Resiliently Biased Outwardly Patents (Class 401/260)
  • Patent number: 11779096
    Abstract: A cosmetic package for a cosmetic, a care or pharmaceutical product which can be applied onto keratinous substrates such as skin, lips, under eyes, eyelids, cheeks, or eyebrows or any other part of the body. The cosmetic package comprises a base, a pivot frame connected to the base, and a plurality of cosmetic containers. The plurality of cosmetic containers has a plurality of reservoirs and a plurality of applicators removably coupled to the respective plurality of reservoirs. The pivot frame is configured to have a closed position and at least one open position. In the open position of the pivot frame, caps of the plurality of applicators can be disengaged from the respective plurality of reservoirs. In a closed position of the pivot frame, the pivot frame prevents the caps of the plurality of applicators from disengaging from the respective plurality of reservoirs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APR Beauty Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Yan Zheng, Feng-Ying Fu
  • Patent number: 11598700
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a tissue marking system is provided that includes a container and an applicator. The applicator is in the container and is removable therefrom. The applicator includes a tip, a reservoir containing sterile tissue marking dye, and a valve. The valve is configured to open and permit sterile tissue marking dye to flow from the reservoir to the tip of the applicator in response to the tip being pressed against a priming surface. In one embodiment, the system includes a substrate that is removable from the container and includes the priming surface. In another embodiment, the container includes a tray having a compartment that receives the applicator. The tray includes a well that includes the priming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cancer Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick O'Neill
  • Patent number: 8292534
    Abstract: A liquid applicator adapted to prevent an application liquid from leaking or drying with a small biasing force. A tip unit for a liquid applicator of the present invention includes a tubular member and a valve member. The valve member is biased toward a distal end thereof by a biasing member so as to seal a distal opening portion of the tubular member. The distal opening portion includes a first tapered surface and a second tapered surface located at a proximal side of the first tapered surface. The first and the second tapered surfaces are in contact with a tapered area and a ring of the valve member, respectively, so as to seal the distal opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Sakura Color Products Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Nakatani, Hiroshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 8282300
    Abstract: A damp telescopic tube and a damp writing pen are disclosed. The damp telescopic tube has at least two metallic tubes in different diameters to be fitted together, which can change the total length of the damp telescopic tube by a small tube slipped over a big tube telescopically. This can solve the questions of controlling handle feeling, quality instability and fricative bad voice between metallic tubes. The damp telescopic tube has at least two metallic tubes in different diameters. A small diameter tube is fitted in a big diameter tube in the two adjacent tubes. A limited location member is provided between the small diameter tube and the big diameter tube. A plastic piston is provided in the end of the small diameter tube which located inside of the big diameter tube and keeps in touch with the inside wall of the big diameter tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventor: Lianhua Mao
  • Publication number: 20120163901
    Abstract: A tool for depositing material onto a three-dimensional surface is described. The tool comprises a first tubular member comprising a first guide surface and a second guide surface. The tool further comprises a second tubular member comprising a first guide surface engaging the first tubular member first surface and comprising a second guide surface engaging the first tubular member second surface. A first resilient member is disposed to urge the second tubular member in a first axial direction relative to the first tubular member. A tubular material holder is disposed axially within the second tubular member. A second resilient member is disposed in the tool to urge the holder in a second axial direction opposite to said first axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: CRANIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jerold N. Luisi, Timothy R. Littlefield, Jeanne K. Pomatto-Hertz
  • Patent number: 7784653
    Abstract: By means of a fluid material discharge device of simple construction, a technique for fluid material discharge is provided which has few or no inadequate discharge, high productivity, and which enables easy modification and adjustment of the amount of fluid material discharge. The fluid material discharge device comprises a nozzle for discharge of fluid material and a filament-shape member inserted into the nozzle for use. The filament-shape member has a tip portion AA, which is exposed outside of the nozzle when no pressure is exerted on the tip of the filament-shape member, a portion BB which can be inserted into the nozzle, and a portion CC, on the side of the filament-shape member opposite the tip portion AA, and being bent from the portion BB. The spring structure of the filament-shape member is utilized to discharge fluid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Nichicon Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20020072068
    Abstract: Provided are a spotting pin capable of sequential and uniform spotting and a device for fabricating biochips using the spotting pin. The spotting pin of the present invention capable of sequential spotting includes an internal hollow tube of a tubular shape, an external tube slidable on an outer surface of the internal hollow tube, a piston of which one end is fixed to said external tube and which is made slidable inside the internal hollow tube, a spring disposed inside the external tube for resisting the force to move the external tube toward a direction of a tip of said internal hollow tube, and a stopper provided in a position of a given distance from the tip of the internal hollow tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Motonao Nakao, Katsuya Mizuno, Junji Yoshii, Akihiro Asal
  • Patent number: 6361232
    Abstract: A input pen for a portable information processing terminal device with an input tip (12) biased axially forward by pressure applied thereto by a return spring (13). The pressure applied to the input tip (12) is optionally adjustable. A front barrel 10 is detachably attached to a front portion of a barrel (1). The input tip (12) is axially slidably inserted in the front barrel 10. The return spring 13 extended in the front barrel (10) applies pressure to the input tip (12) so as to bias the input tip (12) forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Pilot Precision Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshimasa Nagaoka, Kazuhiko Ono
  • Patent number: 6283663
    Abstract: A paint applicator system utilizing a paint reservoir which is connected to a movable nib which permits paint to pass through the reservoir to the exterior of the nib. The paint composition is placed in the reservoir and is predetermined to possess a viscosity of between 10 and 280 centipoise by the use of selective solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventor: Timothy M. Russo
  • Patent number: 5971648
    Abstract: A pen for applying a color liquid whose sleeve part (1) includes an outlet port (3) for the color liquid, closable by a valve. The valve comprises a spring means incorporating at least one leaf spring (6, 6') or a disk spring, and a guiding element (4) pressed by the spring means against a sphere (5) which thereby is biased towards the outflow port (3). When the pen tip is pressed against an underlying substrate, the sphere (5) assumes an open position. The leaf or disk springs (6; 6') can be made of plastics and can be produced in one piece with the guiding element (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Kores Holding Zug AG
    Inventor: Peter Koreska
  • Patent number: 5846012
    Abstract: A writing tool including: a cylindrical shell containing ink of a solid-liquid separation type and a stirring piece; an ink flow-out control mechanism disposed in the cylindrical shell, which includes a valve main body having an ink introducing port around the peripheral surface thereof, and a valve which is contained in the valve main body in such a manner as to freely advance and retreat and which is biased in the valve closing direction by a coil spring; and a writing tool mounted to the cylindrical shell through the ink flow-out control mechanism; wherein an enclosed ink containing cylindrical body having a suitable length and diameter is disposed in the cylindrical shell; the ink and the stirring piece are contained in the ink containing cylindrical body; and an ink flow-out port for supplying the ink from the ink containing cylindrical body into an ink introducing port of the valve main body is formed at a suitable portion of the ink containing cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Zebra Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Kudo
  • Patent number: 5746529
    Abstract: A container for a free-flowing product, in particular typographic correction fluid, includes a tubular neck with an application aperture with a valve closure for the controlled application of metered quantities of the fluid to a substrate. The container remains, over an extended period, perfectly capable not only of applying spots of fluid precisely at a given point but also of applying the fluid over large areas. This is achieved by fitting the container with a second tubular neck with a second aperture and fitted with a removable closure cap with an integral applicator brush. Both tubular necks are disposed in the upper part of the container in such a way that the far end of the tubular neck with the application aperture projects out beyond the cap when the cap is in place over the second aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignees: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Raycap B.V.
    Inventors: Bernd W. Peters, Marie-Claude Bossert, Johannes Hubertus Jozef Maria Kelders, Roy Edwin Van Swieten
  • Patent number: 5568990
    Abstract: A liquid applicator provides for a self-sealing feature, which applicator comprises a housing, a valve member and a spring member. The housing has an aperture through its top wall and an annular sleeve projecting inwardly from an edge of the top wall in a surrounding relation with the aperture, the annular sleeve having an end portion. The valve member includes an actuating part that is slideably received by the annular sleeve and a sealing part that is shaped to form a releasable seal with the end portion of the annular sleeve. The valve and spring members are disposed in an axially displaceable relation such that the actuating part of the valve member is resiliently urged into the annular sleeve; that a part of the actuating part protrudes from the top wall of the housing; and that the sealing part of the valve member sealably engages with the end portion of the annular sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Inventor: Brian McAuley
  • Patent number: 5516223
    Abstract: An aqueous, correction fluid that includes a suspending agent, a binding resin, water, and an opacifying pigment. The suspending agent is preferably a gum or hydrocolloid, e.g., xanthan gum, and the composition preferably has a shear-thinning index (n) of from about 0.08 to 0.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Gary F. Matz, Kimberly B. Sanborn
  • Patent number: 5482393
    Abstract: A dispenser for applying correction liquid to writing errors. The dispenser includes a valving rotary ball which controls the dispensing, with the rotary ball being normally biased against a spring member via an elongated biasing element, to shut off dispensing of the correction liquid. To insure integrity of shut-off and dispensing of correction liquid, the biasing member is a cylindrical member which has been integrally deformed at the end distant from the rotary ball to provide an outwardly extending stepped portion which firmly engages with the biasing spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Zebra Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sekiguchi, Yoshihiko Chikugo
  • Patent number: 5387046
    Abstract: An applying implement including: a main body having an application fluid storage; a head cylinder having a front end portion having an opening, a rear end portion having a communication hole communicating to the application fluid storage, and a tapered portion formed between the front and rear end portions so as to increase its radius as it advances rearward; a valve body having a shape fitted to an inside surface of the tapered portion around it, and being made of a soft and resilient material and accommodated inside the head cylinder so as to be slidable in an axial direction; an urging member for resiliently urging the valve body forward so that the valve body can be firmly pressed against the inside surface of the tapered portion by urging force of this urging member; and an application tip provided in front of and independent of the valve body in the head cylinder, so as to be shiftable in the axial direction until it protrudes out of the head cylinder, and the application tip being spaced from a front e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Mikado Seisakusho
    Inventor: Akira Danno
  • Patent number: 5261755
    Abstract: A dispenser for depositing a liquid correction fluid onto a print medium is formed of an elongated tubular body having a valve means at one end and closed at the opposite end for retaining the fluid therein. The tubular body is substantially circular in cross-section at either end and comprises an enlarged body portion of larger cross-section for squeezing the material from the body when the valve is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Ronald A. Draper, James L. Sandonato
  • Patent number: 5242234
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a drawing pen for applying viscous coating materials, with an essentially cylindrical grip part, a storage chamber arranged in the front section of the grip part for a cartridge containing the coating material, and a valve device arranged at the front end of the grip part, which is in flow connection with the interior space of the cartridge and has an application point for the coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Ahrens
  • Patent number: 5172995
    Abstract: A stylo pen tip, in particular for use in drafting plotters, has a writing tube (5) in the front end, into which a cleaning wire (6) extends from the rear, which is fixed at the front end of a drop weight body (7) which is movable back and forth axially to a limited degree in an inner bore (8). The inner bore (8) is connected with a writing fluid reservoir (4), which surrounds at least the front section of the inner bore. Coaxially to the inner bore (8), a pressure equalization chamber (11) is provided, the inner end of which is connected with the writing fluid reservoir (4) and the outer end of which is connected with ambient air. At least a portion of the pressure equalization chamber (11) is surrounded by the writing fluid reservoir (4). The inner end of the pressure equalization chamber (11) lies on the front end of the inner bore and its outer end in the area of the back end of the stylo pen tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Assignee: Koh-I-Noor Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Felgentreu
  • Patent number: 5073058
    Abstract: An implement for applying a liquid includes a container for holding liquid, the container having a front end which is open and a front tube mounted on the front end of the container. The front tube has a forward outlet opening. A hollow accommodating member has an interior chamber, the accommodating member having a rear opening communicating the interior chamber with the container and a forward opening communicating the interior chamber with the front tube. A liquid feed member is movably disposed in the interior chamber between a closed position in which the liquid feed member engages the forward opening to block off communication between the interior chamber and the front tube and an open position in which the liquid feed member is disengaged from the forward opening. An end valve is axially movable in the front tube between a closed position and an open position and an open position. An applicator is mounted on the end valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sakura Kurepasu
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Fukuoka, Nobuaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5056949
    Abstract: A correction fluid dispenser comprising a body member adapted to retain a correction fluid and a barrel disposed at one end thereof for delivery of the fluid to a surface. The barrel terminates in an orifice formed by a circular rim with a spherical ball of greater diameter disposed at the orifice. The ball is supported by a socket member, the ball and socket means being spring biased toward the orifice. A stop means is provided to prevent the ball from extending entirely within the rim of the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Richard J. Petrillo
  • Patent number: 4938620
    Abstract: The housing (1') of a writing point (1) or tracing element for manual ink writing or drawing instruments or for plotter or similar automatic or mechanical tracing machines is or can be linked with a shaft (40) that contains the ink and/works as a holder and/or storage. The housing has also a compensating system and a writing body (1") and if necessary other parts. It is provided with a supply system having in the area of the housing (1') several annular spaces (52 and 57) arranged axially one after the other and having different capillarities, their capillarity increasing one or more times in the direction of the writing body (1"). At least one annular space is conically shaped (53) and has a capillarity different from that of the writing body (1"), increasing in the direction of the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: J. S. Staedtler GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Peter Weiss, Karl Kaiser
  • Patent number: 4923317
    Abstract: A brushless white-out correcting fluid applicator for use in applying white-out fluid to paper without using a brush. The white-out fluid is a suspension including a substantial proportion of white or substantially white particles, such as titanium dioxide, or other color particles. The applicator includes a wear-resistant, porous tip and a regulator between the tip and a reservoir. The regulator may be formed of foam material, and the tip may be of sturdy porous plastic. The size of the pores in the tip and regulator are large enough so that they do not become clogged with particles in the white-out fluid. The regulator prevents the tip from dripping by regulating the rate at which fluid can leave the reservoir. The size of the pores adjacent the reservoir may be different than the size of the pores and passageways adjacent the tip. The applicator may be provided with an air-tight cap to avoid drying out between uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Avery International Corporation
    Inventors: Willis E. Bishop, Ghanshyam H. Popat, Chen Tien-Tsung, Manuel W. Ruiz
  • Patent number: 4917521
    Abstract: A pen type dispenser structure attachable to a container for ink correction liquid. The dispenser includes a frusto-conical liner wall formed into a spiral configuration; a shaft extends from the small end of the liner wall into a liquid discharge opening formed in the tip end of a surrounding cover. A manually-squeezable lever is mounted on the container for rotating the cover. A wedge surface on the cover interior surface is slidably engaged with a wedge surface on the spiral liner wall, such that rotation of the cover causes the spiral liner to move the internal shaft away from the liquid discharge opening at the tip end of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Inventor: Kung-Chung Lai
  • Patent number: 4848947
    Abstract: An improved applicator device is disclosed for applying an applicator liquid such as a chemical, a coating, a solvent or other suitable liquids to a surface. The device comprises a container for containing the applicator liquid and a tilt valve secured to the container. The tilt valve has a valve element normally biased into a closed position. The valve element inhibits the flow of the applicator liquid from the container when the valve element is in the closed position and permits the flow of the applicator liquid from the container when the valve element is tilted into an open position. A surface applicator has a proximal end for receiving the applicator liquid flowing through the tilt valve and has a distal end adapted to apply the applicator liquid to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Pittway Corporation
    Inventors: Leon V. Kremer, Ronald E. Kieras
  • Patent number: 4813463
    Abstract: An instantly applicable correction fluid container structure is provided with a threaded cap which can semi-automatically dispense the contents via a port on the top of the cap by pressing down the upper conical portion of a spring-biased mounted control portions therein. The structure may provide the benefits in practice of convenience and prevents the drying of the contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Huang Chen Correction Fluid Industry Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 4812071
    Abstract: A correction fluid pen for applying a correction fluid, the correction fluid being of the type containing an opaque covering pigment and a volatile solvent. The pen includes a barrel with a manually squeezable plastic wall portion and an applicator with a spring biased stylus. The squeezable plastic wall portions advantageously have a bellows structure to facilitate the manual squeezing operation. The stylus is positioned within an orifice assembly which includes an orifice for passing the correction fluid. A portion of the stylus is moveable toward an exit opening for the orifice assembly for metering correction fluid passing out of the orifice assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Inventors: Pran Batra, deceased, by Shanta Batra, legal representative
  • Patent number: 4776718
    Abstract: A writing implement having at its front end a small writing tube and a writing wick axially slidable in it. The writing wick at its inner end has an enlarged head which engages a restoring spring. The restoring spring is part of a retaining ring which holds the spring in the implement, and the retaining ring has capillary ducts to convey ink between ink-conducting passages and the writing wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Schmidt Feintechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Heinzmann, Klaus Frietsch
  • Patent number: 4761090
    Abstract: An improved tubular writing pen having a writing pen body (3) and a forepart (1) joined to it that holds in a forward direction a writing tube (5). The forepart (1) is revolvable, yet is installed axially non-dislocatably in the pen body (3) and in the latter is braced against dislocatability in a rearward direction by a support surface (14). A writing fluid conductor extends into the writing tube (5). A coupler element (7) is fastened to the writing conductor and stands in contact with a bearing surface of an adjuster element (4) when raised from the drawing surface, and which is screwed into the forepart (1) and held non-rotatable with respect to the forepart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph, Inc.
    Inventor: Djing-San Goh
  • Patent number: 4728214
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ink duct for tubular styluses on writing implements with a compensating system and with an air access and escape system and consists substantially of a connecting system between writing tube and ink storage tank comprising capillary gaps, grooves and plane gaps, which ensures a regulated ink flow and a pressure compensation between the storage tank internal pressure and the ambient air pressure. Consequently, even a tubular stylus with a large charge volume, in the case of a non-refillable writing implement for example, is controlled reliably by this system in the case of pressure differences and with the required vibration resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Inventor: Otto Mutschler
  • Patent number: 4685820
    Abstract: An improved applicator device is disclosed for applying an applicator material such as a liquid or a flowable solid to a surface. The device comprises a material container and a surface applicator for applying the applicator material to the surface. A valve having a valve element is interposed between the material container and the surface applicator to permit the flow of applicator material to the surface applicator when the valve element is in an open position and to inhibit the flow of applicator material to the surface applicator when the valve element is in a closed position. The valve includes a valve closure having an internal closure cavity with a first end being connected to the material container and with a second end defining a surface applicator opening therein. The valve element has a distal end portion which extends through the applicator opening of the valve closure when the valve element is biased into the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Pittway Corporation
    Inventors: Leon V. Kremer, Ronald E. Kieras
  • Patent number: 4662769
    Abstract: In a tip of a tubular writing pen having a writing tube (2) secured in a forepart a (1) joined to a pen body and an axially movable fluid conductor (3) extending into the writing tube, of the type wherein the projecting length of a writing fluid conductor (3), beyond the forward end of the writing tube (2), is adjustable. To this end, a writing pen tip forepart (1) is non-dislocatably joined to the pen body, while a coupler element (6) is secured about a portion of the writing fluid conductor (3), inside of the forepart. As the tubular writing pen tip is raised from the drawing surface, a surface of the coupler engages against a bearing surface of an adjuster element (7, 8). The adjuster element (7, 8) is in screw-like engagement with an axially non-dislocatable actuating socket (16), so that the adjuster element axially is shifted, simply by rotating the actuating socket (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Kob-I-Noor Rapidograph, Inc.
    Inventor: Djing-San Goh
  • Patent number: 4626120
    Abstract: A writing instrument having a needle-like longitudinal writing nib, longitudinally slidably positioned in a nib holder pipe. The writing nib has flex portions and/or a flattened portion, for facilitating a longitudinal movement thereof when a writing pressure is added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Pentel Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hishao Fukui, Yutaka Shinohara, Takashi Tamura
  • Patent number: 4605331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a writing device comprising a storage tank for Indian ink or another writing medium, a housing which is open in the direction of the tank, a tubular pen which is arranged on the housing, a needle which is axially displaceable in the tubular pen, and a drop weight member which is attached to the needle and is displaceable in the interior of the housing. The tank contains a propellant which is subjected to its own vapor pressure and acts directly on the writing medium, and the end of the tubular pen located in the interior of the housing is designed as a valve seat onto which a valve body formed on the oppositely located end of the drop weight member can be sealingly positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Inventor: Kurt Held
  • Patent number: 4588319
    Abstract: The flow of ink in a marking pen is metered by an internal flow restriction. The pen is of the type having a housing, including an ink reservoir, and a marking tip which draws ink from the ink reservoir by capillary action. The reservoir is vented to allow air to be drawn into the reservoir by the pressure drop created when ink is drawn out of the reservoir to the marking tip. A foam flow restrictor is positioned in the housing between the air vent and the ink reservoir to create a desired air flow rate into the reservoir and, in turn, a desired capillary action flow rate of the ink from the reservoir to the marking tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: Nicolet Instrument Corporation
    Inventor: Robert H. Niemeyer
  • Patent number: 4573820
    Abstract: An applicator tip assembly including a body adapted to be secured to a fluid filled housing and having a through opening through which the fluid is dispensed and an applicator member positioned within the through opening and normally biased by a coil spring into sealing engagement against walls of the body defining an outlet for the through opening. The through opening in the body is partially defined by longitudinally extending radially inwardly projecting spaced fins, and the coil spring has a compressible portion between and guided for longitudinal movement by the fins ajacent the applicator member, and an anchor portion at the end of the compressible portion opposite the applicator member in firm thread-like engagement with the inner edges of the fins. Portion of the through opening defined between the fins afford easy passage of fluid around the spring in the through opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Kirchhoff
  • Patent number: 4572691
    Abstract: A pen-like instrument for dispensing correction fluid comprising an elongate housing, a bag of thin flexible polymeric film material containing correction fluid within a cavity in the housing, and an applicator tip assembly comprising a body secured to the housing and the bag and having a through opening through which the correction fluid is dispensed when an applicator member positioned within the through opening separated from a lip on the body against the bias of a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Kirchhoff, Clinton W. Lightfoot
  • Patent number: 4543005
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for an instantaneous adhesive and more particularly to an arrangement of a so-called pencil-type container which contains the instantaneous adhesive therein. Through use of the present invention, an appropriate small amount of the instantaneous adhesive can be delivered on a part to be bonded through a nozzle disposed at the upper end of the container by urging the top of the container against the part to be bonded. The container is sealed when not in use through a novel spring mechanism which closes the container urging a nozzle against the opening at the tip of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1985
    Assignee: Florex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Kuboshima
  • Patent number: 4541552
    Abstract: A device for metering and dispensing liquid or semiliquid mediums, such as adhesives, paints, lacquers, oils, and anaerobic plastics, comprising a tube having a discharge port and a first valve seat with a conical taper thereto inside of the tube adjacent the discharge port, and a valve body slidable within the tube between open and closed positions with the first valve seat. The valve body has a conical tapered end portion which complements the conical taper of the first valve seat of the tube. At least one spring normally biases the valve body to closed position against the first valve seat and a tip is formed on the end of the valve body which extends through the discharge port of the tube and closes it when the valve body is in closed position against the first valve seat. A cylindrical inner wall of the tube connects with the conical taper of the first valve seat and further extends to form a flared storage chamber at the end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Inventor: Heinz Scheithauer
  • Patent number: 4511273
    Abstract: A correction fluid dispenser comprising a body member adapted to retain correction fluid, a barrel member received by the body member, a core portion extending axially of the body and barrel members, and a tip seal member disposed in a recess in the core portion and spring biased toward an orifice in the barrel member to block the orifice and prevent flow of fluid therethrough, the tip seal member being retractable against the spring bias to permit fluid flow through the orifice, the body and barrel members being operable to move the core portion, and thereby the tip seal member, into the orifice in blocking, nonretractable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Robert A. Trotta
  • Patent number: 4271982
    Abstract: The glue dispenser comprises a collapsible tube having an externally threaded spout. A nozzle assembly comprises an internal nozzle threaded onto the spout and a external nozzle mounted on the internal nozzle. A nozzle valve registers with the opening of the external nozzle and is biased into closing engagement therewith by a deformable portion of the valve being urged against a cam surface. A piercing element is formed on the internal nozzle element, and when the nozzle is completely threaded down on the threads of the spout of the collapsible tube, the piercing element penetrates the sealing diaphragm of the spout so that the material in the collapsible tube can be squeezed through the spout and through the nozzle, with the nozzle valve controlling the flow of the material from the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: Dynatron/Bondo Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene J. Niksich, J. Larry Underwood
  • Patent number: 4217994
    Abstract: A glue dispenser in form of a bottle consisting of elastic material with a self-closing valve. A cylindrical rod is movable in a round bore which opens the valve when engaging the object to be provided with the glue. The glue flows through the space between the round bore and the cylindrical rod by pressure on the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Claus Koenig K.G.
    Inventors: Claus Koenig, Reinhard Koenig
  • Patent number: 4167350
    Abstract: A writing instrument in which a marking element is removably mounted in a casing and held in the casing by resilient means acting lengthwise of the writing instrument. A removable plug at one end of the casing holds the removable marking element under compression in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Assignee: A. T. Cross Company
    Inventor: Robert L. Harris
  • Patent number: 3938899
    Abstract: A plunger-mounted pin moves axially in the tubular stylus projecting from the front end of a stylograph barrel. Ink is supplied to the stylus from a reservoir in the barrel through a continuous capillary conduit system partly constituted by an annular gap between the plunger and a feed bar in which the plunger is axially movable. A portion of the conduit system by-passes an air chamber behind the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Inventor: Otto Mutschler