Epoxy syringe storage clip
View Patent ↗A dispensing system for simultaneously dispensing a plurality of reactive materials. The system includes a multiple-barreled syringe having at least two barrels joined by a flange and containing respective different reactive materials. Parallel plungers joined by a flange force sealing members through the barrels to discharge the materials. A static mixer element having an applicator attaches to the syringe, and a means for re-sealing the syringe for subsequent use is provided. A sliding clip engaging a complementary shape removably fixes a loose static mixer element to the syringe, reducing the risk of misplacement and loss.
1. A dispensing system for simultaneously dispensing a plurality of reactive materials, comprising:
a syringe body having a plurality of barrels with opposing first and second ends and at least a first and second fixing elements mounted distal to the first end of the syringe body, each barrel having an interior volume fluidly connected to an outlet adjacent the first end, the barrels being joined at the second ends by a flange;
a plurality of parallel plungers, each plunger having a sealing member mounted at a first end and disposed within a barrel interior volume, each plunger joined to the others by a flange at a second end, wherein manual pressure may be applied by a user to the flange to force the sealing members through the barrels to discharge compositions from the barrels;
a static mixer including a connecting element integral to the mixer, an inlet attachable to the syringe outlet, an outlet, a fluid pathway between the inlet and the outlet and a mixing element in the fluid pathway, the mixer having a first use position where the mixer inlet is fluidly coupled to the syringe body outlet and a second storage position where the mixer inlet is displaced from the syringe outlet and the connecting element attaches to one of said fixing elements and
a plug for selectively sealing the syringe body outlet, the plug including a connecting element integral with the plug, the plug having a first use position sealingly attached to the syringe outlet and a second storage position where the plug is displaced from the outlet and the connecting element attaches to one of said fixing elements to removably fix the plug to the syringe body.
2. The system of claim 1 comprising a tab frangibly attached to the syringe body to seal the syringe body outlet, the tab being removable.
3. The system of claim 1 further comprising a first composition in one syringe barrel and a second composition in another syringe barrel, wherein the first and second compositions can be mixed to form a curable composition.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the first and second fixing elements are mounted adjacent the syringe body flange.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the first and second fixing elements comprise a shape and the static mixer connecting element and plug connecting element each comprise a complementary shape slidingly engageable with one fixing element shape.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein each fixing element comprises a tongue or groove, the static mixer connecting element comprises a complementary shape selectively engageable with one fixing element; and the plug connecting element comprises a complementary shape selectively engageable with one of the fixing elements.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the fixing elements comprise a T shape projecting from the syringe body adjacent the syringe body flange; the static mixer connecting element defines a T shaped groove selectively engageable with one of the fixing elements to removably fix the static mixer to the syringe body in the storage position; and the plug connecting element comprises a T shaped groove selectively engageable with one of the fixing elements to removably fix the plug to the syringe in the storage position.