Method and device for use with flexible liners

A device for removing air from the region between a receptacle and a flexible liner installed therein comprising:

• a vacuum source;
• an aperture in a side wall of said receptacle, provided by the user or manufactured into a new receptacle, at a predetermined distance above a bottom surface of said receptacle;
• and
• an air conductor from said region to said vacuum source, the air conductor comprising:
• an elongated suction conduit screen having an arch shaped cross section and a front arch shaped elongated surface having a plurality of holes extending over a majority of said surface and engaging with a back elongated suction conduit base having a flat cross section;
• wherein said back elongated suction conduit base together with said suction conduit screen form an air channel on the interior of said receptacle;
• wherein said air channel has a distal end proximate to the bottom of said receptacle and converging upward;
• wherein said suction conduit base contains a raised aperture protruding outward at a predetermined distance above the distal end;
• wherein said suction conduit base is positioned such that said raised aperture is concentric with and transverse through said aperture in said side wall of said receptacle;
• wherein said raised aperture includes a proximal end having an imbricated connection to mate with said vacuum source whereby said vacuum source completes fluid communication from said vacuum source to said region between a receptacle and a flexible liner through the interior of said raised aperture, through said suction conduit base, and through said plurality of holes in said front arch shaped elongated surface;
• wherein the air conductor comprises a valve assembly comprising a rear valve cover, a valve guide, a spring, a valve, and a front valve cover;
• and
• wherein the vacuum source is attached to said air channel on the interior of said receptacle through a suction conduit screen.