Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7744019 | Spray gun An apparatus for mixing a catalyst with a resin and then spraying the mixture onto a surface. The catalyst is mixed with air before the catalyst/air mixture is introduced to the resin in the mixing tube. The sprayer is provided with a specially designed check valve ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7270749 | Pump system A pumping system comprising: (a) an inlet adapted for connection with a supply of low pressure water; (b) a filtration unit in fluid communication with the inlet, wherein the filtration unit filters impurities from the low pressure water so as to discharge a flow of... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7100366 | Device for the post-treatment of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine An apparatus for posttreatment of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, using a reducing agent to be introduced into the exhaust gases, in particular a urea or a urea-and-water solution, having an improved mixing chamber into which stored reducing agent, v... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7073734 | Spraying device system and method of dispersing and disseminating materials The invention includes a spraying device (10) for producing a precise degree of liquid droplet generation on a repeatable basis by combining a specified rate of regulated flow of liquid material with a regulated flow of high-pressure air. The spraying device ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070066 | Liquid dispensing valve and method with improved stroke length calibration and fluid fittings A liquid dispensing valve includes a valve body, a valve seat, and a reciprocating valve member engageable with the valve seat for controlling flow through a liquid outlet. A calibration device includes a rotatable stroke control stop member and a rotatable referenc... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059545 | Automatic air-assisted manifold mounted gun A coating material dispensing device includes a first component providing a connection to a source of coating material to be dispensed and a filter for filtering coating material to be dispensed. The first component includes a housing for housing the filter and a cl... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7004404 | Spray gun A spraying apparatus for spraying liquid surface treatment material which includes a gas inlet, a liquid inlet and an outlet nozzle. The apparatus also has a needle valve for regulating the supply of surface treatment material to the nozzle. The needle valve is at l... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6916023 | Self-adjusting cartridge seal A seal includes a first seal retainer, a seal holder and a second seal retainer. A somewhat cup-shaped recess of the first seal retainer opens in a first direction of motion of a movable member against which the seal is to seal. The seal holder includes a first some... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6827299 | Gang mountable spray gun A liquid spray module which can be individually used, or which can be easily mounted in ganged side-by-side relation with a plurality of such modules. Each module includes a spray gun cartridge having liquid passages through the liquid to be sprayed, is directed and... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6805307 | Spraying device, system and methods of dispersing and disseminating materials The invention includes a spraying device (10) for producing a precise degree of liquid droplet generation on a repeatable basis by combining a specified rate of regulated flow of liquid material with a regulated flow of high-pressure air. The spraying device ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 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 |
| 5388767 | Spray gun with check valve An apparatus for mixing and spraying a catalyst with a resin onto a surface. The resin and catalyst are internally mixed in confluence with pressurized air. The sprayer is provided with a specially designed check valve to prevent resin and catalyst from e... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5150836 | Method of fuel injection A method of injecting liquid fuel to an engine which includes delivering a quantity of fuel into a conduit and propelling the fuel along the conduit by a pulse of gas under sufficient pressure to discharge the fuel from an open nozzle into an engine induc... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5110051 | Squeeze sprayer device A squeeze sprayer device is attached to a squeezable container of fluid. The device includes a capped cylinder containing an axially moveable discharge valve in the form of an air piston which unseats in response to air pressure to open the discharge upon... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4901926 | Whirlpool tub with automatic pre-flushing of the system A tub including a fluid system has a pump which includes a suction side and a pressure side; a nozzle for introducing a water-and-air mixture into the tub; the nozzle having a nozzle portion; a pressure line connecting the pressure side of the pump with t... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4848665 | Compact spray gun A compact spray gun using a single air supply port to actuate two piston valves and act as an air refinement system. An externally adjustable cartridge type packaging assembly needle piston valve seals the resin. A spool valve portion of a catalyst piston... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4709515 | Wet sandblasting system An apparatus by which wet sandblasting operations may be carried out with the operator disposed adjacent the discharge nozzle of the system having full control over the air, sand and liquid supplied to the discharge nozzle through the utilization of a sin... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4283012 | Self-cleaning nozzle construction for product enrobing apparatus A nozzle for spraying food ingredients including an inner orifice for the ingredients and an outer orifice for spray air. A piston is reciprocable in a cylinder within a housing above the orifices. Attached to the piston is a clean-out plunger that extend... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4228958 | Air-operated spray device A spray device having a body member including a nozzle at one end thereof formed with an orifice and a pressure chamber formed in the other end thereof. The body member is provided with a first passage which serves to deliver sprayable liquid to the orifi... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4180011 | Apparatus for spraying a coating on the inside surfaces of longitudinal seams on can bodies The inside surfaces of longitudinal seams on can bodies are sprayed with a coating by moving the can bodies longitudinally along an arm with the seams spaced vertically above the arm. An air spray nozzle mounted on the arm is positioned for air spraying a... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4084934 | Combustion apparatus A nozzle for mixing a high pressure gas, a liquid fuel and water and finely dividing the latter two is connected in fluid communication with another nozzle facing an impact disperser. The mixture spouted through the latter nozzle collides with the impact ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4076173 | Atomizer An atomizer, particularly suitable for atomizing grease or lubricating compositions and useful in the foundry industry for lubricating molds, comprises a chamber in which is mounted a piston which is displaced from a rest position to an operative position... | 02/28/1978 |
| 3993246 | Nebulizer and method Pneumatic nebulizer and method for uniformly dispersing variable amounts of flowable liquid in a gas to form a stable dispersion having the appearance of a natural fog and consisting essentially of liquid particles having a maximum particle size below abo... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3986672 | Spray gun system A gun for spraying resin and catalyst and for holding an air-powered chopper that chops and deploys fiberglass, wherein the gun has an air-powered spray release valve, and has an air control valve operated by a single trigger to separately control the flo... | 10/19/1976 |
