Patent ID: 9511888
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. An adapter assembly for supplying a sterilant from a packaging container with an internally threaded neck surrounding a container opening and with an externally threaded bung plug for sealing the container opening, into a packaging system for cleaning and filling of packages, the adapter assembly comprising: a unitary adapter body, a dip tube, and a gasket, wherein: said unitary adapter body has a first tubular body portion, a second tubular body portion, and a collar portion which is positioned intermediate said first and second tubular body portions for pressing the gasket against the neck of the packaging container, said dip tube is fitted to a first end of said first tubular body portion, said unitary adapter body has a dispensing passage extending through said first tubular body portion and communicating with an interior passage of said dip tube; said unitary adapter body further has at least one venting or pressurizing passage extending through said first tubular body portion and communicating at the first end of the first body portion with an annular space between an outer surface of said dip tube and an inner surface of said second tubular body portion, said second tubular body portion has an external thread for engagement with the internally threaded neck of the packaging container, and said gasket surrounds said second tubular body portion and abuts to said collar portion.