CA1229073A - Liquid container and means for drawing off liquid from the container - Google Patents

Liquid container and means for drawing off liquid from the container

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CA1229073A
CA1229073A CA000445434A CA445434A CA1229073A CA 1229073 A CA1229073 A CA 1229073A CA 000445434 A CA000445434 A CA 000445434A CA 445434 A CA445434 A CA 445434A CA 1229073 A CA1229073 A CA 1229073A
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tap
wall
shank
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Antonio Tabanelli
Silvio Lombardini
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Bl Macchine Automatiche Sas
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67DDISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D3/00Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D3/04Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer
    • B67D3/045Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer with a closing element having a linear movement, in a direction parallel to the seat
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D77/00Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/04Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another
    • B65D77/06Liquids or semi-liquids or other materials or articles enclosed in flexible containers disposed within rigid containers
    • B65D77/062Flexible containers disposed within polygonal containers formed by folding a carton blank
    • B65D77/065Spouts, pouring necks or discharging tubes fixed to or integral with the flexible container
    • B65D77/067Spouts, pouring necks or discharging tubes fixed to or integral with the flexible container combined with a valve, a tap or a piercer
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67BAPPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B7/00Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers
    • B67B7/24Hole-piercing devices
    • B67B7/26Hole-piercing devices combined with spouts

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Cartons (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
  • Devices For Opening Bottles Or Cans (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT
A LIQUID CONTAINER AND MEANS FOR DRAWING OFF
LIQUID FROM THE CONTAINER
The container comprises a plastics casing 2, e.g. of polyethylene, which may be contained in a substantially rigid cardboard casing 1. A tap 3 comprises a hollow stem 5 terminating in a conical end 4. An aperture 14 in the cardboard casing 1 acts as tap-guiding means and may be reinforced by a disc 10. The tap 3 is inserted through the aperture 14 to pierce the plastics casing 2. When the casing 2 is empty, the tap 3 may be withdrawn for re-use.
The cardboard casing may be omitted and tap-guiding means provided by a collar formed from two disc portions 12, 13 interconnected by a hollow cylinder portion 11.
(Figure 2)

Description

The present inven-tion relates to a liquid container and means for drawing off liquid from the container, e.g. wine, water, oil etc.
~ disadvan-tage of known disposable containers for liquids is that, in order to draw off liquid contained therein, it is first necessary to cut a portion of the container. As a result it is impossible to re-seal the container after partial use. Furthermore, the possible size of such containers is limited so as to allow ease of handling, in particular during emptying.
In order to avoid these disadvantages, it has been proposed to produce a cardboard container into which a small bag made of plastics and containing the liquid is inserted and liquid is drawn off from the bag by means of a tap rigidly connected to the bag by welding. When the bay is empty, it is discarded together with the tap. Such containers are not satisfactory.
Sincé the tap is permanently in contact with the liquid, it is not possible to ensure complete sealing of the tap, and leakages may occur, e.g. during transit. Furthermore, the tap is dis-carded together with the empty container, and this is wastefuland increases production costs.

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~i .~i'~' 9(~73 The problems of the prior art are overcome by the present invention which provides a reusable tap for use with a liquid-containing vessel formed with a distendable wall adapted to be pierced to permit discharge of liquid from the ves~sel, the tap comprising: a shoulder limiting penetration of the tap into the vessel; a cylindrical shank projecting from the shoulder and having a free end formed with a conical point adapted to pierce the wall after distension of the wall during insertion, an inwardly extending sleeve formed by the distension of the wall hugging the shank to form a seal between the wall and the tap all around the shank; means forming a bore in the shank opening within the vessel at a location spaced from the shoulder by a distance suficient to allow the sleeve to lie freely and directly against the shank between the wall and the bore; and a plug valve on the tap adjacent the shoulder and having an elongated plug member rotatable ~ about an axis perpendicular to the shank and having an interior adapted to communicate with the bore, the plug member being hollow and open at one end to discharge liquid from the vessel when the interior of the plug communicates with the bore.
Thus, although the plastics container will be discarded when it has been emptied, the tap may be retracted for re-use.

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- 2a -Preferably, the piastics casing is contained in an outer substantially rigid casing, e.g., of cardboard, having an aperture therethrough acting as tap-guiding means.
Alternatively, the tap-guiding means comprises two disc end portions interconnected by a hollow cylindrical portion, one disc being attached to the plastics casing.
Two embodiments of the invention wi]l now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

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-lcmJMas Fi~ure 1 is a perspective view of a tap and a firstcontainer having an inner and an outer casing;
Figure 2 is a section of part of the container of Figure 1 with the tap inserted into the container;
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a second container;
and Figure 4 is a part cross-sectional view of part of the container of Figure 3 showing the tap abcut inserted into the container.
Figure 1 shows a cardboard box 1 produced by known means into which a polyethylene bag 2 is inserted after having been filled with its liquid contents (e.g. water, wine, oil e-tc.) and sealed, e.g. by hot welding.
One of the walls of the cardboard box 1 has a hole 14.
The thickness of the wall around the hole 14 may be increased by means of a disc 10 acting as a reinforcement for this area of the wall.
As can be seen from Figure 2, a tap 3 has a stem 5, which is cylindrical over most of its length and which terminates in a conical end 4. The stem 5 has an internal bore in the form of a duct 6, which communicates with the outsîde through holes 7 close to the conical end 4. When tap 3 is inserted through the hole 14, the conical end 4 pierces the polyethylene wall of the bag 2. The wall is deformed and adheres to the stem 5 and acts as a seal.

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'73 The liquid in the bag 2 passes through the holes 7 into the duct 6 and reaches a gate valve 9. When the tap is opened by rotating the gate valve 9, the liquid is discharged from a duct 8. When the bag 2 has been emptied, the tap 3 is removed. The container is discarded, whereas the tap may be re-used any number of times.
In the embodiment shown in Figures l and 2, the disposable container comprises an inner polyethylene casing and an outer rigid cardboard casing. It is obvious that the same result may also be obtained if the container is made using only a single polyethylene casing 2, as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4. In order to facilitate piercing and emptying of the container 2 by means of the tap 3, an annular collar 11 is attached to the wall 2 of the polyethylene container by welding or sticklng. The collar ll is in the form of two discs of different diameters connected by a cylindrical member. The special structure of the collar 11 is made necessary by the fact that it has to be able to be welded to the front of the container so that the disc 12, of greater diameter, bears against the wall 2, whereas the disc 13, of lesser diameter, guides the tap 3 being inserted into the hole 14' and engages a flange on the tap so as to hold the tap steady when fully inserted.

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Claims (5)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A reusable tap for use with a liquid-containing vessel formed with a distendable wall adapted to be pierced to permit discharge of liquid from said vessel, said tap comprising:
a shoulder limiting penetration of said tap into said vessel;
a cylindrical shank projecting from said shoulder and having a free end formed with a conical point adapted to pierce said wall after distension of said wall during insertion, an inwardly extending sleeve formed by the distension of said wall hugging said shank to form a seal between said wall and said tap all around said shank;
means forming a bore in said shank opening within said vessel at a location spaced from said shoulder by a distance sufficient to allow said sleeve to lie freely and directly against said shank between said wall and said bore; and a plug valve on said tap adjacent said shoulder and having an elongated plug member rotatable about an axis perpendicular to said shank and having an interior adapted to communicate with said bore, said plug member being hollow and open at one end to discharge liquid from said vessel when the interior of said plug communicates with said bore.
2. In combination, a liquid-containing vessel formed with a distendable wall adapted to be pierced to permit discharge of liquid therefrom, an outer substantially rigid casing, a tap as defined in claim 1 for piercing the wall of said vessel, and an aperture in said casing for guiding said tap during piercing of said wall.
3. The combination of claim 2 including a reinforcing disc positioned between said vessel and said casing and aligned with said aperture.
4. The combination of claim 2 or 3 wherein said outer casing is formed of cardboard.

5. In combination:
a liquid-containing vessel formed with a distendable wall adapted to be pierced to permit discharge of the liquid from said vessel;
means defining a substantially rigid collar externally-of said vessel registering with an internally unsupported region of said wall, said rigid collar having a large diameter flange welded to said wall, a small diameter flange at a free end of said collar, and a neck between said flanges; and a reusable tap, said tap being formed with a shoulder engageable with said small diameter flange limiting penetration of said tap into said
Claim 5 cont'd...

vessel, a cylindrical shank projecting from said shoulder and having a free end formed with a point adapted to pierce said wall after distension of said region upon insertion of said shank through said collar whereby said collar guides said shank removably through said wall, an inwardly extending sleeve formed by the distension of said wall hugging said shank to form a seal between said wall and said tap all around said shank, means forming a bore in said shank opening within said vessel at a location spaced from said collar by a distance sufficient to allow said sleeve to lie freely and directly against said shank between said collar and said bore, and a plug valve on said tap adjacent said shoulder having an elongated plug member rotatable about an axis perpendicular to said shank and having an interior adapted to communicate with said bore, said plug member being hollow and open at one end to discharge liquid from said vessel when the interior of said plug communicates with said bore.
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IT03309/83A IT1169153B (en) 1983-01-17 1983-01-17 ARRANGEMENT AND MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING LIQUID SUBSTANCES FROM DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS WITH RECOVERY OF THE WITHDRAWAL DEVICE
IT3309A/83 1983-01-17

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AU (1) AU569050B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1229073A (en)
DE (1) DE3400931A1 (en)
ES (1) ES285496Y (en)
FR (1) FR2539396B1 (en)
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ES285496U (en) 1986-04-16
ZA84206B (en) 1984-09-26
AU569050B2 (en) 1988-01-21
ES285496Y (en) 1986-12-01
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GB2136781B (en) 1987-02-25
NL8400113A (en) 1984-08-16
FR2539396A1 (en) 1984-07-20
GB8401150D0 (en) 1984-02-22
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