公开(公告)号：US5607004A

公开(公告)日：1997-03-04

申请号：US501558

申请日：1995-07-12

申请人： Eddie W. Cope

发明人： Eddie W. Cope

IPC分类号： B67C11/00 ,  B67C11/02

CPC分类号： B67C11/00 ,  B67C2011/027

摘要： A self-supporting funnel assembly and drip catcher for selective use in applications in which a user desires to free both the user's hands from holding the funnel in position and desires to prevent spillage of the funnelled fluid during and after use. The funnel is made up of a wider conical portion, the mouth of the funnel, and a narrower portion, the spout of the funnel; a base housing defining several openings; generally L-shaped clamping members, each having a vertical component projecting below the base housing and a horizontal component; and a springing mechanism, operably connected to each clamping member and the base housing. The funnel components so that a horizontal component of the clamping members appear through the side of the base housing as push-buttons, which may be simultaneously compressed with the thumb and forefinger. The springing mechanism, being housed within the base, resists this compressive action, but allows each clamping member to be brought into close relationship to one another temporarily. A vertical component of the clamping members may thus be inserted into an opening. Upon release of the push-buttons, the springing mechanism decompresses the clamping members against the walls of the opening. Thus, the invention may be positioned in an upright position regardless of the horizontal orientation of the opening and secured in place. A second embodiment of the inventive funnel is also described with an externally configured springing mechanism and connecting ring from which the clamping members depend.

摘要翻译： 用于选择性使用的自支撑漏斗组件和滴水捕集器，其用户希望释放用户的手将漏斗保持在适当位置，并且希望防止漏斗流体在使用期间和使用后溢出。 漏斗由更宽的锥形部分，漏斗的嘴部和较窄的部分，漏斗的喷口组成。 限定几个开口的基座壳体; 大体为L形的夹紧件，每个夹紧件均具有在底座下方突出的垂直部件和一水平部件; 以及可操作地连接到每个夹紧构件和基座壳体的弹簧机构。 漏斗部件使得夹紧部件的水平部件通过基座壳体的侧面出现，作为按钮，其可以同时用拇指和食指压缩。 容纳在基座内的弹簧机构抵抗这种压缩作用，但允许每个夹紧构件暂时彼此紧密地关系。 因此，夹紧构件的垂直分量可以插入开口中。 在释放按钮时，弹簧机构将夹紧构件相对于开口的壁减压。 因此，本发明可以定位在直立位置，而不管开口的水平方向如何并且固定就位。 本发明的漏斗的第二个实施例还用外部配置的弹簧机构和夹紧构件所依赖的连接环来描述。