Claims
- 1. A manifold for combining first and second components of a material, comprising a body having first and second inlet ports, a tubular dispenser coupled to the body and being provided with an outlet and an internal passageway in fluid communication with said outlet, said body having first fluid transport means adapted for transporting said first component from said first inlet port to said internal passageway and second fluid transport means adapted for transporting said second component from said second inlet port to said internal passageway, said first fluid transport means including a hypodermic needle in fluid connection with said first inlet port and having an outlet disposed within said internal passageway, said second fluid transport means including a channel in the body and in fluid connection with said second inlet port and being provided with an outlet disposed within said internal passageway the hypodermic needle being located in or being able to penetrate the channel whereby said first and second components are directed by said first and second transport means into said tubular dispenser for mixing prior to discharge from the outlet of said tubular dispenser.
- 2. The manifold of claim 1, wherein at least part of said first fluid transport means is located within said second fluid transport means.
- 3. The manifold of claim 2, wherein at least part of said first fluid transport means is concentrically disposed within at least part of said second transport means.
- 4. The manifold of claim 1 wherein the tubular dispenser is a disposable tip connected to said body which promotes mixing of said first and second components.
- 5. The manifold of claim 1, further comprising means coupled to said manifold for atomizing effluent fluid from said manifold.
- 6. The manifold of claim 1, wherein said tubular dispenser is needle-like in conformation.
- 7. A device for filling a dispenser having first and second fluid-tight compartments and an end portion provided with an outlet port that communicates with the second compartment and having a needle-like member extending from the end portion to an extremity provided with an opening that communicates with the first compartment, comprising a body having an internal chamber and first and second opposite end portions, a first fitting member adapted for attaching the body to the dispenser provided at the first end portion of the body, a fluid-tight membrane in communication with the internal chamber extending across the second end portion of the body, the fluid-tight membrane made from a material which is puncturable by the needle-like member, and a second fitting member carried by the body and communicating with the internal chamber whereby when the body is attached to the dispenser by means of the first fitting member the needle-like member extends through the internal chamber of the body and through the fluid-tight membrane so that the opening in the extremity of the needle-like member is disposed outside of the body whereby the extremity of the needle-like member can engage a first container of a first fluid for filling the first compartment of the dispenser and the second fitting member can engage a second container of a second fluid for permitting the second fluid to pass through the internal chamber of the body and enter the outlet port to fill the second compartment.
- 8. The device of claim 7, wherein the body has a cylindrical side wall extending between the first and second end portions, the second fitting member attached to the cylindrical side wall.
- 9. The device of claim 7, wherein the flexible membrane is made from rubber.
- 10. The device of claim 7, wherein the needle-like member has a length and the body has a length between first and second end portions which is less than the length of the needle-like member.
- 11. A static mixing apparatus for use with a syringe assembly, comprising a tubular dispenser having a fluid inlet end portion and a fluid exit end portion, means carried by the fluid inlet end portion adapted to couple the tubular dispenser to the syringe assembly, the tubular dispenser provided with a fluid passageway extend therethrough from the fluid inlet end portion to the fluid exit end portion for carrying a fluid, a longitudinally-extending cylindrical member disposed within the fluid passageway of said tubular dispenser and having a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart rings provided with respective gaps therein for forming a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart parallel arcs with adjacent arcs interconnected by a gap whereby the arcs and gaps promote turbulent flow in the fluid to enhance mixing of said fluid.
- 12. The mixing apparatus of claim 11 wherein each gap is from 5 to 90.degree., the gap of one ring being located opposite the gap of an adjacent ring(s).
- 13. The mixing apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a means for atomizing effluent fluid in fluid connection to one of said fluid inlet end portion and said fluid exit end portion of the tubular dispenser.
Parent Case Info
This is a Divisional of Ser. No. 08/595,936 filed Feb. 6, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,814,022.
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Divisions (1)
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