Flexible container with internal filling chute
AssigneeWrightcel Limited
InventorCharalambos G. Kalkipsakis
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Abstract
The present specification relates to flexible containers having an aperture through which the container is filled or dispensed, the container having a flexible flap overlying the aperture so as to seal the container once filled. The container in accordance with the present invention is arranged such that the flap is attached to the container so as to form a chute by arranging two divergent weld lines on opposite sides of the aperture to assist in directing material into the container during filling.
Claims2
A flexible container of the type used for storing and dispensing liquids and solid suspensions, said container comprising:
- flexible wall members sealed together around the peripheral edges thereof and defining an aperture in one of said wall members through which the contents of said container can be passed for filling or dispensing;
- a collar member mounted in said aperture and being adapted to receive means for dispensing the contents of said container;
- a flap member positioned inside said wall members of said container for covering said aperture and having a heat sealable surface on the side thereof facing said collar member and a non-heat sealable surface on the reverse side thereof;
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- at least two spaced divergent weld line means for attaching said flap member to said container on opposite sides of said aperture and for forming a divergent chute into said container which widens in a direction away from the center of said aperture to facilitate the filling of said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.