Patent ID: 6050459
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B05B,B65D

Abstract:
A connector for a rigid dip tube comprising:a cap body having a lower body portion and a cap connected to said body portion by a hinge, said cap body having internal threads on an inside of a cylindrical side wall, said internal threads mating with threads on a liquid container;said cap body comprising an annulus projecting inward from an upper edge of said cylindrical side wall, a first outer cylindrical wall disposed parallel to and inward of said outer cylindrical portion of said cap body, and a second inner cylindrical wall parallel to said first cylindrical wall, said first outer cylindrical wall and said second inner cylindrical wall projecting upward from said annulus;said inner cylindrical wall being sized to accept a rigid dip tube in friction fit engagement, with said rigid dip tube extending into said liquid container; anda plastic connector comprising:a circular base and a cylindrical body extending upwards perpendicularly from said base, said base having an outer diameter approximately equal to an inner diameter of said first outer cylindrical wall,a cylindrical projection extending downward from said circular base on a side opposite to said cylindrical body; andan inner cylindrical wall disposed inside said cylindrical body, said cylindrical wall being sized to accept a base of a flexible tube having an opposite end attached a sprayer, said cylindrical projection having an inner diameter equal to an outer diameter of said second inner cylindrical wall,wherein said plastic connector attaches to said body portion of said cap body so that said cylindrical projection fits around said second inner cylindrical wall and said base fits within said first outer cylindrical wall.