Spacer at a connecting device
AssigneeAsept International AB
InventorSten Drennow
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a spacer at connecting devices which are adapted to connect discharge devices (2) to packages (3) with liquid products (4), preferably foodstuff products, for discharging the products (4) from the packages (3). The spacer (19) is provided on a connecting means (26) and is adapted to be located in the package (3) in order to, during emptying of the package, keep wall portions thereof at a distance from a connecting device (1) such that the wall portions do not prevent or substantially obstruct emptying of the package (3). The spacer (19) has resilient properties and can be pressed into a space (28) in a tube member (23) and spring back to a normal shape (NF).
Claims19
An apparatus comprising a spacer and a connecting device which is adapted to connect a discharge device (2) to a package (3) with liquid products (4), for discharging said products (4) from the package (3),
- wherein the package (3) has walls (8) of synthetic material,
- wherein the connecting device (1) is adapted to permit products (4) to flow therethrough from the package (3) to the discharge device (2),
- wherein the connecting device (1) comprises a tube member (23) which is provided on a first wall portion (8a) of the walls of the package (3),
- wherein the connecting device (1) comprises a connecting means (26) which is fixed to the tube member (23), and
- wherein the spacer (19) is provided on the connecting means (26) and adapted to be located in the package (3) in order to, during emptying of said package, keep wall portions thereof at a distance from the connecting device (1) such that said wall portions do not prevent or substantially obstruct emptying of the package,
- the spacer (19) has resilient properties,
- the connecting device (1) includes a tubular member (14) which is fixed to the connecting means (26),
- the connecting means (26), for fixation thereof to the tube member (23), is brought to cooperate therewith by means of the tubular member (14) of the connecting device (1) such that it the tube member (23) is pressed downwards with the connecting means (26) in a direction towards a support (29) on which the package (3) is placed with a second wall portion (8b) thereof,
- the spacer (19) by said downward pressing is brought to engage the support (29) through the second wall portion (8b) such that said spacer (19) at continued downward pressing is compressed from a normal shape (NF) to a compressed shape (KF),
- the tube member (23) having a space (28) in which the spacer (19) is received when it is compressed and in which it is accommodated in compressed shape (KF),
- that the connecting means (26) being fixed to the tube member (23) when said connecting means (26) is pressed downwards relative to the tube member (23) and said tube member (23) engages the support (29) through said second wall portion (8b), and
- the spacer (19) being provided to spring back to its normal shape (NF) when the downward pressing of the connecting means (26) and the tube member (23) ceases such that said spacer (19) can take up a distance keeping position.
An apparatus comprising a spacer and a connecting device which is adapted to connect a discharge device (2) to a package (3) with liquid products (4) for discharging said products (4) from the package (3),
- wherein the package (3) has walls (8) of synthetic material,
- wherein the connecting device (1) is adapted to permit products (4) to flow therethrough from the package (3) to the discharge device (2),
- wherein the connecting device (1) comprises a tube member (23) which is provided on a first wall portion (8a) of the walls of the package (3),
- wherein the connecting device (1) comprises a connecting means (26) including a connecting portion (26b) for direct connection and fixation to the tube member (23), the connecting means (26) comprising a tube having a through passage (26c), and
- wherein the spacer (19) is provided on the connecting means (26) and adapted to be located in the package (3) in order to, during emptying of said package, keep wall portions thereof at a distance from the connecting device (1) such that said wall portions do not prevent or substantially obstruct emptying of the package,
- the spacer (19) has resilient properties,
- the connecting means (26), for fixation thereof to the tube member (23), is brought to cooperate therewith such that it moves with the connecting means (26) in a direction towards a support (29) on which the package (3) is placed with a second wall portion (8b) thereof,
- the spacer (19) by said downward pressing is brought to engage the support (29) through the second wall portion (8b) such that said spacer (19) at continued downward pressing is compressed from a normal shape (NF) to a compressed shape (KF),
- the tube member (23) having a space (28) in which the spacer (19) is received when it is compressed and in which it is accommodated in compressed shape (KF),
- the connecting means (26) being fixed to the tube member (23) when said connecting means (26) is pressed downwards relative to the tube member (23) and said tube member (23) engages the support (29) through said second wall portion (8b), and
- the spacer (19) being provided to spring back to its normal shape (NF) when the downward pressing of the connecting means (26) and the tube member (23) ceases such that said spacer (19) can take up a distance keeping position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.