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US 5,337,775 AGranted
Dispensing taps
AssigneeWaddington & Duval Limited
InventorsCharles A. Lane, Ian D. Woodward, Derek L. Tyrrell
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Abstract
A dispensing tap for flexible bulk beverage containers comprising a body having an inlet and an outlet, the axes of which are transverse, a piercer unit carried within the body adjacent the inlet by a shaft and an outlet sealing means comprising a valve element carried on a valve stem, the valve stem and the shaft being operatively connected such that axial movement of the latter towards the inlet causes the valve stem to move transversely to open the outlet.
Claims10
A tap comprising
- a body having an inlet and an outlet, the axes of said inlet and outlet being transverse relative one to the other,
- a piercer unit carried within said body adjacent said inlet,
- a shaft to which said piercer unit is connected at one end, the other end of said shaft being manually engageable directly so as to move said shaft in one direction along said inlet axis in order to activate said piercer unit, and
- an outlet sealing means comprising a valve element connected to a valve stem for sealing an outlet passageway, said valve stem being operable in one direction along said outlet axis to open said tap, said valve stem and said shaft being operatively connected for relative movement with respect to one another such that axial movement of said shaft towards said inlet in response to a manual force acting directly on said other end of said shaft along said inlet axis causes said valve stem to move transversely to said shaft in order to open said outlet as said valve stem moves along said outlet passageway.
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