Patent Application
20230331542
The present invention relates to a fluid filling device.
Generally, liquid filling is carried out by directly pouring, using a funnel or pipes. However, during operation, the liquid is easy to leak out, and air is brought into the container with the liquid so that the gas in the container is squeezed out and the container cannot to be filled to the full. In addition, the funnel, the pipes or other assistive devices are not engaged with the container, which is unstable and inconvenient for liquid filling.
The present invention is, therefore, arisen to obviate or at least mitigate the above-mentioned disadvantages.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a fluid filling device, including a covering unit and a base which are detachably assembled with each other via a quick-connecting unit. Therefore, steps of assembling the covering unit with an opening portion of a container and assembling the base with pipes can be operated respectively. In addition, the base is assembled with the quick-connecting unit on the covering unit by linear movement, which avoids interference of the pipes and provides rapid and easy operation.
To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a fluid filling device, including: a covering unit, a quick-connecting unit and a base. The covering unit is configured to cover an opening portion. The covering unit includes a first flow channel, and the first flow channel is configured to be communicated with an interior of the opening portion. The quick-connecting unit is disposed on the covering unit and communicated with the first flow channel. The base includes at least one joint, a second flow channel and a connection portion. The at least one joint is configured to be assembled with at least one pipe. The second flow channel is communicated respectively with the at least one joint and the connection portion. The connection portion is detachably and communicatedly connected with the quick-connecting unit.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment(s) in accordance with the present invention.
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The covering unit 1 is configured to cover an opening portion 81. The covering unit 1 includes a first flow channel 11, and the first flow channel 11 is configured to be communicated with an interior of the opening portion 81. The quick-connecting unit 5 is disposed on the covering unit 1 and communicated with the first flow channel 11. The base 6 includes at least one joint 61, a second flow channel 62 and a connection portion 63, and the at least one joint 61 is configured to be assembled with at least one pipe 82. The second flow channel 62 is communicated respectively with the at least one joint 61 and the connection portion 63, and the connection portion 63 is detachably and communicatedly connected with the quick-connecting unit 5.
The covering unit 1 is detachably assembled with the base 6 via the quick-connecting unit 5 so that steps of assembling the covering unit 1 with the opening portion 81 and assembling the base 6 with the at least one pipe 82 can be operated respectively. Parts of the fluid filling device can be taken and operated individually, which is convenient to assemble. Moreover, the base 6 connected with the at least one pipe 82 is moved linearly to be connected with the quick-connecting unit 5, which effectively prevents the at least one pipe 82 to interfere with one another and is easy to operate.
In this embodiment, the base 6 is assembled with a plurality of said pipes 82, one of the plurality of said pipes 82 is connected with a pump to exhaust gas from the opening portion 81, and another one of the plurality of said pipes 82 is connected with a liquid source to supply a liquid. A pressure gauge 64 is disposed on the base 6 so as to measure a pressure value in the opening portion 81 for various requirements.
Preferably, the quick-connecting unit 5 is detachably disposed on the covering unit 1. In other words, the fluid filling device is formed by three individual parts, namely the covering unit 1, the quick-connecting unit 5 and the base 6, which is convenient to be disassembled to storage and allows replacement of any one of the parts. In this embodiment, the quick-connecting unit 5 is screwed with the covering unit 1, and the quick-connecting unit 5 is detachably and insertedly connected with the connection portion 63.
A plurality of sealing members 51 are sleeved to an outer periphery wall of the quick-connecting unit 5. When the quick-connecting unit 5 is insertedly connected with the connection portion 63, the plurality of sealing members 51 are abutted against and between the outer periphery wall of the quick-connecting unit 5 and an inner periphery wall of the connection portion 63 so as to avoid leakage and provide tight connection of the base 6 and the quick-connecting unit 5.
Specifically, the covering unit 1 includes a lid body 2, a plug body 3 and an elastic member 4. The plug body 3 includes a plug head 31 and an axial rod 32 connected with each other, and the first flow channel 11 extends through the axial rod 32 and the plug head 31. The elastic member 4 is sleeved to the axial rod 32 and abutted against and between the plug head 31 and the lid body 2 so that the plug head 31 has a tendency to move in a direction away from the lid body 2. Moreover, the lid body 2 includes at least one engaging portion 221, and the at least one engaging portion 221 is configured to be engaged with an outer wall of the opening portion 81. When the opening portion 81 is covered with the lid body 2, the plug head 31 disposed within the opening portion 81 is abutted against a stepped portion of the opening portion 81, and the at least one engaging portion 221 is movable to be stably engaged with the outer wall of the opening portion 81 (such as an inlet of a radiator).
Moreover, the lid body 2 includes a first member 21 and a second member 22, and the first member 21 is detachably sleeved with the second member 22. The elastic member 4 is elastically abutted against and between the plug head 31 and the second member 22, and the second member 22 has the at least one engaging portion 221 disposed thereon. The second member 22 may be formed with different numbers and/or different positions of the at least one engaging portion 221 so as to meet various requirement.
Preferably, a thickness of the first member 21 is larger than a thickness of the second member 22 so as to protect the second member 22 from collision.
The lid body 2 further includes an anti-rotation structure 23, and the anti-rotation structure 23 includes at least one projection 231 and at least one through hole 232. One of the at least one projection 231 and the at least one through hole 232 is disposed on the first member 21, and the other of the at least one projection 231 and the at least one through hole 232 is disposed on the second member 22. When the first member 21 is sleeved with the second member 22, the at least one projection 231 penetrates into the at least one through hole 232 and is blocked with at least one hole wall of the at least one through hole 232 in a circumferential direction of the first member 21, and the first member 21 is co-rotatable with the second member 22.
Furthermore, the fluid filling device further includes a switch mechanism 7, and the switch mechanism 7 includes an abutting portion 71, a rotation member 72 and a stepped structure 75. The abutting portion 71 is protrudingly positioned on the axial rod 32, and the stepped structure 75 is disposed on the lid body 2. The stepped structure 75 includes at least one higher portion 751 and at least one lower portion 752 lower than the at least one higher portion 751 in an axial direction of the axial rod 32. The at least one higher portion 751 is located farther from the lid body 2 than the at least one lower portion 752. The rotation member 72 has a penetrating hole 73 disposed therethrough, and the axial rod 32 is axially and movably disposed through the penetrating hole 73. The rotation member 72 is located between the stepped structure 75 and the abutting portion 71, and the elastic member 4 urges the abutting portion 71 to be abutted against the rotation member 72. At least one urged portion 74 of the rotation member 72 is abutted against the stepped structure 75. In this embodiment, the abutting portion 71 is disposed on the quick-connecting unit 5, and the abutting portion 71 is disposed on an end of the quick-connecting unit 5. When the base 6 is connected with the quick-connecting unit 5, the abutting portion 71 is abutted against and between the connection portion 63 and the rotation member 72 in the axial direction of the axial rod 32.
Specifically, when the rotation member 72 is rotated relative to the axial rod 32 and the at least one urged portion 74 is moved toward the at least one higher portion 751, the plug head 31 is moved in a direction toward the lid body 2, and the elastic member 4 is compressed; the plug head 31 is spaced apart from the stepped portion of the opening portion 81, and the at least one engaging portion 221 is not engaged with the outer wall of the opening portion 81, as shown in figured 4. When the rotation member 72 is rotated relative to the axial rod 32 and the at least one urged portion 74 is moved toward the at least one lower portion 752, the plug body 3 is moved in a direction remote from the lid body 2, and the elastic member 4 is stretched; the plug head 31 is abutted against the stepped portion of the opening portion 81, and the at least one engaging portion 221 is engaged with the outer wall of the opening portion 81, as shown in
Before the covering unit 1 is assembled to the opening portion 81, the rotation member 72 is rotated to move the at least one urged portion 74 to the at least one higher portion 751 (the elastic member 4 is compressed); then the lid body 2 is covered on the opening portion 81 and the plug head 31 is disposed within the interior of the opening portion 81. Next, the rotation member 72 is loosen to allow the at least one urged portion 74 to be located at the at least one lower portion 752 (the elastic member 4 is stretched) so that the covering unit 1 is tightly positioned on the opening portion 81 via an elastic force of the elastic member 4.
In this embodiment, a number of the at least one urged portion 74 is two; a number of the at least one higher portion 751 is two; and a number of the at least one lower portion 752 is two. The stepped structure 75 further includes two protruding blocks 76, and the two protruding blocks 76 are spacingly arranged on the lid body 2 around the penetrating hole 73. The two protruding blocks 76 and the lid body 2 define two receiving portions 77. One end of each of the two protruding blocks 76 in a circumferential direction of the penetrating hole 73 has an inclined guide surface 761, another end of each of the two protruding blocks 76 in the circumferential direction has a blocking surface 762 so as to restrict an operational direction of the rotation member 72. A top surface of each of the two protruding blocks 76 in the axial rod 32 is defined as one said higher portion 751, and a bottom surface of each of the two receiving portions 77 is defined as one said lower portion 752.
Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
