Sealant bottle cap
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsCarey Christopher Costle, Stephen Edward Richey
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for a cap for dispensing sealant from a pressurized bottle, to a tire stem valve, includes a cap body, a hose positioned within the cap body where the hose is configured to wrap around at least one storage groove inside a circumference of the cap. The at least one storage groove is helical and the cap also includes a diameter of the cap body where the diameter includes a length of the hose wrapped around the at least one storage groove.
Claims20
A removable cap for dispensing sealant from a pressurized bottle, the removable cap comprising:
- a cap body with a side wall, wherein the cap body is configured to removably couple with the pressurized bottle such that the cap body is statically-fixed relative to the pressurized bottle;
- a hose configured to fluidically couple with the pressurized bottle via the cap body to deliver the sealant;
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- at least one helical storage groove integrally formed in and around an exterior of the side wall of the cap body,
- wherein the at least one helical storage groove is configured to secure the hose within the side wall of the cap body,
- wherein the cap body comprises a diameter when the hose is wrapped exclusively around the at least one helical storage groove, and
- wherein the hose does not contribute to the diameter of the cap body.
A removable cap for dispensing sealant from a pressurized bottle to a tire stem valve, the cap comprising:
- a cap body having a conical side wall;
- a hose positioned exclusively around an outer perimeter of the cap body,
- wherein the hose is configured to wrap around at least one storage groove inside a circumference of the cap,
- and integrated into the conical side wall, and
- wherein a diameter of the cap body is unchanged when a length of the hose is wrapped around the at least one storage groove.
A removable cap for dispensing sealant from a pressurized bottle, the removable cap comprising:
- a cap body having a side wall, wherein the cap body is configured to removably couple with the pressurized bottle such that the cap body is fixed relative to the pressurized bottle;
- a hose configured to fluidically couple with the pressurized bottle via the cap body to deliver the sealant;
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- at least one helical storage groove integrally-formed around an exterior surface of the side wall of the cap body,
- wherein the at least one helical storage groove is recessed into the side wall and configured to secure the hose within the exterior surface of the side wall of the cap body,
- wherein the cap body comprises a diameter when the hose is wrapped more than 360 degrees around the at least one helical storage groove, and
- wherein the hose does not contribute to the diameter of the cap body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.