US3297241A - Device for pressing in air into inflatable objects, e. g. air mattresses - Google Patents

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US3297241A
US3297241A US510232A US51023265A US3297241A US 3297241 A US3297241 A US 3297241A US 510232 A US510232 A US 510232A US 51023265 A US51023265 A US 51023265A US 3297241 A US3297241 A US 3297241A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/08—Fluid mattresses
    • A47C27/081—Fluid mattresses of pneumatic type
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M16/00—Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. ventilators; Tracheal tubes
    • A61M16/0057—Pumps therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C9/00—Life-saving in water
    • B63C9/08—Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/20—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
    • E04H15/324—Beds constituted by the tent supporting means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B45/00—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04B45/02—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids having bellows
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/20—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure
    • E04H2015/208—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure with inflatable mattresses

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  • the present invention has for its purpose to overcome the drawbacks described in the aforegoing and has reference to a device for rendering possible a quicker and more comfortable inflation of inflatable objects of low pressure type such as air mattresses, rubber boats, tents, garages, pontoons, bathing toys and the like, but could also be used for other purposes which will be described more in detail in the following.
  • the main feature of the invention is to be seen in a chamber with a mouth-piece, said chamber being arranged in a corner of a bag comprising an air-tight material, said chamber being separated from the space in the interior of the bag by means of a partition, this partition being provided with a closable opening.
  • the separating partition could in the simplest embodiment of the invention comprise a welded seam between the walls of the bag and the clamping device for closing the opening in the partition may comprise two plastic disks formed in a suitable manner and attached over the opening, said disks adapted to be pressed against the other so as to close the opening.
  • This device makes it possible to take full advantage of the rather great air quantity which is disposable in the bag by using a mouth-piece area of at least 3-4 cm. which makes it possible for the air to be pressed without difliculty from the bag to the air mattress. Further, the desired final pressure is obtained in some few moments at the use of the separate chamber. Beside the high efficiency and the high operation safety the device according to the invention gives by means of its simple construction low manufacture costs.
  • the mouth-piece is provided with a tightening device, such as a screw plug or the like for closing the air intake of the bag and if the opening end of the bag is hermetically closed by means of a clamping means the invention can be used also for other purposes than in- 3,297,241 Patented Jan. 10, 1967 flating inflatable objects.
  • a bag filled with air according to the invention, closed at the opening end as Well as at the air outlet, could namelyin small boats be used as life-saving rafts. In filled condition and when stowed away e.g. in the stem portion of a boat, it could increase the floating power of the boat in such a way that the boat at a shipwreck be prevented to sink.
  • the bag can with advantage be filled with equipment which is sensitive to water and then be filled with air and closed. The equipment will then not be damaged by water breaking in over the boat and not either in case the bag should fall overboard or not even at shipwreck as such a bag then would float with the equipment on the water.
  • the device may in other connections be used for life rescuing.
  • the mouth-to-mouth-method which is used on persons having paralyzed respiratory organs can be replaced by the device according to the invention.
  • the mouth-piece which in this case should be of special construction fitting the purpose in question is inserted in the mouth of the person having the paralyzed respiratory organs and by exposing the air-filled bag to a pressure at regular intervals there is obtained a well measured dosage of the air to the rescued person.
  • FIG. 1 shows a device during the filling of the bag with air
  • FIG. 2 shows the bag ready for use
  • FIG. 3 shows the bag with the air intake and the opening end in closed positions
  • FIG. 4 shows a clamping device for closing the opening between the smaller chamber and the rest of the space in the bag.
  • the bag which is manufactured from soft synthetic resin (plastics) or another preferably airtight and foldable material has been denoted with 1 and the small chamber with 2.
  • the clamping device which is preferably provided with two springing arms for closing the opening in the partition between the chamber 2 and the rest of the space in the bag has been denoted 3 and the mouth-piece at its bottom with 4.
  • the mouthpiece 4 which preferably is manufactured from synthetic resin comprises a tube piece provided with screw threads which tube by means of welding can be attached to the wall of the chamber 2.
  • the air filled bag is held by one hand in erect position whereas the hand encloses the lightly twisted material at the opening end of the bag, and with the thumb and the index of the other hand the arms of the clamping device 3 are clamped together.
  • the chamber 2 is compressed by a downwards directed movement of this hand whereby the air is pressed out through the mouth-piece 4.
  • the air pressure in the air mattress increases thus continuously.
  • the chamber 2 is refilled with air from the remaining space in the bag. Only some 'few compressions of the chamber 2 are required also when there is a question of inflation of rather great objects with a required positive pressure and thereby to give them the desired stability.
  • clamping means 6 should be of such a nature as to be easy and comfortable to arrange in such a way that it encloses the opening end of the bag (see FIG. 3) and which also easily and comfortably can be removed from the bag for rendering possible a filling of the bag.
  • the clamping means is with advantage manufactured from a synthetic resin of such a specific gravity that it floats on water.
  • the bag 1 when provided with a clamping means 6 for closing the opening end can be used for other purposes than for a pressing in of air into inflatable objects. In such a case the tube piece 4 must, however, be closed. As obvious from FIG. 3 there is for this purpose with advantage used a screw cap 7. In this 'way there is thus obtained a hermetically closed air-filled bag 1 which has a good floating ability and which for this reason can be used either alone or together with a number of similar bags which are interconnected by means of a rope or the like as a raft or a pontoon.
  • a device for pressing air into inflatable objects comprising a rectangular bag of air-tight material normally open at one end, said bag having a diagonal partition adjacent one closed corner of said bag forming a chamber, a mouth-piece arranged in the wall of said chamber. and a closable valved opening provided in said partition.

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US3506378A (en) * 1969-05-02 1970-04-14 Robert M L Lindquist Method and apparatus for moving fluids
US5230611A (en) * 1992-09-25 1993-07-27 Shelton Billy R Inflator device
US5297944A (en) * 1992-07-07 1994-03-29 Survival Resources, Inc. Inflatable pump and article
US5827052A (en) * 1996-12-02 1998-10-27 Team Worldwide Corporation Air pump
GB2350409A (en) * 1999-05-26 2000-11-29 Steven John Culverwell Storage bag for use as a low pressure inflation device
US6296459B1 (en) * 2000-02-15 2001-10-02 Intex Recreation Corp. Electric air pump having multiple impellers and method
US9395007B2 (en) 2013-01-28 2016-07-19 Windcatcher Technology LLC Inflation valve allowing for rapid inflation and deflation of an inflatable object
US10640186B2 (en) * 2018-01-30 2020-05-05 Goodrich Corporation Inflation device and method of use
USD917931S1 (en) * 2018-04-20 2021-05-04 Dbs-Raymond Outdoor & Tourism Business Investment (Uk) Limited Air mattresses
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US2812525A (en) * 1956-05-04 1957-11-12 Davis Products Inc Air pump
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US2068134A (en) * 1934-08-16 1937-01-19 Houghton William Henry Inflatable bed or mattress and the like
US2372218A (en) * 1941-07-25 1945-03-27 Frank G Manson Pneumatic mattress
US2423890A (en) * 1945-11-08 1947-07-15 Us Rubber Co Collapsible inflating device
US2812525A (en) * 1956-05-04 1957-11-12 Davis Products Inc Air pump
US3042941A (en) * 1959-01-20 1962-07-10 Hampshire Mfg Corp Inflatable mattress
US3133696A (en) * 1962-02-19 1964-05-19 Holiday Line Inc Pump

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US3456873A (en) * 1967-11-02 1969-07-22 Robert M L Lindquist Method and apparatus for moving fluids
US3506378A (en) * 1969-05-02 1970-04-14 Robert M L Lindquist Method and apparatus for moving fluids
US5297944A (en) * 1992-07-07 1994-03-29 Survival Resources, Inc. Inflatable pump and article
US5230611A (en) * 1992-09-25 1993-07-27 Shelton Billy R Inflator device
USRE37983E1 (en) * 1996-12-02 2003-02-11 Team Worldwide Corporation Air pump
US5827052A (en) * 1996-12-02 1998-10-27 Team Worldwide Corporation Air pump
GB2350409A (en) * 1999-05-26 2000-11-29 Steven John Culverwell Storage bag for use as a low pressure inflation device
US6296459B1 (en) * 2000-02-15 2001-10-02 Intex Recreation Corp. Electric air pump having multiple impellers and method
US9395007B2 (en) 2013-01-28 2016-07-19 Windcatcher Technology LLC Inflation valve allowing for rapid inflation and deflation of an inflatable object
US9709183B2 (en) 2013-01-28 2017-07-18 Windcatcher Technology LLC Inflation valve allowing for rapid inflation and deflation of an inflatable object
US11564479B2 (en) * 2017-10-17 2023-01-31 Bestway Inflatables & Material Corp. Inflation system and device
US10640186B2 (en) * 2018-01-30 2020-05-05 Goodrich Corporation Inflation device and method of use
USD917931S1 (en) * 2018-04-20 2021-05-04 Dbs-Raymond Outdoor & Tourism Business Investment (Uk) Limited Air mattresses

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