Integrated compressor-tire sealant injection device with large mouth sealant container

• US 20080098855A1
• Filed: 10/26/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accessories Marketing Incorporated (Illinois Tool Works Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Accessories Marketing Incorporated (Illinois Tool Works Inc.)
• Inventors: Cegelski, James, Hickman, Scott Noble
• Granted Patent: US 7,798,183 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 81/15.6
• 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

An integrated compressor-tire sealant injection device with a large mouth sealant container is provided.

Claims

1. A device for tire repair and/or inflation, comprising:

a compressor unit that has a compressor; and

a connector to a wide mouth bottle of sealant integrated into the compressor unit so that a bottle of sealant having a wide mouth is connectable to the device to inflate a tire.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a bottle connector that removably connects a bottle of sealant to the connector to inflate a tire.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the bottle connector orients the bottle of sealant horizontally.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the bottle connector further comprises a first connector that removably connects the bottle of sealant to the device and a second connector that connects a hose so that sealant and compressed gas are injected into an inflatable object.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the first connector further comprises a check valve to ensure that compressed gas flows into the bottle of sealant from the compressor but sealant does not flow out from the bottle of sealant to the air compressor and wherein the second connector further comprises a check valve that permits a mixture of compressed gas and sealant to exit the bottle of sealant but does not permit air to enter into the bottle of sealant.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the bottle connector further comprises a pressure relief valve.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the pressure relief valve further comprises a sleeve valve.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the compressor unit further comprises a set of controls to control the operation of the compressor.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the set of controls further comprises a selector switch that selects between one of providing only air to the tire to inflate the tire and providing air and sealant from a bottle of sealant to the tire to repair and inflate the tire.

10. The device of claim 9 further comprises a first hose through which air is provided to the tire and a second hose through which air and sealant is provided to the tire.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the first and second hoses each further comprises a screw valve that prevents the sealant from dripping when the device is not connected to a tire.

12. The device of claim 2, wherein the bottle connector further comprises a connector to a hose through which air and sealant is provided to the tire.

13. The device of claim 2, wherein the bottle of sealant further comprises a wide mouth bottle.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the set of controls further comprises one or more of an on/off switch and an air pressure gauge.

15. A sealant container, comprising:

a bottle connector assembly having a first connector that removable connects a wide mouth bottle of sealant to the container and a second connector that connects to a hose that can be coupled to an inflatable object;

a stand coupled to the bottle connector assembly that maintains a bottle of sealant in a dispensing position when a bottle of sealant is connected to the container; and

an inlet connector that is capable of connecting the sealant container to a gas output from an air compressor.

16. The container of claim 15, wherein the first connector further comprises a check valve to ensure that compressed gas flows into the bottle of sealant from the compressor but sealant does not flow out from the bottle of sealant to the air compressor and wherein the second connector further comprises a check valve that permits a mixture of compressed gas and sealant to exit the bottle of sealant into the hose but does not permit air to enter into the bottle of sealant.

17. The container of claim 16, wherein the bottle connector assembly further comprising a pressure relief valve to exhaust too much pressure of the compressed gas so that the sealant container is operable with a variety of air compressors.

18. The container of claim 15, wherein the dispensing position further comprises one of a vertical position and a horizontal position.