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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1998
Barry L Rauworth, Young America, MN (US);
John M Hennan, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Fluoroware, Inc., Chaska, MN (US);
Abstract
A blow molded drum has a port including a neck with exterior buttress threads and a port opening having a sleeve fusion bonded in the neck. The sleeve having a inner cylindrical sealing surface, and a shoulder. A drop-in down tube assembly seats with the shoulder and has an upwardly extending nipple. Either a dispense head or a closure radially seals within the sleeve and is secured by a retainer with interior buttress threads engaging with the exterior threads on the port neck. The dispense head has a first flow duct extending to a nipple engaging portion to seal with the upwardly extending nipple and a second flow duct leading to an annular space around the nipple for a return fluid line or for providing air or a gas for displacing withdrawn fluid. The closure is preferably comprised of a cylindrically shaped interior liner portion for engaging and sealing with the cylindrical sealing surface of the sleeve, such as by an o-ring, and has a pathway which includes the spiral gap between the cooperating buttress threads on the neck and on the retainer. A microporous membrane may be placed in the pathway to allow venting of gases but preclude leakage of the liquid in the drum.