Material transfer system and method of transferring material

• US 9,534,621 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: James Randall Brown
• Original Assignee: James Randall Brown
• Inventors: Brown, James Randall
• Primary Examiner(s): Maust, Timothy L
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCHMID, ANDREW C
• Application Number:
  US14/019,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20150059917A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: 141/1, 141/312, 141/331, 141/332, 141/346, 141/353, 141/354, 141/355, 141/367, 141/368, 141/372, 141/383, 141/384, 141/385, 141/386
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 7/0426 for rods or for tubes without using the innerside thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 19/025 the pipe ends having integral collars or flanges
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 2201/60 Identification or marking
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 37/18 Joints tightened by eccentrics or rotatable cams

Abstract

The material transfer system and method of transferring materials comprises provides improved connectors that overcome the deficiencies of the connectors currently used. The connector and method of connecting of the present invention comprises a fool-proof method of connecting and a method of ensuring the safe and accurate transfer of materials. The connector of the present invention provides a plurality of male and female connector portions in a plurality of geometric shapes and colors and specific key components that prevent the delivery of and mixing of incorrect and incompatible materials. The connectors of the present invention are shaped differently from any connectors currently available on the market. Each geometric shape corresponds to a general class of chemicals. One embodiment of the present invention connector is a color coded element according to the shape, size, and configuration of the connector and the material the connector is intended to transfer. The connector comprises a seal or “O” ring disposed on the connector that is chemically and mechanically compatible with the material being transferred. A marking or label that describes the material to be transferred is disposedly attached to the connector to improve safety and accuracy of the method of transfer of the material.

Claims

1. A material transfer system comprising:

a connector comprising a male connector and a female connector;

the male connector comprising a male connector body with a face end and a second end comprising a connection to a material conveyance fitting and the female connector comprising a female connector body with a receiving end with a recess for the male connector body a second end comprising a connection to a material conveyance fitting;

the male connector having a bore axially located from the face end to the second end;

the female connector having a bore axially located from the receiving end to the second end;

the male connector body comprising at least one keyway;

the female connector body comprising at least one key wherein the keyway matches the keyway of the male connector body;

the female connector portion comprises an identical but countersunk key shape extending from the external face to the internal recess disposed on the interior surfaces of the female connector portion;

a seal located within the receiving recess of the female connector body;

and

a means of locking the male connector into the female connector.

2. The material transfer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one keyway of the male connector body and the at least one matching keyway of the female connector body provide for a plurality of different configurations comprising indentation-projection key designs, wherein the indentation-projection key designs are selected from a group consisting of:

an octagon, pentagon, hexagon, square, nonagon, heptagon, triangle, oval top-square bottom, or oval.