Tool for dispensing viscous material from a deformable tube

US11261018B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Gorilla Glue Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael Dean McCutchan · Hamilton, US
• Kevin Jay Gampfer · Milford, US
• Jeremy Thomas Lacy · Centerville, US
• James Joseph Doogan · Cincinnati, US
• Mitchell James Wagner · Sugar Grove, US
• Nicholas John Wagner · Plano, US
• James Troy Starkey · North Haven, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D35/28
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool which is relatively simple in design, is easy to manufacture and assemble, and which is capable of dispensing precise amounts of the fluid contents of a deformable tube until the contents have been substantially completely dispensed is provided. The tool includes interlocking casing halves and a rigid actuator jaw which is adapted to be pressed against the tube to dispense the contents of the tube.