US 12,460,758 B2
Valve interconnector
Lambertus Van Der Heijden, Bunnick (NL); and Derk Reilink, Bosch en Duin (NL)
Assigned to DIVERSEY, INC., Fort Mill, SC (US)
Appl. No. 18/015,420
Filed by Diversey, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/040249
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/010768, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,202, filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0235840 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16L 37/113 (2006.01); B67D 7/34 (2010.01); B67D 7/36 (2010.01); F16L 37/252 (2006.01); F16L 37/35 (2006.01); F16L 37/40 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/113 (2013.01) [F16L 37/252 (2013.01); F16L 37/35 (2013.01); F16L 37/40 (2013.01); B67D 7/34 (2013.01); B67D 7/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve interconnector, suitable for use in combination with a receiver interconnector to couple a first hollow body associated to the valve interconnector to a second hollow body associated to the receiver interconnector, comprising:
a neck having an external surface and being configured to be secured to the first hollow body, and
a base cap comprising an exterior tube portion covering at least a portion of the external surface of the neck,
wherein the valve interconnector is provided with a selector operative between the neck and the exterior tube portion of the base cap and configured for assuming at least a first position and a second position, in the first position the base cap being prevented from being axially released from the neck, in the second position the base cap being enabled to be axially released from the neck,
wherein the selector comprises:
a plurality of first ribs radially protruding from the external surface of the neck;
a plurality of first interruptions, each first interruption being interposed between any couple of consecutive first ribs;
a plurality of second ribs radially protruding from the internal surface of the exterior tube portion of the base cap; and
a plurality of second interruptions, each second interruption being interposed between any couple of consecutive second ribs, the second ribs being arranged at a lower height than the first ribs; and
wherein the exterior tube portion of the base cap and the neck are secured to each other with ability of relative rotation about a central axis, and wherein the selector is configured to be toggled from the first position to the second position when the exterior tube portion of the base cap is rotated about the central axis of a predetermined angle.