Coating implements with material supply – Projectable and retractable tool – Manually reciprocable sleeve
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-27
2001-03-27
Huson, Gregory L. (Department: 3751)
Coating implements with material supply
Projectable and retractable tool
Manually reciprocable sleeve
C401S107000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206598
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to capping devices for covering and sealing an end of an object. The object may include a dispensing and/or suction device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Dispensing and/or suction devices commonly include a capping device for covering and sealing an end of a dispensing and/or suction element. Related art may include caps for writing instruments such as pens, covers applied to straws for drinking a liquid, caps for needles, etc. Generally, the caps are not attached to the dispensing and/or suction device and can be easily misplaced. For example, when a cap for a felt tip pen is lost, the fluid supplied to the writing tip evaporates and the tip becomes dry and may no longer write. When a removable cap is missing from a hypodermic needle, the exposed needle can puncture a person other than the user, and may result in the spread of an infectious disease. A loose cap may also present a danger to a child if the child swallows the cap. The cap may block the air passage of the child and cause breathing difficulties.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to overcome the above deficiencies, the present invention provides a capping device for covering the end of an object. The object may be a dispensing and/or suction device. The capping device includes a cap that is an internal integral part of a housing of the capping device.
The present invention generally provides a capping device comprising:
a housing;
a cap attached within the housing for covering an end of an object;
an actuating apparatus for moving the object from a first location outside the housing to a second location within the cap, wherein the cap is offset from the first location.
The present invention generally provides a method for capping comprising:
providing a cap within a housing;
retracting an end of the object from a first location to a second location within the housing;
rotating the end of the object into a position for capping; and
extending the end of the object into the cap. The present invention provides a method comprising:
providing a cap within a housing;
retracting an end of the object from a first location outside the housing to a second location within the housing;
tilting the end of the object to a position for capping; and
extending the end of the object into the cap.
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Johnson Samuel V.
Sidell Neil
deVore Peter
Huson Gregory L.
Schmeiser Olsen & Watts
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