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US 8,474,655 B2Granted
Bag-in-box container including a pre-positioned, secured dispensing spout
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsGeorge N. Hackleman, Benjamin Zoladz, David M. Hagen, Dave Merrill
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a bag-in-box container includes a fluid containment bag including a pliable body and a dispensing spout that extends from the body, the spout including a neck and a collar that extends outward from the neck, a carton in which the bag is positioned, the spout of the bag being recessed within an interior space of the carton, and a locking member placed in contact with the neck that secures the spout in a predetermined position within the carton interior space.
Claims22
A bag-in-box container comprising:
- a fluid containment bag including a pliable body and a dispensing spout that extends from the body, the spout including a neck and a collar that extends outward from the neck;
- a carton in which the bag is positioned, the spout of the bag being recessed within an interior space of the carton;
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- a locking member placed in contact with the neck that secures the spout in a predetermined position within the carton interior space;
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- a support tray positioned adjacent the locking member, wherein the support tray comprises a body having an opening through which the dispensing spout extends, wherein the support tray comprises flaps that extend out from the body and wherein the flaps of the support tray are glued to flaps of the carton, wherein the flaps of the carton comprise minor and major flaps that extend from an end of the carton, the minor flaps being shorter than the major flaps, wherein the flaps of the support tray comprise minor and major flaps, the minor flaps being shorter than the major flaps and wherein the major flaps of the support tray are glued to and sandwiched between the minor and major flaps of the carton.
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A bag-in-box container for supplying ink to a printer, the container comprising:
- a fluid containment bag including a pliable body and a dispensing spout that extends from the body, the spout including an external collar that extends outward from the neck outside of the body and an internal collar that extends outward from the neck inside of the body;
- a carton in which the bag is positioned, the spout of the bag being recessed within an interior space of the carton, wherein the carton comprises minor and major flaps that extend from an end of the carton, the minor flaps being shorter than the major flaps;
- a support tray positioned between the external and internal collars of the spout, the tray including a body having an opening through which the spout extends, wherein the support tray comprises minor and major flaps that extend out from the body, the minor flaps being shorter than the major flaps, wherein the flaps of the tray are glued to the flaps of the carton;
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- a locking member that secures the spout in a predetermined position within the carton interior space, the member being in abutment with the neck and positioned between the external collar and the tray, wherein one of the major flaps of the carton comprises a removable sub-panel that enables a user to access the dispensing spout positioned within the interior space of the carton.
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A method for supplying printer ink, the method comprising:
- filling a fluid containment bag with ink;
- positioning a dispensing spout of the bag through an opening within a body of a support tray having flaps;
- positioning the bag and the support tray within a corrugated fiberboard carton having major and minor flaps;
- folding the flaps of the support tray such that the flaps of the support tray extend parallel to the body of the support tray;
- bonding the flaps of the support tray to and sandwiched between the major and minor flaps of the carton;
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- securing the dispensing spout of the bag in a predetermined positioned within an interior space of the carton using a locking member that contacts a neck of the spout.
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A bag-in-box container for supplying ink to a printer, the container comprising:
- a fluid containment bag including a pliable body and a dispensing spout that extends from the body, the spout including an external collar that extends outward from the neck outside of the body and an internal collar that extends outward from the neck inside of the body;
- a carton in which the bag is positioned, the spout of the bag being recessed within an interior space of the carton, wherein the carton comprises minor and major flaps that extend from an end of the carton, the minor flaps being shorter than the major flaps;
- a support tray positioned between the external and internal collars of the spout, the tray including a body having an opening through which the spout extends, wherein the support tray comprises minor and major flaps that extend out from the body, the minor flaps being shorter than the major flaps, wherein the flaps of the tray are glued to the flaps of the carton;
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- a locking member that secures the spout in a predetermined position within the carton interior space, the member being in abutment with the neck and positioned between the external collar and the tray, wherein one of the major flaps of the carton comprises a sub-flap that can be folded to provide a handle with which the container can be carried.
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A bag-in-box container for supplying ink to a printer, the container comprising:
- a fluid containment bag including a pliable body and a dispensing spout that extends from the body, the spout including an external collar that extends outward from the neck outside of the body and an internal collar that extends outward from the neck inside of the body;
- a carton in which the bag is positioned, the spout of the bag being recessed within an interior space of the carton, wherein the carton comprises minor and major flaps that extend from an end of the carton, the minor flaps being shorter than the major flaps;
- a support tray positioned between the external and internal collars of the spout, the tray including a body having an opening through which the spout extends, wherein the support tray comprises minor and major flaps that extend out from the body, the minor flaps being shorter than the major flaps, wherein the flaps of the tray are glued to the flaps of the carton;
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- a locking member that secures the spout in a predetermined position within the carton interior space, the member being in abutment with the neck and positioned between the external collar and the tray, wherein the major flaps of the support bag are glued to and sandwiched between the minor and major flaps of the carton.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.