Vent tube for bottling machine and related methods
AssigneeM&M Machinery Services, Inc.
InventorAlton W. Mowdy
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Abstract
A gas stem assembly is disclosed including a vent tube having at least one protrusion extending radially from the vent tube and a receiver having a non-circular opening and an attachment surface at an end of the non-circular opening. The vent tube is at least partially insertable through the non-circular opening of the receiver when the vent tube and the at least one protrusion are aligned with the non-circular opening. The attachment surface of the receiver contacts the at least one protrusion to inhibit the at least one protrusion from passing back through the non-circular opening when the at least one protrusion is misaligned with the non-circular opening.
Claims20
A vent tube for connecting to a receiver of a gas stem base of a bottling machine, the vent tube comprising:
- a body extending along an axis and defining a passageway therethrough;
- a non-circular cross-sectional portion of the body to be inserted into a non-circular opening of the receiver of the gas stem base;
- the non-circular cross-sectional portion of the body being insertable into the non-circular opening of the receiver when the non-circular cross-sectional portion is aligned with the non-circular opening of the receiver, the non-circular cross-sectional portion engaging an attachment surface of the receiver when the non-circular cross-sectional portion is misaligned with the non-circular opening of the receiver to inhibit the non-circular cross-sectional portion from passing back through the non-circular opening of the receiver.
A vent tube for connecting to a receiver of a gas stem base of a bottling machine, the vent tube comprising:
- a hollow, cylindrical body;
- at least one protrusion extending outward from the body;
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- an insertion portion including a portion of the body and the at least one protrusion, the insertion portion insertable into a non-circular opening of the receiver when the at least one protrusion is aligned with the non-circular opening and the insertion portion being unable to be withdrawn from the receiver once inserted therein when the at least one protrusion is misaligned with the non-circular opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.