Refillable bag-on-valve system

Abstract

One embodiment relates to a system including a first bag-on-valve aerosol container including a first valve comprising a first valve stem, and a body having an aperture extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body. The aperture is sized to accept the first valve stem at the first end of the body. The aperture is also sized to accept a second valve stem at the second end of the body; the body sized to accept the first valve stem and a second valve stem at the same time. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

1 . A system comprising:
 a first bag-on-valve aerosol container including a first valve comprising a first valve stem; and   a body including an aperture extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, the aperture sized to accept the first valve stem at the first end of the body, the aperture also sized to accept a second valve stem at the second end of the body; the body sized to accept the first valve stem and a second valve stem at the same time.   
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a second bag-on-valve aerosol container including a second valve comprising a second valve stem. 
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the first aerosol container and the second aerosol container are different sizes. 
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the aperture at the first end of the body includes a first width, and the aperture at the second end of the body includes a second width, and the first width equals the second width. 
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the aperture at the first end of the body includes a first width, and the aperture at the second end of the body includes a second width, and the first width is different than the second width. 
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the aperture includes a first width at the first end of the body, a second width at the second end of the body, and a third width at a central portion of the body, wherein the third width is smaller than the first width and the second width. 
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the aperture includes a larger width at the first end of the body than at a central portion of the body, and wherein the aperture includes a larger width at the second end of the body than at the central portion of the body. 
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the aperture includes a frusto-conical shaped portion extending from the first end of the body to an interior region of the body spaced away from the first end, and wherein the aperture includes a frusto-conical shaped portion extending from the second end of the body to an interior region of the body spaced away from the second end. 
   
   
       9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a cylindrical shape. 
   
   
       10 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the first aerosol container and the second aerosol container each contain a product therein, the product selected from the group consisting of a shaving gel, a shaving cream, a hair gel, a hair spray, a shampoo, an sun protection product, and a cleansing product. 
   
   
       11 . A method for filling a first bag-on-valve aerosol container from a second bag-on-valve aerosol container, comprising:
 providing a first container comprising a bag-on-valve aerosol container, the first container including a first valve stem;   providing a second container comprising a bag-on-valve aerosol container, the second container including a second valve stem;   providing a body including an aperture extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body;   positioning the body and the first container so that the valve stem of the first container is accepted into the aperture at the first end of the body;   positioning the body and the second container so that the valve stem of the second container is accepted into the aperture at the second end of the body; and   actuating the valve on the first container and actuating the valve on the second container so that a product is transferred from one of the first container and the second container to the other of the first container and the second container through the body.   
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the actuating the valve on the first container and actuating the valve on the second container is carried out for a time sufficient so that one of (i) equalizing a pressure between the first container and the second container, and (ii) filling one of the first container and the second container with the product, occurs. 
   
   
       13 . A body adapted to fit first and second bag-on-valve aerosol spray containers at the same time, comprising:
 a body including an aperture extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body,   the aperture sized to accept a first valve stem from a first bag-on-valve aerosol spray container at the first end of the body;   the aperture also sized to accept a second valve stem from a second bag-on-valve aerosol spray container at the second end of the body; and   wherein the body is sized to accept the first valve stem from the first bag-on-valve aerosol spray container and the second valve stem from the second bag-on-valve aerosol container at the same time.   
   
   
       14 . The body of  claim 13 , wherein the aperture at the first end of the body includes a first width, and the aperture at the second end of the body includes a second width, and the first width equals the second width. 
   
   
       15 . The body of  claim 13 , wherein the aperture at the first end of the body includes a first width, and the aperture at the second end of the body includes a second width, and the first width is different than the second width. 
   
   
       16 . The body of  claim 13 , wherein the body comprises a cylindrical shape. 
   
   
       17 . The body of  claim 13 , wherein the aperture includes a first width at the first end of the body, a second width at the second end of the body, and a third width at a central portion of the body, wherein the third width is smaller than the first width and the second width. 
   
   
       18 . The body of  claim 13 , wherein the aperture includes a larger width at the first end of the body than at a central portion of the body, and wherein the aperture includes a larger width at the second end of the body than at the central portion of the body. 
   
   
       19 . The body of  claim 13 , wherein the aperture includes a frusto-conical shaped portion extending from the first end of the body to an interior region of the body spaced away from the first end, and wherein the aperture includes a frusto-conical shaped portion extending from the second end of the body to an interior region of the body spaced away from the second end. 
   
   
       20 . The body of  claim 19 , wherein the aperture further includes a cylindrical shaped portion positioned between the frusto-conical shaped portions