US 12,129,096 B2
Adapter for connecting a refill container
Oliver Unterlechner, Bregenz (AT); Klemens Bösch, Lustenau (AT); Danilo Grieco, Feldkirch (AT); and Daniel Schnetzer, Altach (AT)
Assigned to ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG, Hard (AT)
Appl. No. 17/999,085
Filed by ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG, Hard (AT)
PCT Filed May 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/062981
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/233821, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 00594/20 (CH), filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192387 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 81/32 (2006.01); B65D 71/50 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/3205 (2013.01) [B65D 71/502 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter (100) for connecting a refill container (200) to a container (300) during a refilling process, the adapter (100) comprising:
a first open end (10) and a second open end (11), wherein the first open end (10) and the second open end (11) are connected to one another with a peripheral wall,
wherein
a breaking element (20) is arranged inside the peripheral wall, wherein said breaking element (20) extends in a direction of the first open end (10) and is connected on one side via a web (21) to the peripheral wall such that free space is created around the breaking element, said free space extending at least along half the circumference of the peripheral wall and the adapter (100) has a holding element at the first open end (10), wherein the holding element is designed as a radially extending collar (13) which extends radially from the first open end (10).