Container, especially a disposable container for beverage concentrates, with a preferably magnetically-actuated reusable measurer attached to the opening of the container

• US 4,496,078 A
• Filed: 09/04/1981
• Issued: 01/29/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1980
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bosch Siemens Hausgerate GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Bosch Siemens Hausgerate GmbH (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Deininger, Anton, Nelzow, Hartmann, Karlheinz, Farber
• Primary Examiner(s): Rolla, Joseph J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pyryt, G.
• Application Number:
  US06/299,639
• Time in Patent Office: 1,243 Days
• Field of Search: 222/82, 222/87, 222/89, 222/90, 222/147, 222/153, 222/325, 222/453, 222/504, 222/525, 222/522, 222/88, 222/81, 222/434, 222/438, 222/439, 141/19, 141/329, 141/330, 206/222, 137/68 R
• US Class Current: 222/87
• CPC Class Codes: B67B 7/26 combined with spouts
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/0003 provided with automatic fluid control means
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/16 for liquid or semiliquid

Abstract

Container assembly for beverage concentrates, including a container having an opening formed therein, a carrier disposed in the opening, a membrane-type seal disposed in the opening sealing the carrier to the container, a reusable measuring device having an end section for attachment to the container at the opening, at least one tab projecting from the end section for punching through the seal, and at least one barbed hook disposed on the at least one tab being solidly snappable-in on the carrier when attaching the measuring device to the container at the opening, the measuring device being detachable from the container after being attached exclusively by pulling the carrier from the opening.

Claims

1. Container mounting and metered dispensing assembly for beverage concentrates, comprising a container having an opening formed therein, a seal including a carrier disposed in said opening and a sealing membrane also disposed in said opening and, together with said carrier, sealing said opening of said container, a reusable measuring device disposed coaxially with said carrier and having an end section for attachment to said container at said opening, at least one tab projecting from said end section for punching through said seal, and at least one barbed hook disposed on said at least one tab and being solidly snappable onto said carrier when attaching said measuring device to said container at said opening, said measuring device being detachable from said container, after being attached to said container, exclusively by destructively ripping said carrier from said opening, said seal having a rim formed thereon, said barbed hook having a notch formed therein, and said carrier being in the shape of a star having a centrally-disposed solid plate snappable into said notch and having ridges extending substantially radially from said plate to said rim.

2. Container assembly according to claim 1, wherein said ridges have prefabricated breaking points formed therein, said breaking points being destroyed upon removal of said measuring device.

3. Container assembly according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said sealing membrane is formed in segments sealing interspaced between said ridges, said rim and said plate.

4. Container assembly according to claim 1 including a cylindrical ram having a hollow space formed therein, said ram being axially shiftable in said measuring device into an impact position and having an opening formed therein at an impact side thereof.

5. Container assembly according to claim 1, including a cylindrical ram having a hollow space formed therein, said ram being axially shiftable in said measuring device into an impact position and having an opening formed therein at an impact side thereof, said plate being in the form of an impact stop and seal for said opening formed in said ram.

6. Container assembly according to claim 5, wherein said plate has a cavity centrally provided therein forming a portion of said plate extended toward said hollow space in said ram, said portion being partially disposed in said hollow space in said ram when said ram is in said impact position.

7. Container mounting and metered dispensing assembly for beverage concentrates, comprising a container having an opening formed therein, a seal including a carrier disposed in said opening and a sealing membrane also disposed in said opening and, together with said carrier, sealing said opening of said container, a reusable measuring device disposed coaxially with said carrier and having an end section for attachment to said container at said opening, at least one tab projecting from said end section for punching through said seal, and at least one barbed hook disposed on said at least one tab and being solidly snappable onto said carrier when attaching said measuring device to said container at said opening, said measuring device being detachable from said container, after being attached to said container, exclusively by destructively ripping said carrier from said opening, said measuring device having a cylindrical projection formed thereon, and said seal having a rim formed thereon at said opening, said rim being fitted against said cylindrical projection.

8. Container assembly according to claim 7, wherein said cylindrical projection has a flange formed thereon, said flange being tightly applied to said rim.

9. Container mounting and metered dispensing assembly for beverage concentrates, comprising:

a container having an opening formed therein;

a seal including a carrier disposed in said opening, and a sealing membrane also disposed in said opening and, together with said carrier, sealing said opening of said container;

a reusable measuring device disposed coaxially with said carrier and having an end section for attachment to said container at said opening;

at least one tab projecting from said end section for punching through said seal;

at least one barbed hook disposed on said at least one tab and being solidly snappable onto said carrier when attaching said measuring device to said container at said opening, said measuring device being detachable from said container, after being attached to said container, exclusively by destructively ripping said carrier from said opening; and

a cylindrical ram having a hollow space formed therein, said ram being axially shiftable in said measuring device into an impact position and having an opening formed therein at an impact side thereof, said plate being in the form of an impact stop and seal for said opening formed in said ram and having a cavity centrally provided therein forming a portion of said plate extending toward said hollow space in said ram, said portion being partially disposed in said hollow space in said ram when said ram is in said impact position to thereby control the volume within said measuring device.