发明授权
- 专利标题: Self-deploying funnel
- 专利标题(中): 自我部署漏斗
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申请号: US10974441申请日: 2004-10-28
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公开(公告)号: US06935389B1公开(公告)日: 2005-08-30
- 发明人: Mark Rinaldi
- 申请人: Mark Rinaldi
- 代理商 Stanley M. Miller
- 主分类号: B65B1/04
- IPC分类号: B65B1/04 ; B65B39/02 ; B67C11/02 ; F16N37/00
摘要:
A funnel assembly includes a collapsible funnel mounted to a base. The funnel is formed by consecutive windings of spring steel wire. Each winding has a reduced diameter so that the windings collectively form a funnel having a conical shape and an inherent bias. The funnel is confined into a relatively small storage space and the funnel is compressed when a cap releasably engages the base. Upon disengaging the cap from the base, the bias unloads and fully deploys the funnel. A downspout depends from the base and engages the fill spout of an oil crankcase so that the funnel assembly is mounted to the fill spout. A user therefore does not hold the funnel assembly while pouring oil from a can into the deployed funnel. By holding the base in one hand and the cap in the other, a user may deploy the funnel and return it to storage without touching the funnel.
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