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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
Jordan Aron Kahn, Wellesley, MA (US);
Charles A. Boulos, Milford, MA (US);
Yigal Offir, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Jordan Aron Kahn, Wellesley, MA (US);
Charles A. Boulos, Milford, MA (US);
Yigal Offir, Hopkinton, MA (US);
JCS/THG, LLP, Milford, MA (US);
Abstract
An appliance for evacuating a flexible container, the appliance including a base housing and a vacuum source disposed within the base housing. A drip retainer is removeably disposed in the base and is in communication with the vacuum source. The drip retainer includes a chamber for holding material. The drip retainer further including a nozzle projecting therefrom, the nozzle is engagable with an opening of the flexible container. A cover is rotatably connected to the base and movable to a closed position to cover the nozzle.