Piercing tap and method of use therefor
OwnerChristopher F. Chluppinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for tapping a container including an open-ended shell with an interiorly-disposed absorbent pad, both having a radial aperture. A sleeve, in registration with the aperture, slidingly and sealingly receives a tap assembly. The tap assembly includes a tubular tap with a radially extending pin and a split collar having a slot for receiving the pin. The shell closely receives a container, then the user urges the tap through the sleeve toward the container and pierces the container. Flowable material in the container flows out of the tap. A method of use is also provided.
Claims8
An apparatus for tapping a container comprising:
- a cylindrical shell having an open end and a throughbore, said shell being dimensioned and configured to closely receive a cylindrical container;
- a cylindrical tap received through said throughbore, said tap having a piercing tip at a first end and an opposite open end;
- a cylindrical sleeve mounted on said shell at said throughbore, said sleeve slidingly receiving said first end of said tap;
- a cylindrical collar sealingly interposed between said sleeve and said tap;
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- a pad disposed within said shell, said pad having a second throughbore in registration with said throughbore in said shell for receiving said tap, whereby a user may pierce the container by slidable inserting said first end of said tap through said sleeve, causing flowable material to exit out said open end of said tap.
An apparatus for tapping a container comprising:
- a cylindrical shell having an open end and a throughbore, said shell being dimensioned and configured to closely receive a cylindrical container;
- a cylindrical tap received in said throughbore, said tap having a first end and an opposite open end, said first end having a piercing tip for puncturing the container, said tap including a pin fixedly disposed intermediately between said first end and said opposite open end;
- a cylindrical sleeve mounted on said shell at said throughbore, said sleeve slidingly receiving said tap;
- a cylindrical collar sealingly interposed between said sleeve and said tap, said collar having an elliptical slot, said pin being received in said slot for maintaining said tap within said collar during both a retracted and an extended position;
- whereby a user slides said tap through said sleeve, piercing the container, and causing flowable material to flow out said opposite open end of said tap.
A method for tapping a container comprising the steps:
- inserting a container in the open end of a tapping apparatus;
- rotating the container and apparatus and orienting the tap upwardly;
- urging the tap through the container;
- locating the tap proximate to the dispensing target;
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- rotating the container and apparatus and inducing flow of the flowable material through the tap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.