Patent ID: 9482215
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61M,B01L,B67C,B67D,F04B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for extracting a liquid from a container having an opening, said apparatus comprising: a liquid extraction member having a length (L a storage vessel defining a liquid storage inlet coupled in fluid flow communication with said extraction member, wherein the maximum internal diameter (D a shiftable plunger received in said storage vessel and operable to create a pressure differential between said storage inlet and said extraction inlet so as to draw said liquid from said container, through said extraction member, and into said storage vessel; and an air blocking member received in said extraction member and shiftable between an initial blocking position and a final extraction position, wherein said air blocking member presents a lowermost surface that moves through a total distance (X wherein said liquid extraction member and said storage vessel extend substantially perpendicular to one another, said air blocking member and said shiftable plunger are separately moveable, and said storage vessel is detachably connected to said liquid extraction member at an end of the liquid extraction member opposite said liquid extraction inlet.