US 11,725,752 B2
Male connector holder for automatic chemical supply apparatus
Yong Ik Song, Anseong-si (KR); Hee Bong Chae, Anseong-si (KR); Jin Woo Lee, Anseong-si (KR); Hyung Kyu Seo, Pyeongtaek-si (KR); Jae Won Lee, Pyeongtaek-si (KR); and Hyun Soo Jang, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Assigned to STI CO., LTD., Anseong-si (KR)
Filed by STI CO., LTD., Anseong-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,746.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0007971 (KR), filed on Jan. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0228689 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 3/24 (2006.01); B67D 7/02 (2010.01); F16L 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/24 (2013.01) [B67D 7/0288 (2013.01); F16L 3/1075 (2013.01); F16L 2201/10 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A male connector holder for an automatic chemical supply apparatus, in which, in order to supply a chemical between a chemical tank and a chemical storage tank connected to each other, a male connector is transferred in a front-rear direction by a transfer unit in a state in which a flange coupled to the male connector is seated so that the male connector and a female connector are connected to each other, the male connector holder comprising:
a lower stage moved in the front-rear direction by the transfer unit;
an upper stage which is provided on the lower stage and on which the flange coupled to the male connector is seated; and
a rail that extends in the front-rear direction and is provided between the lower stage and the upper stage,
wherein the upper stage is moved in the front-rear direction along the rail on the lower stage, and
wherein the lower stage includes a location sensor that provides location information of the lower stage in the front-rear direction.