Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Ddp Specialty Electronic Materials Us, LLC

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The Dow Chemical Company

Daniel R Schroer

Marc S Black

Christopher J Siler

Chad V Schuette

Daniel Ramirez

Michael F Heckert

Peter J Schulz

Matthew J Turpin

Jie Cai

Larry Dotson

Gregory T Stewart

Jeffrey M Hansbro

Michael J Kontranowski

Daniel A Tempas

Greg T Stewart

Timothy P Fournier

A fluid dispensing device has a spool valve in a dispenser housing with a spool in a spool housing and a spool wall around the spool housing with entrance and an exit openings defined therethrough; an entrance channel in the dispenser housing proximate to the spool wall entrance opening; a force applying element in the entrance channel that applies force against the spool wall with entrance and exit ends with the exit end proximate to the spool wall; a hose adapter fitting with an entrance end extending out from and an exit end extending into the entrance and contacting the force applying element with a flow passage extending through it; and fluid communication through the hose adapter fitting flow passage through the force applying element and into an entrance opening in the spool wall; where the force applying element defines a tortuous path through which fluid must travel.

Filtering fluid dispensing device

An article has a can with a valve stem and a dispensing device, the dispensing device includes a cap over the valve stem, a hollow tube extending through a slot in the cap and attached to the valve stem, a sleeve slidably extending over the hollow tube, a lever hingedly attached to the cap and operatively engaging the sleeve, an elastic feature that provides a force or causes a force to be applied to the sleeve in a direction that tries to move the sleeve to a closed position, and a sealing gasket between the sleeve and hollow tube proximate to the exit end of the hollow tube; where the sleeve seals the hollow tube when in the closed position and displacing the lever towards the can simultaneously unseals the hollow tube and tilts the valve stem, and when released allows the sleeve to restore to a closed position.

Dispenser with cap

An article contains an elbow having at least two sections that arc hingcdly attached to one another by means of a hinging joint so that the first section can move in a plane with respect to the second section, wherein the sections define a passageway through which a dispensing straw can extend where the passageway extends all the way through the two sections and perpendicularly through the hinging joint attaching them. The article can include a bendable dispensing straw extending through the passageway of the elbow.

Hinged elbow for dispensing straw

An article includes a can with a valve stem and a dispensing device attached to the valve stem where the dispensing device includes a hollow base, a hollow tube attached to the hollow base the hollow tube having one or more than one hole proximate to its exit end, a sleeve with a finger pad that slides over the hollow tube and an elastic connector attaching the sleeve to at least one of the hollow base and hollow tube, and a sealing gasket residing between the hollow tube and sleeve, wherein the dispensing device can reversibly move between a closed position where the sleeve seals the one or more than one hole in the hollow tube and an open position where the one or more than one hole in the hollow tube is unsealed by the sleeve and the elastic connector provides a restoring force to the sleeve when in the open position that directs the sleeve to a closed position.

Single finger dispensing article

An article includes an adapter having a flow channel extending through it, where the adapter includes a base, a neck, a bendable segment attached to the base and neck and positioned between the base and neck, and a plunger attached to the neck or bendable segment and extending within the flow channel in the bendable segment.

Dispenser adapter

An article includes a dispenser having a flow channel extending therethrough and having a base, a bendable segment attached to the base, a straw attached to the bendable segment, a plunger attached to the base and extending within the flow channel of the bendable segment; a sleeve extending over at least a portion of the straw, and a trigger hingedly attached to the straw at a hinge point and having a portion above the hinge point engaging the sleeve and a trigger portion extending below the hinge point.

Dispenser for valve with stationary valve stem housing

An article with a can and a dispenser, the can having a valve with a valve cup, valve stem housing and depressible valve stem and the dispenser having a base, a straw attached to the base, a sleeve extending over at least a portion of the straw, a trigger hingedly attached to the base and/or straw at a hinge point with a trigger section that engages the sleeve above the hinge point and a trigger arm that extends below the hinge point, and a plunger extending through a side of the base and into a flow channel of the dispenser while maintaining fluid communication through and/or around the plunger within the flow channel of the dispenser where the dispenser is attachable to the can by inserting the stationary valve stem housing into the flow channel of the dispenser base while inserting the dispenser base into the valve cup.

Dispenser for can with fixed valve stem housing

An article including a cap () for a can (), the article including: (a) a first section (), where the first section fits over the top () of the can and attaches to the can; and (b) a second section () that is movably attached to the first section so that it is movable from a closed position generally above the top of the first section to an open position generally alongside the first section.

Cap with nested handle for spray can

A dispensing device for attaching to a container having a valve stem includes: (a) a hollow tube having a flow channel defined by a wall extending between entrance and exit ends with a connector on the entrance end for connecting to the valve stem; (b) a sleeve extending slidably over a portion of the hollow tube, the sleeve extending over, and having an opening proximate to, the hollow tube's exit end; (c) a sealing gasket around the outside of the hollow tube and between the hollow tube and the sleeve that prevents fluid communication past the gasket between the hollow tube and sleeve; (d) a trigger mount rigidly attached to the hollow tube or container; (e) a trigger hingedly connected at a first location to the trigger mount and operatively engaged with the sleeve at a second location; and (f) an elastic element between the trigger and the hollow tube and/or container.

Single action dispensing device with sliding sleeve having a plug

A dispensing device that attaches to a container has: (a) a hollow tube with opposing entrance and exit ends with a connector on the entrance end and a wall defining a flow channel; (b) a sleeve with opposing entrance and exit ends slidably extending over the hollow tube; (c) a sealing gasket between and contacting the hollow tube and sleeve; (d) a trigger mount rigidly attached to the hollow tube or container; (e) a trigger hingedly connected to the trigger mount and operatively connected to the sleeve; (f) an elastic element between the trigger and the hollow tube and/or container; wherein the exit end is closed and there is an opening through the hollow tube wall proximate to the exit end; the sleeve has an open dispensing end, reduces in inside diameter at dispensing end and engages the hollow tube when closed and disengages from the hollow tube when open.

Single action dispensing device with sliding sleeve

A dispenser comprises a housing defining at least three feed channels, a spool valve with a spool defining at least three flow passages, a deformable sealing plug in at least two of the feed channels and in sealing orientation with both the housing and the spool, and a nipple in at least the two feed channels of the housing comprising sealing plugs; wherein the spool can reversibly rotate between an open orientation and a closed orientation can dispense two-component form formulations that are free of gaseous blowing agents.

Dispenser for two-component spray polyurethane form that are free of gaseous blowing agents

Construct a wall assembly by: (a) providing a support structure with spaced apart structural members; (b) affixing a thermally insulating layer of polymeric foam boards to the structural members, the foam boards achieving a Class A rating according to ASTM E-84; (c) covering seams between polymeric foam boards with a sealing tape; (d) affixing a plurality of fasteners through the thermally insulating layer to structural members with the fasteners extending beyond the outside surface of the thermally insulating layer; (e) attaching a fa&#xe7;ade selected from metal panel, metal-composite-metal panels, fiber reinforced cementitious siding veneer and materials having a thickness of at least 1.9 centimeters (0.75 inches) that qualify as 'non-combustible' according to ASTM E136 to the fasteners and within five centimeters of the thermally insulating layer; and desirably (f) applying a spray polyurethane foam material to seal gaps through the thermally insulating layer; the process being free of applying gypsum sheathing layer or wood-based sheathing between structural members and the thermally insulating layer.

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Daniel R Schroer