Mouthpiece assembly with a cap
AssigneeTaiwan Vertex Production Corp.
InventorHan-min Chen
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Abstract
A mouthpiece assembly includes a base connected with a hose and the base has a base tube in which a spring is received and a seal member is inserted in the base tube. The base tube has two symmetrical outlet notches defined in a top edge thereof and the seal member has two outlet holes which can be in alignment with the outlet notches when the seal member is moved to compress the spring. A mouthpiece is mounted on the base tube and has an outlet which is sealed by the seal piece on the seal member so that when the user squeezes the mouthpiece to move the seal member, the outlet is opened. A cap is removably mounted on the mouthpiece and can be positioned on two lugs on the base when being removed from the mouthpiece.
Claims4
A mouthpiece assembly comprising:
- a base having a connection tube and a base tube, the connection tube adapted to be connected with a hose and the base tube having two symmetrical outlet notches defined in a top edge thereof and two symmetrical connection slots defined in a lower portion of the base tube, the base having a strip ring on an outer periphery thereof;
- a seal member having a tubular body and a seal piece is located on a top of the tubular body with a neck connected between the seal piece and the tubular body, two outlet holes defined through a wall of the tubular body and two hooks formed on an outer periphery of the tubular body, the tubular body inserted into the base tube, the outlet holes being in alignment with the outlet notches and the hooks movably engaged with the connection slots;
- a spring received in the base and having one end contacting a lower end of the tubular body;
- a mouthpiece having an outlet defined in a top thereof and a squeezing neck located beneath the outlet, a reinforcement rib connected to a lower portion of the squeezing neck and an aperture defined through the reinforcement rib, the mouthpiece mounted on the base tube and a plurality of reinforcement flanges extending from an outer periphery of the mouthpiece, the seal piece of the seal member engaged with the outlet, and
- a cap mounted on the mouthpiece and having a connection stud connected on an outer periphery thereof, a strip having a first end connected to the strip ring and a second end of the strip connected to the connection stud on the cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.