Dip tube connectors and pump systems using the same
AssigneeSilgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
InventorsRobert J. Good, David L. DeJong
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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.
Claims21
1-5. (canceled)
A method for dispensing a product from a container having a blown-in dip tube, comprising:
- providing said container having a blown-in dip tube;
- filling said container with a product;
- providing a trigger sprayer connected to a blown-in dip tube connector;
- attaching said trigger sprayer to said container, wherein said blown-in dip tube connector engages the blown-in clip tube of the container creating a fluid path between the blown-in dip tube of the container and trigger sprayer;
- and
- actuating said trigger sprayer to dispense said product.
A method for preparing a trigger sprayer to dispense a product from a container having a blown-in dip tube, comprising:
- providing said container having a blown-in dip tube;
- filling said container with a product;
- providing said trigger sprayer wherein said trigger sprayer is connected to a blown-in dip tube connector;
- and
- attaching said trigger sprayer and connected blown-in dip tube connector to said container, wherein said blown-in dip tube connector engages the blown-in dip tube of the container creating a fluid path between the blown-in dip tube of the container and trigger sprayer.
A method for attaching a trigger sprayer to a container having a blown-in dip tube, comprising:
- providing said trigger sprayer;
- providing a blown-in dip tube connector;
- attaching said blown-in dip tube connector to the trigger sprayer;
- providing said container having a blown-in dip tube;
- and
- attaching said trigger sprayer and attached blown-in dip tube connector to said container, wherein said blown-in dip tube connector creates a fluid passageway between the blown-in dip tube of the container and the trigger sprayer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.