Bag-in-box container and faucet
AssigneeThe Meyer Company
InventorsRaymond P. Kawolics, Michael H. Meyer
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Abstract
A bag-in-box container includes a faucet for dispensing liquid from the container upon tipping or other movement of the container. The faucet includes a body defining a bore. A valve seat and valve member are located in the bore. The valve member includes a resilient seal portion normally resiliently biased into sealing engagement with the valve seat to inhibit air flow into the bag of the container. The resilient seal portion is selectively deflectable away from the valve seat under fluid pressure to allow flow of liquid from the inlet of the bore to the outlet of the bore when said box is moved to a position where liquid in the bag exerts pressure on the seal portion.
Claims17
A bag-in-box container comprising:
- a box;
- a flexible bag defining an interior space for holding liquid, said bag located at least partially in said box;
- a faucet comprising:
- a body defining a bore having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet of said bore in fluid communication with said interior space of said bag;
- a valve seat located in said bore;
- a valve member comprising a resilient seal portion normally resiliently biased into sealing engagement with said valve seat to inhibit air flow into said interior space of said bag through said bore, said resilient seal portion selectively deflectable away from said valve seat under fluid pressure to allow flow of liquid from said inlet of said bore to said outlet of said bore when said box is moved to a position where liquid in said interior space of said bag exerts pressure on said seal portion.
A faucet comprising:
- a body defining a bore having an inlet and an outlet;
- a valve seat located in said bore;
- and,
- a valve member comprising a resilient seal portion normally resiliently biased into sealing engagement with said valve seat to inhibit air flow from said outlet of said bore to said inlet of said bore, said resilient seal portion selectively deflectable away from said valve seat under fluid pressure to allow flow of liquid from said inlet of said bore to said outlet of said bore, wherein said body of said faucet comprises a vent passage defined therein and that extends from an external opening in said body into the bore between said outlet and said seal portion, said faucet further comprising a cap releasably connected to said body adjacent said outlet.
A liquid storing and dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a container defining an interior space for holding liquid;
- a faucet connected to said container, said faucet comprising:
- a body defining a bore having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet in fluid communication with said interior space of said container;
- a valve seat defined in said bore;
- and,
- a valve member comprising a resilient seal portion normally resiliently biased into sealing engagement with said valve seat to inhibit air flow into said interior space of said container through said bore, said resilient seal portion selectively deflectable away from said valve seat under fluid pressure in response to tipping of said container to a position where liquid in said interior space exerts pressure on said seal portion to allow flow of liquid out of said container interior space through said outlet of said bore of said faucet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.