DIP TUBE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

• Main Authors: CHISM, RICHARD, KUSZ, MATT, MUSOLF, BRUCE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.06.2016
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; LIQUID HANDLING; NOZZLES; OPENING, CLOSING; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STORING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A dip tube assembly having a tubular body portion and a coupler overmolded to a first end of the tubular body portion, the coupler configured for removable coupling with the mouth of a container storing contents therein. Also disclosed are a method of making the overmolded dip tube assembly and a container system including the overmolded dip tube assembly. In some embodiments, the tubular body portion and/or the coupler may include retention features molded into a surface thereof at an overmold interface between the tubular body portion and the coupler.