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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5222636 | Apparatus for spraying a liquid from a container A pump sprayer for pharmaceutical or cosmetic products provides for consistent spray regardless of the orientation of the container. A gravity-actuated valve element coacts with a valve seat to close a secondary passage to the pump when the container is i... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4958752 | Invention Bump for liquid media The thrust piston pump of a delivery apparatus for liquid media and the like is provided with a valve arrangement in the suction passage. The valve arrangement has two valve seats acting in opposing manner and is associated with a single common valve body... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4776498 | Invertable pump for liquid media The thrust piston pump of a delivery apparatus for liquid media and the like is provided with a valve arrangement in the suction passage. The valve arrangement has two valve seats acting in opposing manner and is associated with a single common valve body... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4775079 | Upright/inverted pump sprayer A manually actuated upright/inverted pump sprayer having a piston controlled container vent path, an auxiliary liquid intake port for inverted spray being spaced closer to the inner side of the container seal gasket compared to the spacing of the containe... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4331295 | Windshield washer A windshield washer having a jet nozzle adapted for ejecting a washing liquid to a windshield, a first reservoir for containing a first liquid such as water, a second reservoir for containing a second liquid such as a detergent solution, and a pump having... | 05/25/1982 |