Liquid container system
AssigneeGen-Probe Incorporated
InventorsDavid H. COMBS, Ayra A. BAKER, Norbert D. HAGEN, David A. BUSE
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Abstract
A liquid container system having a liquid container, where the liquid container includes (i) an intermediate top wall, (ii) a liquid inlet tower extending above the intermediate top wall, (iii) a liquid inlet fluidly connected to the liquid inlet tower at a position above the intermediate top wall and through which the liquid container receives liquid from a liquid source, and (iv) a vacuum tower extending above the intermediate top wall and to which a pressure differential source can be fluidly connected at a position above the intermediate top wall to draw liquid into the liquid container through the liquid inlet.
Claims17
A liquid container system comprising a liquid container, wherein the liquid container comprises (i) an intermediate top wall, (ii) a liquid inlet tower extending above the intermediate top wall, (iii) a liquid inlet fluidly connected to the liquid inlet tower at a position above the intermediate top wall and through which the liquid container receives liquid from a liquid source, and (iv) a vacuum tower extending above the intermediate top wall and to which a pressure differential source can be fluidly connected at a position above the intermediate top wall to draw liquid into the liquid container through the liquid inlet.
The liquid container system of claim 11, wherein the liquid transfer connector fitting comprises a nipple that extends downwardly from the horizontal portion of the connector shelf and a liquid channel extending through the liquid transfer connector fitting.
The liquid container system of claim 12, further comprising a transfer container interface configured to releasably connect the transfer container to the transfer pump, the transfer container interface including an upwardly facing receptor opening configured to receive the nipple of the liquid transfer connector fitting.
The liquid container system of claim 13, wherein the transfer container interface includes a liquid trough, and the receptor opening is disposed within the liquid trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.