Inflating apparatus for playballs
AssigneeEagle Rubber Co., Inc.
InventorsWilliam A. Erdos, Edward J. Stropkay
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Abstract
Inflation apparatus for hollow flexible wall objects, such as playballs, in which the source of inflation gas or air is normally inoperative until the object to be inflated is moved into engagement with a gas injection needle for energizing the source of inflation gas, and the source of inflation gas is returned to its normally inoperative state upon the object reaching its desired inflated size. Upon the removal of the inflated object the apparatus is returned to a condition where a subsequent object to be inflated can be supplied with the inflation gas.
Claims6
Inflation apparatus for inflating playballs to predetermined size comprising:
- (a) a frame providing a generally horizontal support having a first indicia and playball size indicia spaced apart at opposite sides of said first indicia for denoting playball size increments;
- (b) inflator means carried by said frame in position indicated by said first indicia to receive a playball for inflation;
- (c) playball size determining means carried by said frame support and selectively movable along said frame support, and including means fixing the spacially separated and adjusted positions of said size determining means for predetermining the final inflated size of the playball prior to being inflated;
- (d) a source of inflating gas connected to said inflator means;
- (e) first control means carried by said frame and initially operable upon a playball received on said inflator means for admitting the gas from said source for inflating the playball to a size for engaging said size determining means;
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- (f) second control means for stopping the admission of gas upon the playball engaging said size determining means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.