| 摘要 |
An adapter assembly and a process for supplying a sterilant to a packaging system for cleaning and filling of packages. Specifically, an adapter assembly for directly supplying a sterilant, such as hydrogen peroxide, from a packaging container, such as a blow-molded tight-head plastic packaging container, to the packaging system without using any intermediate carrier, such as a carboy. |
| 主权项 |
1. An adapter assembly for supplying a sterilant from a packaging container with an internally threaded neck surrounding a container opening and with an externally threaded bung plug for sealing the container opening, into a packaging system for cleaning and filling of packages, the adapter assembly comprising:
a unitary adapter body, a dip tub; and a gasket, wherein said unitary adapter body has a first tubular body portion, a second tubular body portion, and a collar portion which is intermediate said first and second tubular body portions, wherein said dip tube is fitted to a first end of said first tubular body portion, wherein said unitary adapter body has a dispensing passage extending through said first tubular body portion and communicating with an interior passage of said dip tube; wherein said unitary adapter body further has at least one venting or pressurizing passage extending through said first tubular body portion and communicating with an annular space between an outer surface of said dip tube and an inner surface of said second tubular body portion, wherein said second tubular body portion has an external thread for engagement with an internally threaded neck of a packaging container, and wherein said gasket surrounds said second tubular body portion and abuts to said collar portion. |
