Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing inventions 07/07

20070170274 - Wire combustion with increased application rates: Shaping the feed wire for a combustion wire thermal spray process improves the operating capability of the combustion wire gun through higher feed rates and high operating efficiencies. The efficiency of the wire melting is increased over conventional systems through increasing the surface area of the wire cross section and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20070170275 - Ultrasonic fuel injector: A fuel injector for delivering fuel to an engine in which a housing of the injector has an internal fuel chamber and at least one exhaust port in fluid communication with the fuel chamber whereby fuel exits the fuel injector at the at least one exhaust port for delivery to... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070170276 - Ultrasonic fuel injector: A fuel injector for delivering fuel to an engine in which a housing of the injector has an internal fuel chamber and at least one exhaust port in fluid communication with the fuel chamber. A valve member is moveable relative to the housing between a closed position in which fuel... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070170278 - Ultrasonic fuel injector: A fuel injector for delivering fuel to an engine in which a housing of the injector has an internal fuel chamber and at least one exhaust port in fluid communication with the fuel chamber. A valve member is moveable relative to the housing between a closed position in which fuel... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070170277 - Ultrasonic liquid delivery device: An ultrasonic liquid delivery device in which a housing of the device has an internal chamber and at least one exhaust port in fluid communication with the internal chamber of the housing. A valve member is moveable relative to the housing between a closed position in which liquid is inhibited... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20070170279 - Liquid ejection apparatus: A printer including a recording head, a flushing box and a movement mechanism is disclosed. The recording head has a nozzle-forming surface in which nozzle openings are defined and ejects a liquid through the nozzle openings. The flushing box has an opening corresponding to the nozzle openings and is capable... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070170280 - 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 communication with the... Agent: Jackson Esquire Roger A. Jackson

20070170281 - Water dispensing system for vehicles: A water dispensing system adapted for fully integrated installation within a vehicle for use in a wide variety of water dispensing applications and uses is disclosed. The system includes a water storage tank, a pump having an inlet in fluid communication with the water storage tank, a water hose having... Agent: Mark D. Bowen Stearns Weaver Miller

20070170282 - Plural component mixing and dispensing apparatus: In an air-operated plural component dispensing hand gun, including a sliding mixing and dispensing element that forms, with a pair of component inlet blocks, the valves controlling the mixing and dispensing of the plural component materials, the mixing and dispensing element includes a rearward part and a forward part which... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070170283 - Fuel injector: A futel injector (10) for an internal combustion engine (88) includes a centerbody (12) and a casing (14) disposed radially outward of the centerbody to define an annular mixing section (16) between the centerbody and the casing. The futel injector also includes an air inlet (e.g., 18) of the mixing... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070170284 - Faucet spray head with volume control: A faucet spray head having a volume control mechanism allowing the user to adjust the flow of water through the spray head from a full-spray to full-stream and to a paused flow and flow levels therebetween. The volume control mechanism illustratively includes a spring-activated safety mechanism that prevents the user... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070170285 - Squeegee: The present invention provides a detachable nozzle used for interconnecting a hose to a cleaning implement or for use as spray nozzle for a hose. The detachable nozzle extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a downstream end with an internally threaded neck adapted for connection to a hose and... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20070170286 - Injector for injecting fuel into combustion chambers of internal combustion engines, in particular a piezoelectric-actuator-controlled common rail injector: A common rail injector for an internal combustion engines has control means including a piezoelectric actuator deposed in an injector body and via at least one booster piston actuates a control valve received in a valve plate. Also provided are a nozzle body having a nozzle outlet on its free... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070170287 - Solenoid stator: A stator assembly for an electronically controlled unit-type fuel injector comprising a stack of electrical steel laminations, an electrical coil assembled around the laminations, a pair of terminals terminating the ends of the coil, and an insulating housing body, the laminations having spaced pole faces, the housing body being a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070170288 - Extension pole with swivel spray nozzle and articulated linkage: A spray nozzle mounts to an extension pole end in a swivel joint. A swivel nozzle base connects to the pole and a manifold swivelly couples the base to a swivel nozzle head such that pressurized fluid passing through the pole passes into the base, through the manifold, into the... Agent: David L. Tingey Law Office Of David L. Tingey

20070164126 - Volatile liquid disseminating apparatus: An apparatus for the dissemination of volatile liquid, such as a fragrance, into an atmosphere comprises a reservoir (1) containing volatile liquid (2) and at least one liquid transfer member (12) that is adapted to transfer liquid from the reservoir to the atmosphere. The transfer member is separated from the... Agent: Curatolo Sidoti Co., Lpa

20070164127 - Firefighting fluid delivery system: A fire fighting fluid delivery system includes a fire fighting fluid delivery device, a pressure sensor, which senses fluid pressure at the fluid delivery device and generates a pressure signal indicative of the fluid pressure, and a wireless transmitter for transmitting the pressure signal. The fluid delivery system further includes... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070164128 - Anti-dry start device: An anti-dry start device is provided for preventing the operation of a powered pressure washer in the absence of sufficient inlet fluid pressure, the device comprising a pressure switch removably mounted into a fitting installed in the inlet line to the pressure washer, the device further comprising an electrical interconnection... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070164129 - Air driven delivery system for sprayable media: The present invention relates generally to a gas-compression spray device, wherein the nozzle assembly containing all of the wettable parts is detachable from the body of the spray device.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070164130 - Nozzle device and method for forming cryogenic composite fluid spray: The present invention includes a nozzle device and method for forming a composite fluid. The nozzle device generally comprises a nozzle portion connected to a main body. The main body includes an inner axial bore extending therethrough. An annular wall extends radially therefore and an annulus extends from an outer... Agent: Dufault Law Firm, P.C.

20070164131 - Process and apparatus for producing structural elements: Structural elements are produced by applying a polyurethane (PUR)-forming reactive mixture and solid particles to a fibrous web in amounts such that the particle density is from 0.01 to 10.0 g of solid particles/cm2 of coated fibrous web surface being set, and then pressing to harden the fibrous web coated... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070164132 - Spray nozzle: This invention relates to pump-action dispenser nozzle adapted to dispense fluid in the form of a spray and methods of making the same. The dispenser nozzles of the invention comprises a body which defines an internal chamber having an inlet through which fluid may be drawn into said chamber and... Agent: Pearson & Pearson, LLP

20070164133 - Low pressure gas accelerated gene gun: The present invention relates to a gene gun and its application for genetic transformation, medical therapeutic or cosmetic purposes. Particular designs of the gene gun allow the biological materials to be delivered to the plant epidermal cellular tissues, the skin of an animal or human-being via a solution or a... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070164134 - Fuel injection valve: A valve body surrounds a first passage connecting with a cylinder of an engine. A valve member is adapted to be seated on and lifted from the valve seat. An injector body connects with the valve body. The injector body has a pressure control chamber for controlling hydraulic pressure applied... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070158449 - Tropical hurricane control system: The invention turns a hurricane/tropical cyclone into a tropical rainstorm by spraying a super coolant such as liquid oxygen, or liquid hydrogen, or liquid nitrogen, or other super cold liquid gas around the top of the eye wall and additionally if needed, into the front of the eye wall, or... Agent: Eugene Hoffmann

20070158446 - Method for fabricating a medical implant component and such component: A method of fabricating a medical implant component. The method may include the steps of producing a substrate from a first material wherein the substrate has a bearing portion, spraying particles of a second material onto the bearing portion in accordance with a predetermined spraying technique to provide a coating... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070158447 - Trace chemical sensing: An explosive and narcotics detection system detects the presence of trace particles of materials that are adhering to surfaces. In order to detect such particles, to the particles are first dislodged or released from the surface, then transported to the detection instrument, and then accumulated on or in a particle... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20070158448 - Method for decreasing the intensity and frequency of tropical storms or hurricanes: Modification of tropical storms or hurricanes by mixing the upper layer of a section of a body of water with water from a lower section of the body of water. Rapidly mixing the warmer upper layer with the cooler lower layer cools the surface of the water, thereby reducing the... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070158450 - Systems and methods for producing fine particles: Systems and methods for atomizing materials are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes: a first unit operative to accelerate the material such that the material experiences an acceleration force higher than Earth's standard gravitational force; and a second unit operative to use atomizing fluid to disturb the material;... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070158451 - Fuel injection and mixing systems and methods of using the same: A fuel injection and mixing system is provided. The system includes an injector body having a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet, and defines a fuel flow path between the inlet and outlet. The fuel flow path may include a generally helical flow passage having an inlet end portion disposed... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070158452 - Tropical hurricane storm control system: The invention turns a hurricane/tropical cyclone into a tropical rainstorm by spraying a super coolant such as liquid oxygen, or liquid hydrogen, or liquid nitrogen, or other super cold liquid gas around the top of the eye wall and additionally if needed, into the front of the eye wall using... Agent: Eugene J. Hoffmann

20070158453 - Apparatus: An apparatus for producing artificial snow comprises a core element, provided with a nebulizing device arranged for nebulizing a liquid and/or a gas/liquid mixture, and a sleeve element associated with said core element.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070158454 - Floater for a straw: A floater for a straw includes a main body, a central hole and an airtight space. The central hole is located in the intermediate portion of the main body. The airtight space filled with air is positioned around the central hole. A straw is to be fitted in the central... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070158455 - Disposable pierced earring fragrance chamber: A disposable fragrance chamber (10) for dispensing a fragrance from an aromatic liquid. The disposable fragrance chamber (10) consists of an outer casing body (20) having pad exposure openings (24), a detachable lid (34) and an absorbent pad (30) disposed between the body (20) and the lid (34). The chamber... Agent: Albert O Cota

20070158456 - Long term active fragrancer: Method and apparatus for dispersing fragrances are disclosed. A fragrance emitting device includes a container having a reservoir and a liquid fragrance in the reservoir. A housing having a first and second opening is provided. The container is attached to a first opening in the housing in a position above... Agent: Glen M. Diehl Diehl Servilla LLC

20070158457 - Liquid disseminating device: An apparatus adapted to disseminate volatile liquid into an atmosphere comprises a reservoir containing volatile liquid and a liquid transfer member that transfers liquid from the reservoir to the atmosphere via an orifice in the reservoir. The reservoir orifice is closed by a puncturable membrane, and the transfer member is... Agent: Curatolo Sidoti Co., Lpa

20070158458 - Sprinkling unit suitable for serial placement: A readily expandable portable above ground sprinkling system for watering a newly sodded lawn is provided. The system includes a portable container housing a water inlet, a bypass outlet, a battery powered control means, and a plurality of hose outlets, each having an associated flow control valve. A plurality of... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070158459 - Spray generation using a vibrating surface: A method of generating a spray comprising subjecting a liquid on a continuous atomisation surface (1) to acoustic vibration, characterised in that the continuous atomisation surface (1) comprises multiple hollows from which the liquid is atomised.... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070158460 - Shower handle water supply diverter system: A shower handle water supply diverter system includes a water supply in fluid communication with a hose. A handle sprayer is in fluid communication with and extends from the hose. A water diverter is provided within the handle sprayer and is in fluid communication with the showerhead. The water diverter... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070158461 - Bottle for dispersing two liquids: A bottle for dispensing two liquids, the bottle comprising two reservoirs, one for each liquid, a nozzle through which the liquids are dispensed from the bottle, a passageway from each reservoir leading out of the nozzle, and a deflector plate between the two passageways and projecting from the end of... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20070158463 - Liquid spraying device with return-preventing structure: A liquid spraying device with a return-preventing structure comprises a receiving chamber having an inner tube; a front end of the receiving chamber being formed with a spraying mouth; a tapered section being formed between the spraying mouth and a front end of the liquid chamber; an elastic body being... Agent: Mey-chu Lan

20070158462 - Liquid supply assembly and liquid spray apparatus: A liquid spray apparatus having a liquid supply assembly is disclosed. The assembly has a container and a collapsible liner received within the interior of the container. Sidewalls of the liner have a plurality of annular weak portions. As liquid (e.g. paint) in the liner is dispensed, the sidewalls are... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070158464 - Texture spray gun: A texture spray gun (10), is provided with an air valve (12) design that can use several rotations of the control knob for full adjustment with smooth and steady flow change through the full range. The air shutoff (24) is integral to the fluid needle (26) actuation and consists of... Agent: Graco Minnesota Inc

20070158465 - Methods for removing sand or debris from a person using a sprayer: The present invention includes devices, apparatus, systems and methods for removing sand or debris on a person. The spray device has an essentially spherically shaped pressure vessel for storing water wherein the vessel has a volume in a range between about a ½ gallon and about 3 gallons; a hand... Agent: Antoinette G. Giugliano, P.C.

20070158467 - Foam generator: A foam generator employing a foam generator nozzle that injects compressed air and ambient air into the nozzle body where the air impinges upon a spray of foam liquid within the nozzle body is disclosed. The foam generator nozzle further includes spaced apart first and second fluid dispersion media downstream... Agent: David W. Pettis, Jr., Pa

20070158466 - Nozzle assembly: A nozzle assembly includes a housing defining a first fluid passage in fluid communication with a second fluid passage, and a sleeve disposed within the housing and fluidly connected to the first and second fluid passages. The housing defines a radial fluid passage proximate a front end of the sleeve.... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070158469 - Concentricity for long concentric nebulizers: A method for stabilizing and centrally positioning an inner capillary in a concentric nebulizer comprises supporting the inner capillary near the tip of the nebulizer by contacting the nebulizer body against the inner capillary or by interposing a support between the nebulizer body and the inner capillary near the tip.... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070158468 - High-speed jet control: A device is disclosed that uses a flow-control methodology to control sprays at very high precision and frequency. The device is based on an enhanced Coanda effect. The control flow is selectively applied to the region in which we desire the jet to vector and control the profile (width) of... Agent: Utah State University Technology Commercialization Office

20070158470 - Oxygenating showerhead: There is provided a showerhead device that includes a shower stem connector, a water/air mixing chamber, and an outlet cap. The shower stem connector includes a water inlet to receive water from a standard shower plumbing system and an air intake opening to receive air from outside the device. The... Agent: Steven A. Garner, Esq. Conair Corporation

20070158471 - Nozzle apparatus for organic light emitting device: A nozzle apparatus for an organic light emitting device. The nozzle apparatus includes a nozzle and a pressure regulator. The nozzle discharges organic solution onto a substrate. The pressure regulator controls a discharging quantity of the organic solution through the nozzle. The discharging quantity of the organic solution is minutely... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070158472 - Flow equalization baffle for multi-nozzle spray systems: A nozzle spray assembly which comprises: a spray arm assembly which comprises at least one outlet disposed therein to allow fluid to exit the spray arm assembly; a fluid distribution arm extending from the outlet of the spray arm assembly, wherein the distribution arm comprises an interior surface and a... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070158473 - Irrigation sprinkler nozzle with enhanced close-in water distribution: An improved irrigation sprinkler nozzle is provided for enhanced short range or close-in distribution of water for irrigating vegetation and the like positioned relatively close to the sprinkler. The improved sprinkler nozzle includes a nozzle passage for outward projection of a water stream, at least a portion of which is... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070158474 - Dispensing adapter: In a dispensing adapter (1) for cartridges, cans or tubes adapted for storing and metered dispensing of highly viscous materials, in particular liquids such as adhesives, sealants, foamed-in plastics or the like, through a nozzle head, the nozzle head of the metering nozzle (6, 17) has several spaced-apart openings (7,... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070158475 - Valve device and liquid ejection apparatus: An ink jet type recording apparatus comprises a connection member which has a passage for leading ink to a recording head from an ink cartridge. In the passage, a valve member having a magnetic body is provided. A rotation member has a permanent magnet and is rotatable between a first... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070158477 - Spraying device: A spraying device for atomizing a liquid is proposed. The spraying device includes a nozzle plate and an actuator. The nozzle plate is provided with a plurality of nozzle apertures. Each of the nozzle apertures includes an entry end for the liquid to enter and an exit end for the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070158476 - Nozzle arrangements: A nozzle arrangement comprises a body (10) of two parts (11), (12) which define between them a fluid passage (15), leading to a discharge outlet (25), from a feed passage (17). The passageway contains a chamber (19) wherein is located a flap member (20) which can be displaced by increased... Agent: Pearson & Pearson, LLP

20070152078 - Method and system for dispensing a dry haze nasal treatment from a liquid: Methods and apparatus for dispensing the chemical solutions, such as a low viscosity liquid chemical solution for inhaling size, are disclosed. A small particle haze, including a liquid chemical, such as low viscosity liquids that are inhaled when in haze form, is created in an enclosed container. The small particle... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070152079 - Freeze-proof water valve for supplying secondary water to snow making apparatus: A freeze-proof water valve (10) for supplying secondary water under pressure in freezing ambient conditions to a snow making apparatus (11) having primary water spray nozzles (12) and secondary water spray nozzles (13,14). The valve housing (15) is provided with an interior primary water chamber (16) with a water inlet... Agent: Floyd B Carothers Carothers And Carothers

20070152081 - Micro-spray system resonance frequency modulation method and device: A micro-spray system resonance frequency modulation method and device designed to minimize resonance frequency drift during atomization involves using a resonance frequency modulation unit for modulating resonance frequency and nodes, controlling and calibrating resonance frequency, and performing real-time measurement and correction to prevent operating frequency from drifting beyond a preferred... Agent: Ishimaru & Zahrt LLP

20070152080 - Fuel injector with directly triggered injection valve member: A fuel injector having a piezoelectric actuator directly actuating an injection valve member, which piezoelectric actuator acts on a booster piston, and a face end of the booster piston acts on a hydraulic coupling chamber for actuating the injection valve member, and the piezoelectric actuator is received in a hollow... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070152082 - Foam-dispensing faucet: A foam-dispensing faucet for dispensing a quantity of foam soap and separately dispensing a flow of water according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a faucet body having a dispensing opening, water supply means integrated into the faucet body for delivering water to the foam-dispensing faucet, liquid soap... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070152083 - Uniform droplet spray nozzle for liquids: A liquid spray nozzle comprising a nozzle body having an internal flow passage with a turbulent flow mechanism and a flow separating mechanism disposed in the flow passage and a converging mechanism at the nozzle body outlet to produce a relatively uniform droplet size spray. The turbulent flow mechanism induces... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070152084 - Fuel injector with direct-controlled injection valve member: A fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the injector having body and a nozzle holder in which an injection valve member is movably received, which injection valve member has a seat that opens or closes injection openings, and the injection valve member... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070152085 - Pressure regulating valve gasket: An irrigation sprinkler is provided with a housing configured for a fluid flow therethrough. A pressure regulating device having a gasket configured to variably move between a first position to a second position is disposed within the housing. The pressure regulating device includes an outlet with a variable opening formed... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070152086 - Electrostatic spraying device: An electrostatic spraying device has a removable cartridge with a reservoir containing a volume of liquid compositions to be electrically sprayed. The reservoir is deformable according to inner pressure and configured to provide a removable cartridge. The device includes a dispensing unit for spraying the liquid composition. The dispensing unit... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP