Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coupling device, a drive assembly for a coupling device and a method of supplying a substance
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Application No.: US16338967Application Date: 2017-10-03
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Publication No.: US11221096B2Publication Date: 2022-01-11
- Inventor: Ipeleng Samson Mathebula , Mark Holloway , Hendrik Jacobus Theron , Kadephi Vuyolwethu Mjali
- Applicant: CSIR
- Applicant Address: ZA Pretoria
- Assignee: CSIR
- Current Assignee: CSIR
- Current Assignee Address: ZA Pretoria
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Priority: ZA2016/06784 20161003
- International Application: PCT/IB2017/056090 WO 20171003
- International Announcement: WO2018/065896 WO 20180412
- Main IPC: F16L37/44
- IPC: F16L37/44

Abstract:
This invention relates to coupling devices, particularly to coupling devices for use with pressurized substances, for example, fluids such as liquids, gases, and plasmas; drive assemblies for said coupling devices; and to methods of supplying substances. The coupling device comprises a housing defining a chamber, the housing comprising inlet, outlet, and re-circulation/vent apertures; a valve assembly disposed in the chamber, the valve assembly comprising a valve; and a drive assembly located in the housing and operatively engageable with the valve assembly, wherein the drive assembly comprises a drive member disposed in the chamber; and a second cam member operatively engageable with the drive member and the valve assembly, wherein the second cam member is configured to be displaced by the drive member to cause the operation of the coupling device between uncoupled and coupled conditions, and the valve between the re-circulation/vent and charge conditions in a synchronized fashion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210285587A1 A COUPLING DEVICE, A DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A COUPLING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF SUPPLYING A SUBSTANCE Public/Granted day:2021-09-16
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