Foil balloon adapter part, foil balloon and foil balloon automatic dispenser
OwnerFrank Hebeinventor
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Abstract
In a foil balloon dispensing apparatus folded or rolled-up foil balloons are accommodated and are each provided with an adapter part including an attachment section connected to a foil balloon and a guide section which is removably connected to the attachment section and which is disconnected from the attachment section after the foil balloon is inflated but both sections remain attached to one another by a string wound up on the adapter part and connected to the attachment and guide sections for holding and guiding the foil balloon after its removal from the dispensing apparatus.
Claims12
A foil balloon adapter part (14) comprising a foil balloon (9) and an attachment section (14a) for attachment to the foil balloon (9) and a guide section (14b) for guiding the adapter part (14) in a guide track (8) of a foil balloon dispensing apparatus (1) and for receiving a nozzle (13) for the inflation of the foil balloon (9), the attachment section (14a) and the guide section (14b) being integrally interconnected as a single part and both being in the form of hollow bodies forming an internal flow passage for gas for the inflation of the foil balloon (9), the attachment section (14a) having a discharge opening (19) for supplying gas to the foil balloon (9) and the attachment section (14a) and the guide section (14b) being disconnectable but being still joined by a string (15), wherein the attachment section (14a) and the guide section (14b) are configured to be broken apart one from the other upon the application of a predetermined breaking force caused by a jolt-like movement of the nozzle (13) moving into the guide section (14b) after inflation of the foil balloon (9) and the nozzle (13) impacting the attachment section (14a) at a pre-set breaking area (23) of the foil balloon adapter part (14) in operative arrangement between the attachment section (14a) and the guide section (14b);
- wherein the attachment section (14a) includes a cone-shaped or cylindrical flow conducting part;
- and,
- wherein the adapter part (14) is provided with at least one retaining arm (21) operatively extending in spaced relationship with the cone-shaped or cylindrical flow conducting part, the at least one retaining arm (21) in contacting arrangement with the foil balloon (9) prior to inflation by holding the foil balloon (9) in a folded state in pressed relationship between the at least one retaining arm (21) and an outer surface of the cone-shaped or cylindrical flow conducting part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.