Patent ID: 9163753
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B60K,B67D,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A self-aligning product delivery system, the system comprising: a vapor plate assembly including a vapor plate base portion and a seating plate portion, the vapor plate base portion having a vapor plate passage, the seating plate portion having an opening to the vapor plate passage, the seating plate portion further having a generally spherical segment shaped seating face defining the opening to the central vapor plate passage; and a ball joint assembly including a ball joint base portion with a ball joint passage and an engaging portion, the engaging portion extending outward from a surface of the ball joint base portion, the engaging portion including a generally spherical segment shaped joining surface, the spherical segment shaped joining surface of the engaging portion of the ball joint assembly configured and arranged to rotationally mate with the spherical segment shaped seating face defining the opening of the vapor plate assembly to create a seal between the vapor plate assembly and the ball joint assembly while the central ball joint passage of the ball joint assembly is aligned with the vapor plate passage of the vapor plate assembly.