Patent ID: 6074582
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B29C,B29L,B32B

Abstract:
Improved apparatus for repairing a break in glass enabling a syringe to accumulate vacuum and pressure comprising a pedestal, said pedestal including a flange portion, a chamber in said pedestal, said pedestal chamber having two openings, one said opening in said flange portion, said other opening airtightly engaged with a syringe, said pedestal chamber of sufficient size to be a reservoir for a selected glass repair resin, adhesive sealing means to seal said pedestal at said flange in airtight engagement over a break in glass with said pedestal chamber in airtight engagement with said glass break and said syringe, said syringe including a plunger with a stem; retaining means to retain said stem in a selected fixed position in relation to the body of said syringe; and valve means in airtight engagement between said pedestal chamber and said syringe, said valve means including a station to seal said syringe and vent said pedestal chamber to the atmosphere; and a station to airtightly engage said syringe with said pedestal chamber, whereby a downward plunger motion pressurizes said resin and an upward plunger motion creates a vacuum between said break and said plunger, said valve means further including a position to airtightly seal said pedestal chamber and vent said syringe to the atmosphere, whereby a downward plunger motion vents air to the atmosphere, whereby said syringe is selectively actuatable to accumulate vacuum and pressure for the infusion of said selected glass repair resin into a break in glass and, a flow regulator, said flow regulator airtightly engaged between said pedestal chamber and said syringe, said flow regulator including a first connector end; a second connector end; and a flow regulator chamber therebetween, and said flow regulator chamber selected to have a diameter in excess of the largest diameter of an unburst air bubble in said selected glass repair resin.