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INTEGRATED FLAT TIRE REPAIR KIT

  • US 20150000786A1
  • Filed: 12/18/2012
  • Published: 01/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An integrated flat tire repair kit comprising:

  • a compressor housed in a housing case and configured to discharge compressed air; and

    a bottle unit housed in the housing case and comprising an extraction cap secured to a mouth portion of a bottle container storing a puncture repair fluid,wherein the extraction cap comprisesan inlet mouth portion configured to take the compressed air from the compressor into the extraction cap,an outlet mouth portion configured to discharge the taken compressed air or both of the compressed air and the puncture repair fluid to outside the extraction cap,an air-dedicated flow passage configured to be coupled to the inlet mouth portion in normal time so as to allow the inlet mouth portion to communicate with the outlet mouth portion without passing through an interior of the bottle container,a puncture repair-dedicated flow passage comprising a first flow passage portion and a second flow passage portion, the first flow passage portion being configured to be coupled to the inlet mouth portion instead of the flow passage dedicated to air by switching means so as to allow the inlet mouth portion to communicate with the interior of the bottle container, the second flow passage portion being configured to allow the interior of the bottle container to communicate with the outlet mouth portion,a first on-off valve interposed in the second flow passage portion and configured to close the second flow passage portion in the normal time, andthe switching means, andwherein the switching means comprises a switching cap and is configured to be operated upon securing the switching cap to the housing case so as to allow a coupling destination of the inlet mouth portion to be switched from the air-dedicated flow passage to the puncture repair-dedicated flow passage, and the switching means is configured to release the first on-off valve so as to open the second flow passage portion.

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