Machine fluid supply assembly comprising keying means
AssigneeGemplus
InventorsJean-Marc Batista, Philippe Sarra-Bournet
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Abstract
The invention relates to a fluid supply assembly for a device, particularly a printing machine. The assembly includes a lower base and is of the type in which the fluid is conditioned in an upper container which is intended to be connected to a fill opening in the base by a coupling. In order to mount the coupling on the base, the coupling is moved linearly along a vertical assembly axis and then pivoted around the assembly axis. The coupling has at least one keying pin which is received in a complementary groove in one face of the base when the coupling is being moved linearly. The invention also relates to a printing machine containing one such assembly.
Claims28
An assembly for feeding fluid to equipment comprising a feed base provided with a filling orifice communicating with at least one feed duct for feeding fluid to the equipment, wherein the fluid is packaged in a container provided with a feed opening which is adapted to be connected to the filling orifice of the feed base via a fitting that is pre-mounted on the container, and including first axial locking means for mounting the fitting on the container and second axial locking means for mounting the fitting on the base, wherein mounting the fitting on the base comprises moving the fitting in translation along a vertical mounting axis, and pivoting the fitting about the mounting axis;
- wherein the fitting is provided with at least one keying finger which extends substantially vertically and which, while the fitting is being pivoted, is received axially in a matched annular axial groove segment which is formed in an axial end face of the base facing the keying finger, so that a container equipped with the fitting can be mounted only on a determined base provided with the groove matched with the keying finger on the fitting.
An assembly for feeding fluid to equipment comprising:
- a feed base having a filling orifice communicating with at least one feed duct for feeding fluid to the equipment;
- a fitting having a first axial locking means for coupling the fitting to a container that supplies said fluid, and second axial locking means for mounting the fitting on the base via translation along a vertical mounting axis and pivoting the filling about the mounting axis;
- at least one keying finger on the fitting which extends substantially parallel to said axis;
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- an annular axial groove segment which is formed in an axial end face of the base facing the keying finger such that, while the fitting is being pivoted, said keying finger is received axially in said groove, so that a container coupled to the fitting can be mounted only on a determined base provided with the groove matched with the keying finger on the fitting.
An assembly for feeding fluid to equipment comprising a feed base provided with a filling orifice communicating with at least one feed duct for feeding fluid to the equipment, wherein the fluid is packaged in a container provided with a feed opening which is adapted to be connected to the filling orifice of the feed base via a fitting that is pre-mounted on the container, and including first axial locking means for mounting the fitting on the container and second axial locking means for mounting the fitting on the base, wherein mounting the fitting on the base comprises moving the fitting in translation along a vertical mounting axis, and pivoting the fitting about the mounting axis;
- wherein at least one keying stud projects radially from a concave axial wall of the base and, while the fitting is moving in translation, is received in a matched channel that is provided in an outside axial wall of the fitting, so that the container can be mounted only on a determined base as a function of the matching of the fitting with the base, said matching being defined by the keying stud co-operating with the matched channel.
An assembly for feeding fluid to equipment comprising:
- a feed base having a filling orifice communicating with at least one feed duct for feeding fluid to the equipment;
- a fitting having a first axial locking means for coupling the fitting to a container that supplies said fluid, and second axial locking means for mounting the fitting on the base via translation along a vertical mounting axis and pivoting the fitting about the mounting axis;
- at least one keying stud which projects radially from a concave axial wall of the base;
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- a channel formed on an outside axial wall of the fitting such that, while the fitting is moving in translation along said axis, said keying stud is received in said channel so that a container coupled to said fitting can be mounted only on a determined base as a function of the matching of the fitting with the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.