# US 8,464,906 B2 · Bag cooler employing a multi-spike adapter and converter

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- Number: US 8,464,906 B2
- Document ID: US8464906B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/446,386
- Filed: 2012-04-13
- Published: 2012-08-02
- Granted: 2013-06-18
- Earliest claimed: 2007-03-27
- Assignees: International Packaging Innovations, LLC
- Applicants: Jeffrey Macler
- Inventors: Jeffrey Macler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8464906B2

## CPC

- B67D 3/0009: {provided with cooling arrangements (cooling perse F25)}
- B67B 7/28: {and associated with receptacle hodlers}
- B67D 3/0029: {provided with holders for bottles or similar containers}
- B67D 3/0038: {the liquid being stored in an intermediate container prior to dispensing}
- B67D 3/0067: {relating to shape or materials, e.g. bag-in-box packages [BIB], pouches}
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)
- B67B: APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS (opening or closing devices attached to, or incorporated in, containers or container closures B65D)

## Abstract

A system for dispensing fluids wherein a support structure holds bulk fluid contained within a bag that is transferred from the bag to an enclosed chamber in a dispensing base, from which chamber the fluid is dispensed, via a puncturing device utilizing multiple spikes. After dispensing air pressure in the enclosed chamber is equalized with the air pressure acting on the bulk fluid by at least one of the spikes.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for preparing fluid for dispensing, the method comprising:
providing a dispensing system comprising:
a dispensing base;
a chamber positioned interior to said base from which a fluid can be dispensed;
a support external to said dispensing base;
a bag containing fluid;
two independent spikes situated in said support and protruding to different extents from said support into said enclosed chamber
dropping said bag containing fluid into said support in a manner such that said spikes puncture said bag containing fluid when said bag containing fluid contacts said spikes;
flowing fluid from said bag containing fluid through at least one of said spikes into said enclosed chamber
wherein prior to the dropping of said bag, a protective outer layer enclosing said bag is removed from about said bag.

### Claim 2

A method for preparing fluid for dispensing, the method comprising:
providing a dispensing system comprising:
a dispensing base;
a chamber positioned interior to said base from which a fluid can be dispensed;
a support external to said dispensing base;
a bag containing fluid;
two independent spikes situated in said support and protruding to different extents from said support into said enclosed chamber
dropping said bag containing fluid into said support in a manner such that said spikes puncture said bag containing fluid when said bag containing fluid contacts said spikes;
flowing fluid from said bag containing fluid through at least one of said spikes into said enclosed chamber
wherein prior to the dropping of said bag, a protective patch covering a portion of said bag is removed from said bag.