Flexible liquid containing and dispensing device
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1. In a liquid containing and dispensing device,a. a sealed liquid containing pouch having at least one flexible upper wall portion;
- b. a relatively rigid tubular member positioned within the pouch and its flexible upper wall portion and being secured to the wall portion with the latter extending across one end of the tubular member in a sealing relation;
c. sleeve means positioned around the rigid tubular member with the flexible upper wall portion of the liquid containing pouch thereon and securing the tubular member in the upper wall portion of the liquid containing pouch;
d. a pouring structure including an inwardly extending tubular piercing element and mounting means carrying the same with the mounting means being fitted over the sleeve means in interengaging and telescopic relation;
e. said piercing element of said pouring structure piercing the flexible wall portion of said pouch when so mounted and extending into the tubular member to thereby bring the pouring structure into fluid communication with the interior of the pouch to facilitate pouring of the liquid from said pouch outwardly through the pouring structure; and
,f. said mounting means and said sleeve means being so constructed and arranged as to permit relative interengaging and telescopic movement to cause the piercing element to secure the flexible wall portion of the pouch.
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A flexible liquid container and dispensing device consisting of a flexible fluid containing pouch having mounted therein a rigid tubular member which is held in position by a sleeve member external thereof, the sleeve member being adapted to mount a pouring structure, the parts thereof being movable relative to the pouch and the tubular member therein for piercing the same to dispense fluid from the pouch. The pouring structure will provide not only a spout for dispensing of the fluid but also a suitable closure for recapping the pouch after usage to retain the balance of the fluid therein.
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1. In a liquid containing and dispensing device,
a. a sealed liquid containing pouch having at least one flexible upper wall portion; -
b. a relatively rigid tubular member positioned within the pouch and its flexible upper wall portion and being secured to the wall portion with the latter extending across one end of the tubular member in a sealing relation; c. sleeve means positioned around the rigid tubular member with the flexible upper wall portion of the liquid containing pouch thereon and securing the tubular member in the upper wall portion of the liquid containing pouch; d. a pouring structure including an inwardly extending tubular piercing element and mounting means carrying the same with the mounting means being fitted over the sleeve means in interengaging and telescopic relation; e. said piercing element of said pouring structure piercing the flexible wall portion of said pouch when so mounted and extending into the tubular member to thereby bring the pouring structure into fluid communication with the interior of the pouch to facilitate pouring of the liquid from said pouch outwardly through the pouring structure; and
,f. said mounting means and said sleeve means being so constructed and arranged as to permit relative interengaging and telescopic movement to cause the piercing element to secure the flexible wall portion of the pouch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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