Currency Operated Automobile Fluid Dispensing and/or Recovery Assemblies and Methods
AssigneeConsumer Products International LLC.
InventorsRobert W. Paasch, Ray Gross
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides tire repair assemblies, methods for repairing tires, standalone currency operated tire repair assemblies, tire sealant vending assemblies configured to provide tire sealant via the valve stem of a tire, tire valve coupling assemblies that are configured to provide gas and/or sealant to a tire, tire valve coupling assemblies, and/or methods for providing one or both of gas and/or tire sealant to a tire are provided.
Claims14
1-10. (canceled)
A tire sealant vending assembly configured to provide tire sealant via the valve stem of a tire, the assembly comprising:
- a gas supply assembly;
- a sealant supply assembly;
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- a bundle of conduit extending from the supply assemblies to a tire valve stem coupling device, individual conduits within the bundle respectively being in fluid communication with the assemblies.
12-13. (canceled)
A tire valve coupling assembly configured to provide gas and/or sealant to a tire, the assembly comprising an actuator to configure the device to discharge gas in one configuration and tire sealant in another configuration.
A tire valve coupling assembly comprising:
- a nozzle extending longitudinally from one end to another end, the one end defining a plurality of openings extending as a plurality of conduits into the nozzle, and the other end defining a single opening extending as a single discharge conduit into the nozzle, the nozzle further defining a junction of the plurality of conduits and the discharge conduit;
- and
- a chuck configured to operatively engage the one end of the nozzle in two configurations, one of the two configurations locking the nozzle within the chuck and the other of the two configurations unlocking the nozzle within the chuck, the chuck defining a plurality of recesses that are complimentary to the plurality of openings of the one end of the nozzle.
24-38. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.