US3809290A - Liquid containing and dispensing device - Google Patents

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US3809290A
US3809290A US00296834A US29683472A US3809290A US 3809290 A US3809290 A US 3809290A US 00296834 A US00296834 A US 00296834A US 29683472 A US29683472 A US 29683472A US 3809290 A US3809290 A US 3809290A
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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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  • a more specific object is'to provide a novel and improved means for packaging and dispensing liquids whereby the dispensing means may be used repeatedly with successive similarly constructed packages of liquids.
  • Another object is to provide structure which will make it possible to effect a more convenient inexpensive economical and practical method of packing, distributing, selling and dispensing liquids.
  • Another object is to provide a more economical means of packaging and distributing liquids in a package from which dispensation of the liquid can be accomplished in a quick, simple, inexpensive, and practicalmanner.
  • FIG. I is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of my invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the device shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the device shown in FIG. 1 taken at right angles to that shown in FIG. 2 and looking toward the pouring spout;
  • FIG. 4 is afragmentary top plan view of the pouring structure of the container; and v i FIG. 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken longitudinallythrough' the pouring spout of the container.
  • a i I The preferred embodiment of my invention as shown in FIGS. 1-5 includes a container identified generally by the numeral 1 having a bottom and rigid side walls which support a handle member -2 and pouring structure indicated generally by the numeral 3. Carried within the interior of the container 1 is a pouch member 4 which is characterized by its flexible side walls and a rigid tubular member secured thereto and carried within the confines of'the pouch.
  • the pouch 4 is formed from a pair of sheets of flexible material capable of being secured to each other through the application of heat upon their registering surfaces.
  • the pouch 4 shown in FIGS. l-3 is formed from two sheets or panels by heat sealing the two sheets at their registering side edges and at their upper and lower registering edges to thus provide side walls 5 and 6, a bottom wall 7, and a top wall or seam 8.
  • the upper end of the pouch is sealed at the seam 8 by a heat sealing treatment well-known in the art after the pouch has been filled with the liquid 9.
  • the preferable material for making the pouch disclosed herein is that as set forth in my copending US. Pat. application Ser. No. 145,609 now abandoned filed by me on May 20, 1971, and entitled FLEXIBLE LIQ- UID CONTAINER.
  • the rigid tubular member 10 may be secured to the side wall of the pouch 4 in any one of the appropriate manners disclosed in said application, Ser. No. 145,609.
  • the preferred method which I utilize involves applying the tubular member to the inner surface of the side wall of the pouch 4 and forcing it outwardly so as to draw the flexible side wall portion of the pouch tightly around the one end and exterior of the tubular member 10 in preparation for securihg the same to the side wall as hereinafter described.
  • the tubular member 10 is a relatively rigid construction and its external diametrical diemnsions are slightly greater at points intermediate its end as at 13. As best shown in FIG. 5, the side wall portion 11 which extends across the end of the rigid tubular member 10 seals off that end and is subsequently perforated when the tubular member 10 is moved into the position shown in FIG. 5.
  • a resilient ring member 12 is applied exteriorly of the tubular member 10 and the surrounding wall portion of the pouch 4 to a position adjacent the inner end portion of the tubular member 10 as best shown in FIGS. 2 and 5.
  • the use of the retaining ring 12 is a safety feature which may or may not be required depending upon the manner in which the tubular member 10 is applied to the side wall of the pouch 4. In other words, under some conditions the retaining ring 12 may not be required whereas under other conditions it may serve a useful purpose to insure against possible dislodging of the tubular member 10 from proper position.
  • the pouring structure 3 includes a pouring spout 14 which has a bore 15 and which supports a tubular piercing element 16 at its inner surface. It also supports an annular wall structure 17 which extends around the tubular piercing element 16 and defines therewithan annular recess 18 adapted to receive and retain therewithin the tubular member 10 and its surrounding portion of the wall structure of thepouch 4.
  • the pouring spout 14 also includes a slide closure 19 which is slidably mounted within two opposed ways 20 and'2l.
  • the closure member 19 can be moved between open and closed position.
  • each pouch being characterized by the rigid tubular member 10 secured to the inner surface of the wall structure of the pouch, preferably adjacent its upper end and necessarily within the confines of the pouch wall structure.
  • the wall structure thus extends across the outer end of the tubular member 10 and the liquid 9 is free to flow into the tubular member 10 through its inner end.
  • the pouch is inserted within the interior recess of the container 1.
  • the interior surfaces of the rigid wall structure of the container 1 are of similar configuration and dimensions with the exterior surface of the pouch 4 when the latter is filled to the desired level with the liquid 9.
  • the tubular member 10 is then forced into the recess 18 defined by the piercing element 16 and the annular wall 17.
  • the tubular element 16 pierces the portion of the wall structure which extends across the outer end of the tubular member 10 and extends into the interior of the tubular member 10 so as to bring the bore 15 into communication with the interior of the pouch 4. Henceforth the liquid 9 can be dispensed as desired through the bore 15 of the spout 14.
  • the slide closure 19 may be moved between open and closed position with respect to the bore 15 to control the flow therefrom.
  • a pouring spout carried by the side walls of said container and including a tubular piercing element, said spout being constructed and arranged to receive said tubular member therewithin in close fitting engaging and supporting relation with said piercing element extending inwardly in piercing relation through said portion of said flexible wall extending across the end of said tubular member and in communication withthe interior of said pouch to thereby facilitate pouring of the liquid contents of said pouch therefrom through said piercing element and said spout;
  • said pouring spout also'including wall structure defining an annular recess around said piercing element and surrounding said tubular member and said portion of said side wall which seals off said tubular member in close-fitting supporting relation.
  • a sealed liquid-containing pouch having at least one flexible wall portion
  • a relatively rigid tubular member positioned within extending inwardly through said flexible wall portion of said pouch into said tubular member and in communication with the interior of said pouch whereby to facilitate pouring of the liquid contents of said pouch therefrom through said piercing element and said spout.
  • a sealed liquid-containing pouch having at least one flexible wall portion
  • a relatively-rigid tubular member positioned within said pouch and its said'flexible wall portion and being securedto said wall portion with the latter extending across-one end of said tubular member I in sealing relation;
  • acontainer having relatively rigid side walls surrounding said pouch in supporting relation and having an interior with configurations and dimensions generally complementary to the exterior of said pouch;
  • pouring structure carried by said container and including a tubular element, said pouring structure receiving said tubular member in engaging and supporting relation with said tubular elementextending inwardly through said flexible wall portion of said pouch'into said tubular member and in communication with the interior of said pouch to thereby facilitate pouring of the liquid contents of said pouch outwardly through said tubular element and said pouring structure;
  • said pouring structure including annular wall structure surrounding said tubular element and defining an annular recess thereinbetween in which said tubular member and its surrounding flexible wall portion are received in tight fitting relation.
  • pouring structure fixedly mounted on the side walls of said container and including a tubularmember-receiving element which receives and positively engages said tubular member in interlocking relation, said pouring structure piercing said flexible wall portion of said pouch at the end of said tubular member when the latter is so received and thereby bringing the same into fluid commuication with the interior of said pouch to facilitate pouring of the liquid from said pouch outwardly through said pouring structure.
  • tubular-member-receiving element receives said tubular member in positive interlocking telescoping relatainer has the general configuration of a pitcher.
  • a resilient ring surrounding said tubular member and said flexible wall portion adjacent the inner end portion of said tubular member and securing the latter to said flexible wall portion with said flexible wall portion extending across the outer end of said tubular member.

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CA182,647A CA999258A (en) 1972-10-12 1973-10-04 Liquid containing and dispensing device
DE19732350825 DE2350825A1 (de) 1972-10-12 1973-10-10 Vorrichtung zur aufbewahrung und abgabe von fluessigkeit
GB4758573A GB1452496A (en) 1972-10-12 1973-10-11 Liquid containing and dispensing device
FR7336359A FR2202819B3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-10-12 1973-10-11
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US3938707A (en) * 1974-03-06 1976-02-17 Arctic Pac, Inc. Fluid containing and dispersing structure
US3995773A (en) * 1974-03-06 1976-12-07 Arctic Pac, Inc. Flexible liquid containing and dispensing device
US4247020A (en) * 1978-02-09 1981-01-27 Bernard Desjardins Liquid containing and dispensing device
US4441631A (en) * 1982-03-24 1984-04-10 Hosie Alistair M Opener and pouring spout with holder for flexible wall containers
US4653671A (en) * 1984-01-09 1987-03-31 Christene Duffy Container
US4671427A (en) * 1986-04-14 1987-06-09 Farquharson Charles R Milk bag pitcher
WO1989003353A1 (en) * 1987-10-07 1989-04-20 John William Lamb Improvements to liquid containers
US5246149A (en) * 1992-07-27 1993-09-21 Broitzman Stephen K Pitcher with an asymmetrical ice dam
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US20090285949A1 (en) * 2008-05-15 2009-11-19 Wendell Brown Expandable Food Container
US20120248117A1 (en) * 2010-12-09 2012-10-04 Ecologic Re-usable carafe system with re-closable pouches
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US3938707A (en) * 1974-03-06 1976-02-17 Arctic Pac, Inc. Fluid containing and dispersing structure
US3995773A (en) * 1974-03-06 1976-12-07 Arctic Pac, Inc. Flexible liquid containing and dispensing device
US4247020A (en) * 1978-02-09 1981-01-27 Bernard Desjardins Liquid containing and dispensing device
US4441631A (en) * 1982-03-24 1984-04-10 Hosie Alistair M Opener and pouring spout with holder for flexible wall containers
US4653671A (en) * 1984-01-09 1987-03-31 Christene Duffy Container
US4671427A (en) * 1986-04-14 1987-06-09 Farquharson Charles R Milk bag pitcher
WO1989003353A1 (en) * 1987-10-07 1989-04-20 John William Lamb Improvements to liquid containers
US5246149A (en) * 1992-07-27 1993-09-21 Broitzman Stephen K Pitcher with an asymmetrical ice dam
US5443184A (en) * 1993-09-20 1995-08-22 Broitzman; Stephen K. Fluid pouring container with asymmetrical solids separator
US5667098A (en) * 1995-02-28 1997-09-16 Alpha Scientific Corporaton Apparatus and method for removing, diluting and dispensing fluid from a flexible tube
US20080245825A1 (en) * 2005-10-25 2008-10-09 Kiser Earl T Collapsible container system
US7802703B2 (en) * 2005-10-25 2010-09-28 Kiser Earl T Collapsible container system
US20090285949A1 (en) * 2008-05-15 2009-11-19 Wendell Brown Expandable Food Container
US20120248117A1 (en) * 2010-12-09 2012-10-04 Ecologic Re-usable carafe system with re-closable pouches
US20130193020A1 (en) * 2011-12-09 2013-08-01 Ecologic Re-Usable Carafe System with Re-Closable Pouches
US8651332B2 (en) * 2012-02-09 2014-02-18 Adam Pauze Container for retaining liquids and method of using the same
US10370167B2 (en) 2015-01-06 2019-08-06 Conopco, Inc. Cleaning liquid dispensing system
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US20190315522A1 (en) * 2018-04-17 2019-10-17 Jonathan Dey Removable spout assembly and plug therefor

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