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US 10,883,665 B2Granted
Low emission nozzles and receptacles
AssigneeEngineered Controls International, LLC
InventorsChad Thomas, Howard M. Konishi, Jeffrey S. Howard
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Abstract
A method consistent with the present disclosure may include: (a) equalizing pressure between a nozzle inner void and a receptacle main inner void by pressing a nozzle check against a receptacle check to open the nozzle check and the receptacle check; (b) extending the nozzle into the receptacle such that a receptacle main body surrounds at least a portion of the nozzle probe; (c) flowing fluid from the nozzle inner void into the receptacle main inner void.
Claims20
A method for coupling a nozzle with a receptacle, the method comprising:
- inserting the nozzle into the receptacle, wherein the nozzle includes a nozzle probe defining a check void and a nozzle check at least partially disposed in the check void, wherein the receptacle includes a receptacle check;
- pressing the nozzle check against the receptacle check to cause the nozzle check and the receptacle check to open, wherein pressure between a nozzle inner void of the nozzle and a receptacle main inner void of the receptacle equalizes when the nozzle check and the receptacle check is opened;
- extending the nozzle into the receptacle to an extended position where at least a portion of the nozzle probe is surrounded by a receptacle main body of the receptacle to fluidly connect the nozzle inner void of the nozzle with the receptacle main inner void;
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- permitting fluid to flow from the nozzle inner void into the receptacle main inner void when the nozzle inner void and the receptacle main inner void are fluidly connected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.