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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1998
Joachim Leifels, Gehrden, DE;
Johannes Arnoldus Van der Heijden, Oosterhout, NL;
Wiva Verpakkingen B.V., Oosterhout, NL;
Abstract
A device for connecting at least a discharge tube and return tube to a bung connection of a container for liquids and the like, said connection being embodied with inner screw thread, which device comprises a cylindrical insert with screw thread arranged on the cylinder outer wall and co-acting with the bung, in addition to a bottom provided with at least two openings, a tube connecting bung for placing with the lower surface on this bottom and provided with passages for the discharge tube and return tube aligned with these openings, and a clamping piece for fixing the connecting bung in the cylindrical insert via connectors wherein there are arranged lugs placed in a determined pattern and recesses receiving these lugs, wherein the clamping piece is connected non-slidably in axial direction to the bung but freely rotatable relative thereto, and wherein the connectors in the insert are arranged at a distance from the bottom in order to form a chamber, the recesses are placed above the chamber in the insert and the lugs lie on a downward extended part of the clamping piece and at a distance below the connectors, whereby the tube to be connected onto the container remains free of tension.