US2010012221A1PendingUtilityA1
Water refilling assembly for hydro pack
Est. expiryJul 17, 2028(~2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Chien-Ping Lien
B65D 75/5877A45F 3/20C02F 1/002A45F 3/04C02F 1/283C02F 1/505C02F 2303/02
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Abstract
A hydro pack includes a water bag with a handle on a top end thereof and a outlet frame is located on a lower end of the water bag. A connection member is connected with the outlet frame and a hose with semi-circular cross section is connected to the connection member. The other end of the hose is connected with a female unit. A universal mouth piece assembly, a bottle water connector, a faucet connector, a filtering unit and a suction unit each have a male part which is optionally connected with the female unit so as to conveniently and quick refill clean water in the water bag.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A hydro pack comprising:
a water bag ( 4 ) having a handle ( 43 ) on a top end thereof and an outlet frame ( 41 ) located on a lower end of the water bag ( 4 ), a connection member ( 42 ) connected with the outlet frame ( 41 ) and a hose ( 420 ) having one end connected to the outlet frame ( 41 ) and the other end of the hose ( 420 ) connected with a female unit ( 5 ), the female unit ( 5 ) including a female part ( 51 ), a locking member ( 52 ) and a valve unit ( 53 ), the female part ( 51 ) including a tubular portion ( 512 ) and a toothed tube ( 511 ) connected to an end of the tubular portion ( 512 ) and a connection slot ( 513 ) defined in the other end of the tubular portion ( 512 ), the hose ( 420 ) connected to the toothed tube ( 511 ) and the locking member ( 52 ) inserted into the connection slot ( 513 ), two engaging holes ( 5131 ) located in two ends of the connection slot ( 513 ); the locking member ( 52 ) including a locking ring ( 521 ) and a press plate ( 522 ) extending transversely from the locking ring ( 521 ), a biasing plate ( 523 ) extending from the locking ring ( 521 ) and located opposite to the press plate ( 522 ), two hooks ( 524 ) extending from the locking ring ( 521 ) and the biasing plate ( 523 ) located between the two hooks ( 524 ), a guide inclined surface ( 5211 ) defined in a side of the locking ring ( 521 ), the locking member ( 52 ) inserted into the connection slot ( 513 ) and the two hooks ( 524 ) engaged with the engaging holes ( 5131 ), the biasing plate ( 523 ) biasing an inside of the connection slot ( 513 ); the valve unit ( 53 ) including a tapered valve ( 531 ), a seal ring ( 532 ) and a spring ( 533 ), the tapered valve ( 531 ) having a groove ( 5311 ) in one end thereof and the seal ring ( 532 ) engaged with the groove ( 5311 ), the spring ( 533 ) mounted to the tapered valve ( 531 ) and contacting a flange on the other end of the tapered valve ( 531 ) so as to seal an opening in the tubular portion ( 512 ) by the seal ring ( 532 ), and a universal mouth piece assembly ( 6 ), a bottle water connector ( 7 ), a faucet connector ( 8 ), a filtering unit ( 9 ) and a suction unit ( 10 ) each have a male part ( 61 / 71 / 81 / 932 / 101 ) which is optionally connected with the female unit ( 5 ), the male part ( 61 / 71 / 81 / 932 / 101 ) including a tubular body and a groove ( 611 / 711 / 811 ) defined in an end thereof, a seal ring ( 6110 / 75 / 812 ) engaged with the groove ( 611 / 711 / 811 ), an engaging recess ( 612 / 712 / 813 ) defined in the other end of the male part ( 61 / 71 / 81 / 932 / 101 ), the male part ( 61 / 71 / 81 / 932 / 101 ) inserted into the tubular portion ( 512 ) of the female part ( 51 ) and the seal ring ( 6110 / 75 / 812 ) sealing the inner periphery of the tubular portion ( 512 ) of the female part ( 51 ), the locking member ( 52 ) engaged with the engaging recess ( 612 / 712 / 813 ).
2 . The hydro pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the handle ( 43 ) includes a clamp slot ( 431 ) defined in an underside thereof which includes a guide opening 4311 in one end and a closed end through which a through hole ( 4312 ) is defined, a rod ( 435 ) is clamped in the clamp slot ( 431 ) and has two connection parts ( 4352 ) on one end thereof, the connection parts ( 4352 ) are movably and rotatably engaged with the through hole ( 4312 ), multiple ribs ( 4351 ) are formed on the other end of the rod ( 435 ), the rod ( 435 ) includes an axial ridge ( 4353 ) extending from an outer surface thereof and the axial ridge ( 4353 ) is located corresponding to an elongate slit ( 4313 ) defined between two parts of the clamp slot ( 431 ), two first transverse ridges ( 4354 ) on the rod ( 435 ) contacting two respective lower insides of the two parts of the clamp slot ( 431 ), two second transverse ridges ( 4355 ) on the rod ( 435 ) contacting two respective mediate insides of the two parts of the clamp slot ( 431 ), two third transverse ridges ( 4356 ) on the rod ( 435 ) contacting two respective upper insides of the two parts of the clamp slot ( 431 ), the two respective lower insides of the two parts of the clamp slot ( 431 ) are located right above the elongate slit ( 4313 ), the water bag ( 4 ) having an open end ( 40 ) which is bent and inserted into a gap between the rod ( 435 ) and the two parts of the clamp slot ( 431 ), the handle ( 43 ) includes a grip holes ( 432 ) and two clamp holes ( 433 ) with which the hose ( 420 ) is engaged.
3 . The hydro pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outlet frame ( 41 ) includes a connection plate ( 411 ) which is fixed to the water bag ( 4 ) and a tubular portion ( 412 ) extends from the connection plate ( 411 ), a cylindrical valve ( 413 ) is inserted into the tubular portion ( 412 ) of the outlet frame ( 41 ), a seal ring ( 414 ) is engaged with a groove ( 4131 ) defined in an end of the cylindrical valve ( 413 ) and a flange extends radailly outward from the other end of the cylindrical valve ( 413 ), a spring ( 415 ) is mounted to the cylindrical valve ( 413 ) and contacts the flange of the cylindrical valve ( 413 ) so as to seal an inner periphery of the tubular portion ( 412 ) by the seal ring ( 414 ), a press plate ( 416 ) is mounted to the tubular portion ( 412 ) and a spring ( 417 ) is biased between the press plate ( 416 ) and the tubular portion ( 412 ), a C-shaped engaging portion ( 4161 ) extends from the press plate ( 416 ) and overlaps on an opening of the tubular portion ( 412 ), the connection member ( 42 ) has one end inserted into the tubular portion ( 412 ) via the C-shaped engaging portion ( 4161 ) and the opening of the tubular portion ( 412 ), and a seal ring ( 422 ) engaged with a groove ( 421 ) defined in the connection member ( 42 ), an engaging recess ( 423 ) is defined in the connection member ( 42 ) and the C-shaped engaging portion ( 4161 ) is engaged with the engaging recess ( 423 ), the connection member ( 42 ) has a toothed tube ( 424 ) which is connected with the hose ( 420 ).
4 . The hydro pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the universal mouth piece assembly ( 6 ) includes the male part ( 61 ) at a lower end thereof and a first pivotable member ( 62 ) is connected to the male part ( 61 ), the first pivotable member ( 62 ) has a mouth piece unit ( 63 ) which includes a body ( 631 ), a spring ( 632 ), a collar ( 633 ), a seal member ( 634 ), a mouth piece ( 635 ), a seal ring ( 636 ) and a seal ring ( 637 ), the body ( 631 ) has a reception tube ( 6311 ) and the mouth piece ( 635 ) is mounted to the reception tube ( 6311 ), the spring ( 632 ) is located at an inner end of the reception tube ( 6311 ) biases the seal member ( 634 ) which has a seal ring ( 636 ) mounted to a first end thereof, a plurality of notches ( 6341 ) are defined in an outer surface thereof and a seal end ( 6342 ) is connected to a second end of the seal member ( 634 ), the collar ( 633 ) is engaged with the reception tube ( 6311 ) and the first end of the seal member ( 634 ) is inserted into the collar ( 633 ), the seal end ( 6342 ) removably seals an outlet ( 6351 ) in the mouth piece ( 635 ), the body ( 631 ) has a pivotable member ( 6312 ) connected to and located opposite to the reception tube ( 6311 ), the pivotable member ( 6312 ) communicates with an interior of the body ( 631 ) and the reception member ( 6312 ), a connection tube ( 63121 ) extends from a side of the pivotable member ( 6312 ) and a seal ring ( 637 ) is mounted to the connection tube ( 63121 ), the first pivotable member ( 62 ) has an insertion hole ( 621 ) and a chamber ( 622 ) communicates with a side of the insertion hole ( 621 ), the chamber ( 622 ) includes a connection hole ( 6221 ) and a cover ( 623 ) is mounted to an opening of the chamber ( 622 ), the chamber ( 622 ) communicates with an interior of the first pivotable member ( 62 ), the reception member ( 6312 ) is rotatably inserted into the insertion hole ( 621 ) and the connection tube ( 63121 ) is engaged with the connection hole ( 6221 ) so that the first pivotable member ( 62 ) and the mouth piece unit ( 63 ) are connected to each other, the mouth piece unit ( 63 ) is pivotable about an axis of the connection tube ( 63121 ) and the first pivotable member ( 62 ) is connected with the male part ( 61 ) so that the first pivotable member ( 62 ) is pivotable about an axis of the male part ( 61 ).
5 . The hydro pack as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a cap unit ( 60 ) is connected to the mouth piece unit ( 63 ) and includes a ring ( 601 ) and a cap ( 603 ), a connection strip ( 602 ) is connected between the ring ( 601 ) and the cap ( 603 ).
6 . The hydro pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bottle water connector ( 7 ) is connected with the male part ( 71 ) and a water inlet bowl ( 721 ) is connected to the male part ( 71 ), an air inlet bowl ( 732 ) is mounted to the water inlet bowl ( 721 ) and a tube ( 7321 ) is connected to the air inlet bowl ( 732 ), an adapter ( 74 ) is connected to the tube ( 7321 ) and includes multiple fitting ribs ( 742 ) which form a tapered outer surface so as to be cooperated with water bottles ( 110 ) of different sizes, the water inlet bowl ( 721 ) has a plurality of positioning recesses ( 7211 ) defined in an inner periphery thereof, a flexible disk ( 722 ) is connected to the air inlet bowl ( 732 ) which has multiple positioning blocks ( 7233 ) which are engaged with the positioning recesses ( 7211 ), multiple apertures ( 7232 ) are defined through the positioning disk ( 723 ).
7 . The hydro pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the faucet connector ( 8 ) includes an adapter ( 82 ) and the male part ( 81 ), a hose ( 83 ) is connected between a toothed tube ( 8211 ) of the adapter ( 82 ) and a toothed tube ( 814 ) of the male part ( 81 ), the adapter ( 82 ) includes a bowl-shaped body ( 821 ) and a connection groove ( 8212 ) is defined in an outer periphery thereof, a fitting ring ( 822 is mounted to the bowl-shaped body ( 821 ) and engaged with the connection groove ( 8212 , the fitting ring ( 822 has an opening ( 8221 ) with which a faucet is connected.
8 . The hydro pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the filtering unit ( 9 ) includes a top cover ( 91 ), a seal ring ( 92 ), a bottom cover ( 93 ), a ceramic filtering member ( 94 ) and a filtering net ( 95 ), the top cover ( 91 ) is connected with a female part ( 911 ) which has a tubular portion ( 9111 ) and the tubular portion ( 9111 ) communicates with an inlet ( 912 ) of the top cover ( 91 ), the tubular portion ( 9111 ) has a connection slot ( 9112 ) and a locking member ( 96 ) is inserted into the connection slot ( 9112 ), the top cover ( 91 ) has a filtering chamber ( 913 ) defined therein and an outer thread ( 914 ) is defined in an outer surface of the top cover ( 91 ), the ceramic filtering member ( 94 is received in the filtering chamber ( 913 ) and active carbon particles ( 941 ) are received in the ceramic filtering member ( 94 ), the seal ring ( 92 ) seals the filtering chamber ( 913 ) and has an outlet ( 921 ) on which the filtering net ( 95 ) is mounted, Zinc-Copper powders ( 951 ) are received in the filtering net ( 95 ), the bottom cover ( 93 ) has an inner thread ( 931 ) which is threadedly connected with the outer thread ( 914 ) of the top cover ( 91 ), the bottom cover ( 93 ) presses the seal ring ( 92 ) and is connected with the male part ( 932 ).
9 . The hydro pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the suction unit ( 10 ) includes a suction head ( 102 ), a body ( 103 ) and a rotary disk ( 104 ), the suction head ( 102 ) includes a plurality of slats ( 1021 ) and a passage ( 1022 ) is defined through a center of the slats ( 1021 ), a net ( 1023 ) is located between the slats ( 1021 ), the suction head ( 102 ) includes a toothed tube ( 1024 ) so as to be connected with a hose ( 100 ), the body( 103 ) includes a back board ( 1031 ), a restriction member ( 1032 ) and a band ( 10316 ), the back board ( 1031 ) is an n-shaped board and has a pin hole ( 10311 ) defined through a center thereof, two side panels ( 10313 ) are connected on two sides of the back board ( 1031 ) and each side panel ( 10313 ) has a locking slit ( 10314 ), the restriction member ( 1032 ) is located at a lower end of the back board ( 1031 ), two clips ( 10323 ) are connected on two ends of the restriction member ( 1032 ), each clip ( 10323 ) includes a rail ( 10321 ) and a hook ( 10322 ) formed therein, the rails ( 10321 ) are engaged with the locking slits ( 10314 ) and the hooks ( 10322 ) hook on the side panels ( 10313 ), two tie holes ( 10312 ) are formed on a rear side of the back board ( 1031 ) and two ends of the band ( 10316 ) are tied with the tie holes ( 10312 ), the rotary disk ( 104 ) is a circular disk and has a pin hole ( 1041 ) defined centrally therethrough which is located corresponding to the pin hole ( 10311 ) in the back board ( 1031 ), a pin ( 1042 ) extends through the two pin holes ( 10311 , 1041 ), a semi-circular groove ( 1043 ) is defined in an outer periphery of the rotary disk ( 104 ) and the hose ( 100 ) is located between the semi-circular groove ( 1043 ) and the back board ( 1031 ), two ends of the hose ( 100 ) are engaged with the two clips ( 10323 ), an outlet end of the hose ( 100 ) is connected with the male part ( 101 ), two recesses ( 1044 ) are defined in the rotary disk ( 104 ) and two rollers ( 1045 ) are rotatably received in the recesses ( 1044 ) by two pins ( 1046 ), a gap is defined between the rollers ( 1045 ) and the side panels ( 10313 ), the hose ( 100 ) is narrowed in the gap, a handle base ( 1047 ) is connected to the rotary disk ( 104 ) and a biasing plate ( 10471 ) is located in the handle base ( 1047 ), a handle ( 1048 ) has one end pivotably connected to the handle base ( 1047 ) and a pivot ( 10481 ) extends from the other end of the handle ( 1048 ) so as to be connected with a knob ( 1049 ).
10 . The hydro pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hose ( 420 ) has a semi-circular cross section.Cited by (0)
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