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US 10,619,651 B2Granted
Collapsible/ extendable aspirator system
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsNick Ruegsegger, Helperus Ritzema Rautenbach
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Abstract
An aspirator system is disclosed comprising a collapsible/extendable aspirator air channel, wherein a burstable seal for entrapping air across the exit channel is provided, wherein said entrapped air creates a pressure causing the aspirator to extend to its extended state, whereupon the seal bursts and opens the air channel.
Claims3
An aspirator method comprising:
- pressurizing an air channel, said air channel being at least partially defined by an aspirator barrel in translating engagement with an aspirator body, wherein the air channel is sealed with a seal coupled to an opening of the aspirator barrel, wherein in response to pressurizing the air channel, the aspirator barrel translates along the aspirator body to transition from a collapsed state to an extended state;
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- in response to the aspirator barrel being in the extended state, further pressurizing the air channel to burst the seal.
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