System, device, and method for filling at least one balloon

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10279936-B2
Application number	US-201615123434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2016
Priority date	Jun 19, 2015
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

An apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with a fluid. The apparatus including a connector having a coupling mechanism proximate to a first end of the connector, the coupling mechanism being configured to removably couple the apparatus to a fluid source, a plurality of conduits coupled to the connector, each of the plurality of conduits having a distal end, and a plurality of containers, each container coupled proximate to the distal end of a corresponding conduit via a corresponding coupling element. The connector and conduits being configured such that each distal end of the plurality of conduits is located at a respective distance from the first end of the connector, all the respective distances associated with each of the distal ends being different.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. An apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a connector having a coupling mechanism proximate to a first end of the connector, the coupling mechanism being configured to removably couple the apparatus to a fluid source;
a plurality of conduits coupled to the connector in a spiral arrangement, each of the plurality of conduits having a distal end; and
a plurality of containers, each container coupled proximate to the distal end of a corresponding conduit via a corresponding coupling element,
the connector and conduits being configured such that each distal end of the plurality of conduits is located at a respective distance from the first end of the connector, all the respective distances associated with each of the distal ends being different.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the distal ends of the plurality of conduits form a cascading spiral arrangement.

3. An apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a connector having a coupling mechanism proximate to a first end of the connector, the coupling mechanism being configured to removably couple the apparatus to a fluid source;
a plurality of conduits coupled to the connector, each of the plurality of conduits having a distal end and each of the plurality of conduits all have substantially a same length; and
a plurality of containers, each container coupled proximate to the distal end of a corresponding conduit via a corresponding coupling element,
the connector and conduits being configured such that each distal end of the plurality of conduits is located at a respective distance from the first end of the connector, all the respective distances associated with each of the distal ends being different.

4. An apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a connector having a plurality of channels and a coupling mechanism proximate to a first end of the connector configured to removably couple the apparatus to a fluid source;
a plurality of conduits coupled to the channels of the connector in a spiral arrangement, each of the plurality of conduits all having substantially a same length; and
a plurality of containers being coupled proximate to a distal end of the conduits,
the conduits being coupled to the connector such that each distal end of the plurality of conduits is located at a respective distance from the first end of the connector, all the respective distances associated with each of the distal ends being different.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the distal ends of the plurality of conduits form a cascading spiral arrangement.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each of the containers includes a balloon.

7. The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:
a flow path providing fluid communication between the fluid source and each of the containers coupled to the apparatus; and
a mixing mechanism disposed in the flow path and configured to receive an additive and introduce the additive into the flow path.

8. An apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a connector having a plurality of channels disposed in a spiral arrangement and a coupling mechanism proximate to a first end of the connector configured to removably couple the apparatus to a fluid source;
a plurality of conduits coupled to the channels of the connector; and
a plurality of containers being coupled proximate to a distal end of the conduits,
the conduits being coupled to the connector such that each distal end of the plurality of conduits is located at a respective distance from the first end of the connector, all the respective distances associated with each of the distal ends being different.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the distal ends of the plurality of conduits form a cascading spiral arrangement.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of conduits all have substantially a same length.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein each of the containers includes a balloon.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:
a flow path providing fluid communication between the fluid source and each of the containers coupled to the apparatus; and
a mixing mechanism disposed in the flow path and configured to receive an additive and introduce the additive into the flow path.

Assignees

• Telebrands Corp

Inventors

• Khubani Ajit
• Leonard Cara

Classifications

• B65B3/17 Primary

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• A63H37/00

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• A63H2027/1033

  Inflation devices or methods for inflating balloons · CPC title

• B65B7/025

  Closing valve bags · CPC title

• A63H27/10 Primary

  Balloons (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00; {other than toy aspects B64B1/40}) · CPC title