EP0026055B1 - Ensemble constitué d'un manchon et d'un élement de fermeture pour le remplissage et le vidage d'un recipient en forme de sachet - Google Patents
Ensemble constitué d'un manchon et d'un élement de fermeture pour le remplissage et le vidage d'un recipient en forme de sachet Download PDFInfo
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- EP0026055B1 EP0026055B1 EP80303043A EP80303043A EP0026055B1 EP 0026055 B1 EP0026055 B1 EP 0026055B1 EP 80303043 A EP80303043 A EP 80303043A EP 80303043 A EP80303043 A EP 80303043A EP 0026055 B1 EP0026055 B1 EP 0026055B1
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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
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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
- 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
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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
- 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
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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
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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 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 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 filling-dispensing neck member 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 means for sealing that filling-and-dispensing neck against escape of liquid until such time as a dispensing tap has been fitted to it so that the bag may be filled with liquid with a desired rapidity and the liquid may be subsequently dispensed therethrough, whilst leakage or escape of liquid through the filling neck before dispensing will be prevented or inhibited and the passage of oxygen/air to the contents of an inner container is inhibited so as to prevent deterioration of thse contents.
- US-A-3,090,526 discloses a bag in a box, having a filler-closure unit provided with a neck and a circumferential skirt which fits inside the bag, and a hollow cap having a nozzle mounted thereon which before use of the box fitted inwardly so as to extend within the neck.
- the cap is reversed and the end of the outwardly projecting nozzle is cut off. No continuous seal is provided across the dispensing opening.
- US-A-4,022,258 discloses a closure for a bottle of dispensing sterile irrigating liquid, the closure comprising a closed top-threaded cap having a tubular sleeve extending outwardly for reception of a spiked connector member which pierces the cap and allows connection of the bottle to irrigation means. This closure is only advantageous for the slow dispensing of irrigation liquid.
- DE-A-1,586,801 and AU-B No. 435,591 disclose a housing consisting of inner and outer rings placed respectively inside and outside a flexible bag and locked together so that the bag extends tightly across the inner ring to form a seal; when the liquid is to be dispensed a plug is removed from the outer ring and a tap is pushed through the seal portion of the bag so as to lock into the housing. The bag cannot be filled through the device.
- a filling-dispensing neck member and closure member combination for a bag-like container, said neck member having a passageway through which liquid may be caused to flow into the bag-like container and through which liquid may be dispensed, said closure member having a circumferential skirt adapted to fit over and engage with the outer end of the neck member and said skirt having an internal circumferential rib for engagement over an external complementary bead on the outer end of the neck member, characterised in that said closure member has a socket for the reception of the barrel of a dispensing tap and an oxygen- impermeable diaphragm across said socket, and that means is provided in said socket for restraining the barrel of the tap against longitudinal movement once the tap has engaged in it and has broken the diaphragm.
- 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 14 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 shows particularly in Figs. 3 to 6 has an outer face 24, a substantially cylindrical skirt 25 extending from the 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 leakproof 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 AU-B-407,456 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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Claims (5)
Applications Claiming Priority (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AU378/79 | 1979-09-06 | ||
AUPE037879 | 1979-09-06 | ||
AUPE058779 | 1979-09-20 | ||
AU587/79 | 1979-09-20 |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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EP0026055A1 EP0026055A1 (fr) | 1981-04-01 |
EP0026055B1 true EP0026055B1 (fr) | 1984-03-14 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP80303043A Expired EP0026055B1 (fr) | 1979-09-06 | 1980-09-01 | Ensemble constitué d'un manchon et d'un élement de fermeture pour le remplissage et le vidage d'un recipient en forme de sachet |
Country Status (8)
Country | Link |
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EP (1) | EP0026055B1 (fr) |
JP (2) | JPS5648965A (fr) |
BR (1) | BR8005763A (fr) |
CA (1) | CA1126695A (fr) |
DE (1) | DE3066989D1 (fr) |
NZ (1) | NZ194854A (fr) |
PT (1) | PT71767B (fr) |
ZA (1) | ZA805266B (fr) |
Families Citing this family (17)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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CA1182269A (fr) * | 1981-08-18 | 1985-02-12 | Wrightcel Limited | Systeme de chargement aseptique |
EP0072699B1 (fr) * | 1981-08-18 | 1986-07-23 | Wrightcel Ltd. | Méthode et système pour remplissage stérile de réceptacles avec un fluide |
US4445550B1 (en) * | 1982-08-20 | 1999-03-09 | Scholle Corp | Flexible walled container having membrane fitment for use with aseptic filling apparatus |
DE3247759A1 (de) * | 1982-12-23 | 1984-06-28 | Luwa AG, Zürich | Verformbarer behaelter mit fuellarmatur |
IT1169153B (it) * | 1983-01-17 | 1987-05-27 | Bl Macchine Automatiche | Disposizione e mezzi per prelevare sostanze liquide da contenitori a perdere con recupero del dispositivo di prelievo |
SE437348B (sv) * | 1983-07-29 | 1985-02-25 | Pharmacia Ab | Forslutningsanordning for fluidumtet tillslutning av en oppning hos en fluidumbehallare eller fluidumledning |
GB2191757B (en) * | 1986-06-18 | 1990-07-11 | Craig Med Prod Ltd | Tap in combination with a wall of plastics pouch or bag |
DE3637330A1 (de) * | 1986-11-03 | 1988-05-19 | Henkel Kgaa | Verpackungsbehaelter |
ZA878670B (fr) * | 1986-11-21 | 1988-05-20 | ||
IL81210A (en) * | 1987-01-08 | 1991-12-12 | Aran Arizot Nachshon | Flexible container with stopper valve |
JPH01137873U (fr) * | 1988-03-10 | 1989-09-20 | ||
DE3901282A1 (de) * | 1989-01-18 | 1990-07-19 | Henkel Kgaa | Verpackungsbehaelter mit in einer steifen umhuellung gelagertem flexiblen sack mit verschliessbarem auslaufspund |
US5145083A (en) * | 1989-08-28 | 1992-09-08 | Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha | Cap device for mouthpiece of container and methods of sealing mouthpiece portion of container and opening the same |
EP0416179A1 (fr) * | 1989-09-07 | 1991-03-13 | Nomix-Chipman Limited | Raccord de distribution verrouillable |
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. |
GB0524789D0 (en) | 2005-12-05 | 2006-01-11 | Myerscough Martin | Container |
DE102011017509A1 (de) | 2011-04-26 | 2012-10-31 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Verschluss mit Adapter |
Family Cites Families (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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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 |
CA939303A (en) * | 1966-12-14 | 1974-01-01 | Charles H. Malpas | Bulk containers |
US4022258A (en) * | 1975-10-28 | 1977-05-10 | American Hospital Supply Corporation | Ported closure and connector therefor |
DE2657009C3 (de) * | 1976-12-16 | 1980-03-20 | Udo Schuetz Kg, 5418 Selters | Auslaufstutzenverschluß für Flüssigkeitsbehälter |
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1980
- 1980-08-22 CA CA358,942A patent/CA1126695A/fr not_active Expired
- 1980-08-26 ZA ZA00805266A patent/ZA805266B/xx unknown
- 1980-09-01 DE DE8080303043T patent/DE3066989D1/de not_active Expired
- 1980-09-01 EP EP80303043A patent/EP0026055B1/fr not_active Expired
- 1980-09-04 PT PT71767A patent/PT71767B/pt unknown
- 1980-09-05 JP JP12339780A patent/JPS5648965A/ja active Granted
- 1980-09-05 NZ NZ194854A patent/NZ194854A/xx unknown
- 1980-09-08 BR BR8005763A patent/BR8005763A/pt unknown
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1984
- 1984-04-02 JP JP59065317A patent/JPS6090157A/ja active Granted
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Publication number | Publication date |
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EP0026055A1 (fr) | 1981-04-01 |
NZ194854A (en) | 1982-12-07 |
BR8005763A (pt) | 1981-03-24 |
CA1126695A (fr) | 1982-06-29 |
DE3066989D1 (en) | 1984-04-19 |
JPS5648965A (en) | 1981-05-02 |
JPS6090157A (ja) | 1985-05-21 |
PT71767A (en) | 1980-10-01 |
JPH048309B2 (fr) | 1992-02-14 |
ZA805266B (en) | 1981-11-25 |
JPS6222869B2 (fr) | 1987-05-20 |
PT71767B (en) | 1981-08-04 |
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