Spout for flexible container, and flexible container
AssigneeBraskem S.A.
InventorsTarcio Schwartz Borgo, Fábio De André Sant’ana, José Roberto De Mesquita Junior
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a spout and to flexible and refillable containers comprising such spouts, designed to improve the functionalities of known spouts. The spout according to the present invention has a design that allows a tight fit between the spout and an additional container to which the flowable product is transferred from the refillable container comprising the spout.
Claims20
A spout for flexible containers comprising a flowable product, wherein the spout comprises:
- an integral body formed by an upper portion and a lower portion,
- the upper portion is designed for dispensing the flowable product by an outside end, and the lower portion designed to adhere to the flexible container by an inside end having at least two lateral and opposite welding tracks;
- the integral body comprises a channel extending longitudinally along the integral body, from the inside end of the lower portion to the outside end of the upper portion, the channel is in fluid communication with an interior of the flexible container and an exterior of the flexible container, and the flowable product flows throughout such channel;
- the integral body has a flange dividing the upper and the lower portions, wherein the flange comprises at least one orifice through which air flows;
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- the upper portion has at least one snap-fit element in its external side wall to engage the spout of the flexible container to additional containers.
A flexible container for conditioning a flowable product, the flexible container comprising:
- (i) a flexible body having an opening disposed in a side of the flexible body, which conditions the flowable product;
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- (ii) a spout adhered to opening disposed in the side of the flexible body, the spout comprising:
- an integral body formed by an upper portion and a lower portion,
- the upper portion is designed for dispensing the flowable product by an outside end, and the lower portion is designed to adhere to the flexible container by an inside end having at least two lateral and opposite welding tracks;
- the integral body comprises a channel extending longitudinally along the integral body, from the inside end of the lower portion to the outside end of the upper portion, the channel is in fluid communication with an interior of the flexible container and an exterior of the flexible container, and the flowable product flows throughout such channel;
- the integral body has a flange dividing the upper and the lower portions, wherein the flange comprises at least one orifice through which air flows;
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- the upper portion has at least one snap-fit element in its external side wall to engage the spout of the flexible container to additional containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.