Valve, method of manufacturing a valve, cap for a fluid container comprising such valve, fluid container comprising such cap, and method for manufacturing such cap
OwnerRaphael Vallotton, Marco Milaninventors
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Abstract
A valve includes a valve housing and an elastic valve member accommodated in the valve housing. The valve member is configured to close the valve when the valve is in a closed operating state. The valve member has a valve opening configured to be closed when the valve is in the closed operating state and to provide fluid passage through the valve when the valve is in an open operating state. The valve member is overmolded into the valve housing. The valve is beneficially used as a valve element of a port of a cap for a fluid container, in particular for a container for a medical fluid.
Claims15
A valve, comprising:
- a valve housing;
- and
- an elastic valve member accommodated in the valve housing and configured to close the valve when the valve is in a closed operating state,
- the valve member comprising a valve opening,
- the valve opening configured to be closed when the valve is in the closed operating state and to provide fluid passage through the valve when the valve is in an open operating state, and
- the valve member being overmolded into the valve housing.
A method of manufacturing a cap for a fluid container, the cap comprising a body, a first fluid port with a port housing and a seal member that is elastic, and a second fluid port comprising a valve with a valve housing and a valve member that is elastic,
- the method comprising the steps of:
- A) manufacturing or providing the body, the port housing, and the valve housing;
- B) overmolding the seal member into the port housing;
- and
- C) overmolding the valve member into the valve housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.