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US 2012/0234871 A1Published application
Dip tube connectors and pump systems using the same
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Calmar, Inc.
InventorsRobert J. GOOD, Dennis KELLY, Joseph K. DODD, Joseph R. KRESTINE, David L. DEJONG, Steven L. SWEETON, Eric SCHEIER, Lluis COSTA QUINTAS, Alejandro ESPINOZA
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Abstract
A pump system may include a blown-in dip tube connected to a valve body and having a connection which may include an improved blown-in dip tube connector having one or more of a lip for sealing with a blown-in dip tube, a seal ring configured to mate with a blown-in dip tube and seal therewith, a dip tube lock for mating with a blown-in dip tube, or an o-ring for providing an improved seal with a blown-in dip tube.
Claims18
A pump system, comprising:
- a bottle having a blown-in dip tube;
- a dispensing mechanism attached to the bottle, comprising:
- a valve body;
- and
- a tube retainer fitted in the valve body;
- a flexible tube connecting the dispensing mechanism to the blown-in dip tube when the dispensing mechanism is attached to the bottle.
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A pump system, comprising:
- a bottle having a blown-in dip tube;
- a trigger sprayer attached to the bottle, comprising:
- a valve body;
- a piston chamber;
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- fluid supply path through the valve body to the piston chamber;
- a swivel adapter connected to the valve body and the blown-in dip tube, wherein the swivel adapter is rotatable relative to the trigger sprayer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.