EP0327733B1 - Carton spout - Google Patents

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EP0327733B1
EP0327733B1 EP88200206A EP88200206A EP0327733B1 EP 0327733 B1 EP0327733 B1 EP 0327733B1 EP 88200206 A EP88200206 A EP 88200206A EP 88200206 A EP88200206 A EP 88200206A EP 0327733 B1 EP0327733 B1 EP 0327733B1
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carton
reservoir
pouring
shutter
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Reuben Josef Kornmehl
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ARICOM BV
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Priority to ES88200206T priority patent/ES2020596B3/es
Priority to DE8888200206T priority patent/DE3861378D1/de
Priority to AT88200206T priority patent/ATE59622T1/de
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Priority to CH249/91A priority patent/CH682557A5/de
Priority to GR91400235T priority patent/GR3001653T3/el
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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 and piercing apparatus for drink cartons.
  • Various embodiments of this kind of apparatus are known.
  • the main problem with these known apparatus is, that the use of all of them leads to an unwanted spilling of liquid. This spilling happens either during the act of piercing the carton, or during the pouring out of the liquid, or both.
  • the portions which grip the carton usually consist of two legs which grip the corners of the carton diagonally opposite each other, each leg engaging adjoining exterior surfaces of the outer walls of the carton on both sides of a vertically extending corner.
  • the legs, having the form of a bent strip show a bent-angle corresponding thereto.
  • US-patent no. 4 699 296 for instance teaches how a dispensing device, being used in combination with a brick pack and with 'spikes' which pierce the pack, is provided with 'a hollow interior' to permit the fluid to flow therein.
  • This hollow interior is a closed reservoir. Disadvantages of the device are, that the reservoir does not have a sliding shutter and further: the device does not exist of one piece of material, which makes it more complicate, both in manufacturing and in use.
  • the published European patent application no. 0241 632 also shows a dispensing device which has similarities with the apparatus according to the invention.
  • the device indeed shows a reservoir with a slidable shutter (fig. 1, ref. no. 16 and column 5, line 6): however: only one of the piercing members emerges into a reservoir over it. This construction does not prevent the liquid to leave the pack unwantedly: that may easily happen around the member which does not give access to the reservoir.
  • Subject of the US-patent no. 2 112 470 is a 'punch and pouring device for use with canned milk'. It has two puncturing elements and it has a reservoir which both elements give access to. However: this is a reservoir which is closed permanently: no slidable shutter!
  • US-patent no. 2 589 890 discloses a 'can holding, opening and pouring device' with a slidable shutter, however: without a reservoir underneath.
  • the PCT-application WO-A-86 05 168 discloses 'pourers for cartons' consisting of one piece of material. That device however has only an open reservoir above the one tubular member which serves as pouring conduit. Once it has been put on a carton, a little pressure from the outside on the carton walls already causes liquid to come out of the tubes, thus leading to the spilling which is sought to be prevented.
  • the two portions which grip the carton are of unequal length. This makes the apparatus to be easily pushed into position on a carton in one single movement: the apparatus firstly is positioned over the carton with the longest leg pushed against a corner thereof and then the shorter leg is pushed over the other corner, located diagonally opposite thereto.
  • a further embodiment of the apparatus shows a sliding shutter, being provided over at least part of its length on both sides thereof, with two ears which extend to the sidewalls of the reservoir and which slide along between two stops which define the 'open' and 'closed' positions.
  • the distance along which the shutter may slide is limited in order to ensure that in every position it is present over both piercing members in order to catch liquid which spurts out and to keep it within the confines of the reservoir.
  • the ears which are arranged at both sides of the shutter preferably engage the side walls of the reservoir by means of a snap-closure. The shutter then is removable from the reservoir by simply bending outward both ears, which makes the apparatus easily cleanable.
  • the ears on their outer surfaces are corrugated.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 show the two legs 1 and 2 which when in use, grip around diagonally opposite corners 3 and 4 (see fig. 2) of a drink carton 14 (see fig. 2).
  • 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 reservoir, the 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 in the bottom 7 of the reservoir.
  • tubular members 8 and 9 are mainly of inverted conical form, extend vertically downward and are provided with sharp edges at their free extremities which may pierce the upper wall of the carton 14.
  • liquid flows into the reservoir 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 via the outlet 13 thereof.
  • the sidewalls of the reservoir are partially recessed inwardly toward one another to form wall portions 15.
  • the reservoir can 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 downwardly extending ears 17 of the shutter 16.
  • the length portion of the reservoir over which the shutter is allowed 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 reservoir is open at one end (as illustrated in fig. 3 i.e. when the shutter is in its leftward position) and liquid can be poured from the reservoir 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 reservoir is closed off by the flat sliding shutter.
  • the ears 17 extend vertically 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 reservoir 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 may be closed when the shutter is fitted or maybe opened when the shutter is removed.

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EP88200206A 1988-02-05 1988-02-05 Carton spout Expired - Lifetime EP0327733B1 (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP88200206A EP0327733B1 (en) 1988-02-05 1988-02-05 Carton spout
ES88200206T ES2020596B3 (es) 1988-02-05 1988-02-05 Canal de carton.
DE8888200206T DE3861378D1 (de) 1988-02-05 1988-02-05 Ausguss fuer kartonpackung.
AT88200206T ATE59622T1 (de) 1988-02-05 1988-02-05 Ausguss fuer kartonpackung.
CH249/91A CH682557A5 (de) 1988-02-05 1991-01-28 Gerät zum Ausschenken und Lochen von Trinkbehältern aus Pappe.
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 EP0327733A1 (en) 1989-08-16
EP0327733B1 true EP0327733B1 (en) 1991-01-02

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AT (1) ATE59622T1 (el)
CH (1) CH682557A5 (el)
DE (1) DE3861378D1 (el)
ES (1) ES2020596B3 (el)
GR (1) GR3001653T3 (el)

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DE20016690U1 (de) 2000-09-27 2000-12-21 Wanitschek, Rico, 06313 Hergisdorf Ausgießer für Tetrapackungen

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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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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
GB8425611D0 (en) * 1984-10-10 1984-11-14 Lyon C J Liquid containers
EP0214247A1 (en) * 1985-03-07 1987-03-18 Robert John Dunstan Pourers for cartons
EP0241632B1 (de) * 1986-04-14 1989-10-11 Maresi Markenartikelvertrieb Gesellschaft m.b.H. Behälter für die Aufnahme einer eine Flüssigkeit enthaltenden Packung

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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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ES2020596B3 (es) 1991-08-16
EP0327733A1 (en) 1989-08-16
CH682557A5 (de) 1993-10-15
ATE59622T1 (de) 1991-01-15
GR3001653T3 (en) 1992-11-23
DE3861378D1 (de) 1991-02-07

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