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US3460715A
US3460715A US3460715DA US3460715A US 3460715 A US3460715 A US 3460715A US 3460715D A US3460715D A US 3460715DA US 3460715 A US3460715 A US 3460715A
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Alan Thomas Jones
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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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/598—With repair, tapping, assembly, or disassembly means
    • Y10T137/612—Tapping a pipe, keg, or apertured tank under pressure
    • Y10T137/6123—With aperture forming means

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  • a tap for a bag in a box container comprising a pointed probe section for piercing the inner bag and provided with a hole or holes communicating with an interior passage through the tap body, which passage terminates in an outlet hole, the flow of liquid from the outlet hole being controllable by a rotary valve element, the body of the tap being provided with means for engagement with the outer protective box to prevent the body of the tap turning on operation of the valve element.
  • a tap for a bag in a box container of this type in accordance with the invention comprises a pointed probe section for piercing the inner bag and provided with a hole or holes communicating with an interior passage through the tap body, which passage terminates in an outlet hole, the fiow of liquid through the outlet hole being controllable by a rotary valve element, the body of the tap being provided with means engageable with the outer protective box to prevent the body of the tap turning on operation of the valve element.
  • the body of the tap is formed with means such as pegs or the like adjacent the probe section and designed to pass through a pre-cut hole in the box so that when the tap is pushed into position through the hole in the box its probe section pierces the inner plastic bag and the tap is then rotated through 90 to be then held in position due to engagement of the pegs beneath the box wall, the outlet hole being located in a part of the tap body projecting outwardly from the box.
  • means such as pegs or the like adjacent the probe section and designed to pass through a pre-cut hole in the box so that when the tap is pushed into position through the hole in the box its probe section pierces the inner plastic bag and the tap is then rotated through 90 to be then held in position due to engagement of the pegs beneath the box wall, the outlet hole being located in a part of the tap body projecting outwardly from the box.
  • the means for preventing rotation of the tap body relatively to the box may comprise a lug designed to engage in a corresponding slot projecting outwardly from the pre-cut hole in the box.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of tap in its position in a box
  • FIGURE 2 is a section through the tap and box shown in FIGURE 1 partly exploded;
  • FIGURE 3 is an end view of the tap body
  • FIGURE 4 is an end view of the valve element of the tap.
  • FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of tap.
  • the tap comprises essentially a tapered probe section generally indicated at 2 provided with a sharpened point 4 and having an interior passage -6 communicating with three holes 8 passing through the wall of the probe.
  • the probe section is formed integrally with a tubular body part 10 carrying a rotary valve element in the form of a tubular sleeve 12, which is a tight fit and the hollow interior of which is open to the passage 6 in the probe.
  • the wall of the valve element 12 is formed with a hole 14 which on rotation of the valve element relatively to the body by means of a handle 16 can either be aligned with a hole 18 through the wall of the body portion 10 to enable liquid to be discharged, or can be mis-aligned to prevent the flow of liquid through the tap.
  • the outer edge of the tap body 10 is formed with a rim 20 extending for about The two edges of the rim engage against a shoulder 22 projecting outwardly from the inner face of the handle 16 so as to limit the turning movement of the valve element to two limits at one of which the holes 14 and 18 are aligned and at the other of which the two holes are mis-aligned by 180.
  • the tap is designed for use with a container comprising an inner sealed bag 2-4 of polythene or the like located within a cardboard box 26 having a hole 28 formed in its wall.
  • the bag When the probe section is pushed through the hole against the wall of the polythene bag, the bag is pierced by the pointed end 4 and rides up over the tapered probe section 2 to engage in a groove 30 to form a leak proof bond.
  • the hole 28 in the box has two opposed slots 32, 34 of different lengths and the body portion of the tap is formed with two projecting pegs 36, 38 of the same lengths as the slots 32, 34 respectively.
  • the outer surface of each peg is tapered.
  • the body is also formed with two flanges 40 each of which has a projecting lug 42. The flanges are spaced from the pegs along the length of the body by a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the cardboard of the box.
  • the pegs 36 and 38 are inserted through their corresponding slots 32 and 34 in the box wall and the tap is then turned through ninety degrees by the two projectious 42. Due to the tapering surfaces of the pegs they slide beneath the wall of the box squeezing the box wall between the pegs and the flanges. The tap is thus firmly held onto the box and is prevented from being pulled out. In the final position a lug 44 projecting out from the tap body beneath one of the flanges 40 engages in the slot 34 corresponding to the longer peg 38. In this position the tap is firmly fixed and cannot be rotated relatively to the container when the valve element is being turned to open and close the tap.
  • the holes 8 through the wall of the probe are in communication with the contents of the box but liquid can only be discharged through the tap when the hole 14 of the rotary valve element and the hole 118 of the body of the tap are aligned.
  • the modified version of the tap shown in FIGURE 5 difiers from that illustrated in FIGURES 1-4 in that the probe 2 has a parallel section 46 on which the bag seals rather than a groove 30 as in the construction shown in FIGURES 1-4. This has the advantage that if there is any movement of the bag film towards the point 4 of the probe it will not move on to a portion of reduced diameter which would cause leakage.
  • the tap shown in FIGURE 5 is prevented from rotating relatively to the container by means of a square shoulder 48 projecting from a flange 50 which shoulder engages in a square hole in the wall of the bag.
  • the tap is provided with a spout 52 communicating with the outlet hole 18 so as more closely to direct the flow of liquid.
  • the handle of the valve element is formed with a blade 54 to assist in turning.
  • a probe member for insertion into a container wall
  • said probe member comprising a hollow cylinder having an inner end formed into a closed conical portion and an open outer end, an inlet opening adjacent said inner end communicating with the interior of said probe member, a lateral discharge opening adjacent said outer end of said probe member, radially disposed outwardly extending flanges on said probe and positioned between said openings, securing means extending radially outwardly from said probe positioned between said flanges and said inlet opening, said securing means adapted to fit into a slot in the container wall to prevent rotation of the probe, said flanges and said securing means being adapted to cooperatively engage and tightly compress the peripheral portion of a container wall opening therebetween so as to prevent axial and rotational movement of said probe relative to the container wall during actuation of said valve member
  • said valve member comprising a hollow cylinder having an open inner end and a closed outer end and telescopically and rotat
  • a tap as claimed in claim 1 having a second means to engage the wall of the box to prevent the tap from being pulled out from the box once it has been inserted thereinto and the inner bag pierced.
  • a tap as claimed in claim 1 in which the means to prevent the tap from being pulled from the box comprises projections which can pass through pre-cut holes in the box, and on turning of the tap relatively to the box can engage the inner side of the box wall.
  • a tap as claimed in claim 1 having flanges spaced from the projections by a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the wall of the box.
  • a tap as claimed in claim 1 one of said projections and one pre-cut hole being longer than the other; and said means for engagement with the outer protective box to prevent the body of the tap turning on operation of the valve element comprising a lug projecting from said tap body at the front face of the box and engaging said longer pre-cut hole when the tap body is turned relatively to the box.

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US3813009A (en) * 1970-03-28 1974-05-28 K Lenz Combination opener and pouring device for cans and the like
US4475670A (en) * 1982-07-09 1984-10-09 Rutter Christopher C Fluid dispenser
US5105844A (en) * 1990-09-24 1992-04-21 King Lloyd H Sr Two step branch forming attachment
US5490538A (en) * 1992-01-31 1996-02-13 Marcel; Robert Automatic rain water collection device on downpipe
US5303732A (en) * 1993-06-01 1994-04-19 Ekolag Ab Valve unit
US5855223A (en) * 1994-06-14 1999-01-05 Tuomo Halonen Oy Emptying valve for emptying sealed liquid packages such as liquid pouches
WO1996015978A1 (fr) * 1994-11-23 1996-05-30 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Systeme de fermeture a monter sur des emballages jetables pour boissons non gazeuses
US5971217A (en) * 1997-12-22 1999-10-26 E. & J. Gallo Winery Liquid storing and dispensing system
US6601605B2 (en) * 2000-02-18 2003-08-05 King Technology Of Missouri Inc. Locking end cap
US6648186B2 (en) 2001-02-13 2003-11-18 The Meyer Company Push-button faucet
US20030226855A1 (en) * 2002-02-27 2003-12-11 International Dispensing Corporation Self-sealing dispensing tap for flexible packages
US6877637B2 (en) * 2002-02-27 2005-04-12 International Dispensing Corp. Self-sealing dispensing tap for flexible packages
US6773036B1 (en) 2002-05-03 2004-08-10 Tom King Harmony Products, Inc. Saddle tee, saddle tee and tap, and fluid connection for irrigation lines
US6986532B1 (en) 2002-05-03 2006-01-17 Tom King Harmony Products, Inc. Saddle tee and tap for irrigation lines
US20050235554A1 (en) * 2004-04-27 2005-10-27 Uhl Michael A Insertable pest catching device
US7222453B2 (en) * 2004-04-27 2007-05-29 Uhl Michael A Insertable pest catching device
US7503142B1 (en) * 2004-04-27 2009-03-17 Uhl Michael A Insertable pest catching device
US6886585B1 (en) * 2004-06-25 2005-05-03 The Patent Store Llc Soft grip drain
US8596691B2 (en) 2006-10-06 2013-12-03 Blazing Products, Inc. Fittings connectable to end portions of pipes and related methods
US10801654B2 (en) 2006-10-06 2020-10-13 King Technology Of Missouri, Llc Tubular pipe fitting insert with interior reinforcement ribs
US9593789B2 (en) 2006-10-06 2017-03-14 Blazing Products, Inc. Pipe-fitting with adaptor assembly and related methods
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US20110031273A1 (en) * 2009-04-06 2011-02-10 Macler Jeffrey E Ribbed Water Spike
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US20110226809A1 (en) * 2010-03-22 2011-09-22 Malo Michel Pouring device

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FR1460495A (fr) 1966-11-25
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GB1135772A (en) 1968-12-04
CH437019A (fr) 1967-05-31

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