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US 4,997,107 AGranted
Disposable grease tube
OwnerWalter F. Snyder, Arlene P. Snyderinventors
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Abstract
A grease tube defined by a deformable body, including a forward tube nozzle and a key member to effect a winding and pressurizing of the body, with a dispensing nozzle selectively and securably mounted in a threaded inter-relationship to a forward nozzle of the tube body. Modifications of the invention include a matrix of roughened projections, or alternatively a matrix of suction cups integrally cast to the tube body to enhance frictional engagement of the tube during pressurizing thereof.
Claims1
A disposable grease tube apparatus comprising, in combination,
- an elongate, longitudinally aligned deformable body, the body including a tube nozzle mounted medially of a forward end of the body, and
- the body including a wind-up key integrally mounted to a rear end portion of the body to effect a winding of the body and associated pressurizing of the body, and
- including a dispensing nozzle, the dispensing nozzle selectively securable to the tube nozzle, the dispensing nozzle including a securement boss, the securement boss selectively securable to the tube nozzle, the securement boss including an elongate nozzle tube, the nozzle tube including a cylindrical cavity in communication with the securement boss, and
- the nozzle tube including a threaded nozzle upper end, and
- the tube nozzle includes a tube nozzle threaded upper end, and a removable cap selectively securable to the tube nozzle threaded upper end, and the securement boss including an internally threaded cavity, the internally threaded cavity selectively securable to the tube nozzle threaded upper end, and
- wherein the nozzle tube is rigid, and
- including a grease fitting cap, the grease fitting cap including an internally threaded grease fitting cap cavity, the internally threaded grease fitting cap cavity securable to the threaded nozzle upper end, and the grease fitting cap cavity further including a further cavity portion within the grease fitting cap to receive a grease fitting therewithin, and including securement plates mounted about the entrance to the grease fitting cap cavity to effect securement of a grease fitting directed through the securement plates, and
- the body includes a matrix of integrally cast suction cups formed about the body to effect a vacuum engagement with manual grasping of the body, and
- wherein the body includes a planar rear tube end portion, and the planar rear tube portion including the wind-up key integrally mounted thereto, wherein the wind-up key is orthogonally aligned relative to an axis defined by the longitudinally aligned body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.