Patent ID: 8556132

Claim:
A pump comprising: a reservoir; a pump mechanism; and; an inlet for communicating said reservoir and said pump mechanism, wherein said inlet includes: an elongated, cross-sectionally solid first component having first and second ends, said first end of said first component being non-movably fixed to a wall of said reservoir; and, a tubular second component having first and second ends disposed coaxially about said first component so as to define a space there between, said space defining a fluid passageway for communicating said reservoir and said pump mechanism, said first end of said second component being located in proximity to the wall to which said first component is mounted, wherein, said first component includes an outer surface, said outer surface of said first component being tapered convergently from said first end to said second end, wherein said second component includes an inner surface, said inner surface of said second component being tapered convergently from said first end to said second end.