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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5667105 | Portion control valve and system and method utilizing the same A delivery system comprising a pump connectable to a source of pumpable material, such as flowable condiment, and a control valve including a valve body and a valve element. The valve body has an inlet coupled to the pump to receive the pumpable material ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5662248 | Sampler for liquids An apparatus for mixing and dispensing particulate-laden liquid or immiscible liquid, samples from a container or vessel. The apparatus is attached to the top of the vessel with a mixing tube extending downwardly into the liquid sample. A valve piston dis... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5662244 | Toy weapon firing a liquid projectile A toy weapon for firing a charge of water includes a housing, water reservoir and a reciprocating piston mounted within a tube in the housing. The tube has a spring-biased, hinge mounted flap valve located at one end of the tube to effectively close the t... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5655688 | Atomizing pump with high stroke speed enhancement and valve system therefor A discharge valve system is provided for a finger-operable pump with an actuating plunger. In one embodiment, the plunger includes a piston disposed in a pump pressurizing chamber. In another embodiment, the plunger is slidably disposed on a fixed piston ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5655690 | Apparatus for dispensing product through a vertical dispenser tube A dispensing apparatus includes a first vertical tube with a plug operably mounted in the lower end to selectively prevent the flow of the material from a dispensing opening in the lower end of the tube. A horizontal feed tube has an auger therein which s... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5624055 | Dispenser device with sealed closure for the contents of a receptacle that is pressurized or that has a pump A device for dispensing the contents of a receptacle that is pressurized or that has a pump, includes a dispensing head forming a discharge orifice. A shutter is slidable in the head for opening or closing the outlet orifice. The shutter is slidably mount... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5624056 | Condiment dispensing system The invention relates to a condiment dispensing system for dispensing condiment and the like which includes a gas operated pump for moving condiments from a condiment source to a delivery nozzle through a pinch valve that operates to close and open the de... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5617976 | Dispenser of liquid or pasty product which can be used especially in cosmetics A dispenser of liquid or pasty product that can be used particularly in cosmetics includes a contractable reservoir connected by a first valve to a variable-volume chamber whose volume can vary under the action of a push-button. The variable-volume chambe... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5598950 | Toy for ejecting a stream of chilled water A water toy that ejects a stream of water under pressure and in one embodiment is particularly suited to serve as a water-sword toy and in another embodiment to serve as a pump-action water gun toy is disclosed. In both embodiments, the water toy includes... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5577640 | Creamy substance dispenser, in particular for toothpaste A creamy substance dispenser is formed from a small number of components of easy and economical construction and assembly. The dispenser includes a main body defining a metering chamber communicating with a creamy substance container, within the chamber t... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5558258 | Dispenser for dispensing atomized fluids under pressure, provided with a shut-off element operated by the pressurized fluid A dispenser for dispensing atomized fluids under pressure and provided with a shut-off element operated by the pressurized fluid. The dispenser includes a compression chamber housing a movable piston from which there projects an appendix which, when in a ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5553756 | Dispenser with pressure operated, spring biased, reciprocating piston valve A reciprocating piston with an integral valve moves in a first direction within a cylinder to pressurize viscous material contained therein, such as ice cream or the like, thereby pushing it out of a dispensing nozzle located at one end of the cylinder wh... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5549223 | Pump with back suction phase The present invention provides a pump for pumping fluids, especially highly viscous fluids such as shampoo, from a main fluid container through a nozzle without unwanted dripping, plugging, or mess. A piston reciprocates in a pump chamber, creating positi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5542574 | Air driven condiment dispenser The present invention relates to a portioning arrangement for portioning out liquid foodstuffs. For quick and easy disassembly of the portioning arrangement for cleaning of the parts thereof interlarded with foodstuff, a dispensing device (10) forming par... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5529099 | Apparatus for metering and filling flowable viscous or pasty products into containers A filling machine for pasty or viscous products, especially fruit products and particularly a multirow filling machine for producing assortments of the packaged product, has for each row at least one metering or dosing station in which the metering piston... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5524683 | Method and apparatus for filling containers An apparatus for filling containers including a pump housing having a pump chamber, a product inlet in communication with a supply of product under pressure, a product outlet and a piston positioned therein. The piston is movable by the supply of product ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5477988 | Fluid dispensing gun A fluid dispensing gun is provided which is manually operated by a lever arm and cam mechanism. As an operator draws the lever arm to an open flow position, a pivot plate displaces a cam bar to which is attached a valve stem. This causes movement of the v... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5477989 | Child resistant nozzle cover The child-resistant nozzle cover is used to cover a nozzle cap of a nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer having a body, the nozzle assembly including a nose bushing at a front end of the body, the nozzle cap being rotatably mounted on the nose bushing of... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5474211 | Method of dispensing materials with improved accuracy Dispensing mechanism includes a plurality of storage containers, each container having two or more metering pumps associated therewith. The containers and metering pumps are located on a turntable which is indexed to move a particular metering pump to a d... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5467899 | Dispensing device for flowable materials A device which positively dispenses small, accurately measured, amounts of a flowable material, such as a resin, epoxy, etc. A pair of reciprocal pistons are movably mounted, each in a respective fluid pressure chamber, formed in a main body of a housing.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467900 | Precompression valve for trigger sprayer The trigger sprayer comprises: a body having a cylinder therein; a liquid inlet in communication with the cylinder; an outlet waterway in communication with the cylinder; an outlet nozzle which has an outlet orifice and which is movable to and from a posi... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5465873 | Pot for the metered dispensing of a fluid substance Pot comprising a body, a container, and a cover pivoted to the body, characterized in that the container (2, 32), closed by a movable wall (3, 33) insulating the substance from the exterior, communicates with the suction side of an incorporated measuring ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5462210 | Liquified food product pump system for supplying of liquified sauces and other products in predetermined quantities A pasta cooking apparatus includes a generally rectangular cabinet including an upright cooking tank and a sauce heating chamber with a common wall, with an opening permitting water flow therebetween. The cooking water temperature and the sauce heating wa... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5454488 | Apparatus for dispensing a semifluid medium from a container An apparatus for dispensing a semifluid medium such as a pasty mass, cream, gel or the like, from a container comprises a manually operated dosing pump connected to the container. The dosing pump itself comprises a pump body which is attached to a rim of ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5445195 | Automatic computer-controlled liquid dispenser An extremely compact and accurate device for simultaneously dispensing a plurality of liquids in individually pre-set volumes having: (1) substantially identical radially arranged sets having: a positive displacement metering piston pump, a fluid reservoi... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5429275 | Dispenser of doses of liquids and paste-like masses A dispenser for the metered discharge of liquids and in particular pasty masses, having a delivery pump actuatable by finger pressure. The pump has a vacuum-type action and a restoring spring and pressure and suction valves. The container to which the pum... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5419464 | Apparatus and process for dispensing food materials An apparatus for dispensing food materials includes a conveyor and a valve housing positioned above the conveyor. The valve housing has an inlet opening, a dosing opening and an outlet opening, there being no conduit extending between the outlet opening a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5400927 | Liquid/flowable product filling apparatus with seal system A sealing system for use in a liquid/flowable product filling apparatus which comprises a hopper for holding the product, one or more filling assemblies, each of which includes a nozzle, a cylinder, a valve for selectively passing product from the hopper ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5390830 | Aerosol-type sprayer for liquids An aerosol-type liquid sprayer is adapted to spray liquid steadily without loosening. An erecting wall having an upper end portion engaged with an upper portion of a cylinder is connected to the outer surface of a container body neck portion. An erecting ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5388728 | Unit for dispensing at least one fluid product, in particular a cosmetic or pharmaceutical product The invention concerns a unit for dispensing at least one fluid product; this unit comprises at least one dispensing duct, each comprising at its end portion a closing system opening towards the outside. The closing system is formed by an obturator which ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5356041 | Dispensing apparatus having improved valving A sealing valve arrangement for dispensing apparatus having a turntable rotatably mounted on a support includes a valve with an outwardly protruding operator member with a free end remote from the valve, and a valve mount for mounting the valve to the tur... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5346103 | Compression sprayer for liquids A piston-cylinder liquid sprayer of long spraying time and simple construction has a long piston stroke and is adapted to spray liquid steadily without loosening. An erecting wall having an upper end portion engaged with an upper portion of a cylinder is ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5344052 | Dosing system A dosing system for filling containers with a particulate/liquid mixture includes three piston-and-cylinder devices, of which a first device delivers the mixture downwards to containers advanced beneath it, a second device feeds a thick particulate/liquid... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5339999 | Easy cleaning metering device A metering device includes a valve body defining a chamber extending longitudinally between an inlet and an outlet and an intake valve having an opening extending into the chamber adjacent the inlet and a metering valve having an opening extending into th... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5337795 | Apparatus for introducing filler material into containers An apparatus for introducing filler material in a fluid carrier into a measuring chamber in rapid succession is described. The apparatus includes a delivery subsystem for introducing the filler material into the fluid carrier. The delivery subsystem provi... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5309958 | Filling apparatus for viscous foods A filling apparatus for viscous foods comprising a vertical tubular filling nozzle having a flow inlet formed in a tubular wall close to the lower end thereof and a piston-incorporating metering cylinder in communication with the flow inlet, and a plunger... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5307962 | Container mounted pump with improved check valve structure An improved pump-head structure, which has a valve annulus mounted on the inlet to the lower end of a liquid accumulator of the pump-head structure to prevent leakage of a liquid from the liquid accumulator. A plunger valve is connected to the valve annul... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5301850 | Unit for dispensing at least one fluid product, in particular a cosmetic or pharmaceutical product The invention concerns a unit for dispensing at least one fluid product; this unit comprises at least one dispensing duct, each comprising at its end portion a closing system opening towards the outside. The closing system is formed by an obturator which ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5287997 | Carton filling system A system for dispensing liquid food products is disclosed. The product is drawn from a source to a metering chamber through a supply valve, and then conducted to a dispensing valve to fill performed containers. The valves have a valve stem that reciprocat... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5271534 | Dispenser package for viscous products A dispenser package for viscous products comprising a container, a hanger and pouch assembly of plastic material suspended in the container and a head including a pumping mechanism mounted on the container. The head includes a chamber with a first one way... | 12/21/1993 |
