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 Title: |
US5655580:
Fluid transfer device
[ Derwent Title ]
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Schrock, Michael L.; Greenup, IL 62428
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1997-08-12
/ 1996-06-07
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| Application Number: |
US1996000660128
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
B65B 3/06;
B67C 9/00;
B67C 11/02;
Core:
B65B 3/04;
B67C 11/00;
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IPC-7:
B65B 39/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
B65B3/06; B67C9/00; B67C11/02;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
141/332;
141/338;
141/340;
141/364;
Original:
141/332;
141/338;
141/340;
141/364;
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| Field of Search: |
141/331,332,340-343,338,364,375
D15/150
D07/700
D23/200
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-06-07 |
US1996000660128 |
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| Abstract: |
A device is used to drain a viscous fluid from a substantially empty pouring container into a substantially full receiving container. The device contains a vertically-oriented funnel having an open wide top and an open narrow bottom, a top damping means connected to the funnel and adapted to clamp and hold a pouring container in an inverted position over and in vertical alignment with the funnel, and a bottom clamping means connected to the funnel and adapted to clamp and hold a receiving container in an upright position under and in vertical alignment with the funnel. When the top clamping means is clamped onto a substantially empty pouring container and the bottom clamping means is clamped onto a substantially full receiving container, a stable assembly is formed which can be left unattended for hours.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Bateman, Philip L. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Jacyna, J. Casimer;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A device for draining a viscous fluid from a substantially empty pouring container into a substantially full receiving container, the device comprising:
- (a) a vertically-oriented funnel having an open wide top and an open narrow bottom;
- (b) a top clamp connected to the funnel and adapted to clamp and hold a pouring container in an inverted position over and in vertical alignment with the funnel, the top clamp comprising a spring and a pair of opposing and pivoting arms with jaws at one end, which jaws are forced together by the spring; and
- (c) a bottom clamp connected to the funnel and adapted to clamp and hold a receiving container in an upright position under and in vertical alignment with the funnel, the bottom clamp comprising a spring and a pair of opposing and pivoting arms with jaws at one end, which jaws are forced together by the spring; such that, when the top clamp is clamped onto a substantially empty, inverted, pouring container and the bottom clamp is clamped onto a substantially full, upright, receiving container, a stable assembly is formed.
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