Patent ID: 11906220
Assignee: NU-CALGON WHOLESALER, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An injector for servicing a refrigerant system, the injector comprising:
a reconfigurable container having an outlet, the reconfigurable container being selectively configurable in either of a first container configuration and a second container configuration different than the first container configuration;
wherein in each of the first container configuration and the second container configuration the outlet of the reconfigurable container is configured to be fluidly connected to the refrigerant system such that the injector can discharge treatment fluid through the outlet into the refrigerant system;
wherein the reconfigurable container comprises an outlet end wall, an inlet end wall, and a side wall extending circumferentially about an axis from the outlet end wall to the inlet end wall;
wherein the side wall comprises a reconfigurable side wall assembly configured to be selectively and detachably assembled between the outlet end wall and the inlet end wall in a plurality of different configurations to define the side wall;
wherein the reconfigurable side wall assembly comprises first, second, and third side wall components, each of the first, second, and third side wall components configured to extend circumferentially about the axis and each of the first, second, and third side wall components having a respective fillable length along the axis;
wherein the first side wall component has a first end portion configured to couple to the outlet end wall and an opposite second end portion configured to threadably and detachably couple to the inlet end wall;
wherein each of the second side wall component and the third side wall component has a respective first end portion and a respective second end portion, wherein the first end portion of each of the second side wall component and the third side wall component is configured to threadably and detachably couple to the second end portion of any of the first side wall component or the second end portion of the other of the of the second side wall component and the third side wall component and wherein the second end portion of each of the second side wall component and the third side wall component is further configured to threadably and detachably couple to the outlet end wall;
wherein the first, second, and third side wall components are selectively configurable in any of first, second, third, and fourth side wall configurations, each of the first, second, third, and fourth side wall configurations defining a different fillable volume,
wherein in the first side wall configuration the first end portion of the first side wall component is coupled to the outlet end wall and the second end portion of the first side wall component is threadably and detachably coupled to the inlet end wall;
wherein in the second side wall configuration, the first end portion of the first side wall component is coupled to the outlet end wall, the first end portion of the second side wall component is threadably and detachably coupled to the second end portion of the first side wall component, and the second end portion of the second side wall component is threadably and detachably coupled to the inlet end wall;
wherein in the third side wall configuration, the first end portion of the first side wall component is coupled to the outlet end wall, the first end portion of the third side wall component is threadably and detachably coupled to the second end portion of the first side wall component, and the second end portion of the third side wall component is threadably and detachably coupled to the inlet end wall; and
wherein in the fourth side wall configuration, the first end portion of the first side wall component is coupled to the outlet end wall, the first end portion of the second side wall component is threadably and detachably coupled to the second end portion of the first side wall component, the first end portion of the third side wall component is threadably and detachably coupled to the second end portion of the second side wall component, and the second end portion of the third side wall component is threadably and detachably coupled to the inlet end wall.