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US 12,428,326 B2Granted
Inline end engaging system
AssigneeKing Technology, Inc.
InventorsEric Barton, Jeffrey D Johnson, Darrin M Swagel
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Abstract
A cartridge carrier having a skeleton housing with a cartridge cradle for supporting a cartridge dispenser therein and a connector on the skeleton housing for supporting a further dispensing cartridge outside of the skeleton housing.
Claims18
An inline cartridge carrier comprising:
- a skeleton housing having a top end and a bottom end with a cartridge cradle therebetween, the cartridge cradle sufficiently large to hold at least one cartridge dispenser therein;
- a cartridge connector in the cartridge cradle, the cartridge connector comprising a key for engaging a mating keyway in a cartridge dispenser while preventing engagement of a cartridge dispenser without a mating keyway;
- and
- a further connector located on the bottom end of the skeleton housing for engaging an end of a further cartridge dispenser to support the further cartridge dispenser outside of the cartridge cradle,
- wherein the further connector comprises a further key, the further key comprising a geometrical shape cantileverly extending from the bottom end of the skeleton housing.
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A cartridge carrier comprising:
- a skeleton housing having a top end and a bottom end with a cartridge cradle therebetween, the cartridge cradle sufficiently large to hold at least one cartridge dispenser therein;
- and
- a cartridge connector located on an end of the skeleton housing with the cartridge connector engageable with a further cartridge dispenser to support the further cartridge dispenser outside of the cartridge cradle,
- wherein the cartridge connector has a geometric shape mateable to a geometric shape on the further cartridge dispenser.
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An inline cartridge carrier comprising:
- a skeleton housing having a top end and a bottom end with a cartridge cradle therebetween, the cartridge cradle sufficiently large to hold at least one cartridge dispenser therein;
- a cartridge connector in the cartridge cradle, the cartridge connector comprising a key for engaging a mating keyway in a cartridge dispenser while preventing engagement of a cartridge dispenser without a mating keyway;
- and
- a further connector located on the bottom end of the skeleton housing for engaging an end of a further cartridge dispenser to support the further cartridge dispenser outside of the cartridge cradle,
- wherein the further connector is an extension located along an axis of the inline cartridge carrier with the extension having a male thread thereon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.