US3233789A
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Liquid dispensing system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-11-17
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Granted: 1966-02-08
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Expires: 1984-11-17
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles A Clements
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 03:06
CPC Classifications
B; B67; B67D; B67D1/00; B67D1/08; B67D1/12; B67D1/14; B67D1/1405; B67D1/1438; B67D1/1444
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
208 words
A LIQUID DISPENSING SYSTEM, COMPRISING A FIVE POSITION CONTROL VALVE; A SOURCE OF PRESSURIZED LIQUID TO BE DISPENSED; MEANS TO PASS THE LIQUID FROM SAID SOURCE INTO AND THROUGH AN INLET PORT AND THE OPENING IN SAID VALVE AND OUT OF A PORT THEREIN TO EXPAND AND FILL A LIQUID MEASURING CHAMBER, TO CLOSE THE INLET PORT TO STOP FURTHER MOVEMENT IN SEGREGATION OF THE LIQUID, TO OPEN THE OUTLET PORT WITH THE INLET PORT REMAINING CLOSED, THEREBY TO DEPRESSURIZE THE SEGREGATED LIQUID WITHOUT MOVEMENT, TO OPEN THE INLET PORT AND DISPENSE THE LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE FILLING OF THE DUPLICATED CHAMBER COORDINATED WITH IT MADE A UNITARY PART OF THE BULK SOURCE OF SUPPLY, THEN TO HAVE THE INLET PORT CLOSED BY A COUNTER DIRECTION MOVEMENT OF THE VALVE PLUG, THE OUTLET PORT OPENED WITH THE INLET PORT CLOSED FOR THE LIQUID SEGREGATED TO BE DEPRESSURIZED, WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE VALVE MOVEMENT CONTINUED FOR THE LIQUID TO BE DISPENSED, AND IN REPETITIVE OPERATION, MOTIVATED BY MANUAL OR OTHER MEANS, IN CONTINUING POURING OF DEPRESSURIZED LIQUID IN MEASURED AMOUNTS, THE TWO ADJOINING PASSAGEWAYS THROUGH THE VALVE OF EQUAL SIZE, INTERNALLY ENLARGED TO PROVIDE MEANS FOR MAXIMUM RATE FLOW AND SPEED IN CONTROLLED SEGREGATED VOLUME IN DISPENSING.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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