US 11,945,614 B2
Sealant cartridge air release apparatus and methods
Paul Kuchinski, Valley Village, CA (US); Ralph Roppo, Snohomish, WA (US); and Oscar Santillan, Camarillo, CA (US)
Assigned to PRC-DESOTO INTERNATIONAL, INC., Sylmar, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/609,432
Filed by PRC-DESOTO International, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/031872
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/227529, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/844,950, filed on May 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219844 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 3/10 (2006.01); B65B 3/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 3/18 (2013.01) [B65B 3/10 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealant cartridge press fixture comprising:
a bracket comprising a first side arm and a second side arm structured and arranged to receive a sealant cartridge therebetween, and a transverse support bar connected to the first and second side arms structured and arranged for attachment to a sealant filling nozzle; and
an air pressure cylinder mounted on the bracket comprising a reciprocating piston rod structured and arranged to contact and deform a sidewall of the sealant cartridge when the piston rod is extended from the air pressure cylinder.