Pierce at first use dispensing tap for flexible bag with filling gland and bag including the same

A fitment for package holding a liquid therein, said fitment being configured for selectively dispensing a quantity of the liquid from the package, the package comprising a flexible bag having a hollow interior in which the liquid is disposed, a wall contiguous with the hollow interior, and a gland located in the wall the gland having an opening extending therethrough in communication with the hollow interior of the bag, said fitment being configured for securement to the gland and comprising:

• a body having a wall portion configured for securement to the gland, a passageway having an openable barrier closing off a portion of said passageway, and an outlet in communication with said passageway, said passageway being centered about a longitudinal axis;
• an actuator comprising a member configured to be repeatedly depressed and released;
• a piercing member comprising a hollow member located in said passageway and having a piercing tip configured to initially pierce through said openable barrier when said actuator is depressed, said hollow member comprising a plurality of walls therein, aligned along said longitudinal axis, to form a plurality of passageways within said hollow member, each of said plurality of walls having a secondary piercing point adjacent said piercing tip for assisting piercing said openable barrier, whereupon said plurality of passageways are in communication with the liquid in the hollow interior of the bag;
• and
• a valve coupled to said actuator and configured to be in either an open state or a closed state, said valve being in said open state when said actuator is depressed and being in said closed state when said actuator is released, whereupon when said valve is in said open state liquid within the hollow interior of the bag is enabled to flow out of the bag through said plurality of passageways and said passageway to said outlet.