes in the plate-shaped member can receive a first pin fitted into a seat formed on the other body to selectively lock the inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Inventor: Arno Drechsel
  • Patent number: 9861992
    Abstract: A gardening water spray gun may include a barrel portion and a handle, and a water control chamber laterally penetrates through the water spray gun. A water control valve pivotally secured inside the water control chamber is controlled by an operating unit. The water control valve is a circular shaft which has an upper arc edge and a lower arc edge, and a central portion of the lower arc edge comprises a through hole which penetrates through the water control valve from a side to another. Moreover, a recess formed at an end of the through hole is located close to the upper arc edge, and with the communication between the through hole and the recess, the water spray gun is configured to allow more water to flow through and to provide a large amount of spraying water at one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Shin Tai Spurt Water of the Garden Tools Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9833531
    Abstract: An aromatherapy ring made of soft, flexible silicon or like material. The ring includes a split ring body with an open trough therearound for receiving aroma liquid. The split ring body is adapted for wrapping around a shower filter or a shower head. The ring body includes first and second ends with magnets or like attaching means for engaging each other and holding the ring in a horizontal position on the shower filter or shower head. When warm or hot water passes through the shower filter or shower head, the aroma liquid is heated, thus providing a fragrance for aromatherapy, when taking a shower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Sheri Ann Archer
  • Patent number: 9505634
    Abstract: The present invention provides a “warning device dedicated for replacing aged-filter in a handheld showerhead”, which comprises a showerhead stem, an impeller mount, an impeller, a signal circuit device and a transparent lid. The showerhead stem includes an upper adapting section, a lower adapting section, and a mounting cavity for containing parts of impeller and signal circuit device. With upper adapting section and lower adapting section, the warning device can be easily sandwiched between showerhead and filter cylinder of conventional “handheld showerhead with built-in filter”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventors: Ying Lin Cai, Chao Fou Hsu
  • Patent number: 9473231
    Abstract: Inspection system for inspection or cleaning of pipes (5), wherein the inspection system comprises an inspection or cleaning means (15) and a control means (10), and wherein the inspection system comprises a first transmission/receiver means (20; 40) assigned to the control means (10) and a second transmission/receiver means (30) assigned to the inspection or cleaning means (15) for wireless transmission of control or measurement data between the inspection or cleaning means (15) and the control means (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: iPEK International GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian Zahnd, Peter Henn, Gerhard Kennerknecht
  • Patent number: 9333519
    Abstract: A spray gun with a gun body having a handle region and having a head which is equipped with a cartridge which has an angled, tubular region as an inlet for a material-conducting channel which runs through the cartridge and ends in an outlet region which is arranged at the front end of the head of the spray gun, wherein the inlet region of the cartridge is connected or is connectable to a storage container for the material to be sprayed, and wherein the cartridge preferably guides at least one material-conducting component of the spray gun. The cartridge is held fixedly, but releasably, on the head of the spray gun by means of a screw collar ring, wherein the screw collar ring is preferably supported on the cartridge and/or on or in the head of the spray gun by at least one mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SATA GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Brose, Alexander Tschan, Peter Dettlaff
  • Patent number: 9321068
    Abstract: A swing nozzle (1) includes a base (11), a frame (12), the base end side of which is turnably supported on the base (11), a support body (13) which is supported on the leading end side of the frame (12) so as to be able to turn around a turning center axis parallel to a turning center axis of the frame (12) with respect to the base (11), and a pipe body (14) which is supported on the base (11) and the support body (13) in a state where a flexible section (50) between the base (11) and the support body (13) is bent and which discharges a fluid from an opening portion (56) of an opposite end to the base (11). According to the swing nozzle (1), it becomes possible to provide a swing nozzle in which it is possible to stably perform a swing movement in a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: GA-REW Corporation
    Inventor: Kaga Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9228742
    Abstract: There is provided a flame hole formation member 7 which is inserted and mounted from above in a third plate member 6 used to form a central rich-side flame hole row 33. As the flame hole formation member 7, a pair of flame hole formation parts 71, 71 each used to form a respective lean-side flame hole row 34 are connected by bridge formation parts 72, 72 at their upper end positions, with a predetermined distance held between the flame hole formation parts 71, 71. The bridge formation part 72, 72 is fitted from above into an engagement groove 332 formed in the upper end edge of the third plate member 6, whereby the pair of the flame hole formation parts 71, 71 are assembled so as to sit astride the upper end edge of the third plate member 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Noritz Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Akiyama, Takeshi Wakada, Toshio Watanabe, Itsuo Nagai, Yasutaka Kuriyama, Norihide Wada, Ryosuke Umakoshi, Keigo Fukunishi
  • Patent number: 9192952
    Abstract: A control valve for a fluid dispensing device comprises a valve stem, a valve body, a cap and an adjustment mechanism. The elongate valve stem has a flange. The valve body comprises a valve bore in which the elongate valve stem is configured to translate, and a flow path intersecting the valve bore and into which the valve stem penetrates. The cap is joined to the valve body to receive the valve stem such that the flange is positioned between the valve body and the cap. The adjustment mechanism changes a position of the cap with respect to the valve body to vary a distance between the cap and the flange which adjusts the force, and thereby the pressure at which the valve opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Steve D. Becker, Glen W. Davidson, Bradley H. Hines, Charles W. Dawson, William M. Blenkush
  • Patent number: 9061416
    Abstract: A sprinkler transferring apparatus is provided for a flexible sprinkler drop on an irrigation supply line. The sprinkler transferring apparatus includes a lifting tool and a sprinkler component support body. The lifting tool has an elongate body with a first contact portion and a handle spaced from the first contact portion. The sprinkler component support body has a second contact portion configured to mate with the first contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Dale Shelton
    Inventor: Dale Shelton
  • Patent number: 9027855
    Abstract: A safe portable sprayer comprising a reservoir for storing clean water that can be carried on the back or attached the shoulders, including a large nozzle on the upper face thereof, a small nozzle with a water pump adapted thereto, and a small neck that is provided with a cap. The cap is screwed on the nozzle, and includes a recipient that fits into the nozzle. The cap is provided with vertical holes that pass through a channel. The holes are provided with inner threads for receiving corresponding valves having lower tapered ends. Inside the recipient, flexible containers of chemicals are attached to the holes; the containers are kept immersed and compressed by water inside the recipient from the pump, such that the pressure generated by the water impels the water and chemical toward the channel of the cap, and to the spraying gun through the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Inventor: Takashi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8991731
    Abstract: A swivel fitting used to connect to various components in a fluid handling system is provided. The swivel fitting incorporates an annular chamfer surface to reduce the affect that the fitting has on the flow properties of the fluid when the fluid is caused to flow through the fitting. The use of the swivel fitting in a paint supply line is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hosco Fittings, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Pitzer, Bill Bertakis, Jerry Verhoven, Randall Sandifur
  • Patent number: 8985484
    Abstract: A spray gun attachment is provided for fluid supply lines in a fluid handling system. A fluid input portion of a gun body is coupled wife a swivel connector, which includes a rotor that is rotatably coupled with a housing stem. In various embodiments, a bearing cup is rotatably coupled at one end with an exterior surface of the housing stem and anchored at an opposite end with the rotor. An O-ring seal is positioned between the rotor and the exterior surface of the housing stem. A bearing assembly residing within a raceway that is defined by flat surfaces on each of: the rotor, the housing stem, and ah interior bearing wall within the bearing cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Eley Corporation
    Inventors: Craig D. Eley, Darin Schollmeyer
  • Patent number: 8974653
    Abstract: The shower includes: a shower body having a lower end connected with a hose for receiving tap water and an upper end connected with a head portion; an ionization apparatus having a pair of protective covers forming the outward appearance of the ionization apparatus and being mounted inside the shower body, a flow passage pipe mounted inside the protective covers, a plurality of permanent magnets mounted on opposite sides of the flow passage pipe and respectively having an end portion being in contact with the flow passage pipe along a longitudinal direction of the flow passage pipe, and magnetic induction frames each having a horizontal portion being in contact with the other end portion of each of the permanent magnets and vertical portions; and a flow control part having a seating hole formed on the outer circumference of the upper portion of the shower body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Inventor: Sung-Yeol Her
  • Patent number: 8967497
    Abstract: A handheld showerhead including a showerhead portion, a handle portion, and a movable mode selector portion. The mode selector portion includes a rotationally-fixed first end coupling and a rotationally-fixed second end coupling, which is concentrically aligned with the first end coupling, and a rotatable control knob body. The movable mode selector includes a fluid seal coupled to the rotatable knob body, the first fluid seal including at least one fluid control aperture. The second end coupling also includes a fluid inlet aperture and a fluid outlet aperture. The inlet aperture is in fluid communication with a fluid supply, and the outlet aperture is in fluid communication with the control knob body. A second fluid seal is positioned between the second end coupling and the control knob body. A single mechanical fastener axially couples the control knob body to the first end coupling and the second end coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold A. Luettgen, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
  • Patent number: 8950693
    Abstract: A spray gun includes a gun body, a rotary plug and a button. The gun body has a valve seat extending between an inlet passage and an outlet passage thereof. The plug is accommodated in a chamber of the valve seat and has a fluid path, with the plug rotatable between an open position where the fluid path joins the inlet passage and the outlet passage and a closed position where the plug separates the inlet passage from the outlet passage. The button has two lobes joined to opposite ends of the plug. An elastomeric seal ring is sleeved around the plug. A backup ring adjacent to the seal ring is sleeved around the plug. The seal ring and the backup ring are held between a shoulder of the valve seat and the respective lobe of the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Yuan Pin Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pai-Chou Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8944350
    Abstract: An aerated shower head structure has a body, a stationary disc, a water distributor and a pressing disc sequentially assembled. The stationary disc has an air inlet hole and a water inlet hole both formed through the stationary disc and communicating with a water inlet of the body. The water distributor and the pressing disc are combined and rotatably mounted under the stationary disc. The water distributor has an air compartment and a water compartment separately formed in a bottom of the water distributor, and has an air channel selectively communicating with the air compartment and multiple water orifices selectively communicating with the water compartment. The pressing disc has an air outlet hole communicating with the air compartment, a water outlet hole communicating with the water compartment, and an elongated water passage communicating with the air outlet hole and the water outlet hole and constitute a water outflow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Xiamen Runner Industrial Corporation
    Inventor: Chun-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 8939387
    Abstract: A spray gun, which is convertible for use with and without an extension wand, may use the valve mechanism and nozzle attached adjacent to the handle of the gun. When spraying requires the spray to be released away from the gun handle and for spot applications of the spraying liquid, the spraying nozzle is removed and the extension wand or tube is attached to the gun handle. The valve assembly remains in place and another valve assembly and nozzle is provided at the end of the extension furthest away from the handle. A rod is attached to and extends between the valves so that they both move together from closed to open positions responsive to the trigger of the spray gun. When the valves are closed, there is no spraying liquid in the extension. The valving is dripless both with and without the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Chapin Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Fontaine
  • Patent number: 8919672
    Abstract: A washing apparatus with an adjustable water spraying head includes a water inlet tube, a water guiding tube and a water spraying head. A second connecting base of the water guiding tube engages with a first connecting base of the water inlet tube. A plurality of first positioning holes that are against a first positioning unit of the water inlet tube are circularly formed at the engaging side. The water spraying head is plugged into a water outlet end of the water guiding tube, and a second positioning unit is located at an outer periphery of a connecting tube. The second positioning unit is against a second spring and wedged in a second positioning hole of the water guiding tube. According to the structure stated above, the adjustment of the water spraying head is more convenient without frequently moving the water inlet tube, which causes water to spray randomly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Shin Tai Spurt Water of the Garden Tools Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 8915455
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a massage shower that can achieve the dynamic switch of the water flow, it comprises a hollow essential body, a oblique water body, a impeller that is under the said oblique water body, a face cover component that has the effluent holes and a moving plate used to switch the effluent holes of different areas in the face cover component, the said impeller and the said moving plate are connected through a differential gearing transmission retarding mechanism. The said massage shower can achieve the dynamic switch of different effluent holes on the face cover of the shower during the using process, and achieve excellent massage effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Ziguang Liu, Jianmin Chen
  • Patent number: 8910885
    Abstract: A high pressure washer apparatus in combination with a lightweight fastenerless cart. The cart is characterized by a rigid structure which essentially consists of a continuous folded aluminum plate having a horizontal platform wall portion for supporting said washer apparatus; downward extending side wall portions; an upward extending front wall portion and an upward extending rear wall portion. A telescoping handle is mounted on the rear wall portion for pushing, pulling, and lifting the pressure washer apparatus. Accessories, mounted in “built-in” provisions are readily available to an operator of the pressure washer apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Inventors: Christopher Saxton, Ron Haarer, Charles Riley
  • Patent number: 8905152
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fire hose coupling apparatus for self powered lighting of an area where a fire fighter is engaged in fires suppression with a fire hose, and for providing real time environmental data to fire fighters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Generation Unlimited, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Kling, Arthur E. Brown
  • Patent number: 8905121
    Abstract: A handheld lance for high pressure jetting of tubes of a heat exchanger core comprises a fluid conduit defining an internal plenum chamber having at least one nozzle for emitting a jet of fluid for cleaning the outer surfaces of the tubes of the core and a coupling for connecting the plenum chamber to a high pressure fluid supply line. The or each conduit has an outer diameter sufficiently small to fit between all the tubes of the core and at least one elongate stabilizer bar is mounted on the coupling and positioned to one side of the or each conduit with the axis of the bar lying in the same plane as the adjacent conduit. The bar is sufficiently thin to fit between the tubes of the heat exchanger core and is sufficiently rigid to prevent lateral displacement of the adjacent conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Tube Tech International Limited
    Inventor: Michael Watson
  • Publication number: 20140326806
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mechanical firefighting device capable of operating unattended once it has been configured from the outside of a burning structure. With no firefighter presence required in the burning structure, the device removes heated air and smoke from the structure and allows the application of materials to douse the fire, thereby minimizing the occurrence of flashover, the simultaneous combustion of the contents of a burning compartment which causes a fire to burn out of control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Grantham
  • Patent number: 8870096
    Abstract: A pneumatic tool as an integral plastic part for blowing, the tool having a connecting nipple with a rigid connecting part for supplying a pressure medium, and a blow head with at least one nozzle opening for targeted release of the pressure medium. A flexibly deformable bending part is attached to the rigid connecting part with the associated connecting nipple. A non-bendable rigid upper part with the blow head is attached to the deformable bending part. Also included is a valve rod for the pneumatic tool, wherein the valve rod is formed as a pulling tool for pulling out and for reinserting an internal seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventor: Lucien Masson
  • Patent number: 8857744
    Abstract: In a sprinkler head hose adapter, a swivel adapter is rotatably coupled to a head adapter. The swivel adapter defines a bore that extends therethrough and that is in fluid communication with a conduit coupled to the swivel adapter. A coupler is positioned in an end of the conduit and includes a bore in fluid communication with the conduit. A portion of the coupler extends outwardly from the coupler and can be attached to a hose or other apparatus forming part of a sprinkler system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kochek Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Kozey
  • Patent number: 8844845
    Abstract: A blow gun includes a body with a top path and a bottom path, and a volume adjustment device is installed between the top and bottom paths. The volume adjustment device is in contact with a press rod which has one end pivotably connected to the body. The opening of the press rod is controlled by operation of the volume adjustment device so as to change the volume of the pressurized air. The press rod can also be locked at a position so that it is not activated unintentionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Wan-Pao Chen
  • Patent number: 8840041
    Abstract: A combined showerhead and tankless water heater. A control panel permits a user to adjust the temperature level of the water that is heated. In one embodiment, the water flowing through the tankless water heater portion can be heated up about an additional eighteen (18) degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Drakken Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Marta Martinez
  • Patent number: 8814066
    Abstract: A grip structure of water sprayer comprises a sprayer body, a grip body is extended downward from one end of the sprayer body, a front surface of the grip body is covered with a front grip fitting portion, a fixing structure is disposed on a back surface of the grip body, a back grip fitting portion is fitted on the back surface of the grip body. The back grip fitting portion has a fitting structure to be fitted and engaged with the fixing structure, so that the back grip fitting portion is fitted on the grip body. Accordingly, the back grip fitting portion of the present invention can be dismounted and replaced at will which is convenient for maintenance and usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Ryeh Ryh Enterprise Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Fu Hung
  • Patent number: 8807459
    Abstract: An indexing mechanism is provided for use with a prior art airless paint spray gun. The indexing means of this invention enables the tip guard of the spray gun to be rotated in 90° increments with respect to the frame of the spray gun without loosening the retaining nut of the tip guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventor: Matthew Andersen
  • Patent number: 8800891
    Abstract: A shower soap dispenser contains: a water pipe for guiding shower water to a shower head from a water supply pipe, a shower soap cartridge fixed on a pipe joint of the water pipe, and an on/off valve installed on the water pipe. The water pipe includes two feeding holes for guiding soap liquid in the pipe joint into the water pipe to further mix the soap liquid with shower water. The shower soap cartridge including a body, a seal element fixed in the body, a plug, a cover, and a resilient element. The soap liquid is stored between the seal element and the plug. Thereby, the resilient element indirectly acts on the seal element to produce self-sealing effect and is removed from the water pipe randomly, and soap liquid in the shower soap cartridge will not leak. Accordingly, different shower soap cartridges are capable of being removed or replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Inventor: Mengfeng Cheng
  • Patent number: 8790046
    Abstract: An embankment system comprises a source of pressurized sand/concrete slurry and a delivery conduit in fluid communication with the pressurized sand/concrete slurry source. The embankment system further comprises an elongate nozzle having an inlet and an outlet, with the inlet operatively associated with a distal end of the delivery conduit. A tube formed of a sheet material having an open end and a closed end is operatively associated with the nozzle outlet to receive the pressurized sand/concrete slurry through the open end, such that the tube is continuously filled with the pressurized sand/concrete slurry between the closed end and the open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Rampart Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Ross