Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid dispensing assembly
- Patent Title (中): 流体分配组件
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Application No.: US13384996Application Date: 2010-07-01
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Publication No.: US08776828B2Publication Date: 2014-07-15
- Inventor: Yeong-Heng Koo , Andrew Nicholson Wrigley
- Applicant: Yeong-Heng Koo , Andrew Nicholson Wrigley
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: Lowe Hauptman & Ham LLP
- Priority: NZ578508 20090720
- International Application: PCT/NZ2010/000135 WO 20100701
- International Announcement: WO2011/010939 WO 20110127
- Main IPC: F16L37/23
- IPC: F16L37/23 ; F16L25/00 ; F16L37/36

Abstract:
Known fluid dispensers can suffer from the disadvantage of inadvertent disconnection of a connector causing potentially hazardous spillage of fluid. The present invention relates to a fluid dispensing assembly comprising a tap and a connector body. The tap comprises a first valve, movable between an open and closed position to allow fluid flow through; and a first portion of an interlocking coupling, configured for rotational engagement with a second complementary interlocking coupling portion of the connector body by rotation about a first fluid dispensing assembly axis. The connector body also comprises a second valve, movable between an open and closed position to allow fluid flow through. By this configuration, the first and second interlocking coupling portions remain interlocked preventing disconnection of the connector body from the tap unless the first and second valves are both in the closed position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120138178A1 FLUID DISPENSING ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2012-06-07
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