Systems and Methods to Precisely Control Output Pressure in Buffered Sprayers (DuO1)

    公开(公告)号:US20220203392A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17314730

    申请日:2021-05-07

    Abstract: In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, various novel dispensing devices can be provided. Such devices can involve a range of sprayer heads and sprayer/foamer systems incorporating such heads. Novel sprayer/foamer heads can include buffers of various types. By using a buffer, a user need not continually be pumping the device in order for the device to be spraying or foaming. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, such a buffer can be spring loaded, spring loaded combination, elastomeric or gas. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the buffer can be in line or adjacent to a piston chamber. If adjacent, it can be connected to the piston chamber with a one way valve, to provide for spray after a downstroke of the piston has been completed, or without, to allow spraying to cease once a user releases the trigger or other actuator. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, such novel sprayers and foamers can be mounted upside down, in various “Flairomop” devices, used to clean floors or the like. When using a buffer, a piston chamber can be designed to deliver greater amount of liquid per unit time than can be possibly dispensed through the nozzle or nozzles. The fraction of liquid that cannot be sent through the nozzle(s), due to their inherent restriction, can thus be sent to the buffer for dispensing after the piston downstroke has been completed. A volume of the piston chamber, a volume of the buffer, a pressure response of the buffer, the throughput of the nozzle, and the minimum opening pressure of the outlet valve can be arranged to restrict the outlet pressures of liquid droplets exiting the nozzle within a defined range.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING A MIXTURE OF A LIQUID AND AN ADDITIVE AND CARTRIDGE FOR USE THEREIN

    公开(公告)号:US20220001407A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17295650

    申请日:2019-11-26

    Abstract: A liquid dispensing system includes at least one container for storing the liquid to be dispensed, the at least one container having a neck defining an fill opening for the liquid. The system includes a liquid dispensing device releasably connectable to the at least one container, an exchangeable cartridge for an additive to be mixed with the stored liquid, where the cartridge is accommodated in the neck, and means for opening the cartridge. The cartridge includes a one-piece hollow body filled with the additive and with a pressurized gas, and the opening means include at least one piercing member arranged to pierce a wall of the hollow body. A method of dispensing a liquid by using the liquid dispensing system, and a cartridge for use in the liquid dispensing system and/or method.

    Device, system and method for dispensing a liquid from a container

    公开(公告)号:US11161132B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16608450

    申请日:2018-05-01

    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for dispensing a liquid from a container (C), comprising a pump (2) having a suction side (S) that is adapted to be brought into fluid communication with the container (C), a spray nozzle (3) in fluid communication with a pressure side (P) of the pump (2) through an outlet channel (4), a pre-compression valve (5) arranged in the outlet channel (4), and a gas buffer (9) in fluid communication with the pressure side (P) of the pump (2) and with the spray nozzle (3). The gas buffer (9) may comprise a buffer chamber (10) in which a gas-filled resiliently deformable body (11) is arranged, and the gas buffer (9) may extend from the pressure side (P) of the pump (2) in a different direction than the outlet channel (4). The invention further relates to a system for dispensing a liquid, comprising a container (C) that is filled with the liquid and a dispensing device (1) of the type described above connected to the container (C). And the invention relates to a method for dispensing a liquid, comprising the steps of:—drawing the liquid from a container (C) and pressurizing the liquid by actuating a pump (2), wherein the container (C) and the pump (2) form part of a dispensing system;—guiding a part of the pressurized liquid to a spray nozzle (3) of the dispensing system;—spraying the liquid from the nozzle (3);—guiding another part of the pressurized liquid to a gas buffer (9) for temporary storage; and—spraying the stored liquid from the nozzle (3) when the pump (2) is not being actuated; wherein the pressurized liquid is guided from the pump (2) to the spray nozzle (3) in a different direction than from the pump (2) to the gas buffer (9).

    Metered and active sprayer devices with aerosol functionality (“Flairosol II”)

    公开(公告)号:US11154886B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16744618

    申请日:2020-01-16

    Abstract: In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, “Flairosol” dispensing devices can be provided. Such devices utilize a combination of Flair® technology, pre-compression valves and aerosol-like pressurization of the dispensed liquid. Such a dispensing device has, for example, a main body comprising a pressure chamber, the latter being provided with a pressure piston and a pressure spring. The device further has a piston and a piston chamber which draws liquid from a container, for example, the inner container of a Flair® bottle, and fills the pressure chamber with that liquid as a user operates a trigger in various compression and release strokes. The piston chamber has both an inlet valve and an outlet valve, which serve to prevent backflow. Liquid exiting the piston chamber under pressure (supplied by, a user pumping the trigger) enters a central vertical channel which is in fluid communication with both the pressure chamber (above the pressure piston) and a dome valve provided near the outlet channel at the top of the dispensing head. The dome valve has a preset pressure, such that once exceeded by the liquid, opens and allows for a spray. If the liquid pressure drops below such preset pressure, the dome valve closes off the outlet channel, which serves to regulate the strength of the flow and preclude leakage. Alternatively, in an activated embodiment, for example, once the liquid is sufficiently pressurized, it can be dispensed by a user allowing the dome valve to open by pressing on an activation button that removes a dome lock.

    FLAIR SPRAYERS AND ISOLATION OF PRODUCT AND VENTING/PROPELLANT IN DISPENSING DEVICES
    18.
    发明申请
    FLAIR SPRAYERS AND ISOLATION OF PRODUCT AND VENTING/PROPELLANT IN DISPENSING DEVICES 审中-公开
    散装喷雾器和分离装置中的产品和排气/推进剂的分离

    公开(公告)号:US20120199662A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-09

    申请号:US13289874

    申请日:2011-11-04

    Abstract: A “Flair® Sprayer” can be provided with no dip tube, and can be capable of being used in any orientation, including upside down. Using a unique valving system, where the product delivery circuit is a closed system, a Flair Sprayer can pump out any gas in a bottle's headspace and the product/liquid always reaches the pump intake, even with no dip tube. A dispensing device can have separate product and re-venting/propellant circuits, isolated one from the other, allowing for longer life and freshness of the product. Air or other displacement media can be used for various ancillary functions, all the while remaining isolated from the product, and the dispensing of the product can be adeptly controlled by pressure differentials (under-pressures and overpressures).

    Abstract translation: “Flair®喷雾器”可以没有汲取管,并且能够以任何方向使用,包括颠倒。 使用独特的阀门系统,产品交付电路是封闭系统,Flair喷雾器可以泵出瓶顶部的任何气体,即使没有汲取管,产品/液体也始终到达泵入口。 分配装置可以具有单独的产品和再排放/推进剂回路,彼此隔离,允许产品的寿命和新鲜度更长。 空气或其他位移介质可以用于各种辅助功能,同时保持与产品隔离,并且可以通过压差(欠压和超压)来适当地控制产品的分配。

    "> Method and apparatus for pressure equalized dispensing of a pressurized liquid in a container (
    19.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for pressure equalized dispensing of a pressurized liquid in a container ("flair beverage valves") 审中-公开
    在容器中加压液体的均压分配方法和装置(“风味饮料阀”)

    公开(公告)号:US20110017770A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-27

    申请号:US12800073

    申请日:2010-05-07

    CPC classification number: B67D1/045 B67D1/0462 B67D2001/0828

    Abstract: A method for dosed dispensing of a pressurized liquid is presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the method includes dispensing a liquid in a container via a dispensing opening into a dispensing space, where a difference in pressure between the container and the dispensing space is equalized in stages by using an intermediate dosing chamber. In a first stage the pressure is equalized between the container and the dosing chamber, then a quantity of the liquid is dispensed from the container into the dosing chamber, maintaining the pressure equivalence between the container and the dosing chamber by pressure communication between them. Next, the dosing chamber is isolated both as to gaseous and liquid connection from the container. Then, in a second stage the pressure is equalized between the dosing chamber and the dispensing space, and the quantity of liquid in the dosing chamber is dispensed into the dispensing space as the pressure between the dosing chamber and the dispensing space is maintained equal. The method further includes providing the liquid in a first inner container of the container, and introducing a pressure equalizing medium into a second inner container, where the first and second inner containers adjoin each other at least with a deformable and/or displaceable side. The invention also relates to a dispensing device arranged to perform, inter alia, the disclosed method. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a dispensing device can comprise a self-contained carbonated beverage dispenser that can be stored in a consumer's refrigerator, or can, for example, be self cooling.

    Abstract translation: 提出了一种加压液体配药方法。 在本发明的示例性实施例中,该方法包括通过分配开口将容器中的液体分配到分配空间中,其中容器和分配空间之间的压力差通过使用中间计量室分阶段地相等。 在第一阶段,容器和剂量室之间的压力相等,然后将一定量的液体从容器中分配到计量室中,通过它们之间的压力连通来保持容器和剂量室之间的压力等效。 接下来,对于来自容器的气体和液体连接,计量室被隔离。 然后,在第二阶段,在计量室和分配空间之间的压力相等,并且当计量室和分配空间之间的压力保持相等时,计量室中的液体量被分配到分配空间中。 该方法还包括将液体提供在容器的第一内部容器中,并将均压介质引入第二内部容器中,其中第一和第二内部容器至少具有可变形和/或可位移的侧面彼此相邻。 本发明还涉及一种布置成执行所公开方法的分配装置。 在本发明的示例性实施例中,分配装置可以包括可以存储在消费者冰箱中的独立的碳酸饮料分配器,或者可以例如自冷却。

    PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEM COMPRISING A MOTOR DRIVEN AIR PUMP, A DISPENSING DEVICE AND A PRODUCT CONTAINER

    公开(公告)号:US20240226931A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18277617

    申请日:2022-02-21

    CPC classification number: B05B7/24

    Abstract: A dispensing system includes a motor driven air pump having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a dispensing device. The dispensing device is releasably connected to the air pump. The dispensing device includes an air connector connected to the air outlet of the pump, a mixture outlet, a product inlet, and a product uptake system connected to the air connector, the mixture outlet, and the product inlet. The dispensing system includes a product container for a product to be dispensed. The product container is connected to the product inlet. The product container is integrated in the dispensing device. The product uptake system may include an ejector for sucking product from the container and/or a container air inlet for pressurizing the container.

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