Patent ID: 6505761
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
An arrangement for delivering a paste from a flexible storage container into a dispenser operating by reduced pressure, the arrangement comprising:the flexible storage container, a dimensionally stable pot, the dispenser, a follower plate, a dispenser neck seal, and a follower plate seal; the flexible storage container being surmounted by the follower plate, which applies pressure to the flexible storage container; the base of the pot defining an opening; the opening and the pot being sealed off from ambient air by the dispenser neck seal; the follower plate being movable along a longitudinal axis of the pot, the follower plate seal extending along the peripheral edge of the follower plate; the pot and the flexible container defining between them a space; the follower plate seal being adapted and configured to seal the space from ambient air; the space being in fluid communication with the reduced pressure by a gap between a neck of the container and an entrance of the dispenser.