Patent ID: 6234190
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B01F,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
An adaptor system for enabling a material to be transferred from a first delivery means for delivering material to a second delivery means for delivering material and for enabling another material to be transferred from the second delivery means to the first delivery means, the adaptor system comprising:(a) an adaptor comprising means for defining a hollow body, the means for defining a hollow body having a first end and a second end, the first end being configured to be coupled to the first delivery means for delivering material and the second being configured to be coupled to second delivery means for delivering material;wherein the adaptor has dividing means for dividing the hollow main body such that there is: (i) a first channel within the hollow main body, the first channel extending from the first end of the hollow main body to the second end of the hollow main body, the first channel having a primary opening at the first end of the main body and a secondary opening at the second end of the main body; and (ii) a second channel within the hollow main body, the second channel extending from the second end of the hollow main body to the first end of the hollow main body, the second channel having a primary opening at the second end of the main body and a secondary opening at the first end of the main body; and(b) covering means mounted on the means for defining a hollow body for covering at least one end of the means for defining a hollow body until a material is delivered against the covering means with a force sufficient to rupture the covering means.