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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7832596 | Tapping rod A tapping rod (2) with a beverage valve (16), a gas valve (14) cooperating therewith, and a collar (24), while in or on the collar a connecting device (26) is fitted, which connecting device comprises a pressure body (30) fo... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7377455 | Portable sprayer A portable sprayer comprising a generally cylindrically shaped tube and an air volume chamber, a piston rod inserted in the cylinder, a container for holding a material, a spray nozzle, and a delivery tube inserted in the container and extended to the spray nozzle i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7232046 | Pressurized dispenser for beverage bottle An apparatus securable to a top opening of a beverage bottle for selectively dispensing fluid therefrom includes a body that has a plurality of vertically aligned chambers, a spout extending outwardly from one of the plurality of chambers and a bellow section dispos... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7137535 | Safety tap handle An apparatus is disclosed for a tap handle for beverage dispensing comprising a ceramic, porcelain or stoneware handle filled with a foam, preferably polyurethane foam which renders the tap handle more resilient and resistant to sharding. Ideally, polymeric diphenyl... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131558 | Pressure sprayer An improved pressurizing sprayer removably attaches to the threaded neck of a container and includes a main body having a handle portion and a head portion. The handle includes a top portion with an exposed trigger and an inside portion in which a hand operated sque... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131556 | Pressured drinking water dispenser A pressured drinking water dispenser includes a control device and an air and water connector inserted in the cap of a tank. The control device and the water connector are mutually connected with an air tube and a water tube between. The control device has a circuit... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7083071 | Drink supply canister for beverage dispensing apparatus A drink supply canister for a beverage dispensing apparatus. The drink supply canister includes a removable valve assembly member having a drink supply outlet valve and a gas inlet valve. The beverage dispensing apparatus pressurizes the drink supply canister by sup... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080761 | Spray head structure capable of preventing backflow of perfume liquid A spray head structure capable of preventing backflow of perfume liquid comprises a spray head, a locking base, a kit, a bottle, and a compressible ball. A rolling ball is held inside a gas-supplying tube of the spray head. A cross-shaped trench is formed on one end... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080760 | Leakproof perfume spray head A leakproof perfume spray head comprises a spray head, a locking shell, an inner sleeve, a rotation shaft, and an outer cover, wherein the locking shell is locked to a perfume bottle and a sleeving section on a lower end of the inner sleeve is inserted into the lock... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7063275 | Sprayer having a spray shield and a spray shield retainer A sprayer has a spray shield and a spray shield retainer. The spray shield is removably attached to the spray shield retainer for efficient storage when not in use. The spray shield can be contoured to the body of the sprayer. The spray shield is configured for atta... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6991136 | Pressurizing device for attachment to fluid containers A pressurizing beverage dispenser removably attaches to the threaded neck of a container and includes a main body having a handle portion and a head portion. A valve spout on the head portion is moveable between a closed position and an open position. A hand operate... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6868992 | Liquid-dispensing device A liquid-dispensing device is provided, which is simple in structure, has minimal space requirements, is operative with of a wide range of liquid consistencies, and is adapted for repeatedly dispensing a predetermined liquid volume from a liquid container. The devic... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6607105 | Stopper for wine or champagne preservation and dispensing apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for preserving and dispensing wine or champagne. The apparatus provides a housing having a container support for holding wine or champagne bottles, a plurality of removable stoppers for insertion in the bottle... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6581801 | Single soap pump for use with water displacement soap containers and peristaltic pump A soap dispensing system includes a soap dispensing fixture and first and second sources of soap connected to the fixture. Each of the sources of soap includes a closed container and a collapsible soap container positioned within the closed container. Eac... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6435379 | Bottled liquid dispensers Liquid is supplied from a bottle B to a discharge outlet 8 via a molded plastics reservoir 15 by pressurizing the bottle using an air pump 22. A pressure sensor responds to a rise in air pressure supplied to the bottle by shutting off the pump. Liquid is ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6425421 | Method and apparatus for decanting wine A method and apparatus (10) for transferring wine from a wine bottle (100) to a decanting receptacle (200) wherein the apparatus (10) includes: a pump unit (11) for introducing pressurized air into the interior of the wine bottle; a fluid withdrawal unit ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6412669 | Liquid sucking and dispensing device A liquid sucking and dispensing device includes a body having a passage and an air inlet and an air outlet are respectively located one two ends of the body. A first valve is engaged with the passage at a mediate section of the passage and a second valve ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6398084 | Beverage dispenser A beer pouring faucet 14 provided in front of the server main body 12 extends from the faucet main body 18 and includes the operating lever 20 which functions to change pouring of beer or the head by tilting the lever back and forth. The drive apparatus 2... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6394148 | Pump connection A sprayer kit comprising a sprayer container adapted to be filled with a fluid, a hand pump for pressurizing fluid in the sprayer container and a fluid transfer device. The fluid transfer device is configured to be inserted into an opening in a commercial... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6341628 | Battery filling system A battery filling system for use in efficiently adding water to, for example, those lead-acid batteries which are located in inconvenient or hard-to-reach places. The battery filling system includes a first flexible tube for use in transferring distilled ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6289784 | Pump for spring water A spring water pump comprising: a housing sealably connected to a water container and having a sealing member for sealing the connected portion between the water container and the housing; a pressure member of bellows type located inside the housing, the ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6216914 | Beer dispensing system Disclosed is a new and improved dispensing system for dispensing fluid through an ornate system. The system has a housing with an upper end, a lower end, a front wall, a rear wall and opposed side walls. Further, the housing has a hollow interior, the low... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6170716 | Oil can structure An oil can structure comprises an upper cover, a lock head, a jetting seat, a body, a lower seat, a piston, a sliding barrel and a rotary seat. Thereby, the oil can is operated easily and conveniently with less power and labor hour. The body receiving hig... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6053366 | Closable pouring cap A closable pouring cap for a beverage container comprising a housing, a plunger movable in the housing and a pouring opening provided in the housing, while at its bottom side, which is placed on the container. The housing is provided with a fastener to at... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6003503 | Toy gun with fluid pulsator A fluid pulsator for a compressed gun (10) or water gun (30) is provided having a housing (404) with a fluid inlet (409) and a fluid outlet (410), an internal tube (405) reciprocally mounted within the housing, and a sealing member (406) reciprocally moun... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6000386 | Toy gun with fluid pulsator A fluid pulsator for a compressed gun (10) or water gun (30) is provided having a housing (604) with a fluid inlet (607) and a fluid outlet (608), an internal tube (605) reciprocally coupled to the housing, and a sealing member (606) reciprocally mounted ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5947339 | Beverage dispenser An apparatus and method for dispensing a beverage from either one of two sizes of beverage bottles. The apparatus includes a base, at least one canister, an adapter cap, a valve assembly, and a pump. The adapter cap has two sets of threads. Typically, one... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5785211 | Portable powered beer keg tapping device with air pressure regulator A portable, electrically powered keg tapping device for beer kegs has a valve body including a liquid passageway open to the bottom of the valve body and to a liquid dispensing port on the body and an air passageway open at the bottom of the valve body la... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5740949 | Air pump for natural mineral water barrel An air pump for a naturaI mineral water barrel includes a cover member, a bellows and a sealing means. The pump can dispense natural mineral water without inclining the barrel for consumption and improve the sealing capacity regardless of changing the dia... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5738254 | Repressurizing beverage dispenser for attachment to carbonated beverage bottles A repressurizing dispenser for removable attachment to the threaded neck of a carbonated beverage container includes a housing having an integrally formed handle and a hollow collar with a threaded seal ring therein for threaded engagement with the neck o... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5735440 | Bicycle mounted squirt gun and fluid dispensing apparatus A fluid dispensing apparatus is mounted to and supported by any of numerous sizes and styles of bicycles. The fluid dispensing apparatus has a means for storing water, a means for pressurizing stored water, a means for controlling the release of pressuriz... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5664702 | Foot operated beer keg pressurizer A foot-operated beer-keg pressurizer has a floor-based foot pump (1) with which air is pumped through a pressure tube (17) from a variably remote beer keg (2) to a keg faucet (9) that is attachable to conventional beer-keg connectors (6). A beer tube (8) ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5641094 | Method and device for taking-out of fluids from containers A method for the removal or dispensing of liquids from containers, especially for the tapping of beer, in which pursuant to the quantity of liquid withdrawn, air is introduced into the container for pressure compensation or for the generating of an atmosp... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5630532 | Air pump for generating excess pressure in a fuel tank for liquid fuel in a portable heating device An air pump is configured as a reciprocating compressor. On a fuel tank, there is fitted a cylinder of the air pump, in which an axially displaceable piston rod, having a handle and a piston, is coaxially disposed. The piston divides the interior of the c... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5564605 | Portable fluid dispenser A portable fluid dispenser that allows a person to dispense a desired amount of fluid from the top of a golf bag. The portable fluid dispenser includes a pump means that provides positive pressure which forces fluid from containers located within a pouch.... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5540355 | Water cooler and dispensing system A water cooler and dispensing system comprises a housing, a pump, a cap, a siphon tube, a reservoir, a cooling unit, control circuitry and a faucet. The housing includes a frame and detachable panels for supporting the reservoir above a water bottle. The ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5529220 | Backpack beverage dispenser An inexpensive, light weight backpack beverage dispenser using standard two-liter bottles to hold the premix beverage. The bottles are connected to a two-port cap and are then connected in series with CO2 supplied to the inlet port of the first... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5503305 | Reusable pressurizable liquid dispensing sphere A spherical liquid dispensing system which can easily be handled by one person. This system is made from a substantially uniformly molded sphere supplied with a reinforced neck for filling and dispensing. The sphere further has a flange about its outer ci... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5485779 | Device for selectively pressurizing or evacuating a chamber with an oscillating air source by metering air through a valve system and a device for drawing into, retaining and evacuating material from a chamber A manually operable device for metering air through a valve system for drawing into, retaining and evacuating material from a chamber having a first air passageway operatively connected to the chamber and exposed to the atmosphere for transporting the mat... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5400923 | Apparatus for discharging contents of a sealed container A pump for discharging the contents of a sealed container, such as a test tube, is connected to a body member which includes an inlet path and a discharge path with a delivery tube in the discharge path. A predetermined clearance is provided between the e... | 03/28/1995 |
