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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2024
Larry Childs, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Larry Childs, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
DRIPLESS, INC., Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed systems provide cost effective dispensers of construction sealant, sausage tubes and other products having varied and even unknown levels of viscosity. A variable ratio drive cam pivots in response to the trigger tension caused by the viscosity of the material to be dispensed. In a relative high force mode, encountered with high viscosity payloads, the drive cam slightly pivots, keeping the distance traveled by the drive rod relatively small in response to a pull of the trigger. This results in a relatively high thrust ratio. Conversely, in dispensing a product with a relatively low viscosity, the drive cam pivots by a greater degree, causing a longer movement of the drive rod in response to the distance traveled by the trigger resulting in a lower thrust ratio. The system works well in caulking guns, bulk loading tools and multi tube tools, such that multiple tools are not required.