CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPENING/CLOSING A VALVE OF A VALVED CONTAINER, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A VALVED CONTAINER AND SUCH A CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20200130922A1
• Filed: 05/07/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fillon Technologies
• Original Assignee: Fillon Technologies
• Inventors: BRULE, Aurelien, GOODMAN, Clark
• Application Number:
  US16/612,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20200130922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/045 for filling flexible containers having a filling and dispensing spout, e.g. containers of the "bag-in-box"-type
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 43/36 applied pneumatically
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/38 Details of the container body pressure relief devices B65D83/70
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/425 Delivery valves permitting filling or charging
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/62 by membrane, bag, or the like containers in which the content is delivered by the contracting forces inherent in the bag B65D83/0061
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/0238 utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on liquids in storage containers for dispensing beverages on draught B67D1/04
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/0294 Combined with valves
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 1/301 only shut-off valves, i.e. valves without additional means
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/08 using a permanent magnet
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/082 using a electromagnet and a permanent magnet

Abstract

A control device (1) for controlling opening/closing of a valve (16) of a valved container (11), said valve (16) comprising a valve body (17) provided with an orifice (18), a shutter (19) for shutting the orifice (18), the shutter being made at least in part out of a magnetic material, and a return member (20) for returning the shutter (19) of the valve (16) into the closed position of said orifice (18), said device (1) including at least one location (3) for receiving the valve (16) of said container (11), said location (3) comprising a housing (31) into which the valve (16) of the container (11) is suitable for being inserted, and a control system (5) for controlling opening of the valve (16), which system is suitable for being positioned at least in part around said location (3), said control system (5) being configured to hold the shutter (19) of the valve (16) in a position in which the orifice (18) of the valve (16) is open when the valve (16) is in its state in position in said location (3). The control system (5) has at least one permanent magnet (6) suitable for exerting a force of attraction or of repulsion on the shutter (19) in the direction for opening the shutter (19).

Claims

1. A control device for controlling opening/closing of a valve of a valved container, said valve comprising a valve body provided with an orifice, a shutter for shutting the orifice, the shutter being made at least in part out of a magnetic material and being mounted inside the valve body to be movable between a position in which the orifice is open and a position in which the orifice is closed, and a return member for returning the shutter of the valve into the closed position of said orifice, said device including at least one location for receiving the valve of said container, said location comprising a housing into which the valve of the container is suitable for being inserted, at least in part, and a control system for controlling opening of the valve, which system is suitable for being positioned at least in part around said location, said control system being configured to hold the shutter of the valve in the position in which the orifice of the valve is open when the control system is in its state in position around said location and when the valve is in its state in position in said location, wherein the control system has at least one permanent magnet suitable for exerting a force of attraction or of repulsion on the shutter in the direction for opening the shutter.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one permanent magnet is a magnet of neodymium type.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the control system comprises at least two permanent magnets positioned facing each other and spaced apart from each other by the housing defined by said valve reception location.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one permanent magnet is mounted to be movable along said location.

5. A device according to claim 4, wherein said device includes movement drive means for driving the at least one permanent magnet to move along said location.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein the housing defined by the location for receiving the valve is in the form of an elongate cavity open at at least one of its ends, said open end being suitable for forming the opening for inserting the valve into said housing, said open end being provided with a spring suitable for being compressed when the valve is in its state inserted in said housing.

7. A device according to claim 1, said container comprising a flexible pouch that is deformable under the action of pressure exerted on the outside surface of the pouch so as to allow the pouch to be emptied when the pouch is in the compressed state and the orifice of the valve is open, wherein in order to form an installation for emptying the pouch, the device comprises a stand fitted with a pressurized gas feed circuit that is connectable to a source of gas under pressure, the location for receiving the valve of the device and the control system for controlling opening of the valve being arranged at least in part on said stand, and the pressurized gas feed circuit that is connectable to a source of gas under pressure being suitable for generating pressure on the outside surface of the pouch of the container when the valve of the container is in its state in position in said location for receiving the valve of the device.

8. A device according to claim 1, comprising both a deformable flexible pouch that is refillable with liquid via a filler orifice and also outer packaging for the pouch, said pouch being a compressible pouch that can be shrunk inside the outer packaging under the action of pressure exerted on the outside surface of the pouch so as to enable the pouch to be emptied when the pouch is in the compressed state and the orifice of the valve is open, wherein in order to form an installation for assisting in refilling the pouch with liquid, it comprises a stand fitted with a closable circuit for feeding gas under pressure that is connectable to a source of gas under pressure, the location for receiving the valve and the control system for controlling opening of the valve of the device being arranged at least in part on said stand, and the closable circuit for feeding gas under pressure that is connectable to a source of gas under pressure comprising a coupling suitable for positioning at least in part around the location for receiving the valve in a position in which it covers a zone of the location for receiving the valve.

9. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device is in the form of a fluid spray gun and comprises a hollow base body fitted with a handle, a trigger coupled to said base body and mounted to move relative to said base body, and at least one fluid passage arranged in the base body and/or the handle, the location for receiving the valve of the device being formed at least by the or a cavity of the hollow base body of the fluid spray gun, and the control system for controlling opening of the valve of the device being carried by the trigger.

10. An assembly comprising a valved container and a control device for controlling opening/closing of the valve, said valve comprising a valve body provided with an orifice, a shutter for shutting the orifice the shutter being made of magnetic material and being mounted to move inside the valve body between an open position of the orifice and a closed position of the orifice, and a return member for returning the shutter of the valve into the closed position of said orifice, wherein the device for controlling opening/closing of the valve is in accordance with claim 1.

11. An assembly according to claim 10, wherein the housing defined by the location for receiving the valve is in the shape of an elongate cavity that is open at at least one of its ends, this open end being suitable for forming the opening for inserting the valve into the inside of said housing, and in that when the valve is in its state inserted at least in part in the housing, it is movably mounted to slide inside said housing.

12. An assembly according to claim 10, wherein said container comprises both a deformable flexible pouch that is refillable with liquid via a filler orifice and also outer packaging for the pouch, said pouch being a compressible pouch that can be shrunk inside the outer packaging under the action of pressure exerted on the outside surface of the pouch so as to enable the pouch to be emptied when the pouch is in the compressed state and the orifice of the valve is open.

13. An assembly according to claim 12, wherein in order to form an installation for assisting in refilling the pouch with liquid, the control device for controlling opening/closing of the valve comprises a stand fitted with a closable circuit for feeding gas under pressure and connectable to a source of gas under pressure, the location for receiving the valve and the control system for controlling opening of the valve of the device being arranged at least in part on said stand, and the closable circuit for feeding gas under pressure and connectable to a source of gas under pressure comprising a coupling suitable for positioning at least in part around the location for receiving the valve when in a position in which it covers a zone of the location for receiving the valve, this zone of the location for receiving the valve and suitable for being covered by the coupling corresponding to the zone that is suitable for being occupied at least in part by the orifice of the valve when the valve is in its state arranged inside said location so as to enable the pouch of the container to be fed with gas in the direction for inflating the pouch, when the valve is in its state positioned in said location and the orifice of the valve is in the open position.

14. An assembly according to claim 12, wherein in order to form an installation for emptying the pouch, the device for controlling opening/closing of the valve comprises a stand fitted with a pressurized gas feed circuit that is connectable to a source of gas under pressure, the location for receiving the valve of the device and the control system for controlling opening of the valve being arranged at least in part on said stand, and the pressurized gas feed circuit that is connectable to a source of gas under pressure being configured to generate pressure on the outside surface of the pouch of the container when the valve of the container is in its state in position in said location for receiving the valve of the device.