Package system with automatic shut-off valve for use with dispensing devices
AssigneeFres-co System USA, Inc.
InventorBarry Pritchard
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Abstract
A package system for dispensing a flowable material into a conduit of a dispensing apparatus. The package system includes a package and a connector. The package, e.g., a bag-in-box, comprises a hollow bag and a tap fitment for enabling the contents of the bag to flow out when the fitment is open. The connector includes an automatic shut off valve and is arranged to be fixedly secured to the conduit of the dispensing apparatus and releasably secured to the fitment. The valve is arranged to enable the flow of flowable material from the package into the conduit when the fitment is open, while preventing any of that material from flowing out of the conduit when the connector is disconnected from the fitment.
Claims16
A package system for enabling the dispensing a flowable material therefrom into a conduit of a dispensing apparatus, said package system comprising a package and a connector, said package comprising a hollow body and a fitment, said fitment being arranged to be opened to enable said flowable material to flow out of said package, said connector including a automatic shut off valve and being arranged to be fixedly secured to the conduit of the dispensing apparatus and releasably secured to said fitment, said automatic shut off valve being arranged to enable the flow of flowable material from said package into the conduit when said connector is secured to said fitment and said fitment is open, but preventing any flowable material in the conduit from flowing out of the conduit when said connector is disconnected from the fitment.
A conduit assembly for connection to a package containing a flowable material located in a dispensing apparatus, the flexible package including a fitment to which the conduit assembly is arranged to be releasably secured, the fitment being arranged to be opened to enable the flowable material to flow out of the package, said conduit assembly comprising a conduit and a connector including an automatic shut off valve, said connector being arranged to be releasably secured to the fitment, said automatic shut off valve being arranged to enable the flow of flowable material from the package into said conduit when said connector is secured to the fitment and the fitment is open, but preventing any liquid in the conduit from flowing out of the conduit when said connector is disconnected from the fitment.
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