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US 11,358,109 B2Granted
Storage, mixing and dispensing device
OwnerMark Robert Towlerinventor
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described herein for a device for storing first and second ingredient materials, mixing the ingredient materials to form an adhesive material and dispensing the adhesive material. Various embodiments are also described herein for a method of making the device and a method of using the device.
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A device for storing ingredient materials, mixing the ingredient materials to form a third material and dispensing the third material, wherein the device comprises:
- a nozzle at a first end of the device for dispensing the third material from the device after mixing;
- a first container at a distal end of the device and coupled with the nozzle, the first container being adapted to store a first ingredient material and mix the first ingredient material with a second ingredient material to create the third material;
- a second container that is disposed within a distal portion of the first container, has an aperture in communication with the first container and is moveable within the device between a storage position in which a second ingredient material is stored in the second container and a mixing position in which the second ingredient material is moved to the first container;
- a mixer that longitudinally extends into the first and second containers and is used to mix the first and second ingredient materials;
- a handle at a proximal end of the device, the handle being coupled to the mixer to mix the first and second ingredient materials and the handle also being coupled to the second container to move the second container to a dispensing position to dispense the third material;
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- a removable sealing element disposed at the nozzle when storing and mixing the first and second ingredient materials and being removed when dispensing the third material from the device.
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A device for storing first and second ingredient materials, mixing the ingredient materials to form a third material and dispensing the third material, wherein the device comprises:
- a nozzle and having a removable sealing element;
- a housing;
- a first container rotatably coupled to the housing, being in fluid communication with the nozzle, and having a first chamber for storing the first ingredient material during storage;
- a second container disposed in the first container and in the housing, having a second chamber for storing the second ingredient material during storage and an aperture that is in fluid communication with the first container, the second container being linearly moveable with respect to the first container and rotatably coupled to the housing;
- a rear cylinder being disposed in the housing and in the first container proximal to the second container, the rear cylinder having a second aperture at a distal end, the rear cylinder being linearly moveable with respect to the first container and rotatably coupled to the housing;
- a mixer that longitudinally extends through the apertures of the second container and the rear cylinder into the first chamber for mixing the first and second ingredient materials during mixing;
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- a handle extending from a proximal end of the housing and having a handle lock, the handle being coupled to the mixer to control the mixer when the handle lock is in place and the handle being coupled to the rear cylinder to move the rear cylinder and the second container toward the nozzle to dispense the third material from the first container when the handle lock and the sealing element are removed,
- wherein, during use, when the first container is rotated the second container moves towards the rear cylinder, the second chamber reduces in size, the first chamber increases in size and the second material moves into the first chamber for mixing.
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A method of making a device for storing first and second ingredient materials, mixing the ingredient materials to form a third material and dispensing the third material, wherein the method comprises:
- inserting the first ingredient material into a first chamber of a first container having a nozzle at a distal end and an open proximal end, the nozzle being sealed by a removable sealing member;
- inserting a mixer having a mixing element longitudinally through an aperture on a distal end of a second container having a second chamber and an open proximal end;
- inserting a distal end of the second container into the first container with the mixing element of the mixer extending into the first chamber, the first and second containers having a linear translational coupling;
- inserting the second ingredient material into the second chamber of the second container;
- inserting a rear cylinder having an axial channel into the second container with a proximal end of the mixer extending past a proximal end of the rear cylinder, the rear cylinder and the first container having a linear translational coupling;
- coupling a handle with a handle lock to the mixer;
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- mounting a housing around a proximal portion of the first container and a distal portion of the handle, the housing and the first container having a rotational coupling and the housing and the second container and the rear cylinder having a rotational and linear translational coupling.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.