EP0026055A1 - Füll- und Ausgussstutzen und Verschluss-Kombination für beutelartigen Behälter - Google Patents

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EP0026055A1
EP0026055A1 EP80303043A EP80303043A EP0026055A1 EP 0026055 A1 EP0026055 A1 EP 0026055A1 EP 80303043 A EP80303043 A EP 80303043A EP 80303043 A EP80303043 A EP 80303043A EP 0026055 A1 EP0026055 A1 EP 0026055A1
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Diemoulders Pty Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5861—Spouts
    • B65D75/5872—Non-integral spouts
    • B65D75/5877—Non-integral spouts connected to a planar surface of the package wall
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/36—Closures with frangible parts adapted to be pierced, torn, or removed, to provide discharge openings
    • B65D47/38—Closures with frangible parts adapted to be pierced, torn, or removed, to provide discharge openings with piercing means arranged to act subsequently as a valve to control the opening
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/04—Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another
    • B65D77/06—Liquids or semi-liquids or other materials or articles enclosed in flexible containers disposed within rigid containers
    • B65D77/062—Flexible containers disposed within polygonal containers formed by folding a carton blank
    • B65D77/065—Spouts, pouring necks or discharging tubes fixed to or integral with the flexible container
    • 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

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  • This invention relates to the dispensing of liquids and it refers particularly to means for use in the dispensing of liquids from a flexible bag-like container (hereinafter referred to as a "bag”) normally housed in a relatively rigid outer container such as a carton, can or plastics barrel (hereinafter referred to as a "box").
  • a bag normally housed in a relatively rigid outer container such as a carton, can or plastics barrel (hereinafter referred to as a "box”).
  • Such composite containers are well known and are often referred to as bag-in-a-box containers. They are used particularly in the merchandising of still wines but may also be used in the merchandising of other liquids which tend to deteriorate due to the action of air or oxygen and in the merchandising of other alcoholic beverages such as saki and whisky.
  • the invention relates to means by which the bag may be filled with liquid and by which the liquid may be dispensed from the bag.
  • a bag-like inner container having a filler neck through which the bag may be filled with liquid, the filler neck being then sealed off against the escape of the liquid, and a dispensing neck with a frangible diaphragm across the inner end of the neck, the dispensing neck being engageable with a socket member fitted in or to the outer container or box and said socket being adapted to receive a separate tap which, on insertion in the socket, will break the diaphragm to enable liquid to flow from the bag-like inner container to and through the tap.
  • the tap may be caused to open, either inadvertently when liquid may be spilled, or deliberately for pilfering of the contents of the bag, before the sale of the bag-in-a-box container.
  • the construction which provides a frangible diaphragm across the dispensing neck is preferable.
  • that construction it has hitherto been considered necessary to have both a filling neck and a dispensing neck at spaced locations on the bag-like inner container.
  • a bag-like inner container for the reception and retention of liquid, having a single neck through which the bag may be filled with liquid and through which the liquid may be dispensed, and frangible diaphragm means for sealing that filling-and-dispensing neck against escape of liquid until such time as a dispensing tap has been fitted to it.
  • Another object is to provide a bag-like container, for the reception and retention of liquid, having a single neck through which the bag may be filled with liquid with a desired rapidity and through which the liquid may be subsequently dispensed, and means for closing the neck after the filling of the bag so as to prevent the escape of liquid through it, said closure means being adapted to receive and hold a dispensing tap in position.
  • a further object is to provide means for closing the opening through a filling neck of a container for liquids such that leakage or escape of liquid through the filling neck will be prevented or inhibited, the closure means being adapted to receive and hold in position a tap for dispensing the liquid contents of the container.
  • Yet another object is to provide a bag-like container having a filling neck, through which it may be readily filled with liquid, and a closure for that filling neck to prevent the flow of liquid from the bag through the neck, said closure being adapted to receive and hold in position a tap for the dispensing of the liquid contents of the bag and having a frangible diaphragm which will be fractured upon engagement of the tap in the closure whereby liquid will be permitted to flow from the bag through the filling neck and tap when said tap is operated.
  • Yet another object is to provide means for inhibiting the passage of oxygen/air to the contents of the inner container so as to increase the life of those contents should they be such that oxygen or air causes deterioration thereof.
  • a bag-like container incorporating a filling-and-dispensing neck having a passageway through which liquid may be caused to flow into the bag-like container and through which liquid may be dispensed, and a closure for the passageway through the neck, said closure having a frangible diaphragm extending across at least a portion of the passageway through the neck, which diaphragm is adapted to prevent the flow of liquid through the closure when said closure is engaged firmly on the neck and to be fractured when a dispensing tap is engaged with the closure.
  • the invention provides a closure for engagement with the outer end of a filler-neck of a bag-like container, said neck having through it a passageway to enable liquid to be fed into the bag-like container to which the neck is attached, said closure being adapted to be engaged tightly with the outer end of the neck in substantially leak-free manner and having a socket for the reception of a dispensing tap, and a frangible diaphragm extending across that socket to prevent passage of liquid through the closure until the insertion of the tap in the socket.
  • the bag-like container 11 may be made of any suitable material, for example it may have an inner lining of polyethylene and an outer cover or lining of a metallised polypropylene or a metallised polyester, the object being to provide an inner surface material which will not react with or adversely affect the contents of the bag and a further lining which will inhibit the passage of oxygen or air through the wall of the bag to the liquid contents.
  • the bag has two opposite walls which are sealed together around the perimeter, at 12.
  • a filling neck 14 of known construction is secured to that side wall so that it extends through the opening and enables liquid to be fed into and drained from the bag.
  • That neck 14 has a substantially cylindrical part having at its inner end a peripheral flange 15 with a shoulder 16, two spaced peripheral flanges 17 and 18 which are relatively wide in the radial direction and at the outer end an external peripheral bead or rib 19 of relatively small radial extent.
  • a cylindrical passageway 20 extends through the neck 13 and at the inner end thereof is a peripheral recess 21.
  • An internal peripheral bead 22 is shown at the outer end of the passageway 20.
  • the flanges 17 and 18 are spaced apart a distance to permit engagement in known manner, in a slot in a side wall of the outer container or box (not shown) with the material at the edges of the slot engaging between said flanges so that the neck will be held against longitudinal movement.
  • the closure 23 shown particularly in Figs. 3 to 6 has an outer face 29, a substantially cylindrical skirt 25 extending from the rear surface of that face 24, a short neck 26 on the outer surface with a substantially circular flange 27 at its outer end, a part-circular flange 28 with an angled wall-part 29 on the outer surface of the flange 27, a socket 30 for the reception of the barrel of a tap substantially co-axial with the skirt 25, two spaced circumferential ribs 31, 32 within the inner surface of the skirt 25, a circular rib 33 on the rear surface of the outer face 24, a frangible diaphragm 34 across the inner end of the socket 30 and a shallow inner peripheral bead 35 at the outer end of the socket 30.
  • the closure 23 is made so as to be a tight fit on the outer end part of the neck 14, with the rib 19 engaged behind the inner circumferential rib 32 and the circular rib 33 pressing upon the peripheral rib 22 at the outer end of the passageway 20, with the object of preventing leakage of liquid through the passageway 20 past the closure. Further it is desirable for the inner end of the skirt 25 to press firmly on the flange 18, for the same purpose.
  • Both the neck 14 and the closure 23 may be made of polyethylene, to inhibit reaction between those parts and the liquid contents of the inner container.
  • the closure 23 is fitted to the end of the neck 14 after the bag 11 has been filled with liquid so as to provide a substantially leak-proof container for the liquid.
  • the closure is so fitted to the neck that when the bag 11 is placed in its outer container or box and said box is placed in its correct upright position for dispensing its contents the angled wall part 29 on the outer side of the closure will be in the upright position as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 so as to receive a complementary part on the outer side of a barrel of a tap T as shown in Fig. 8. That construction of tap is well known, and is made in accordance with Australian Patent No. 407,656 and known as the AIRLESFLO tap.
  • Fig. 8 shows that tap engaged in the socket 30 with the probe at the inner end of the tap having broken and penetrated through the frangible diaphragm 34 of the closure and the shallow peripheral rib 35 engaged behind a shallow peripheral rib 36 on the outer surface of the barrel of the tap.
  • the closure 23 may be made to receive a tap other than the AIRLESFLO tap referred to and shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings. Also, the closure may be made to engage tightly on the outer end of the neck parts of different design from that illustrated in the drawings.
  • the peripheral flange 18 may be eliminated and the overall length of the neck reduced accordingly as the inner end of the closure 23 may be made to serve the same purpose as that flange 18 in engaging the material of the box so as to hold the neck part in position in the box.
  • an additional barrier to inhibit the flow of oxygen to the contents of the bag-like container may be provided. This may be done by welding a film of a suitable material, such as polyethylene-coated metallised polypropylene or polyethylene-coated metallised polyester, across the opening at the inner end of the passageway 20 after the bag has been filled with wine or other liquid. Such material may be accommodated in the peripheral recess 21. Alternatively, a film of such material may be secured across the outer end of the socket 30 to restrict the flow of oxygen through the plastics material of which the closure is made.
  • a suitable material such as polyethylene-coated metallised polypropylene or polyethylene-coated metallised polyester

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EP80303043A 1979-09-06 1980-09-01 Füll- und Ausgussstutzen und Verschluss-Kombination für beutelartigen Behälter Expired EP0026055B1 (de)

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JP (2) JPS5648965A (de)
BR (1) BR8005763A (de)
CA (1) CA1126695A (de)
DE (1) DE3066989D1 (de)
NZ (1) NZ194854A (de)
PT (1) PT71767B (de)
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EP0072699A1 (de) * 1981-08-18 1983-02-23 Wrightcel Ltd. Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum keimfreien Anfüllen von Behältern mit Flüssigkeit
EP0101613A2 (de) * 1982-08-20 1984-02-29 FranRica Mfg. Inc. Mit flexiblen Wandungen versehener Sterilbehälter
FR2538347A1 (fr) * 1982-12-23 1984-06-29 Luwa Ag Recipient deformable dote d'une armature de remplissage
FR2539396A1 (fr) * 1983-01-17 1984-07-20 Bl Macchine Automatiche Ensemble pour prelever des substances liquides contenues dans des recipients a jeter
EP0136272A1 (de) * 1983-07-29 1985-04-03 Pharmacia Ab Verschlussanordnung
GB2191757A (en) * 1986-06-18 1987-12-23 Craig Med Prod Ltd Tap for attachment to plastics pouch or bag
EP0266718A2 (de) * 1986-11-03 1988-05-11 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Verpackungsbehälter
US4805378A (en) * 1981-08-18 1989-02-21 Wrightcel Limited Aseptic filling station
US4836416A (en) * 1987-01-08 1989-06-06 Aran Arizot Nachshon Flexible container with stopper valve
DE3901282A1 (de) * 1989-01-18 1990-07-19 Henkel Kgaa Verpackungsbehaelter mit in einer steifen umhuellung gelagertem flexiblen sack mit verschliessbarem auslaufspund
US4942716A (en) * 1986-11-21 1990-07-24 Courtaulds Packaging Australia Limited Aseptic filling machine
EP0415691A1 (de) * 1989-08-28 1991-03-06 Kirin Beverage Corporation Kappe für einen Behälter vom "Bag-in-box"-Typ
EP0416179A1 (de) * 1989-09-07 1991-03-13 Nomix-Chipman Limited Verschliessbares Auslasselement
NL1016292C2 (nl) * 2000-09-28 2002-04-02 Itsac Nv Zak alsmede een afgiftesysteem omvattende een dergelijke zak en werkwijzen voor de vervaardiging en het vullen van een dergelijke zak.
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JPH01137873U (de) * 1988-03-10 1989-09-20
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US3090526A (en) * 1961-04-20 1963-05-21 Corrugated Container Company Disposable-type dispensing container package
US3128900A (en) * 1964-04-14 Chaboche
DE1586801A1 (de) * 1966-12-14 1972-03-30 Malpas Charles H Fluessigkeitsbehaelter
US4022258A (en) * 1975-10-28 1977-05-10 American Hospital Supply Corporation Ported closure and connector therefor
DE2657009A1 (de) * 1976-12-16 1978-06-22 Schuetz Udo Kg Auslaufstutzenverschluss fuer fluessigkeitsbehaelter

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US3128900A (en) * 1964-04-14 Chaboche
US3090526A (en) * 1961-04-20 1963-05-21 Corrugated Container Company Disposable-type dispensing container package
DE1586801A1 (de) * 1966-12-14 1972-03-30 Malpas Charles H Fluessigkeitsbehaelter
US4022258A (en) * 1975-10-28 1977-05-10 American Hospital Supply Corporation Ported closure and connector therefor
DE2657009A1 (de) * 1976-12-16 1978-06-22 Schuetz Udo Kg Auslaufstutzenverschluss fuer fluessigkeitsbehaelter

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EP0072699A1 (de) * 1981-08-18 1983-02-23 Wrightcel Ltd. Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum keimfreien Anfüllen von Behältern mit Flüssigkeit
US4805378A (en) * 1981-08-18 1989-02-21 Wrightcel Limited Aseptic filling station
EP0101613A2 (de) * 1982-08-20 1984-02-29 FranRica Mfg. Inc. Mit flexiblen Wandungen versehener Sterilbehälter
EP0101613A3 (de) * 1982-08-20 1985-05-15 FranRica Mfg. Inc. Mit flexiblen Wandungen versehener Sterilbehälter
FR2538347A1 (fr) * 1982-12-23 1984-06-29 Luwa Ag Recipient deformable dote d'une armature de remplissage
FR2539396A1 (fr) * 1983-01-17 1984-07-20 Bl Macchine Automatiche Ensemble pour prelever des substances liquides contenues dans des recipients a jeter
EP0136272A1 (de) * 1983-07-29 1985-04-03 Pharmacia Ab Verschlussanordnung
GB2191757A (en) * 1986-06-18 1987-12-23 Craig Med Prod Ltd Tap for attachment to plastics pouch or bag
GB2191757B (en) * 1986-06-18 1990-07-11 Craig Med Prod Ltd Tap in combination with a wall of plastics pouch or bag
EP0266718A3 (de) * 1986-11-03 1990-04-25 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Verpackungsbehälter
EP0266718A2 (de) * 1986-11-03 1988-05-11 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Verpackungsbehälter
US4942716A (en) * 1986-11-21 1990-07-24 Courtaulds Packaging Australia Limited Aseptic filling machine
US4836416A (en) * 1987-01-08 1989-06-06 Aran Arizot Nachshon Flexible container with stopper valve
DE3901282A1 (de) * 1989-01-18 1990-07-19 Henkel Kgaa Verpackungsbehaelter mit in einer steifen umhuellung gelagertem flexiblen sack mit verschliessbarem auslaufspund
EP0415691A1 (de) * 1989-08-28 1991-03-06 Kirin Beverage Corporation Kappe für einen Behälter vom "Bag-in-box"-Typ
EP0416179A1 (de) * 1989-09-07 1991-03-13 Nomix-Chipman Limited Verschliessbares Auslasselement
NL1016292C2 (nl) * 2000-09-28 2002-04-02 Itsac Nv Zak alsmede een afgiftesysteem omvattende een dergelijke zak en werkwijzen voor de vervaardiging en het vullen van een dergelijke zak.
WO2002026585A1 (en) * 2000-09-28 2002-04-04 Itsac N.V. Bag and dispensing system comprising such a bag
US6871679B2 (en) 2000-09-28 2005-03-29 Ipn Ip B.V. Bag and dispensing system comprising such a bag
US8991635B2 (en) 2005-12-05 2015-03-31 Greenbottle Limited Container
US9126717B2 (en) 2005-12-05 2015-09-08 Greenbottle Limited Container

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CA1126695A (en) 1982-06-29
EP0026055B1 (de) 1984-03-14
JPH048309B2 (de) 1992-02-14
JPS5648965A (en) 1981-05-02
PT71767B (en) 1981-08-04
JPS6222869B2 (de) 1987-05-20
JPS6090157A (ja) 1985-05-21
ZA805266B (en) 1981-11-25
BR8005763A (pt) 1981-03-24
NZ194854A (en) 1982-12-07
PT71767A (en) 1980-10-01

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