Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100116908 | Systems and Methods for Applying Texture Material to Ceiling Surfaces - An aerosol system for dispensing sprayable material in a desired spray pattern. | 05-13-2010 |
20100329772 | TUBE WITH RESILIENT APPLICATOR AND SCRAPER FOR DISPENSING TEXTURE MATERIALS - A method of patching a destination surface to substantially match a structure of an existing sprayed on visible texture pattern. A sponge member is displaced in a dabbing direction towards and away from the destination surface to transfer texture material to the destination surface. Individual particles of the texture material are supported by binder on the applicator surface such that at least a portion of the structure at least some of the individual particles supported on the applicator surface visibly extend from the destination surface. The portion of the structure of the individual particles supported by the binder that extends outwardly from the binder on the destination surface forms a visible structure on the destination surface. The visible structure substantially matches the structure of the existing sprayed on visible texture pattern. | 12-30-2010 |
20110036872 | AEROSOL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING TEXTURE MATERIAL - An aerosol texturing system for applying a layer of texture material on an uncoated portion of a substrate substantially to match a coated portion of the substrate. The aerosol texturing system comprises an aerosol assembly, texture material, and bi-phase propellant material. The texture material comprises a base portion and a particulate portion, where the particulate portion is made of at least one of urethane foam and melamine foam. The propellant material acts on the texture material to force the texture material to out of the aerosol assembly onto the uncoated portion of the substrate such that the layer of texture material on the uncoated portion of the substrate substantially matches the portion of the substrate coated with stucco material. | 02-17-2011 |
20110049179 | AEROSOL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING TEXTURE MATERIAL - An aerosol texturing system for applying a layer of texture material on an uncoated portion of a substrate substantially to match a coated portion of the substrate, comprises an aerosol assembly, texture material, and propellant material. The aerosol assembly defines a product chamber and is selectively operable in a first mode in which the product chamber is sealed and in a second mode in which fluid is allowed to flow out of the product chamber along a dispensing passageway. The texture material and propellant material are disposed within the product chamber. The texture material has a base portion and a particulate portion containing at least one particulate material. When the aerosol assembly is in the second mode, the propellant material is adapted to force the texture material out of the aerosol assembly along the dispensing passageway and onto the uncoated portion of the substrate. | 03-03-2011 |
20110081488 | Tube With Resilient Applicator for Dispensing Texture Materials - A method of applying texture material to a destination surface defining a pre-textured portion formed by a spray system and an untextured portion, comprising the following steps. A flexible container, texture, material, a sponge base, a resilient sponge are provided. The resilient sponge is adhered to the sponge base to form a sponge assembly. The texture material is arranged within the container chamber, and the sponge member is fixed relative to the container. Texture material is forced out of the container member and onto an applicator surface. At least a portion of the texture material on the applicator surface is transferred to the untextured portion of the destination surface by displacing the container member along the dispensing axis towards the destination surface with the applicator surface substantially parallel to the destination surface. The container member is then displaced away from the destination surface along the dispensing axis with the applicator surface substantially parallel to the destination surface such that an exposed portion of the particulate material on the untextured portion of the destination surface stands out from the destination surface and is visually perceptible. | 04-07-2011 |
20110132935 | Systems and Methods for Applying Texture Material to Ceiling Surfaces - An aerosol system for dispensing sprayable material in a desired spray pattern. | 06-09-2011 |
20110281030 | PARTICULATE MATERIALS FOR ACOUSTIC TEXTURE MATERIAL - A composition for forming a textured coating on drywall material, where the textured coating substantially matches a pre-existing acoustic texture material on the drywall material, comprises acoustic texture material and propellant material. The acoustic texture material comprises a base portion the base portion is capable of existing in a flowable state and a hardened state, and a particulate portion the particulate portion comprises discrete, visible particles of solidified urethane foam having irregular shapes. The propellant material comprises a hydrocarbon propellant. The particles of urethane foam are distributed throughout the acoustic texture material when the base portion is in the flowable state. The irregular shapes of the particulate portion are substantially the same when the base portion is in the flowable state and in the hardened state. The base portion is capable of securing the discrete, visible, particles of solidified urethane foam to the drywall material when the base portion is in the hardened state. | 11-17-2011 |
20120064249 | Texture Material for Covering a Repaired Portion of a Textured Surface - A texturing system for applying a desired texture pattern on a patched portion of a surface. The texturing system comprises texture material, a dispensing system for dispensing the texture material, and a selecting system. The texture material comprises a carrier, a binder, a filler, and a change material. The texture material changes from a wet form to a solidified form when exposed to air. The change material changes appearance when the texture material changes from the wet form to the solidified form. The selecting system is supported by the dispensing system such that texture material dispensed from the dispensing system is dispensed through an outlet opening in the desired texture pattern. The dispensing system is used to deposit the texture material onto the patched portion of the surface in the desired texture pattern. | 03-15-2012 |
20120080446 | Dispensers for Aerosol Systems - A dispenser for an aerosol system for dispensing liquid material includes an outlet member, a collar member, an actuator member, and a selector member. The outlet member defines an outlet opening. The actuator member supports the collar member and the outlet member such that movement of the collar member relative to the actuator member causes the collar member to deform the outlet member. Movement of the selector member relative to the collar member causes movement of the collar member relative to the actuator member. Deformation of the outlet member alters a cross-sectional area of the outlet opening. | 04-05-2012 |
20120091217 | Texture Material for Covering a Repaired Portion of a Textured Surface - A texture material formulated substantially to match a pre-existing texture pattern. The texture material comprises a carrier, a binder, a filler, and a pH change material. The texture material changes from a wet form to a solidified form when exposed to air. A pH of the texture material changes as the texture material changes from the wet form to the solidified form. An appearance of at least one appearance characteristic of the at least one material forming the pH change material changes as the pH of the texture material changes. An appearance characteristic of the texture material associated with the at least one material forming the pH change material in at least one of the wet form and the solidified form differs from a similar appearance characteristic of the pre-existing texture pattern. | 04-19-2012 |
20120097703 | Aerosol Systems and Methods for Dispensing Texture Material - Aerosol material for applying a repair coat to an uncoated portion of a substrate substantially to match a coated portion of the substrate using an aerosol assembly comprising a container defining a product chamber and a valve assembly operable in open and closed modes, the aerosol material comprising a base portion, a particulate portion, and a propellant portion. The particulate portion is made of at least one of urethane foam and melamine foam. With the valve assembly in the open mode, the propellant portion in the gas state gas state forces at least part of the base portion, the particulate portion, and the propellant portion in the liquid state out of the product chamber and onto the uncoated portion of the substrate to form the repair coat such that the repair coat substantially matches the coated portion of the substrate. | 04-26-2012 |
20120145751 | Systems and Methods for Applying Texture Material to Ceiling Surfaces - An aerosol system for dispensing sprayable material in a desired spray pattern. | 06-14-2012 |
20120273518 | Aerosol Systems and Methods For Dispensing Texture Material - An aerosol texturing system for applying a layer of texture material on an uncoated portion of a substrate substantially to match a coated portion of the substrate, comprises an aerosol assembly, texture material, and propellant material. The aerosol assembly defines a product chamber and is selectively operable in a first mode in which the product chamber is sealed and in a second mode in which fluid is allowed to flow out of the product chamber along a dispensing passageway. The texture material and propellant material are disposed within the product chamber. The texture material has a base portion and a particulate portion containing at least one particulate material. When the aerosol assembly is in the second mode, the propellant material is adapted to force the texture material out of the aerosol assembly along the dispensing passageway and onto the uncoated portion of is the substrate. | 11-01-2012 |
20130011560 | TUBE WITH RESILIENT APPLICATOR AND SCRAPER FOR DISPENSING TEXTURE MATERIALS - A system for applying a coating to an untextured portion of a destination surface comprises a tube member defining a container opening, texture material within the tube member, a sponge member defining an applicator surface and a sponge opening. The texture material comprises a binder and visually perceivable discrete particles. The sponge member is secured to the tube member such that the texture material can flow out of the tube member through the sponge opening. The texture material is displaced out of the tube member and onto the applicator surface. The applicator surface of the sponge member is displaced substantially along a dispensing axis perpendicular to the applicator surface towards and away from the destination surface with the applicator surface substantially parallel to the destination surface to transfer the texture material to the destination surface. | 01-10-2013 |
20130022747 | Tube With Resilient Applicator for Dispensing Texture Material - The present invention may be embodied as an apparatus for applying texture material to a destination surface defining a pre-textured portion formed by a spray system and an untextured portion, where the pre-textured portion comprises visually perceptible particles. The apparatus comprises a flexible container defining a container chamber, texture material arranged within the container chamber, a sponge base, and a sponge member. The application of deliberate manual force to the container forces the texture material in the container chamber out of the container member. The sponge member is angled with respect to the dispensing axis such that a visually perceptible exposed portion of the particulate material transferred to the untextured portion of the destination surface is allowed to project from the destination surface after the texture material is deposited on the destination surface. | 01-24-2013 |
20130082069 | Systems and Methods for Applying Texture Material to Ceiling Surfaces - A method of dispensing sprayable material in a desired spray pattern comprising the following steps. An actuator member comprising a plurality of resilient finger projections is provided. A resilient outlet member is arranged at least partly between the plurality of finger projections. A movable member is supported on the actuator member to define an actuator assembly that is supported on the valve assembly to define a dispensing path extending from the interior of the aerosol chamber to the exterior of the aerosol chamber through the valve assembly, the actuator member, and the outlet member. The movable member acts on the outlet member to deform the plurality of finger projections towards each other to alter an effective cross-sectional area of at least a portion of a dispensing path to control fluid flow along the dispensing path and thereby cause the sprayable material to be dispensed in the desired spray pattern. | 04-04-2013 |
20130102696 | Aerosol Systems and Methods for Dispensing Texture Material - Texture material for applying a repair coat to a substrate substantially comprising a base portion, a particulate portion, and a propellant portion. The particulate portion is made of at least one of urethane foam and melamine foam. When the texture material is contained within a sealed chamber, the propellant portion exists in a gas state and a liquid state, the propellant portion in the gas state pressurizes the base portion, the particulate portion, and the propellant portion in the liquid state and the at least one of urethane foam and melamine foam exists in solid particulate form. | 04-25-2013 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130126632 | Dispenser for Aerosol Systems - An aerosol system for dispensing liquid material, comprising a container assembly and an actuator assembly comprising an outlet member defining an outlet opening, a collar member, an actuator member, and a selector member. The actuator member supports the collar member and the outlet member such that movement of the collar member relative to the actuator member causes the collar member to deform the outlet member. Movement of the selector member relative to the collar member moves the collar member relative to the actuator member. Deformation of the outlet member alters a cross-sectional area of the outlet opening. When the actuator assembly is in a first position, the liquid material is prevented from flowing out of the container. When the actuator assembly is in a second position, the liquid material is allowed to flow out of the container assembly through the outlet opening. | 05-23-2013 |
20130230655 | Particulate Materials for Acoustic Texture Material - An acoustic texture material adapted to be dispensed from an aerosol assembly using bi-phase propellant materials to form a textured coating on drywall material such that the textured coating substantially matches a pre-existing acoustic texture material on the drywall material. The acoustic texture material has a base portion capable of existing in a flowable state and a hardened state and a particulate portion comprising discrete particles that are visible to an unaided eye. The particulate portion is comprised of at least one of urethane foam and melamine foam. The base portion is capable of securing the particles to the drywall material when the base portion is in the hardened state. | 09-05-2013 |
20140050853 | Aerosol Spray Texture Apparatus for a Particulate Containing Material - A composition for forming an acoustic texture material on a surface comprises a propellant material and acoustic texture material. The propellant material comprises di-methyl ethylene. The acoustic texture material comprises a coating portion comprising a base, a filler, and a binder and chips of chip material having a physical structure. When the propellant material and the acoustic texture material are mixed together, the propellant material does not substantially alter the physical structure of the chip material. | 02-20-2014 |
20140079882 | Systems and Methods for Applying Texture Material to Ceiling Surfaces - An aerosol system for dispensing sprayable material in a desired spray pattern comprises an aerosol assembly and an outlet assembly. The outlet assembly comprises an actuator member, at least one flexible outlet member supported on the actuator member such that at least one pair of edges defined by the at least one flexible outlet member overlap, and a movable member supported on the actuator member to define an actuator assembly. The movable member is displaced such that the movable member acts on the at least one flexible outlet member to deform the at least one flexible outlet member to alter an effective cross-sectional area of at least a portion of a dispensing path to control fluid flow along the dispensing path and thereby cause the sprayable material to be dispensed in the desired spray pattern. | 03-20-2014 |
20140113076 | Systems and Methods for Applying Texture Material to Ceiling Surfaces - A method of dispensing sprayable material in a desired spray pattern using an actuator member, a resilient outlet member, and a movable member. The actuator member has a plurality of resilient finger projections. The resilient outlet member is arranged at least partly between the finger projections. The movable member is supported on the actuator member to form a dispensing path extending from the interior of the aerosol chamber to the exterior of the aerosol chamber through a valve assembly, the actuator member, and the outlet member. The movable member acts on the outlet member to deform the plurality of finger projections towards each other to alter an effective cross-sectional area of at least a portion of a dispensing path to control fluid flow along the dispensing path and thereby cause the sprayable material to be dispensed in the desired spray pattern. | 04-24-2014 |
20140120260 | AEROSOL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING TEXTURE MATERIAL - A system for forming an acoustic texture coating on a surface, the system comprising an aerosol dispenser, a liquid portion of a propellant material, a gas portion of the propellant material, a base material, and a plurality of discrete particles of at least one of urethane foam and melamine foam, where the discrete particles define a physical structure. The liquid portion of the propellant material, the gas portion of the propellant material, the base material, and the plurality of discrete particles are disposed within the aerosol dispenser. The propellant material does not alter the physical structure of the discrete particles when combined within the aerosol dispenser. When the aerosol dispenser is operated, the base material and the discrete particles are deposited on an uncoated portion of the surface such that the base material dries to adhere the discrete particles to the uncoated portion of the surface. | 05-01-2014 |
20140162023 | Tube with Resilient Applicator and Scraper for Dispensing Texture Materials - A system for applying a coating to an untextured portion of a destination surface comprises a tube member defining a container opening, texture material within the tube member, a sponge member defining an applicator surface and a sponge opening. The texture material comprises a binder and visually perceivable discrete particles. The sponge member is secured to the tube member such that the texture material can flow out of the tube member through the sponge opening. The texture material is displaced out of the tube member and onto the applicator surface. The applicator surface of the sponge member is displaced substantially along a dispensing axis perpendicular to the applicator surface towards and away from the destination surface with the applicator surface substantially parallel to the destination surface to transfer the texture material to newly textured portion of the destination surface. | 06-12-2014 |
20140367410 | Dispenser for Aerosol Systems - An aerosol system for dispensing liquid material, comprising a container assembly and an actuator assembly comprising an outlet member defining an outlet opening, a collar member, an actuator member, and a selector member. The actuator member supports the collar member and the outlet member such that movement of the collar member relative to the actuator member causes the collar member to deform the outlet member. Movement of the selector member relative to the collar member moves the collar member relative to the actuator member. Deformation of the outlet member alters a cross-sectional area of the outlet opening. When the actuator assembly is in a first position, the liquid material is prevented from flowing out of the container. When the actuator assembly is in a second position, the liquid material is allowed to flow out of the container assembly through the outlet opening. | 12-18-2014 |
20150072076 | Systems and Methods for Applying Texture Material - An aerosol actuator has a main body member, a nozzle member defining an outlet opening, and a selector member. The outlet opening defines a fluid flow direction. The selector member is moved to obtain different fluid spray patterns. The selector member is distal to the nozzle member and the fluid flow direction. | 03-12-2015 |