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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7631789 | Trigger sprayer having secure delivery tube connection In one embodiment of a dispensing system for connecting a remote power sprayer to a container of liquid, a flexible delivery tube includes one end non-removably connected to a remote retainer and the other end non-removably connected to a connector hose. The remote ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7331489 | Metered dose squeeze dispenser having a dip tube with a rotatable leg A liquid metered dispensing squeeze bottle includes: (a.) a squeezable container having an opening for dispensing liquid therefrom at one end and a bottom at the other end; (b.) a nonflexible trap chamber of a predetermined volume, connected to the opening of the co... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7296590 | Liquid suction device A liquid suction device for sucking liquid contained in a vessel is described herein. A liquid retention room having an inflow port and an exhaust port is inserted into the vessel via an opening at an upper part of the vessel and is dipped in the liquid. A suction t... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7240810 | Flexible supply tube with weighting mechanism for use in spray bottles A spray bottle having a pump, flexible tubing, a housing and a retainer for clamping the tubing to the housing. The pump pumps fluid to be sprayed from inside the spray bottle. The flexible tubing is attached to the pump, extends into the spray bottle, and communica... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7222755 | Metered dose squeeze dispenser with flexible-T dip tube A liquid metered dispensing squeeze bottle includes: (a.) a squeezable container having an opening for dispensing liquid therefrom at one end and a bottom at the other end; (b.) a nonflexible trap chamber of a predetermined volume, connected to the opening of the co... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7097119 | Power sprayer The present invention is a dispenser adapted to couple to a fluid container having an opening surrounded by a neck. The dispenser comprises a cap, a dispensing head, an energy source, and a conduit. The cap is adapted to seal the opening fluid tight when the dispens... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7040514 | Membrane activated carbonated beverage dispenser A dispenser for dispensing fluid from a container has a shell having an inlet, an outlet, a dispensing chamber, and a mechanism for attaching the dispenser to a top portion of a container, such as a carbonated beverage bottle. An obstructor is movable between a clos... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6997406 | Hose weight with ballast A weight component for an irrigation drop tube includes an elongated, hollow core sleeve, the core sleeve having a radially outwardly directed shoulder at one end connected to a radially outer skirt. A weight sleeve is supported at one end by the shoulder, inside th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6955305 | Weight for drinking apparatus A weight for insertion upon a drinking straw which is provided to anchor the drinking straw against the buoyant effects of escaping diffused gases in carbonated drinks. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945437 | Siphon tube of connector adapted to be mounted on reservoir In a siphon tube (1) of a reservoir, even when a front end of tube (1) is in the vicinity of the bottom of the reservoir, there is no fear that slurries are sucked by tube (1) which: reaches the bottom of the reservoir to draw a liquid contained... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935542 | Device for retaining and for inserting a flexible tube assembly into a fluid container A device for use with a container having a container top includes a tubular retainer engaging the container top and a tube assembly. The tubular retainer has a retainer top, a retainer bottom, a longitudinal axis, and an inner passageway formed along the longitudina... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6837404 | Flexible tube liquid delivery system A system utilizing a flaccid tube for delivery of liquids with a spray container is disclosed. This device can be substituted for the usual straight, non-flaccid tubing widely used with liquid dispensing containers. The system consists of a flexible tube and a weigh... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6834815 | Fluid dispensing device A fluid dispensing device is provided in the form of a spray container. The spray container is formed with a protruding sump region formed along the bottom of the container. The thickness of the bottom of the container is tapered such that the lowest point in the up... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6833072 | Flexible dip tube filter with weight A flexible dip tube for a hand held sprayer has a filter element with a projection extending into the distal end of the dib tube for frictionally mounting the filter element thereto, the other end of the filter element extending beyond the distal end and containing ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6808135 | Fluid-filled weight, particularly suited for use in irrigation systems Weight, particularly suited for use in irrigation systems, includes a body having a chamber with inner and outer walls. The chamber is sized and configured for receiving a fluid such as water, storing the water in use, and adding to the weight of the overall device.... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6779693 | Weighted dip tube for a manual dispenser A manually actuated dispenser having a flexible weighted dip tube is mounted to a container of liquid to be dispensed without entanglement by the dip tube by the provision of a tubular extension on the tube retainer which surrounds the tube and has a releasable hold... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6394319 | Flexible liquid feeding assembly A flexible liquid feeding assembly as an add-on device for use with liquid dispensing bottles is disclosed. The flexible liquid feeding assembly contains a flexible tube and a weight feeder for feeding liquid into a liquid dispenser of a liquid dispensing... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6375092 | Weighted drinking apparatus A drinking apparatus which generally includes a drinking straw with a weight thereon for anchoring the drinking straw against the buoyancy of a carbonated beverage.... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6321742 | Pressurized fluid container A pressurized fluid container for use with a cam-activated fluid outlet connector. The container includes a canister, for containing pressurized fluid and a canister cap sealing an end of the canister. The cap includes (i) a base, (ii) a pedestal protrudi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6264073 | Flexible dip tube for liquid dispenser A flexible dip tube for a liquid dispenser, the tube comprising an elongated integrally formed element having elongated end sections and an elongated intermediate section with a pair of spaced bellows defining flexible/weight portions respectively between... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6202943 | Liquid dispensing devices Liquid dispensing devices provided with tilting or bending pickup tubes for allowing substantially complete evacuation of the contents of the supply bottles. In preferred embodiments, the pickup tube is connected to a dispensing unit such as a sprayhead b... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6027041 | Sprayer with swiveling spray head A spray bottle has a ball swivel joint enabling angular orientation of the spray head with respect to the bottle. Both liquid and air are conducted between the pump and the bottle in separate passageways in the swivel joint, thus enabling use of a convent... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5979715 | Spray container having an extendable frustro-conical weight coupled to the siphoning tube A spray container having an extendable frustro-conical weight coupled to the free end of a siphoning tube. The frustro-conical contour and the extendable properties of the extendable frustro-conical weight allows the extendable frustro-conical weight to e... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5954239 | Aerosol spray dispenser with swinging downtube An aerosol dispenser having a swinging downtube. Further, the aerosol dispenser is preferably provided with a concave bottom when viewing the bottom from inside the container.... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5934519 | Weighted dip tube A flexible straw, having a proximal end and a destal end. The flexible straw comprises a tube and a weight assembly that is located near the distal end. The flexible straw is used in a bottle containing a liquid having a fluid level. The bottle also has a... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5873474 | EZ baby bottle straw A nursing bottle device which comprises a one piece cap that will attach to a baby bottle and has few parts so it can be sterilized. The cap has an up right portion and a straw that extends into the bottle which will prevent air from entering the nipple a... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5839620 | Atomizer with suction tube provided with ballast weight An atomizer for liquids, operated manually by a lever with a trigger operating a dispensing pump with a flexible suction tube penetrating into the container in which the liquid to be sprayed is located, and having a ballast weight fixed to the suction tub... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5797522 | Aerosol spray dispenser with swinging downtube An aerosol dispenser having a swinging downtube. Further, the aerosol dispenser is preferably provided with a concave bottom when viewing the bottom from inside the container.... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5769284 | Self-adjusting pick-up tube assembly for aspirating liquid from containers A self-adjusting pick-up tube assembly for aspirating liquid from containers of varying heights. Such assembly comprises (a) a platform member adapted to be positioned in contact with the bottom of a container when the pick-up tube is being used to aspira... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5636770 | Aerosol dip tube A dip tube whose tip portion can reach the nooks at the bottom of an aerosol container, so that the aerosol content therein can be assuredly sprayed with substantially no aerosol content being left unused. A weight fixed around the dip tube is arranged so... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5611467 | Invertible pressurized fluid dispenser with guided fluid inlet member A pressurized fluid dispenser is provided with a shuttle member having a fluid inlet for withdrawing fluid from within the dispenser. A rigid guiding member is provided for guiding the shuttle member axially when the container is moved between respective ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5551605 | Sealing and dispensing device The disclosed invention is directed to a sealing and dispensing apparatus that is used to preserve the contents of a carbonated beverage container which contains a threaded adapter which replaces the screw cap of the container. The adapter contains a cent... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5381961 | Liquid dispensing devices Liquid dispensing devices provided with tilting or bending pickup tubes for allowing substantially complete evacuation of the contents of the supply bottles. In preferred embodiments, the pickup tube is connected to a dispensing unit such as a sprayhead b... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5215227 | Assailant marker A marking device for spraying a liquid food-grade dye mixture onto a potential assailant. The device includes a spray pump for use in connection with a bottle or other portable container for dispensing said mixture therefrom. The manually activated fluid ... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5195664 | All directional fluid pick-up A container with a discharge valve attached defines an interior volume containing a liquid. A rigid dip tube is connected between the valve and a flexible dip tube. This flexible dip tube, in turn, is attached to a weighted pick-up head. The pick-up head ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4940152 | Nursing bottle This invention is an easy-suck nursing bottle and a fixing disc mounted between the bottle mouth and a nipple secured on the above by a cover skirt for attachment of special suction means. A flexible internal suction pipe communicating with the nipple is ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4892228 | Toy water gun A toy gun for projecting a fluent material. The gun has a front gun body and a hollow rear gun body, one having a cylinder as a part thereof and the other having a piston as a part thereof, the piston being slidable in the cylinder for a distance greater ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4830235 | Siphon tube apparatus A siphon tube apparatus is set forth wherein an articulated jointed siphon tube is utilized in conjunction with conventional spary head and a reservoir bottle formed with a weighted pickup end formed with positioning legs to bias the pickup end of the art... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4784293 | Toy water gun A toy water gun for projecting a fluent material. The gun has a front gun body and a rear gun body, one having a cylinder as a part thereof and the other having a piston as a part thereof. The piston is slidable in the cylinder for both expelling water fr... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4273272 | Liquid dispenser A liquid dispenser which includes a flexible tube having a relatively heavy intake fitting engageable with the lower end of the flexible tube, the relatively heavy intake fitting having a longitudinally extending passage through it containing a stop engag... | 06/16/1981 |
