CA1240641A - Dispensing spigot - Google Patents

Dispensing spigot

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CA1240641A
CA1240641A CA000465639A CA465639A CA1240641A CA 1240641 A CA1240641 A CA 1240641A CA 000465639 A CA000465639 A CA 000465639A CA 465639 A CA465639 A CA 465639A CA 1240641 A CA1240641 A CA 1240641A
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spout
flange
groove
wall
spigot
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Peter R. Wells
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Wrightcel Ltd
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Wrightcel Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67DDISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D3/00Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D3/04Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer
    • B67D3/042Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer operated by deforming a membrane-like closing element
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/2018Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure
    • B65D47/2025Flexible bung-type elements

Abstract

ABSTRACT

A dispensing spigot for a container in which the spigot 15 is mounted on a spout 10 and a portion 18 of the deformable diaphragm wall 19 sealingly engages the internal surface of the spout wall 12. To improve sealing a groove 21 is provided in the diaphragm wall and a flange 14 projects from the spout wall 12 into the groove 21 to sealingly engage the surface 23 of groove 21. This arrangement of the flange 14 and groove 21 restricts leakage between the spout 12 and the deformable wall 18.

Description

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This invention relates to dispenser spigots for bag in the box fluid containers.

Australian Patent 446218 (Fattori) discloses a spigot having a diaphragmatic transverse wall of concave shape which is inserted into the spout of the container outlet and seal-ingly engages the outer lip of the spout. ~eformation of the concave wall breaks the sealing engagement to allow dispens-ing of the liquid contents through the spout.
A difficulty with the Fattori tap is that the outer lip of the spout can be damaged and this a-llows leakage to occur.
One attempt to solve this problem was offered by Welsh in Australian Patent 474900 which discloses a spigot in which the concave wall of the diaphragm is extended by a flange to increase the surface contact between the spout and the deformable wall of the spigot. A difficulty with the Welsh spigot is the increase in the material needed to form the spigot and the consequential increase in costs.

Another attempt to avoid leakage in the Fattori t~pe spigot was provided by Scholle in Australian Patent 510198.
In this proposal the outer surface of the deformable wall of the spigot was provided with a sealing bead. The Scholle solution was to increase the pressure at a line of contact between the inner wall of the spout and the outer wall of the diaphragm. A difficulty with this improvement is that like the Fattori spigot any damage or cracks in the bead would enable leakage to occur.

It is an object of this invention to provide a means of improving leakage'resistance in spigot dispensers of the type which includes a diaphragmatic concave wall.

To this end the present invention provides in combination ~`~

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a container having a spout and a dispensing spigot attached to said spout for dispensing contents of the container, said spigot including a concave diaphragm wall fitting within said spout such that an external surface of the diaphragm wall engages an inner surface of the spout, the improvement comprising a groove formed in the external surface of the diaphragm wall and a complementary flange formed on the inner surface of the spout and projecting into said groove, one surface of said flange being in sealing contact with one surface of the groove, said flange being an elongate member in a direction projecting away from its associated inner surface of the spout and at an acute angle thereto, the length of said elongate member being greater than the thickness thereof, the length of said flange being formed between said one surface and a generally parallel second surface connected by an end wall of the flange, whereby sealing is achieved along substantially the entire surface of said one surface of the flange.
In this invention there is sealing engagement provided between the outer surface of the diaphragm wall and the internal surface of the spout and this is enhanced by provision of a surface (as opposed to a lineJ contact for sealing proposed between the flange and tne surface of the groove.

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2(a) This provides a longer sealin.g surface which provides a longer and more devious leakage path, thus reducing the possibility of leaks.
Preferably the groove is provided in the outer surface of the diaphragm wall and the flange is provided on the inner surface of the spout. The groove is preferably V shaped such that the flange projects into the groove and lies along one surface of the V. Ideally the end of the flange engages the other wall of the groove to increase sealing contact.
The spigot is composed of any suitable elastomeric material suitable for forming an integral spigot and which will provide the diaphragm wall with the desired flexibility and resilience to enable it to function.
A preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings in which Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a spigot and spout assembly, Figure 2 is a similar view with the diaphragm in its dispensing position and Figure 3 shows a detailed view - 124(~64~
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of the sealing arrangement between the spigot and the spout.

The dispensing arrangement comprises a cylindrical spout 10 attached by flanges 11 to a flexible container. The cylindrical dispensing spigot 15 is composed of resilient plastics material and fits onto the spout 10 such that the outer wall 16 encompasses the spout wall 12 and is held in position by the interfitting of bead 13 on the external sur-face of wall 12 with the recess 17 on the inner surface of the outer wall 16.

The spigot 15 includes a diaphragm wall 19 connected by the inner side wall 18 to the outer wall 16. The inner side wall 18 and the diaphragm wall 19 are distorted by manip-ulation of the lever 20 as shown in Figure 2.

Closure of the dispensing spigot is achieved by the con-tact between the internal surface of the spout wall 12 andthe external surface of the inner side wall 18. Sealing is assured by the engagement of the sealing flange 14 and the groove 21. The sealing flange 14 as illustrated is on the inner surface of spout wall 12 and provides a sealing contact with the groove 21 on the outer surface of the side wall 18 along the surface 22 of the groove 21. The flange 14 incor-porates a point h~hich sealingly engages the surface 23 of the groove 21. Preferably the groove 21 is triangular in section and comprises two side surfaces 22 and 23.

25- Alternatively the groove 21 could be provided on the inner surface of the spout wall 12 and the sealing flange could be located on the external surface of the inner side wall 18.

From the above it can be seen that the sealing arrange-ment of this invention provides an alternative means for reducing the likelihood of leakage.

Claims (4)

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The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or priviledge is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A container having a spout and a dispensing spigot attached to said spout for dispensing contents of the container, said spigot including a concave diaphragm wall fitting within said spout such that an external surface of the diaphragm wall engages an inner surface of the spout, the improvement comprising a groove formed in the external surface of the diaphragm wall and a complementary flange formed on the inner surface of the spout and projecting into said groove, one surface of said flange being in sealing contact with one surface of the groove, said flange being an elongate member in a direction projecting away from its associated inner surface of the spout and at an acute angle thereto, the length of said elongate member being greater than the thickness thereof, the length of said flange being formed between said one surface and a generally parallel second surface connected by an end wall of the flange, whereby sealing is achieved along substantially the entire surface of said one surface of the flange.
2. The container of claim 1, wherein said flange is resiliently biased into sealing contact with said groove wall to ensure sealing.
3. A container having a spout and a dispensing spigot attached to said spout for dispensing contents of the container, said spigot including a concave diaphragm wall fitting within said spout such that an external surface of the diaphragm wall engages an inner surface of the spout, the improvement comprising a groove formed in the inner surface of the spout of the diaphragm wall and a complementary flange formed on the external surface of the diaphragm wall and projecting into said groove, one surface of said flange being in sealing contact with one surface of the groove, said flange being an elongate member in a direction projecting away from its associated external 5.
surface of the diaphragm wall and at an acute angle thereto, the length of said elongate member being greater than the thickness thereof, said one surface of the flange and a generally parallel second surface thereof connected by an end wall of the flange whereby sealing is achieved along substantially the entire surface of said one surface of the flange.
4. The container of claim 3, wherein said flange is resiliently biased into sealing contact with said groove wall to ensure sealing.
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JP (1) JPS60110650A (en)
BR (1) BR8405414A (en)
CA (1) CA1240641A (en)
GR (1) GR80752B (en)
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