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US 7,610,937 B1Granted
Self-sealing regulator fill port protective/dust cover
AssigneePressure Specialist, Inc.
InventorsRay Trimble, Jeff Schreiber
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Abstract
A self-sealing protective/dust cover for application to a magnetically attractable filling port includes a sleeve defined by a closed wall and closed at one end by an end face. The closed wall defines an open central region and the end face is contiguous with the closed wall. A magnet provide magnetic attraction between the protective/dust cover and the filling port to maintain the protective/dust cover on the filling port.
Claims8
A self-sealing protective/dust cover for application to a magnetically attractable filling port, comprising:
- a sleeve defined by a closed wall and closed at one end by an end face, the closed wall defining an open central region, the end face contiguous with the closed wall;
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- magnet means for magnetically attracting the protective/dust cover to the magnetically attractable filling port,
- wherein when the protective/dust cover is applied to the filling port, the magnetic attraction between the protective/dust cover and the filling port maintains the protective/dust cover on the filling port, and wherein the magnet means is a flat magnet disposed in the open central region adjacent and adhered to the end face, sufficient to maintain the protective/dust cover attracted to the fill port.
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