Device, sealing member and fluid container
First Claim
1. A device for transferring a fluid to a fluid container, or from a fluid container, or both to and from a fluid container, wherein said fluid container comprises a sealing member having an innermost side and an outermost side, the device comprising:
- a piercing member having a tip for penetrating the sealing member;
an elongated body defining a longitudinal flow channel through which a fluid may flow into and/or out of the fluid container, the elongated body having a greater width than the width of the piercing member;
a plurality of openings that communicates with the flow channel and that is arranged to extend along at least 30% of the length (l) of the piercing member and each opening of the plurality of openings extends at least 50% of the maximum width of the piercing member to ensure that at least part of the plurality of openings is located substantially adjacent to the innermost side of said sealing member when the device is in use, each of the openings sized to allow a passage of liquids;
an elastic retractable sleeve arranged to at least partly cover and seal the plurality of openings when the device has not been inserted into said sealing member of said fluid container, wherein said sleeve is arranged to abut against the outermost side of said sealing member when the device has been inserted into said sealing member of said fluid container and be retracted as the piercing member penetrates more deeply into said sealing member such that the retractable sleeve will cover and seal only a portion of the plurality of openings which are located outwards of the outermost side of the sealing member when the device is in use and thus prevent any fluid from leaking out of said plurality of openings; and
an air inlet disposed on the elongated body.
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Abstract
A device for transferring a fluid to and/or from a fluid container having a sealing member. The device includes a piercing member for penetrating the sealing member and an elongated body defining a longitudinal flow channel through which a fluid may flow into and/or out of the fluid container and at least one opening that communicates with the flow channel. The at least one opening is arranged to extend along at least 1% of the length (l) of the piercing member to ensure that at least part of the at least one opening (20) is located substantially adjacent to the innermost side of a sealing member when the device is in use.
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19 Claims
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1. A device for transferring a fluid to a fluid container, or from a fluid container, or both to and from a fluid container, wherein said fluid container comprises a sealing member having an innermost side and an outermost side, the device comprising:
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a piercing member having a tip for penetrating the sealing member; an elongated body defining a longitudinal flow channel through which a fluid may flow into and/or out of the fluid container, the elongated body having a greater width than the width of the piercing member; a plurality of openings that communicates with the flow channel and that is arranged to extend along at least 30% of the length (l) of the piercing member and each opening of the plurality of openings extends at least 50% of the maximum width of the piercing member to ensure that at least part of the plurality of openings is located substantially adjacent to the innermost side of said sealing member when the device is in use, each of the openings sized to allow a passage of liquids; an elastic retractable sleeve arranged to at least partly cover and seal the plurality of openings when the device has not been inserted into said sealing member of said fluid container, wherein said sleeve is arranged to abut against the outermost side of said sealing member when the device has been inserted into said sealing member of said fluid container and be retracted as the piercing member penetrates more deeply into said sealing member such that the retractable sleeve will cover and seal only a portion of the plurality of openings which are located outwards of the outermost side of the sealing member when the device is in use and thus prevent any fluid from leaking out of said plurality of openings; and an air inlet disposed on the elongated body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A sealing member for sealing an inlet or an outlet of a fluid container, comprising a device that is integrally formed with the sealing member or releasably or non-releasably connected thereto, wherein said device comprises
a piercing member having a tip for penetrating the sealing member; -
an elongated body defining a longitudinal flow channel through which a fluid may flow into and/or out of the fluid container, the elongated body having a greater width than the width of the piercing member; a plurality of openings that communicates with the flow channel and that is arranged to extend along at least 30% of the length (l) of the piercing member and each opening of the plurality of openings extends at least 50% of the maximum width of the piercing member to ensure that at least part of the plurality of openings is located substantially adjacent to the innermost side of said sealing member when the device is in use, each of the openings being sized to allow for passage of liquids; an elastic retractable sleeve arranged to at least partly cover and seal the plurality of openings when the device has not been inserted into said sealing member of said fluid container, wherein said sleeve is arranged to abut against the outermost side of said sealing member when the device has been inserted into said sealing member of said fluid container and be retracted as the piercing member penetrates more deeply into said sealing member such that the retractable sleeve will cover and seal only a portion of the plurality of openings which are located outwards of the outermost side of the sealing member when the device is in use and thus prevent any fluid from leaking out of said plurality of openings; and an air inlet disposed on the elongated body. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A device for transferring a fluid to a fluid container, or from a fluid container, or both to and from a fluid container, wherein said fluid container comprises a sealing member having an innermost side and an outermost side, the device comprising:
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a piercing member having a tip for penetrating the sealing member; an elongated body defining a longitudinal flow channel through which a fluid may flow into and/or out of the fluid container, the elongated body having a greater width than the width of the piercing member; an opening that communicates with the flow channel and that is arranged to extend along at least 30% of the length (l) of the piercing member and the opening extends at least 50% of the maximum width of the piercing member to ensure that at least part of the opening is located substantially adjacent to the innermost side of said sealing member when the device is in use; an elastic retractable sleeve arranged to at least partly cover and seal the opening when the device has not been inserted into said sealing member of said fluid container, wherein said sleeve is arranged to abut against the outermost side of said sealing member when the device has been inserted into said sealing member of said fluid container and be retracted as the piercing member penetrates more deeply into said sealing member such that the retractable sleeve will cover and seal only a portion of the opening which is located outwards of the outermost side of the sealing member when the device is in use and thus prevent any fluid from leaking out of the opening; and an air inlet disposed on the elongated body.
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Specification