US3155126A
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Automatic cocks for taking saturated or unsaturated liquids
Assignee: CONSTRUCTION DE MATERIEL D'ALIMENTATION SA
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Filing: 1961-02-06
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Granted: 1964-11-03
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Expires: 1981-02-06
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Hi Louis Emile
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 20:51
CPC Classifications
B; B67; B67C; B67C3/00; B67C3/02; B67C3/22; B67C3/26; B67C3/2614; B67C3/2625; B67C3/2628; B67C2003/2645; B67C2003/2651
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
480 words
BOTTLE FILLING DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATIC BOTTLING OF LIQUIDS UNDER GASEOUS PRESSURE FROM A TANK SUPPLIED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH LIQUID AT A LEVEL MAINTAINED BETWEEN CERTAIN LIMITS AND WITH GAS UNDER PRESSURE, THE DEVICE COMPRISING THE TANK, A CYLINDRICAL BODY FIXED VERTICALLY UNDER THE TANK, A FIRST MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENT SLIDING IN A SEALED MANNER IN AN AXIAL BORE OF THE CYLINDRICAL BODY RELATIVELY TO WHICH IT IS MOVED DOWNWARDS BY ELASTIC MEANS, THE UPPER PART OF WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE LIQUID IN THE TANK AND AN ANNULAR BASE AT THE LOWER PART, A SECOND MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENT GUIDED COAXIALLY IN THE FIRST AND RELATIVELY TO WHICH IT IS MOVED UPWARDS BY ELASTIC MEANS, THE UPPER END OF WHICH IS SITUATED IN THE GASEOUS ATMOSPHERE OF THE TANK AND THE LOWER END OF WHICH PASSES UNDERNEATH THE BASE OF THE FIRST MOVABLE ELEMENT AND IS PROVIDED WITH LATERAL APERTURES, A MAIN LIQUID VALVE CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF LIQUID BETWEEN THE TWO MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENTS, THE VALVE HAVING ITS SEAT ORIENTED UPWARDS AND FORMED BY A RECESS IN THE INTERNAL WALL OF THE ANNULAR BASE OF THE FIRST MOVABLE ELEMENT AND ITS CLOSURE INTEGRALLY CONNECTED WITH THE SECOND MOVABLE ELEMENT, AN AUXILIARY LIQUID VALVE CO-OPERATING WITH THE MAIN VALVE AND SITUATED ABOVE IT, HAVING FOR ITS DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED SEAT AN ANNULAR PERFORATED MEMBER FIXED AROUND THE SECOND MOVABLE ELEMENT AND SLIDING IN THE FIRST, AND HAVING A RING AS A CLOSURE, SAID RING BEING OF LIGHT MATERIAL AND BEING MOVABLE UPWARDLY BY A WEAK RESTORING FORCE, A FIRST GAS VALVE CONTROLLING THE PASSAGE OF GAS FROM THE TANK THROUGH THE SECOND MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENT, THE SEAT OF SAID FIRST GAS VALVE BEING FORMED BY THE UPPER APERTURE OF THE SECOND ELEMENT AND A FITTING CARRYING THE CLOSURE OF THE VALVE AND CAPABLE OF BEING LIFTED BY THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FIRST ELEMENT, A SECOND GAS VALVE PLACED RADIALLY IN THE BASE OF THE FIRST ELEMENT, A PUSH ROD, A CAM INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO THE CYLINDRICAL BODY AND OPERATING THE CAM TO CONNECT THE INTERNAL SPACE OF THE BASE WITH THE ATMOSPHERE, AN ANNULAR VERTICALLY MOVABLE SOCKET PASSING THROUGH THE LOWER PART OF THE SECOND MOVABLE ELEMENT HAVING AN UPPER END AND A LOWER END, AN ANNULAR ELASTIC JOINT NEAR THE UPPER END AND FITTED INTO THE SOCKET AND PUSHED UNDER THE BASE OF THE FIRST MOVABLE ELEMENT DURING REFILLING OF A BOTTLE, A RUBBER SNOUT NEAR THE LOWER END AGAINST WHICH THE EDGE OF THE BOTTLE FITS, THIS SINGLE FITTING HAVING THE EFFECT OF RELEASING COMBINED VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS OF THE MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENTS, SUITABLE STOPS LIMITING THESE MOVEMENTS AND PRODUCING SUCCESSIVELY THE OPENING OF THE FIRST GAS VALVE AND THE OPENING OF THE LIQUID VALVE, THE REMOVAL OF THE BOTTLE HAVING THE EFFECT OF SUCCESSIVELY CLOSING THESE VALVES AND DECOMPRESSING THE GASEOUS ATMOSPHERE OF THE BOTTLE BY THE SECOND GAS VALVE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
480 words
BOTTLE FILLING DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATIC BOTTLING OF LIQUIDS UNDER GASEOUS PRESSURE FROM A TANK SUPPLIED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH LIQUID AT A LEVEL MAINTAINED BETWEEN CERTAIN LIMITS AND WITH GAS UNDER PRESSURE, THE DEVICE COMPRISING THE TANK, A CYLINDRICAL BODY FIXED VERTICALLY UNDER THE TANK, A FIRST MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENT SLIDING IN A SEALED MANNER IN AN AXIAL BORE OF THE CYLINDRICAL BODY RELATIVELY TO WHICH IT IS MOVED DOWNWARDS BY ELASTIC MEANS, THE UPPER PART OF WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE LIQUID IN THE TANK AND AN ANNULAR BASE AT THE LOWER PART, A SECOND MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENT GUIDED COAXIALLY IN THE FIRST AND RELATIVELY TO WHICH IT IS MOVED UPWARDS BY ELASTIC MEANS, THE UPPER END OF WHICH IS SITUATED IN THE GASEOUS ATMOSPHERE OF THE TANK AND THE LOWER END OF WHICH PASSES UNDERNEATH THE BASE OF THE FIRST MOVABLE ELEMENT AND IS PROVIDED WITH LATERAL APERTURES, A MAIN LIQUID VALVE CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF LIQUID BETWEEN THE TWO MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENTS, THE VALVE HAVING ITS SEAT ORIENTED UPWARDS AND FORMED BY A RECESS IN THE INTERNAL WALL OF THE ANNULAR BASE OF THE FIRST MOVABLE ELEMENT AND ITS CLOSURE INTEGRALLY CONNECTED WITH THE SECOND MOVABLE ELEMENT, AN AUXILIARY LIQUID VALVE CO-OPERATING WITH THE MAIN VALVE AND SITUATED ABOVE IT, HAVING FOR ITS DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED SEAT AN ANNULAR PERFORATED MEMBER FIXED AROUND THE SECOND MOVABLE ELEMENT AND SLIDING IN THE FIRST, AND HAVING A RING AS A CLOSURE, SAID RING BEING OF LIGHT MATERIAL AND BEING MOVABLE UPWARDLY BY A WEAK RESTORING FORCE, A FIRST GAS VALVE CONTROLLING THE PASSAGE OF GAS FROM THE TANK THROUGH THE SECOND MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENT, THE SEAT OF SAID FIRST GAS VALVE BEING FORMED BY THE UPPER APERTURE OF THE SECOND ELEMENT AND A FITTING CARRYING THE CLOSURE OF THE VALVE AND CAPABLE OF BEING LIFTED BY THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FIRST ELEMENT, A SECOND GAS VALVE PLACED RADIALLY IN THE BASE OF THE FIRST ELEMENT, A PUSH ROD, A CAM INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO THE CYLINDRICAL BODY AND OPERATING THE CAM TO CONNECT THE INTERNAL SPACE OF THE BASE WITH THE ATMOSPHERE, AN ANNULAR VERTICALLY MOVABLE SOCKET PASSING THROUGH THE LOWER PART OF THE SECOND MOVABLE ELEMENT HAVING AN UPPER END AND A LOWER END, AN ANNULAR ELASTIC JOINT NEAR THE UPPER END AND FITTED INTO THE SOCKET AND PUSHED UNDER THE BASE OF THE FIRST MOVABLE ELEMENT DURING REFILLING OF A BOTTLE, A RUBBER SNOUT NEAR THE LOWER END AGAINST WHICH THE EDGE OF THE BOTTLE FITS, THIS SINGLE FITTING HAVING THE EFFECT OF RELEASING COMBINED VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS OF THE MOVABLE TUBULAR ELEMENTS, SUITABLE STOPS LIMITING THESE MOVEMENTS AND PRODUCING SUCCESSIVELY THE OPENING OF THE FIRST GAS VALVE AND THE OPENING OF THE LIQUID VALVE, THE REMOVAL OF THE BOTTLE HAVING THE EFFECT OF SUCCESSIVELY CLOSING THESE VALVES AND DECOMPRESSING THE GASEOUS ATMOSPHERE OF THE BOTTLE BY THE SECOND GAS VALVE.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1967-11-03 | 1968-05-04 | 1968-11-03 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1971-11-03 | 1972-05-04 | 1972-11-03 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1975-11-03 | 1976-05-04 | 1976-11-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |