Patents Assigned to Air-Kare, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5034040
    Abstract: The specification discloses a storage tank dehydration apparatus for connection to the air inlet pipe of the tank, having a polymeric quick connect coupling with a through passage and threads at the upper portion thereof, threadably attached to the air inlet pipe. The lower portion of the coupling has an axial female cavity with pivotal cam lock levers at the exterior of the coupling, and cam surfaces extendable into the female cavity to engage a peripheral groove on the neck at the upper end of a molded polymeric bottle. The bottle has an internal chamber for desiccant, the chamber being defined by a smooth, polymeric wall. Near the bottom of the bottle are air inlet ports and a lower liquid drain outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Air-Kare, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Walcott, Clarence C. Lubberts, Robert E. Terpstra