Patent ID: 8765055

Claim:
A bubble trap for removing bubbles from a stream of liquid, the bubble trap comprising: a containment chamber; an outlet conduit; and an insert part disposed between the containment chamber and the outlet conduit, comprising a grate, wherein the grate comprises a plurality of grate inlets each having a defined geometry with a sharp edged circumference and formed in a grate wall fluidly coupled to the outlet conduit with a plurality of grate conduits such that the containment chamber is fluidly coupled to the outlet conduit, wherein the grate traps bubbles entrained in the stream of liquid flowing from the containment chamber to the outlet conduit in the containment chamber when the bubbles are greater than or equal to a diameter of a grate inlet, and wherein the insert part is substantially disc-shaped with the outlet conduit positioned at a center of a disc with the plurality of grate conduits extending radially outward from the outlet conduit, wherein at every orientation angle of the insert part in relation to a container at least one of the plurality of grate conduits will open to the containment chamber providing a fluid connection between an access point of the container and the containment chamber.