Container inflator system and a method for inflating a balloon
AssigneeBoti Global Limited
InventorSteve Perrin
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Abstract
A container inflator system (100) includes a suction chamber (102) arranged to expand the container within the suction chamber (102) while maintaining at least one opening for accessing the container; an inflation device (104) arranged to further inflate the container when the container is removed from the suction chamber (102); and a delivery valve (302) arranged to seal the container so as to maintain the expanded state of the container when it is removed from the suction chamber (102).
Claims21
A container inflator system comprising:
- a suction chamber configured to expand a container within the suction chamber into an expanded state;
- and
- a pumping system connected to the suction chamber by a valve arrangement to evacuate the suction chamber by manual operation of the pumping system while maintaining at least one opening for accessing the container when within the suction chamber,
- wherein after the container in the expanded state is removed from the suction chamber and moved onto the pumping system, the pumping system is manually operable to inflate the container further by the valve arrangement.
A container inflator system comprising:
- a suction chamber configured to expand a container within the suction chamber into an expanded state while maintaining at least one opening for accessing the container;
- and
- an inflation apparatus configured to further inflate the container when the container is removed from the suction chamber,
- wherein the inflation apparatus and the suction chamber are operated by a pumping device, wherein the pumping device includes a valve arrangement configured to deliver suction pressure to the suction chamber, wherein the valve arrangement is further configured to deliver inflation pressure to the inflation apparatus, wherein the valve arrangement includes a plurality of one-way valves configured to create the suction pressure and the inflation pressure when the pumping device is actuated, and wherein the pumping device includes a cylinder connected to the valve arrangement.
A method for inflating a balloon comprising:
- expanding a balloon by using suction pressure,
- further inflating the balloon by delivering inflation pressure to the balloon, wherein the suction pressure and the inflation pressure are provided by a same pumping device, and
- inserting objects into the balloon, wherein said inserting objects into the balloon is performed after the balloon is expanded by the suction pressure and before the balloon is further inflated by the inflation pressure, and wherein the same pumping device is operated manually by a user with a linear stroking motion.
A method for inflating a balloon comprising:
- expanding a balloon by using suction pressure;
- and
- further inflating the balloon by delivering inflation pressure to the balloon, wherein the suction pressure and the inflation pressure are provided by a same pumping device, wherein the same pumping device is operated manually by a user with a linear stroking motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.