Tire sealant liquid container

• US 8,342,215 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2009
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Inventors: Sekiguchi, Takumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): NIESZ, JASON KAROL
• Application Number:
  US12/535,470
• Publication Number:
  US 20100071801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,246 Days
• Field of Search: 141/38, 141/67, 141/100, 141/105, 141/114, 141/231, 141/313, 141/329, 141/330, 81/156
• US Class Current: 141/329
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 73/166 Devices or methods for introducing sealing compositions into articles
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2030/00 Pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof conveyor belts B29L2031/7092; drive belts B29L2031/7094; fourdrinier belts B29L2031/733

Abstract

Provided is a tire sealant liquid container that accommodates a tire sealant liquid, and that includes: an air inlet guiding therein a compressed air outputted by a compressor; and a tire sealant liquid outlet guiding the tire sealant liquid into a tire. The air inlet is provided at a position above a liquid level of the tire sealant liquid, and the tire sealant liquid outlet is provided at a position below the air inlet.

Claims

1. A tire sealant liquid container comprising:

a container body having an end provided with an opening for filling a tire sealant liquid, the opening provided at a position located on a lower side of the container body when the container body is in an upright position;

a sealing film attached to the opening;

a cap to be fitted to the opening, the cap including a protrusion provided at an eccentric location on an inner surface of the cap to pierce the sealing film, the cap configured to be threadedly engaged with the container body;

an air inlet to which an air supply hose for guiding a compressed air outputted by a compressor is connected; and

a tire sealant liquid outlet to which a tire sealant liquid injection hose for guiding the tire sealant liquid into a tire is connected, the tire sealant liquid outlet being connected to any one of the opening and the cap,

wherein the air inlet is provided to the container body at a position that comes above a liquid level of the tire sealant liquid when the container body is made to stand upright for puncture repair, and the tire sealant liquid outlet is provided at a lower position opposite to the position of the air inlet.

2. The tire sealant liquid container according to claim 1, wherein the cap is provided with a stand on an outer surface of the cap.

3. The tire sealant liquid container according to claim 1, wherein

the opening is provided at a position to be located on an upper side of the container body when the container body stands upright,

the air inlet is provided to any one of the opening and a cap to be fitted to the opening, and

the tire sealant liquid outlet is provided on a bottom surface of the container body.

4. The tire sealant liquid container according to claim 1, wherein the container body is provided with a stand on a bottom of the container body.

5. The tire sealant liquid container according to claim 3, wherein the container body is provided with a stand on a bottom of the container body.