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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997455 | Head of a fluid dispensing device, provided with elastic return means The invention relates to a fluid dispensing device with an elastic return or a biasing component that is outside the pumping chamber. When the trigger to the pump is activated the elastic return twists forming a torsion return force. The arrangement improves reliabi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7874463 | Dispenser with collapsible dispensing tube A dispenser includes a housing and a push bar movable between a rest position and an actuated position. A container is retained in the housing and holds a liquid, and a pump is associated with a liquid. The pump is actuated to dispense a dose of the liquid, when the... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7815077 | Soap dispensing apparatus A soap dispensing assembly has a container housing having an interior that retains soap. The container housing has an opening which communicates with the interior. A pump unit secured to the top of the container housing at a location separate from the opening. The p... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7597218 | Pump with mechanical means for effective priming and drip prevention A dispensing device comprising pump for dispensing liquid, the pump comprising a hollow piston moveable within a cylinder, and a valve, controlling the supply of liquid to the piston/cylinder. During a first phase of operation the piston moves outwardly within the c... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7556179 | Soap dispensing apparatus A soap dispensing assembly has a container housing having an interior that retains soap. The container housing has an opening which communicates with the interior. A pump unit secured to the top of the container housing at a location separate from the opening. The p... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7424961 | Tester for cosmetic liquid such as perfume The present invention relates to a tester or cosmetic liquid dispensing apparatus. More specifically, the tester includes a support, a holder for holding a bottle of cosmetic liquid, and controller for actuating a valve. The valve pumps liquid cosmetic such as perfu... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7416704 | Handheld pipette This invention provides a hand held pipette which is ergonomically designed to reduce user fatigue and injury. The pipette preferably includes a nozzle extending downward at a selected angle from a point near the top of a base portion of the pipette, the base portio... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7377408 | Fluid dispenser A fluid dispenser which has a pump assembly having a reciprocable plunger received in a housing having an outlet end for delivery of fluids. A handle is pivotally connected to the housing and is mechanically connected to the plunger of the pump assembly to provide a... | 05/27/2008 |
| RE40319 | Liquid dispenser for dispensing foam A pump assembly provides for direct replacement of volumes of liquid from a reservoir with equal volumes of air preferably at substantially atmospheric pressure, the same pressure or with pressure equalization to be at least equal to atmospheric pressure. A slide ar... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367477 | Dispenser with side mounted activation levers A dispenser with an activation lever which extends laterally to one side of the dispenser and is particularly adapted for engagement by an elbow of one arm of a user and particularly adapted for dispensing fluid as onto the hand of a second arm of the user thereby a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367478 | Dosing device for at least one medium A dosing device for at least one medium includes a casing part connectable to a medium reservoir, having a pumping device located in the casing part and an applicator connected to the pumping device. The pumping device is provided with at least one inlet valve, as w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357278 | Metering valve for fluid substances The valve comprises three parts of generally cylindrical shape, of two or more diameters, fitted into one another, the first of these having a structure of two successive cylinders, being fixed between the cap of the container carrying the substance to be metered an... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353971 | Laterally-actuated fluid dispensing device A fluid dispenser device having a body (10), a fluid reservoir (20) containing one or a plurality of doses of fluid, a piston (30) designed to slide in the reservoir so as to dispense a dose of fluid each time the device is actuated, and actuato... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341056 | Portable oxygen supply unit A portable oxygen supply unit for breathable air with an enhanced oxygen content has a tilt valve in a mounting cup on a pressurized container containing medical or aviators oxygen. A hollow housing is sealed to the mounting cup. The hollow housing is flowably conne... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331944 | Ophthalmic dispenser and associated method An ophthalmic dispenser has a rigid housing defining a fluid-receiving chamber, a flexible bladder receivable within the fluid-receiving chamber, a pump coupled in fluid communication with the fluid-receiving chamber, and a nozzle having a valve defining an annular,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320144 | Protective mask with removable lens A protective mask and method, comprising a face mask having a body shaped so as to generally cover a face of the user person. The body defines an opening opposite the eyes of the user person when the face mask is worn. A removable lens has a lens portion of see-thro... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7308992 | Spring-loaded actuator cap An actuator cap for a container of product includes a main peripheral wall surrounding a central discharge member. The central discharge member is oriented to discharge product axially. An actuator arm extends radially from the central discharge member and is axiall... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308993 | Actuator cap and product refill for a housing A product refill for a housing includes an actuator cap and a container of product. The actuator cap includes a base portion having a mounting end, a central actuator member having a substantially axially oriented discharge orifice, and an axially movable actuator c... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303099 | Stepped pump foam dispenser A pump assembly with a first pump to displace a first volume and a second pump to displace a second volume greater than the first volume. The first pump draws liquid from a reservoir and dispenses it to the second pump. The second pump draws in the discharge from th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299951 | Foot activated dispenser The invention generally relates to a foot activated dispenser and more particularly to a foot activated dispenser for dispensing a liquid product such as a skin care product (i.e. hand soap, hand sanitizer, surgical scrub, lotion, etc.). More specifically, the foot ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296712 | Device for distributing a fluid of the multi-dose type A fluid dispenser device a body (1), a fluid reservoir (3), a dispensing member, such as a pump or a metering valve having a piston or a valve member that is mounted to move axially, which dispensing member is fitted to the reservoir (3), and an... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287672 | Fluid dispenser member and a dispenser including such a member A fluid dispenser member designed to be associated with a fluid reservoir having a neck, said member comprising: a body defining at least part of a fluid chamber, said body being provided with fixing means for fixing onto the neck of the reservoir, said body includi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284683 | Device for dispensing a product A device for dispensing a product may include a stationary portion, a pushbutton configured to move relative to the stationary portion and to be actuated to cause dispensing of a product, and a spring. The spring may include an assembly portion configured to associa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7249692 | Dispenser with lock A dispensing assembly is provided for a container of fluent material. A hand-operable dispenser cartridge is adapted to be mounted to the container. An actuator, which may include a nozzle or spout, is mounted on the cartridge. A locking sleeve is mounted around the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246759 | Modular spray gun apparatus and methods Modular spray gun apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a handle module and a head module that is removeably coupled to the handle module. The head module includes a first housing having an inlet adapted to be coupled to a sou... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243820 | Tappet pump, mainly for cosmetic products A tappet pump comprising a reduced number of components. The pump comprises a pump body, a piston, a tappet and an elastic implement which exerts its force on the tappet and on the piston by means of a unidirectional link defined by interdependent limit stops. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7198177 | Dispenser for dispensing a fluid, housing for such a dispenser, storage holder configured for placement therein and arrangement for the dosed pumping of a fluid from a fluid reservoir A dispenser for dispensing a fluid includes a housing, a fluid reservoir placed in the housing, and a pump. The pump includes a nozzle protruding therefrom and an operating part connected to the fluid reservoir. When the operating part is moved from an initial posit... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191920 | Motorized household liquid dispenser A household liquid dispensing apparatus includes a container for holding a household liquid and a pump for pumping the household liquid out of the container. The pump includes a pump chamber. A dip tube is adapted to be positioned in the container and communicates w... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182226 | Dosing device comprising a medium reservoir and corresponding pump device The invention relates to a dosing device that comprises a medium reservoir (S) and a pump device for dosing and dispensing a medium stored in said medium reservoir. The pump device is associated with a pump chamber, and with at least one inlet and one outlet valve. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7108159 | Fluid dispenser device of the multi-dose type A fluid dispenser device a body (1), a fluid reservoir (3), a dispensing member, such as a pump or a metering valve having a piston or a valve member that is mounted to move axially, which dispensing member is fitted to the reservoir (3), and an... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7080759 | Dispensing head and fluid product dispenser comprising same A fluid dispenser device comprising a pump (50) and a dispensing head that comprises a body (1) defining a fluid discharge channel (2) ending in a dispensing orifice (3), a rigid insert (4) being disposed in said discharge channel ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7044341 | Device for packaging and dispensing a product, such as a cosmetic product The present application relates to a device (1) for packaging and dispensing a pressurized product, comprising: a) a container (2, 70) containing the product: b) a dispensing element (5, 75) fitted to the container and provided with an activatin... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037303 | Urinary flow control valve A flow control valve (22) such as for a catheter (10) allows discharge of urine from a bladder (12) by manual actuation. The valve (22) may be a double-duckbill valve (22) with a single slit (62) at one apex (60a | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021494 | Automated cleansing sprayer having separate cleanser and air vent paths from bottle An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of a shower enclosure with a liquid cleanser dispenses the cleanser using a pump and rotatable spray head. A motor drives the pump and rotates the spray head. The sprayer has a showerhead mountable housing with a hanger. T... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6983865 | Fluid dispenser device A manually-actuated device for dispensing a fluid in liquid or powder form and that comprises a fluid reservoir (10), dispensing means (20) for selectively dispensing the fluid contained in the reservoir (10), a dispensing head (30) provi... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6964381 | Atomization device with lateral actuation A fluid spray device including a reservoir containing fluid, a dispenser head including a dispenser orifice, and an actuator device being on the dispenser head and co-operating with a fixing ring in order to actuate a pump or the valve, said actuator device includin... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962273 | Cylinder and valve structures for liquid-dispensing containers A liquid-dispensing structure includes: an outer cylinder with a one-way valve at its lower end to allow a liquid to flow into the outer cylinder; a hollow piston being slidable inside the outer cylinder and having a pair of liquid-tight portions formed with circula... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6938802 | Dispensing pump for a fluid product A dispensing pump for a fluid product, including a pump body (10) in which at least one piston (20, 30) slides, wherein a pump chamber (40) is defined between an input valve (50) and an output valve (60), and the pump body (10 | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932247 | Gripping device for flexible bag dispenser A handle device for manually grasping an airless dispenser of the type including a drawing-off member provided with a dispensing head and fitted to a flexible pouch by means of a cylindrical fitting, wherein, at the top of the fitting, under the head, the fitting is... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6860411 | Multiple-dose device for dispensing a fluid product Fluid dispenser device having a body (1), a fluid reservoir (3), a dispensing member, such as a pump or a metering valve having a piston or a valve member that is mounted to move axially, which dispensing member is fitted to the reservoir (3), a... | 03/01/2005 |
