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Apparatus for fluid transfer

US5123441A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 1990
Grant dateJun 23, 1992
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/87949
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for fluid transfer having a housing adapted to be mounted on a container adapted to house fluid, a valve mounted with the housing operable in a normal first attitude to seal the container therethrough and adjustable to a second attitude to permit fluid to pass through the valve and a mechanism engageable with the valve to move the valve to the second attitude for the transfer of the fluid therethrough and wherein the housing is recessed within a portion of the container so as to protect it from damage.

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