Patent ID: 8336734

Claim:
A connector adapted to mate with a pressure dispense package that includes a collapsible liner comprising a flexible material and arranged to hold a liquid, the connector comprising a gas removal apparatus including a ventable reservoir having a gas outlet disposed at a first level and a liquid outlet disposed at a second level arranged below the first level, and being adapted to receive liquid from the pressure dispense package, wherein the gas removal apparatus is adapted to remove gas from the liner before dispensing of a liquid from the liner; wherein the connector further comprises a main body portion defining said reservoir and including a probe that interfaces with the liner to provide a fluid-tight seal between the liner and probe, with the probe including a conduit extending upwardly into the reservoir and terminating at an upper end of the conduit below an upper end of the reservoir, so that liquid flowing upwardly in the connector passes through the conduit and flows from the upper end thereof into the reservoir, for disengagement in the reservoir of gas from the liquid, to form a liquid level interface between the liquid and the gas in the reservoir.