Feed bag construction
AssigneeMillipore Corporation
InventorsDennis Wong, Elias Noukas, Kristin Prescott, Brian Pereira, John Saragosa
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Abstract
A feed bag construction is provided comprising a feed bag, a first conduit sealed to the feed bag, a second conduit sealed to the interior of the feed bag for supplying wash reagent to the feed bag and a one piece cap that is removably mounted on the first conduit. The first conduit is provided with a hand operated butterfly valve to open or close the conduit.
Claims18
A feed bag construction comprising:
- a feed bag,
- a first conduit sealed to the feed bag,
- a second conduit sealed to the interior of the feed bag and extending across at least a portion of the bag width, the second conduit having a connector positioned outside the feed bag on one side of the conduit and a seal at another end of the conduit,
- a valve positioned within the first conduit,
- means positioned outside said first conduit for opening or closing the valve and
- a cap removably mounted on the conduit and over the means for operating the valve.
A feed bag construction comprising a bag sized to store a desired amount of reagent, a first conduit formed at a first end of the bag, a valve positioned within the first conduit for controlling passage of reagent through the conduit and a second conduit located at a second end of the bag opposite the first end of the bag for introducing wash liquid into the bag to remove, by rinsing, residual reagent from the bag through the first conduit, the second conduit extending substantially across the length of the second end of the bag, the second conduit having a connector positioned outside the feed bag on one side of the conduit and a seal adjacent another side of the conduit, the second conduit having multiple outlets spaced along its length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.