US 12,077,423 B2
Dual-mode fluid connector having rotatable element
Yu-Min Lee, New Taipei (TW); and Wu-Chou Kuo, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to BOTRISTA, INC., Kent County, DE (US)
Filed by Botrista, Inc., Kent County, DE (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,075.
Application 18/375,075 is a division of application No. 17/467,960, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,814,280.
Application 17/467,960 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/218,314, filed on Mar. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,597,642, issued on Mar. 7, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,621, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,217, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025721 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B67D 1/07 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/07 (2013.01) [B67D 1/1277 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dual-mode fluid connector (150), comprising:
a hollow connecting element (310), comprising a chamber (411) inside the hollow connecting element (310);
a material tube (322), positioned on the hollow connecting element (310) and connected through the chamber (411);
a cleaning tube (324), positioned on the hollow connecting element (310) and connected through the chamber (411);
a head portion (330), positioned on one terminal of the hollow connecting element (310) and comprising a connecting opening (431), wherein the connecting opening (431) is connected through the chamber (411) and capable of being detachably connected to a material container (130);
a rear portion (340), positioned on another terminal of the hollow connecting element (310) and comprising a through hole (441);
a rod (360), inserted into the chamber (411) via the through hole (441) and comprising a rod head (461) and an outer flange (467); and
a rotatable element (380), covered on the rear portion (340) and comprising a block portion (489), wherein the block portion (489) is positioned in an interior of the rotatable element (380) and arranged to operably engage with the outer flange (467).