Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
222185100 | For bottom discharge dispenser supported on horizontal surface | 35 |
20080223878 | Intermodal powder/bulk freight container - The present invention teaches that air may be injected into the sloping bottom of a bulk dry particulate cargo container (micron-sized through quarry-sized dry particulate) accompanied by traditional conveyance-variety pneumatic air, causing the bulk dry particulate cargo to enter a bi-phase state having an air matrix with particulate inclusions. The result of this air lubrication is a dramatically reduced coefficient of friction. This bi-phase material may be extremely fluid, easily exiting a discharge port without regard to normal bulk dry particulate friction or angle of repose. The present invention also teaches a cargo container having a plurality of air injectors on the sloping bottom of a particulate plenum and having air supply apparatus feeding the air injectors. | 09-18-2008 |
20080277423 | HOPPER WITH SLIDE DISCHARGE GATE AND METHOD MAKING THE SAME - A hopper bin assembly with a slide discharge gate comprises a hopper section, a slide gate housing, and a pallet. The hopper stores a volume of dry material and includes an outlet. The slide gate housing couples with the hopper and includes a discharge opening that aligns with the outlet of the hopper. A slidable gate that is coupled with the discharge opening controls the flow of material through the discharge opening. The pallet supports the slide gate housing and the hopper and includes openings that receive the forks of a forklift. A method of making at least a portion of the hopper bin assembly includes rotating a resin in a mold along two or more axes within a heated room or chamber. The mold is cooled and the part formed therein is separated into one or more sections. | 11-13-2008 |
20080314930 | Liquid container valve system - A beverage dispenser for use in combination with a container with a neck, having a dispenser body with a stabilizing base and a hub. The hub has an upwardly facing socket to accept the container's neck. A spigot assembly is mounted to the dispenser body and has a valve body and a spigot cap. A liquid passageway and an air relief passageway each separately connect the socket to the spigot assembly. A vent tube extends from the air relief passageway into the container, and an air valve is connected to the vent tube. Actuation of the spigot cap to an on position opens the liquid passageway as well as the air relief passageway to ambient air, permitting air within the container to equilibrate with ambient air via the interconnection of the vent tube, air relief passageway, and an air channel within the valve body, and permits beverage to exit the container and travel through the liquid passageway to be dispensed from the beverage dispenser at a dispensing port portion of the spigot assembly. | 12-25-2008 |
20090218370 | WATER BOTTLE ADAPTOR FOR AN APPLIANCE - A system and method for supplying bottled water to an appliance is provided, where the water bottle is opened as it is positioned on the appliance. The appliance includes an operational portion and a bottle receiving portion. The operational portion can be any appliance which utilizes water in its operations, such as humidifiers, vaporizers, coffeemakers, tea makers, dental water jets, and the like. The bottle receiving portion includes a conduit defining a fluid path, where the conduit is in fluid communication with the operational portion. The conduit has a first end with a piercing member for piercing the bottle, and a second end in fluid communication with the operational portion. When a water bottle is positioned in the bottle receiving portion, the piercing member pierces the bottle, allowing the water to exit the bottle along the fluid path to the operational portion of the appliance. | 09-03-2009 |
20090236369 | Container structure with dispensing valve - The invention relates to a container structure with a dispensing valve capable of completely draining tea or drink contained therein without the tea or drink being wasted. The container structure is made of a metal material, which is circled to form a cylindrical sidewall. A baseplate is tightly joined to a bottom end of the sidewall. The baseplate crosses two opposite sides of the sidewall and gradually tilts. The dispensing valve corresponding to a lowest portion of the container structure and the inclined baseplate is mounted to the sidewall. When the container structure is placed horizontally or slantingly, the liquid contained in the container structure can fully flow to the dispensing valve and be drained out. | 09-24-2009 |
20090255956 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER WITH ELEVATED DISPENSE CONTROL, METHOD OF ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE - A beverage dispenser ( | 10-15-2009 |
20100155428 | Mounting Device - The invention relates to a mounting device, particularly arranged for mounting a detergent delivery cartridge ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100213215 | Dispensing system including an improved throat plug assembly - A dispensing system for use on a liquid container such as a bottle or the like for dispensing the liquid contents from the bottle. The outlet opening of the container is closed by the improved throat plug assembly of this invention having a valve positioned therein which is open when the container is mounted in a dispensing fixture which is closed when the container is not mounted on the dispensing system. A plastic spring yieldably urges the valve to its closed position. In the preferred embodiment, a retainer and plastic spring are of one-piece molded construction. The throat plug assembly also includes a specifically shaped valve which is opened slightly when the container is being stored or transported to vent vapor pressure from within the container should the same be necessary. | 08-26-2010 |
20100314416 | Boxed Beverage Stand - A boxed beverage stand for use with a boxed beverage having a container portion and a valve includes a lower portion having a plurality of legs, a top end, and an open area. The plurality of legs elevates the top end above the open area. The stand includes rails adjacent the lower portion top end forming a channel for receiving a glass. An upper portion is complementary to the lower portion top end for being selectively received atop the lower portion top end. The upper portion includes a floor, opposed sidewalls, a front wall, and a rear wall all extending upwardly from the floor and that define a receiving area configured to receive the boxed beverage container portion. The front wall includes a vertical passage for the boxed beverage valve to pass through when the boxed beverage container portion is in the receiving area. | 12-16-2010 |
20110011893 | Transportable bulk container with slide gate dispenser - A transportable bulk container having a discharge chute and a sliding gate assembly to control discharge through the discharge chute, wherein the sliding gate assembly has a gate member with generally J-shaped suspension members, the suspension members being supported by generally L-shaped rail flanges mounted on the discharge chute above and separated from the lower end of the discharge chute, such that bulk material does not interfere with the sliding movement of the gate member. | 01-20-2011 |
20110036868 | CONTAINER FOR REFILL - The invention aims at providing a container for refill that enables transfer of the contents with one action and successfully secure the self-supporting property of the container for allowing the safe transfer. The opening portion ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110192866 | Aggregate Material Feeder - The invention is an apparatus to more efficiency move aggregate material from a bulk shipping or storage container to a hot melt or intermediate tank. The apparatus allows the chips to flow from the shipping container into an enclosed chamber by means of a feed chute which opens close to the floor of the chamber so that, as the chips fall out of the feed chute onto the chamber floor, the chips form a pile of a predictable size. By raising or lowering the bottom end of the chute, the size of the pile is varied such that the outer edge of the chip pile reaches the chamber's exit portal, so the chips fall into the hot melt tank or a transportation system, taking the material to the hot melt tank with minimal bridging or complex instrumentation. | 08-11-2011 |
20110297702 | DISPENSING CONTAINER WITH BOTTOM VALVE - A disposable corrugated board dispensing container including an enclosure having a bottom wall and side walls including a front side wall for containing contents therein. The bottom wall is formed by overlapping flaps attached to each of the side walls at a fold line, and an aperture is disposed in the bottom wall. A funnel is supported by a funnel support disposed between the funnel and the bottom wall, the funnel guiding the contents of the enclosure to the aperture in the bottom wall. A slide valve controls the dispensing of the contents through the aperture, the slide valve being accessed through an access opening in the front side wall. | 12-08-2011 |
20110303701 | WATER DISPENSER WITH A RESERVOIR SYSTEM AND FAUCET MANIFOLD THEREFOR - A water dispenser is disclosed having a housing for a reservoir in communication with a faucet to draw water therefrom. A water bottle is positioned spout-down at the top of the housing or in the top section of the reservoir. Water flows to the faucet via gravity without the use of pumps and the like. The configuration of the reservoir and the positioning of conduits provides to place the faucet closer to the top of the water dispenser again without the use of pumps and the like. The faucet includes separate compartments as well as inlets and outlets so as to divert water towards a variety of water treatment apparatuses such as hot tanks, carbonators, chillers and the like. The faucet includes controllable valves which provide the user to choose between hot, cold, carbonated or otherwise treated water. The faucet and reservoir can form an assembly which can be removed from the housing without tools. | 12-15-2011 |
20120006852 | ANTI-BUBBLING AND ANTI-CONTAMINATION WATER DISPENSER - An anti-bubbling and anti-contamination water dispenser of the kind used to dispense water from disposable bottles which have a threaded cap, comprising a hexahedral housing to support said disposable bottles, having on the upper wall a container; said container is communicated with a tap to dispense water disposed perpendicular to the front wall of the housing to support said disposable bottles; wherein said front wall of the support housing of said disposable bottles has a recess that allows a gap between the tap outlet and the projection of said front wall wherein a glass for beverages aligned with the outlet center of water from the tap can fit, wherein said upper container has an identical inner diameter and threading that the cap of the disposable bottle; another embodiment of the dispenser refers to an anti-bubbling and anti-contamination water dispenser of the kind used to dispense water from water bottles, comprising a hexahedral housing to support said bottles, having on the upper wall hollow truncated cone that raises from said upper wall of the housing, wherein the slope of the hollow truncated cone decreases to the upper section comprising the upper minor base of the hollow truncated cone; said hollow truncated cone is joined to the housing by means of its bottom major base that is communicated with a tap to dispense water disposed perpendicular to the front wall of the housing to support said bottles; wherein said front wall of the housing to support said bottles has a recess that allows a gap between the tap outlet and the projection of said front wall wherein a glass for beverages aligned with the outlet center of water from the tap can fit, characterized in that said hollow truncated cone has in its upper minor base an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the opening of the bottles. | 01-12-2012 |
20120024903 | Multiple beverage dispenser with spigot - A multiple option beverage dispenser, having a spigot, for gravitationally dispensing a liquid beverage from standard recyclable plastic bottle containers, having standard screwed necks, available commercially. The instant invention called “Multiple Beverage Dispenser with Spigot” is a two piece device, preferably injection molded of preferred plastic construction, for economy of production. The heart of the instant inventions' design comprises a multi-tiered female threaded bottle receiver, a fluid chamber, and a tubular discharge end having a standard male threaded coupling and seal, and a manually operated spigot having a standard female threaded coupling for assembly to said male threaded coupling. The instant invention is designed as companion equipment when installed into a wide variety of commercially produced host ice cooler/chests having dispensing spigots, or that spigots may be added (retro-fitted), providing a unique scope of utility, size, durability, and appearance. | 02-02-2012 |
20120055955 | WINE DISPENSER - An upstanding cylinder and a loading lid are produced respectively from glass. On the upper face of the bottom plate of the cylinder, a substance-pooling concave in which wine lees and tartar are pooled is formed. Owing to this constitution, there is little risk that the external air enters through a gap between the sliding faces of these members into the wine-pooling section in the cylinder and causes the oxidation of the wine. Since the cylinder comprises glass, the wine can be stored under almost the same conditions as in bottles. Further, sanitary precautions can be easily taken. Furthermore, problems such as the sticking of the cylinder to the loading lid due to stainless steel rust and so on can be overcome. | 03-08-2012 |
20120111892 | Multiple beverage dispenser adapter - A multiple option beverage dispenser, for gravitationally dispensing a liquid beverage from standard recyclable plastic bottle containers available commercially, having a standard screwed neck. The instant invention called “Multiple Beverage Dispenser Adapter” is a one piece device, preferably injection molded of preferred plastic construction for economy of production. The heart of the instant inventions' design comprises a multi-tiered female threaded plastic bottle receiver, a fluid chamber, and a tubular discharge end for liquid exit. The instant invention, designed as a companion equipment device, to be a clean and simple installation, into a wide variety of commercially produced host ice cooler/chests having dispensing spigots, or that spigots may be added (retro-fitted), providing a unique scope of utility, size, durability, and appearance. | 05-10-2012 |
20120234864 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container includes a housing having a bottom wall, an upright surrounding wall that has a top portion extending upwardly from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall, and a receiving space defined by the bottom wall and the top portion of the upright surrounding wall. The upright surrounding wall has front, rear, left and right sides. The front side has a liquid outlet opening communicated with the receiving space. The bottom wall is inclined downwardly from the rear side to the front side and has a lowest part adjacent to the front side. | 09-20-2012 |
20120234865 | LOW-PROFILE SEED HANDLING SYSTEM WITH SEPARATE SEED BINS AND TURRET SEED FEEDER - A low-profile particulate handling assembly is provided for use in conjunction with a downstream treating device, such as a seed treater unit. The assembly includes a plurality of juxtaposed particulate bins and a surmounting turret assembly designed to successively deliver particulates to the bins. The particulates within the bins are delivered to the downstream treating device through respective lower outlets each equipped with an adjustable slide gate assembly and a lower, multiple-chute assembly. Preferably, each bin has a top wall which in plan configuration approximates a sector of a circle, planar sidewalls, and downwardly tapered, arcuate sidewall structure leading to the lower outlet; in this fashion, the bins can be grouped with the sidewalls in close adjacency, and with the outlets located to feed into a single inlet of the downstream treating device. | 09-20-2012 |
20120292346 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING A LIQUID FROM A CONTAINER - A liquid detergent dispensing aid, including a structure having four sides and a top, wherein the four sides contain a front segment and a back segment connected by two sides, and a cup holder means attached to a bottom portion of the front segment, wherein the front segment has a height shorter than the back segment, and wherein the top has a downward facing angle relative to a horizontal plane facing the front segment. | 11-22-2012 |
20120305598 | Device and Method for Draining Contents from Containers - A device for the support and suspension of inverted containers for the purpose of facilitating the draining of the typically diminished contents from the containers. The device comprises a top member having an orifice for inserting and accommodating variously-sized inverted containers and a flexible, yet rigid, wall member having segments of increasing circumference from the top to the base of the device and wherein the segments are defined by and have a plurality of creases that permit inward and outward folds that allow for an adjustable height for the device and the complete collapse of the top and wall of the device into the circumference of the largest wall segment. | 12-06-2012 |
20120318824 | BAG-IN-BOX DISPENSING SPOUT CAPTURE MECHANISM - A capture mechanism for a dispensing spout of a bag-in-box liquid dispenser, the dispenser adapted to enable said dispensing spout protrude through at least the base of its box, the capture mechanism comprising: means for capturing a dispensing spout of a bag-in-box liquid dispenser, wherein in use with at least a portion of the capture mechanism cooperating with the box of a bag-in-box liquid dispenser adapted to enable its dispensing spout protrude through at least the base of its box, the capturing means is positioned to maintain the dispensing spout in a low dispensing position relative to the level of the base of the box. | 12-20-2012 |
20130056496 | LIQUID SOAP DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING A MIXTURE OF A DISH CLEANING LIQUID SOAP AND WATER - A liquid dish cleaning fluid dispenser having a reservoir adapted to receive liquid dish cleaning fluid, a dispensing port located at the bottom of the reservoir and a manually operated cantilevered member pivotally coupled to a plastic support base located below the reservoir and attached to a base member which supports the reservoir. A release lever is located at the end of the cantilevered member for moving downward the cantilevered member and a valve member is located in the cantilevered member which engages the dispensing port in the reservoir to allow cleaning fluid to flow out of the reservoir when the release lever is manually urged to moved downward. The plastic manually operated cantilevered member springs back to it's initial up position to close the valve member to prevent fluid from flowing out of the reservoir when the release lever is no longer manually urged to move downward. | 03-07-2013 |
20130161354 | PROPPANT STORAGE VESSEL AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A proppant storage vessel has a first container with an interior volume, and a second container supported in spaced relation above the first container. The first container has a bottom hatch affixed to a bottom wall thereof. The bottom hatch is movable between an open position and a closed position. The first container has an opening at a top wall thereof. The second container has bottom hatch formed on a bottom wall thereof. The bottom hatch of the second container is aligned with the opening of the first container such that a proppant in the second container can flow through the hatch thereof into the interior volume of the first container. Each of the containers includes first, second, third and fourth inclined surfaces positioned in the interior volume and extending from the respective side walls and end walls thereof toward the bottom hatch. | 06-27-2013 |
20130221032 | Mechanical Dispensing System - The present application provides a dispensing system for dispensing a beverage from a container. The dispensing system may include a dispensing valve adapted to be positioned within the container, a dispensing valve receptacle for receiving the dispensing valve, and a dispensing lever connected to the dispensing valve receptacle. Moving the dispensing lever causes the dispensing valve receptacle to rotate the dispensing valve so as to dispense the beverage from the container. | 08-29-2013 |
20130334256 | In-Line Water reservoir for human or livestock or vegetation survival during natural or other disaster - A continuously refreshing in-line water reservoir system for use in the event of a loss of water source due to a natural disaster or otherwise is disclosed. The in-line water reservoir system may comprise a reservoir for holding water, a water inlet line through which water flows into the reservoir, e.g. water flows into the reservoir from a community water supply, and a water outlet line though which water flows out from the reservoir and to a point of use during normal operation. Moreover, the system is configured in-line between a water supply and a point of water extraction. For example, any time water is extracted from a point of use water pressure from the community water supply forces at least some new water into the reservoir thereby at least partially replenishing the reserve of potable water for emergency use. | 12-19-2013 |
20140034678 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - A beverage dispenser for use with a beverage container containing an alcoholic beverage includes a base with an upper outside surface, a vertically-inclined bore within the base, a valve bore in fluid communication with and transverse to the vertically-inclined bore, and a vent formed in the base to maintain fluid communication between the vertically-inclined bore and the atmosphere external to the base where the vertically-inclined bore extends a first pre-defined distance into the base from the upper outside surface and defines an upper opening in the base for receiving a neck portion of an inverted beverage container and where the valve bore extends a second pre-defined distance into the base and fluidly communicates with a lower portion of the vertically-inclined bore. | 02-06-2014 |
20140197206 | Dispenser - A dispenser for animal feed or other granular material in which the material is dispensed as a mound, includes a dispenser body with a container having an outlet for discharging material by gravity feed onto a surface, a shelf or other moveable member beneath the outlet that travels vertically relative to the container to vary the gap between the container outlet and the surface, and an actuator to permit adjustment of the moveable member. The actuator uses frictional force to retain the moveable member in a selected position, which can be adjusted by overcoming the frictional force. | 07-17-2014 |
20140203046 | BULK MATERIAL SHIPPING CONTAINER UNLOADER - A bulk material shipping container unloader having an expandable supporter, a pallet receiver supported by the extendable supporter, and a material director supported by the pallet receiver. | 07-24-2014 |
20140284357 | EXPANDABLE GRAVITY-FEED BIN - A gravity-feed bin includes a generally hollow main bin that has a storage reservoir and an open end. A first generally hollow extension section is selectably coupled to the open end of the main bin. The first extension section is in communication with the reservoir, and the storage capacity of the reservoir is increased by the first extension section. In some embodiments a seal element is intermediate the open end of the main bin and the first extension section, the seal element providing a substantially air-tight seal between the main bin and the first extension section. A plurality of extension sections and seal elements may be selectably coupled together in a stacked arrangement upon the main bin to increase the storage capacity of the reservoir. | 09-25-2014 |
20150102066 | Beverage server with conveniently separable barrel body and base - A beverage server with conveniently separable barrel body and base comprising a barrel body, a base, an upper connecting plate disposed at a bottom surface of the barrel body, and a lower connecting plate disposed at an upper surface of the base. The lower connecting plate and the upper connecting plate are removably connected with each other via a rotary clamping unit. The present invention has a simple structure, and its barrel body and base can be separated without the need of using external assisting tools, and its rotary clamping unit is not easy to fall off and lost, and its rotary clamping unit will not wobble after the barrel body and the base are separated. | 04-16-2015 |
20150122844 | LINER FOR A VESSEL - A beverage containment assembly may include a disposable liner assembly for dispensing fluids with a vessel. The liner assembly may comprise a flexible liner configured for the vessel, a flexible tube; and a cuff having an interlock surface. The cuff may be received in at least a portion of the tube thereby securing the liner and the tube. The interlock surface may be configured to provide a seal between at least the cuff and the liner. A method of manufacturing same is further provided. | 05-07-2015 |
20150353244 | Dispensing Lid - The instant invention is for a lid that comprises support means extending from said lid that are used to maintain a container in an inverted position. The lid further comprises a dispenser, such that when the lid is connected to a container and the container is inverted, gravity compels contents of the container out the dispenser. | 12-10-2015 |
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