US 12,455,042 B2
Connector of grease gun
Fu Tien Hung, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to King Cho Machinery Industrial Co., Ltd., Taichung (TW)
Filed by KING CHO MACHINERY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Taichung (TW)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/332,955.
Claims priority of application No. 112203592 (TW), filed on Apr. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353058 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. F16N 3/12 (2006.01); F16N 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16N 3/12 (2013.01) [F16N 21/02 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grease gun, comprising:
a body including a barrel and a mount, the barrel being configured for grease storage and the mount being mounted to one of two opposing longitudinal ends of the barrel;
a hose connected to the mount and a nozzle extending from one of two opposing ends of the hose;
a lever pivotably connected to the barrel; and
a connector connected to the mount and including a tubular part and a connection portion, wherein a diameter of the connection portion is lesser than a diameter of the tubular part, wherein a passage is formed through an inner section of the tubular part and a ball is movably located within the passage, and a stop piece is formed in the passage at a portion of the tubular part adjacently located to the mount for restricting the ball from dropping into the barrel whereby the ball directly and physically contacts the stop piece, wherein the stop piece is configured to allow fluid to pass between the passage and the barrel, the connection portion being formed at an end of the tubular part of the connector extending away from the mount, and the connection portion being formed with an inner channel fluidly coupled to the passage of the tubular part whereby pressurized air contained within the barrel is dischargeable external to the body and the connector via the passage and the inner channel and grease is insertable externally from the body and the connector into the barrel via the inner channel and the passage, and wherein the nozzle is removably connectable to the connection portion.