HIGH VOLUME DOCKING SEAL FOR BULK LIQUID DISPENSING CARTRIDGE
First Claim
1. A seal member for a bulk liquid dispensing cartridge, comprising:
- a flat circular seal disk,a frustoconical wall extending away and outwardly from an intermediate portion of the seal disk, anda ring positioned at an open end of the frustoconical wall.
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Abstract
A seal member for a bulk liquid dispensing cartridge includes a flat circular seal disk, a frustoconical wall extending away and outwardly from an intermediate portion of the seal disk, and a ring positioned at an open end of the frustoconical wall. The seal member may be assembled with a cap. The cap has an end wall and a depending cylindrical skirt wall. The skirt wall has an internal diameter and the seal member ring has an outer diameter slightly less than the skirt wall internal diameter. The ring abuts an interior surface of the cap end wall. The cap has a central opening through the end wall with a diameter no larger than an inner diameter of the ring. The dispensing cartridge has a cylindrical mouth wall with inner and outer diameters. The cap skirt wall has an internal diameter sized to receive the mouth wall outer diameter and the diameter of the seal disk is larger than the mouth wall inner diameter. The seal member ring has an outer diameter less than the skirt wall internal diameter and at least equal to the mouth wall outer diameter.
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19 Claims
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1. A seal member for a bulk liquid dispensing cartridge, comprising:
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a flat circular seal disk, a frustoconical wall extending away and outwardly from an intermediate portion of the seal disk, and a ring positioned at an open end of the frustoconical wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A cap and seal member assembly for use with a bulk liquid dispensing cartridge, comprising:
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a seal member having; a flat circular seal disk, a frustoconical wall extending away and outwardly from an intermediate portion of the seal disk, a ring positioned at an open end of the frustoconical wall, a cap having an end wall and a depending cylindrical skirt wall, the cylindrical skirt wall having a first internal diameter adjacent to the end wall, the ring having an outer diameter slightly less than the first internal diameter of the skirt wall, with the ring being positioned in an abutting relationship with an interior surface of the end wall of the cap, and the cap having a central opening through the end wall with a diameter no larger than an inner diameter of the ring. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A cap and seal member assembly for use with a bulk liquid dispensing cartridge having a cylindrical mouth wall with an inner diameter and an outer diameter, comprising:
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a cap having an end wall and a depending cylindrical skirt wall with an internal diameter sized to receive the outer diameter of the cartridge mouth wall, a seal member having; a flat circular seal disk with a diameter larger than the inner diameter of the cartridge mouth wall, a frustoconical wall extending away and outwardly from an intermediate portion of the seal disk, and a ring positioned at an open end of the frustoconical wall, the ring having an outer diameter less than the internal diameter of the skirt wall and at least equal to the outer diameter of the cartridge mouth wall, with the ring being positioned in an abutting relationship with an interior surface of the end wall of the cap, and the cap having a central opening through the end wall with a diameter no larger than an inner diameter of the ring. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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