By Pressure Of Implement On Work Surface Patents (Class 401/264)
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Patent number: 11793678Abstract: Provided is a bandage composition dispenser and/or applicator that includes a nozzle and a cap. In some embodiments, the dispenser and/or applicator is used to dispense a bandage or dressing composition that forms a durable film bandage or skin protectant.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Delony L. Langer-Anderson, Eric M. Chinnock, Junia M. Pereira, Jason S. Lind
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Patent number: 11465166Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a viscous material application apparatus capable of reliably applying an appropriate amount of a viscous material to a shaft-shaped member. A seal application apparatus (1) is provided with a flexible tubular nozzle (2), which is capable of discharging a sealing agent from an opening (6) formed on the tip thereof, and an actuator (3) for moving the nozzle (2). After or during discharge of the sealing agent by the nozzle (2), the tip of the nozzle (2) moves in the circumferential direction along the outer circumferential surface of a fastener (20), and as the nozzle (2) is stopping the discharge of the sealing agent, the tip of the nozzle (2) moves in a direction away from the outer circumferential surface of the fastener (20).Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Jiro Wada, Michinobu Takahagi, Yasumasa Sugekawa, Akira Ikada, Yuki Tsukioka
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Patent number: 11383264Abstract: A system for finishing surfaces with a finishing material includes a handle assembly with proximal and distal ends. A material reservoir is mounted on the handle distal and includes an inlet and an outlet. A material applicator tool is mounted on the reservoir and receives material from the reservoir outlet. A discharge mechanism includes an extendable-retractable component or linear actuator connected to the reservoir for discharging or reloading material. Multiple embodiments utilizing different linear actuators are disclosed. An alternative embodiment includes a push-to-open valve mechanism. Additional embodiments include an adjustment mechanism on the push-to-open valve mechanism accommodating adjustment of flow of finishing compound when the push-to-open valve is engaged.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Level 5 Tools, LLCInventors: Scott A. Murray, Sun Xiaowei
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Patent number: 11160962Abstract: A fluid delivery device and method is provided, comprising a handle, a plate, a foam applicator coupled to a bottom surface of the plate and impregnated with an antiseptic solution. A lid member protects the foam applicator from an external environment and defines at least one aperture therein, wherein the lid member is coupled to the plate to form a breakable seal between the plate and the lid member. A tray member, having a bottom surface and at least one sidewall to define a volume therein, contains the foam applicator. The foam applicator is hermetically sealed from the external environment by the lid member, plate and tray member. The lid member is detachable from both the plate and the tray to release the foam applicator from the fluid delivery device and is in a ready-to-use condition without further activation.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: PROFESSIONAL DISPOSABLES INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Mark Follman, Alan Bachman, John Tanayan, Vincent Mata, Jeff Ransden
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Patent number: 9016967Abstract: Applicators are described suitable for the application of liquid to patient's skin. An applicator pad (3) is supported on a support flange (23) of an applicator housing (2), which receives a liquid cartridge (5). To moderate the rush of liquid on to the back of the applicator pad a flow distributor plate (6) is positioned on the rear position of the pad (3), restricting flow onto the pad to an annular slit opening around the plate (6). The front surface of the plate (6), opposing the pad (3), may have one or more grooves so that liquid can flow from the edge towards the center. Also disclosed, as an alternative, is the use of a projecting cantilevered tongue structure to distribute liquid across the rear surface of the sponge pad. The pad may have a hooked lobe shape for a front end of the applicator pad.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Rieke CorporationInventors: Brian Robert Law, David John Pritchett
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Patent number: 8998524Abstract: A liquid-application device that permits a user to selectively apply herbicide to weeds without applying the herbicide to adjacent plants. A reservoir of herbicide is mounted to a container end of an elongated tube and a wick is mounted to an opposite end. The tube has a central passage through which the liquid flows from the container end to the wick end by gravity. A valve mechanism at the wick end controls the flow of liquid out of the central passage. A wick retainer in the valve mechanism holds a wick that receives liquid released through the valve. A shroud covers the wick and the wick protrudes after the shroud is seated on a weed leaf. The shroud can be withdrawn by a mechanical connection, such as a trigger, or by simply forcing the shroud out of the way.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Inventor: Robert A. Shoaf
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Patent number: 8899859Abstract: An applicator assembly includes a head portion having a proximal, a distal end, and an interior portion defining a fluid chamber, a container slidably coupled to the body, a sealing member sealing an end of the container, and a lifting member, wherein the lifting member is mounted in the interior portion of the head portion and an interior of the container is placed in fluid communication with the application member by way of a fluid conduit that is formed around the sealing member from the container to the fluid chamber when the container is axially translated toward the head portion and the lifting member lifts the sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Carefusion 2200, Inc.Inventor: Manuel Guzman
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Publication number: 20140182067Abstract: A dosing and dispensing device for liquid detergent comprises a hollow body having a portion comprising a flexible material, an opening in said flexible portion, and means to spread at least a portion of the contained liquid detergent onto a surface of fabric. The opening is (progressively) opened when pressure is applied to said device on a surface to which the liquid detergent is applied. The opening is substantially closed when said pressure stops. The opening comprises a hinge valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Giuseppe Di Bono, Ralf Wiedemann
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Patent number: 8568050Abstract: An ink application tool that allows users to accurately mark surfaces for cutting without the need for measurements. The ink application tool makes use of an applicator with a uniquely designed dispensing mechanism that allows users to evenly mark surfaces that need to be cut by outlining the object to be fitted into the cutout.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Inventor: Jonathon Carl Pinter
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Patent number: 8523467Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to building tools that are high quality, durable, and in some case lightweight. For example, various tools may made by forming multiple sections into a single integrated piece by, for example, casting the parts using a molding process so as to reduce manufacturing cost and increase the structural durability of the tool. Further, various tools may be made, at least in part, using a material including magnesium to reduce the weight of the tool. Still further, various tools may be made using one or more protective coatings for protecting various metals against corrosion, for example, using a high impact coating such as paint covered with a clear coat of lacquer.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Inventor: Scott A. Murray
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Patent number: 8517623Abstract: A molded soap bar having a flexible outer shell and a flexible soap reservoir lying within the outer shell and containing liquid soap to be dispensed. The soap reservoir communicates with a button valve by way of a soap emitter that is surrounded by a soap dispensing head which lies outside and below the flexible outer shell. A squeezing force applied to the flexible outer shell of the molded soap bar is transmitted to the flexible soap reservoir to cause soap to be delivered under pressure from the reservoir through a flow path formed in the soap emitter to the button valve. The button valve includes a flexible flap closure that is pivotally connected to the soap dispensing head and a pushing arm that is connected to the flap closure. A pushing force applied to the pushing arm causes the flap closure of the button valve to pivot from a closed position to an open position to create a gap through which a supply of liquid soap from the soap reservoir is dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Inventor: Charles A. Cavaiani
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Publication number: 20130189440Abstract: A masking tape sealant and applicator includes a bottle with an applicator brush or tip which contains an acrylic material composed of water based acrylic primer designed to seal the edges of masking tape to prevent tape bleed and to create crisp, fine paint lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2013Publication date: July 25, 2013Inventor: Dan Brian Pool
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Patent number: 8438778Abstract: Apparatus for selectively applying a liquid plant chemical such as a herbicide to a plant includes a hollow tubular reservoir, an integrated funnel handle at the upper end of the reservoir, and an applicator tip at the lower end of the reservoir. The applicator tip includes a valve and a wick that allows the chemical to be dispensed in a controlled manner onto a specific plant, avoiding chemical drift. A protective cap fits over the applicator tip during storage, while retainer tabs keep the protective cap from squeezing the wick. The retainer tabs may be sharp enough to prick the plant to place the chemical internally.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Inventor: Thomas C. Rose
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Patent number: 8371766Abstract: A penpoint-like liquid distributor to be installed onto a container includes a receiving element, a propping element, a positioning element, a pen tube and a pen tip. The propping element has a cone that is flexibly pushing against the pen tube and closely fitting the positioning element. In non-use, a feeding portion provided on the pen tube is isolated from the container; however, when a user applies a force to the pen tube, the pen tube retreats inward and pushes the cone away from the positioning element so as to intercommunicate the feeding portion with the container. Thus, a liquid cosmetic product contained in the container is allowed to flow out through and then discharge from the pen tube. Therefore, the pen tube will not be polluted or blocked by the liquid cosmetic product accidentally.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Inventor: Tao-Chen Huang
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Publication number: 20130011178Abstract: A tip unit of a cosmetic applicator includes a tube portion connected to a hollow body of the cosmetic applicator, and a tip portion tapering away to a point from the tube portion. The tip portion has a passage space contain liquid cosmetics advanced from the hollow body through the tube portion, and has a plurality of flexible blade segments, a plurality of guiding grooves defined respectively by corresponding adjacent pairs of the blade segments, and a plurality of slits, each communicating the passage space with a respective one of the guiding grooves, and being enlargeable when the tip portion is deformed so as to permit flow of the liquid cosmetics from the passage space to the respective one of the guiding grooves therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventor: Ming-Lang LIN
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Patent number: 8308389Abstract: An apparatus for use when applying a compound from a dispensing tube comprises: a receptacle; a plurality of retaining rings mechanically coupled to the receptacle for attaching the apparatus to the dispensing tube; an application blade secured within the receptacle for contacting the compound being dispensed during application; optionally, a handle mechanically coupled on an opposite side of the receptacle from the plurality of retaining rings; and, optionally, at least one retaining clip for securing at least one of the plurality of retaining rings around a nozzle tip of the dispensing tube. Such apparatus and related methods facilitate initial application of the compound in an evenly distributed and desired topographical manner without requiring subsequent smoothing and/or shaping steps after contact of the compound with a surface to which it is applied.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Inventor: David Chen Yu
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Publication number: 20120192894Abstract: A hand-held tool for applying a solution to grouted tile surfaces includes a container, a cap assembly, a head assembly and an applicator body. The container contains the solution and provides an exit port. The cap assembly is coupled to the container and forms a conduit fluidly open to the exit port. The head assembly is rotatably coupled to the cap assembly and defines a support face. An aperture is fluidly connected to the support face and the conduit. The applicator body is retained by the support face and forms a perimeter defining a major dimension greater than a minor dimension. Solution is delivered from the exit port to the applicator body by a pathway including the conduit and the aperture, with the pathway remaining open as the applicator body is rotated relative to the container. The tool can be especially useful with stone or porous tile surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventor: Brian A. KUBICEK
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Patent number: 7980778Abstract: A liquid applicator includes a liquid pressing mechanism 6 for pressurizing an application liquid 4 inside a main body 2 so as to supply the application liquid to an applying member 10 at the front end by the pressing of liquid pressing mechanism 6, wherein the applying member 10 is made of an elastic material, has a valve structure 8 which is formed with a communication path 24 for communication between the inside and outside of main body 2 and can close the communication path 24 by elasticity in the normal condition and open the communication path 24 by elastic deformation of the communication path when the application liquid is pressurized by liquid pressing mechanism 6, and, an ejection opening 24a of communication path 24 of valve structure 8 is arranged to front onto the applying portion 10a of the applying member 10.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuaki Akaishi, Takashi Umeno, Mitsuru Endoh, Nobuyuki Nakajima
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Patent number: 7922412Abstract: To provide a fluid feeder of an applicator having a structure that allows a fluid to flow into a tubular member and be positively pressurized at the time of an ejecting operation, which can readily eject the fluid even if the fluid becomes unlikely to flow out and which allows the user to readily use over a long period of time even if a high-viscosity fluid is used. In the fluid feeder of an applicator, at the time of the closed state, the periphery of a base of a rod-like part comes into hermetic contact with the inner peripheral surface of a fore part of a tubular member.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, LimitedInventors: Kouhei Miyamoto, Tadashi Kouriki
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Patent number: 7784653Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Nichicon CorporationInventor: Katsumi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20090196677Abstract: A flexible, pressure-openable dispensing valve has a mounting base and has an outwardly extending head having at least three peripheral walls that each projects forwardly from the base. The head also includes an end wall that extends between, and connects, the outer margins of the peripheral walls. The end wall has a dispensing orifice surrounded by a spreading surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventor: Darcy J. Wright
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Patent number: 7500583Abstract: An attachment triggers dispensation of paint through the valve of an inverted aerosol can onto a surface target in response to manipulation of a surveyor's rod or pole. A coupling connects the attachment to the lower end of the surveyor's instrument and a cap seals against the valve end of the inverted aerosol can. A support structure holds the coupling, the inverted aerosol can and the cap together for motion in unison. A nozzle defines a path of pneumatic communication from the valve through the cap. The portion of the cap surrounding the nozzle is resiliently pliable so that, when the nozzle is rested on and the surveyor's instrument is pressed toward the surface target, the resiliently pliable portion of the cap flexes to actuate the valve and dispense paint through the nozzle onto the surface target.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2004Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Inventor: Enoch Cox
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Publication number: 20080267689Abstract: Disclosed are liquid applicators for dispensing liquid to a surface such as a bathroom wall, and working the liquid against the surface. The applicators may have a compressible reservoir for the cleaning liquid. Upon compressing the reservoir the liquid is driven to a scrubbing pad in a controlled fashion. A check valve prevents back flow to the reservoir from the pad. A blister pack can house the scrubbing pad even when the pad is attached to the reservoir. In another form the applicator can be tipped and rested on its side between uses.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2007Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Douglas A. Soller, Michael J. Banco, Lawrence J. Fenske, Min-Ki Bang
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Patent number: 7441975Abstract: A device for treating a surface, in particular a textile surface or a leather surface, such as, for instance, the upper surface of leather shoes, with a liquid substance, comprises a holder with a reservoir for this substance and with a sponge-like body via which the substance absorbed from the reservoir can be spread on the surface. Between the reservoir and the sponge-like body there is at least one receiving chamber having an inflow opening communicating with the reservoir. This inflow opening is closed in the condition of rest and can be opened at a movement of the sponge-like body with respect to a plane with which this body is contacted. From the receiving chamber the substance is absorbed by the sponge-like body with delay.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2000Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Sara Lee / DE N.V.Inventors: Johannes Antonius Gerardus Wilhelmus Zigmans, Peter Hotchkin, Peter Alphonse Huster, Petrus Enricus Aloysius Nicolaas Kuhn
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Publication number: 20080189892Abstract: A coating applicator comprising a substrate removably mounted to a frame, where the frame includes an actuator repositionable between an engaging position and a disengaging position, where the engaging position is operative to maintain the substrate in mounting engagement with the frame, where the disengaging position is operative to discontinue the substrate in mounting engagement with the frame, and where the substrate includes a receptor for retaining a coating composition for application.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Joseph Leon Lutgen, Robin E. Smith, Brandon Cory Hoover, Brandon Seth Cross, George Andrew Hartel, Matthew Shute
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Publication number: 20080138144Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: Timothy James Kennedy, Tami O'Connell
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Patent number: 7344328Abstract: A fluid applicator designed for liquid, cream, or lotion products is easily adaptable for oval shaped containers and other shaped heads, including circular containers. An inner housing is inserted into an outer housing with covering material, such as fabric and/or foam, located between the two housings. The covering material is tightly secured by the two housings. The two housings are permanently attached, preferably by sonic welding to form a subassembly. The inner housing may be formed with or without a domed top surface. A foam pad may be placed over the container's orifice, held in place by a covering material that is placed over the foam pad. Alternatively, depending upon the product dispensed, the foam and fabric covering material elements may be eliminated and replaced by a domed plastic insert with an array of multiple apertures to deliver high viscosity products.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2004Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Unique Dispensing SystemsInventor: Brian J McAuley
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Patent number: 7290955Abstract: A marking instrument includes a body formed with a first end and a second end and sealed at the second end to define a fluid reservoir. The marking instrument includes a tip assembly positioned at the first end having a rigid nib with a fluid path formed longitudinally therethrough. The rigid nib has a first end forming a first spreader surface and a second end adjacent to the fluid reservoir and cooperates with a shiftable valve positioned within the fluid path. The shiftable valve includes a valve actuator having a contact surface position substantially adjacent to the first spreader surface. The tip assembly may further include an adjustable nib having a second spreader surface adapted to be positioned adjacent the first spreader surface to form a composite spreader surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2004Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Sanford, L.P.Inventors: Amar A. Patel, Jeffrey Hautzinger, Marc Colavitti, Bret R. Marschand, Jason E. Cantu, John Thompson
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Patent number: 7121754Abstract: A shaving apparatus includes a reservoir for storing a shaving aid material, a razor cartridge having at least one razor blade, and a valve selectively actuatable by movement of the razor cartridge between a first position and a second position. In the first position the valve permits passage of a shaving aid material from the reservoir, and in the second position the valve substantially prevents the passage of the shaving aid material from the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2003Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Peter Bressler, David Schiff, Andrew Pennella
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Patent number: 7063476Abstract: A dispensing applicator for applying liquid to the skin, comprising a handle having an internal reservoir for containing a liquid, a head having an applicator portion, and a liquid delivery mechanism interconnecting the reservoir of the handle to the applicator portion of the head, and operative responsive to pivotal movement of the handle to deliver liquid from the reservoir to the applicator portion when the applicator portion is positioned against a user's skin.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Inventors: Verna M. Pinnix, Thomas G. Pilcher, II
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Patent number: 6953297Abstract: An applicator is adapted to be mounted on a hollow piston stem of a manually reciprocable pump dispenser for applying a cleaning liquid to a fibrous article such as fabric, rug or carpet or the like from a container of liquid to which the dispenser is mounted. The applicator has a domed outer convex rigid wall with at least one discharge port in communication with the discharge passage of the piston stem, and an outer surface of the domed wall is textured for rubbing the cleaning liquid into the fibers article during a cleaning operation. An overcap is connected to a side wall of the applicator by a hinge permitting the overcap to cover the outer surface of the domed wall when not in use. And, a container closure may be provided in telescoping relationship to the applicator which is rotatable about its central axis between lock and unlock positions.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.Inventors: Douglas B. Dobbs, Lluis Costa
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Patent number: 6932532Abstract: A fluid applicator includes a coating implement, an elastic closure cap, and a stopper for use with a fluid container. The elastic closure cap includes an enlarged irregular sealing rib on a skirt that is force-fit into the stopper, creating a resilient force on a sealing lip that contacts a seat on the stopper. Inverting the container and pressing on the coating implement, presses the elastic closure cap, deforming it to move the sealing lip off of its seat on the stopper to allow fluid flow from the container, through the stopper and elastic closure cap, to the coating implement.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2003Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Dab-O-Matic CorporationInventors: Gilbert Schwartzman, Martin Fischer
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Patent number: 6758620Abstract: A metered dose dispensing dabber device includes a dabber main housing having a container attachment for affixing the device to a container, a metered dosage reservoir, a hollow dip tube, a metered dosage reservoir outlet, and a valve. The main housing has a base divider wall, this base divider wall having an underside and top side. Further, the base divider wail is closed to prevent liquid from passing from the underside to the top side. The metered dosage reservoir has enclosed walls and is located above the top side of the divider wall. The hollow dip tube passes through the base divider wall and extends downwardly therefrom for insertion into a container. The dip tube also extends upwardly to a predetermined height in the metered dosage reservoir to establish a fill level. The metered dosage reservoir outlet is located on a metered dosage reservoir wall opposite the dip tube. The valve is located in the reservoir outlet, in proximity to the dip tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Valley Design, Inc.Inventor: John E. Harrold
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Patent number: 6739779Abstract: A fabric repair coloring device and associated method of using the device to coloring unwanted bleached out spots on fabric. The device comprises a plurality of cartridges, an elongated cylindrical casing, a manifold, a rotating cap, and a conical applicator tip. These elements of the device are interconnected to allow a user to select a desired dye color or to mix a plurality of dyes together prior to precisely applying the mixed dyes onto the unwanted bleached out spots on a piece of fabric. The method comprises the steps of finding, obtaining, pressing, pushing, releasing, twisting, wiping, and withdrawing.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2003Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Inventor: Suzanne M. Deeds
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Patent number: 6682246Abstract: A container-applicator for fluid products, particularly for cosmetic and pharmaceutical use, comprising, at the mouth of a container body, an applicator provided with a spongy matrix body that can be extracted for washing and is arranged proximate to a passage for connection to the inside of the container body. The passage for connection to the inside of the container body is controlled by a valve element that can be operated from the outside of the container body.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Inventor: Fulvio Reggiani
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Patent number: 6663309Abstract: A replaceable cleaning head for a cleaning utensil includes a rigid core having a handle end and a working end, coupling structure on the handle end of the core adapted to be coupled to an associated handle, and a flexible, resilient, porous, absorbent cleaning medium mounted on the core and covering the core except for the coupling structure. The head may be hollow, and threadedly connectable to an end of a hollow handle for defining a fluid reservoir, the head having an orifice for providing communication between the reservoir and the cleaning medium. The cleaning medium has axially alternating circumferential recesses and projections facilitating axial compression and expansion of the medium to draw fluid from the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: WKI Holding Company, Inc.Inventors: Noah A. Zamansky, John L. Callendrille
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Publication number: 20030170067Abstract: A container-applicator for fluid products, particularly for cosmetic and pharmaceutical use, comprising, at the mouth of a container body, an applicator provided with a spongy matrix body that can be extracted for washing and is arranged proximate to a passage for connection to the inside of the container body. The passage for connection to the inside of the container body is controlled by a valve element that can be operated from the outside of the container body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2002Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventor: Fulvio Reggiani
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Patent number: 6592282Abstract: A cosmetic applicator for a fluid material which comprises a container and a dispenser. Generally, the dispenser works by an actuating mechanism. In particular, a user depresses an ergonomically shaped top portion, which then actuates a pump that pumps a fluid cosmetic material from the lower portion of the container by means of a conduit through an aperture. The fluid cosmetic material pumped through the conduit and the aperture from the lower portion of the container rises through the conduit and saturates the closed cell sponge tip. The user then glides the closed cell sponge tip across her skin to apply the fluid cosmetic material. The cosmetic applicator is hermetically sealed with a cap, which can be removed by the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2000Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products CorporationInventors: Osvaldo Fontanet, Manharhbai Kantibhai Patel, Leo Clifford Pires, Barbara Poder-Stiso, James J. Thalheimer
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Patent number: 6478497Abstract: An applicator for footwear, including a receptacle for containing a cleaning product and/or a polishing product. A first cover is mounted to the receptacle with a cleaning device coupled to the cover. At least one valve for delivering the cleaning product or polishing product from the receptacle to the cleaning device is fitted into the first cover and extends to a base of the receptacle. A second cover is adapted to cover the cleaning device. The second cover includes a sponge coupled to an outer surface of the cover and a lid to cover the sponge.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Inventor: Maria Inmaculada Nieto Villahoz
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Patent number: 6447194Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a product. The dispenser comprises a container for containing a product. The container comprising a body having at least one deformable wall and an opening. The dispenser also comprises a dispensing adapter on the container. The dispensing adapter has a flow passage to be placed in flow communication with the opening of the container, and an outlet orifice forming a seat. A closure is configured to be received in a sealed position on the seat. A mount connects the closure to the dispensing adapter. At least a portion of the mount is elastically deformable and is configured such that force applied to the closure moves the closure away from the seat so as to allow the product to flow through the outlet orifice, and the closure elastically returns to the sealed position on the seat when the force is removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: L'Oréal S.A.Inventor: Philippe Bonningue
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Patent number: 6418574Abstract: A back cleaning device having two shells, one inner and one outer with a soap solution bladder affixed between the respective shells. The bladder holds a liquefied soap solution that may be dispersed from an upper dispersal nozzle. The inner shell contains mounting brackets that allow it to be engaged to separate height locations on at least one separate rail that may be affixed to a wall in a shower or bath. The outer shell will include at least one scrub pad engaged to an outer surface. The person needing a back cleaning will lean her back against the scrub pad pushing the outer shell towards the inner shell compressing the bladder. The person will move their back up and down against the scrub pad. This bladder compression forces soap solution out of the upper dispersal nozzle. The soap solution runs over the scrub pad, soaping the scrub pad. The person needing the cleaning has their back cleaned due to the up and down movement against the soaped scrub pad.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2001Date of Patent: July 16, 2002Inventor: Larry R. McDowell
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Patent number: 6406206Abstract: The present invention provides an applicator for applying and distributing a substance onto a target surface. The applicator comprises a substantially planar sheet of compressible, conformable material having opposed first and second surfaces and an interior region between said first and second surfaces. The applicator further includes at least one discrete reservoir underneath the first surface which is at least partially filled with a substance and at least one discrete aperture formed in the first surface which is in fluid communication with the reservoir. Compression of the applicator via an externally-applied force substantially normal to said first surface expresses product from the aperture and translational motion of the first surface relative to a target surface applies, and distributes said product onto the target surface. In one embodiment, an applicator provides a removable cover sheet which aids in the containment of the substance.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2000Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Richard Michael Girardot, Lisa Ann Runtz, Drew Douglas Setser, Christine Marie Putman, Gerard Bernard Meyer, Scott Craig Gilpin, Carolyn Rose Hawley, Susan Doris Read, Joshua James Davidson
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Patent number: 6402413Abstract: A fluid applicator includes a coating implement, a resilient closure cap, and a stopper for use with a fluid container. The resilient closure cap is force-fit into or onto the stopper, creating a resilient force on a sealing lip that contacts a seat on the stopper. Inverting the container and pressing on the coating implement, presses the resilient closure cap, deforming it to move the sealing lip off of its seat on the stopper, to allow fluid flow from the container, through the stopper and resilient closure cap, to the coating implement.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Inventor: Gilbert Schwartzman
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Patent number: 6371675Abstract: The applicator for an anti-microbial prep solution of this invention includes a generally hollow handle having a closed proximal end and an open distal end, a foam pad attached to the hollow handle over the open distal end, and a slit formed in the foam pad that acts as a flow control valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Minh Q. Hoang, Jonathan K. Burkholz
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Publication number: 20020039515Abstract: A stippling tool comprising includes a cylindrical main body defining an ink containing chamber therein, a slender ink transfer member having a proximal end portion to which ink in the ink containing chamber is supplied, and a distal end portion extending to an opening of the main body, in which ink is transferred from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion, and a porous elastic stippling member provided on the distal end portion of the ink transfer member, through which the ink permeates. The stippling member having a stippling distal end surface outwardly projecting in a curved shape, and the distal end surface being elastically deformed by a stroke pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2001Publication date: April 4, 2002Applicant: Kuretake Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ichiro Nishitani, Akira Matsuda, Munetoshi Koshihara, Masatoshi Yashima
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Patent number: 6357949Abstract: An integrated pressure-responsive liquid-release valve has a first layer formed of a resiliently-deformable non-porous material and a second layer bonded to the first layer and formed of a deformable, preferably resiliently-deformable, porous material. A plurality of normally-closed slits are defined in and through the first layer of non-porous material. The slits are configured so that the application of material-deforming pressure to the first layer causes the slits to operatively open for passing liquid through the open slits, and the cessation of the applied material-deforming pressure causes the slits to close under the resilient return urgency of the non-porous material. The porous material receives liquid passed through the slits of the non-porous material first layer when material-deforming pressure is applied to the a non-porous material to open the slits.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2000Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Inventor: Gil Schwartzman
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Publication number: 20010055511Abstract: Systems and methods for applying or dispensing surgical prep solution are disclosed. The applicator system includes a spreader element and a container of surgical prep solution. The spreader element includes a body with an orifice covered by a pad. The orifice is in fluid communication with a passage through an elongated stem connected to the body. The container may be collapsible with only limited recovery. The spreader element may include a receptacle for receiving the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: December 27, 2001Inventors: Nicholas R. Baumann, Matthew T. Scholz, Robert P. Zaspel
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Patent number: 6332730Abstract: A container comprises a flexible body member (2) closed by a cap portion (26) having an outlet (28) therein, and a control assembly within the cap portion for controlling liquid flow from the body member (2) to the outlet (28), the control assembly comprising an integrally moulded seating (6) for location on the body member (2), including an outer annular sleeve (8) and an inner valve support chamber (12) and a control valve (16) of a one piece plastic moulding located on the seating (6) to define a closed volume therebelow and to seal the outlet, the closed volume being vented to atmosphere, the arrangement being such that, on pressurisation on the interior of the body member (2), the pressurised liquid flows between the sleeve (8) and the chamber (12) to distort the control valve (16) and enable flow through the outlet (28), and, on release of said pressure, the control valve (16) returns to a position sealing the outlet (28).Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2001Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Veresk Biosystems LimitedInventor: Said Taghavi-Khanghah
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Patent number: 6332729Abstract: A pen-shaped applicator (1) for applying a liquid, in particular glue, on a substrate comprises a container (2) out of which the liquid can be pressed and a dosing part (6) arranged on one end face of the container (2) and having a dispensing layer (8) with openings for the liquid. A spring-loaded valve body (13) with which a valve seat (12) is associated is arranged inside the dispensing layer (8). The dispensing layer (8) is made of plastics and formed in a single piece with the dosing part (6), in particular by injection molding.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Kores Holding Zug AGInventor: Peter Koreska
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Patent number: 6309128Abstract: A device for applying a liquid, paste or gel product to the skin, with a reservoir for the product, an abutment connected by at least one feed channel to the reservoir, and an applicator element that is provided with a plurality of passages for the product and whose outside surface forms an applicator surface. The applicator element is held flexibly and/or movably with respect to the abutment so that it can assume at least one working position in which it, together with the abutment, borders a space to accommodate a predetermined quantity of the product, and where the space is reduced in size under deformation of the applicator element and/or movement of the applicator element with respect to the abutment.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1999Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: Schwan-STABILO Cosmetics GmbH & Co.Inventors: Ulrich Griebel, Willy Weiss, Georg Roeder