A self-aligning product delivery system including a vapor plate assembly and a ball joint assembly is provided. The vapor plate assembly has a vapor plate base portion with a vapor plate passage and a seating plate portion. The seating plate portion has a generally spherical segment shaped seating face defining an opening to the vapor plate passage. The ball joint assembly includes a ball joint base portion with a ball joint passage and an engaging portion. The engaging portion includes a generally spherical segment shaped joining surface. The spherical segment shaped joining surface of the engaging portion of the ball joint assembly is configured and arranged to rotationally mate with the spherical segment shaped seating face defining the opening of the vapor plate assembly to create a seal between the vapor plate assembly and the ball joint assembly.
Self-aligning product delivery system
2015-10-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B67C FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Füllen mit Flüssigkeiten oder zähflüssigen Stoffen, oder Entleeren von Flaschen, Gefäßen, Dosen, Fässern, Tonnen oder ähnlichen Behältern, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B67D Ausschenken, Abgeben oder Überleiten von Flüssigkeiten, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , DISPENSING, DELIVERING, OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / F16L PIPES , Rohre |
NTIS | 1955
|NTRS | 1990
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