APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING A LIQUID SEALANT INTO AN INFLATABLE ARTICLE

The present invention provides an apparatus and system for delivering a fluid sealant into an inflatable article, in particular a pneumatic tire, the apparatus comprising: (a) a sealant bottle that is resistant to air pressure and has a neck with an outlet opening and an external thread; and (b) an extraction unit having a receiving socket with internal threads of reciprocal shape compared to the external threads of the neck, a gas inlet opening and an outlet opening for liquid sealant, the inlet opening and the outlet opening being in fluid connection with the receiving socket, where the neck of the sealant bottle comprises an annular front face surrounding the opening, the receiving socket of the extraction unit comprises a bottom part which covers the annular front surface of the bottle neck in a state that the bottle neck is screwed into the receiving socket; wherein the bottom of the annular front face covering the bottle neck and/or the neck of the sealant bottle is made of a material which ensures a le