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US 8,794,486 B2Granted
Apparatus with pump and valve for use with internal and external fluid reservoir
AssigneeGigglicious, LLC
InventorRyan Wolfinbarger
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Abstract
A toy water gun can include a housing having a first intake port, a second intake port and an outtake port. The housing of the toy water gun (also referred to herein as “water gun”) can define an internal chamber. The toy water gun can include a pump configured to transfer fluid from the first intake port to outside of the housing through the outtake port when the pump is activated and when the first intake port is disposed within an external fluid reservoir.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing defining an internal chamber, the housing having an outtake port, a first intake port and a second intake port that is fluidically coupled to the internal chamber;
- and
- a pump configured to transfer fluid from the first intake port to outside of the housing through the outtake port when the pump is activated and when the first intake port is disposed within an external fluid reservoir,
- the first intake port being configured to switch between a first position defining a fluid pathway between the internal chamber and the pump and a second position defining a fluid pathway between the external fluid reservoir and the pump.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing defining an internal chamber, the housing having an outtake port, a first intake port and a second intake port that is fluidically coupled to the internal chamber;
- and
- a pump configured to transfer fluid from the first intake port to outside of the housing through the outtake port when the pump is activated and when the first intake port is disposed within an external fluid reservoir,
- the second intake port is configured to transfer fluid into the internal chamber,
- the first intake port having a one-way valve and an opening,
- the first intake port configured to receive fluid through the opening from the internal chamber or the external fluid reservoir,
- the one-way valve of the first intake port configured to receive fluid from the opening in a first direction and prevent fluid being sent to the opening in a second direction opposite the first direction.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing defining an internal chamber, an outtake port and an intake port having a first configuration and a second configuration;
- and
- a pump configured to transfer fluid from the internal chamber to outside of the housing through the outtake port without transferring fluid from an external fluid reservoir when the pump is activated and when the intake port is in the first configuration,
- the pump configured to transfer fluid from the external fluid reservoir to outside the housing through the intake port and the outtake port when the pump is activated and when the intake port is in the second configuration.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing defining an internal chamber, an outtake port and an intake port having a one-way valve;
- and
- a peristaltic pump having an tube fluidically coupled to the intake port, the peristaltic pump configured to transfer fluid from the internal chamber to outside of the housing through the outtake port and the one-way valve of the intake port without transferring fluid from an external fluid reservoir when the peristaltic pump is activated,
- the peristaltic pump configured to transfer fluid from the external fluid reservoir to outside the housing through the outtake port and the one-way valve of the intake valve without transferring fluid from the internal chamber when the peristaltic pump is activated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.