Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing inventions 12/08

20080315004 - Method of delivering a dispersion: A dispersion of a hydrophobic silicic acid in water is delivered by means of the dispersion being conveyed onwards by means of a squeezing motion.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080315005 - Active material emitting device and method of dispensing an active material: An active material emitting device includes an ultrasonic atomizer disposed within the device for volatilizing an active material. The device further includes an opening disposed adjacent the ultrasonic atomizer for emitting the volatilized active material therethrough. A vent is disposed in the device, wherein the vent creates an air passageway... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20080315006 - Diffusion device: A diffusion device includes a housing and an opening in the housing adapted for insertion of a container having an active material therein and a wick extending therefrom. The device further includes a heater disposed in a rear portion of the housing and spaced from the wick when a container... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20080315007 - Grafitti prevention system: A graffiti prevention system for preventing application of graffiti to a surface(s). The system includes a control component (11) coupled to one or more modular components (21, 31). The control component (11) has a solenoid valve (12) which is coupled to a liquid supply. A motion sensor (19) upon sensing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080315009 - Electronic unit injector with pressure assisted needle control: An electronically controlled fuel injector includes a reduced part count and complexity over similar fuel injectors without a substantial reduction in performance capabilities. This is accomplished by using a one-piece needle that is hydraulically balanced and biased toward a closed position with a spring positioned in the needle control chamber.... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20080315008 - Four wire elastomeric seal and fuel injector using same: A fuel injector includes first and second electrical actuators positioned within an injector body. First and second pairs of electrical conductors extend from a socket connector outside of the injector body to the first and second electrical actuators, respectively. The electrical conductors extend through an elastomeric sealing member that seals... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20080315010 - Fuel injector: A fuel injector comprising: a fuel supply conduit for conveying fuel from a base end of the fuel injector to a tip end of the injector; a nozzle at the tip end of the injector for injecting the fuel into a combustion chamber; thermal conductor means for conducting heat from... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080315011 - Multiple capillary tubes to dispense vapor: This invention relates to the use of multiple capillary tubes 10 for the evaporation of volatile active substances, in particular aromatics and/or insecticides from a liquid reservoir 40. The intent is to incorporate individual capillary tubes 20 in a single piece made ideally out of a polymer that can resist... Agent: Bradley D. Pesu

20080315012 - Method and system for regulating internal fluid flow within an enclosed or semi-enclosed environment: The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across the surface of an object, as well as to significantly effect the performance of the object subjected to the fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080315013 - Handheld windshield cleaning apparatus and method of using while driving: An automobile accessory pertaining to safety in its operation for its driver and any passengers within is disclosed. The total body apparatus (10) provides an implement for a secondary or alternative method of applying a liquid fluid, such as water or a commercially available cleaning and ice melting solution, onto... Agent: Thomas J. Barniak Jr.

20080315014 - Personal cooling device for a motorcycle rider: The present invention is a personal cooling device for use during the operation of a motorcycle to provide a mist of water to keep a rider or passenger cool during hot weather. The device in a first embodiment consists of a water reservoir connected to an electric motor driven by... Agent: White-welker & Welker, LLC

20080315015 - Showerhead with turbocharger mechanism: A showerhead with a turbocharger mechanism including a showerhead housing and a turbo-compressor unit is provided. The showerhead housing has a water inlet port for introducing a water flow, a case wall that gradually expands, and a water drainage panel. The turbo-compressor unit is accommodated in a housing chamber and... Agent: John Chen

20080315016 - Spray nozzle comprising axial grooves to provide a balance supply to the vortex chamber: A spray nozzle designed to be mounted in a push button of a liquid distribution system, including a body equipped with an assembly tube that is defined by a front wall in which a distribution orifice is formed, wherein the inside face of the front wall is equipped with a... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080315017 - Nozzle with impinging jets: The present invention relates to a nozzle for atomization of one or more fluids by letting two streams of fluid impinge. In a nozzle according to the invention the fluid is divided in a number of streams each given kinetic energy. The amount of kinetic energy given to streams is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080315018 - Spray dispenser: A trigger spray dispenser (8, 40) that comprises a container (14, 42) for a liquid, the container comprising a reservoir (16, 46) with a base (18), a forward face (30, 48), and a rear face (32, 50), and a neck (15, 52) extending upwardly from the reservoir (16, 46), and... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080315019 - Fuel injecting device and method for controlling said device: A fuel injecting device and method of controlling the fuel injection device. The fuel injection device includes a cylindrical body, a needle whose end includes with a head forming a valve on a seat supported by the end of the cylindrical body, an actuator made of an electroactive material, including... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080308644 - Nozzle assembly: The invention relates to a nozzle assembly (1) for dispensing a fluid, especially for injecting the fluid into a vacuum chamber. The nozzle assembly (1) includes a nozzle body (2) with a continuous nozzle duct (9) and a nozzle port (10) that is embodied at the discharge end and is... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080308645 - Fire and water system: A fire and water system includes a fire unit and a water unit located in a support structure, such as a stone fire pit assembly. The fire and water system includes flowing water provided and controlled by the water unit and a visible flame provided and controlled by the fire... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080308646 - Automation water absorption cup: The automatic drink dispensing cup is of added commercial value to the food industry, adding an entertainment value to the drinking of refreshments.... Agent: Eric Hsin-yi Wu

20080308647 - Electrochemical dispenser: A device for achieving a controlled low emanation rate of small volumes of liquid solutions, such as single or multi-component solutions, fragrances, or pheromones, for pest and insect management or fragrance enhancement. The device has a housing with an upper chamber to hold a bladder containing desired liquid solution to... Agent: Frank G Morkunas

20080308648 - Fragrance diffuser using multiple thin artificial wicks: Multiple artificial wicks can be used in water or solvent based fragrance mixtures that will fully empty the mixture from the container without the need to flip the wicks. The wicks can be made from strands of woven, twisted, braided, injection molded or extruded fibers that are natural or man-made.... Agent: Bradley Duane Pesu

20080308649 - System for the spraying of spray liquid for aircraft windshield, and cockpit provided with such a spraying system: A system for spraying liquid for a windshield of an aircraft includes a spray-liquid supply circuit, a pressurized-gas supply circuit designed to purge the spray-liquid supply circuit, and at least one nozzle disposed downstream from the circuits and designed to spray the spray liquid and pressurized gas on an aircraft... Agent: Perman & Green

20080308650 - Gear driven sprinkler with top turbine: A sprinkler comprises a nozzle, a turbine and a gear train reduction. The gear train reduction has an output stage that is coupled to the nozzle. The turbine is located between the nozzle and the gear train reduction and is coupled to an input stage of the gear train reduction.... Agent: Michael H Jester

20080308651 - Hand held car wash nozzle and a system for using the same: The present invention is designed to fill a gap in the self-serve car wash process. Up until now customers at a self-serve car wash would be forced to use an ‘inferior’ drying system, located within a bay or outside, somewhere on the car wash property, or use and expensive drive-thru... Agent: Lampel & Associates, P.C.

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20080308653 - Method and apparatus for balancing flow through fuel nozzles: A fuel nozzle having a flow pathway including a smooth, sharp, or mitered bend prior to a nozzle tip is provided. The fuel nozzle injects fuel into a combustion chamber with an even flow distribution of the fuel and substantially reduces undesirable acoustic resonance encountered in a fuel nozzle body... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080308654 - Fuel injector nozzle with macrolaminate fuel swirler: A fuel injector nozzle for dispensing fuel in the combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine, comprises a fluid feed conduit having at least one internal channel for the passage of fluid from an inlet end to an outlet end of the fluid feed conduit. The fluid feed conduit has... Agent: Don W. Bulson (park) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080308655 - Trigger sprayer structure with children protection functions: This utility model relates to a trigger sprayer structure with children protection functions, which added a mechanism for limiting the revolving of the head cap on the basis of the former spray gun structure, said mechanism includes a stop groove formed on the head cap as an integral, said stop... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20080308657 - Fuel injection valve: The fuel injection valve has a first groove cut in the periphery surface of the needle valve and the second grooves cut in a seat surface of the nozzle tip. The first groove is provided so that the needle valve is rotated by flow of the fuel in the first... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080308656 - Fuel injector nozzle for an internal combustion engine: A direct injection fuel injector includes a nozzle tip having a plurality of passages allowing fluid communication between an inner nozzle tip surface portion and an outer nozzle tip surface portion and directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A first group of the passages have inner... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080308658 - Fuel injector: A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines includes a solenoid coil, an armature cooperating with the solenoid coil, a valve sleeve, and a support tube, situated in the valve sleeve, which is used as inner pole for the solenoid coil. The valve sleeve is made of a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080302882 - Apparatus and method for draining irrigation systems: An irrigation system draining apparatus adapted for use with an irrigation system having a conduit with a fluid source connection, an air inlet, and at least one output port, the apparatus includes a suction device. The suction device has an input port that is adapted to access an interior of... Agent: Ip Strategies

20080302883 - Working space enclosure for underground sprinkler heads: A protective sprinkler head housing for allowing access to sprinkler heads and shafts for maintenance and repair. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device which allows for, and encloses, a working space around underground sprinkler heads. The device is placed around a sprinkler shaft in the ground and... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080302884 - Aerial application dispersal system: An aerial application dispersal system that comprises an aerial vehicle and an aerial dispersal unit. The aerial dispersal unit provides an insect control substance, a flake auger, and a motor to drive the flake auger for transporting the insect control substance to a dispensing chamber. The aerial dispersal unit also... Agent: Knechtel, Demeur & Samlan

20080302885 - Valve arrangement for shower dispenser: A device for dispensing bath and shower salts, oils and other additives into a shower water stream, which device utilizes an improved valve arrangement in which the path of the water into the additive container may be partially or completely blocked or completely open so that the amount of additives... Agent: Charles A. Wilkinson, Esq.

20080302886 - Shower head: The invention relates to a shower head which comprises a housing (2) wherein a valve (V), which comprises a closing body (10) which can be adjusted between two closing positions by changing the type of jet by means of an actuation device (19), is arranged. The actuation device (19) comprises... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080302887 - Fuel injector having directly actuatable injection valve element: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is proposed having a directly actuatable injection valve element. The fuel injector has a nozzle needle, axially guided in a nozzle body, and an actuator accommodated in an injector housing. The nozzle needle is connected to a coupling piston on the nozzle-needle... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080302888 - Fluid delivery system: An impeller system is provided for the delivery of a fluid, such as liquid manure, through a manifold system to a plurality of hoses. The impeller includes multiple blades for driving the fluid toward the manifold outlets. The impeller also includes a plurality of shut-off gates to close off multiple... Agent: Brett J. Trout, PC

20080296398 - Systems and methods for spraying water and mixtures of water and other materials: A mixing spray device adapted to mix an added material with source water supplied from a hose. The mixing spray device comprises a main body and a container that may be detachably attached to the main body. The mixing spray device may be configured to operate in an off configuration... Agent: Schacht Law Office, Inc.

20080296399 - Dispersion lance for dispersing a treating agent into a fluid stream: A dispersion lance is for use in combination with a fluid treatment system of the type which includes a flow duct in which a fluid stream is mixed with a treating agent. The dispersion lance includes a pipe mounted in the duct with its axis approximately transverse to the direction... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20080296400 - Quantitative aerosol generator (qag) method and apparatus: An apparatus and method for generating an aerosol wherein the aerosol has a known concentration of metals or other chemical components, and wherein the aerosol concentration remains constant over a long period of time, rendering the apparatus and method suitable for application as a reference standard... Agent: Goff Patent Law

20080296401 - Fragrance dispenser: A fragrance dispenser may have an inner surface and an outer surface defining a plurality of windows. The outer surface may be coupled to the inner surface such that a cavity is defined between the inner surface and the outer surface. The cavity may be configured to receive a fragrance... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20080296402 - Retention system: While ceramic materials possess properties that make them suitable for use in fuel system components, they tend to be susceptible to failure when exposed to tensile stresses. The retention system described herein helps to reduce the tensile stresses experienced by a retained member by providing a retained member with an... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20080296403 - Fuel metering valve back-up position control system: A system allows a user to manually manipulate fuel flow to a gas turbine engine during a loss of power to the fuel supply system fuel metering unit. The fuel metering unit includes a fuel metering valve, a metering valve actuator, a fail-fixed valve, a flow increase valve, and a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080296404 - Riser clamp for irrigation sprinklers: A sprinkler riser clamp securely engages a spring-retractable riser of a pop-up sprinkler. The riser clamp includes a clamping body and a handle attached thereto. The clamping body is configured to snap onto and securely grip the spring-retractable riser of the pop-up sprinkler. The clamping body exerts a gripping force... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20080296405 - Rotary joint seal for a decoking tool: A rotary joint for a decoking tool. The rotary joint includes a seal assembly that has one or more primary seals and one or more secondary seals. The secondary seals become operative upon the presence of a leak in the primary seals such that the rotary joint can continue to... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080296406 - Sprinkler head location indicator: The sprinkler head location indicator is a shallow dish adapted for placement on the shaft of a pop-up sprinkler head. The dish is concave upward and has a small pilot hole formed through its center. A plurality of radially extending guidelines is formed on the bottom surface of the dish,... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080296407 - Spray can assembly for painting golf holes: A spray paint can positioning apparatus is provided for painting the interior of a golf hole. The positioning apparatus includes a planar base having a central opening and a plurality of downwardly extending arms forming a receptacle for holding a spray paint can. Each of the arms engage a circular... Agent: Russo & Duckworth , LLP

20080296409 - Airless spray gun having overhead valve and removable head: A system, in certain embodiments, may include a spray coating device having a handle, a fluid head comprising a fluid valve and a trigger coupled to the fluid valve, and a quick disconnect fastener coupling the fluid head with the handle. A system, in other embodiments, may include a spray... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080296410 - One piece airless spray gun housing: There is provided an airless spray gun housing for an airless spray gun adapted to hydraulically atomize and spray paint wherein the spray gun housing includes a barrel portion and a handle portion, the spray gun housing being a unitary construction wherein the barrel portion and handle portion are integral... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20080296408 - Pistol nozzle: A novel pistol nozzle is provided herein, in which a spherical valve having a through hole is used to control the water flow by the alignment of the through hole to the water channel of the pistol nozzle. The alignment of the spherical valve's through hole is controlled by the... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080296414 - Fuel injector and its stroke adjustment method: A fuel injector comprises a movable element, a seat contact surface formed at one end of the movable element, a nozzle member having a valve seat. The seat contact surface of the movable element is in contact with and seated on at the time of valve closing. A nozzle holder... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080296411 - Fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine: A fuel injection valve with a valve member axially displaceable in a bore of a valve body comprises a valve stem, the combustion chamber end, with which it interacts with a valve face of the valve body, at least one injection opening downstream of the valve face and opening into... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080296412 - Fuel injector having a flow passage insert: Fuel injectors having control passages with relatively large volumes may have limited responsiveness. The injector described herein may help to reduce the control passage volume and improve responsiveness by providing a chamber for receiving a fluid, a control valve, a flow passage, and an insert. The control valve may be... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20080296413 - Accumulator injection system for an internal combustion engine: Disclosed is a high-pressure accumulator injection system (10) for an internal combustion engine, preferably a diesel engine. Said injection system (10) comprises a number of injection valves (18) which are connected to a high-pressure conveying device (12) via fuel pipes (16, 14). A reservoir (22) and a check valve encompassing... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20080296415 - Valve body, fluid injector and process for manufacturing a valve body: A fluid injector has a housing, an actuator and a valve body. The valve body has a cartridge (21) with a recess, that forms an injection nozzle on one end, and with a needle (22), that is arranged in the recess and closes the injection nozzle, if it rests with... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080296416 - Cap with recessed portion: A cap for an aerosol can is provided comprising a recessed portion configured to retain a sprayer for the can wherein the sprayer is contained in the recessed portion when stored in the cap. The sprayer comprises a button actuator to attach to the valve of the can and a... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP