US 7,458,487 B1
Plunger for syringe of liquid dispenser
Kazumasa Ikushima, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Musashi Engineering, Inc., Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/399,550
PCT Filed Nov. 01, 2000, PCT No. PCT/JP00/07685
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 23, 2003,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/36270, PCT Pub. Date May 10, 2002.
Int. Cl. G01F 11/00 (2006.01); B67D 5/042 (2006.01); B65D 83/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 222—389  [222/262; 222/387; 222/399] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plunger for a syringe of a liquid dispenser for pressurizing a liquid material contained in the syringe by compressed air to discharge a predetermined quantity of the liquid from a needle connected to a front end of the syringe, wherein the plunger comprises an elastic resin material and has a substantially shell-like thin hollow structure, the plunger being interposed between the liquid material and pressurized air to receive and transmit the air pressure to the liquid material, the plunger comprising:
a tapered front section having a rear end, an outer diameter of the rear end of the tapered front section being slightly smaller than an inner diameter of the syringe;
a cylindrical drum section comprising a continuation of the rear end of the tapered front section, a rear end of said cylindrical drum section having an outer diameter substantially the same as the inner diameter of the syringe, a rear end of said cylindrical drum portion being open, the open end of the cylindrical drum section receiving compressed air from the syringe for pressurizing the liquid material contained in the syringe to discharge the liquid from the outlet in the syringe;
a collar member coupled with a circumferential surface of the cylindrical drum section and configured to maintain a close sliding contact with an inner wall surface of the syringe, a first longitudinal end of the collar member being circumferentially joined to the cylindrical drum section at the open end of the cylindrical drum section; and
a capillary passage configured to communicate between a vicinity of the coupling section, defined between the collar member and the cylindrical drum section, and the inside of the cylindrical drum section.