Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
222207000 | Supply container delivering to receiving chamber | 82 |
20080197152 | Device For Dispensing A Preferably Cosmetic Fluid - The invention relates to a device ( | 08-21-2008 |
20080203114 | FLUID DISPENSER WITH DOCKING STATION - The fluid dispenser includes a storage pouch that defines a storage container with fluid residing therein. The storage container has an exit port. A docking support includes a seat for removably receiving the storage container. The docking support has an input port. The exit port of the storage container is in fluid communication with the input port of the docking support. A conduit is fluidly connected to the input port of the docking support whereby fluid is delivered from the storage container through the docking station and through the conduit and out through the nozzle. A nozzle is preferably attached to the free end of the conduit with a metering pump positioned thereat to control flow of fluid therefrom. | 08-28-2008 |
20080203115 | BOTTLE FOR CONTAINING AND DISPENSING LIQUIDS - The present invention is a fluid dispensing device that includes a flexible and compressible outer housing that defines a bladder-receiving region. An independently deformable bladder, that contains media to be dispensed therein, resides in the bladder-receiving region. Compression of the outer housing exoskeleton causes the inner bladder to collapse and urge liquid, contained therein, to exit through the nozzle dispensing. A pump, which is accessible from the outside of the housing by a user, may be installed in fluid communication with the bladder to assist in dispensing media from the bladder for use. | 08-28-2008 |
20080223879 | Pump dispenser - The present invention relates to a pumping device for dispensing a media. More specifically the present invention relates to a pump dispenser consisting of a pump cap and a receptacle, said pump cap being particular suitable for dispensing powder or fiber. | 09-18-2008 |
20080264972 | METERING DISPENSING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED VALVING TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL DISPENSING OF LIQUID THEREFROM - A liquid dispensing device includes a storage container and dome pump mechanism attached thereto for metered dispensing. A one-way valve is employed to pull liquid from the storage container into the dome for metering. An exit passageway serves as an output valve. Each time the dome pump housing is depressed, a substantially equal volume of fluid is dispensed from the container. To prevent accidental dispensing, the one-way valve in the dome pump remains normally open and unsealed to allow backflow of liquid back into the storage container pouch when pressure is placed on the dome. The user squeezes the dome and base plate together to seal the one-way valve to urge liquid out through the exit port for actual dispensing. Also, interior pouch force creates blackflow through the exit port back into the containment chamber to further prevent leakage. | 10-30-2008 |
20080264973 | METERING DISPENSING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED VALVING TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL DISPENSING OF LIQUID THEREFROM - A liquid dispensing device includes a storage container and dome pump mechanism attached thereto for metered dispensing. A one-way valve is employed to pull liquid from the storage container into the dome for metering. An exit passageway serves as an output valve. Each time the dome pump housing is depressed, a substantially equal volume of fluid is dispensed from the container. To prevent accidental dispensing, the one-way valve in the dome pump remains normally open and unsealed to allow backflow of liquid back into the storage container pouch when pressure is placed on the dome. The user squeezes the dome and base plate together to seal the one-way valve to urge liquid out through the exit port for actual dispensing. The dome pump is integrally formed with a top portion of the exit pathway. Optionally, the base plate and bottom portion of the exit pathway are also integrally formed to facilitate manufacture and reduce costs of the pump while improving performance thereof. | 10-30-2008 |
20080277427 | Tilting Flap Pump - The invention relates to a pump for a liquid product dispenser, which includes a reservoir and interacts with a manually actuatable element provided with an injection orifice. The pump includes a body embodied in the form of a single piece and including a seat which covers the reservoir and is provided with an intake orifice and a flap, which is mounted on the seat by means of a joint associated with an elastic return means which enables the flap to be reversibly tilted towards the seat, by pressing on the actuating element, in such way that the injection orifice is opened and the intake orifice is simultaneously closed. | 11-13-2008 |
20090032554 | Dispenser, a pump engine for a dispenser and a container for a dispenser - A pump engine or unit for pump-action fluid dispenser has a fluid storage chamber ( | 02-05-2009 |
20090050651 | Dispenser for discharge of liquid to pasty materials - The invention relates to a dispenser ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090065531 | FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSING MEMBER AND DISPENSER COMPRISING SAME - A fluid dispenser member ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090071982 | DISPENSING PUMP FOR PRODUCT STORAGE AND DISPENSING CONTAINER AND CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH SUCH A PUMP - A pump is arranged to be mounted on a product storage and dispensing container. It includes a variable-volume pumping chamber and a dip tube having a first end able to be inserted inside the container where it picks up product and a product-dispensing second end at the exit from the pumping chamber. The dip tube can be produced by extrusion and typically has two valves and at least one elastically deformable portion running between the valves. | 03-19-2009 |
20090140009 | Pump for bottle - A pump for a bottle is disclosed. The pump comprises a lid for being assembled to a mouth of the bottle, a shell settled inside the lid, a drawing tube connected to a lower end of the shell with a one-way valve settled therebetween so that contents in the bottle can be drawn into the shell through the drawing tube and retained from reversely flowing back to the bottle, a pressing head for controlling a piston tube to axially shift in the lid and the shell, an elastic member settled in the shell so as to axially deform and resile in responding to the axially shifting piston tube so that the contents in the bottle can enter the shell through the one-way valve and be extruded into the piston tube through a radial hole so as to be expelled at an outlet of the pressing head. | 06-04-2009 |
20090166383 | DISPENSING DEVICE - The invention relates to a dispensing device for dispensing a preferably cosmetic liquid, comprising an elastic or flexible pump section. The aim of the invention is to provide a dispensing device having a compact and simple structure, that is easy to use and operate such that said dispensing direction is at least substantially counter to the direction of actuation and/or it extends at least substantially vertically in the upward direction. Alternatively or additionally, a widening receiving area for the dispensed liquid adjoins the outlet such that said liquid can be removed or extracted manually. Said receiving area is preferably shell-shaped and open towards the top. | 07-02-2009 |
20090173751 | Check valve and a split-body fluid device having such a check valve | 07-09-2009 |
20090212075 | DISPENSING DEVICE - The invention relates to a dispensing device for a preferably cosmetic liquid, and to a method for producing one such dispensing device. Two components are interconnected in a liquid-tight manner. The first component comprises a recess and the second component comprises a projection. The projection engages in the recess by means of a section which is complementary to the recess. The connection is created by means of a temporarily liquefied and/or deformed material which is formed by a second section connected to the first section of the projection and/or is injected into the recess, especially via a channel through the projection. | 08-27-2009 |
20090294480 | DISPENSING DEVICE - The invention relates to a dispensing device for dispensing a preferably cosmetic liquid. Said dispensing device comprises an elastic or flexible pump section which can deform in a reversible manner in order to pump the liquid. The dispensing direction is preferably opposite to the direction of actuation. Several pump chambers are preferably arranged about a central outlet valve. Said dispensing device is preferably arranged on the base of an associated container. The outlet valve or the dispensing opening is preferably only opened during the first actuation. The liquid is distributed through a preferably hollow valve element, which also forms a nozzle. | 12-03-2009 |
20090294481 | INVERTED DISPENSER FITMENT - An inverted dispenser for a squeezable bottle is provided. The dispenser includes an outer portion having a frusto-conical body with a cavity extending therethrough. A lip extends circumferentially around the frusto-conical body. The dispenser also includes an inner portion having a cylindrical faceplate that includes a spout extending axially from a center of the faceplate. The inner portion is positioned within the outer portion such that the inner portion faceplate is positioned within the outer portion lip. The inner portion is further positioned such that the spout is in fluid communication with the cavity extending through the outer portion. In one embodiment, the inverted dispenser is formed with the outer portion and the inner portion molded as a single piece. | 12-03-2009 |
20090302064 | Elastomeric dispensing pump that can be made with as few as two components - A fluid dispensing pump that can be manufactured from as few as two parts: a stationary pump base ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100012680 | DISPENSING DEVICE - A dispensing device for a preferably cosmetic liquid as well as a method for the manufacture thereof are proposed. A lasting and tight joining of two materials is achieved while allowing for simple manufacture by pretreating the surface of the first material by means of plasma treatment or irradiation in a desired joining area in order to form radicals there or to break up the polymer chains of the first material, and by then injecting the second material directly against the first material. Another aspect consists in covering the first material with a second material for joining with another material or component. | 01-21-2010 |
20100032451 | Delivery Device With a Reinforced Flexible Wall - A delivery device is proposed with an elastically deformable component preferably bounding a pump chamber. In order to achieve improved resetting and/or protection of the component, which is preferably composed of a thermoplastic material, a wall of the component is connected to and/or is covered by an element made of a different material. | 02-11-2010 |
20100072229 | FIXED-VOLUME LIQUID DISPENSER - A dispenser for viscous liquids effectuates sequential operations by hydrostatic pressure on an assembly of two pistons separated from each other in a cylinder by a separation spring. When the piston assembly is embedded in material to be dispensed, the space between the pistons fills with material to be dispensed. Pressuring the reservoir by squeezing it or by the addition of pressurized gas, forces the piston assembly down the cylinder at the end of which is an opening from which material in the piston assembly can escape. One of the pistons moves toward the other end by pressure from the reservoir, causing material in the piston assembly to be dispensed. The volume inside the piston assembly defines and limits the volume of material that can be dispensed. | 03-25-2010 |
20100096413 | Liquid Dispenser - The invention provides a liquid dispenser | 04-22-2010 |
20100108718 | Dome pump spray assembly - A dome pump spray assembly employing a known structure of a liquid dome pump in association with a uniquely configured spray spout to achieve atomization of liquids such as soaps, sanitizers, disinfectants and the like. The spray spout includes a deflector which is in juxtaposition to a spout spray tip having angled partial depth passages therein that extend to a central tapered outlet orifice, the passages and orifices generating a vortex of cyclonic action that serves to achieve atomization of the liquid as it passes therethrough. | 05-06-2010 |
20100127018 | Pump Dispenser and Method of Manufacturing a Pump Dispenser - A manually actuated pump dispenser ( | 05-27-2010 |
20100140299 | Trigger Sprayer - A trigger sprayer having six parts: (i) a dip tube, (ii) a valve, (iii) a flexible pump diaphragm having a circumferential valve lip, (iv) a shroud having a trigger, an element which engages the diaphragm, and front and rear mating elements, (v) a body having a closure for a container, an inlet coupled to the dip tube, a valve seat for the valve, an element which engages the valve lip, a discharge barrel having a proximal opening into which the valve lip seats, a vent chamber, a vent barrel coupled to the vent chamber, a rear mating structure coupling to the rear mating element of the shroud so that the shroud can pivot, and a forward mating element, and (vi) a combination nozzle and door assembly with a nozzle which couples to the fluid discharge barrel of the molded body, and has a trigger locking element. | 06-10-2010 |
20100147892 | Fluid Dispensing Device With Metered Delivery - A method of dispensing a fluid comprises providing a container made from flexible material and having an outer surface, a first opening and an interior fluid storage region therein. The method further comprises providing a volume of fluid within interior fluid storage region and providing a flexible metering housing, having a metering chamber therein with a predetermined volume, disposed in fluid communication with interior fluid storage region. The method further comprises providing an intake valve disposed between container and flexible metering housing permitting unidirectional fluid flow from interior fluid storage region into metering chamber. The method further comprises providing an exit port in fluid communication with container with an output valve disposed between exit port and metering chamber, depressing and releasing flexible metering housing, and filling the metering chamber with a volume of fluid by vacuum force in an amount by the volume of the metering chamber. | 06-17-2010 |
20100187260 | Dispensing device - The invention relates to a dispensing device ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100187261 | Dispensing device - The invention relates to a dispensing device for dispensing liquid media having a housing ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100200616 | STOPPER VALVE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH VALVE - A shutter member for a fluid dispenser member, the shutter member having a substantially rigid base body and an elastically deformable diaphragm, the body and the diaphragm being made of materials that are chemically compatible such that the material of the diaphragm adheres to the material of the body, the body defining an anchor zone and a fluid-passing zone. The diaphragm adheres to the anchor zone and extends over the fluid-passing zone, the fluid-passing zone including an interface that is secured to the fluid-passing zone but that does not adhere to the diaphragm, thereby defining an outlet channel for fluid between the interface and the diaphragm in the presence of fluid under pressure. | 08-12-2010 |
20100206910 | DISPENSER OF FLUID PRODUCTS - A Dispenser of fluid product includes a ring nut ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100219207 | LEVER SPRAY PUMP - What is being proposed is a lever spray pump for dispensing a cosmetic liquid. The lever spray pump has a flexible section which can be deformed for the pumping of the liquid. The pump has a manually operable actuation element in order to deform the section for pumping. The pump has an air valve for a container associated with the pump. The air valve is embodied in a single piece with the section and is opened automatically upon deformation of the section or operation of the pump. Preferably, the section is pretensioned in the built-in state with non-actuated pump. | 09-02-2010 |
20100230442 | Metering Device - A dosing apparatus for fluid, in particular pasty, substances such as toothpaste, liquid soap, mustard, etc., comprises a pump which has a filling nozzle which forms a suction opening of the pump in order to pump the pasty substance out of a container. An adapter has an inlet opening and an outlet opening for connecting a neck or an opening of the container to the filling nozzle of the pump. The outlet opening can be connected to the suction opening. The connection between the suction opening of the pump and the outlet opening of the adapter is designed to be releasable. The filling nozzle is formed coaxially to the adapter. | 09-16-2010 |
20100252577 | DISPENSING DEVICE - A dispensing device for dispensing a preferably cosmetic fluid is proposed. The dispensing device has an elastically deformable section for pumping a fluid. Simple and easy actuation is made possible by the section having a concave region in the initial position and/or by the thickness of the section varying. | 10-07-2010 |
20100301070 | SUCTION PUMP FOR A DISPENSER UNIT AND DISPENSER UNIT - The invention relates to a method for filling and evacuating a dispenser unit for paste-like, foam-form or liquid media. In the known methods, a storage container is evacuated via a suction pump, which otherwise serves for the delivery of the medium, after filling. The risk exists hereby that medium is drawn in. In order to make the drawing-off process more effective and more reliable, a method and a filling insert for a dispenser unit are proposed according to the invention, wherein at least one air duct is provided parallel to the suction pump. The evacuation takes place by the application of a pressure difference between storage container and the environment, which is just so great that air can in fact be drawn through the air duct but no viscous medium can be drawn. | 12-02-2010 |
20110031277 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING HIGHLY VISCOUS LIQUIDS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEROF ("Soft Spoutflairs") - A device for dispensing a medium from a container is presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, an exemplary container has at least one feed opening connectable to the container by means of coupling means, a dispensing conduit manufactured from substantially flexibly deformable material, and a closing means for a substantially air-tight closing of the dispensing conduit therewith. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention methods for the manufacture of such exemplary dispensing devices can include injection molding the coupling means and the dispensing conduit as a perform, and stretching, blowing or any combination of stretching and blowing a portion of the preform so as to obtain a substantially flexibly deformable, thin-walled dispensing conduit. Alternatively, for example, the coupling means and the dispensing conduit can be separately generated, and later unified or joined, such as, for example, by being ultrasonically welded together, or for example, by in-mold labeling methods, over-molding, welding (via laser, ultrasonic, radiofrequency, heat, mirror, etc.), sealing, clamping, gluing, etc. or any known technique for joining together such disparate parts. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention at least the dispensing conduit is injection molded from a thermoplastic material. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention such thermoplastic material can include, for example, polyolefins, polyamides, thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPE) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or any combinations thereof. | 02-10-2011 |
20110031278 | PUMP DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Bellow actuated pump devices for dispensing a product from a container may include a bellow and a base or a bellow, a base, and a valve having two or more valves wherein actuation of the bellow opens a discharge portion of the valve and dispenses a product and the de-actuation of the bellow opens an intake portion of the valve and refills the pump for the next actuation. | 02-10-2011 |
20110073619 | PNEUMATIC DISPENSER - A pneumatic dispenser ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110084098 | DEVICE WITH CO-MOLDED CLOSURE, ONE-WAY VALVE AND VARIABLE-VOLUME STORAGE CHAMBER, AND RELATED METHOD - A device includes a first part having a co-molded first support, valve cover and elastic actuator, and a second part having an injection molded second support, valve seat, and variable-volume storage chamber pre-form. The pre-form is blow molded into a flexible pouch defining the variable-volume storage chamber. The one-way valve includes a semi-annular, curvilinear, relatively rigid valve seat defining axially-extending, opposing first marginal portions, and an axially-extending first mid-portion angularly extending between the opposing first marginal portions. A flexible valve member is superimposed on the valve seat and defines axially-extending, opposing second marginal portions fixedly secured on or adjacent to respective first marginal portions of the valve seat, and an axially-extending second mid-portion angularly extending between the opposing first marginal portions and superimposed onto the first mid-portion of the valve seat. The flexible valve cover and valve seat form a normally closed axially and angularly extending valve seam therebetween. | 04-14-2011 |
20110139825 | DIAPHRAGM-STYLE BOTTLE PUMP - A diaphragm bottle pump system for dispensing a personal care product includes a bottle, a pump body, and a plurality of valves. The bottle holds the product. Further, the pump body includes a lower pump body and an upper pump body that define a diaphragm chamber therebetween that is acted on by a diaphragm. A first valve allows the product to pass from the bottle to the diaphragm chamber and prevents the product from passing to the bottle from the diaphragm chamber. A second valve allows the product to pass from the diaphragm chamber to an outside of the system and prevents the product from passing to the diaphragm chamber from the outside of the system. Additionally, a third valve allows air to pass from the outside of the system to the bottle and prevents the air from passing to the outside of the system from the bottle. | 06-16-2011 |
20110248048 | CLOSURE DEVICE COMPRISING A MEASURING CAP, INTENDED TO BE CONNECTED TO A FLEXIBLE CONTAINER - Closure device, to be connected to a container ( | 10-13-2011 |
20110248049 | Metered Dispensing System With Stepped Flange Interface - A fluid dispensing device has a container made from a flexible material defining an interior fluid storage region and a flexible metering housing having a metering chamber in fluid communication with the fluid storage region, the flexible metering housing having a button heat sealed to a base plate. A unidirectional intake valve is disposed between the container and the flexible metering housing. A unidirectional output valve is in fluid communication with the flexible metering housing. The button has a stepped flange towards an outer edge of said circular shape and the base plate has a stepped flange corresponding to the stepped flange of the button. | 10-13-2011 |
20110248050 | Metered Dispensing System With Stepped Flange Interface - A fluid dispensing device includes a container made from a flexible material defining an interior fluid storage region, a flexible metering housing having a metering chamber in fluid communication with the fluid storage region, the flexible metering housing having a button heat sealed to a base plate, a unidirectional intake valve disposed between the container and the flexible metering housing and a unidirectional output valve in fluid communication with the flexible metering housing. The base plate has an extension with a recessed notch, a first tapered portion, and a second tapered portion opposite the first tapered portion with respect to the recessed notch, and the button has an extension and a notch corresponding to the extension and the recessed notch of the base plate. | 10-13-2011 |
20110253750 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE - A drive characteristic and durability of a liquid supply device having a flexible pump member such as a bellows are improved. A drive pump in the liquid supply device has a bellows as the pump member that is elastically deformed axially by a drive rod. A drive pump chamber and a communication chamber are formed by the bellows and the housing, and the communication chamber and the drive pump chamber are partitioned by the orifice member. At a drive operation time of the drive rod, the through hole is blocked by the valve member, and a liquid flows in between the communication chamber and the drive pump chamber via a communication gap formed between the orifice member and an inner circumferential face of the housing. | 10-20-2011 |
20120024904 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A LIQUID-TO-PASTY PRODUCT USING A METERING PUMP HAVING A LOW DEAD VOLUME - A device for dispensing a liquid-to-pasty product to be placed at the open end of a rigid container and consisting of a manual metering pump for dispensing a predetermined amount of the product to be dispensed, includes a base member to be placed on the container, a push button provided with a dispensing spout capable of acting, when pumped, against an intermediate bellows comprising an opening/closing device provided at the upper end of the bellows, characterized in that the push button is combined with a cylindrical chamber directed towards the inside of the bellows and extending inside the bellows so as to form a dead volume with a predetermined value inside same and to accordingly reduce the available air volume, thereby improving the compression rate when pumped. | 02-02-2012 |
20120055956 | HYDRATION DEVICE - A hydration device includes a bag having a water outlet frame connected thereto an outlet connector is connected to the water outlet frame. The outlet connector is connected with a first end of a hose and a second end of the hose is connected to a first end of a mixing unit. A second end of the mixing unit is connected with a mouth piece unit or a two-way switch. The mixing unit is made of flexible material and has a room defined therein. An inner tube is located in the room and connected between a one-way inlet valve and a moisture-water mixing valve. The two-way switch includes a hose mount, a main part, a sealing unit and a release unit, wherein the user can have water directly from the sealing unit and the water can be dispensed to share with others by operation of the release unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120097709 | POUCH AND PUMP DISPENSING SYSTEM - A bellow actuated pump may be attached to a pouch using a pouch fitment integrated with a base of the pump or to which the pump may be attached, wherein the pouch fitment includes one or more curved wings and each of the wings has one or more weld ribs wherein at least two weld ribs cross to provide a contact for sealing with a pouch. | 04-26-2012 |
20120118915 | Dispensing channel pump - A hand operated fluid dispenser comprised of a sealed flexible reservoir chamber containing a fluid, a channel capable of blockage by finger pressure applied to a specific position, a flexible pump chamber drawing fluid from the reservoir via this channel, and a pump cycled by external finger pressure applied to a layered array of the channel and pump chamber. This class of simple, inexpensive, disposable dispensers is particularly useful in packaging cosmetics, foodstuffs, and healthcare products. As pocketable dispensers they are popular for conveniently dispensing small amounts of stored viscous liquids easily damaged when exposure to the atmosphere, a condition where sealed reservoirs coupled with airless pumps work together successfully preventing product contamination, deterioration and loss. | 05-17-2012 |
20120193376 | FLUID DISPENSING SYSTEM - An apparatus including a fluid reservoir and a compressible metering chamber including a first end coupled to the fluid reservoir and a second end. The apparatus further including a valve coupled to the second end of the metering chamber and a nozzle coupled to the valve. A system including linearly translatable cartridge mounting assembly having a plurality of fluid dispensing cartridge mounting stations and a plurality of fluid dispensing cartridges mounted to respective fluid dispensing cartridge mounting stations. The system further including a plurality of compression assemblies coupled to respective fluid dispensing cartridges and a receiving assembly positioned beneath the mounting assembly. A method includes positioning a fluid dispensing cartridge comprising a fluid reservoir and a metering chamber over a sample retaining member, applying a compressive force to the metering chamber to eject a predetermined amount of fluid and removing the compressive force to refill the metering chamber. | 08-02-2012 |
20120273525 | DISPENSING DEVICE - A dispensing device for a preferably cosmetic liquid as well as a method for the manufacture thereof are proposed. A lasting and tight joining of two materials is achieved while allowing for simple manufacture by pretreating the surface of the first material by means of plasma treatment or irradiation in a desired joining area in order to form radicals there or to break up the polymer chains of the first material, and by then injecting the second material directly against the first material. Another aspect consists in covering the first material with a second material for joining with another material or component. | 11-01-2012 |
20130015209 | SHUT-OFF SYSTEM FOR A DISPENSERAANM SMITH; DAVID J.AACI LafayetteAAST COAACO USAAGP SMITH; DAVID J. Lafayette CO USAANM McNulty; John J.AACI Broadview HeightsAAST OHAACO USAAGP McNulty; John J. Broadview Heights OH USAANM Quinlan; RobertAACI StowAAST OHAACO USAAGP Quinlan; Robert Stow OH USAANM Mann; Christopher J.AACI AkronAAST OHAACO USAAGP Mann; Christopher J. Akron OH USAANM Yates; James M.AACI AkronAAST OHAACO USAAGP Yates; James M. Akron OH US - A shut-off system for a dispenser includes a pinch member that moves relative to a guide and which is normally biased against a flexible outlet tube that is disposed therebetween. The flexible outlet tube that carries material, such as soap, supplied from a pump to an outlet nozzle. The pump and the pinch member are in operative engagement with an actuator, such that when the actuator is not engaged, the pinch member closes the outlet tube to prevent residual material retained in the outlet tube from flowing or drooling out of the outlet nozzle. Correspondingly, when the actuator is engaged, the pump is compressed, and the pinch member is moved away from the outlet tube, allowing the material to be pumped through the outlet tube and dispensed from the outlet nozzle. | 01-17-2013 |
20130015210 | One-Way Valve and Apparatus and Method of Using the Valve - A flexible pouch and valve assembly is provided for aseptically storing a substance, dispensing multiple portions of the stored substance therefrom, and maintaining substance remaining in the pouch in an aseptic condition sealed with respect to ambient atmosphere. The flexible pouch and valve assembly are receivable within a relatively rigid housing, and are adapted to cooperate with a pump for pumping discrete portions of substance from the pouch and through the one-way valve to dispense the substance therefrom. The assembly comprises a flexible pouch defining therein a variable-volume storage chamber sealed with respect to the ambient atmosphere for aseptically storing therein multiple portions of the substance. A one-way valve of the assembly includes a valve body defining an axially-extending valve seat and at least one flow aperture extending through the valve body and/or the valve seat. | 01-17-2013 |
20130037574 | Multiple Dose Delivery Device with Manually Depressible Actuator and One-Way Valve for Storing and Dispensing Substances, and Related Method - A dispenser has a body with a variable-volume storage chamber for storing substance, and a dispensing portion defining a dosage chamber in fluid communication with the storage chamber. A first valve includes a valve seat and a flexible valve cover seated thereon defining a normally-closed fluid-tight seam therebetween. The valve cover relative to moves from the valve seat to allow substance through the seam and out of the dispenser. A second valve allows substance from the storage chamber into the dosage chamber and substantially prevents flow from the dosage chamber into the storage chamber. An actuator is manually movable between (i) a first non-actuated position, and (ii) a second actuated position extending into the dosage chamber for compressing a dose of substance therein, dispensing substance through the first valve. The elasticity of the actuator causes it to return to the first non-actuated position upon manually releasing the actuator. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037575 | Container With A Portion Dispensing Advice - A container ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130043279 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for a liquid or pasty media contains an exchangeable container which is arranged upside down on a holder. A dosing pump is provided on the bottom of the container in an especially non-detachable manner, and an actuating element for the dosing pump is provided on the holder retainer. A first return valve is provided at an upper inlet to the dosing pump and a second return valve at its lower dispensing opening which second return valve can be lifted, thereby reducing the delivery space. The actuating element is displaceably mounted in the retainer and has a ramp displacing a catch guided upwards by the retainer, the catch being associated with the lower return valve. | 02-21-2013 |
20130043280 | REFILL UNIT HAVING A CONTAINER - A refilling unit for a dispenser containing a liquid or pasty media has a container which can be ventilated. A dosing pump is placed on the neck of the container. A first valve is provided in a transition from the neck to the dosing pump and a second valve on a discharge opening of the dosing pump. The dosing pump contains an elastic part having the first non-return valve. The elastic part encircles a lower peripheral collar of the neck and an annular lip thereof resting on the interior of the neck. The dosing pump further has a second elastic part containing the second non-return valve and encloses a delivery space. The second elastic part extends over the first part and encircles at least one upper peripheral collar of the neck. Recesses in the peripheral collars and at the front of the neck leave an airway into the container. | 02-21-2013 |
20130168415 | METERING DEVICE AND DISPENSING CONTAINER - The invention relates a metering device for fluids from a containment volume. The metering device is a means to dispense metered volumes of fluids such as detergents, medicaments, lotions and the like. The invention further provides a container for fluid material to be dispensed in metered doses. | 07-04-2013 |
20130175301 | LIQUID DISPENSER PUMP - Liquid dispenser systems, pumps for use in liquid dispenser systems, and disposable/replaceable liquid container units for use in liquid dispenser systems are disclosed. A refill unit for refilling a liquid dispenser system comprises a container for holding a supply of liquid and a pump connected to the container. The pump comprises a fitment portion configured for attachment to a liquid container, and a pump portion which comprises an upper valve member and a lower valve member disposed along a common longitudinal axis, such that the fitment portion and the pump portion are formed as one integral piece. | 07-11-2013 |
20130206795 | Container With A Portion Dispensing Device - A container ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130214008 | DOSING CAP FOR CONTAINER - A dispenser cap ( | 08-22-2013 |
20130270301 | LIQUID DOSING APPARATUS - An apparatus and means of repeatedly dispensing controlled doses of liquid comprising a resiliently squeezable container for containing a liquid detergent composition; a cap operably connected to said container, the cap comprising a nozzle for expelling the liquid out of the container; a dosing chamber operably connected to the cap, wherein the dosing chamber comprises a base having a discharge opening therein, sidewalls extending upwardly along the perimeter of said base and at least one inlet opening located proximal the sidewalls; at least one timer aperture located proximal to the discharge opening; a plunger, provided in the dosing chamber and moveable relative to the chamber so as to advance upon squeezing of the container, up to a blocking position; a valve retaining means located below the base; a valve provided in the valve retaining mean wherein the valve is movable from an open position, allowing liquid flow through the discharge opening, and a closed position, where the valve blocks the discharge opening; wherein the liquid is a shear thinning liquid and the shear thinning liquid has a viscosity of greater than 150 mPa·s measured at 10 s | 10-17-2013 |
20130277398 | PNEUMATIC DOSING UNIT AND PNEUMATIC DOSING SYSTEM - A pneumatic dosing unit includes a housing having a first housing part for a pump-fluid receiving pump channel and a second housing part for dosing-fluid receiving channels. A cavity is formed between the housing parts. A flexible diaphragm is clamped between the housing parts and divides the cavity into a pump chamber and a dosing chamber that are fluidically separated from each other. At least one feed channel and at least one drain channel in the second housing part lead to the dosing chamber and start from the dosing chamber, respectively. Diaphragm valves in the feed channel and in the drain channel are spaced apart from the pump chamber and the dosing chamber and are controllable via control channels in the first housing part. The diaphragm and the diaphragm valves are arranged in such a way that dosing fluid does not come into contact with the first housing part. | 10-24-2013 |
20130320042 | DIVICE FOR DISPENSING FLUIDS OR MIXTURES - The present invention concerns a device ( | 12-05-2013 |
20140021223 | DISPENSING MECHANISM AND A DISPENSER - A dispensing mechanism for a liquid container includes a hollow flexible dispensing portion and a dispenser. The dispensing mechanism includes a first lever arranged to pivot about a first pivot axis and a second lever arranged to pivot about a second pivot axis and includes a user operated portion. The first lever includes a first sliding surface and the second lever includes a second sliding surface. The first and second sliding surfaces bear in sliding abutment against each other at an abutment point. The first and second pivot axes are substantially parallel to each other, and a first plane extends through the first and second pivot axes. In a non-actuated position of the dispensing mechanism, the user operated portion of the second lever and the abutment point are arranged on a first side of the first plane. The first sliding surface at least at the abutment point, is convex and the abutment point remains on the first side of the first plane over at least a first ⅔ of a dispensing stroke of the first lever. | 01-23-2014 |
20140027473 | DISPENSING MECHANISM AND A DISPENSER - A dispensing mechanism for a liquid container is arranged in liquid communication with an outlet mechanism. The dispensing mechanism is adapted to translate a user force applied to a user operated portion into a transfer force applied from a user lever to an actuation part. A relationship between a first length and a second length forms a lever ratio. The first length extends from a first pivot axis to a user operated portion and the second length extends from the first pivot axis to a point of action of the transfer force on the actuation part. The lever ratio is adapted to increase from a non-actuated position over at least the first 50% of a dispensing stroke of the actuation part such that the transfer force increases over the at least first 50% of the dispensing stroke when a constant force is applied to the user operated portion. | 01-30-2014 |
20140048562 | PUMP DEVICE AND FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM - A fluid delivery device includes a pump, a fluid chamber having an inlet and two or more exits wherein each of the exits from the fluid chamber are equidistant from the inlet such that product pumped through the fluid chamber may flow through each of the exits at an equivalent rate. | 02-20-2014 |
20140091109 | DISPENSING DEVICE - A dispensing device for a preferably cosmetic liquid as well as a method for the manufacture thereof are proposed. A lasting and tight joining of two materials is achieved while allowing for simple manufacture by pretreating the surface of the first material by means of plasma treatment or irradiation in a desired joining area in order to form radicals there or to break up the polymer chains of the first material, and by then injecting the second material directly against the first material. Another aspect consists in covering the first material with a second material for joining with another material or component. | 04-03-2014 |
20140103071 | PUMPING-TYPE COSMETIC CONTAINER - A pumping-type cosmetic container is characterized by an elastic discharging portion being formed on the top of a pumping member and opened by the pressure of contents of the container, and a sealing shaft being coupled to the elastic discharging portion such that sealing is enabled without the use of a separate check valve and air is prevented from entering into a bellows. | 04-17-2014 |
20140124541 | PACKAGING, DISPENSING AND USE OF CONTENTS HAVING A LIQUID TO PASTY CONSISTENCY - A device for packaging, dispensing and using fluid contents having a liquid to pasty consistency, includes: a container having, at its front portion, a downstream opening, an element for conveying the contents including an upstream opening, an axially extended passage and a front downstream opening for dispensing the contents, the passage being elastically deformable and capable of being in an idle state having a maximum interior volume or in a compressed state having a smaller interior volume, an upstream valve element, a downstream valve element, a front wall, wherein is situated the front downstream dispenser opening, a movable annular actuating element associated with the passage of the conveying element and consisting of an elastically deformable annular side wall, which limits the passage laterally and externally. The side wall is positioned on the outside and includes an outer side wall of the device, which is at least partially accessible for actuating. | 05-08-2014 |
20140231462 | METERED DOSE SQUEEZE DISPENSER - Exemplary metered dose dispensers are disclosed herein. One exemplary embodiment includes a container and a one-dose dispenser secured to the container. The one-dose dispenser includes a dosing chamber; a shuttle member movable within the dosing chamber; an outlet valve located at an end of the dosing chamber and an outlet located downstream of the outlet valve. A liquid inlet is also included for allowing liquid to flow into the dosing chamber to an area between the shuttle member and the outlet valve. Pressurizing liquid in the container moves the shuttle member from a first position to a second position and dispenses the liquid in the dosing chamber; and when the shuttle member is in the second position, the shuttle member seals off the outlet valve. | 08-21-2014 |
20140239017 | DISPENSER FOR PASTE-LIKE MATERIALS - The invention relates to a dispenser ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140246462 | ONE-WAY VALVE AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THE VALVE - A flexible pouch and valve assembly is provided for aseptically storing a substance, dispensing multiple portions of the stored substance therefrom, and maintaining substance remaining in the pouch in an aseptic condition sealed with respect to ambient atmosphere. The flexible pouch and valve assembly are receivable within a relatively rigid housing, and are adapted to cooperate with a pump for pumping discrete portions of substance from the pouch and through the one-way valve to dispense the substance therefrom. The assembly comprises a flexible pouch defining therein a variable-volume storage chamber sealed with respect to the ambient atmosphere for aseptically storing therein multiple portions of the substance. A one-way valve of the assembly includes a valve body defining an axially-extending valve seat and at least one flow aperture extending through the valve body and/or the valve seat. | 09-04-2014 |
20140263464 | AIR-VENTED LIQUID DISPENSERS AND REFILL UNITS THEREFOR - Air-vented liquid dispensers are disclosed herein, including refill units for use in connection with such dispensers. A rigid container holds a liquid and has a neck portion. A manifold is secured to the neck portion underneath the container, and includes an air passage for air to enter into the container and a liquid passage for air to exit the container. A gasket member is located between the container neck and the manifold, and has a flexible and resilient flap portion which acts as a check valve for the air passage. An air tube carries the air up into the rigid container. | 09-18-2014 |
20140284358 | FLUID DISPENSING SYSTEM - An apparatus including a fluid reservoir and a compressible metering chamber including a first end coupled to the fluid reservoir and a second end. The apparatus further including a valve coupled to the second end of the metering chamber and a nozzle coupled to the valve. A system including linearly translatable cartridge mounting assembly having a plurality of fluid dispensing cartridge mounting stations and a plurality of fluid dispensing cartridges mounted to respective fluid dispensing cartridge mounting stations. The system further including a plurality of compression assemblies coupled to respective fluid dispensing cartridges and a receiving assembly positioned beneath the mounting assembly. A method includes positioning a fluid dispensing cartridge comprising a fluid reservoir and a metering chamber over a sample retaining member, applying a compressive force to the metering chamber to eject a predetermined amount of fluid and removing the compressive force to refill the metering chamber. | 09-25-2014 |
20140319181 | DISPENSING VESSEL HAVING A CORRUGATED SECONDARY CONTAINER FOR USE IN A PRINTING APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING A LIQUID COMPOSITION ON A BACKPLANE - A dispensing vessel for a liquid replenishment system includes therewithin a secondary container fabricated of a material that is impervious to a driving fluid contained within the interior chamber of the dispensing vessel. The secondary container has a pleated body forming a collapsible bellows configuration with a freely movable end formed of a rigid planar base. The secondary container is attached to the lid of the dispensing vessel such that the interior of the secondary container is in fluid communication with an inlet port and an outlet port formed in the lid of the dispensing vessel. | 10-30-2014 |
20140326756 | ADJUSTABLE VOLUME CONDIMENT DISPENSER - An improved and variable adjustable condiment dispenser, and a related externally adjustable dispense handle, are provided for use in dispensing a variable but metered quantity of a selected viscous but flowable condiment, such as guacamole sauce, in a restaurant facility or the like, wherein the dispense handle is adjustably set at one of several different dispense volumes without requiring opening of the dispenser or sanitation thereof. | 11-06-2014 |
20140339266 | METERED FLUID DISPENSING SYSTEM - A fluid dispensing device having a flexible fluid pouch and a dispensing assembly, the dispensing assembly having a top piece and a bottom piece, the top piece having a flexible actuator including a flexible dome and a flexible flange extension, the bottom piece having a bottom portion of a pump chamber, a pump chamber inlet, a chamber inlet valve, and a bottom portion of an outlet valve, the top piece and the bottom piece mated together to form a pump chamber and an outlet valve, said device configured to allow bidirectional fluid flow through either or both inlet and outlet valves, and to dispense a volume of fluid that is less than the volume of said pump chamber. The flexible pouch may have a single opening or two openings. In the case of a single opening, the entire dispensing assembly is in the interior of the pouch. In the case of two openings, only the flexible dome extends to the exterior of the pouch. The outlet valve is configured so that the more pressure that is applied to the flexible fluid pouch, the more tightly the outlet valve seals. | 11-20-2014 |
20140346195 | SYSTEM FOR CLOSING A DEVICE FOR THE LOW-PRESSURE DISPENSING OF A PASTY LIQUID MATERIAL - The invention relates to a device ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140367422 | DISPENSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a dispensing device for dispensing a liquid foodstuff product from a container, wherein a hose member of elastic and resilient material is connectable with the container such that product can be made to flow from the container into the hose member. The hose member is compressible in order to dispense product therefrom and it is designed so as to regain, by its own resilience, an original shape after compression thereof. A check valve is arranged to close in order to prevent product, upon compressing the hose member, from flowing back from the hose member to the container, and a discharge valve is arranged to open so as to allow dispensing of product from the hose member and to close when so done. | 12-18-2014 |
20150053723 | DEVICE FOR THE CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF FLUIDS - A delivery device for coupling to the mouth of a container, for controlled delivery of fluids and/or flowing substances, includes an inlet opening, an outlet opening and a substantially “S” shaped delivery path connecting the inlet and outlet openings. The path includes a first conduit having one end corresponding to the inlet opening within the container, a second conduit, communicating with the first conduit, and a third conduit, communicating with the second conduit having one end corresponding to the outlet opening. The first and second conduits are ring-shaped, the first conduit externally embraces the second conduit and the second conduit externally embraces the third conduit, the first conduit being subdivided in a plurality of channels. A ring-shaped chamber surrounds the first conduit, and a ring-shaped stop element for the inlet opening, forms a ring-shaped fourth conduit communicating with the inlet opening and the first conduit, together forming a two-curve path. | 02-26-2015 |
20150083756 | DISPENSER PUMP USING ELECTRICALLY ACTIVATED MATERIAL - Apparatuses and techniques are provided for dispensing fluid from a dispenser that includes a flexible membrane having different levels of pliability according to a voltage applied to the flexible membrane. According to some embodiments, a biasing device, such as a spring, is disposed on a first side of the flexible membrane and is configured to apply pressure to the flexible membrane. When a first voltage is applied to the flexible membrane, the flexible membrane becomes sufficiently pliable to enable the spring to flex the flexible membrane, pushing the flexible membrane into a pumping chamber disposed on the opposite side of the flexible membrane relative to the spring. The fluid is stored in the pumping chamber and the flexing of the flexible membrane causes the pumping chamber to compress. Such compression of the pumping chamber forces the pumping chamber to dispense the fluid through a pump outlet. | 03-26-2015 |
20160136667 | PUMP ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTION TO A CONTAINER - Disclosed is a pump assembly ( | 05-19-2016 |
20160375452 | MEASURED DOSE DISPENSERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A dispensing closure for dispensing a flowable product from a squeeze-type product container includes a closure body having an upper deck, an exit orifice, a flow conduit providing a flow path to the exit orifice, and a skirt configured to attach to a product container. A measuring reservoir is received in engagement with a lower surface of the upper deck. The measuring reservoir is filled with a measured dose of flowable product through flow ports when the container is inverted. A piston valve is slidably movable within the measuring reservoir between an open position and a closed position. The piston valve is movable from the open position to the closed position to dispense the measured dose of product responsive to pressure within the container induced by squeezing normally biases the piston valve to the open position. | 12-29-2016 |