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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120018456 | Trigger Sprayer A dispenser head (1) comprises a main body (2), an arm (60) hinged to the main body (2) and pumping means. The pumping means comprise a main cylinder (12), a sliding piston (16), dispensing means sensitive to pressure. The arm (... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110315712 | PUMP-EQUIPPED CONTAINER AND DUPLEX DISCHARGE CONTAINER A pump-equipped container (10) includes a tubular container body (11) that is made of a sheet material having flexibility and a pump device (13) that includes a pump body (15) and a nozzle portion (14). A one-end section of the contain... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110297701 | Split engagement flange for soap dispenser pump piston A liquid soap dispenser is disclosed having a permanent housing which permits simplified insertion and replacement of disposable fluid reservoirs. The housing includes an actuator assembly which is cycled by a lever between first and second positions. The actuator assem... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110240680 | Stationary stem pump A pump assembly for dispensing flowable materials including a piston chamber-forming member providing an annular chamber about a center post and an annular piston-forming member reciprocally slidable in the annular chamber to dispense flowable material outwardly annular... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110174841 | Fluid Dispensing Systems for Pump Dispenser A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspec... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110155764 | SMALL HAND-OPERATED SPRAYER A small hand-operated sprayer for spraying small volumes of content is provided. The sprayer includes a main body forming an exterior of the sprayer, the main body being coupled to a top of a container that holds content, a hand-operated pump mounted inside the main bod... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110132933 | Piston with frangible piston stop A piston pump assembly in which a piston-forming element to be received in a piston chamber of a piston chamber-forming member carries a removable stop flange member which may be secured to the piston chamber-forming member to provide a retention stop to prevent the pis... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110079615 | Convertible peristaltic and piston pump dispenser A dispenser for flowable material adapted for engagement and for dispensing fluid from either a replaceable piston pump reservoir unit comprising a reservoir bottle and a piston pump or a replaceable peristaltic pump reservoir unit comprising a reservoir bottle and a de... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20100276455 | DISPENSER OF LIQUID OR VISCOUS PRODUCT Dispenser of liquid or viscous product, characterised in that it comprises a cup (3, 17) to receive the product, a sole piece to support the dispenser, a pump, comprising a pump body (13) and a piston, to transport the product from a reserve of product up ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100276454 | ROTATING SPRAYER AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME A trigger sprayer may include a rotatable nozzle to facilitate the discharge of liquid from the nozzle in any desired direction and may also include a locking mechanism for preventing activation of the trigger sprayer. The trigger sprayer may also fit within the footpri... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100163580 | Engagement flange for removable dispenser cartridge An improved arrangement for removably coupling a replaceable cartridge to a housing of a dispenser with the cartridge including a resilient member which prevents radial movement relative a catch member of the housing from a coupled orientation unless the resilient membe... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100140297 | Engagement flange for fluid dispenser pump piston An improved arrangement for removably coupling a movable element of a piston pump to an actuator mechanism with the movable element including a resilient member which prevents radial movement of the movable element relative a catch member of the actuator mechanism from ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100059550 | PUMP HAVING A FLEXIBLE MECHANISM FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH A DISPENSER A foam pump having a flexible member for engagement with a dispenser, the pump being part of a refill unit including a product reservoir. The flexible connecting member extends from an extreme end of the pump and is received by an actuating carriage that is movably conn... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090308894 | Withdrawal discharging piston pump A pump assembly with a first pump which draws liquid from a reservoir and dispenses it to a second pump. The second pump receives the discharge from the first pump and air such that the second pump discharges both liquid and air. The first pump preferably has a piston m... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090302067 | DEVICE FOR METERED DISPENSING OF PASTY MASS, AND A CONTAINER THEREFOR The invention relates to a device for metered dispensing of a pasty mass, such as viscous soap, comprising a housing provided with—connecting means for connecting the device to an opening of a container for pasty mass,—a dispensing chamber for the pasty mass,—a co... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090302061 | Spring force adjustment system A fluid dispenser comprising a dispensing mechanism, a housing and a container having an interior. The container is removably coupled to the housing for dispensing fluid from the container by the dispensing mechanism.... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090188947 | HINGED PUMP MECHANISMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME A dispenser may include a hinged pump mechanism which allows a pump head to rotate about the hinge mechanism during actuation of a pump.... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090127291 | Rotary Actuated Lotion Pump A manually operated personal care pump, wherein a twisting motion is converted into a linear displacement that compresses the fluid in the accumulator. Pumps of this type may typically dispense between about 30 and 1000 μL of product per dose. The removal of the conven... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090020552 | Self-Cleaning Foam-Dispensing Device The invention relates to a foam-dispensing device (1) comprising a pump assembly (3), which pump assembly comprises a liquid pump (4) and an air pump (5), which can be actuated by means of a common operating element (6), which can be m... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080272152 | Head of a fluid dispensing device, provided with elastic return means The object of the present invention is a head of a fluid dispensing device, provided with elastic return means, outside the pumping chamber, comprising a return element provided with an elastic portion which when the trigger is actuated, is mainly subject to a torsion s... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080251538 | Nebuliser Micro-Pump A nebuliser micro-pump (1) provided with an element (2) for covering and triggering its dispensing push-button (3), has an elongated body (5) with central axis (x), whereon is mounted a dispensing push-button complete with a tube (4) f... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080234170 | ACIDIC CLEANING COMPOSITIONS A composition comprising a mixing product of:
| 09/25/2008 |
| 20080121738 | CONTENT DISCHARGE MECHANISM AND AEROSOL TYPE PRODUCT AND PUMP TYPE PRODUCT EQUIPPED WITH THE MECHANISM A spray nozzle mechanism capable of forming spray contents into fine particles. A channel setting core is fixedly placed in a space in a button body, between an output hole of a vertical path and a hole for discharging contents to the external space. Swirls in the same ... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080116222 | Manually actuated dispensing device provided with actuation locking means The object of the present invention is a fluid dispensing device (1), connectable/disconnectable to/from a container and a method of using the device. The device, actuable by a trigger (80), comprises both closing means comprising a turnable nozzle (50<... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080110936 | Removable lever assembly for fluid dispenser An assembly for mounting of a lever member to a housing in which a stop member which normally limits rotation of the lever member about a fulcrum is movable to a position which permits the lever member to be disengaged from the housing and removed.... | 05/15/2008 |