Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing inventions 05/08

20080121733 - Droplet generating device and method: A method of generating mono-dispersed nano- and micro-liposomes using droplet generators includes a step of providing a droplet generator with a carrier fluid inlet, a focusing fluid inlet, and an outlet for focusing fluid and liposomes. A carrier fluid including an aqueous solution and a focusing fluid including a solvent... Agent: Robert A. Parsons

20080121734 - Air deodorizing system: A refillable receptacle containing scented liquid or gel is mounted on the supply side of a heating/cooling duct system of a residential, commercial or industrial building. A wick system absorbs the scented liquid or gel from the receptacle to the top of the wick. As forced air passes through the... Agent: Robert Cappellina

20080121735 - Fuel injection apparatus: An apparatus for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine having a fuel injector acted on with highly pressurized fuel actuated by means of a metering valve device that is able to control the pressure in a pressure booster control chamber so that in a pressure booster pressure chamber delimited... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080121736 - Fuel injection and mixing systems having piezoelectric elements and methods of using the same: A fuel injection and mixing system is provided that is suitable for use with various types of fuel reformers. Preferably, the system includes a piezoelectric injector for delivering atomized fuel, a gas swirler, such as a steam swirler and/or an air swirler, a mixing chamber and a flow mixing device.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080121737 - Shower additive dispenser: A shower additive dispenser assembly including an arm member. A receptacle is mounted to the arm member. A body member has a cavity formed therein for retaining a fluid, the body member is removably mounted to the receptacle. A microporous flow restrictor is disposed at the body member. The microporous... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20080121738 - Content discharge mechanism and aerosol type product and pump type product equipped with the mechanism: A spray nozzle mechanism capable of forming spray contents into fine particles. A channel setting core is fixedly placed in a space in a button body, between an output hole of a vertical path and a hole for discharging contents to the external space. Swirls in the same swirling direction... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080121739 - Showerhead system with integrated handle: A showerhead system for communicating a fluid supply, the system including a fixed fluid dispensing unit supported at a location, the fixed dispensing unit including a plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the fluid supply. A removable fluid dispensing unit is releasably secured to a receptacle established within the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080121740 - Electrostatic coating apparatus: An atomizer, provided with an air motor and a rotary atomizing head is mounted on a front side of a housing member. An external electrode assembly, provided with support arms, electrode support members and acicular electrode members is mounted on the outer side of the housing member. A high voltage... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080116292 - Drinking straw: A drinking straw having a tubular member made of a plastic, having an interior passage that provides fluid communication between an inlet end for immersing into a beverage and a draw end for placing between the lips of a user; and a multipore member, disposed within the tubular member along... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt Llc

20080116293 - Wash wand combination for dispensing fluid and air: The present invention teaches a car wash wand having a fan mounted thereon which allows the wash wand user to blow the vehicle dry using the same lightweight hand carried device used to wash the car. The fan may be powered by the pressurized water flowing through the wash wand,... Agent: Barber Legal

20080116294 - Spray devices and nozzles: Spray devices for distributing a fluid include nozzles that are configured so that the fluid as it is discharged from the nozzles is disseminated into a spray pattern in the form of a sheet of fluid. In a particular aspect, the spray pattern is in the form of a three-dimensional... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080116295 - Apparatus including a selective interface system between two sub-components: A three-dimensional selectively actuating interface system includes mating complementary raised and recessed surfaces, which may be projected in the shape of an indicium, such as a trade logo or trade mark, to limit the number of spatial relationships at which two sub-parts of an assembly may be assembled. Additional complementary... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20080116296 - Spray gun: A spray gun which comprises a gun body and a nebulizing device attached to the front portion of the gun body, wherein the nebulizing device has an air nebulizing cap and a fluid disperser unit, wherein the nebulizing cap is composed of a fixed nut and a nebulizing nozzle while... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080116297 - Water sprinkling assembly: A water sprinkling assembly includes a base having a first L shaped tube and a second L shaped tube respectively and oppositely provided on an inner side face of a recessed area in the base, and a sprinkling disk rotatably connected to the base and having multiple sprinkling holes and... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080116298 - Spray nozzle: A spray nozzle includes a body and a deflector. The body is aligned and connected to the deflector with a fastener. At least one pin can be used to further align the deflector relative to the body. A single mating surface is provided on each of the body and the... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080116299 - Compound spray gun: A compound spray gun comprises a tube body having an approximate L shape; one end of the tube body being installed with a spray head; a front surface of the spray head having a plurality of water outlets which have different forms; an interior of the tube body having two... Agent: Chin-chung Wang

20080116301 - Fuel injection valve and fuel injection system for internal combustion engine with the same: A fuel injection valve comprises a valve seat, a movable valve element which is seated on or separated from the valve seat, and a nozzle member having a plurality of nozzle holes. At least one of the valve element and valve seat has a curved surface at a contact position... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080116300 - Fuel adjustment and filtering device for a high-pressure pump: A fuel adjustment and filtering device for a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system, the device comprising at least one filter, comprising a removable filter cartridge, comprising a filtering body, housed within a filter casing; a shut-off solenoid valve for metering fuel; and, a pressure control valve for the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080116302 - Low profile attachment for emitting water: The present invention provides an attachment for emitting water from a water source. The attachment comprises an inlet end, a transitional section connected to the inlet end, an outlet end connected to the transitional section opposite from the inlet end, and a reinforcement member attached to the transitional sectional and... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.c.

20080111000 - Device for electrostatically projecting a coating material and a method for controlling power supply to voltage increasing of said device: The inventive device for electrostatically projecting a coating product comprises a spray gun provided with voltage increasing means for producing a high direct voltage for a product electrostatic charge, wherein said spray gun is provided with a controllable valve for controlling an atomising air flow inside the spray gun in... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080111002 - Sleeve for supporting a cylinder of a chocolate fountain: A chocolate fountain comprises a sleeve secured to a basin of the fountain, the sleeve having a central aperture sized to receive a lower portion of a cylinder so that the cylinder is supported by the sleeve. The sleeve may be attached to the basin by any means, such as... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080111001 - Method of and system for improving sprinkler system efficiency: A method of increasing the efficiency of an irrigation system includes measuring an inline pressure of an irrigation system via an inline pressure gauge. The method also includes adjusting the inline pressure of the irrigation system to a value closer to a predefined optimal design pressure of a water outlet... Agent: Winstead Pc

20080111003 - Droplet generation apparatus: A droplet generation apparatus is applied to a nebulizer. The droplet generation apparatus comprises a vibratable member, a nozzle disc, a housing and a connection member or a fastening plate or both the connection member and the fastening plate. The vibratable member has a first through hole. The nozzle disc... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080111004 - Shower header with removable spray nozzles: A shower header type spray device is provided. The spray device includes an elongated spray header having a plurality of laterally spaced liquid spray nozzles each of which is mounted in a corresponding pocket in the spray header. An elongated cleaning brush assembly includes a rotatable brush housed in the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080111005 - Water-based antiperspirant and aerosol dispenser therefor: An antiperspirant system which includes a water-based antiperspirant which feels comfortable on the skin and a capillary aerosol dispenser is disclosed. The antiperspirant system includes: a pressurized container (51) in which a water-based antiperspirant composition with one or more astringent active salts and a propellant are present, a valved outlet... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080111006 - Adjustable rotation shower tap: An adjustable rotation shower tap of present invention comprising: a tube with a pivot portion at one end. There is a guide tube that can be rotated by water pressure pivots inside the pivot portion. A rotation shower tap with plurality spout holes thereon mounts on the guide tube. A... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080111007 - Functional plumbing unit: A functional plumbing unit embodied as an insertion cartridge (2) is provided that is to be inserted into a liquid conduit (3) of a discharging plumbing fixture (4) which includes a housing (5), a jet regulator, and an attachment screen (9) located at the inlet end. The housing (5) is... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080105759 - Beverage fountain: A beverage fountain includes a reservoir for containing a low-viscosity liquid. A riser tube extends upwardly from the reservoir. A pump pumps liquid from the reservoir upwardly through the riser tube. A weir at an upper part of the riser tube has a peripheral array of drains past which individual... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080105760 - Suction-mountable aromatic device and method for using the same: A deformable aromatic device mountable by suction on a mounting surface including a body including a flexible base formed from a first material. The flexible base has an outer surface, an inner surface including a concave portion, and a periphery around the body. The body further includes a message formed... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080105761 - Interior and exterior cleaning of waste carts and containers: A mobile or stationary waste cart or container cleaning system used for residential, commercial and industrial waste, garbage, trash, storage or operations containers or receptacles. Other applications include, but are not limited to cleaning of chemical drums, grease dumpsters (e.g. behind restaurants), rain barrels and non-uniform residential, commercial or industrial... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20080105762 - Method of reducing noise for a modular fuel injector with a harmonic annular damper member: A fuel injector with various embodiments of a annular damper member that reduces noise generated between a valve group subassembly and a power group subassembly during operation of the fuel injector. A mass annular damper member is also shown and described. A method of reducing sound in the valve group... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080105763 - Device for attaching a dip tube to a fluid container: A device for that places a fluid container in fluid communication with a sprayer is disclosed. The device includes a container adapter that allows a dip tube to be attached to the fluid container rather than the sprayer. When the sprayer is removed from the fluid container, the dip tube... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20080105764 - Faucet spray head: A faucet spray head or gun body arrangement, including a spray gun body, a spray gun press handle, a spray gun inner core tube and control means, the spray gun press handle being movably fixed on the spray gun body, the spray gun inner core tube being disposed in the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080105765 - Couplings for water fed poles: A coupling for joining a first pole section and a second pole section is provided. The coupling includes a male portion secured to the first pole section and a female portion secured to the second pole section. The male portion has a first male guide, a second male guide, and... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080105766 - Injector: An injector has the solenoid valve including a solenoid coil, a stator, a stopper, a housing, a terminal, and a bush. The stator has the solenoid coil therein, and attracts an armature to one side in an axial direction of the armature upon energization of the solenoid coil. The stator... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080105767 - Fuel injection apparatus: A fuel injection apparatus includes a nozzle portion, into which fuel flows. The nozzle portion includes at least one nozzle hole. Fuel is injected through the at least one nozzle hole. Each of the at least one nozzle hole includes a nozzle hole outlet region. A cross-sectional area of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080105768 - Dosing elements for a drip irrigation tube and method and device for producing these dosing elements: Dosing elements for a drip irrigation tube are produced in the form of a band. On one side of this band, structured elements are formed, disposed one behind the other. The band is connectible by this one side to the walling of a drip irrigation tube. Each structured area here... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20080105769 - Compact check valve for spray nozzle: A compact check valve is described for use in a spray nozzle.... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation

20080105770 - Injection valve and method for assembling the injection valve: An injection valve has an injector body with a recess and a valve body with a recess and a tip away from which a first axial section of the valve body is formed at an axial end area. The first axial section is arranged in the injector body recess having... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080099573 - Spray penetration control method: A spray penetration control method that controls penetration of fluid injected as a spray from an injector. The control method uses multiple successive injection events instead of single injection events to reduce overall spray penetration. Dwell times may be fixed or varied between successive injection events to reduce overall spray... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080099574 - Decorative fountain: A decorative fountain includes a top cap having an inner wall formed on top of a bottom face of the top cap and along an inner surface of the top cap so as to define a receiving space between the inner wall and the inner surface of the top cap,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080099576 - Decorative air freshener designed to resemble a compact disc: A novel car air freshener that simulates a CD-like product, comprises a disc body, a fragrance impregnated disc and a micro perforated disc, all of which are sandwiched to integrally form a car air freshener that emits a scented fragrance. The side of the micro perforated disc that is exposed... Agent: Christopher D. Harrington

20080099577 - Hydraulically driven pump-injector with multistage pressure amplification for internal combustion engines: Hydraulically driven pump-injector for internal combustion engines primarily for diesels, wherein in order to considerably increase the pressure multiplication coefficient for achieving super-high injection pressures (2500 Bar and higher) and decreasing the pump-injector diameter or reducing the pressure of the actuating fluid, a multistage pressure intensifier is installed in the... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080099572 - Delivery system for dispensing volatiles: A liquid formulation with uniform consistency over extended periods of time, said method comprising the steps of: providing a liquid formulation in a container, said liquid formulation having a viscosity greater than five centipoise; driving, by means of a power source, a piezoelectric actuator which is coupled to an orifice... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080099575 - Evaporator device for volatile substances: The present invention refers to an evaporator device for volatile substances provided with a closure system that facilitates the replacement of the refill or container of the volatile substance. The invention provides a safety closure system for the evaporator device, which makes difficult for children to get access to the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080099578 - Portable apparatus for cooling external areas: An apparatus for cooling external environments, comprising a pump (5) which comprises an inlet conduit (7) destined to be connected to a water supply source, and a delivery conduit (9) connected to at least a nozzle (101, 201, 301, 401) for atomising the water, a motor (6) powering the pump... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080099579 - Line striper: A line striper (10) is provided with a relatively small engine (16) operating a reciprocating piston pump (20) and having a centrifugal clutch (18) which actuates when a predetermined engine speed has been reached. A pressure bypass device (22) which opens at either a fixed or adjustable pressure is provided... Agent: Graco Minnesota Inc

20080099580 - Firefighter's mop-up knozzle: The present invention is an apparatus to be connected to the end of a fire hose that will allow a nozzle operator to perform mop-up fire fighting work without a shovel man and to extinguish both below-ground pockets of smoldering material and small surface fires. The apparatus incorporates a low-pressure,... Agent: Charles W. Hanor

20080099581 - Animal scent disperser: Apparatus for attracting wild game, such as deer, to a selected area is provided. A liquid attractant for the game is pumped from a reservoir through a nozzle for dispersal as a mist in or near the area. A battery-powered pump may be activated remotely.... Agent: Burleson Cooke L.L.P.

20080099582 - System and method for delivering cryogenic fluid: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a rotating nozzle assembly includes a rotatable shaft having a bore to transport a cryogenic fluid therethrough. The rotatable shaft has an upstream portion associated with a feed chamber and a downstream portion. The nozzle assembly further includes a seal disposed within... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080099583 - Fuel injector with direct-controlled injection valve member with double seat: A fuel injector is supplied with fuel under pressure via a high-pressure source and has direct control of an injection valve member by a piezoelectric actuator via a hydraulic booster. The injection valve member of the fuel injector furthermore has a double seat and the injection valve member is provided... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080099584 - Drip irrigation pipe: Drip irrigation pipe comprises drip irrigation emitter units bonded thereto, the pipe being made of water-impervious material and having foamed closed-cells therein. The drip irrigation pipe may be used in a piping package comprising also a spool. The length of the pipe and the number of the emitter units in... Agent: Gary M. Nath The Nath Law Group

20080099585 - Fuel injection valve: A fuel injection valve includes a housing having an injection hole at a front end thereof, a fuel-collecting chamber that is communicated with the injection hole and is supplied high-pressure fuel from said fuel tank thereto, a pressure control chamber that is disposed on the opposite side of the fuel-collecting... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080099586 - Device for delivering a biologically active composition: The invention relates to a device for delivering a biologically active composition comprising a nozzle head provided with at least one opening, and a pump for pumping the biologically active composition through the at least one opening so as to obtain a spray of droplets of said composition, to a... Agent: Intervet Inc. Patent Department

20080099587 - Nozzle device for a spray gun: A nozzle device for a spray gun includes a nozzle base, a clip, a securing member and a releasing member. The securing member is to hold the clip in a locked position. The releasing member is to release the clip from a locked position.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080099588 - Underbody car wash for home use: An underbody car wash sprayer for home-use, which can be hooked up solely to a garden hose or in combination with a pressure washer. The device utilizes a three nozzled “I” design, supported by four swiveling casters. In addition, it is connected to an ergonomically effective wand system to allow... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C