Chemical refill system

Claim 1

A refill reservoir for use in a system for storing and providing a chemical reagent highly reactive with oxygen and moisture to the bubbler system used in connection with silicon wafer treatment furnaces and the like comprising in combination a clean fabricated from a material inert to the reagent and impervious to air and water vapor, said container having a generally cylindrical body with a generally flat bottom and a top including a cylindrical neck portion extending from said body and terminating in an open mouth, said neck portion adapted to removably receive a delivery valve mechanism and including means to hold said valve mechanism in fluid tight ship relation to said neck portion; a withdrawal tube disposed concentrically within said neck portion by a radial spacer disposed in said neck portion, said withdrawal tube extending from a location above said spacer but below said mouth of said neck portion to a location proximate the bottom of said container; a breakseal closing said mouth of said neck portion; and a valve mechanism having a first end adapted to sealingly engage said neck portion of said container, said first end having a central passage to permit communication with the interior of said container; a valve stem slidably disposed within said central passage in said valve mechanism, said valve stem constructed and arranged to move within said central passage to rupture said breakseal, and said valve stem including a central passage adapted to mate with the portion of said withdrawal tube above said spacer and provide a passage between said withdrawal tube and an outlet in said valve mechanism.