Connector, socket, and liquid storing container
AssigneeSurpass Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahiro Hasunuma, Masamichi Kobayashi
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Abstract
Provided is a connector including a plug to be fixed to an inner peripheral surface of an opening of a liquid storing container, and a socket to be detachably attached to the plug. The plug includes a plug body including, formed therein, a first liquid outflow passage, a first liquid inflow passage, and a first gas passage. The socket includes: a socket body including, formed therein, a second liquid outflow passage, a second liquid inflow passage, and a second gas passage; and a ball lock mechanism that allows lock balls to be engaged with engagement grooves formed along a circumferential direction about an axial line in an outer peripheral surface of the opening of the liquid storing container and fixes the lock balls to the engagement grooves.
Claims8
A connector to be attached to a liquid storing container having an opening formed in an upper surface thereof, the opening being formed with a cylindrical shape about a first axial line, the connector comprising:
- a plug to be fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the opening;
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- a socket to be detachably attached to the plug, wherein
- the plug includes a plug body including, formed therein, a first liquid outflow passage through which a liquid stored in the liquid storing container is drawn out;
- a first liquid inflow passage that guides the liquid flowing in from an outside of the liquid storing container into the liquid storing container, the first liquid inflow passage being provided independently from the first liquid outflow passage;
- and a first gas passage that circulates an outside air between an inside space of the liquid storing container and an outside space of the liquid storing container, and
- the socket includes:
- a socket body including, formed therein, a second liquid outflow passage through which the liquid drawn out from the first liquid outflow passage is caused to flow to the outside;
- a second liquid inflow passage that guides the liquid flowing in from the outside of the liquid storing container to the first liquid inflow passage;
- and a second gas passage connected to the first gas passage and causing the outside air to circulate between the inside space of the liquid storing container and the outside space of the liquid storing container;
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- a ball lock mechanism that is attached to the socket body, allows a plurality of lock balls to he engaged with engagement grooves, and fixes the plurality of lock balls to the engagement grooves, respectively, the engagement grooves being formed along a circumferential direction about the first axial line in an outer peripheral surface of the opening.
A socket to be attached to a liquid storing container having an opening formed in an upper surface thereof, the opening being formed with a cylindrical shape about an axial line, the socket comprising:
- a socket body including, formed therein, a liquid outflow passage that causes a liquid drawn out from a plug to be fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the opening to flow to an outside of the liquid storing container;
- a liquid inflow passage that guides the liquid flowing in from the outside of the liquid storing container to the plug, the liquid inflow passage being provided independently from the liquid outflow passage;
- and a gas passage that circulates an outside air between an inside space of the liquid storing container and an outside space of the liquid storing container;
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- a ball lock mechanism that allows a plurality of lock balls to be engaged with engagement grooves and fixes the plurality of lock balls to the engagement grooves, respectively, the engagement grooves being formed along a circumferential direction about the axial line in an outer peripheral surface of the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.