Adapter for use in tapping a container
US5094365A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 31, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/314
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An adapter for use with a tap assembly for dispensing a product from a container wherein the adapter has a body portion having separate product and gas passageways with an abutment ledge within the body portion surrounding the product passageway and having a sealing gasket seated thereon and connecting apparatus for connecting the adapter to the container. Dispensing apparatus is secured to the adapter and has a product passageway formed therein and has an abutment surface for contacting the sealing gasket to form a fluid tight seal between the abutment ledge and the abutment surface and wherein the adapter has two differing types of sealing apparatus for sealing the gas passageway wherein a first sealing apparatus is normally in a closed position and is automatically moved to an opened position when the adapter is connected to the container and a second sealing apparatus is normally in an opened position and is moved to a closed position by application of a force thereto.
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