US 6,786,247 B1Granted

Inflating device

AssigneesKurt Kemppainen, Tom Moeller, John Albert Gunther, Patrick Chen

InventorsKurt Kemppainen, Tom Moeller

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Abstract

An inflating device has a tubular body, a connector, an inflating needle, an end cap, a holder, an adapter and an airflow controlling device. The body has a central hole. The connector is formed on the body and has an inlet channel communicating with the central hole. The inflating needle is mounted on the body and has a first inflating channel communicating with the central hole. The end cap is attached to the body. The holder is received in the body and abuts against the end cap. The adapter is received in the body and has a second inflating channel. The airflow controlling device is mounted in the body to selectively communicate the inlet channel in the connector with one of the inflating channels. Accordingly, the inflating device can be adapted to inflate different types of objects and is versatile in use.

Claims9

Dependent claims

An inflating device comprising:

a tubular body having a first end, a second end and a central hole with an inner diameter defined through the tubular body;
a connector formed on the body and adapted to connect to a pneumatic supply, and the connector having an inlet channel extending through the connector and communicating with the central hole in the body;
an inflating needle mounted on the body and having a first inflating channel defined through the inflating needle and communicating with the central hole in the body;
an end cap attached to the first end of the body and having an inserting hole defined through the end cap;
an annular resilient holder received in the first end of the body and abutting against the end cap, and the resilient holder having a central hole;
an adapter received in the central hole in the body and having an end inserted into the central hole in the resilient holder and a second inflating channel communicating with the central hole in the resilient holder;
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an airflow controlling device mounted in the body to selectively communicate the inlet channel in the connector with one of the first inflating channel in the inflating needle and the second inflating channel in the adapter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/435,123Filed 9 May 2003
Priority: TW 92204685 U26 Mar 2003
Published: US 2004/0187960 A130 Sep 2004
Granted: 7 Sep 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

F04B 33/005
Pumps actuated by muscle power, e.g. for inflating: specially adapted for inflating tyres of non-motorised vehicles, e.g. cycles, tricycles
F16L 37/05
With an elastic outer part pressing against an inner part by reason of its elasticity: tightened by the pressure of a mechanical organ
Y10T 137/3584
Fluid handling: inflatable article [e.g., tire filling chuck and/or stem]
Y10T 137/3724
Inflatable article [e.g., tire filling chuck and/or stem]: with coupling means