For A Fluid Pressure Discharge Assistant Patents (Class 222/153.11)
  • Patent number: 11440726
    Abstract: An aerosol sprayer may be connected to an aerosol container to form an aerosol delivery system. The aerosol sprayer includes a base secured to the container, a cap secured to the base, a pivoting trigger and a nozzle which is slidably movable relative to the trigger between an extended operable position and a retracted, locked position. The nozzle and trigger have interfitting locking structures to prevent actuation of the trigger when the nozzle is in the retracted locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Beegle, Jacob VanBecelaere, Bryan Fields, Brian VanHouten
  • Patent number: 11142390
    Abstract: The aerosol actuator includes a shroud. An actuation member situated within the shroud has a stem bore pocket adapted to receive the valve stem of the aerosol container. In high speed production, entrance of the stem into the pocket as the shroud is mounted on the aerosol container is facilitated by providing the pocket with a plurality of inwardly extending compressible ribs and a tab extending from the shroud which stabilizes the actuation member within the shroud. The tab is pivoted out of the path of movement of the actuation member upon initial depression of the actuation member by the user. To prevent accidental depression of the actuation member by a top load, the shroud wall is extended above the plane of the surface of the actuation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: WD-40 MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: John W. Freudenberg, Joseph G. Peschke, Paul Mierzwa, Michael J. Starzman, Ryan Paul Davidson, Christopher Michael Howell
  • Patent number: 10752427
    Abstract: The actuator includes a shroud adapted to be situated on an aerosol container over the stem and an actuation member mounted on and moveable within the shroud to depress the stem by the application of an external force applied to the top surface of the actuation member. The actuation member includes a nozzle and a conduit for connecting the stem and the nozzle. A hood is normally positioned to block the actuation member from being moved to depress the stem. A locking member normally intersects the path of movement of the hood to lock the hood in its blocking position. The locking member has two sections both of which must be simultaneously moved to a position remote from the path of hood movement such that the hood may be moved from its blocking position, allowing the actuation member to be moved to depress the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: WD-40 COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael J. Starzman, John W. Freudenberg, Kevin Victor Bates, Benjamin Thomas Krupp, Robert Gerald States, III, David A. Parrott, Robert J. Good, Joseph K. Dodd, Sara Dawson Falcon
  • Patent number: 10730690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking feature for an aerosol dispenser head having a locking feature incorporating a locking yoke that requires multiple motions to unlock, and a single motion to reengage the locking feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph K. Dodd, Brian K. Van Houten
  • Patent number: 10647501
    Abstract: An overcap (102) includes a housing (106) for coupling to a container (104). The housing (106) has a first side-wall (306) including an aperture (500). The overcap (102) also includes a trigger (108) having a grip portion (300) disposed outside of the housing (106) and an arm (400, 402) extending through the aperture (500) of the first sidewall (306) and pivotably coupled to a fulcrum (504) spaced apart from the first sidewall (306). The overcap (102) further includes a cap (110) coupled to the housing (106) and a manifold (600) suspended from the cap (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Richard, William F. Gordon, Bernard Borel, Eric Gaillard
  • Patent number: 10526132
    Abstract: An article with a can and a dispenser, the can having a valve with a valve cup, valve stem housing and depressible valve stem and the dispenser having a base, a straw attached to the base, a sleeve extending over at least a portion of the straw, a trigger hingedly attached to the base and/or straw at a hinge point with a trigger section that engages the sleeve above the hinge point and a trigger arm that extends below the hinge point, and a plunger extending through a side of the base and into a flow channel of the dispenser while maintaining fluid communication through and/or around the plunger within the flow channel of the dispenser where the dispenser is attachable to the can by inserting the stationary valve stem housing into the flow channel of the dispenser base while inserting the dispenser base into the valve cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel R. Schroer, Marc S. Black, Chad V. Schuette, Christopher J. Siler, Daniel Ramirez
  • Patent number: 10435227
    Abstract: A trigger operated aerosol dispenser is disclosed for dispensing an aerosol product from an aerosol container through an aerosol valve. The trigger operated aerosol dispenser comprises a base secured to the aerosol container with a dispensing head mounted to the base. A nozzle extends through the dispensing head for communicating the aerosol valve with a terminal orifice. A trigger actuator extends from the dispensing head for actuating the aerosol valve upon depression of the trigger actuator to dispense the aerosol product from the terminal orifice. The trigger operated aerosol dispenser may incorporate a lock for inhibiting the trigger from actuating the aerosol valve. In one example, the trigger operated aerosol dispenser may be actuated in an alternate manner upon a depression of the dispensing head. Preferably, the trigger operated aerosol dispenser is formed from a two piece unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc
    Inventors: Gregory A. Erickson, Geraid J. Marquardt, Sean Cho, Bernd Blumenstein, Bernhard Jasper, Paul Hallman
  • Patent number: 10384022
    Abstract: A hand-held dose-dispensing pressurized spray inhaler includes a housing, an aerosol canister in the housing having a canister body and a movable valve stem biased to extend therefrom, a fixture stationarily supporting the valve stem relative to the housing, and an actuation mechanism partially fitting over the canister body opposite from the valve stem such that only together with the fixture the canister body is supported in the housing with a clearance gap between the canister body and the housing and for movement relative to the housing and toward and away from the valve stem and fixture. The actuation mechanism provides a child restraint capability requiring two unlocking actions be carried out to convert it from a locked to an unlocked condition before it can move the canister body relative to the housing and valve stem to release a dose of pressurized spray from the valve stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: PACKAGING CONCEPTS ASSOCIATES HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Emil Meshberg
  • Patent number: 10370176
    Abstract: The actuator includes a shroud adapted to be situated on an aerosol container over the stem and an actuation member mounted on and moveable within the shroud to depress the stem by the application of an external force applied to the top surface of the actuation member. The actuation member includes a nozzle and a conduit for connecting the stem and the nozzle. A hood is normally positioned to block the actuation member from being moved to depress the stem. A locking member normally intersects the path of movement of the hood to lock the hood in its blocking position. The locking member has two sections both of which must be simultaneously moved to a position remote from the path of hood movement such that the hood may be moved from its blocking position, allowing the actuation member to be moved to depress the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: WD-40 COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael J. Starzman, John W. Freudenberg, Kevin Victor Bates, Benjamin Thomas Krupp, Robert Gerald States, III, David A. Parrott, Robert J. Good, Joseph K. Dodd, Sara Dawson Falcon
  • Patent number: 10364091
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing head for an aerosol container provided with a valve. The dispensing head is made up of a cover (2) to which an actuating member (1) is secured, provided with a push button (11) which can be moved between a non-depressed rest position and a depressed actuating position. According to the invention, the actuating member (1) is provided with a blocking element (12) which can pivot between an unlocked position in which said element does not block the movement of the push button (11) relative to the cover (2) and a locked position in which said element blocks the push button in the rest position by preventing said push button from entering the actuating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: LINDAL FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Hervé Bodet, Jérôme Peltier
  • Patent number: 10358280
    Abstract: Aerosol actuation mechanisms include improvements allowing a user to extend the reach of an aerosol application device, apply an aerosol in a windy environment, improve coverage of the aerosol product, or facilitate improved ability to ensure coverage for an aerosol product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Sara Jane Falcon, Ryan A. Bailey, Kelly A. Harrigan, Connie Tran, Steve Kazanjian, Bradford J. Walling
  • Patent number: 9994348
    Abstract: An end plug to be inserted axially into the centre of an end of a roll of paper, includes a holding element adapted to hold and/or guide the end of the roll of paper in correct position in a dispenser. The end plug includes an outer sleeve having an outer end and an inner end and the holding element is connected to the sleeve by elements allowing the holding element to be axially moved from a first position to a second position, in which the holding element protrude outwardly from the outer end of the sleeve, the holding element being releasably held in the first position when moved thereto. A roll of tissue paper including such an end plug and a dispenser provided with such a roll are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB
    Inventors: Robert Kling, Anders Andersson, Erik Hjort
  • Patent number: 9975660
    Abstract: A dispensing device includes first and second cylindrical portions which are detachably interconnected end-to-end. The first portion is arranged to store consumables, such as bags, for collecting pet faeces and includes a tubular side-wall 110 having an aperture formed therein through which the consumables can be dispensed. The second portion is arranged to store a fluid such as a hand sanitizer and has an outlet at one end through which the fluid can be dispensed. The dispensing device provides a convenient manner for storing consumables and associated fluids together, so that, for example, a user can sanitize their hands after picking up pet faeces using a dispensed bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Handipod Limited
    Inventors: Philip Vincent Cartledge, Neil Paul Taylor
  • Patent number: 9908687
    Abstract: A lid assembly for a beverage container having a lid housing, a seal assembly and a trigger member. The seal assembly has a drink seal to close the drink aperture. The seal assembly is rotatedly connected to the lid housing and movable between a use position and a cleaning position to allow the drink aperture to be open for cleaning. The trigger member is connected to the lid housing and is capable of engaging the seal assembly in the use position, but it cannot engage the seal assembly in the cleaning position. Additionally, a trigger lock is connected to the lid housing to prevent engagement of the seal assembly by the trigger member when the trigger lock is locked. The trigger lock may also contain a visual indicator to indicate that the lock is in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: IGNITE USA, LLC
    Inventors: Joe Chiou, Marjavis J. Matthis, Blair Miller
  • Patent number: 9889982
    Abstract: Aerosol actuation mechanisms include improvements allowing a user to extend the reach of an aerosol application device, apply an aerosol in a windy environment, improve coverage of the aerosol product, or facilitate improved ability to ensure coverage for an aerosol product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Sara Jane Falcon, Ryan A. Bailey, Kelly A. Harrigan, Connie Tran, Steve Kazanjian, Bradford J. Walling
  • Patent number: 9862535
    Abstract: An overcap assembly includes an actuator having a first slot, a tab, and a spray passageway. A nozzle is in fluid communication with the spray passageway. A housing is also included having a notch to receive the tab during a non-actuation state and a first projection to be received by the first slot during an actuation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Christianson, Kylie L. Levake
  • Patent number: 9849693
    Abstract: Computerized systems and computer-implemented methods that enable printing on a large solid surface, such as a floor, wall, or ceiling using mobile printer heads guided by coded light. In one implementation, a user points a projector onto the printing surface to project a sequence of images with a unique temporal identifier (ID) for each pixel, wherein different space partitions are associated with different pixel IDs. The mechanical transmissions of the conventional printers are replaced with the aforesaid coded light used in conjunction with small mobile printer heads equipped with light sensors, while the coded light is used to guide the printer heads' movements during the printing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiong Liu, Shang Ma, Donald Kimber, Patrick Chiu, Sven Kratz
  • Patent number: 9642998
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to airless storage and dispensing systems that include a pump or dispensing package pre-filled with a topical semi-solid imiquimod pharmaceutical formulation (“pump systems”) and methods for storing and dispensing from the pump systems a plurality of precisely measured and uniform unit doses of a topical semi-solid imiquimod pharmaceutical formulation, and more particularly to pump systems, pre-filled with a topical imiquimod pharmaceutical cream and methods for delivering multiple precisely measured unit doses of a topical imiquimod pharmaceutical cream, and methods for using a controlled delivery pump system to store and dispense a plurality of consistent and precisely measured unit doses of a topical imiquimod pharmaceutical cream for use in topically treating a dermal and mucosal-associated condition, such as, external genital warts and/or perianal warts (EGWs), actinic keratosis or actinic keratoses (AK or AKs) and superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael T. Nordsiek, Kodumudi S. Balaji
  • Patent number: 9527632
    Abstract: A plastic container that is produced by an extrusion process or a PET blowing process having an associated rotary closure, which can be brought from a closed position to an open position by a pivoting movement. The neck of the container and the rotary closure are each made of only a single part. The container has a straight or slightly conical neck, which forms a radially protruding collar on the outside in the bottom half of the neck, on a lower edge of which collar an attachable rotary closure having snapping elements that can be locked, such that the rotary closure is retained on the neck so that the rotary closure can be pivoted about an axis of rotation of the rotary closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: CAPARTIS AG
    Inventor: Herbert Wohlgenannt
  • Patent number: 9511926
    Abstract: A sprayhead for use with an aerosol container, the sprayhead including: a chassis; a rotatable circular collar; and a spray channel and associated actuator button, the spray channel passing through a central aperture in a bridge spanning a diameter of the collar, and being connectable to the aerosol container; the chassis including an annular skirt that, on a lower internal surface thereof, an annular valve cup securing bead that, when the sprayhead is attached to an aerosol container, grips the container such that the torque required to turn the chassis around the container is at least twice that required to turn the rotatable circular collar around the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Arora, Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 9277797
    Abstract: A cosmetic container has a first sleeve, a driving assembly, a bottle and a second sleeve. The driving assembly is mounted in the first sleeve and has a first rotating tube, a seat and a second rotating tube. The seat is moveably mounted in the first rotating tube. The second rotating tube is rotatably mounted around the first rotating tube. The bottle is mounted in the seat of the driving assembly and has a vacuum valve and an outlet. The second sleeve is coactively mounted on the second rotating tube. The first sleeve is rotated by the driving assembly to drive the bottle to move up and down. Therefore, the cosmetic container can be operated conveniently. The piston can push out the cosmetic product in the body effectively. Therefore, quantity of cosmetic product remaining on an inner surface of the body is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventor: Sin-Hsiung Chen
  • Patent number: 9260237
    Abstract: A cap for a container that stores and dispenses fluids or gels that includes a shroud having a shroud wall surrounding an opening and a collar connected on the shroud so that the collar selectively rotates relative to the shroud, is provided. The collar is rotatable between a closed position and an open position. The actuator is connected to the shroud, and has a contact portion. The contact portion is in the opening of the shroud. The actuator is movable in the closed position and the open position by a force that is applied to the contact portion only after removal of a tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Precision Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey Brace, John T. Kawalchuk, Jr., Michael Paul Downey, Anthony John Kennedy, John Zeritis
  • Patent number: 9216852
    Abstract: An actuator (18, 18?) is provided for actuating a valve (16) on a container (14) for dispensing a fluent product. The actuator (18, 18?) includes an exterior housing (40, 40?) and a rotatable member (42, 42?). The rotatable member (42, 42?) is located in an interior chamber (48) of the housing (40, 40?) and includes an engageable surface (54) located in a circumferentially extending window (50) of the housing (40, 40?) to be engaged by a user for movement of the engageable surface (54) within the window (50) between a locked position wherein movement of an actuator button (52) from an un-actuated position to an actuated position is prevented and an unlocked position wherein movement of the actuator button (52) from the un-actuated position to the actuated position is allowed to actuate the valve (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean H. Cho, Peter J. Walters, Gerald J. Marquardt, Paul E. Hallman
  • Patent number: 9198495
    Abstract: A pump-type cosmetics container is not subject to the risk of a foreign substance entering into a nozzle, due to a moving path through which content is discharged during use that is selectively open by means of an opening/closing bracket, and to the risk of change in quality of the content inside the moving path, by means of a counteraction of a control protrusion pressing a locking protrusion thereby re-aspirating the content remaining inside the moving path, after pumping using a double spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9144813
    Abstract: A pump-type cosmetics container is not subject to the risk of a foreign substance entering into a nozzle, due to a moving path through which content is discharged during use that is selectively open by means of an opening/closing bracket, and to the risk of change in quality of the content inside the moving path, by means of a counteraction of a control protrusion pressing a locking protrusion thereby re-aspirating the content remaining inside the moving path, after pumping using a double spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9004324
    Abstract: An actuator cap includes a housing and an actuator. The actuator has first and second actuating members and a manifold in fluid communication with a dispensing orifice. The actuator is hingedly attached to the housing at a pivot. The pivot is located on an interior surface of the housing and positioned at or above a base of the manifold. The actuator resiliently deforms about the pivot when one of the first and second actuating members is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Beth Adams, Jeffrey J. Christianson, Daniel A. Andersen, Han Xin, Matthew Grossman, Kit R. Morris
  • Publication number: 20150097004
    Abstract: A spring mechanism comprising a spring element having a pair of arms separated by a gap, a tapered flexible tongue with an enlarged tip, and a tapered slot extending longitudinally through the tongue, wherein the tapered flexible tongue is operatively arranged to bend such that the tip enters the gap and engages the pair of arms. A case for a canister capable of dispelling material is also disclosed using the spring mechanism to bias a lid in a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: The GPM Group, LLC
    Inventor: Albert P. Caruso
  • Patent number: 8978937
    Abstract: An actuator (1) for a hand-held aerosol container fitted centrally at its top with a dispensing valve, the actuator having: (i) a cup-shaped over-cap (3) attachable to the container and having a top wall defining a gap through which a spray channel passes, the gap restricting lateral movement of the spray channel; (ii) a spray channel (4) in fluid connection with the valve; (iii) an actuator button (5) having a finger pad from which a keel depends; the keel dependent from the finger pad of the button (5) being able to press down onto the spray channel (4) and the spray channel (4) on to the valve after the first slide movement of the button (5), but not before; whereby the actuator button (5) has a distinct first slide movement that puts it into an orientation in which a second depression movement causes release of the contents of the associated dispenser and in that the force required for the first slide movement of the actuator button (5) is at least 5N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chambers, Andrew Fielding, Adam William Peacock, Graham Paul Randall, James Edward Roe, Jason Peter Roebuck, Kevin John Stamp
  • Publication number: 20140374446
    Abstract: A fastener member (5) for engaging around a neck (11) of a reservoir (1), the fastener member (5) including fastener means (52) that are axially engageable around the neck (11) until a final fastened position is reached in which the member (5) is fastened firmly around the neck (11), the fastener member being characterized in that it further includes guide means (56) that are axially engageable around the neck (11) before the fastener means (52) are engaged around the neck (11), so as to make it easier to position the fastener means (52) relative to the neck (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Sébastien Michaux, Bruno Stuart
  • Publication number: 20140367410
    Abstract: An aerosol system for dispensing liquid material, comprising a container assembly and an actuator assembly comprising an outlet member defining an outlet opening, a collar member, an actuator member, and a selector member. The actuator member supports the collar member and the outlet member such that movement of the collar member relative to the actuator member causes the collar member to deform the outlet member. Movement of the selector member relative to the collar member moves the collar member relative to the actuator member. Deformation of the outlet member alters a cross-sectional area of the outlet opening. When the actuator assembly is in a first position, the liquid material is prevented from flowing out of the container. When the actuator assembly is in a second position, the liquid material is allowed to flow out of the container assembly through the outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: James A. Tryon, Lester R. Greer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140361044
    Abstract: A sprayhead (1) for use with an aerosol container (2), comprising a chassis (3) capable of firm attachment to said container (2); a rotatable circular collar (4) located largely around and in close proximity to the chassis (3); and a spray channel (8) and associated actuator button (39), said spray channel (8) being designed to pass through a central aperture (13) in the chassis and being connectable to the central valve stem of an aerosol container (2) with which the sprayhead (1) is designed to be used; the circular collar (4) being rotatable between a first position in which a holding feature (33D) of the collar (4) interacts with a holding feature (15D) of the chassis (3) and a second position; the sprayhead (1) being inoperable when the circular collar (4) is in its first position and operable when the circular collar (4) is in its second position; the holding features (33D) providing rotational resistance to movement between the first and second positions; the circular collar (4) further comprising a pr
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Amit Arora, Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Publication number: 20140361049
    Abstract: A sprayhead (1) for use with an aerosol container (2) comprising a central valve stem, said sprayhead (1) comprising: a chassis (3) attaching to the valve cup of an aerosol container (2); a rotatable circular collar (4) comprising a bridge (16) spanning a diameter of the collar (4); and a spray channel (8) and associated actuator button (39), said spray channel (8) being designed to pass through a central aperture in the bridge (16) spanning a diameter of the collar (4), and being connectable to the central valve stem of an aerosol container (2); the chassis (3) holding the spray channel (8) and actuator button (39) in a non-rotatable manner and the collar (4) being rotatable between operable and inoperable positions; wherein the chassis (3) comprises an annular skirt (14) encircling at least 90% of the circumference of the valve cup and gripping the valve cup such that the torque required to turn the chassis (3) around the valve cup is at least twice that required to turn the rotatable circular collar (4) ar
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Amit Arora, Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Publication number: 20140329918
    Abstract: A sprayhead (1) suitable for use with an aerosol container (2) comprising a central valve stem, said sprayhead (1) comprising a chassis (3) capable of firm attachment to the valve cup of an aerosol container (2), said chassis (3) comprising a circular platform (12) and a peripheral skirt (14); a rotatable circular collar (4) located around and largely over the peripheral skirt (14) of the chassis (3), said collar (4) comprising a bridge (16) spanning a diameter of the collar (4); and a spray channel (8) and associated actuator button (39), said spray channel (8) being designed to pass through a central aperture (13) in the circular platform (12) of the chassis (3) and through a central aperture (32) in the bridge (16) spanning a diameter of the collar (4), and being connectable to the central valve stem of an aerosol container (2) with which the sprayhead (1) is designed to be used; the chassis (3) holding the spray channel (8) and associated actuator button (39) in a non-rotatable manner and the collar (4) b
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Amit Arora, Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 8875951
    Abstract: An aerosol cap adapted to mate with a canister includes an outer hollow shell and an inner hollow shell that is partially enclosed by the outer shell and centrally disposed therein. The outer hollow shell includes at least one rib element. The inner and outer shells are physically interconnected together by the at least one rib element. The inner hollow shell includes a base ring member hingedly connected to a pod member. The pod member includes a button support for receiving a button actuator of the canister. The pod member further includes a cam profile for cooperating with the at least one rib element to transition the aerosol cap between an operative position and a non-operative position upon rotating the outer hollow shell relative to the inner hollow shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventor: Kent A. Houser
  • Publication number: 20140291353
    Abstract: The aerosol dispenser, comprises: an aerosol canister and associated valve stem; and an actuator cap (1) comprising: a rotatable outer body (2) and an associated actuator button (3); and a non-rotatable chassis (4) and an associated spray channel assembly (6), the latter comprising an outlet nozzle (63); the outer body (2) being rotatable between a first position in which the spray channel assembly (6) is separated from the valve stem of the aerosol canister and the dispenser is incapable of activation and a second position in which the spray channel assembly (6) is attached to the valve stem of the aerosol canister and the dispenser is capable of activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Adrian Barclay Caroen, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 8833613
    Abstract: A cylindrical container for preferably foam compound cylinder is described, including a base portion separately couplable with a head portion, the head portion including an attachment flange adapted to accommodate a valved head of the cylinder and couplable with an attachment flange of an application device of the substance contained in the cylinder, and attachment part engageable with a thread of the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Rigo S.R.L.
    Inventor: Riccardo Rigolio
  • Patent number: 8833677
    Abstract: The invention discloses a sport-type multifunctional spray mineral water bottle, including cap body, spray means, drink means and water locking means. The invention can ensure normal drinking of mineral water as well as carry out spray drinking of water by means of squeezing the bottle body to transform bottle body and increase the pressure inside the bottle, thus making water to enter inlet from the outlet of water locking means on the cap, and to enter the atomizing channel through the water channel, finally to be sprayed from the spray aperture. Furthermore, in the open air or in the dusty and hot environment, you can place the mineral water bottle upside down, put the nozzle to face your body or surrounding, and squeeze the bottle body to spray, thus reducing surrounding temperature, as well as subsiding dust by combining dust and spray to make you feel cool, fresh and comfortable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen Nozo Investment Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chang Ho Chang
  • Publication number: 20140252027
    Abstract: A system for spraying, according to various aspects of the present invention, includes a shuttle and a trigger switch. The shuttle and the trigger switch cooperate with discontinuous mechanical coupling. The trigger switch provides a discontinuity in bias against operation of the trigger switch by the user. Consequently, the user experiences tactile feedback before spray is released. Prior to tactile feedback, the system establishes a communication link. When spray is released, the system transmits a notice via the communication link. Such a system when equipped with pepper spray aerosol is advantageous for self-defense.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Guardian 8 Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Scott Lord
  • Patent number: 8807396
    Abstract: A trigger diffuser to be secured to the neck of a vial provided with an outlet valve (31) provides for securing it on the vial, actuating the valve (31), a trigger (200) movable between a neutral position, in which the valve is not actuated, and a diffusion position, in which an actuation element is moved in the direction of the valve so as to actuate it, and an outlet channel for the transport out of the diffuser of the product coming out of the valve. In order to store the diffuser without the risk of accidentally actuating the trigger even after the first withdrawal, the diffuser includes a blocking element (304) movable between a blocking position, in which the trigger (200) is prevented from reaching the diffusion position, and a release position, in which the trigger can be moved from the neutral position to the diffusion position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Lindal France SAS
    Inventors: Hervé Bodet, Dominique Fournet
  • Patent number: 8777061
    Abstract: A security cap includes a cap body having a base portion and an upstanding wall extending longitudinally upward from a top edge thereof. An actuator is assembled within an interior of the upstanding wall, the actuator being longitudinally movably and axially rotatable enabling cycling between a locked state and an unlocked state. The actuator is rotationally governed by a rotation locking member comprising a push button and an arched biasing member. The push button extends through an aperture provided in the actuator and engages with a vertical edge integrated along a recess formed within the upstanding wall. Vertical motion is governed by a projecting locking feature extending from the actuator. The locking feature engages with a actuation governing edge in a locked state and rotates free of the governing edge into an unlocked, dispensing state, enabling vertical motion of the actuator for dispensing contents from with the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Emil Meshberg
  • Publication number: 20140183228
    Abstract: A diffuser cap for an aerosol actuator comprises a vessel and a valve mounted on the vessel utilizing a dome. The diffuser cap is provided with an operating pushbutton of the valve cooperating with an outlet tube from the valve. The pushbutton of the diffuser cap is provided with a channel and an aerosol diffusion outlet. The diffuser cap comprises a base configured to snap onto a crimped region of the dome and a protective unit surrounding the pushbutton. The pushbutton and the protective unit of the pushbutton are mounted in a rotary manner on the base. The diffuser cap comprises a disabling device for disabling the operation of the pushbutton operated by a relative movement of the protective unit in relation to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: TECHNIMA
    Inventors: CEDRIK DECEA, CLAUDE BERNARD MICHELOT
  • Patent number: 8733599
    Abstract: A combined cap and actuator device for an aerosol container has a body which is substantially cylindrically-shaped having a receiving portion, an actuating portion, and a waist portion. The body is reversible from an unactuating position wherein the valve of the aerosol container is closed to prevent product flow, to an actuating position wherein the valve is opened to dispense product into the receiving portion. A lid is attachable to seal the receiving portion, actuating portion or base of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Lloyd Hornland
  • Patent number: 8727181
    Abstract: Trash receptacles are rarely cleaned. These containers can contain germs and disease in them in many situations. This liquid dispensing device will spray a liquid of choice with in the interior of the trash receptacle automatically every time it is emptied and replaced onto the support surface. These liquids may drastically reduce the amount of bacteria, germs, insects, and disease with in the container. This device will provide this sanitation service automatically. This liquid dispensing device may be attached to industrial dumpsters as well as to residential trash containers. This device does not require a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Eric Stephen Larabee
  • Publication number: 20140124539
    Abstract: An actuator (18, 18?) is provided for actuating a valve (16) on a container (14) for dispensing a fluent product. The actuator (18, 18?) includes an exterior housing (40, 40?) and a rotatable member (42, 42?). The rotatable member (42, 42?) is located in an interior chamber (48) of the housing (40, 40?) and includes an engageable surface (54) located in a circumferentially extending window (50) of the housing (40, 40?) to be engaged by a user for movement of the engageable surface (54) within the window (50) between a locked position wherein movement of an actuator button (52) from an un-actuated position to an actuated position is prevented and an unlocked position wherein movement of the actuator button (52) from the un-actuated position to the actuated position is allowed to actuate the valve (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: AptarGroup, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean H. Cho, Peter J. Walters, Gerald J. Marquardt, Paul E. Hallman
  • Patent number: 8714412
    Abstract: A fluid product dispenser includes: a tubular body extending along a main axis; a male element, able to slide inside the tubular body; a volume for receiving the product, located inside the male element; a plate molding an external side surface of the tubular body, the plate being provided with at least one projection able to slide in a slit in the tubular body, substantially parallel to the main axis, the projection being able to move the male element in the tubular body, the dispenser including an element for locking the plate on the tubular body in at least two locking positions along the main axis. Thus, a dispensing head, firmly fixed to the male element, can be extracted or retracted by making the plate slide along the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Qualipac
    Inventors: Christophe Benigni, Vincent Druesne
  • Publication number: 20140084026
    Abstract: A spray actuator for an aerosol container, having at least one liquid to be dispensed there-from, has a valve actuator hinged mounted in the actuator body about a hinge axis, preferably at, or above, an intersection of the valve stem of the container valve and the inlet of a product passageway in the valve actuator, the product passage being connected to a spray nozzle. The valve actuator has both a trigger and a button, which enables operation of the spray actuator in any disposition of the container. Optionally, the spray nozzle is rotatable in the valve actuator to enable the major-axis of the spray fan to be rotated; and an optional locking assembly may be provided to selectively lock the valve actuator against operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Vega Innovations Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Cyril Gillespie, David Eric Griffin
  • Publication number: 20140048561
    Abstract: A rifle or pistol mounted pepper spray device has a slide activation. The device has a housing that attaches to a picatinny rail of a modern sporting rifle. The housing receives a can of pepper spray. The housing and pepper spray slip into a grip. The grip activates the pepper spray when it is pulled toward the user. The device has a lock system as well as a buffer spring to prevent inadvertent spraying of the pepper spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Pro-Defense LLC
    Inventor: Steven D. Mangold
  • Patent number: 8622256
    Abstract: Actuator apparatus for spray containers and methods of manufacturing actuator apparatus for spray containers. The actuator apparatus includes a cover having a restraint structure, e.g., locatable below an aperture portion of a push button of a base, to restrict the push button from depression by a user when the actuator apparatus is in a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason C. Campbell
  • Patent number: 8602269
    Abstract: A dispenser head (1) comprises a main body (2), an arm (60) hinged to the main body (2) and pumping means. The pumping means comprise a main cylinder (12), a sliding piston (16), dispensing means sensitive to pressure. The arm (60) is hinged to the main body (2) in a hinging portion (60b) distanced radially from the body axis (X), straddling the body axis (X) and transmitting an axial translation movement to the piston (16) by means of an elastically yielding element (30). A removable lock or tab can be included as a safety means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Guala Dispensing S.p.A.
    Inventor: Riccardo Alluigi
  • Publication number: 20130320041
    Abstract: This invention relates to a spray head for dispensing product from a container, having an attachment element on which a closure element for closing off the exit orifice of a spray channel is disposed and an actuating element on activation of which the exit orifice is connectable with a valve opening of the container. In order to create a spray head which is easier and safer to handle than those of the prior art, it is proposed according to the invention that the closure element and the actuating element form a unit pivotable about an axis from a closed position to an actuating position, the exit orifice of the spray channel being closable by the unit's being in the closed position, and that the unit has locking means via which the unit can be locked in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: LINDAL DISPENSER GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea Selinger, Norman Goldberg