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Apparatus and methods for dispensing fluid under pressure

US4135641A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1976
Grant dateJan 23, 1979
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Expiry dateMar 19, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB67D1/14
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a fluid dispensing system for dispensing fluid from a container under pressure. An automatically variable restrictor is disposed in the fluid line between the container and the faucet whereby a constant predetermined flow rate is provided at the faucet. In one form hereof, the containers are serially connected one to the other with the restrictor placed between the last container and the faucet. In another form hereof, series/parallel arrangements are provided wherein sets of serially connected containers are coupled in parallel one to the other with the last container of each set being fluid connected to the common faucet. A restrictor is placed in each set of serially connected containers between the last container and the parallel connection with the faucet whereby a constant flow rate through each parallel connected set of containers is obtained and equal to the number of sets of parallel connected containers divided by the desired flow rate through the common faucet.

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