CA1083534A - Container and dispenser-cutter unit combination for containing and holding detachable flexible form-fill- seal plastic pouches - Google Patents
Container and dispenser-cutter unit combination for containing and holding detachable flexible form-fill- seal plastic pouchesInfo
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- CA1083534A CA1083534A CA325,419A CA325419A CA1083534A CA 1083534 A CA1083534 A CA 1083534A CA 325419 A CA325419 A CA 325419A CA 1083534 A CA1083534 A CA 1083534A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
- B05B7/2402—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device
- B05B7/2481—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device with a flexible container for liquid or other fluent material
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
- A47G23/00—Other table equipment
- A47G23/02—Glass or bottle holders
- A47G23/0258—Glass or bottle holders for cartons or plastic bags
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
- B05B11/0005—Components or details
- B05B11/0078—Arrangements for separately storing several components
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
- B05B7/2402—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device
- B05B7/2405—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
- B67B7/00—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers
- B67B7/24—Hole-piercing devices
- B67B7/26—Hole-piercing devices combined with spouts
- B67B7/28—Hole-piercing devices combined with spouts and associated with receptacle hodlers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
- B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
- B05B11/10—Pump arrangements for transferring the contents from the container to a pump chamber by a sucking effect and forcing the contents out through the dispensing nozzle
- B05B11/1042—Components or details
- B05B11/1052—Actuation means
- B05B11/1056—Actuation means comprising rotatable or articulated levers
- B05B11/1057—Triggers, i.e. actuation means consisting of a single lever having one end rotating or pivoting around an axis or a hinge fixedly attached to the container, and another end directly actuated by the user
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The invention refers to a combined con-tainer and dispenser-cutter unit incorporating there-with a detachable flexible fluid or pourable material for fill-seal plastic pouch in which the rigid or semi-rigid container has an open end the surrounding edge of which terminates into a locking lip and the dis-penser-cutter unit is formed of a movable lid having a downwardly projecting locking lip for interengage-ment with the locking lip of the container and has an aperture therethrough which is surrounded by a spout formed integral with the movable lid and pro-jecting upwardly therefrom, and provided with a screw-cap. A circular or arcuate shape cutting knife or knives are formed integral with the underside of the lid and extend downwardly therefrom and located within the area of the aperture formed in the lid so as to effect a communicating passageway with the spout. The lower portions of the knife or knives terminates with arcuate or circular shape cutting edges, whereby when the pouch is inserted within the container and the lid is interlocked with the open end of the container it will immediately penetrate the skin of the pouch and extend downwardly therein for a predetermined distance and create a clinging surface for the adherence there-to of the skin of the pouch wall surrounding the penetrated portion thereof, whereby the pouch will be maintained in an approximate upright position within the container.
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The invention relates ~o improvements in a container and dispenser-cutter unit combination for containing and holding flexible for-fill-seal plastic pouches adapted to contain fluids or pourable materials as described in the present specification and illus-trated in the accompanying drawings that form a part of the same.
The invention consists essentially in the novel features of construction as pointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty following a description containing an explanation in detail of an acceptable form of the invention and modifications thereof.
It has been common practice to merchandise fluids, granules, food products, oils, beverages, anti-freeze and the like, in seal containers, bags and pouches which are made from flexible materials such as cellulosics, glassine, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, copolymer film, polyethylene and the like and distri-buted to the consumer, who destroys or otherwise opensthe sealed bag or pouch for releasing its contents therefro~.
~ n the packaging and merchandising of certain commodities, flexible sealed plastic pouches contain-ing fluids, granules and the li~e are generally used,and the consumer or other person stores away the fill-seal pouches until required. When a fill-seal pouch is needed, the consumer places the pou~h in an up-right position into a pitcher or jug, nips off one upper corner of the pouch to form a flow outlet and ~
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simply tilts the pitcher and pours out a specified quantity of the contents of the pouch. The pitcher, with its open pouch, which now acts as a liner there-in, is stored away until further required.
In other instances, fluids such as milk, have been poured into form-Pill-seal pouches and are automatically or manually inserted into moisture-proof sealed cartons. When the consumer desires a glass of milk to drink, he cuts and tears off the top corner of a milk carton to expose the sealed milk pouch con-tained therein, and then snips off, pierces or other-wise penetrates the skin of the pouch to form an ape~ture therethrough, and which is in line with the torn or cut-off corner of the carton. The consumer may then withdraw the milk from the pouch and through the pouch opening, by means of a hollow straw, or pour out the milk into a glass or other receptacle.
The used carton and pouch are then discarded.
Some attempts have been made to provide a pouch receptacle in the shape of a pitcher, an open-top can and the like, in which each bottom wall of the receptacle is formed with an aperture and a flow pipe extending therethrough and integrally or other-wise secured to the bottom wall of the receptacle.
The upper end portion of the flow pipe terminates in-to a cutting edge while its lower end portion is adapted to engage with the inlet of a radiator, fuel -tank, oil inlet of vehicle engine~, and other equip~
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into the open top or mouth of the receptacle and in-sert the low~r portion of t~e flow pipe into the feed inlet of the enginets radiator and maintain the receptacle in that position. The attendant then presses downwardly on the top portion of the flexible pouch so as to impinge the pouch upon the cutting edge of the upper portion of the flow pipe, thereby causing a rupture to the bottom portion of the pouch and effecting a flow of the contents from the pouch through the flow pipe and into the feed inlet of the radiator of the engine.
The use Qf these form-fill-seal flexible plastic pouches for containing fluids or pourable -materials has been found efficient, inasmuch that they have created a breakthrough in terms of cost, durability and convenience in the packaging of fluids and other products Furthermore, these pouches are light in weight and take less space in refrigeration, - less storage space on display stands, shelving and the like, and do away the handling of bottles, cans, and cartons and their awkward disposal. Furthermore these form-fill-seal ~lexible plastic pouches have a jelly-like consistency with walls that are soft and yielding. Thus they change in shape if they are move~, pushed, or handled. ~ach pouch in its initial tube shape is round, but when heat sealed top and bottom the tube assumes a shape somewhat like a pillow having imprecise dimensions as related to top, bottom and sides, yet being filled with a fluid it will assume .
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whatever shape it rests in or upon.
The pla9tic films used have generally shown slip characteristics ~hich, when coupled with the action of the fluid contained seeking its own level, causes the cpouch wall to adhere closely to the ~urface area of the members supporting it to create a partial airlock which further inhibits slip9 thus causing a significant difference in characteris-tics from cellophane, paper, rigid or semi-rigid type packages.
However, there is much to be desired in the lack of a proper receptacle in which to place the filled pouch, in most cases, the filled pouch is simply in-serted into a pitcher or jug, one top corner of the pouch is cut off to form an aperture for the purpose of pouring out the required volume o~ the fluid from the pouch. Once the pouch has been opened, it allows ~ ;
the surrounding air and foreign matter to enter the pouch through the aperture and permeate the con~ents of the pouch. Furthermore, no means are provided to maintain the receptacle closed at all times if needed, or any means for manually, semi-automatically or other-wise penetrating and forming an aperture through the skin of the flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic sealed pouch for the egress of its contents and main- . .
tain a constant holding engagement with the flexible pouch.
It is therefore, the purpose of this inven-tion to avoid such defects or other shorkcomings of previous means and methods in packagin~ and merchandi_ .
~C~83534 sing of these flexible fluid or pourable material form-fill-seal plastic pouches, by devising a con-tainer and a dispenser-cutter unit that form an in-dispensable part of one another, and a flexible fluid or pourable material form-fill-seal plastic pouches which is adapted to be detachably inserted and hels in the container and to be manually, semi-automatically or otherwise operated by the dispenser-cutter unit to form an aperture through the pouch for the withdrawal of the contents, and to detachably engage the pouch and maintain the same in an approxi~
mately upright position within the container.
Among the objects of the in~ention is to devise a means whereby the use of flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouches, which are used for containing milk, cream, soft drinks, fruit juices, oils, anti-freeze and the like, are handled, packaged and uti-lized in a more efficient manner. Furthermore, such means lend themselves to paekaging and handling a wider range of ~roducts~ such as detergents, pharmaceuticals, viscous and ~luid products, labo-ratory material, air sprays~ perfumes, deodorants~
antiperspirants, topical antiseptics, and innumer-able other products, Another object of the invention is to devise a means whereby the combined container and dispenser~cutter unit will hold a removable flex-ible form-fill-seal plastic pouch in an uprighk position inserted in the container and manually, semi_automatically or otherwise operated to form an aperture through one side of the plastic pouch and .
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permit a specified volume of iks contents to be withdrawn therefrom, and then close any outlets leading from the ~ ntainer or dispenser.
Still another object is to main-tain the flexible pouch and its contents in a closed con-tainer and minimize the possibility of any moisture, air foreign matters, odors and the like from con-taminating the pouch contents.
Other and further advantage and improve-ments of the invention will be readily understood and appreciated from the description of the devise and its operation set forth in the specification below when read in connection with the drawings illus~rating various embodiments of the invention.
In the following description, and in the claims~ various details will be identified by specific names for convenience; the names, however, are intended to be generic in their application, In the description of the figures in the drawings~ the contents of the flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouches has been defined for the pack-aging of fluids for the purpose of the explanation of the use of the inv-~ntion, but it is to be under-stood that the contents of the flexible plastic pouch may be in the form of any pourable materials that may be desirable to package.
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container and dispenser-cutter unit com~ination~
containing the flexible fluid f'orm-fill-seal plas--tic pouch, and tilted at a pouring angle to allow the fluid to flow -therfrom.
FIGUR~ 2 is a vertical sectional view of the container and dispenser-cutter unit com-bination hlngedly secured to the open end of the container, which contains the flexible fluid form-fill-sea~ plastic pouch, and the cu~ter portion of the unit in position to penetrate and puncture the -~.
flexible plastic pouch. :
FIGURE 3 is a vertical sectional view of the container and its dispenser-cutter unit com- :
bination, as shown in FrGuR~ 2, and illustrati~g the position of the cutter, after it has piered :~
the skin of the flexible form-fill seal plastic .
pouch placed in the container, where it form an unobstructive flow-way passageway from within the " pouch and leading into the spout extending exte-riorly from the dispenser and effects a clinging surface for the adherence thereto of the pouch skin area surrounding the pierced portion of the skin of the pouch.within the container and main-taining a constant holding engagement therewith.
FIGURE 4 is a plan sectional view of the container and dispenser-cutker unit with the cutter portion puncturing the fluid form~
; seal plastic pouch held in the container, FIGURE 5 is a front elevation of a fle-xible fluid form-flll-seal plastic pouch, y7 '`:
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FIGUR~ 6 is a side elevation of the fle-xlble fluid form-fill-seal plast:ic pouch~
~IGUR13 7 is a vertical sectlonal schema-tic view as a modified form of the invention as shown in Figure 2, illustrating a screw type of dispenser closure provided with a center-sprout and pouch cut-ter version.
FIGURE ~ is a cross-sectlonal view as taken alon~ the line ~-~ in Figure 7.
FIGURE 9 is a vertical sectional schema-tic view of a modified form of the invention as shown in Figure 7, illustrating the screw type of dispenser closure provided with a plunger type of a spout adapted to engage with pouch-cutters, for-ming a part of the dispenser, and to cause the mo-vable pouch-cutters to spread apart from one another and penetrate and split the pouch held within the container.
FIGURE 10 is a vertical sectional sche-matic view of the invention as illus-trated in Fi-gure 9 and showing khe movable pouch-cutters punc-turing through the wall of the pouch to form an orifice therethrough.
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FIGURE 11 is a vertical sectional sche-matic view of the invention in which the ~lexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted through one end of the container for engagement with the dispenser-cutter unit located at the other end of the container.
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FIGUR.~ 12 is an inverted vertical sche-matic view of the invention, as shown in Figure 11 and in which the flexible fluid form-fill-seal pouch has been pierced by the dispenser-cut-ter unit~ and capped, and the contents thereof ready to be poured.
FIGURE 13 is a vertical sectional sche-matic view of the invention in which the dispenser is formed with a sprayer and closure cap and provi-ded with a hollow tube having its lower end termi-nating into a cutting edge adapted to engage and penetrate the top portion of the flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic pouch held within the con-tainer.
FIGURE 1~ is a vertical sectional sche- .
matic view of the invention, as shown in Figure 13, in which the flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic pouch has been pierced by the dispenser-cutter unit and capped, and the contents thereof ready to be withdrawn therefrom.
FIGURE 15 is a vertical sectional sche- .
matic view and a modified ~orm of the invention, in which the flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted in the container through one side there-of and pressed inwardly therein by the closure of the dispenser for engagement with the cutter unit secured to the opposing inner side of the container.
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FIGUXE lS is a vertical sectional sche-matic view of the invention as illustrated in Figure - 15 and showing the pouch inserted in the container ~-10_ , ~ . ~ , , . .
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and in contact w.ith the cutter unit therewikhin.
FIGU:RE 17 is a vertical sectional sche matic view ~f the invention, as illustrated in ~i-gures 15 and lo, showing the pouch held within the container pierced by the cutter unit, the dispenser closed and the contents of the pouch ready to be withdrawn therefrom.
FIGURE 1~ is a sectional schematic view of a modification of the invention, in which the container is adapted to hold multiple flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic pouches therewithin and the dispenser-cutter unit is provided with suction tubes whic'n terminate into pouch cutting edges adapted to pierce and penetrate the skin of the flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic pou-ches for withdrawing the contents of the pouches.
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view of a modification of the invention in which the container has a separate compartment to hold a flexible fluid form-fill-seal pouch and the re- .
mainder of the space contained in the container .
forming a separate compartment which is adapted to contain a different fluid, and a dispenser-cutter unit combination including a metering valve forming a closure for the container. ... ~. .
FIGURE 20 is a cross-sectional view as taken along the line 20-20 in :Figure 19.
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taken along the line 21-21 in Figure 1~.
FIGURE 22 is an enlarged fragrnentary sectional view of the invention as illustrated in Figure 19, with the exception that the metering valve unit meters only the flow of the fluid with-draw ~rom the flexible fluid form-fill-seal pouch.
Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.
Referring to the drawings, the contai-ner and dispenser-cutter unit combination form an indispensable part of one another f`or containing, holding and perforating flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouches adapted to contain fluids or pou-rable materials~ consists of a~container as indi-cated by the numeral 35, preferably made from a rigid or semi-rigid plastic material or their equivalents, which has an opened end 36~ the sur-rounding edge of which terminates in a locking lip 37~ The contour of the container 35 may be rec- -~
tangular, circular or any other shape to conform with the -con~iguration and location of a detach-able flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch 3~ con-taining the specified fluid or pourable material and to hold and retain the detachable pouch in po- -sition therein.
The dispenser-cutter unit 39 is formed of a movable lid 40 hin~edl~ secured at 41 to the upper portion of the container 35 situated adjacent to its open end and has a circumferential downward-ly projecting locking lip 37 of the container 35.
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A circular shaped spout 43 forms an int~agral par~
of the lid 40 and projects outwardly therefrom and is externally threaded at 44 for engagement by the internally threaded screw cap 45. The spout 43 is located adjacent to the circumferential edge o~ the container 35 and is situated opposite to the posi-tion taken by the hinge 41 connecting the lid and container to one another.
The movable lid 40 of the pouch cutter unit has a circular shaped cutting knife 46 made integral with the underside of the lid 40 and ex-tends downwards therefrom and is located within the area of the circular shaped spout 43 and has its lower portion 47 terminating in-to a circular shaped cutting adge 4~. The circular shaped cut-ting knife "~6 is of a sufficient lengths that, after it has cut and penetrated through the wall of the flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch, it will form an unobstructed flow-way to the exterior located spout 43 and also effect a clinging sur-face for the adherence thereto by the skin area of the pouch wall surrounding the penetrated portion of the skin wall.
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In order to minimize the possibility of any leakage from the container and dispensing unit, a gasket 49 or its equivalent is secured between the locking lip 37 of the container and the projec-ting locking 42 of the hinge lid 40 to form a tight joint and to prevent leakage when the lid is closed and interlocked with the container.
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In the use oP this invention, the con-tainer has a hinged dlspenser-cutter unit forming a movable lid for the open end of the containerO
When the movable lid is in its open position, the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted, in an upright position, into the open end of the container3 the lid is then hingedly lo-wered to its close position.
Before the movable lid comes in contact with the containerl the screw cap ~5 is brought in-to engagement with the spout 43 of the lid and clo-ses the passageway thereof so as to prevent any fluids or pourable material from escaping there-through as the pouch cutter is brought into cutting contact with the wall of the flexible plastic pouch.
As the closure lid is brought into interlocking en-gagement with the container, the cutter-knife pene-trates the wall of the pouch and creates an aperture therethrough which is in alignment with the spout of the lid. The container and the closure lid are interlocked with one another and the pou~h is held in an upright position by the circular cutting knife and locked within the container and engaged by the closure lid.
When it is required to use the contents of the pouch, the screw cap is simply removed from the spout of the lid. The container is tilted in an ordinary way and the contents ofi,the pouch is removed by gravity flow. When the desired quantity ~14-. - -- : :
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of the contents has been rernoved from the pouch, the container is placed in an upright position, the screw cap is applied to the spout and the container is stored away for further use~
When the con~ents of the pouch has been depleted, the movable lid is raised from the contai-ner, the depleted pouch and the cutting knife of the movable lid are disengaged from one another. The depleted pouch is removed from the container and replaced by another flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch.
In Figures 7 and ~ there is illustrated a slight deviation of the invention in which the circumferential contains 50~ which is preferably i, made from a rigid or a semi-rigid plastic material or their equivalents, has an open end 51 and is circumferentially threaded externally at 52 loca-ted adjacent to its circumferential edge 53. The dispenser-cutter unit 54 is in the form of a screw-lid 55 having an internally threaded circumferen-tial flange 56 which is adapted to engage or dis-engage with the externally threaded open end of thd container.
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The screw lid 55 is formed with an ap-proximately centered circular aperture extending therethrough around which an externally threaded neck-shaped spout 57 i5 formed integral with the screw lid and projects upwardly therefrom and forms a passageway therethrough to permit the exit ; ~15~
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of the fluid or pourable material contained in a flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch that is in-serted in the container, the spout is adapted to be engaged by the screw cap 5~. The arcuate-shaped opposing cut-ter knives 59 are formed integ-ral or otherwise secured to the underside of the screw lid 55 in opposing positions with their in-ner curvatures facing one another, and are located adjacent to the circular edge forming the shape of the aperture. The cutter knives are in alignment with the inner curvature of the neck-shaped spout 57 of the screw lid and extend downwardly there-from and terminate into lower cutting ends 60.
In the use of this invention, as illus-trated in ~igures 7 and ~, the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted in an up-right position into the open end of the container and held therein. The screw lid has its spout closed by the screw cap prior to the tightening ~-oE the screw lid upon the threaded open end of the container and placing the position of the lower cutting ends 60 of the arcuate-shaped knives slight-ly above the top surface of the flexible commodity ~ form-fill-seaL plastic pouch. When it is required ; 25 to use the contents of the pouch, the screw lid is further tightened to interlock the screw lid with thethreaded open end of the container, thereby cau-sing the arcuate-shaped knives to engage and pene-trate the top ~rf~c~eof the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch and effect an aperture -16_ ~. ; ,- .
~83~34 therethrough and -to remain in tha~ position until the pouch has been relieved of its contents. The screw cap is then removed from the spout of the screw lid and the container is then hanuled like any other container tha-t is provi~ed with a spout or discharge opening. When the pouch has been emptied, the screw lid is unscrewed frorn the open end of the container, and permitting the empty pouch to be removed and detached from the container and the dispenser-cutter unit combination.
The combined container and dispenser-cutter unit, may then be refilled with another flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pou~h and handled and used in the same manner as the previous emptied flexible plastic pouch. In many instances, this being accomplished without the need of re-cleaning the combined container,and dispenser-cutter unit.
In Figures 9 and 10 an alternative means and method of utilizing the cutter-knives and the spout of the container is illustrated, in which the container 62 has an open externally threaded end and the screw lid 61 of the container 62 has a com-modity discharge aperture 63 surrounded by a spout 64 that is integral with the screw lid 61 and ex-tends upwardly therefrom. A plunger 65 is recipro-cally mounted in and through the integrally secured spout 64 and extends beyond the open ends thereof.
The upper end portion of the plunger 65 is exter-nally threaded at 66 while its lower portion termi-. . ~ .
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nates in an outwardly projec~ing circumferential flange 67 adapted to engage and disengage with the undersurface of the screw-lid and situated adjacent to the commodity discharge aperture 63, which is in alignment with the spout 64.
The swingably hook-shaped resilient cut-ter knives 6~ are in the Porm of blades which ter-minate into cutter edges 69 located within the con-tainer 62, and h~ue their hook portions 70 integrally or otherwise secured to the underside of the screw lid 61 adjacent to and on opposing sides of the spout 64. In the non-pouch-cutting position of the resilient cutter knives 6~, the blades thereof ex-tend inwardly and in approximately longitudinal alignment towards one another and are engaged by the projecting circumferential flange 67 of the : hollow plunger 65, the pouch cutting end portions of the blades terminating short from one another below the commodity flow area passageway 71 of the plunger 65. The upper end of the plunger 65 is closed by the screw cap 72, which, upon the appli-cation of a down pressure on the plunger 65 the lo-wer circumferential edge 73 of the screw cap will come into direct engagement with the upper circum-ferential edge 74 of the spout 64.
In the operation o~ the modification, the flexible cornmodity f'orm-fill-seal pouch i9 in~
serted in an upright position into the open end of the container and the screw lid, having its plun-~ 30 ger closed by the screw cap, is threaded upon the ~, ~,.. .
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threaded open end of the container and thus closing the container.
The plunger is freely mounted in its li-mited reclprocal motion in relation to the contai-ner and dispenser and is used in the operation of the cutter knives. When the plunger is pressed downwardly, it will apply pressure upon the resi-lient cutter knives causing them to swing downward-ly and engage and penetrate the top surface of the pouch and forming an aperture therethrough. When ~;
pressure is released, the screw cap may be removed, the container tilted and the required quantity of the contents will pour out through the aperture made in the pouch. The screw cap i5 then replaced on the hollow plunger and the combination container-dispenser-cutter unit assembly rnay be stored away until needed.
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In this way, the container and dispen-ser-cutter unit together with the flexible pouch become a combination and are maintained in that position until the commodity has been completely withdrawn from the pouch. The screw lid is then disengaged from the container, and replaced by ano-ther flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouchO
A modification of the invention i9 il-lustrated in Figures 11 and 12, in which the con-tainer 75 i9 forme* of a rigid plastic or equiva-lent material and has an internal closed end 76 and ' ~19-... . .
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an open end 77, The closed end 7~ has a commodity discharge aperture 7~ surrounded by an ex~ernally threaded spout 79 that is integral with the closed end 76 and projects upwardly therefrom and is ada,o-ted to be engaged by an internally threaded closure cap ~0.
The cutter-knives ~1 of the container dispenser-cutter unit ~2 are integral or otherwiss secured to the underside ~3 of the closed end 76 of the container and are located adjacent to the inner circumferential edge ~ of the spout and ex-tend downwardly ~nd inwardly therefrom into the container to complete a V-shaped cutting edge point ~5 and positioned below the commodity discharge aperture 7~ and in an approximate central location f the inner area of the spout 79 The container 75 is provided with an integral circumferential outerlocking lip unit ~6 located adjacent to its open end 77 and which is adapted to be engaged by the inner circumferential locking lip ~7 of the snap closure lid ~.
The use and application of this modi-fied form of the invention, as shown in Figures 11 and 12, is similar to the forms previously des-cribed with the exception that the flexible commo- .
dity form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted ~
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When inserting a ~lexible commodit~ for~n-fill-seal plastic pouch into the container, the clo-sure cap is applied to the open spout of the closed end of the contalner. The ~illed pouch is then in-serted ~hrough the open end of the container and has one end resting on the ~-shaped point of the cutter-knives while the other end portion of the pouch pro-jects beyond the open end of the container. The closure lid is applied to the open end of the con-tainer and is brought into pressure contact with the exposed end portion of the pouch and forces it to be impinged upon the V-shaped cutting points of the cutter-knives which penet,rate the pouch and cuts it open to permit the withdrawal of the commodit~
therein. Simultaneously, the closure lid is snapped into interlocking engagement with the open end of the container and thereby sealing the contents therein until required.
When some of the commodity contents is to be withdrawn from the closed container, the clo sure cap is removed from the spout of the container and a specified volume of the commodity is poured out in the usual way. The spout of the container is then recapped, the closed container i5 then stored away until further required.
In Figures 13 and 1~ the rigid container ~9 is similarly constructed to the container as il-lustrated in Fi~ure 7, and has an open en~ 90 and is adapted to be closed and opened by the screw lid _21-.
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91. The screw lid has an externally threaded spout 92 projecting upwardly therefrom and integrally se-cured thereto and adapted -to be engaged and disen-gaged by the dispenser-cutter unit 93, which i5 in the form of a top-fill dispenser 9~ operated by the sprayer suction pump 95 thereof and integrally moun-ted on a screw cap 96. A suction tube 97 is integ-rally or otherwise secured to the underside of the screw cap 96 and connected to passageway 9~ of dis- --penser 94, the free end of the suction tube termi-nating into a pouch cutter 99.
The flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted into the container in the usual way, and the dispenser-cutter unit is placed into aligned position with the spout of the screw lid so that upon pushing down the dispenser-cutter unit the suction tube will be pushed through the orifice of the spout and then into and through the skin of the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plas- :~
tic pouch until the end portion of the suction tube termi~ates short of the bottom of the pouch and the -screw cap is engaged with the threaded spout and ~.
forms the closure, In this way, the commodity is always sealed within the container, until the contents has been used up. The screw lid and its dispenser_ cutter unit are then detached from the container, the used spout removed and replaced by another fle-xible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch~ and the dispenser-cutter unit is returned to its clo-; _22~
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In Figures 15, 16 and 17 -the self-con~
tained container dispenser-cutter unit combination are all preferably integrally connected with one another, in which the container 100 has a dispen-ser side fill entrance 101 for the insertion and ... -remo~al of the flex:ible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch 102 and a side hinge closure wall 102 forming a part of the container and adapted to open or tightly close the dispenser side fill en-trance 101.
The cutter-knife 103 is preferably formed in a V-shape and the cutter arms 104 of the V-shaped knife 103 is welded or otherwise secured to the inner surfaces of said container such as the inner side portion of the container that i5 facing the dispenser side fill entrance 101 and to the underside of the integral top wall 105 of the .
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container. The apex 106 of the V-shaped knife ter-minates in~o a cutting edge and is directed inward-ly towards the dispenser side fill entrance of the container. ~
', The top wall 105 has a commodity dis-charge aperture 107 which is surrounded by an ex-ternally threaded spout 10~ that is integrally ~:
formed with the top wall 105 and projects upwardly therefrom and is adapted to be engaged by an exter- .
nally closure cap 109 .
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invention somewhat similar -to the previously des-cribed forms of the invention. ~he flexible com-modity ~orm-fill-seal plastic pouch 102 is inser-ted in the container, all openings to -the contai-ner are closed, and the pouch and its contents are sealed therein. Coincidentally, the dispenser-cutter unit is brought into piercing contact with the pouch skin and tears a hole therethrough to allow the withdrawal of the commodity therefromO
The sealed container is ready for use, and when needed~ the closure cap is removed from the spout, the container tilted and the commodity is poured out of the pouch and containerO When the required volume of the commodity has been withdrawn, the ~ ;
; 15 spout is recapped by the closure cap and the con-tainer is put away in storage until further re-quired.
In the above description of the inven-tion, the container and the dispenser-cutter unit combination has been generally des~ribed for hou-sing and utilizing a single flexible commodity form-fill-seal pouch at a time.
But the same general structure may house and utilize multiple flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouches without difficulty, a demons-tration of which is shown in Figure l~, In Figure 1~, the container llO is formed of a rigid plastic or equ~valent material and has a closed end lll and an open end 112 and i5 provided .
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The closed integral end 111 of the container has a commodity discharge aperture 115 surrounded by an externally threaded dispenser spout 116 that is in-tegral with the closed end 111 and projects upward-ly therefrom and which is adapted to be engaged by an internally threaded closure screw cap 117.
The internally threaded closure screw cap 117 forms an integral part of the dispenser-cutter unit and which is in the form of a top-fill .;
dispenser llg controlled through a spray gun 119 :
and operated by compressed air or other means for withdrawing and spraying commodity contents from the container 110 and integrally mounted on the closure screw cap 117. Double-suction tubes 120 and 121 have their upper portions bent inwardly towards one another at 122 and 123 merged together to form a ~
hollow neck 124 which is in alignment with the com- .
modity egress passageway 125 of a top-fill dispen-ser 11~. The hollow neck 124 of the double-suction tubes 120 and 121 is integrally or otherwise secured :
to the top-fill dispenser 11~ while the free por-tions 126 and 127 of the suction tubes terminate into pouch-knife cutting edges 12~ and 1290 The lower portion 130 of the container 110 is externally threaded around its circumference and located adjacent to its circumferential edge :
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-forming the contour of the open end 112, and which is adapted to be engaged by -the internally thread~d lid 131.
The flexible commodity form-fill-seal 5 plastic pouches are inserted through the open end of the container into their respective compartments and the threaded lid is applied to the open end of the container and interlocks the container and lid together into a tight closure posi~ionO The clo~
sure cap is removed from the spout of the closed end of the container and is replaced by the dis-penser pouch-cutter unit by first aligning the dis- . ~
penser with the spout and insertin~ the suction ~.
tubes of the pouch-cutter unit, that ~orms a part of the dispenser, into the respective pouch com-partments for engagement and penetration of the multiple pouches contained therein. The threaded closure top of the dispenser is then brought into interlocking and tight engaging position with the spout of the container, thereby sealing the contai-ner, which is now ready for use. It will thus be seen tha~ the pouch container and dispenser pouch- :
cutter unit.combination is capable of being made in all sizes and to lend themselves for commercial and industrial purposes.
The invention, as a container-dispenser flexible commodity form-fill seal plastic pouch .
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of the constituents and their concentration, and their withdrawal from t~le container-dispenser--cutter unit.
In Figures 19, 20 and 21 the container and dispenser-cutter unit combination consists of a container 132 made from a rigid plastic or equi-valent material and shaped in the form of a bottle having an externally threaded open neck portion 133 and a bottom end wall 134. A curve-shaped partition 135 is integrally or otherwise secured to an innerside surface of the bottle wall 136 forming therewith a rigid open pocket 137 and 9i-tuated adjacent to and partially under the inte- :
rior area of the open-neck portion 133, the size f the open pocket 137 being predetermined in ac-cordance to the pre-selected size and style of the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouches 13~ that are to be usedO
The dispenser-pouch-cutter 139, as il-lustrated, is in the form of an external mixing spray pump 140 for the internal mixing of the cons-tituents which have been withdrawn and metered from the container, is integrally mounted on a screw cap 141 on which the base 142 of the pump 140 is in tegrally or otherwise mounted and secured and ex-tends upwardly therefrom. The base 142, which may be hollow or solid, is provided with a commodi~y passageway 143 and a fluid tubular passageway lL~I~
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The commodity suction tube 149 and the diluter fluid suction tube 150 are in-tegrally or otherwise secured to the base 142 and surround the entrances of the commodity passageway 143 and the fluid tubular passageway 144, and project downward-ly through the screw cap 141 and therebeyond. The commodity suction tube 149 has its ~ree end portion 151 terminating into a flexible pouch knife cutting edge 152 and adapted to be inserted into the open pouch pocket 137 of the container, while the dilu- .
ter fluid suction tube 150 projects downwardly into :
the container and terminates short of the bottom thereof ~
In the application and use of this form .
of the invention, the flexible form-fill-seal plas-` 20 tic pouch, which contains the concentrate, is inser-ted in an upright position in the open pouch pocket of the container and the remaining space in the con-tainer is filled with a diluent but which, pre~era-bly has a fluid level below the level of the open : 25 pouch pocketO The screw cap 141 of the dispenser pouch-cutter unit 139 is brought into interlocking engagement with the externally threaded open neck portion of the container and coincidentally the com-modity suction tube 149 will enter the open pGuch :~
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vention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended tha~ all ma~ter con-tained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as il-lustrative and not in a limiting sense.
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The invention relates ~o improvements in a container and dispenser-cutter unit combination for containing and holding flexible for-fill-seal plastic pouches adapted to contain fluids or pourable materials as described in the present specification and illus-trated in the accompanying drawings that form a part of the same.
The invention consists essentially in the novel features of construction as pointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty following a description containing an explanation in detail of an acceptable form of the invention and modifications thereof.
It has been common practice to merchandise fluids, granules, food products, oils, beverages, anti-freeze and the like, in seal containers, bags and pouches which are made from flexible materials such as cellulosics, glassine, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, copolymer film, polyethylene and the like and distri-buted to the consumer, who destroys or otherwise opensthe sealed bag or pouch for releasing its contents therefro~.
~ n the packaging and merchandising of certain commodities, flexible sealed plastic pouches contain-ing fluids, granules and the li~e are generally used,and the consumer or other person stores away the fill-seal pouches until required. When a fill-seal pouch is needed, the consumer places the pou~h in an up-right position into a pitcher or jug, nips off one upper corner of the pouch to form a flow outlet and ~
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simply tilts the pitcher and pours out a specified quantity of the contents of the pouch. The pitcher, with its open pouch, which now acts as a liner there-in, is stored away until further required.
In other instances, fluids such as milk, have been poured into form-Pill-seal pouches and are automatically or manually inserted into moisture-proof sealed cartons. When the consumer desires a glass of milk to drink, he cuts and tears off the top corner of a milk carton to expose the sealed milk pouch con-tained therein, and then snips off, pierces or other-wise penetrates the skin of the pouch to form an ape~ture therethrough, and which is in line with the torn or cut-off corner of the carton. The consumer may then withdraw the milk from the pouch and through the pouch opening, by means of a hollow straw, or pour out the milk into a glass or other receptacle.
The used carton and pouch are then discarded.
Some attempts have been made to provide a pouch receptacle in the shape of a pitcher, an open-top can and the like, in which each bottom wall of the receptacle is formed with an aperture and a flow pipe extending therethrough and integrally or other-wise secured to the bottom wall of the receptacle.
The upper end portion of the flow pipe terminates in-to a cutting edge while its lower end portion is adapted to engage with the inlet of a radiator, fuel -tank, oil inlet of vehicle engine~, and other equip~
ment.
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into the open top or mouth of the receptacle and in-sert the low~r portion of t~e flow pipe into the feed inlet of the enginets radiator and maintain the receptacle in that position. The attendant then presses downwardly on the top portion of the flexible pouch so as to impinge the pouch upon the cutting edge of the upper portion of the flow pipe, thereby causing a rupture to the bottom portion of the pouch and effecting a flow of the contents from the pouch through the flow pipe and into the feed inlet of the radiator of the engine.
The use Qf these form-fill-seal flexible plastic pouches for containing fluids or pourable -materials has been found efficient, inasmuch that they have created a breakthrough in terms of cost, durability and convenience in the packaging of fluids and other products Furthermore, these pouches are light in weight and take less space in refrigeration, - less storage space on display stands, shelving and the like, and do away the handling of bottles, cans, and cartons and their awkward disposal. Furthermore these form-fill-seal ~lexible plastic pouches have a jelly-like consistency with walls that are soft and yielding. Thus they change in shape if they are move~, pushed, or handled. ~ach pouch in its initial tube shape is round, but when heat sealed top and bottom the tube assumes a shape somewhat like a pillow having imprecise dimensions as related to top, bottom and sides, yet being filled with a fluid it will assume .
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whatever shape it rests in or upon.
The pla9tic films used have generally shown slip characteristics ~hich, when coupled with the action of the fluid contained seeking its own level, causes the cpouch wall to adhere closely to the ~urface area of the members supporting it to create a partial airlock which further inhibits slip9 thus causing a significant difference in characteris-tics from cellophane, paper, rigid or semi-rigid type packages.
However, there is much to be desired in the lack of a proper receptacle in which to place the filled pouch, in most cases, the filled pouch is simply in-serted into a pitcher or jug, one top corner of the pouch is cut off to form an aperture for the purpose of pouring out the required volume o~ the fluid from the pouch. Once the pouch has been opened, it allows ~ ;
the surrounding air and foreign matter to enter the pouch through the aperture and permeate the con~ents of the pouch. Furthermore, no means are provided to maintain the receptacle closed at all times if needed, or any means for manually, semi-automatically or other-wise penetrating and forming an aperture through the skin of the flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic sealed pouch for the egress of its contents and main- . .
tain a constant holding engagement with the flexible pouch.
It is therefore, the purpose of this inven-tion to avoid such defects or other shorkcomings of previous means and methods in packagin~ and merchandi_ .
~C~83534 sing of these flexible fluid or pourable material form-fill-seal plastic pouches, by devising a con-tainer and a dispenser-cutter unit that form an in-dispensable part of one another, and a flexible fluid or pourable material form-fill-seal plastic pouches which is adapted to be detachably inserted and hels in the container and to be manually, semi-automatically or otherwise operated by the dispenser-cutter unit to form an aperture through the pouch for the withdrawal of the contents, and to detachably engage the pouch and maintain the same in an approxi~
mately upright position within the container.
Among the objects of the in~ention is to devise a means whereby the use of flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouches, which are used for containing milk, cream, soft drinks, fruit juices, oils, anti-freeze and the like, are handled, packaged and uti-lized in a more efficient manner. Furthermore, such means lend themselves to paekaging and handling a wider range of ~roducts~ such as detergents, pharmaceuticals, viscous and ~luid products, labo-ratory material, air sprays~ perfumes, deodorants~
antiperspirants, topical antiseptics, and innumer-able other products, Another object of the invention is to devise a means whereby the combined container and dispenser~cutter unit will hold a removable flex-ible form-fill-seal plastic pouch in an uprighk position inserted in the container and manually, semi_automatically or otherwise operated to form an aperture through one side of the plastic pouch and .
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permit a specified volume of iks contents to be withdrawn therefrom, and then close any outlets leading from the ~ ntainer or dispenser.
Still another object is to main-tain the flexible pouch and its contents in a closed con-tainer and minimize the possibility of any moisture, air foreign matters, odors and the like from con-taminating the pouch contents.
Other and further advantage and improve-ments of the invention will be readily understood and appreciated from the description of the devise and its operation set forth in the specification below when read in connection with the drawings illus~rating various embodiments of the invention.
In the following description, and in the claims~ various details will be identified by specific names for convenience; the names, however, are intended to be generic in their application, In the description of the figures in the drawings~ the contents of the flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouches has been defined for the pack-aging of fluids for the purpose of the explanation of the use of the inv-~ntion, but it is to be under-stood that the contents of the flexible plastic pouch may be in the form of any pourable materials that may be desirable to package.
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containing the flexible fluid f'orm-fill-seal plas--tic pouch, and tilted at a pouring angle to allow the fluid to flow -therfrom.
FIGUR~ 2 is a vertical sectional view of the container and dispenser-cutter unit com-bination hlngedly secured to the open end of the container, which contains the flexible fluid form-fill-sea~ plastic pouch, and the cu~ter portion of the unit in position to penetrate and puncture the -~.
flexible plastic pouch. :
FIGURE 3 is a vertical sectional view of the container and its dispenser-cutter unit com- :
bination, as shown in FrGuR~ 2, and illustrati~g the position of the cutter, after it has piered :~
the skin of the flexible form-fill seal plastic .
pouch placed in the container, where it form an unobstructive flow-way passageway from within the " pouch and leading into the spout extending exte-riorly from the dispenser and effects a clinging surface for the adherence thereto of the pouch skin area surrounding the pierced portion of the skin of the pouch.within the container and main-taining a constant holding engagement therewith.
FIGURE 4 is a plan sectional view of the container and dispenser-cutker unit with the cutter portion puncturing the fluid form~
; seal plastic pouch held in the container, FIGURE 5 is a front elevation of a fle-xible fluid form-flll-seal plastic pouch, y7 '`:
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FIGUR~ 6 is a side elevation of the fle-xlble fluid form-fill-seal plast:ic pouch~
~IGUR13 7 is a vertical sectlonal schema-tic view as a modified form of the invention as shown in Figure 2, illustrating a screw type of dispenser closure provided with a center-sprout and pouch cut-ter version.
FIGURE ~ is a cross-sectlonal view as taken alon~ the line ~-~ in Figure 7.
FIGURE 9 is a vertical sectional schema-tic view of a modified form of the invention as shown in Figure 7, illustrating the screw type of dispenser closure provided with a plunger type of a spout adapted to engage with pouch-cutters, for-ming a part of the dispenser, and to cause the mo-vable pouch-cutters to spread apart from one another and penetrate and split the pouch held within the container.
FIGURE 10 is a vertical sectional sche-matic view of the invention as illus-trated in Fi-gure 9 and showing khe movable pouch-cutters punc-turing through the wall of the pouch to form an orifice therethrough.
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FIGURE 11 is a vertical sectional sche-matic view of the invention in which the ~lexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted through one end of the container for engagement with the dispenser-cutter unit located at the other end of the container.
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FIGUR.~ 12 is an inverted vertical sche-matic view of the invention, as shown in Figure 11 and in which the flexible fluid form-fill-seal pouch has been pierced by the dispenser-cut-ter unit~ and capped, and the contents thereof ready to be poured.
FIGURE 13 is a vertical sectional sche-matic view of the invention in which the dispenser is formed with a sprayer and closure cap and provi-ded with a hollow tube having its lower end termi-nating into a cutting edge adapted to engage and penetrate the top portion of the flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic pouch held within the con-tainer.
FIGURE 1~ is a vertical sectional sche- .
matic view of the invention, as shown in Figure 13, in which the flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic pouch has been pierced by the dispenser-cutter unit and capped, and the contents thereof ready to be withdrawn therefrom.
FIGURE 15 is a vertical sectional sche- .
matic view and a modified ~orm of the invention, in which the flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted in the container through one side there-of and pressed inwardly therein by the closure of the dispenser for engagement with the cutter unit secured to the opposing inner side of the container.
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and in contact w.ith the cutter unit therewikhin.
FIGU:RE 17 is a vertical sectional sche matic view ~f the invention, as illustrated in ~i-gures 15 and lo, showing the pouch held within the container pierced by the cutter unit, the dispenser closed and the contents of the pouch ready to be withdrawn therefrom.
FIGURE 1~ is a sectional schematic view of a modification of the invention, in which the container is adapted to hold multiple flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic pouches therewithin and the dispenser-cutter unit is provided with suction tubes whic'n terminate into pouch cutting edges adapted to pierce and penetrate the skin of the flexible fluid form-fill-seal plastic pou-ches for withdrawing the contents of the pouches.
FIGURE 19 is a perspective schematic :
view of a modification of the invention in which the container has a separate compartment to hold a flexible fluid form-fill-seal pouch and the re- .
mainder of the space contained in the container .
forming a separate compartment which is adapted to contain a different fluid, and a dispenser-cutter unit combination including a metering valve forming a closure for the container. ... ~. .
FIGURE 20 is a cross-sectional view as taken along the line 20-20 in :Figure 19.
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FIGURE 22 is an enlarged fragrnentary sectional view of the invention as illustrated in Figure 19, with the exception that the metering valve unit meters only the flow of the fluid with-draw ~rom the flexible fluid form-fill-seal pouch.
Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.
Referring to the drawings, the contai-ner and dispenser-cutter unit combination form an indispensable part of one another f`or containing, holding and perforating flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouches adapted to contain fluids or pou-rable materials~ consists of a~container as indi-cated by the numeral 35, preferably made from a rigid or semi-rigid plastic material or their equivalents, which has an opened end 36~ the sur-rounding edge of which terminates in a locking lip 37~ The contour of the container 35 may be rec- -~
tangular, circular or any other shape to conform with the -con~iguration and location of a detach-able flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch 3~ con-taining the specified fluid or pourable material and to hold and retain the detachable pouch in po- -sition therein.
The dispenser-cutter unit 39 is formed of a movable lid 40 hin~edl~ secured at 41 to the upper portion of the container 35 situated adjacent to its open end and has a circumferential downward-ly projecting locking lip 37 of the container 35.
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of the lid 40 and projects outwardly therefrom and is externally threaded at 44 for engagement by the internally threaded screw cap 45. The spout 43 is located adjacent to the circumferential edge o~ the container 35 and is situated opposite to the posi-tion taken by the hinge 41 connecting the lid and container to one another.
The movable lid 40 of the pouch cutter unit has a circular shaped cutting knife 46 made integral with the underside of the lid 40 and ex-tends downwards therefrom and is located within the area of the circular shaped spout 43 and has its lower portion 47 terminating in-to a circular shaped cutting adge 4~. The circular shaped cut-ting knife "~6 is of a sufficient lengths that, after it has cut and penetrated through the wall of the flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch, it will form an unobstructed flow-way to the exterior located spout 43 and also effect a clinging sur-face for the adherence thereto by the skin area of the pouch wall surrounding the penetrated portion of the skin wall.
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In order to minimize the possibility of any leakage from the container and dispensing unit, a gasket 49 or its equivalent is secured between the locking lip 37 of the container and the projec-ting locking 42 of the hinge lid 40 to form a tight joint and to prevent leakage when the lid is closed and interlocked with the container.
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In the use oP this invention, the con-tainer has a hinged dlspenser-cutter unit forming a movable lid for the open end of the containerO
When the movable lid is in its open position, the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted, in an upright position, into the open end of the container3 the lid is then hingedly lo-wered to its close position.
Before the movable lid comes in contact with the containerl the screw cap ~5 is brought in-to engagement with the spout 43 of the lid and clo-ses the passageway thereof so as to prevent any fluids or pourable material from escaping there-through as the pouch cutter is brought into cutting contact with the wall of the flexible plastic pouch.
As the closure lid is brought into interlocking en-gagement with the container, the cutter-knife pene-trates the wall of the pouch and creates an aperture therethrough which is in alignment with the spout of the lid. The container and the closure lid are interlocked with one another and the pou~h is held in an upright position by the circular cutting knife and locked within the container and engaged by the closure lid.
When it is required to use the contents of the pouch, the screw cap is simply removed from the spout of the lid. The container is tilted in an ordinary way and the contents ofi,the pouch is removed by gravity flow. When the desired quantity ~14-. - -- : :
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of the contents has been rernoved from the pouch, the container is placed in an upright position, the screw cap is applied to the spout and the container is stored away for further use~
When the con~ents of the pouch has been depleted, the movable lid is raised from the contai-ner, the depleted pouch and the cutting knife of the movable lid are disengaged from one another. The depleted pouch is removed from the container and replaced by another flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch.
In Figures 7 and ~ there is illustrated a slight deviation of the invention in which the circumferential contains 50~ which is preferably i, made from a rigid or a semi-rigid plastic material or their equivalents, has an open end 51 and is circumferentially threaded externally at 52 loca-ted adjacent to its circumferential edge 53. The dispenser-cutter unit 54 is in the form of a screw-lid 55 having an internally threaded circumferen-tial flange 56 which is adapted to engage or dis-engage with the externally threaded open end of thd container.
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of the fluid or pourable material contained in a flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch that is in-serted in the container, the spout is adapted to be engaged by the screw cap 5~. The arcuate-shaped opposing cut-ter knives 59 are formed integ-ral or otherwise secured to the underside of the screw lid 55 in opposing positions with their in-ner curvatures facing one another, and are located adjacent to the circular edge forming the shape of the aperture. The cutter knives are in alignment with the inner curvature of the neck-shaped spout 57 of the screw lid and extend downwardly there-from and terminate into lower cutting ends 60.
In the use of this invention, as illus-trated in ~igures 7 and ~, the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted in an up-right position into the open end of the container and held therein. The screw lid has its spout closed by the screw cap prior to the tightening ~-oE the screw lid upon the threaded open end of the container and placing the position of the lower cutting ends 60 of the arcuate-shaped knives slight-ly above the top surface of the flexible commodity ~ form-fill-seaL plastic pouch. When it is required ; 25 to use the contents of the pouch, the screw lid is further tightened to interlock the screw lid with thethreaded open end of the container, thereby cau-sing the arcuate-shaped knives to engage and pene-trate the top ~rf~c~eof the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch and effect an aperture -16_ ~. ; ,- .
~83~34 therethrough and -to remain in tha~ position until the pouch has been relieved of its contents. The screw cap is then removed from the spout of the screw lid and the container is then hanuled like any other container tha-t is provi~ed with a spout or discharge opening. When the pouch has been emptied, the screw lid is unscrewed frorn the open end of the container, and permitting the empty pouch to be removed and detached from the container and the dispenser-cutter unit combination.
The combined container and dispenser-cutter unit, may then be refilled with another flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pou~h and handled and used in the same manner as the previous emptied flexible plastic pouch. In many instances, this being accomplished without the need of re-cleaning the combined container,and dispenser-cutter unit.
In Figures 9 and 10 an alternative means and method of utilizing the cutter-knives and the spout of the container is illustrated, in which the container 62 has an open externally threaded end and the screw lid 61 of the container 62 has a com-modity discharge aperture 63 surrounded by a spout 64 that is integral with the screw lid 61 and ex-tends upwardly therefrom. A plunger 65 is recipro-cally mounted in and through the integrally secured spout 64 and extends beyond the open ends thereof.
The upper end portion of the plunger 65 is exter-nally threaded at 66 while its lower portion termi-. . ~ .
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nates in an outwardly projec~ing circumferential flange 67 adapted to engage and disengage with the undersurface of the screw-lid and situated adjacent to the commodity discharge aperture 63, which is in alignment with the spout 64.
The swingably hook-shaped resilient cut-ter knives 6~ are in the Porm of blades which ter-minate into cutter edges 69 located within the con-tainer 62, and h~ue their hook portions 70 integrally or otherwise secured to the underside of the screw lid 61 adjacent to and on opposing sides of the spout 64. In the non-pouch-cutting position of the resilient cutter knives 6~, the blades thereof ex-tend inwardly and in approximately longitudinal alignment towards one another and are engaged by the projecting circumferential flange 67 of the : hollow plunger 65, the pouch cutting end portions of the blades terminating short from one another below the commodity flow area passageway 71 of the plunger 65. The upper end of the plunger 65 is closed by the screw cap 72, which, upon the appli-cation of a down pressure on the plunger 65 the lo-wer circumferential edge 73 of the screw cap will come into direct engagement with the upper circum-ferential edge 74 of the spout 64.
In the operation o~ the modification, the flexible cornmodity f'orm-fill-seal pouch i9 in~
serted in an upright position into the open end of the container and the screw lid, having its plun-~ 30 ger closed by the screw cap, is threaded upon the ~, ~,.. .
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threaded open end of the container and thus closing the container.
The plunger is freely mounted in its li-mited reclprocal motion in relation to the contai-ner and dispenser and is used in the operation of the cutter knives. When the plunger is pressed downwardly, it will apply pressure upon the resi-lient cutter knives causing them to swing downward-ly and engage and penetrate the top surface of the pouch and forming an aperture therethrough. When ~;
pressure is released, the screw cap may be removed, the container tilted and the required quantity of the contents will pour out through the aperture made in the pouch. The screw cap i5 then replaced on the hollow plunger and the combination container-dispenser-cutter unit assembly rnay be stored away until needed.
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In this way, the container and dispen-ser-cutter unit together with the flexible pouch become a combination and are maintained in that position until the commodity has been completely withdrawn from the pouch. The screw lid is then disengaged from the container, and replaced by ano-ther flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouchO
A modification of the invention i9 il-lustrated in Figures 11 and 12, in which the con-tainer 75 i9 forme* of a rigid plastic or equiva-lent material and has an internal closed end 76 and ' ~19-... . .
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an open end 77, The closed end 7~ has a commodity discharge aperture 7~ surrounded by an ex~ernally threaded spout 79 that is integral with the closed end 76 and projects upwardly therefrom and is ada,o-ted to be engaged by an internally threaded closure cap ~0.
The cutter-knives ~1 of the container dispenser-cutter unit ~2 are integral or otherwiss secured to the underside ~3 of the closed end 76 of the container and are located adjacent to the inner circumferential edge ~ of the spout and ex-tend downwardly ~nd inwardly therefrom into the container to complete a V-shaped cutting edge point ~5 and positioned below the commodity discharge aperture 7~ and in an approximate central location f the inner area of the spout 79 The container 75 is provided with an integral circumferential outerlocking lip unit ~6 located adjacent to its open end 77 and which is adapted to be engaged by the inner circumferential locking lip ~7 of the snap closure lid ~.
The use and application of this modi-fied form of the invention, as shown in Figures 11 and 12, is similar to the forms previously des-cribed with the exception that the flexible commo- .
dity form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted ~
through one end of the container and the contents ~ :
of the pouch withdrawn through the opposing end .. .
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When inserting a ~lexible commodit~ for~n-fill-seal plastic pouch into the container, the clo-sure cap is applied to the open spout of the closed end of the contalner. The ~illed pouch is then in-serted ~hrough the open end of the container and has one end resting on the ~-shaped point of the cutter-knives while the other end portion of the pouch pro-jects beyond the open end of the container. The closure lid is applied to the open end of the con-tainer and is brought into pressure contact with the exposed end portion of the pouch and forces it to be impinged upon the V-shaped cutting points of the cutter-knives which penet,rate the pouch and cuts it open to permit the withdrawal of the commodit~
therein. Simultaneously, the closure lid is snapped into interlocking engagement with the open end of the container and thereby sealing the contents therein until required.
When some of the commodity contents is to be withdrawn from the closed container, the clo sure cap is removed from the spout of the container and a specified volume of the commodity is poured out in the usual way. The spout of the container is then recapped, the closed container i5 then stored away until further required.
In Figures 13 and 1~ the rigid container ~9 is similarly constructed to the container as il-lustrated in Fi~ure 7, and has an open en~ 90 and is adapted to be closed and opened by the screw lid _21-.
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91. The screw lid has an externally threaded spout 92 projecting upwardly therefrom and integrally se-cured thereto and adapted -to be engaged and disen-gaged by the dispenser-cutter unit 93, which i5 in the form of a top-fill dispenser 9~ operated by the sprayer suction pump 95 thereof and integrally moun-ted on a screw cap 96. A suction tube 97 is integ-rally or otherwise secured to the underside of the screw cap 96 and connected to passageway 9~ of dis- --penser 94, the free end of the suction tube termi-nating into a pouch cutter 99.
The flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch is inserted into the container in the usual way, and the dispenser-cutter unit is placed into aligned position with the spout of the screw lid so that upon pushing down the dispenser-cutter unit the suction tube will be pushed through the orifice of the spout and then into and through the skin of the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plas- :~
tic pouch until the end portion of the suction tube termi~ates short of the bottom of the pouch and the -screw cap is engaged with the threaded spout and ~.
forms the closure, In this way, the commodity is always sealed within the container, until the contents has been used up. The screw lid and its dispenser_ cutter unit are then detached from the container, the used spout removed and replaced by another fle-xible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch~ and the dispenser-cutter unit is returned to its clo-; _22~
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sure position on the container.
In Figures 15, 16 and 17 -the self-con~
tained container dispenser-cutter unit combination are all preferably integrally connected with one another, in which the container 100 has a dispen-ser side fill entrance 101 for the insertion and ... -remo~al of the flex:ible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch 102 and a side hinge closure wall 102 forming a part of the container and adapted to open or tightly close the dispenser side fill en-trance 101.
The cutter-knife 103 is preferably formed in a V-shape and the cutter arms 104 of the V-shaped knife 103 is welded or otherwise secured to the inner surfaces of said container such as the inner side portion of the container that i5 facing the dispenser side fill entrance 101 and to the underside of the integral top wall 105 of the .
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container. The apex 106 of the V-shaped knife ter-minates in~o a cutting edge and is directed inward-ly towards the dispenser side fill entrance of the container. ~
', The top wall 105 has a commodity dis-charge aperture 107 which is surrounded by an ex-ternally threaded spout 10~ that is integrally ~:
formed with the top wall 105 and projects upwardly therefrom and is adapted to be engaged by an exter- .
nally closure cap 109 .
The general method of operation of the ~
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invention somewhat similar -to the previously des-cribed forms of the invention. ~he flexible com-modity ~orm-fill-seal plastic pouch 102 is inser-ted in the container, all openings to -the contai-ner are closed, and the pouch and its contents are sealed therein. Coincidentally, the dispenser-cutter unit is brought into piercing contact with the pouch skin and tears a hole therethrough to allow the withdrawal of the commodity therefromO
The sealed container is ready for use, and when needed~ the closure cap is removed from the spout, the container tilted and the commodity is poured out of the pouch and containerO When the required volume of the commodity has been withdrawn, the ~ ;
; 15 spout is recapped by the closure cap and the con-tainer is put away in storage until further re-quired.
In the above description of the inven-tion, the container and the dispenser-cutter unit combination has been generally des~ribed for hou-sing and utilizing a single flexible commodity form-fill-seal pouch at a time.
But the same general structure may house and utilize multiple flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouches without difficulty, a demons-tration of which is shown in Figure l~, In Figure 1~, the container llO is formed of a rigid plastic or equ~valent material and has a closed end lll and an open end 112 and i5 provided .
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~983S~4 with a vertical partition 11~ integrally or other-wise secured to -the inner sur:Eace of the container to form multiple-pouch compartments 114 therein.
The closed integral end 111 of the container has a commodity discharge aperture 115 surrounded by an externally threaded dispenser spout 116 that is in-tegral with the closed end 111 and projects upward-ly therefrom and which is adapted to be engaged by an internally threaded closure screw cap 117.
The internally threaded closure screw cap 117 forms an integral part of the dispenser-cutter unit and which is in the form of a top-fill .;
dispenser llg controlled through a spray gun 119 :
and operated by compressed air or other means for withdrawing and spraying commodity contents from the container 110 and integrally mounted on the closure screw cap 117. Double-suction tubes 120 and 121 have their upper portions bent inwardly towards one another at 122 and 123 merged together to form a ~
hollow neck 124 which is in alignment with the com- .
modity egress passageway 125 of a top-fill dispen-ser 11~. The hollow neck 124 of the double-suction tubes 120 and 121 is integrally or otherwise secured :
to the top-fill dispenser 11~ while the free por-tions 126 and 127 of the suction tubes terminate into pouch-knife cutting edges 12~ and 1290 The lower portion 130 of the container 110 is externally threaded around its circumference and located adjacent to its circumferential edge :
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-forming the contour of the open end 112, and which is adapted to be engaged by -the internally thread~d lid 131.
The flexible commodity form-fill-seal 5 plastic pouches are inserted through the open end of the container into their respective compartments and the threaded lid is applied to the open end of the container and interlocks the container and lid together into a tight closure posi~ionO The clo~
sure cap is removed from the spout of the closed end of the container and is replaced by the dis-penser pouch-cutter unit by first aligning the dis- . ~
penser with the spout and insertin~ the suction ~.
tubes of the pouch-cutter unit, that ~orms a part of the dispenser, into the respective pouch com-partments for engagement and penetration of the multiple pouches contained therein. The threaded closure top of the dispenser is then brought into interlocking and tight engaging position with the spout of the container, thereby sealing the contai-ner, which is now ready for use. It will thus be seen tha~ the pouch container and dispenser pouch- :
cutter unit.combination is capable of being made in all sizes and to lend themselves for commercial and industrial purposes.
The invention, as a container-dispenser flexible commodity form-fill seal plastic pouch .
cutter unit combination, is equally useful in its application for the internal mixing and metering _26~
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of the constituents and their concentration, and their withdrawal from t~le container-dispenser--cutter unit.
In Figures 19, 20 and 21 the container and dispenser-cutter unit combination consists of a container 132 made from a rigid plastic or equi-valent material and shaped in the form of a bottle having an externally threaded open neck portion 133 and a bottom end wall 134. A curve-shaped partition 135 is integrally or otherwise secured to an innerside surface of the bottle wall 136 forming therewith a rigid open pocket 137 and 9i-tuated adjacent to and partially under the inte- :
rior area of the open-neck portion 133, the size f the open pocket 137 being predetermined in ac-cordance to the pre-selected size and style of the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouches 13~ that are to be usedO
The dispenser-pouch-cutter 139, as il-lustrated, is in the form of an external mixing spray pump 140 for the internal mixing of the cons-tituents which have been withdrawn and metered from the container, is integrally mounted on a screw cap 141 on which the base 142 of the pump 140 is in tegrally or otherwise mounted and secured and ex-tends upwardly therefrom. The base 142, which may be hollow or solid, is provided with a commodi~y passageway 143 and a fluid tubular passageway lL~I~
which merge or join wi-th one another into a common : ~27~
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commodity and fluid passagewa~ 145 leading through the plunger spring mechanism compartment 146 and into the mixing chamber of the plunger head 147 and which is provided with the customary nozzles 14~
The commodity suction tube 149 and the diluter fluid suction tube 150 are in-tegrally or otherwise secured to the base 142 and surround the entrances of the commodity passageway 143 and the fluid tubular passageway 144, and project downward-ly through the screw cap 141 and therebeyond. The commodity suction tube 149 has its ~ree end portion 151 terminating into a flexible pouch knife cutting edge 152 and adapted to be inserted into the open pouch pocket 137 of the container, while the dilu- .
ter fluid suction tube 150 projects downwardly into :
the container and terminates short of the bottom thereof ~
In the application and use of this form .
of the invention, the flexible form-fill-seal plas-` 20 tic pouch, which contains the concentrate, is inser-ted in an upright position in the open pouch pocket of the container and the remaining space in the con-tainer is filled with a diluent but which, pre~era-bly has a fluid level below the level of the open : 25 pouch pocketO The screw cap 141 of the dispenser pouch-cutter unit 139 is brought into interlocking engagement with the externally threaded open neck portion of the container and coincidentally the com-modity suction tube 149 will enter the open pGuch :~
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~8;~534 pouch pocket of the conkainer and pierce and pene-trate into the flexible commodity form-fill-seal plastic pouch and remain therewithin. Simultaneous-ly, the diluter fluid suction tube 150 is inserted in the portion metering valve 153 is connec-ted to the commodity suction tube for regulating the vo-lume of flow of the commodity which enters into and mix0s with the diluent passing through the diluter fluid suction tube. The container-dispenser-cutter unit assembly is now completely sealed and ready for use, Since certain changes may be made in the above invention and different embodiments of the in- ~ `
vention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended tha~ all ma~ter con-tained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as il-lustrative and not in a limiting sense.
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Claims (4)
1. A combined dispenser-cutter unit and a detachable flexible for-fill-seal plastic pouch for fluids or pourable material comprising a container having an open end for the insertion therein and re-movable therefrom of a detachable flexible form-fill-seal pouch, a dispenser in the shape of a movable lid forming a closure for the open end of said container and having an aperture therethrough, a spout formed integral with said movable lid and surrounding the aperture formed in said movable lid and projecting outwardly therefrom, a cap adapted to be detachably secured to the mouth of said spout, a circular shape cutting knife formed integral with the underside of said lid and located within the area of the aperture in said lid, said circular shape cutting knife having its lower portion terminating into a cutting edge adapted to pierce and penetrate downwardly into and through the skin wall of the pouch in the container for a predetermined distance therein upon the closure of the said lid on the open end of said container, and so constructed and arranged that the lower portion of said cutting knife forms a clinging surface for the adherence thereto of the skin of the pouch wall surrounding the penetrated portion thereof for the detachable engagement of the said pouch with said movable lid and to maintain the pouch in an approximate upright position within the container.
2. A device as claimed in claim I, charac-terized by the fact that after said cutting knife has pierced and penetrated through the skin wall of said pouch placed in said container it forms an unobstructive flow-way passageway from which the pouch and leading into said spout extending exterior-ly from the dispenser, and so constructed and arranged as to effect a clinging surface for the adherence thereto of the cutting knife penetrated portion of the pouch skin area within the contai-ner and maintaining a constant upright position of said flexible pouch within said container.
3. A device as claimed in claims 1 and 2, charaterized by the fact that the open end of said container has a surrounding edge which forms a loc-king lip and said movable lid is hingedly secured to the upper portion of said container situated ad-jacent to its open end and has a circumferential downwardly projecting locking lip of said contai-ner, and a gasket is secured between the locking lip of said container and the projecting locking lip of said movable lid and adapted to complete a tight joint there between upon the closure of the movable lid to the open end of said container.
4. A combined container and dispenser-cutter unit and a detachable flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch for fluids or pourable material comprising a container having an open end, a de-tachable flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch adapted to be inserted in said container, a dispen-ser in the shape of movable lid having a circular aperture extending therethrough and forming a closure for the open end or said container, a neck-shaped spout formed integral with said movable lid and sur-rounding the aperture formed in said movable lid and projecting outwardly therefrom, a cap adapted to be secured to the mouth of said spout, means for enga-ging and disengaging said movable lid from said container, arcuate-shaped opposing cutter knives formed integral to the underside of said movable lid and located adjacent to the circular edge for-ming the aperture of said movable lid and exten-ding downwardly therefrom and terminating into lo-wer cutting ends, said arcuate-shape cutter knives being in alignement with said neck-shaped spout and with their inner curvatures facing one another, and so constructed and arranged that upon the closure of said container containing the flexible form-fill-seal plastic pouch by said movable lid, said arcuate-shape opposing cutting knives pierce and penetrate the skin wall of said pouch and extend downwardly into said pouch so as to form clinging surfaces for the adherence thereto of the skin of the pouch wall surrounding the penetrated portion thereof for the detachable engagement of the flexible plastic pouch with said movable lid and container and maintain the pouch in an approximate upright position within the container.
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