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US 12,214,942 B2Granted
Package, spout for a package and package-spout assembly
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorTim Bast
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Abstract
There is described a package-spout assembly having a package having a pour opening surface area and a reusable spout. The package comprises a first fastening device being arranged adjacent to the pour opening surface area and the spout comprises a second fastening device. The first fastening device and the second fastening device are configured such to removably and/or releasably couple the spout onto the package.
Claims16
Package for a pourable product comprising:
- a designated pour opening surface area comprising a rupturable and/or openable and/or cuttable separation membrane;
- at least a first fastening device coupled to an outer surface of the package and adjacent to the designated pour opening surface area;
- wherein the first fastening device is configured to releasably and/or removably fasten a spout to the package by releasably and/or removably engaging with a second fastening device of the spout;
- wherein the first fastening device comprises at least one fastening member having a clamping portion configured to interpose at least a portion of the second fastening device between the clamping portion and an outer contact surface of the outer surface of the package so as to exert a clamping force on the second fastening device in a manner that a contact surface of the second fastening device is, in use, forced against the outer contact surface of the outer surface of the package for forming a sealing assembly.
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Reusable spout for a package filled with a pourable product;
- the package having a designated pour opening surface area comprising a rupturable and/or openable and/or cuttable separation membrane, and at least a first fastening device being coupled to an outer surface of the package and adjacent to the designated pour opening surface area and the first fastening device comprises at least one fastening member having a clamping portion being configured to interpose at least a portion of the spout between the clamping portion and an outer contact surface of the outer surface of the package;
- wherein the reusable spout comprises at least a second fastening device configured to releasably and/or removably engage with the first fastening device so as to releasably and/or removably fasten the spout to the package;
- wherein the spout comprises a pouring outlet and a contact surface opposed to the pouring outlet and the contact surface being configured to engage onto the outer contact surface of the outer surface of the package and to form a sealing assembly in cooperation with the outer contact surface;
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- wherein the second fastening device comprises at least one flap configured to be clamped between the outer contact surface of the outer surface and the clamping portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.