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Apparatus and method for recovering viscous fluid
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Inventors: Oestreich, Michael A.;
Assignee: Oestreich; Michael (Forest Lake, MN)
Primary Examiner: Jacyna; J. Casimer
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Skinner and Associates
A fluid recovery sleeve, comprising a wall having an inner wall surface forming a fluid communication passage, a top surface having an opening for receiving a salvage container to be drained, and a bottom surface having an opening for receiving a recovery container to catch fluid drained form the salvage container. The bottom and top surfaces are formed from the wall. The openings provide an entrance and an exit for the fluid communication passage. The bottom opening of the sleeve is placed over the neck of a recovery container. The salvage container is inverted and its neck is placed in the top opening of the sleeve. Remaining or leftover fluid drains from the salvage container, through the fluid communication passage of the sleeve, and into the recovery container. The sleeve is preferably constructed of an elastic material to provide a seal around the necks of the containers and to support the inverted salvage container above the recovery container. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring to FIGS.
3-5, an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated and generally indicated by the reference numeral 10.
The need to recover viscous products from containers is discussed below first.
The viscous fluid recovering sleeve 10 is then described below first in terms of its elements which cooperate to recover viscous fluids from a bottle or container.
Finally, the method of using the sleeve 10 to recover viscous fluids is described.
There are various products that have the characteristics of a viscous fluid.
These products include shampoo, conditioner, ketchup, mustard, salad dressing, honey, detergent, cosmetics, cocktail sauce, syrup and oil.
As illustrated in FIGS.
1 and 2, a recurring problem with these viscous products is that a substantial amount of leftover or remaining fluid 12, often amounting to several usable doses or servings, clings to the interior walls 14 and shoulder 16 of the container.
Typically, a large portion of the remaining fluid 12 will eventually drain out through the neck opening 18 of an inverted container over a considerable amount of time.
It is desirable that this portion of the remaining fluid be salvaged and used; however it is typically disposed with the near empty container because of the difficult, time-consuming, and/or messy task of salvaging the fluid.
FIG.
3 generally illustrates the method of recovering viscous fluid of the present invention.
A salvage bottle 20 containing leftover or remaining viscous fluid 22 desired to be salvaged is inverted over a recovery bottle 24.
The draining viscous fluid 26 drips out of the salvage bottle 20, through a viscous fluid recovery sleeve 10, and into a pool of recovered viscous fluid 28 in the recovery bottle 24.
The sleeve stabilizes and supports the salvage bottle 20 over the recovery bottle 24.
The neck opening 18 of the salvage bottle 20 is placed in fluid communication with the neck opening 18 of the recovery bottle 24 because of a channel or fluid communication passage 54 within the viscous fluid recovery sleeve 10
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