EP0327733A1 - Carton spout - Google Patents
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- EP0327733A1 EP0327733A1 EP88200206A EP88200206A EP0327733A1 EP 0327733 A1 EP0327733 A1 EP 0327733A1 EP 88200206 A EP88200206 A EP 88200206A EP 88200206 A EP88200206 A EP 88200206A EP 0327733 A1 EP0327733 A1 EP 0327733A1
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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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- the invention relates to a pouring apparatus the underside of which is provided with at least two portions which at least partially grip the carton when in use and on the same side of which there is provided at least two members of tubular form both with an open end portion with which the top of a carton can be pierced.
- These tubular members are mainly of a downwardly extending conical form and having a sharp extremity with which the upper wall of the carton can be pierced.
- drink cartons as used herein is to be construed as meaning packings of paper or cardboard which may be plasticised or are made completely or partially of a plastic and which are destined to contain milk, fruit drinks and suchlike.
- Such apparatus is described for example in American Patent Specification No.3285.472.
- This apparatus comprises two platelike members by which means it can be pushed over the carton and which further comprises two tubular members the lower end of each of which is provided with a sharp edge which pierces the carton's upper wall to form a pouring tube and an air inlet tube respectively when the apparatus is pushed onto the carton.
- the object of the invention is now to provide apparatus of the type described in the quoted American Patent Specification but which does not exhibit the disadvantages experienced when the apparatus is used with cartons under pressure or in which the carton has been filled with a drink under vacuum.
- the apparatus is characterised in this that both the tubular members emerge out at their upper extremities into a deep traylike part of the apparatus which is provided with or gives access to a pouring spout.
- the deepened traylike portion of the apparatus is of rectangular boatlike form and one end of which functions as a pouring spout.
- the boat portion according to yet another preferred embodiment of the apparatus is closable on its upper side, preferably with a sliding shutter which can cover it completely.
- Such an embodiment of the boat is also of advantage when an uncompletely emptied carton is to be kept, it can be well closed by the sliding shutter.
- a sliding shutter In a preferred embodiment of a sliding shutter according to the invention, it is movable along the length of the boat over a limited distance such that even when it is in a position where it allows pouring to take place from the pouring spout it always covers the mouths of the tubular members.
- the sliding shutter is so constructed that it is provided over at least part of its length on each side with two vertically downward extending ears which also extend inwardly to the engage the sidewalls of the deepened traylike portion and slide therealong between two stops which define the 'open' and 'closed' positions.
- the sliding shutter When one end of the boat is to be used as a pouring spout and thus must be open, the sliding shutter is moved to the corresponding position.
- the design must be such that when the drink must or can flow to the boat and from there via the pouring spout to the exterior, air must flow into the carton via the tubular member destined therefor and thus an air supply aperture must be provided in the carton to facilitate this.
- each of the exterior surfaces of the ears incorporates an indentation to provide a good holdfast for the fingers when it is held.
- the parts by which means the apparatus grips the carton preferably comprise at least two legs which grip the corners of the carton diagonally opposite one another and which engage adjoining exterior surfaces of the outer walls of the carton on both sides of a corner when in use.
- the carton as construed herein has the form of a rectangular block, the feet of the apparatus thus engage diagonally opposite lying and vertically extending corners of the carton.
- the carton may possibly be of another form instead of being rectangular and say hexagonal or something similar, the feet will grip the corners which lie diagonally opposite one another in order to ensure a firm grip on the carton.
- the legs themselves have the form of a bent strip running in the directions of their lengths. The angle at which the strips are bent correspond to the angle formed by adjoining wall surfaces of the carton with which the strips are in gripping engagement therewith.
- the appartus In order to easily push the apparatus into place on a carton in a single movement, the appartus is provided with legs of unequal length. The apparatus is firstly positioned above the carton with the longest leg pushed against a corner thereof and thereafter the shorter leg is pushed over the other corner diagonally opposite thereto. Finally the apparatus is pushed down further onto the carton and through which the carton's upper wall is pierced by the two tubular members.
- Figs. 1 and 2 show the two legs 1 and 2 by which means diagonally opposite corners 3 and 4 (see fig.2) of a drink carton 14 (see fig.2) grip the apparatus when in use.
- One leg 2 is provided with surfaces 23 and 24 which lie up against the outer surfaces 25 and 26 on each side of the corner 4 of the carton 14.
- the leg 1 grips the corner 3 of the carton 14.
- the legs 1 and 2 are joined by a portion 5 (see fig.2) which mainly comprises a boatlike member and a sidewall of which is designated by the reference numeral 6.
- the mouths 10 and 11 (see fig.2) of two mainly tubular members 8 and 9 emerge from the bottom 7 of the boat.
- tubular members 8 and 9 are mainly of inverted conical form and extend vertically downward and are provided with sharp edges at their free extremities by which measn the upper wall of the carton 14 can be pierced.
- drink flows into the boat through the aperture 10 via the portion of the inlet 12 thereof and air flows into the carton 14 through the aperture 11 of portion 9 the outlet 13 thereof.
- the sidewalls of the boat are partially recessed inwardly toward one another to form wall portions 15.
- the boat can them be closed off from the exterior with a sliding shutter 16 (see fig.3) which can slide along the outside of the wall portions 15 by the engagement therewith of the inner walls of the the downwardly extending ears 17 of the shutter 16.
- the length portion of the boat over which the shutter is enabled to slide is limited by the stops 18 and 19 against which the extremities 20 and 21 of the shutter engage.
- extremity 20 engages against stop 19 the boat is then open at one end (as illustrated in fig.3. i.e. when the shutter is in its leftward position) and through which drink can be poured from the boat via the pouring spout 22..
- Fig. 2 illustrates the manner in which the pouring apparatus according to the invention is fitted to a rectangular carton.
- the apparatus extends outside the bounds of the carton 14 with its pouring spout 22.
- Fig. 3 illustrates the manner in which the boat is closed off by the flat sliding shutter.
- the ears 17 extend verticall downward from the shutter 16 on opposite sides thereof in a direction approximately perpendicular thereto. When the apparatus is in use, the ears 17 extend over the sidewalls 15 which they grip with their lower edges. Fitting and removal of the shutter to and from the boat respectively is achieved by bending the ears outward away from one another so that the snap-closure which is formed between the ears 17 and the sidewalls 15 enables the boat to be closed off when the shutter is fitted or open when the shutter is removed.
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Description
- The invention relates to a pouring apparatus the underside of which is provided with at least two portions which at least partially grip the carton when in use and on the same side of which there is provided at least two members of tubular form both with an open end portion with which the top of a carton can be pierced. These tubular members are mainly of a downwardly extending conical form and having a sharp extremity with which the upper wall of the carton can be pierced. The term drink cartons as used herein is to be construed as meaning packings of paper or cardboard which may be plasticised or are made completely or partially of a plastic and which are destined to contain milk, fruit drinks and suchlike.
- Pouring drinks from such drink cartons gives problems; an aperture must first be made in the carton through which the drink can be poured. In order to achieve a constant rate of flow, an extra aperture still has to be made very often to enable air to be drawn into the carton. The action following hereon to pour the drink is achieved only in an often difficult to control manner which in its turn can easily lead to the drink flowing down the sides of the carton in an undesirable manner.
- Various solutions have been proposed to overcome this problem, and in particular a solution has always been sought by affixing a pouring spout to the carton in one manner or another.
- For example, this has been achieved by contructing the carton in such a manner at a particular place thereon and by applying a certain force thereto, an aperture is made and through which the carton walls can also serve as a pouring spout. Solutions to the problem have also been sought in the form of a loose pouring aid which can co-operate with the carton in one manner or another to act as an outflow aperture with a pouring spout.
- Such apparatus is described for example in American Patent Specification No.3285.472. This apparatus comprises two platelike members by which means it can be pushed over the carton and which further comprises two tubular members the lower end of each of which is provided with a sharp edge which pierces the carton's upper wall to form a pouring tube and an air inlet tube respectively when the apparatus is pushed onto the carton.
- One problem encountered in using such a known apparatus still remains, and that is when the drink contained in the carton is subjected to a certain pressure in one manner or another the drink is expelled from the pouring tube and may possibly be expelled through the air inlet tube also. For example, such pressure can be caused when the carton is manually gripped to pour the drink and is squeezed somewhat in consequence. Problems also arise with these known types of apparatus when they are used with cartons which have been filled with the drink under certain vacuum conditions. When known apparatus of this type is used with such cartons, the drink quickly spurts out of the carton through one or both of the tubular members in an undesirable manner.
- The object of the invention is now to provide apparatus of the type described in the quoted American Patent Specification but which does not exhibit the disadvantages experienced when the apparatus is used with cartons under pressure or in which the carton has been filled with a drink under vacuum.
- According to the invention therefor, the apparatus is characterised in this that both the tubular members emerge out at their upper extremities into a deep traylike part of the apparatus which is provided with or gives access to a pouring spout.
- When the apparatus according to the invention is used with cartons under pressure or cartons with a drink under a vaccum therein, an undesired quantity of the drink flowing through the tubular members inserted into the carton will be received in the deepened traylike part, the reservoir; thereafter it can be discharged together with other drink from the carton through the pouring spout or it can flow back into the carton through the tubular members.
- In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the deepened traylike portion of the apparatus is of rectangular boatlike form and one end of which functions as a pouring spout. In order to prevent drink flowing into the boat portion from spattering up against the upperside with force, the boat portion according to yet another preferred embodiment of the apparatus is closable on its upper side, preferably with a sliding shutter which can cover it completely.
- Such an embodiment of the boat is also of advantage when an uncompletely emptied carton is to be kept, it can be well closed by the sliding shutter.
- In a preferred embodiment of a sliding shutter according to the invention, it is movable along the length of the boat over a limited distance such that even when it is in a position where it allows pouring to take place from the pouring spout it always covers the mouths of the tubular members.
- This demand is made because not only can the drink spurt out when the carton is pierced by the tubular members but this can also easily happen during pouring. In such cases the upward spurting drink is required to be received in the boat and be maintained within the confines of the reservoir by the sliding shutter.
- According to yet another embodiment, the sliding shutter is so constructed that it is provided over at least part of its length on each side with two vertically downward extending ears which also extend inwardly to the engage the sidewalls of the deepened traylike portion and slide therealong between two stops which define the 'open' and 'closed' positions.
- When one end of the boat is to be used as a pouring spout and thus must be open, the sliding shutter is moved to the corresponding position. Naturally, and amongst other matters, the design must be such that when the drink must or can flow to the boat and from there via the pouring spout to the exterior, air must flow into the carton via the tubular member destined therefor and thus an air supply aperture must be provided in the carton to facilitate this.
- In order to easily clean the pouring apparatus according to the invention, it suffices in practice to provide a construction by which means the ears, via a snap-closure arrangement formed by them and the boat sidewalls, engage the boat and through which the sliding shutter is removable from the boat by bending the ears outward. In order to make the shutter easily slidable with respect to the boat, each of the exterior surfaces of the ears incorporates an indentation to provide a good holdfast for the fingers when it is held.
- The parts by which means the apparatus grips the carton preferably comprise at least two legs which grip the corners of the carton diagonally opposite one another and which engage adjoining exterior surfaces of the outer walls of the carton on both sides of a corner when in use.
- In General, the carton as construed herein has the form of a rectangular block, the feet of the apparatus thus engage diagonally opposite lying and vertically extending corners of the carton. When the carton may possibly be of another form instead of being rectangular and say hexagonal or something similar, the feet will grip the corners which lie diagonally opposite one another in order to ensure a firm grip on the carton. The legs themselves have the form of a bent strip running in the directions of their lengths. The angle at which the strips are bent correspond to the angle formed by adjoining wall surfaces of the carton with which the strips are in gripping engagement therewith.
- In order to easily push the apparatus into place on a carton in a single movement, the appartus is provided with legs of unequal length. The apparatus is firstly positioned above the carton with the longest leg pushed against a corner thereof and thereafter the shorter leg is pushed over the other corner diagonally opposite thereto. Finally the apparatus is pushed down further onto the carton and through which the carton's upper wall is pierced by the two tubular members.
- The invention is now further to be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
- Fig.1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of the pouring apparatus according to the invention;
- Fig.2 is a plan view thereof illustrating the manner in which the apparatus is fitted to a carton;
- Fig.3 is a plan view of an embodiment of a sliding shutter used to close off the apparatus from above.
- Figs. 1 and 2 show the two
legs 1 and 2 by which means diagonally opposite corners 3 and 4 (see fig.2) of a drink carton 14 (see fig.2) grip the apparatus when in use. Oneleg 2 is provided withsurfaces outer surfaces corner 4 of thecarton 14. In a like manner, the leg 1 grips the corner 3 of the carton 14.Thelegs 1 and 2 are joined by a portion 5 (see fig.2) which mainly comprises a boatlike member and a sidewall of which is designated by the reference numeral 6. Themouths 10 and 11 (see fig.2) of two mainly tubular members 8 and 9 emerge from the bottom 7 of the boat. As illustrated, these tubular members 8 and 9 are mainly of inverted conical form and extend vertically downward and are provided with sharp edges at their free extremities by which measn the upper wall of thecarton 14 can be pierced. In the illustrated embodiment, drink flows into the boat through theaperture 10 via the portion of theinlet 12 thereof and air flows into thecarton 14 through the aperture 11 of portion 9 the outlet 13 thereof. - In the illustrated embodiment, the sidewalls of the boat are partially recessed inwardly toward one another to form
wall portions 15. The boat can them be closed off from the exterior with a sliding shutter 16 (see fig.3) which can slide along the outside of thewall portions 15 by the engagement therewith of the inner walls of the the downwardly extendingears 17 of theshutter 16. The length portion of the boat over which the shutter is enabled to slide is limited by thestops stop 19, the boat is then open at one end (as illustrated in fig.3. i.e. when the shutter is in its leftward position) and through which drink can be poured from the boat via thepouring spout 22.. - Fig. 2 illustrates the manner in which the pouring apparatus according to the invention is fitted to a rectangular carton. The apparatus extends outside the bounds of the
carton 14 with itspouring spout 22. - Fig. 3 illustrates the manner in which the boat is closed off by the flat sliding shutter. The
ears 17 extend verticall downward from theshutter 16 on opposite sides thereof in a direction approximately perpendicular thereto. When the apparatus is in use, theears 17 extend over thesidewalls 15 which they grip with their lower edges. Fitting and removal of the shutter to and from the boat respectively is achieved by bending the ears outward away from one another so that the snap-closure which is formed between theears 17 and thesidewalls 15 enables the boat to be closed off when the shutter is fitted or open when the shutter is removed.
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Priority Applications (6)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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ES88200206T ES2020596B3 (en) | 1988-02-05 | 1988-02-05 | CARDBOARD CHANNEL. |
EP88200206A EP0327733B1 (en) | 1988-02-05 | 1988-02-05 | Carton spout |
AT88200206T ATE59622T1 (en) | 1988-02-05 | 1988-02-05 | SPOUT FOR CARTON PACK. |
DE8888200206T DE3861378D1 (en) | 1988-02-05 | 1988-02-05 | SPOUT FOR CARTON PACK. |
CH249/91A CH682557A5 (en) | 1988-02-05 | 1991-01-28 | Device for dispensing and punching drinking containers made of cardboard. |
GR91400235T GR3001653T3 (en) | 1988-02-05 | 1991-03-26 | Carton spout |
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EP88200206A EP0327733B1 (en) | 1988-02-05 | 1988-02-05 | Carton spout |
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EP0327733A1 true EP0327733A1 (en) | 1989-08-16 |
EP0327733B1 EP0327733B1 (en) | 1991-01-02 |
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EP88200206A Expired - Lifetime EP0327733B1 (en) | 1988-02-05 | 1988-02-05 | Carton spout |
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EP (1) | EP0327733B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE59622T1 (en) |
CH (1) | CH682557A5 (en) |
DE (1) | DE3861378D1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2020596B3 (en) |
GR (1) | GR3001653T3 (en) |
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US2112470A (en) * | 1935-07-31 | 1938-03-29 | George C Sevelle | Can punch and pouring device |
US2575083A (en) * | 1947-10-09 | 1951-11-13 | Earl A Abraham | Dispensing container with puncturing means for sealed cans |
US2589890A (en) * | 1949-07-18 | 1952-03-18 | Russell L Stoecker | Can holding, opening, and pouring device |
US3285472A (en) * | 1966-01-21 | 1966-11-15 | Verlyn D Olson | Carton holding and pouring device |
US4561560A (en) * | 1984-10-10 | 1985-12-31 | Lyon Christopher J | Liquid container having sliding closure means |
WO1986005168A1 (en) * | 1985-03-07 | 1986-09-12 | Robert John Dunstan | Pourers for cartons |
EP0241632A1 (en) * | 1986-04-14 | 1987-10-21 | Maresi Markenartikelvertrieb Gesellschaft m.b.H. | Container for receiving a package containing a liquid |
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US4699296A (en) * | 1986-02-04 | 1987-10-13 | Schrock Jr John | Dispensing device for external or intravenous injection of fluids into a patient |
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- 1988-02-05 AT AT88200206T patent/ATE59622T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1988-02-05 ES ES88200206T patent/ES2020596B3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-02-05 DE DE8888200206T patent/DE3861378D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-02-05 EP EP88200206A patent/EP0327733B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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- 1991-01-28 CH CH249/91A patent/CH682557A5/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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US2112470A (en) * | 1935-07-31 | 1938-03-29 | George C Sevelle | Can punch and pouring device |
US2575083A (en) * | 1947-10-09 | 1951-11-13 | Earl A Abraham | Dispensing container with puncturing means for sealed cans |
US2589890A (en) * | 1949-07-18 | 1952-03-18 | Russell L Stoecker | Can holding, opening, and pouring device |
US3285472A (en) * | 1966-01-21 | 1966-11-15 | Verlyn D Olson | Carton holding and pouring device |
US4561560A (en) * | 1984-10-10 | 1985-12-31 | Lyon Christopher J | Liquid container having sliding closure means |
WO1986005168A1 (en) * | 1985-03-07 | 1986-09-12 | Robert John Dunstan | Pourers for cartons |
EP0241632A1 (en) * | 1986-04-14 | 1987-10-21 | Maresi Markenartikelvertrieb Gesellschaft m.b.H. | Container for receiving a package containing a liquid |
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GR3001653T3 (en) | 1992-11-23 |
DE3861378D1 (en) | 1991-02-07 |
ATE59622T1 (en) | 1991-01-15 |
EP0327733B1 (en) | 1991-01-02 |
CH682557A5 (en) | 1993-10-15 |
ES2020596B3 (en) | 1991-08-16 |
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