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US 5,472,025 AGranted
Universal funnel adaptor
OwnerRandy Conrad, Karin M. Conradinventors
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Abstract
An adaptor for stabilizing a funnel in the opening of a container consists of a body of metal or plastic which contains a central bore internally threaded at each end for accepting the threaded stem of a funnel. The body is externally threaded on one end to engage internally threaded container openings and at the other end contains an internally threaded cavity to engage externally threaded container openings.
Claims4
A universal funnel adaptor comprising:
- a cylindrically shaped body housing opposite end portions comprising:
- a central bore extending through the body between said opposite end portions;
- an inner wall concentric with said bore at one end portion of said body of the body;
- an outer wall concentric with said bore and radially spaced from said inner wall of the body;
- outer wall threads on an inner surface of the outer wall;
- an upper end of the inner wall extending above an upper end of the outer wall;
- upper internal threads on a inner surface of the central bore adjacent said one end portion of said body;
- lower internal threads on a inner surface of the central bore at the opposite end portion of said body;
- external threads on an outer surface of the body at the opposite end portion of said body;
- a surface for handling and manipulating the body;
- a chamfered outer edge on the opposite end portion of the body;
- a funnel having engagement threads on a tapened end there of;
- and wherein the engagement threads are selectively threadingly and releasably engagable with either the upper internal threads or the lower internal threads of the central bore.
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