Gas cartridge loaded dispensing device
AssigneeBreakEats LLC
InventorsEzra Robert Gold, Robert James Fanfelle
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Abstract
A cartridge loader includes a lever arm, a hinge axle and a cam centered on the hinge axle, and a housing for receiving a cartridge, the housing having a first end and a second end, the first end adapted to connect to an appliance, and the second end adapted to allow the lever arm to open and close, the housing having an aperture exposing an interior of the housing, the aperture shaped to receive the cartridge and the lever arm, wherein the cam is adapted to assist in seating the cartridge in the housing when the lever arm is closed, and ejecting the cartridge when the lever arm is opened.
Claims15
An apparatus for holding a cartridge, the apparatus comprising:
- a lever arm comprising a handle, a hinge axle and a cam centered on the hinge axle;
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- a housing for receiving the cartridge, the housing having a first end and a second end, the first end adapted to connect to an appliance, and the second end adapted to allow the lever arm to open and close, the housing having an aperture exposing an interior of the housing, the aperture shaped to receive the cartridge and the lever arm;
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- wherein the cam is adapted to assist in seating the cartridge in the housing when the lever arm is closed, and ejecting the cartridge when the lever arm is opened.
A method of loading a cartridge onto an appliance, the method comprising:
- attaching an apparatus for holding the cartridge to the appliance;
- opening a lever arm to reveal an aperture for receiving the cartridge;
- inserting the cartridge through the aperture until the cartridge is substantially seated in the apparatus;
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- closing the lever arm until the lever arm locks in a closed position.
A method for using an apparatus for holding a cartridge, the apparatus attached to an appliance, the method comprising:
- opening a lever arm, the lever arm having a cam for mechanically engaging the cartridge, wherein the movement of the cam against the cartridge causes the cartridge to eject from a seated position in the apparatus;
- removing the cartridge from the apparatus;
- inserting a new cartridge into the apparatus;
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- closing the lever arm such that the cam engages the cartridge and causes the cartridge to be seated in the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.