Coating material storage bag orientation clip and coating material cartridge incorporating the same
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorJesse J.M. Neill
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Abstract
A coating material cartridge includes an enclosure, a coating material storage bag received in the enclosure, and a coating material storage bag orientation clip secured within the enclosure. The clip engages a portion of the coating material storage bag to maintain the storage bag in a predetermined fixed orientation within the enclosure during filling of the coating material storage bag with coating material, and also during movement of the coating material cartridge.
Claims13
A coating material cartridge comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a coating material storage bag received in the enclosure;
- a pressure relief tube extending into the enclosure;
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- a coating material storage bag orientation clip secured within the enclosure, wherein the clip engages a portion of the coating material storage bag to maintain the storage bag in a predetermined fixed orientation within the enclosure, the clip including a base, a clip orientation projection extending from the base, and a slot formed in the clip orientation projection, wherein the pressure relief tube is received in the clip orientation projection slot to engage the pressure relief tube with the clip, and wherein engagement between the clip and the pressure relief tube maintains the clip in an orientation within the cartridge in which the coating material storage bag is in the predetermined fixed orientation within the enclosure.
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A coating material storage bag orientation clip comprising:
- a base;
- a first pair of opposed walls extending from the base, the first pair of opposed walls forming a first slot therebetween, the first slot being configured to retain therein a portion of a coating material storage bag;
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- a clip orientation projection extending from the base at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the first slot, the clip orientation projection being coplanar with the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.