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US 11,673,752 B2Granted
Dispenser vane
Assignee6D Bytes Inc.
InventorsVipin Jain, Venkateswaran Ayalur, Vijayasimha Doddabalapur, Kevin Andrew Marshall, Jessica Pei-Sheng Murphy
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a dispenser vane comprising a flexible outer surface and a plurality of flexible teeth arranged along the length of the outer surface. The flexible outer surface and flexible teeth are radially moveable.
Claims20
A vane for a dispenser comprising:
- a flexible curved outer surface;
- a plurality of flexible teeth arranged radially along a length of the flexible curved outer surface,
- wherein the flexible curved outer surface and the plurality of flexible teeth are radially moveable;
- an inner surface to receive a shaft;
- and
- a plurality of flexible radial segments between the flexible curved outer surface and the inner surface configured to maintain a back pressure when the flexible curved outer surface moves radially inward.
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A vane for a dispenser comprising:
- a flexible curved outer surface;
- a plurality of flexible teeth arranged radially along a length of the flexible curved outer surface,
- wherein the flexible curved outer surface and the plurality of flexible teeth are radially moveable;
- an inner surface to receive a shaft;
- and
- means for maintaining a back pressure between the flexible curved outer surface and the inner surface when the outer surface moves radially.
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A vane for a dispenser comprising:
- a flexible curved outer surface comprising a plurality of surface segments having a substantially uniform thickness and comprising a plurality of flexible teeth, wherein the plurality of flexible teeth are formed from folds of the flexible curved outer surface between the plurality of surface segments, wherein each flexible tooth is continuous along a length of the flexible curved outer surface, and wherein the flexible curved outer surface and the plurality of flexible teeth are radially moveable;
- a flexible inner surface to receive a shaft;
- a plurality of flexible radial segments extending radially between the flexible curved outer surface and the flexible inner surface, wherein adjacent flexible radial segments of the plurality of flexible radial segments, a portion of the flexible curved outer surface between the adjacent flexible radial segments, and a portion of the flexible inner surface between the radial segments form a compression area,
- wherein the plurality of flexible radial segments between the flexible curved outer surface and flexible inner surface are configured to maintain a back pressure when the flexible curved outer surface moves radially inward, and
- wherein the flexible curved outer surface, the flexible inner surface, and the plurality of flexible radial segments are formed from a single flexible material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.