Patent ID: 6070397
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
An apparatus for drawing air in combination with a sealing container, the combination comprising:a container having an easily punctured container wall;a sealing patch providing a bonding layer in contact with and adhered to the container wall, a carrier sheet of a non-elastic tape fixed to the bonding layer, and a self sealing membrane layer sandwiched between the bonding layer and the carrier sheet, the carrier sheet providing a probe hole therein aligned with a portion of the self sealing membrane layer not covered by the bonding layer; anda rigid, elongate probe providing, at a distal end thereof, a tip having an air admittance aperture means, at a proximal end thereof, a suction device engagement means and an internal conduit for conducting air therethrough from the air admittance aperture means to the suction device engagement means.