发明名称 Self-aligning product delivery system
摘要 A self-aligning product delivery system including a vapor plate assembly and a ball joint assembly is provided. The vapor plate assembly has a vapor plate base portion with a vapor plate passage and a seating plate portion. The seating plate portion has a generally spherical segment shaped seating face defining an opening to the vapor plate passage. The ball joint assembly includes a ball joint base portion with a ball joint passage and an engaging portion. The engaging portion includes a generally spherical segment shaped joining surface. The spherical segment shaped joining surface of the engaging portion of the ball joint assembly is configured and arranged to rotationally mate with the spherical segment shaped seating face defining the opening of the vapor plate assembly to create a seal between the vapor plate assembly and the ball joint assembly.
申请公布号 US9163753(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.10.20
申请号 US201213548860 申请日期 2012.07.13
申请人 Determan Brownie, Inc. 发明人 Hartin Ryan P.
分类号 B67C3/26;F16L9/00;B60K15/04;B67D1/00 主分类号 B67C3/26
代理机构 IPLM Group, P.A. 代理人 IPLM Group, P.A.
主权项 1. A self-aligning product delivery system, the system comprising: a vapor plate assembly including a vapor plate base portion and a seating plate portion, the vapor plate base portion having a vapor plate passage, the seating plate portion having an opening to the vapor plate passage, the seating plate portion further having a generally spherical segment shaped seating face defining the opening to the central vapor plate passage; and a ball joint assembly including a ball joint base portion with a ball joint passage and an engaging portion, the engaging portion extending outward from a surface of the ball joint base portion, the engaging portion including a generally spherical segment shaped joining surface, the spherical segment shaped joining surface of the engaging portion of the ball joint assembly configured and arranged to rotationally mate with the spherical segment shaped seating face defining the opening of the vapor plate assembly to create a seal between the vapor plate assembly and the ball joint assembly while the central ball joint passage of the ball joint assembly is aligned with the vapor plate passage of the vapor plate assembly.
地址 Minneapolis MN US