# US 10,308,497 B2 · Multiple channel single spike for a liquid dispensing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,497 B2 - Document ID: US10308497B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/585,135 - Filed: 2017-05-02 - Published: 2017-08-17 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2007-03-27 - Assignees: International Packaging Innovations, LLC - Applicants: International Packaging Innovations, LLC - Inventors: Jeffrey Macler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308497B2 ## CPC - B67D 7/08: Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred (arrangement of flow- or pressure-control valves B67D7/36; computing, calculating, counting G06; coin-freed apparatus for dispensing fluids G07F13/00; prepayment devices for metering liquids G07F15/00) - B65D 33/01: Ventilation or drainage of bags - B67B 7/28: {and associated with receptacle hodlers} - B67D 3/0029: {provided with holders for bottles or similar containers} - B67D 3/0038: {the liquid being stored in an intermediate container prior to dispensing} - B67D 3/0067: {relating to shape or materials, e.g. bag-in-box packages [BIB], pouches} - B67D 3/02: Liquid-dispensing valves having operating members arranged to be pressed upwards, e.g. by the rims of receptacles held below the delivery orifice - B65B 69/0091: {using frames whereby the container is bottom supported} - B67B 7/26: {combined with spouts} - B67D 3/0003: {provided with automatic fluid control means} - B67D 3/0083: {for the liquid container} - B67D 7/06: Details or accessories - B67D 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) - B65D: CONTAINERS 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 - B67B: APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS (opening or closing devices attached to, or incorporated in, containers or container closures B65D) - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) ## Abstract A spike for dispensing fluids from a flexible bag, wherein the spike includes multiple fluid channels which transfer liquids from the bag to an enclosed dispensing chamber and air from the enclosed chamber to the bag to permit and control fluid flow within the system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for dispensing a fluid from a bag, the system comprising: a bag including a fluid therein; a spike puncturing an outer wall of said bag, said spike comprising: a shaft comprising a first and a second end and an elongated body therebetween and having an outer surface; a first channel internal to said shaft, said first channel having a first fluid inlet and a first aperture allowing said fluid to flow from said bag through said first channel; a second channel internal to said spike, said second channel being noncontiguous with said first channel and having a second fluid inlet and a second aperture allowing said fluid to flow through said second channel; and a gasket attached to said outer surface of said shaft such that a center of said gasket circumscribes said shaft, said gasket being sized and shaped for sealedly attaching said spike to an external chamber. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, said spike further comprising: a cone-shaped portion having a base and an opposing truncated tip, said base being sized and shaped for attaching to said first end of said shaft and being attached to said first end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, said spike further comprising: a puncturing shaft having two opposing ends and an elongated body therebetween, a first end of said two opposing ends being sized and shaped to attach to said truncated tip and said first end attached to said truncated tip, and a second end of said two opposing ends being a cone-shaped element sized and shaped for puncturing a collapsible bag of liquid. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said shaft is cylindrical. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said shaft is a polygonal prism. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein said shaft is a hexagonal prism. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said fluid comprises potable water. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein fluid flowing from said bag flows into said external chamber. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said gasket and said shaft are monolithically constructed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said gasket and said shaft are constructed separately and affixed together. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10 wherein said gasket and said shaft are affixed together through heat molding. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10 wherein said gasket and said shaft are affixed together with an adhesive. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said gasket is disc-shaped. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said gasket is ring-shaped.