US 12,428,326 B2
Inline end engaging system
Eric Barton, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Jeffrey D Johnson, Edina, MN (US); and Darrin M Swagel, Minnetonka, MN (US)
Assigned to King Technology, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed by King Technology Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,524.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/360,214, filed on Sep. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083720 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. C02F 1/68 (2023.01); C02F 103/42 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/685 (2013.01) [C02F 2103/42 (2013.01); C02F 2201/006 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inline cartridge carrier comprising:
a skeleton housing having a top end and a bottom end with a cartridge cradle therebetween, the cartridge cradle sufficiently large to hold at least one cartridge dispenser therein;
a cartridge connector in the cartridge cradle, the cartridge connector comprising a key for engaging a mating keyway in a cartridge dispenser while preventing engagement of a cartridge dispenser without a mating keyway; and
a further connector located on the bottom end of the skeleton housing for engaging an end of a further cartridge dispenser to support the further cartridge dispenser outside of the cartridge cradle,
wherein the further connector comprises a further key, the further key comprising a geometrical shape cantileverly extending from the bottom end of the skeleton housing.