Patent ID: 7325706
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. An assembly for connecting a flexible fluid delivery tube to a rigid dip tube for a liquid sprayer, comprising a container closure having a cylindrical side wall extending parallel to a central axis which includes means for engaging a neck of the container, the closure having an upper end wall including an annular wall depending therefrom parallel to the central axis and defining a cavity, a lower wall on the annular wall having a central opening, a cylindrical skirt depending from the lower wall parallel to the central axis for suspending the dip tube, a tube adaptor having a hollow nipple securely connected to a free end of the delivery tube and being removably secured within the annular wall in open communication with said central opening, coacting retention means on an outer surface of said nipple and the confronting annular wall, a vent port in said annular wall adjacent said retention means, and an air gap defined between said nipple and said annular wall leading from said vent port to atmosphere.