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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8382010 | Dosing device with a manually actuatable pumping means A dosing device with a manually actuated pumping component, which includes a pumping chamber, an inlet valve and an outlet valve in the region of a dosing opening, is provided. An inlet region in the region of the inlet valve and/or an outlet region in the region of... | 02/26/2013 |
| 7753290 | Portable powered foaming sprayer A portable, self-contained powered sprayer to produce a foam effluent spray from a liquid. The sprayer includes segregated air and liquid delivery systems that separately supply air and liquid to a mixing chamber. The liquid delivery system may include a pump for pu... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7458528 | Fluid misting apparatus A fluid misting apparatus and method that is adapted to be attached to a cycle having an energy source, the fluid misting apparatus includes a reservoir for containing a fluid and a centrifugal pump that is powered by the energy source, wherein the pump is in fluid ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7347386 | Sprayer with changeable volume A sprayer with a changeable volume includes a container, a pump, a first pipe, a second pipe and a nozzle. The container includes an upper wall and a lower wall. The upper wall can be compressed while not containing water and extensible for containing water. The low... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341575 | Medical injector and medicament loading system for use therewith The present invention discloses a medical injector and medicament loading system for use therewith. The medicament loading system includes cap for a medicament cartridge. The cap has a post for causing movement of the cartridge stopper toward the seal when the cap e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337989 | Automated sprayer with manually-adjustable nozzle An automated sprayer for spraying walls of a shower or bathing enclosure with a liquid cleanser. A spray head rotates on an essentially vertical axis. Its outlet nozzle pivots on an essentially horizontal axis (but not otherwise) to adjust the vertical angle of the ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7320439 | Self-contained insect repelling and killing apparatus An apparatus for the purpose of dispensing a chemical agent whose function is to detract or alternatively attract and destroy, insects, in particular, flying insects. The apparatus consists of a chemical source, a connection to a fluid source, usually water, a reser... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7303150 | Foam and spray nozzles having a hinged door and a trigger dispenser incorporating same A nozzle has a front, a back, and at least one flat surface extending therebetween. A door is coupled to the intersection of the front and flat surface by a live hinge. Optionally, the door has a portal within which a screen is mounted. The exterior surface of the d... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293570 | Carbon dioxide snow apparatus A carbon dioxide snow apparatus of the present invention includes a carbon dioxide snow generation system and a propellant generation system connected to a common carbon dioxide gas source. The carbon dioxide snow generation system includes a condenser having a at l... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270136 | Apparatus for cleaning the edges of wafers The invention concerns an apparatus for cleaning the edge of a wafer that may be relatively simply constructed with low cost, and prevent the wafer from being re-contaminated by the edge cleaning, thus resulting in increase of the yield rate of wafers. The apparatus... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7246755 | Power sprayer The present invention is a dispenser adapted to be coupled to a fluid container. The dispenser comprises a dispensing head, an energy source, and a fluid pathway. The dispensing head includes a fluid pump, a motor adapted to power the pump, a trigger adapted to cont... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237729 | Sprayer with changeable volume A sprayer with a changeable volume includes a container, a pump, a first pipe, a second pipe and a nozzle. The container includes an upper wall and a lower wall. The upper wall can be compressed while not containing water and extensible for containing water. The low... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7219849 | Liquid impingement nozzle with paired openings An improved liquid impingement nozzle having two openings along an axis, spaced apart and angled towards each other. A non-atomized liquid stream of the same liquid is directed through each opening by a pressurized source. The two streams meet at an apex distal from... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219848 | Fluid sprayer employing piezoelectric pump An electrically-powered fluid sprayer employs a piezoelectric fluid pump that includes an inlet port, an outlet port, a pump chamber, and a piezoelectric element that is deformed and displaced by electrical signals supplied thereto to vary the volume of the pump cha... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182277 | Spray device and method A spray device including a barrel having a bypass and at least two spaced stoppers defining a first and second chambers and a spray nozzle. Movement of the first stopper drives the second stopper to the bypass and the fluid in the first chamber into the second chamb... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178740 | Pressure washer system and method of operating same A system and method for injecting a low-pressure spray of solution into a high-pressure spray of liquid produced by a pressure washing system. The system comprises a liquid storage tank for the solution that is operable to be pressurized. The system comprises a wand... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178742 | Fluid delivery system for spray applicator A fluid delivery system is provided as a modular system. The fluid delivery system provides a fluid to a robotic spray applicator system that may be used to spray a mold with a motor release compound or in-mold coating. The fluid to be dispensed is contained in the ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7134941 | Methods for residue removal and corrosion prevention in a post-metal etch process A method of plasma assisted CO2 cleaning for dry removal of residual photoresist and sidewall polymer with an etch gas mixture comprising fluorine containing gas, oxygen and hydrogen in N2 or H2O. The process removes polymer residues... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118050 | Sprayer with changeable volume A sprayer with a changeable volume includes a container, a pump, a first pipe, a second pipe and a nozzle. The container includes an upper wall and a lower wall. The upper wall can be compressed while not containing water and extensible for containing water. The low... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104467 | Dispensing apparatus with coding means A liquid flow restrictor in the supply line of an eductor or other dilution or dispensing device has a rotatably mounted disc with opposite faces and a plurality of apertures or holes, which provide different flow restrictions between the faces, and a pair of flow c... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101260 | Methods for resist stripping and other processes for cleaning surfaces substantially free of contaminants A method for manufacturing an article where the article has polymeric residue that is to be removed during the manufacture of the article. The article is introduced into a controlled environment of a processing tool that has at least first and second processing cham... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7047802 | Pump tester An automatic pump testing device is configured with controller, a pump testing station, a supply tank and a collection tank. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a pump testing device is configured to test various types of hand actuated pumps. In ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032841 | Hand-held battery power sprayer A hand-held battery power sprayer is formed of a body having a spray nozzle, a trigger, and an internally threaded attachment collar having a passageway therethrough. The attachment collar removably receives a container. As battery powered pump is positioned within ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021561 | Spray device and method A spray device including a barrel having a bypass and at least two spaced stoppers defining a first and second chambers and a spray nozzle. Movement of the first stopper drives the second stopper to the bypass and the fluid in the first chamber into the second chamb... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6978625 | System for forming aerosols and cooling device incorporated therein The present invention relates to a cooling device (30) of the reverse Carnot cycle-type using a refrigerant, and an areosol generation system including it. The cooling device (30) includes a refrigerator (310, 320) of the reverse Carnot cycle-ty... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6925997 | Paintgun with pneumatic feeding and discharging process The invention relates to a paintgun with pneumatic feeding and discharging process characterized by a pneumatic delivery mechanism. The pneumatic delivery mechanism comprises a flow-guiding body forming a major air channel at front end and a flow-guiding chamber at ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6896204 | Water pressured destruct enhancer The present invention comprises an extension tube that attaches to the bore end of a water jet producing device that is used to render safe improvised explosive devices by disrupting the firing train of said devices. The present invention comprises an extension tube... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6820824 | Apparatus for spraying liquids, disposable containers and liners suitable for use therewith A spray gun has a fluid reservoir that contains a removable liner. The liner, which may be thermo/vacuum-formed from a plastics material, is a close fit within the interior of the reservoir and collapses as fluid is withdrawn from within the liner during operation o... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6817544 | Device preventing rotation of a power drill attachment A device for preventing the rotation of a power drill attachment relative to a power drill is provided and is described in combination with a liquid sprayer. The device having a container (10) with a supply tube (12) extending downward into the contain... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6789750 | Fluid product dispenser A fluid dispenser device comprising a reservoir (10) containing one or more doses of fluid, a dispensing orifice (20), and a dispensing member (30), said device being characterized in that said reservoir is of the syringe type (10) having... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6779742 | Air brush In contrast to the conventional air brush, an air brush in the invention has a function in which even a beginner can easily perform an operation for pulling an operating rod little by little while the operating rod is slightly pushed and pulled at an initial stage o... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6769632 | Method and apparatus for supplying coating material An apparatus for supplying a coating material, including: a coating material tank (2) for storing a high-viscosity coating material; a solvent tank (6) for storing a dilution solvent; a mixing machine (11) for mixing the high-viscosity coating m... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6742722 | Cartridge type coating system A paint cartridge is provided with a wash fluid passage in communication with a paint chamber, along with a wash fluid valve adapted to open and close the wash fluid passage. Provided on the side of a replenishing stool are a replenishing valve which supplies or dis... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6679439 | Device for dispensing a fluid product and method of dispensing a fluid product A device for dispensing a fluid product includes a reservoir configured to contain a fluid product and a spray orifice associated with the reservoir. The reservoir may include at least one actuating wall having a predetermined threshold resistance to defo... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6676039 | Pressurized abrasive feed and metering system for waterjet cutting systems The present invention provides an improved abrasive delivery system for delivering an abrasive material to a waterjet cutting nozzle which has no external pressure effects on the orifice metering the flow of abrasive material from a container for the mate... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6663019 | Sampling-type spraying device A dispenser device is provided for dispensing a fluid substance in spray form. The dispenser device comprising a reservoir containing the fluid to be dispensed and a spray orifice. The reservoir includes at least one actuating wall that can be deformed by... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6656276 | Device for spraying a coating product comprising at least a sprayer and a piston reservoir The invention concerns a reservoir capable of being periodically cleaned and/or filled with a coating product equipped with a piston (10) controlled in its movement by a control rod (11). A module (32) elastically deformable in compression (F) is incorpor... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651907 | Portable refillable water container having an interior pump member The present invention 10 discloses a portable water container having a housing 22 with a fill cap 38 with a water valve 40 and means 44 within the housing for pumping the water 56 out of the housing 22. In addition, a vent 34 is also positioned within the... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6626379 | Application method for at least two different media and dispenser therefor In order to enable application of a dry i.e. powdery or granulated active substance, said substance is kept apart from a liquid supply in a dispenser. The powder is discharged with the help of said liquid during application. The liquid serves as a carrier... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6601780 | Paintgun with pneumatic feeding and discharging process The present invention relates to a paintgun with pneumatic feeding and discharging process which mainly includes a pneumatic delivery mechanism. The pneumatic delivery mechanism consists of a flow-guiding body, a flow-guiding piston and a delivery tube. T... | 08/05/2003 |
