Replaceable manual pump heating personal fluid dispenser
10750839 ยท 2020-08-25
Inventors
Cpc classification
A45D34/00
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A45D2200/155
HUMAN NECESSITIES
International classification
Abstract
A Replaceable Manual Pump Heating Personal Fluid Dispenser that instantaneously heats personal fluid as the fluid flows through a tube or tubes integral to the dispenser, replacing the off-the-shelf personal fluid plastic bottle or container's actuator, closure, pump, and intake assembly to one that mimics the same yet allows heating of the personal fluid, uses the standard mass produced off-the-shelf plastic bottle or container for the storage of the personal fluid, and thereby is inexpensive to the user, safe, and eliminates the need for any special apparatus, or cartridge, to hold the personal fluid, or require the personal fluid to be removed from the plastic bottle or container in order for the personal fluid to be heated, and ensures no chemical leaching into the personal fluid from prolonged heating of the personal fluid when in contact with the plastic personal fluid bottle or container.
Claims
1. A replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid, comprising: a replaceable dispenser for inserting into a plurality of mass produced off-the-shelf personal fluid bottles or containers, comprising; a dispensing tube, a hand-operated push actuator with an internal tube, a piston tube, a closure tube, a transfer tube, a transfer ball, a perforated intake tube, wherein; the perforated intake tube, when said replaceable dispenser inserts into the personal fluid bottle or container, engages, becomes in fluid communication with, the personal fluid within the personal fluid bottle or container; a universal closure means to attach the said replaceable dispenser onto the mass produced off-the-shelf personal fluid bottle or container, wherein; when said dispenser inserts into the mass produced off-the-shelf personal fluid bottle or container, the closure means produces an air tight attachment to the mass produced off-the-shelf personal fluid bottle or container; each of the said dispensing tube, the internal tube, the piston tube, the closure tube, or the intake tube, or a plurality thereof, has an entrance and exit orifice, wherein; each of the said dispensing tube, the internal tube, the piston tube, the closure tube, or the intake tube allows personal fluid to flow within it; a heating means to heat the personal fluid within said dispensing tube, or the internal tube, or the piston tube, or the closure tube, or the intake tube or the plurality thereof, as the personal fluid flows within, wherein; the heating means is on or about or within or itself any or all of the said intake tube, the transfer tube, the closure tube, the piston tube, the push actuator internal tube, or the dispensing tube; a power source, wherein; the power source provides voltage and current to the heating means; an adjustment control device to control the heating means, wherein; the adjustment control device which communicates to and is in electrical contact with the power source which communicates to and is in electrical contact with the heating means; the adjustment control device communicates to the power source a user temperature setting to influence the heating means to induce a same temperature within the personal fluid; a plurality of sensors wherein; the plurality of sensors communicates to and is in electrical contact with the power source; the plurality of sensors communicates to and is in electrical contact with the adjustment control device; the plurality of sensors determines if fluid is present, if the universal closure means has an air tight closure to the bottle or container, if the actuator has begun a downward compression, if fluid is in motion through a tube, if the heating means has malfunctioned, if the power source is in contact with water or fluid, if heating of the fluid has commenced, and the temperature of the fluid as it exits the dispensing tube; the said plurality of sensors being numbered one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight; the personal fluid flow path, in order, comprising; the perforated intake tube, the transfer tube, the closure tube, the piston tube, the push actuator internal tube, and the dispensing tube, wherein; the personal fluid is urged along and within the personal fluid flow path as a result of depressing the hand-operated push actuator in a downward direction.
2. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes the first sensor atop the push actuator to sense touch of the user.
3. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes the second sensor within the dispensing tube to sense fluid presence.
4. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes the third sensor within the dispensing tube to sense personal fluid temperature.
5. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes the fourth sensor within the closure tube to sense personal fluid flow rate.
6. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes the fifth sensor within the universal closure means to sense air tight closure attachment to an off-the-shelf bottle or container.
7. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes the sixth sensor within the intake tube to detect personal fluid presence.
8. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes the seventh sensor at the power source to detect a malfunction of the heating means.
9. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors includes the eighth sensor at the power source to detect water or fluid in electrical communication with the electrical connection to prevent an electrical shock.
10. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the fluid flow path is in fluid communication with the personal fluid within the off-the-shelf bottle or container when inserted into the bottle or container containing the personal fluid.
11. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the adjustment control device is positioned on a remote power source not in physical contact with the dispenser.
12. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the adjustment control device is positioned onto and in physical contact with the dispenser.
13. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the intake tube is 50% perforated along its length to allow the user to snap off unwanted portion(s) of the intake tube so as to allow the intake tube to equal the internal depth of the plurality of off-the-self bottles or containers when the dispenser is inserted into the off-the-shelf bottle or container.
14. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the universal closure means to attach the dispenser to the plurality of off-the-shelf plastic bottles or containers is a screw closure, a snap closure, or a plug closure, which secures an air tight fit onto the off-the-shelf bottle or container.
15. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the power source is a remote, not in physical contact with the dispenser, which inserts into any AC outlet.
16. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the power source is a rechargeable battery and is on and in physical contact with the dispenser.
17. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the power source is internal to the dispenser and power is made by the use of a coil passing about a magnet.
18. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein the power source is internal to the dispenser and power is made by the use of the downward action of the piston tube striking a piezoelectric-element.
19. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein by the user downward pressure onto the push actuator, personal fluid is urged from the transfer tube into the closure tube, which urges the personal fluid from the closure tube into the piston tube, which urges the personal fluid from the piston tube into the push actuator internal tube, which urges the personal fluid from the push actuator internal tube into the dispensing tube, which urges the personal fluid out from the dispensing tube onto the user's hand or body.
20. The replaceable hand-operated pump heating dispenser for the heating of personal fluid as in claim 1, wherein by the user release of the downward pressure onto the push actuator, the transfer ball of the transfer tube is raised from its sealing position within the transfer tube, allowing personal fluid to be urged from the personal fluid bottle or container into the intake tube, which is urged forward into the transfer tube, replacing the personal fluid within the transfer tube which was previously dispensed by the user's downward pressure onto the actuator.
Description
DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
(12) A replaceable manual pump heating personal fluid dispenser to dispense heated personal fluid, which can insert into a plurality of inexpensive mass produced off-the-shelf personal fluid plastic bottles or containers, comprising; a hand-operated push actuator to urge the personal fluid from the bottle or container holding the personal fluid through the tube(s) integral of the dispenser with user downward pressure of the push actuator; a heating means to heat the personal fluid as the personal fluid is in motion flowing through a tube or tubes integral of the dispenser; a perforated intake tube to allow the user to snap or break off portions of the intake tube to allow for varying depths of the personal fluid bottle or container; an adjustment control device to allow the user to control the heating of the heating means and thereby control the temperature of the personal fluid; a sensor to indicate touch onto the push actuator to determine when the heating of the personal fluid should commence; a sensor to determine velocity or flow rate of the personal fluid; a sensor to indicate the presence of personal fluid in a multitude of locations; a sensor to indicate if the dispenser has been removed from the personal fluid bottle or container; a sensor to indicate the temperature of the personal fluid; a sensor to indicate if the personal fluid is not being dispensed from the dispensing tube; a sensor to indicate inoperable heating means; and a sensor to indicate if the power source has come in contact with water or personal fluid.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Definitions
(13) Personal Fluid: Personal Fluid means a lotion or gel or liquid or cream for use on one's person or body, such as hand lotion or body lotion or makeup removing gel or liquid or hair cream or gel.
(14) Manual: Manual means, hand-operated, or put into operation by using one's hand or hands or done or operated by one's hand or hands.
(15) Replaceable: Replaceable means the present invention can be inserted into and attached to a plurality of inexpensive off-the-self, in most cases, plastic, personal fluid bottles or containers (such as Suave Hand Lotion) as one would purchase from a retail store, such as Walmart.
(16) Heating or Heat: Heating or Heat means to cause or produce an increase in temperature of the personal fluid, such that if the personal fluid temperature is 70 degrees Fahrenheit, heating or heat would cause the personal fluid's temperature to increase, as an example, to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
(17) Tube: Tube means a hollow tube, not closed on either end, an inlet (an entrance orifice) and an outlet (an exit orifice), such that this tube has an inner and outer diameter and can be made of various material(s), an example would be a glass tube or ceramic tube or metal tube.
(18) About a/the Tube or About: About a/the Tube or About means around the tube or assembly or encircles the tube or assembly, as example, wrapped around the tube, or the wire is wrapped around the tube creating a coil of wire, with the tube and the personal fluid within the tube being the core of the coil.
(19) Opposing Sides of a/the Tube or Opposing Sides: Opposing Sides of a/the Tube or Opposing Sides means to be 180 degrees opposite of each other, or to be directly across from one another yet not touching or coming in physical contact with each other, to be parallel to each other with no physical contact to each other, parallel plates spaced apart a distance across from each other and never coming into physical contact with each other, whereby an example would be the parallel plates of a capacitive conductor or capacitor in which the parallel plates of the capacitive conductor or capacitor never come in physical contact with each other and the tube and the personal fluid is the dielectric of the capacitive conductor or capacitor.
(20) Flows Through a Tube Flows Through a Tube means as the personal fluid moves or is not stagnant or static, but is in motion within a hollow tube, or is being urged into motion within a hollow tube, as would be the case of pumping lotion from a hand lotion bottle onto the hand, the lotion, in part, is moving through the hollow dispensing tube onto the hand.
(21) Heating Means: Heating Means is the means to create or produce and induce heating or heat into the personal fluid. Cross sectional view(s) of some, not all, of such Heating Means are shown in
(22) Sensor: Sensor means a device that responds to a physical stimulus (such as user touch, fluid heat, fluid presence, fluid motion, fluid flow rate, fluid or tube pressure) and transmits a resulting electrical or electronic signal.
(23) Actuator Assembly: Actuator Assembly means, as shown in
(24) Closure Assembly: Closure Assembly means, as shown in
(25) Pump Housing Assembly: Pump Housing Assembly means, as shown in
(26) Intake Tube Assembly: Intake Tube Assembly means, as shown in
(27) Power Source and Control Electronics Assembly: Power Source Assembly means, as shown in
(28) Sensors:
(29) In the present invention, one of the main advantages over all other present art is the ability to heat the personal fluid instantaneously while the personal fluid is in motion or flowing within a tube or tubes, within tenths of a second, using the inexpensive off-the-shelf personal fluid bottle or container, as the storage tank for the personal fluid. The average time for a user to depress the push actuator, 1k, downward, to its most negative position, or stop point, 3f, varies between, 0.100 to 1.00 seconds, based on a piston tube, 1d, of a constant length, normally called stroke distance or stroke length, and how firm or with what force, the user has applied downward pressure to the push actuator, 1k. During this instantaneous time, the present invention must heat the personal fluid while the personal fluid flows through one or more tubes of the present invention. In order for the pump housing assembly, Group 3, of the present invention to urge the personal fluid into and through tubes integral to the present invention, the present invention must be securely attached to the off-the-shelf personal fluid bottle or container, at the bottle's attachment, 3c. Attachment sensor, 2h, verifies the universal screw closure, 2a, is secure onto the bottle's attachment, 3c, and if not, via the power and control electronics assembly, Group 5, the heating means is disabled, turned off. Also, there must be personal fluid to heat, thereby, sensor 1c, and 4c, indicate personal fluid presence. Further, the function between how fast or velocity, flow rate, of the personal fluid, caused by user downward pressure onto the push actuator, 1k, fluid presence, and the user set temperature, must be known in order to efficiently heat the personal fluid to the user's desired temperature, as set by the user temperature control, 1b or 5c. Push actuator touch sensor, 1a, flow rate sensor, 2e, temperature sensor, 1f, and fluid presence sensor, 1c, 4c, communicate to the power source and control electronics assembly, Group 5, for the control electronics, 5h, to calculate and electrically drive, provide current and voltage, to one or more of the heating means, 1h, 1j, 2g, 3b, 4e, providing, heating means inoperable sensor, 5b, indicates the heating means is operational, and ground fault sensor, 5f, indicates the power source has not come in contact with water or personal fluid, to yield the user's desired temperature of the personal fluid. (Depicted in
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(32) The flow of fluid through the present invention is, from the personal fluid, 4f, in the personal fluid container, 4a, into and through intake tube, 4b, into and through the transfer tube, 3a, into and through the closure tube, 2d, into and through the piston tube, 1d, into and through the push actuator, 1k, and into and through the actuator dispensing tube, 1e, thereby heated personal fluid out and onto the user's hand or body.
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(34) User temperature control of the personal fluid is obtained by temperature control adjustment about one such location on the actuator assembly,
(35) While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the description herein of specific embodiments is not intended to limit the invention to the particular forms disclosed.
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(38) Phase 1, Priming Phase: The push actuator, 1k, begins at its, at rest, most vertical upward position, biasing device or spring, 3e, is uncompressed, fully extended, and transfer ball, 3d, is at its most negative, downward position, 3g, within the tapered portion of the transfer tube, 3a, sealing the transfer tube, 3a, as the push actuator, 1k, has no external force or downward pressure exerted onto it by the user. Upon the user pressing down onto the push actuator, 1k, the user comes in contact with touch sensor, 1a, which communicates to the control electronics, 5h, via cable, 5d, the user is in contact with the push actuator, 1k, and heated personal fluid is desired. Closure attachment sensor, 2h, fluid presence sensors, 1c, and 4c, and flow rate sensor, 2e, communicate to the control electronics, 5h, via cable, 5d, the present invention is attached to the personal fluid bottle or container, 4a, and there is no personal fluid present or personal fluid movement, within any tube(s) of the present invention. This dictates to the control electronics, 5h, not to drive, not to provide voltage and current to, hence turn off, the heating means in one or more possible locations, 1h, 1j, 2g, 3b, 4e. As the user continues to press push actuator, 1k, downward, the actuator piston tube, 1d, biasing piston, 3h, internal to the closure tube, 2d, moves downward to compress spring, 3e, until biasing piston, 3h, internal to closure tube, 2d, reaches its furthest negative or downward position, its stop points, 3f. Upon user release of push actuator, 1k, spring, 3e, exerts upward, positive, force onto the biasing piston, 3h, internal to closure tube, 2d, and piston tube, 1d, raises the push actuator, 1k, upward towards its at rest position. As push actuator, 1k, moves upwards towards its at rest position, upward air pressure is exerted by upward movement of fluid piston, 3j, internal to the transfer tube, 3a, which draws the transfer ball, 3d, from its seal position, 3g, upward and away from the tapered tail of the transfer tube, 3a, unsealing the transfer tube, 3a, and draws by pressure, the personal fluid, 4f, within the bottle or container, 4a, into the intake tube, 4b, passing fluid presence sensor, 4c, and continues into the transfer tube, 3a. Upon the push actuator, 1k, reaching its, at rest position, spring, 3e, is uncompressed and fully extended, biasing piston, 3h, and fluid piston, 3j, internal to closure tube, 2d, and piston tube, 1d, are at their most positive, upward positions. Transfer tube, 3a, is now filled with personal fluid, 4f, from personal fluid bottle, 4a, and fluid presence sensor, 4c, communicates to the control electronics, 5h, via cable, 5d, personal fluid is within intake tube, 4b.
(39) Phase 2, Operating Phase: As explained in Phase 1, upon the user pressing down onto the push actuator, 1k, the user comes in contact with touch sensor, 1a, which communicates to the control electronics, 5h, via cable, 5d, heated personal fluid is desired. Continued downward movement of the push actuator, 1k, moves the biasing piston, 3h, internal to the closure tube, 2d, downward, compressing spring, 3e, moving fluid piston, 3j, downward, using the personal fluid within the transfer tube, 3a, to exert downward force upon the transfer ball, 3d, moving the transfer ball, 3d, into its seal position, 3g, preventing personal fluid from flowing back into the intake tube, 4b. The personal fluid within transfer tube, 3a, caused by downward movement of fluid piston, 3j, is urged up and into the closure tube, 2d, passing through the flow rate sensor, 2e, which communicates to the control electronics, 5h, via cable, 5d, to supply power, provide voltage and current, to the heating means in one or more possible locations, 1h, 1j, 2g, 3b, 4e, which instantaneously heats the personal fluid. Upon this same downward movement of push actuator, 1k, personal fluid is urged from the closure tube, 2d, into the piston tube, 1d, into the push actuator, 1k, and into the dispensing tube, 1e, passing fluid temperature sensor, 1f, which communicates to the control electronics, 5h, via cable, 5d, verifying personal fluid temperature to that set from the user temperature control, 1b or 5c, passing fluid presence sensor, 1c, which communicates to the control electronics, 5h, via cable, 5d, personal fluid is at the dispensing point of dispensing tube, 1e, and by this same continued downward movement of push actuator, 1k, heated personal fluid is forced out and onto the user's hand or body. Upon user release of the actuator, 1k, spring, 3e, exerts upward force, onto the biasing piston, 3h, integral to the closure tube, 2d, and piston tube, 1d, raises the push actuator, 1k, towards its at rest position. Upward air pressure, caused by fluid piston, 3j, is exerted within the transfer tube, 3a, draws the transfer ball, 3d, upward and away from the tapered end of the transfer tube, 3a, seal position, 3g, unsealing the transfer tube 3a, and draws by pressure, the personal fluid, 4f, within the bottle or container, 4a, into the intake tube, 4b, which fluid presence sensor, 4c, confirms to the control electronics, 5h, fluid is present within intake tube, 4b, and personal fluid continues into the transfer tube, 3a, replacing the personal fluid which has been dispensed previously from the transfer tube, 3a. As the push actuator, 1k, reaches it most positive upward at rest position, flow rate sensor, 2e, communicates to the control electronics, 5h, there is no longer movement or flow, of the personal fluid, in the closure tube, 2d, and the control electronics, 5h, via cable, 5d, terminates power, ceases voltage and current, to the heating means, in one or more possible locations, 1h, 1j, 2g, 3b, 4e, in effect, turns off heating of the personal fluid.
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(41) Methods of using the present invention as described herein, may include the following steps, as example. A user purchases an off-the-shelf plastic hand lotion (personal fluid) bottle of round or oval shape from a retail store, such as Walmart or Target. The user unscrews or unsnaps the closure, bottle cap, atop the lotion bottle, and removes the existing actuator, closure, and pump housing assembly, along with the intake tube attached to its above assembly (intake tube assembly), previously within the lotion bottle. The user sets aside or discards this actuator, pump, closure, and intake tube assembly. With the lotion bottle upright, the user stands the present invention upright, along side the lotion bottle to gauge the depth of the lotion bottle so as to determine the present invention's intake tube, 4b, depth, needed to reach the bottom of the lotion bottle. The user snaps off the appropriated partitioned, perforated, 4h, amount of intake tube, 4b, to ensure proper intake tube, 4b, bottle depth or length. The user then inserts the present invention, intake tube assembly, Group 4, first, along with the pump housing assembly, Group 3, closure assembly, Group 2, and actuator assembly, Group 1, into the lotion bottle. The user then screws or snaps or plugs the universal closure, 2a, of the present invention onto or into the lotion bottle attachment, 3c, of the lotion bottle, 4a. The user plugs the power source and control electronics assembly, Group 5, the transformer, 5a, into an AC wall outlet. The user plugs the male power connector, 5e, into the female power connector, 1g or 2f. The user adjusts the temperature control, 1b or 5c, to the user desired temperature using the temperature control adjustment, 1b or 5c. With one hand, the user depresses the present invention's push actuator, 1k, downward, contacting the touch sensor, 1a, with sufficient force to cause the push actuator, 1k, to move in a downward direction until the biasing piston, 3h, reaches its stop points, 3f, within the transfer tube, 3a, while the other hand is placed below the present invention's dispensing tube, 1e. Out flows heated lotion and the user now enjoys his/her heated lotion without the necessity of waiting seconds or minutes for the lotion to heat, before the user can enjoy the heated lotion on his/her hands or body.
(42) With the present invention, Replaceable Manual Pump Heating Personal Fluid Dispenser, the user has on demand heated lotion without the need for some special apparatus to hold the lotion, or have the lotion bottle of a specific size, or a special cartridge, or to refill something, or time to wait for the initial lotion to heat, but is using the same round or oval plastic bottle the user has purchased at any retail, grocery, or pharmacy store, inexpensive, cost effective, just insert the present invention into the plastic lotion bottle the user has purchased, and enjoy heated lotion.