Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
  • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
  • B65D47/24—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat
  • B65D47/248—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by imparting a motion to the valve stem
• • 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
  • B65D77/067—Spouts, pouring necks or discharging tubes fixed to or integral with the flexible container combined with a valve, a tap or a piercer
• • 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
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
  • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
  • B67D3/04—Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer
  • B67D3/043—Liquid-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 perpendicular to the seat

Definitions

• the invention is concerned with a valve or tap for use with a bag such as a bag in a box containing liquid or fluidic material to be dispensed.
• the present invention is a valve or tap for use with a bag made of a material such as flexible plastic material that is adapted to hold a quantity of material therein such as wine.
• a bag made of a material such as flexible plastic material that is adapted to hold a quantity of material therein such as wine.
• the present invention is not limited to use with containers of wine since it can be used for containers holding any other material such as orange juice or any other liquid or fluidic material that lends itself for this purpose.
• a fitment or the sealing flange of the valve body is affixed to the outside of the flexible bag, there being a piercer which is selectively caused to puncture the bag when a cap is manually actuated or moved.
• the advantage of this construction is that the contents of the bag remain relatively impervious to oxygen so that deterioration of the contents of the bag does not occur.
• valve mechanism of the present invention precludes the permeation of oxygen through the valve since the pouch is filled as it is being formed, and the valve is located exterior to the pouch.
• An important advantage of the present invention is that the film is not pierced until the valve is put in use and this is especially important in wine packaging where oxidation is a problem.
• a still further object of the present invention is to provide a valve which can be easily operated and can be installed on the exterior of the pouch which assures oxygen impermeability, the valve being ruggedly constructed and relatively simple to manufacture and install and efficient in use.
• Still another object of the invention is to pro vide a valve of such compact design that it can be installed on the pouch of fluidic products, and therefore conveniently and easily refolded into a position inside the box that contains the pouch being in a position convenient to an aperature provided for its use.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form of the valve attached to a portion of a plastic bag that is adapted to hold the material to be dispensed.
• Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the device being used for drawing liquid.
• Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the valve with parts separated for clarity of illustration.
• Figure 4 is a bottom view of the valve.
• Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.
• Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.
• Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 5 but showing the device in puncturing position.
• Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 7. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
• the numeral 40 indicates the valve of the present invention which is adapted to be used with a flexible film bag or pouch 41 that contains fluidic material or the like to be dispensed.
• the valve 40 includes a valve body 42 that includes a first inner flange 43 that is secured in any suitable manner to the outer surface of the pouch 41.
• the valve body 42 further includes a second flange 44 that is spaced outwardly from the flange 43 so as to define a space 45 between the flanges 44 and 43 for receiving an end portion 46 of a closure or aperature in corrugated box or the like 47.
• the valve body 42 further includes a cylindrical portion 48 that has a third or outer flange 49 adjacent at its outer end, and the flange 49 is provided with a plurality of radially disposed slits 50 therein for a purpose to be later described.
• the valve body 42 further includes an outwardly projecting portion 52 that has a plurality of spaced apart slots or grooves 51 therein that communicate with the slits 50.
• valve seat 54 Arranged on the interior of the valve body 42 is a valve seat 54 that is formed on the inner portion of the cylindrical portion 48 of the valve body 42, and the valve seat 54 includes a central opening 55. As shown in Figure 7 for example, the valve seat 54 has a plurality of rings or concentric ridges 56 thereon. The valve seat 54 is arranged on the interior of the cylindrical portion 48 of the valve body 42. There is provided on the outer end portion of the valve body 42 a wall portion 57 which has a central opening 58 therein.
• the numeral 59 indicates a piercer shaft unit that includes a shaft portion 60 that has a valve element 61 thereon that is mounted for movement into and out of opened and closed relation with respect to the valve seat 54.
• a snap through fitting or bushing 62 on the outer end of the shaft portion 60 is engaged by the resilient cap 53.
• the inner end of the piercer 59 includes a double point cutting edge 63 on a cylindrical section 64, and the cylindrical section 64 has a plurality of longitudinally disposed grooves 65 in its outer surface, Figure 7.
• the numeral 66 indicates a space or hollow interior in the valve body so that when the parts are in the position of Figure 7, the film 41 is punctured whereby the fluidic material can flow from the bag or pouch 41 through the grooves 65 , into the space 66, through the opened valve seat opening 55, into the space 67, and then out through the discharge spout 68 in the bottom of the device.
• Figure 2 shows the user's thumb being used to apply manual pressure to the deformable cap 53 to cause the cutting edges 63 to puncture the film whereby the material can be discharged into a waiting receptacle 70 or other desired location.
• a valve assembly for use in dispensing controlled quantities of material' from a pouch such as the flexible pouch 41.
• the material being dispensed may be wine or the like and it is to be understood that the present invention is not limit ed to any particular type of material to be dispense
• the valve body 42 is arranged so that its flange 43 is suitably secured in any suitable manner to the outer surface of the film or pouch 41.
• valve element 61 is moved away from the valve seat 54 so that the material can flow from the space 66 through the valve seat opening 55 and into the chamber 67. The material can then flow by gravity down through the discharge opening or spout 68 into a waiting receptacle 70 or other area.
• the parts When manual pressure is released on the cap 53, due to the inherent resiliency of the cap 53, the parts will be automatically returned from the position shown in Figures 2 and 7 to a position such as that shown in Figures 1 and 5 so that the further flow of material will be blocked or prevented.
• the valve element 61 With the parts in the position shown in Figure 5, the valve element 61 is in closing relation with respect to the valve seat 54 so that no further material will be discharged or dispensed from the pouch.
• the parts can be made of any suitable material and in different shapes or sizes as desired or required.
• the piercer 59 has the shaft 60 formed integral therewith.
• the shaft may be made as a separate piece from the piercer and then these parts can be suitably secured together.
• the shaft 60 goes outside the cap 53 to prevent the cap from being pulled off.
• the slits 50 are provided for air flow to and from the cap 53 so that suitable provision is made for vacuum pressure prevention and the like.
• the valve seat 54 has the plurality of concentric rings or ridges 56 to help assure a tight seal between the valve element 61 and the valve seat.
• the cap 53 has a suitable construction to accommodate the snap through section of the shaft 62.
• the flange 43 may be heat sealed or otherwise secured to the outer surface of the pouch 41.
• the device may be made with a fitment that is a separate piece from the valve body.
• the slots 51 register with the slits 50 so that sufficient air can enter the interior of the device in order to prevent vacuum formation from occurring.
• the present invention is especially suitable for use as a wine tap, but it is to be understood that the device can be used for controlling the dispensing of any material and is not limited to the use of wine.
• the space 45 between the flanges 43 and 44 can snugly receive therein a portion of a cardboard box or the like in which the pouch 41 is arranged.
• a suitable protective closure can be arranged over the valve assembly to prevent accidental actuation of the device during shipment, storage and the like.
• the piercer 59 has on its inner end one or more sharp points or barbs 63 for selectively puncturing the bag or pouch 41.
• the cap 53 has a dome shape and is made of a suitable resilient material. The barbs 63 are adapted to selectively pierce or puncture the film 41 when the cap 53 is manually depressed by the thumb 69. When the parts are in the position shown in Figure 2 or Figure 7, the liquid or fluid can be dispensed in the desired and proper manner.
• valve or tap which is especially suitable for use in dispensing fluidic material or liquid from a flexible bag such as a bag of the type that is arranged in a cardboard box or the like.
• the va lve is especially suitable for use in conjunction with such bags when wine is arranged in such bags , but as previously noted the present arrangement is not limited to any particular material and can be used wherever such materials are to be dispensed.
• the wine industry is using bags with fittings thereon, and the prior such devices have certain important disadvantages that the pre sent invention overcomes.
• oxidation of the contents of the bag is prevented or minimized, and this is due to the fact that the fitment is fixed to the outer surface of the film, and in addition the bag is not punctured until the wine or other liquid is to be dispensed.
• valve or tap which is especially suitable for dispensing liquids such as wine from a pouch.
• the pouc 41 is adapted to be arranged in a collapsible cardboard carton, and such carton may include decorative material on its outer surface.
• the pouch 41 may be made of any suitable material such as transparent flexible plastic, foil or the like.

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