Modular system board
AssigneeShurflo Pump Manufacturing Co.
InventorsGregory C. Filipek, Steven T. Jersey, Brian Babson
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Abstract
Apparatus for holding any one of a plurality of differently configured pumps to facilitate use of such pumps, for example, in dispensing beverages. The apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of different sets of elements located on the housing. Each different set of elements is adapted to at least assist in holding one of a plurality of differently configured pumps to the housing. The apparatus can be linked together to very effectively and conveniently provide for the management and maintenance of a relatively large number of pumps, being used in dispensing a correspondingly relatively large number of beverages.
Claims35
An apparatus for holding one of a plurality of differently configured pumps, the apparatus comprising:
- a substantially vertically mountable housing;
- and
- a plurality of different sets of elements located on said housing, each of the different sets of elements being adapted to at least assist in holding one of a plurality of said differently configured pumps to the housing when the housing is substantially vertically mounted,
- wherein at least one of the different sets of elements includes a first cavity defined by the housing and sized and adapted to receive a portion of one of the plurality of differently configured pumps, and a plurality of spaced apart clips extending in the first cavity and adapted to hold the received portion of the pump in the first cavity.
An apparatus for holding one of a plurality of differently configured pumps, the apparatus comprising:
- a substantially vertically mountable housing;
- and
- a plurality of different sets of elements located on said housing each of the different sets of elements being adapted to at least assist in holding one of a plurality of said differently configured pumps to the housing when the housing is substantially vertically mounted,
- wherein at least one of the different sets of elements includes a cavity defined by the housing, and a cavity clip defining a portion of the cavity, the cavity being sized and adapted to receive a portion of one of the plurality of differently configured pumps, and the cavity clip being adapted to hold the received portion of the pump in the cavity.
An apparatus for holding one of a plurality of differently configured pumps, the apparatus comprising:
- a substantially vertically mountable housing;
- and
- a plurality of different sets of elements located on said housing, each of the different sets of elements being adapted to at least assist in holding one of a plurality of said differently configured pumps to the housing when the housing is substantially vertically mounted,
- wherein at least one of the different sets of elements includes at least one hook and at least one hole spaced apart from the hook, the hook being sized and adapted to receive a portion of one of the plurality of differently configured pumps, the hole being sized and adapted to receive a portion of a pin passing through the frame of the pump received by the hook, the combination of the hook, the hole and the pin being effective to hold the pump received by the hook to the housing.
An apparatus for holding one or more pumps and capable of holding pumps having different configurations including a first pump configuration and a second pump configuration different from the first pump configuration, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a plurality of element sets on the housing, the plurality of element sets adapted to at least assist in holding at least one pump having the first pump configuration and to at least assist in holding at least one pump having the second pump configuration,
- wherein at least one set of elements is a first cavity defined by the housing and sized and adapted to receive at least a portion of a pump having the first pump configuration, and at least one clip adapted to engage with and hold the pump in the first cavity.
An apparatus for holding one or more pumps and capable of holding pumps having different configurations including a first pump configuration and a second pump configuration different from the first pump configuration, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a plurality of element sets on the housing, the plurality of element sets adapted to at least assist in holding at least one pump having the first pump configuration and to at least assist in holding at least one pump having the second pump configuration,
- wherein at least one set of elements is at least one hook and at least one hole sized and adapted to receive a fastener therein to secure a pump having the first pump configuration to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.