Gas cartridge loaded dispensing device
AssigneeBreakEats LLC
InventorsEzra Robert Gold, Robert James Fanfelle
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Abstract
A cartridge loader includes a lever arm, a hinge axle and a cam centered on the hinge axle, and a housing for receiving a cartridge, the housing having a first end and a second end, the first end adapted to connect to an appliance, and the second end adapted to allow the lever arm to open and close, the housing having an aperture exposing an interior of the housing, the aperture shaped to receive the cartridge and the lever arm, wherein the cam is adapted to assist in seating the cartridge in the housing when the lever arm is closed, and ejecting the cartridge when the lever arm is opened.
Claims18
An apparatus for holding a cartridge, the apparatus comprising:
- a lever arm comprising a handle, a hinge axle and a cam centered on the hinge axle;
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- a housing for receiving the cartridge, the housing having a first end and a second end, the first end adapted to connect to an appliance, and the second end adapted to allow the lever arm to open and close, the housing having an aperture exposing an interior of the housing, the aperture shaped to receive the cartridge and the lever arm;
- wherein the cam is adapted to assist in seating the cartridge in the housing when the lever arm is closed, and ejecting the cartridge when the lever arm is opened;
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- wherein the second end further comprising a flex tab capable of engaging the lever arm and securing the lever arm in a fixed position.
An apparatus for holding a cartridge, the apparatus comprising:
- a lever arm comprising a handle, a hinge axle and a cam centered on the hinge axle;
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- a housing for receiving the cartridge, the housing having a first end and a second end, the first end adapted to connect to an appliance, and the second end adapted to allow the lever arm to open and close, the housing having an aperture exposing an interior of the housing, the aperture shaped to receive the cartridge and the lever arm;
- wherein the cam is adapted to assist in seating the cartridge in the housing when the lever arm is closed, and ejecting the cartridge when the lever arm is opened;
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- wherein the second end further comprising a flex tab capable of engaging the lever arm and securing the lever arm in a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.