James J Cleveland

US Patent:

6935386, Aug 30, 2005

Filed:

Oct 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/696923

Inventors:

William A. Miller - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Sam Ford - Mundelein IL, US
Christopher Khoo - Lake in the Hills IL, US
James R. Cleveland - Carpentersville IL, US
Jeffrey Mumford - Crystal Lake IL, US
Donald A. Rummelhart - Roselle IL, US
Anton Obrecht - Arlington Heights IL, US
Ryan Hanawalt - Cary IL, US
Marty Leider - Lake Forest IL, US
Thomas J. Amsler - Grayslake IL, US

Assignee:

Fluid Management, Inc. - Wheeling IL

International Classification:

B65B001/04

US Classification:

141 18, 141 2, 141104, 222144

Abstract:

An improved cosmetics dispensing system that includes a controller, a plurality of mutating pumps, a plurality of reservoirs of cosmetics ingredients, a plurality of nozzles, a manifold for concentrically supporting the nozzles, a turntable rotatably connected beneath the manifold wherein the turntable includes a through opening for permitting the passage of fluid from one of the nozzles through the turntable, a motor for rotating the turntable, and wherein the controller is linked to each of the mutating pumps and the motor and each pump is in fluid communication with one of the reservoirs and vice versa and each pump is connected to one of the nozzles and vice versa. The system is computer operated whereby the turntable can rotate in either of the clockwise or counterclockwise directions and the turntable is equipped with a container holder that can accommodate containers of varying sizes. An improved method of dispensing ingredients for a cosmetic application at a point of sale is also disclosed which avoids coating an interior wall of the container with tints or colorants which are difficult to mix into the final solution once they engage the container wall or next surface.

US Patent:

7690405, Apr 6, 2010

Filed:

Jul 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/183392

Inventors:

William A. Miller - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Tim Hogan - Round Lake Beach IL, US
Christopher Khoo - Lake in the Hills IL, US
Ryan Hanawalt - Cary IL, US
Marty Leider - Lake Forest IL, US
James R. Cleveland - Carpentersville IL, US
Anton Obrecht - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

Fluid Management, Inc. - Wheeling IL

International Classification:

B65B 3/12
B65B 3/26
B67C 3/02

US Classification:

141104, 141 9, 141 86, 141236, 222 63, 222135, 2223832

Abstract:

An improved multi fluid dispenser for simultaneous dispensing of a plurality of fluids shown and described. The dispenser includes a controller that is linked to a coordinator board. The controller has a memory with a plurality of recipes stored in the memory. A coordinator board is linked to a first module. The first module may include one or two pumps, each connected to a fluid reservoir. The module is then linked in series to a plurality of other modules as well as a manifold module. Each module includes a module board for controlling the pump or pumps of that module. The controller, coordinator board and module boards are all programmed for the simultaneous or sequential pumping of multiple fluids from the reservoirs through outlet nozzles of the manifold in accordance with a recipe selected by the user and retrieved from the memory of the controller.