Unitary container liner

Claim 2

A unitary replaceable liner for a liquid container having side walls and a bottom, the liner being adapted to accommodate suction withdrawal and mechanical agitation of liquid contained thereby in the vicinity of the container bottom and comprising: a pliant collapsible tubular portion having an opening at one end thereof; a closed end wall having the pliant collapsible character of said tubular portion at the end of said tubular portion opposite said opening; a base including an internal stiffener of a generally planar form independent of said tubular portion, and bonded generally around the periphery of said base to the inside of said closed end of said tubular portion, said internal stiffener conforming to the bottom of the container and providing clearance between said liner around the periphery of said internal stiffener and the side walls of the container for passage into the container of said liner, said tubular portion being conformable to the interior side walls of the container, said entire internal liner being stiff and non-collapsible under the forces imposed in suction withdrawal and mechanical agitation of the liquid contained by said liner throughout the planar dimension thereof to maintain said tubular portion in conformity with the side wall of the container and prevent collapse of said liner in the vicinity of the container bottom, said liner being impervious and inert to the liquid in the container to maintain separation between the liquid and the container; and an external stiffener bonded to said closed end over substantially the entire periphery of said base and in general registry with said internal stiffener.

Claim 3

A unitary replaceable liner for a liquid container having side walls and a bottom, the liner being adapted to accommodate suction withdrawal and mechanical agitation of liquid contained thereby in the vicinity of the container bottom and comprising: a pliant collapsible tubular portion of a fusible plastic film having an opening at one end thereof; a closed end wall including a straight fused seam normal to the longitudinal dimension of said tubular portion and having the pliant collapsible character of said tubular portion at the end of said tubular portion opposite said opening, wherein portions of said closed end wall at the end of said fused seam is folded in upon the end wall along lines transverse of said seam; and a base including an internal stiffener of a fusible plastic of a generally planar form independent of said tubular portion, and bonded generally around the periphery of said base to the inside of said closed end of said tubular portion by fused junctions of single layers of said wall and said internal stiffener free of said folded portions, said internal stiffener conforming to the bottom of the container and providing clearance between said liner around the periphery of said internal stiffener and the side walls of the container for passage into the container of said liner, said tubular portion being conformable to the interior side walls of the container, said entire internal liner being stiff and non-collapsible under the forces imposed in suction withdrawal and mechanical agitation of the liquid contained by said liner throughout the planar dimension thereof to maintain said tubular portion in conformity with the side wall of the container and prevent collapse of said liner in the vicinity of the container bottom, said liner being impervious and inert to the liquid in the container to maintain separation between the liquid and the container.

Claim 4

A unitary replaceable liner for a liquid container having side walls and a bottom, the liner being adapted to accommodate suction withdrawal and mechanical agitation of liquid contained thereby in the vicinity of the container bottom and comprising: a pliant collapsible tubular portion of a fusible plastic film having an opening at one end thereof; a closed end wall including a straight fused seam normal to the longitudinal dimension of said tubular portion and having the pliant collapsible character of said tubular portion at the end of said tubular portion opposite said opening, wherein portions of said closed end wall at the end of said fused seam is folded in upon the end wall along lines transverse of said seam; and a base including an internal stiffener of a fusible plastic of a generally planar form independent of said tubular portion, and bonded generally around the periphery of said base to the inside of said closed end of said tubular portion by fused junctions of single layers of said wall and said internal stiffener free of said folded portions, said internal stiffener conforming to the bottom of the container and providing clearance between said liner around the periphery of said internal stiffener and the side walls of the container for passage into the container of said liner, said tubular portion being conformable to the interior side walls of the container, said entire internal liner being stiff and non-collapsible under the forces imposed in suction withdrawal and mechanical agitation of the liquid contained by said liner throughout the planar dimension thereof to maintain said tubular portion in conformity with the side wall of the container and prevent collapse of said liner in the vicinity of the container bottom, said liner being impervious and inert to the liquid in the container to maintain separation between the liquid and the container.

Claim 5

The liner in accordance with claim 2 wherein an external stiffener is bonded to said closed end and the folded portions thereof over substantially the entire periphery of said closed end.