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Bridge breaker

Patent Number: 8439236
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A bridge breaker includes a casing and an inner ring. Balls are provided between the casing and the inner ring for rotatably supporting the inner ring, without independent ball bearings, so as to make for easy and cost-effective machining. Seal rings having a square shape section are laid on same horizontal level surfaces of the casing and the inner ring, and are depressed by air pressure for preventing powder from entering into the device and to avoid frequent exchange of packing. A blade ...

Automatic ground-coffee dispenser

Patent Number: 8439235
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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An automatic ground-coffee dispenser with a ground-coffee storage vessel designed to be mounted on an automatic coffee maker. The storage vessel includes rotary serving paddles for transferring a predetermined quantity of ground coffee through an outflow opening formed in the bottom of the storage vessel and a cone-shaped driver with rotary paddles located above the outflow opening turned by a motor about a vertical axis of the storage vessel. The internal wall of the storage vessel ...

Non-dripping suck-back nozzle

Patent Number: 8439234
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A non-dripping suck-back nozzle has a shell comprising a press cover (1), a revolving cover (2) and a cylinder (7). A needle valve (6) comprises a round rod (61) and a convex ring (62). The upper part of the round rod (61) of the needle valve (6) passes through an inner round pole (51) of a piston (5) and extends into a hollow channel (41) of a connecting bar (4). The round rod (61) and the connecting ...

Spray head assembly

Patent Number: 8439233
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A spray head assembly includes a head, a main tube, a link, a piston, a reception member, a mount piece and a spring. The parts made of metal such as the spring is isolated from the liquid to ensure that the liquid is not affected by the metal. The main tube can be stopped by the extension portion of the mount piece so as to adjust the length of the mount piece to control the travel distance of the main tube so as to control the volume of each ...

Manual pump type fluid dispenser and a method of manufacturing such a dispenser

Patent Number: 8439232
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A manual pump action dispenser for dispensing at least one liquid from a container, the dispenser comprising a base and a cap (114) having an outlet (144) for the liquid, the base being mountable to or forming part of a container and the cap (114) being mountable to the base for movement relative to the base between a rest position and an actuated position, the dispenser further comprising a flexible insert (116) locatable between the base and the cap ...

Powder measuring and dispensing apparatus

Patent Number: 8439231
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A powder dispensing apparatus for storing and dispensing a measured predetermined amount of powder substance having a bottom housing chamber, a middle chamber, a removable, rotatable measuring device, a tapered top chamber, and a cap. The top end of the bottom housing chamber is engageable with the bottom end of the middle chamber, the top end of the middle chamber is engageable with the bottom end of the tapered top chamber, and the top end of the tapered top chamber is engageable with the ...

Dispenser having dispensing head moveable between use and non-use positions

Patent Number: 8439230
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A dispenser for dispensing liquid to pasty substances has a dispensing head with a dispensing mouth, a supply chamber and a dispenser head part. The dispensing head can be displaced relative to the dispenser head part out of a dispensing-standby position into a lowered position and vice versa. It is possible for the dispensing head, as a result of being supported on a fixed dispenser part, to be extended or retracted relative to the fixed dispenser part when rotated by the dispenser head ...

Closure system between a dispenser head and container of a device for dispensing

Patent Number: 8439229
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A closure for a liquid container is provided between the container and a liquid dispenser head. The closure includes an intermediate body between the dispenser head and the container. The dispenser head can be rotated with respect to the container, without unscrewing the closure, except when the intermediate body is manually prevented from ...

Multi-chambered container and associated method

Patent Number: 8439228
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A multi-chambered container for selectively storing and dispensing a plurality of items may include predetermined quantities of first and second items and a container having a divided cavity formed therein. The container may further have a spout formed at a top end thereof and in fluid communication with the cavity. Additionally, the container may have first and second mutually exclusive passageways extending from the cavity and terminating at the spout. A mechanism may be included for ...

Viscous liquid material discharging method and apparatus

Patent Number: 8439227
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A viscous liquid material discharging method and apparatus can minimize the problem of wear of a sealing member due to friction, and minimize a rotational force required at the time of starting discharge of a highly-viscous liquid material. The apparatus includes a screw having a helical blade which is axially provided over a surface of a rod-like member, a rotation driving mechanism for rotating the screw, a main body having a screw insertion bore in which the screw is inserted, a liquid ...

Liquid dispensing valve and methods

Patent Number: 8439226
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A dispensing valve is provided for dispensing liquid from a cartridge. The valve includes a valve body that is adapted to receive at least a portion of the cartridge therein. A valve member is disposed in the valve body and is adapted for fluid communication with the cartridge. A valve seat element is disposed in the valve body and includes a liquid chamber that is in communication with the liquid outlet and is mounted for reciprocating movement between a closed position engaged with the ...

Cap and nozzle assembly for tubes, containers and packs closed by the assembly

Patent Number: 8434652
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A cap for overfitting a nozzle having an elongate nozzle body; the cap having an elongate cap body with a longitudinal axis, and an outside surface and an inside surface. The cap body has closed end and an open end, with an at least one sidewall. A housing of the cap has an open end. The cap is for receiving and overfitting the nozzle body of the nozzle. The cap has three elongate spaced apart wing portions each having a wing profile each forming part of the outside surface of the cap. Each ...

Pouring member

Patent Number: 8434651
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventor:

A pouring member includes an unsealing cap and at least two rotation prevention sections extending vertically and downwardly from an end surface of an open end side of the unsealing cap and is arranged such that the at least two rotation prevention sections are apart from one another by an angle which is larger than a rotation angle required for twisting off the sealing part, and symmetrically with respect to the central axis of the unsealing cap. A recess is formed such that the recess ...

Packaging with integral metered serving dispenser mechanism

Patent Number: 8434650
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventor:

A package for flaked and/or granular, consumable material includes a container having a bottom surface and sidewalls that transition through a funnel shape to a dispenser chute terminating in a container opening. A rotating dispenser wheel disposed in the dispenser chute includes a plurality of fillable compartments, and the wheel has a fill position, wherein one of the compartments is filled with contents contained in the enclosure, and a dispense position wherein the contents are released ...

Paint can dispenser

Patent Number: 8434649
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A dispenser for a paint container having an access opening. The dispenser includes a main lid which is attachable to the paint can access opening and includes a threaded stem. A flow restrictor is threadably mounted to the threaded stem so that rotation of the flow restrictor relative to the stem axially displaces the flow restrictor along the stem. A turret is rotatably mounted to the main lid and includes a dispensing opening. The turret is mounted to the main lid so that the turret is ...

Ring for a fluid dispenser valve

Patent Number: 8434648
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A ring (10) for disposing around a valve body (21) of an aerosol dispenser valve (20) that is mounted by a fastener element (50), such as a crimpable capsule, on a reservoir (1) containing fluid to be dispensed. The ring (10) includes at least an outer portion (15) and an inner portion (11, 11′) that co-operates with the valve body (21). The ring (10) is made as a single piece that is substantially rigid, the outer ...

Device for measuring and dispensing a prescribed amount of liquid

Patent Number: 8434647
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventor:

The present invention discloses a device for measuring and dispensing a prescribed amount of liquid. The advantage of the present device is that a simple squeezing action not only reliably and precisely stores a prescribed volume of liquid (e.g., a liquid cooking ingredient, beverage (such as wine or liquor) but then subsequently upon an additional squeeze, discharges the stored liquid while refilling the dose chamber with another dose of the prescribed volume to be later discharged upon ...

Mixed beverage dispense system and method

Patent Number: 8434646
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A mixed beverage dispense system and method for pumping a first liquid and a second liquid using a controlled gas source. The dispense system can include a first pump that pumps the first liquid and a second pump that pumps the second liquid. The first pump and the second pump can each include a gas inlet, an inlet gas connection, and an outlet gas connection. The dispense system can also include connector tubing connecting the controlled gas source to the first pump and the second pump in ...

Dispensing container with pump fitment

Patent Number: 8434645
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A dispensing container with a fitment, the fitment allows a dispensing pump on the dispensing container to be reused with another container. The container has a fitment secured into the container using a tamper-proof structure with the reusable dispensing pump of a structure to fit into this fitment. The fitment and the container neck are injection molded to maintain the close tolerances for the tamper-proof structure. The fitment has at least one drain aperture and at least one pressure ...

Tube squeezer

Patent Number: 8434644
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventor:

The present invention is directed to a two-handed tube squeezer for facilitating the expulsion of material from a collapsible container. In one embodiment, the tube squeezer includes a pair of frames that each has a handle portion and a tube engagement portion that supports a roller. The frames are connected by a hinge. When the frames are substantially parallel to one another, the handle and tube engagement portions all lie in a low profile plane. The handle portions also form a handle ...

Dual chamber dispenser

Patent Number: 8434643
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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A disposable dual chamber dispenser that contains separate products until a time of use. The disposable dual chamber dispenser includes an outer dispenser encapsulating an inner dispenser, where the outer dispenser is compliant and the inner dispenser is substantially less compliant than the outer dispenser and configured to break at a failure zone. The outer dispenser may be formed of a single material that is suitable for a blow-fill-seal process and the inner dispenser may be formed of ...

Method and apparatus for providing a selectable beverage

Patent Number: 8434642
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventor:

Methods and apparatuses for providing a selectable beverage from a post-mix beverage dispenser are provided. In one embodiment, the method for providing a beverage having a separately selected color from a post-mix beverage dispensing system comprises: (a) providing at least two beverage bases for dispense from the post-mix beverage dispensing system; (b) separately storing at least two colorants in the post-mix beverage dispensing system; (c) receiving a request for a selected beverage ...

High-heat-retention ladle for carrying molten aluminum

Patent Number: 8430281
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A high-heat-retention ladle for carrying molten aluminum includes a ladle body defining therein a storage space, which contains molten aluminum therein, the ladle body including a molten metal inlet and a molten metal outlet, which allow the storage space to communicate with outside, a cover opening and closing the inlet of the ladle body, and a stopper opening and closing the outlet of the ladle body. Each of the ladle body and the cover has an outer shell, which defines a contour thereof, ...

Submerged nozzle

Patent Number: 8430280
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A submerged nozzle has a lower part with a bottom and two outlet side channels above the bottom, and a skirt with a center fixed to the lower part of the nozzle above the outlet side channels. The skirt has two parallel flat surfaces each having side edges that are smoothly connected to each other by two respective cylindrical surfaces, the two outlet side channels being identical and lying along a common longitudinal axis making an acute angle with the parallel flat surfaces. A portion of ...

Bottle accessory for application with a cap to a bottle, particularly useful for attaching a retractable spout to a bottle

Patent Number: 8430279
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
Inventor:

A bottle accessory for application with a cap to the neck of a bottle, includes: a housing dimensioned so as to be fixedly received within the bottle neck; and a connector disc attached to the upper end of the housing and receivable within the cap to serve as an inner liner thereof when the cap is applied to the neck of the bottle. The housing and connector disc are constructed to enable the housing to be attached with the cap to the bottle neck and, once so attached, to enable the ...

Floating fluid inlet for liquid containers and method of use thereof

Patent Number: 8430278
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A floating fluid inlet that adjusts to the level of a beverage within a soda keg or similar container. The floating fluid inlet is constructed preferably of stainless steel and food grade plastic tubing. By rotating its inlet port aperture from downward facing when the soda keg is full of a beverage, to upward facing when the soda keg is nearly empty, the floating fluid inlet avoids picking up sediment from the bottom of the soda keg. The principal components are a tube that connects at its ...

System for dispensing a fluid product

Patent Number: 8430277
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A system for dispensing a fluid product, including a device for taking the product off under pressure that is equipped with an outlet tube, the system also including a push button actuating the device in which a chamber is formed for dispensing the product that is in communication with a well for mounting the push button, the well being arranged to be associated sealingly around an area for mounting the outlet tube so as to allow supply to the chamber dispensing product under pressure ...

Cartridge for caulking compound, sealant and/or adhesives

Patent Number: 8430276
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
Inventor:

A cartridge for a flowable material, e.g. caulking compounds, sealants and adhesives, includes a tubular container, an end plate disposed at a first end to a tubular container, a nozzle extending from the end plate, a plunger received in the tubular container, and a barb extending inwardly from the tubular container. The end plate includes an opening. The nozzle is in communication with the opening. The barb is configured to limit movement of the plunger in a first axial direction. A method ...

Liquid product dispensing and receiving device

Patent Number: 8430275
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A device for dispensing and receiving a liquid or semi-liquid product via a dosage chamber of a pump body. The device includes a piston which is fixably mounted in the pump body and is provided with an end sealingly engaged into the chamber. The piston end is provided with a membrane forming an intake valve allowing the introduction of the product in the dosage chamber and including at least one sealing peripheral lip in sliding contact with an inner wall of the dosage chamber. The device ...

Foam dispensing assembly

Patent Number: 8430274
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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The present invention provides a foam dispensing assembly comprising a liquid piston pump, comprising a liquid cylinder and a liquid piston delimiting a liquid pump chamber, and a liquid inlet and outlet, an air piston pump comprising an air cylinder and an air piston delimiting an air pump chamber, and an air inlet and outlet, a common actuation button for actuation of said liquid pump and said air pump, a dispensing channel for mixing and dispensing liquid and air pumped by said liquid ...

Dispenser unit with improved air supply

Patent Number: 8430273
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
Inventor:

The invention relates to a dispenser unit particularly suitable for a liquid container, including an air pump with an air cylinder and an air piston axially displaceable in the air cylinder, an air space defined between the air cylinder and the air piston, supply-closing structure for closing the air supply to the air pump, discharge-closing structure for closing the air discharge from the air pump, an axially displaceable activating element for activating the air pump, and an air inlet ...

Trigger mechanism for discharging aerosol containers

Patent Number: 8430272
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
Inventor:

An apparatus and trigger mechanism enables a user to ergonomically discharge aerosol container contents. The apparatus comprises a trigger unit, a handle assembly, a tension member, a tubular member, an operative end housing assembly, and an actuator assembly. The trigger unit interfaces the tension member to the handle assembly. The tension member transmits force from the trigger unit to the actuator assembly via the tubular structure, which structure interconnects the handle assembly and ...

Fluid product dispenser

Patent Number: 8430271
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
Inventor:

A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (1) of fluid to be dispensed; a dispenser member (2), such as a pump or a valve, mounted on said reservoir (1); and a body (3) that is suitable for receiving said reservoir (1), said body (3) being provided with a dispenser orifice and with an opening (310) via which said reservoir (1) can be inserted into the body (3), said reservoir (1) being displaceable between a ...

Glue dispenser

Patent Number: 8430270
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A glue dispenser includes an injector, a controller, a gas conduit and a dispensing head. The injector includes a glue conduit and a heat sink assemble. The controller controls a gas volume input to the glue conduit. The gas conduit is connected with the controller and the injector. The dispensing head is connected with the glue conduit for dispensing glue. The heat sink assemble defines a through hole connecting the gas conduit and the glue conduit. The glue dispenser maintains the glue ...

Plastic closure for thixotropic dispensing bottles

Patent Number: 8424728
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
Inventor:

A plastic closure including a bottom part and a lid that has an annular retaining bead in the bottom part. A disk having a support surface is held positively or non-positively in the bead. The disk includes one or more through-passages, which open into a chamber. A thixotropic fluid present in a flexible container reaches the chamber through the through-passages, where the fluid performs a directional change from axial to radial and after a second directional change from radial to axial ...

Material dispensing assembly

Patent Number: 8424727
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A material dispensing assembly (100) and method of operation is disclosed for converting a portable cartridge dispensing tool to a bag-type dispensing tool. The assembly comprises a single piece piston (110) for advancing material though a material housing (104), the single piece piston (110) includes a substantially square-shaped receptacle (140). The assembly further comprises a square shaped drive rack (112) for attaching to the piston ...

Reusable sealing apparatus for containers of extractable material

Patent Number: 8424726
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
Inventor:

A reusable sealing apparatus for use with a container of an extractable material, the container including a nozzle. The apparatus may include a first sealing member, a second sealing member and a body member including a cavity configured to fit over a portion of a distal end of a nozzle, the body member positioned between the first sealing member and the second sealing member. The apparatus may further include a core member including an insertion tip and an elongate portion, wherein the ...

Beverage proportioning

Patent Number: 8424725
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A semi-frozen beverage dispenser with an improved flow proportioning mechanism is provided. In a filling cycle, a first valve regulating the syrup flow opens first to deliver a predetermined volume before it closes and a second valve regulating the water flow opens to deliver a volume according to the desired water to syrup ratio. A common flow sensor measures the liquid flow volume for both the syrup and water and provides the information to the control system. If it takes too long to ...

System for storing an additive solution and injecting it into the exhaust gases of an engine

Patent Number: 8424724
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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System for storing an additive solution and injecting it into the exhaust gases of an engine, said system comprising two tanks for storing the solution and one pump for supplying the solution from these tanks to an injection line, these two tanks being in parallel and each being connected to the pump by a branch of a supply line, a first branch coming from the first tank giving rise to lower pressure drops than a second branch coming from the second tank so that the solution is normally ...

Liquid food dispenser system and method

Patent Number: 8424723
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A system and method for dispensing fluids is introduced. A preferred embodiment comprises a sealed tank, a bag containing fluid inside the sealed tank, an outlet for dispensing the liquid in the bag, and a pressure generating device to create pressure in the sealed ...

Self contained lubricant dispenser

Patent Number: 8424722
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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An integrated design for dispensing lubricants and similar fluids from bulk containers incorporates a dispense valve (8), a meter (1), a hose (7), a DC powered electric pump (2), power cord (18) and adjustable fluid suction tube (5), all packaged in one portable unit The unit is capable of dispensing fluids such as standard SAE grade automotive motor oils, automatic transmission fluid, gear lube, hydraulic oil and engine coolant (antifreeze) The ...

Device and method for monitoring consumer test compliance

Patent Number: 8424721
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A packaged product and a method for monitoring usage in a consumer test is reported herein. The packaged product includes a bottle having a container body with an open end and a closed end, the open end being formed with a neck and a mouth at a terminus of the neck. A flowable material is held within the container body. A monitoring unit immersed at least partially within the flowable material includes: (1) at least one support rod, the rod contacting the neck thereby inhibiting movement of ...

Magnetic drive for dispensing apparatus

Patent Number: 8424720
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A dispenser for dispensing a volume of viscous material on a substrate includes a frame, a gantry system coupled to the frame, and a dispenser unit coupled to the gantry system. The dispenser unit includes a housing having a chamber, and a piston disposed in the chamber. The piston has an elongate body and is configured to move between a pre-dispense position and a dispense position within the chamber. The dispenser unit further includes a motor to drive the movement of the piston within ...

Flowmeter assembly

Patent Number: 8424719
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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A beverage dispenser provides numerous inventive features in its refrigeration system, diluent delivery system, concentrate delivery system, mixing and dispensing system, and control system. The refrigeration system employs a plate heat exchanger to provide on demand refrigeration of an intermittent water flow. The diluent delivery system includes a flowmeter/solenoid/check-valve assembly. The concentrate delivery system employs a positive displacement pump. The mixing and dispensing system ...

Method of mixing and extruding viscous materials and gearbox for dispensing the same

Patent Number: 8424718
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
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The present invention relates to a method of mixing and dispensing viscous materials, comprising the steps of: inserting a cartridge containing one or more viscous materials in a chamber; activating a first motor (1) to move a plunger from a first position to a second position within the cartridge and activating a second motor (2) to move the plunger from the second position further within the cartridge to dispense the ...