Multi-component fluid mix ratio check nozzle and kit

• US 7,044,402 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2003
• Issued: 05/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Clifford J. Finn
• Original Assignee: Clifford J. Finn
• Inventors: Finn, Clifford J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARNEY, SETH E
• Application Number:
  US10/694,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20050087623A1
• Time in Patent Office: 932 Days
• Field of Search: 239/414, 239/432, 239/600, 239/574, 239/527, 239/549, 239/390, 239/302, 222/135, 222/137, 222/145, 222/146, 222/153, 222/459, 222/567, 222/145.1, 222/145.3, 222/145.4, 604/82, 604/191, 73/11.6
• US Class Current: 239/302
• CPC Class Codes: B29B 7/761 of gun-type, i.e. hand-held units having dispensing means B29B7/7678 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29B 7/7615 characterised by arrangements for controlling, measuring or regulating, e.g. for feeding or proportioning the components

Abstract

A multi-component fluid mix ratio check nozzle includes a base engageable with a multi-component fluid dispensing gun for receiving fluid components dispensed from the gun. At least two hollow extensions extend from the base, wherein each of the extensions provides a passageway for at least one of the components of the multi-component fluid without mixing with the other fluid components of the multi-component fluid. In one embodiment, the mix ratio check nozzle forms part of a kit including a fluid flow adjusting means for adjusting the mix ratio of the fluid components.

Claims

1. A kit for use with a multi-component fluid dispensing gun, wherein said gun dispenses two or more components through passageways formed through the gun at a particular mix ratio to form a multi-component fluid, said kit comprising:

a multi-component fluid mix ratio check nozzle engageable with the multi-component fluid dispensing gun for receiving the fluid components from the passageways, said nozzle including a base engageable with the multi-component fluid dispensing gun, and at least two hollow extensions extending downstream from said base, wherein at least one of said extensions provides a passageway which dispenses at least one of the fluid components of the multi-component fluid without mixing with the other fluid components of the multi-component fluid in order to determine the mix ratio of the fluid components dispensed by the gun;

a flexible hose in fluid communication with said at least one of said extensions to simplify filling a container with said at least one of the fluid components of the multi-component fluid without mixing with the other fluid components; and

means for adjusting the flow of at least one of the fluid components dispensed from the gun to alter the mix ratio of the fluid components dispensed from the gun.

2. The kit as in claim 1, in which said means is a tubing pinch valve clamped onto a tube in fluid communication with one of the passageways, wherein the tube feeds one of the fluid components to the one of the passageways.

3. The kit as in claim 1, in which said means is a valve disposed in one of the passageways of the gun.