Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Grease gun pressure return valve
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Application No.: US16591466Application Date: 2019-10-02
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Publication No.: US10816136B2Publication Date: 2020-10-27
- Inventor: Cary Donald Lusso
- Applicant: Gurtech (Pty) Ltd
- Applicant Address: ZA Lions River
- Assignee: Gurtech (Pty) LTD
- Current Assignee: Gurtech (Pty) LTD
- Current Assignee Address: ZA Lions River
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5d62ebd1
- Main IPC: F16K15/18
- IPC: F16K15/18 ; F16N3/12 ; F16N37/02

Abstract:
The invention provides an apparatus comprising a grease gun (10) having a delivery line (22), the apparatus being configured to return grease under pressure from within the delivery line (22) of the grease gun (10) back to a grease reservoir (14); the grease gun (10) comprising a dispensing head (12) fitted to reservoir (14) containing grease and including a grease inlet port (16), for receiving grease from the grease reservoir (14), a grease outlet port (20) connectable to the delivery line (22) for dispensing grease; a pressure chamber (18) wherein the grease inlet port (16) is in fluid communication with the grease outlet port (20) via the pressure chamber (18); a piston (28) operable for displacing the grease from the grease inlet port (16) to the grease outlet port (20); and a one-way flow control valve located between the pressure chamber and the grease outlet port to inhibit the reverse flow of the grease from the grease outlet port back into the pressure chamber; the dispensing head (12) further comprising a pressure return port (26), located upstream of the grease inlet port (16) and linked to the grease outlet port (20) by a pressure return passage and openable into the pressure chamber (18), for returning the grease under pressure to the pressure chamber (18) and the grease reservoir (14), in which the piston (28) acts as a valve movable between a first position where the pressure return port (26) is closed and a second position where the pressure return port (26) is open.
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