Patents Assigned to Otto K. Henke
  • Patent number: 4412568
    Abstract: A fill valve, or aspirator, which is adapted to be connected to a superatmospheric pressure source, such as helium, and which is capable of intermixing at least two fluids in intimate fashion, wherein in one embodiment, actuation of a slide-like member allows introduction of a second fluid, for example, ambient atmosphere, so that ambient atmosphere is drawn into the fill valve by reason of a venturi effect due to the interior configuration of the fill valve so that an air and helium mixture may be obtained. The fill valve ideally, in the most efficacious embodiment may be utilized for filling inflatable members with a combination of air and helium so as to decrease the cost of the fluid for inflating the inflatable article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: Otto K. Henke
    Inventor: Richard E. Hughes