Probe and spout with lock assembly

• US 3,108,717 A
• Filed: 04/28/1960
• Issued: 10/29/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harold V. Kindseth
• Original Assignee: Harold V. Kindseth
• Inventors: Kindseth, Harold V.
• Application Number:
  US04/025,283
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• US Class Current: 222/89
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 7/26 combined with spouts

Claims

1. A PROBE AND LOCK-IN DISPENSING SPOUT FOR LIQUID CONTAINERS HAVING SEMI-RIGID FIBREBOARD WALLS AND FLEXIBLE SYNTHETIC RESINOUS FILM LINERS, SAID SPOUT COMPRISING A RIGID HOLLOW TUBE, A SOLID TAPERED POINT PIERCING MEANS AT ONE END OF SAID TUBE CLOSING THAT END OF SAID TUBE, AT LEAST ONE INLET OPENING TO SAID TUBE ADJACENT SAID PIERCING MEANS, A DISPENSING OUTLET FROM SAID TUBE ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE END, LOCKING MEANS INTERMEDIATE OF THE ENDS OF SAID TUBE BETWEEN SAID INLET OPENING AND DISPENSING OUTLET FOR HOLDING SAID TUBE IN PLACE IN THE WALL OF A CONTAINER, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT SAID TUBE AND INCLUDING A METALLIC PLATE ENCIRCLING SAID TUBE, AT LEAST TWO HELICAL PRONGS INTEGRAL WITH SAID PLATE DISPOSED CONCENTRICALLY ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID TUBE, SAID PRONGS EXTENDING IN THE PLATE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PIERCING THE PLANE OF THE PLATE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PIERCING MEANS BY A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE CONTAINER WALL, THUMB AND FINGER TWIST MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRONGS TO FORCE THE PRONGS INTO THE FIBREBOARD CONTAINER WALLS AND TO TWIST THE PRONGS INTO LOCKING POSITION, SAID TWIST MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF PROJECTING TABS POSITIONED ON DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TUBE, SAID TABS BEING FORMED INTEGRAL WITH SAID METALLIC PLATE AND EXTENDING FROM THE PLATE IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE FROM SAID PIERCING MEANS, AND RING FASTENER MEANS FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE HOLLOW TUBE BETWEEN THE INLET OPENING AND LOCKING MEANS PLATE TO PREVENT AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID LOCKING MEANS TOWARD SAID INLET OPENING.