Patent · US Active

Universal dispenser

US7487790B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
2References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 18, 2006
Grant dateFeb 10, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 10, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/4891
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A universal cartridge that is useable in either a stagnant fluid environment or in a moving fluid environment with the universal cartridge floatable in a stagnant fluid environment and securable in a moving fluid environment with the universal cartridge having an inner housing having a diffusion port and an outer sleeve having a diffusion port with the housing and the sleeve mateable engaged with each other through frictional engagement to inhibit flow therebetween while permitting rotational displacement of the housing with respect to the sleeve to allow one to increase or decrease a dispersant transport area between a zone within the housing to a zone exterior to the housing through aligning a recessed diffusion port of the housing with a diffusion port of the sleeve with the diffusion ports inhibiting fluid flow therethrough but permitting dispersant transfer therethrough.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.