The Procter Gamble Company

University of Illinois

Eric Richard Bartsch

John Allen Wooton

Stephan Gary Bush

Chow-Chi Huang

Michael Sean Farrell

Richard Lawrence Horstman

Frank Andrej Kvietok

Brice Daniel Westring

Kevin George Goodall

Toan Trinh

William Michael Cannon

Naomi Ruth Nelson

Alan Scott Goldstein

Grover David Owens

Demetrius Michael Romanos

Michael Hung-Tai Luh

Pedro Antonio Rodriguez

Henry Cheng Na

Melissa Ann Kreuzer

Jonathan Joseph Powell

Shawn Charlton Snyder

John Vincent Hunt

Vladimir Gartstein

Paul Amaat France

John Edward Sheppard

Dragan Danilo Nebrigic

Jeffrey Donald Painter

Thomas Charles Hortel

Jonathan George Denham

Robert J Peterson

Carl-Eric Kaiser

Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet

Carl Eric Kaiser

Donald E Hershey

Ronald H Wanless

Richard John Stevens

Charles Michael Hardy

Gary Gordon Heaton

Charles William Fisher

James Frederick Kirkpatrick

Arseni Velerevich Radomyselski

Michael J D'Amelio

Edward L Schmidt

Christophe Laudemiel-Pellet

James Randy Stigall

A sprayer, which in one embodiment, is a hand held ergonomic sprayer is disclosed herein. The sprayer may include: a housing through which water flows; a handle for gripping by a user, which is joined to the housing; at least one spray nozzle operatively connected to the housing; and, a connection for a hose, the connection being joined to the housing. In one non-limiting embodiment, when the sprayer has one end of a water-filled hose connected thereto, the combination of the sprayer and suspended portion of the hose has a combined center of gravity that passes through the axis of the sprayer handle. The sprayers described herein may also have other features, and provide other benefits that do not require the sprayers to have an ergonomic design.

Sprayer and filter therefor

The present invention relates to a spraying device suitable for spraying cleaning compositions and rinse water onto hard surfaces, More particularly the spraying device may be attached to a hose, for example a conventional garden hose, so that the cleaning composition and rinse water can be applied to outside surfaces, such as vehicles or the outside surface of windows. The spraying device comprises a purifier located inside the cavity of a container and a spray head.

Spraying device

Sprayer

A battery is disclosed that includes a container having a positive terminal and a negative terminal and an electrochemical cell disposed within said container, said cell having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a cell voltage measured across said positive and said negative electrodes of said cell. The battery further includes a housing containing electronic circuitry associated with said container, said electronic circuitry electrically connected between said electrodes of said cell and said terminals of said container to create an output voltage measured across said positive and said negative terminals of said container and wherein the container and housing substantially enclose the electrochemical cell.

Battery having a housing for electronic circuitry

Apparatus and methods for deodorizing and/or freshening the air are disclosed. In one non-limiting embodiment, the apparatus includes one or more passive members and an air moving member. The passive member can be detachable from the air moving member and used separately as a passive filter member, if it contains a deodorizing substance, or as a passive emitting member, if it contains a substance to be emitted into the air. Numerous combinations of passive filter members and passive emitting members can be used with the air moving member, or as stand-alone members in the described methods. In other non-limiting embodiments, devices can be provided that both deodorize and emit substances into the air. Kits are also provided. The substances to be emitted may be arranged in various ways to improve the amount of exposed surface area of the substance to be emitted. Intensity controlling mechanisms are also provided.

Apparatus and method for deodorizing and/or freshening air

The present invention relates to a spraying device suitable for spraying cleaning compositions and rinse water onto hard surfaces. More particularly the spraying device may be attached to a hose, for example a conventional garden hose, so that the cleaning composition and rinse water can be applied to outside surfaces, such as vehicles or the outside surface of windows. The spraying device comprises a purifier located inside the cavity of a container and a spray head.

A dispensing device for dispensing scents into the environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, the dispensing device is used in conjunction with an article of manufacture which contains one or more scents or aromatic materials.

Dispensing device for dispensing scents

A dispensing device for dispensing scents into the environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, the dispensing device is used in conjunction with an article of manufacture which contains one or more scents or aromatic materials. In such an embodiment, the dispensing device can include a housing and a removable, reusable/replayable, closed, multiple scent-containing article of manufacture which is removably inserted into or onto said housing.

An autonomously movable cleaning robot comprising a platform and motive force to autonomously move the robot on a substantially horizontal surface having boundaries. The robot further has a computer processing unit for storing, receiving and transmitting data, and a cleaning implement operatively associated with the robot. The robot receives input data from an external source. The external source may be physical manipulation of the robot, remote control, or by triangulation from at least three external transmitters.

Home cleaning robot

Tray

Battery

Disclosed is a locking assembly for use with a pump type dispenser to dispense material from a container. The assembly includes an actuator including at least one timing pin and a locking mechanism coupled to the actuator for limiting movement of the actuator until the timing pin is properly aligned with the locking mechanism. Alignment is achieved by rotating the actuator a first predetermined distance in a first direction and subsequently rotating the actuator a second predetermined distance in a second direction.

Dispensing pump lock

Disclosed is a closure for a container, such as a blow molded jug having a neck surrounding an opening therein, the closure having a first annular portion and a second annular portion. The first annular portion in the closure has a wiper seal and a lip seal. The second annular portion exerts an upward pressure on the lip seal which causes improved sealing and leak-tight properties during shipping, handling, etc. The upward pressure also enhances the effectiveness of the wiper seal. The second annular portion may include an annular tear skirt having a pull tab for the removal thereof to facilitate removal of the closure from the container. The closure may also include a plug seal, and a lower annular portion extending from the second annular portion.

Tamper-evident leak-tight closure for containers

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Eric Richard Bartsch