JOINT FOR FLUID CONTAINER

• US 20090020176A1
• Filed: 11/07/2006
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Surpass Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo OHKA Kogyo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Surpass Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo OHKA Kogyo Company Limited
• Inventors: Hasunuma, Masahiro, Hasegawa, Toru, Takedutsumi, Toshiki
• Granted Patent: US 8,381,768 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 137/614.50
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/0261 specially adapted for transferring liquids of high purity
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/314 Unitary mounting for gas pressure inlet and liquid outlet
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86332 Vent and inlet or outlet in unitary mounting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/87965 Valve- or closure-operated by coupling motion

Abstract

A joint for duplex storage type fluid container that can attain secure fitting of a liquid discharge tube and can attain easy, secure connection of a passage for fluid emission disposed in a dispenser to the liquid discharge tube. There is provided a joint for fluid container comprising flexible bag (12) furnished with neck part (11) openable for permitting injection of liquid and comprising outside container (13) formed so as to support the neck part (11) by mouth part (13a) and accommodate the bag (12), which joint is so structured that liquid discharge tube (15) with collar part (15a) can be fitted through plug (14) to the mouth part (13a) of the outside container (13), and further so structured that flow channel (21a) fitted to dispenser (2) can be linked directly to fluid passage (15b) of the liquid discharge tube (15).

Claims

1. A joint for a fluid container to which a dispenser is connected, the container having a flexible bag having a neck portion that is open for pouring liquid;

and an outer container that supports the neck portion with a mouth portion and that accommodates the bag,

the fluid container comprising;

a cylindrical plug held by the mouth portion, the cylindrical plug having a substantially cylindrical header portion protruding from a cylindrical bottom at a first end, a cylindrical portion fitting into an orifice of the neck portion at a second end, and a through hole penetrating from the first end to the second end;

a liquid pouring tube having a collar portion fixed to a top face of the header portion at a first end, with a second end being inserted into the through hole, wherein the liquid pouring tube has a fluid passage extending from the first end to the second end, and wherein liquid in the bag is drained through the fluid passage;

a first ventilating means for ventilating gas from an inside of the outer container to the mouth portion, wherein the first ventilating means has a plurality of first orifices provided to a bottom of the neck portion, the plurality of first orifices communicating from an inside of the outer container to an inside of the neck portion, and has a plurality of second orifices communicating from a perimeter of the cylindrical portion to the top face of the header portion; and

a second ventilating means for ventilating gas from the inside of the bag to the mouth portion, wherein the second ventilating means has a plurality of third orifices provided to the collar portion, the plurality of third orifices communicating from the mouth portion to an inside of the through hole,

the dispenser comprising;

a socket main body having a cylindrical outer cylinder;

a valve mechanism which is configured inside the socket main body, and which causes an

axially penetrating duct to be discontinuous;

a sleeve, which is held around an outer perimeter of an orifice side of the socket main body, and which has a releasably lockable locking mechanism to cover the header portion; and

a means for receiving liquid distributed from the bag through a fluid passage of the liquid pouring tube and the duct of the valve mechanism, wherein the valve mechanism is biased to and adheres to the first end of the liquid pouring tube.

2. The joint for a fluid container according to claim 1, wherein

the liquid pouring tube joins a tube in the middle from the first end having the collar portion to the second end.

3. The joint for a fluid container according to claim 1, wherein

a tone cover is threaded into the mouth portion, the toric cover holding the neck portion and the plug to the mouth portion.

4. The joint for a fluid container according to claim 1, further comprising

the dispenser which communicates with a second orifice of the first ventilating means, and a gas passage, to which a pressurized fluid is supplied, that is provided between the socket main body and the valve mechanism.

5. The joint for a fluid container according to claim 4, wherein

when a pressurized fluid is supplied between the bag and the outer container through the gas passage, the bag shrinks and liquid is distributed from the bag through a fluid passage of the liquid pouring tube and the duct of the valve mechanism.

6. The joint for a fluid container according to claim 1, wherein

the valve mechanism comprises:

a valve body which is arranged in the duct, and which has a valve at a tip end thereof, and the bottom is fixed to the socket main body;

an inner sleeve, wherein an inside forms a portion of the duct, a shank forms a retractable bellows, a first end has a seat portion open and closable by the valve, and a second end is fixed to the socket main body;

a helical compression spring, which is arranged inside the inner sleeve, and applies a force to extend the inner sleeve; and

a coupling seat, which bonds to a seat portion side of the inner sleeve, and is biased to and adheres to the first end of the liquid pouring tube.

7. The joint for a fluid container according to claim 1, wherein

the locking device further comprises:

a plurality of balls that are arranged in an inner circumference of an orifice side of the sleeve;

a ball retainer for holding the plurality of balls, which are provided with a plurality of fitting holes permitting only movement in which the plurality of balls move axially and move outward and inward in an outer perimeter direction; and

a slide ring, which is arranged between the socket main body and the sleeve, and biases the plurality of balls to the orifice side of the sleeve, thereby pressing the plurality of balls to a direction in which the diameter reduces, and wherein

a circular locking groove, which locks the plurality of balls, is provided to the header portion of the plug, thereby releasably connecting the dispenser to the container.