EP0421538A1 - Fülltrichter mit Schneidwerkzeug für Flüssigproduktpackung - Google Patents

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EP0421538A1
EP0421538A1 EP90202603A EP90202603A EP0421538A1 EP 0421538 A1 EP0421538 A1 EP 0421538A1 EP 90202603 A EP90202603 A EP 90202603A EP 90202603 A EP90202603 A EP 90202603A EP 0421538 A1 EP0421538 A1 EP 0421538A1
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Guy Armand Louis Bavegems
Joseph Fernand Deflander
Beatrijs Lutgarde Aloisia De Smet
Rowland Stanley Wesley Heming
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Procter and Gamble Co
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B7/00—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers
    • B67B7/24—Hole-piercing devices
    • B67B7/26—Hole-piercing devices combined with spouts

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  • the present invention relates to a funnel with piercing device for flowable products, like liquids, and, more particularly, to a funnel which allows clean refilling of a container with product contained in another, possibly closed package.
  • concentrated fabric softening liquids are now also commercialized, these concentrated softening liquids being transferred from a small package into a larger, reusable container to which water is added to obtain the desirable concentration.
  • One obvious way for refilling a container with a flowable product contained in another package is to use a funnel. Even with a funnel, pouring, e.g. a liquid, from a soft, plastic-like pouch, may still be a messy operation, especially in view of the fact that any improvement in pouring features of these pouches have to be low cost, given the fact that these refill packages are meant to be disposed of upon complete delivery of their contents.
  • a number of devices for opening packages which are not provided with an easy dispensing device, like a pouring spout or pouring apparatus, can be found on the market. They mostly consist of a piercing device extending into a pouring opening, said piercing device being forced into the closed package so that the contents can run along the piercing device through the dispensing opening. More sophisticated executions will be combined with a second piercing device, which will allow entry of air while the product is dispensed through the dispensing opening, thereby avoiding guggling if the product to be dispensed is a liquid. It is however clear that such dispensing devices are not suitable at all for refilling the container into which they are forced to form a dispensing opening.
  • a principal object of the present invention is to provide a funnel with piercing device for a flowable product package.
  • the present invention provides a funnel equipped with a piercing device and one or various areas for positioning the funnel on the container to be filled.
  • means for attaching the funnel to the container and to hold it during the filling operation are provided, as well as means for stabilizing the refill package during the refilling operation.
  • the funnel with piercing device (10) shows a cup-shaped upper part (11) and a tube part (12).
  • Piercing element (15) protrudes from cup-shaped upper part (11).
  • Hanging/holding extension (21) shows a possible embodiment of a feature allowing attachment of the funnel with piercing device on, e.g., a bottle neck, when not in use, which feature can also be used for holding the funnel with piercing device during the refilling operation.
  • Protective cap (22) can be slid over the piercing element (15) when the funnel is not in use.
  • FIG. 2 The cross-sectional view of Figure 2 shows how piercing element (15) is attached through supporting members (16) underneath cup-shaped upper part (11) to the inside wall of the tube (12). It also shows how piercing element (15) consists of a hollow tube (17) with a free end composed of radial members (18) joined into piercing point (19). Positioning surfaces (13 + 14) allow positioning of funnel with piercing device (10) on the container dispensing/refilling opening. In addition, a possible embodiment of the refill package stabilizing members (23) is shown.
  • FIG. 3 shows the inside of funnel upper part (11), upper edge of funnel tube (12), supporting members (16), upper edge of tube (17) of piercing element (15) and radial members (18) ending in piercing point (19).
  • FIG. 4 The fragmentary, cross-sectional view of Figure 4 shows the funnel with piercing device according to the invention in operation on the container of which the dispensing/refilling opening, here the neck part of a bottle, is shown.
  • the funnel with piercing device 10 rests with its positioning surface (13) on the edge of container neck (24).
  • Refill package (25) has been pierced by piercing element (15).
  • Product (26) runs over and through piercing element (15), through funnel tube (12), into container dispensing/refilling opening (29).
  • FIG. 5 shows how a somewhat modified funnel with piercing device according to the invention (110) can be used on different container dispensing/refilling openings (129a, 129b).
  • Funnel cup-shaped upper part (111) is provided with a flat circular rim (127) on which refill package (125) can rest after its bottom (128) has been pierced by piercing element (115).
  • Extension (121) can be sized so as to fit over the neck defining the container's dispensing/refilling openings (129a,129b).
  • Container dispensing/refilling opening (129b) is equipped with a conventional pourspout with self-draining feature (130).
  • Protective member (122) has been removed from piercing element (115).
  • Figure 6 shows a fragmentary, perspective view of the embodiment of the funnel with piercing device (110) illustrated in Figure 5, as it is stored by extension (121) on the container when not in use.
  • any other refill packages, pierceable by the piercing device of the funnel according to the invention in any location of their configuration, are also encompassed. This applies, e.g., to cartons with or without liner, which can possibly have a partially weakened area for easier piercing.
  • the refill product described in the preferred embodiment is a liquid
  • the funnel with piercing device according to the invention works equally well with any other flowable product.
  • the funnel with piercing device described in the preferred embodiment is preferably made of polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, polystyrene or recycled plastics, but can be made of any suitable material known to the man of the art.
  • the funnel with piercing device could also be assembled from separate parts made of different materials, like propylene, polyethylene, polyester, polystyrene or recycled plastics and metal.
  • the piercing element shown in the drawings is made out of a hollow tube with a free end composed of radial members joined into a piercing point, this piercing element can be made without any openings in its free end and can be either hollow or full; upon piercing of the refill package by such a piercing element, the refill product runs over the outside of said element, through the tube of the funnel, into the container being refilled.
  • the tube part of the funnel can be so dimensioned as to fit on any dispensing/refilling openings inclusive of bottle necks with a pourspout as shown in Figure 5.
  • the various areas for positioning the funnel on the container to be filled which include the bottom of the upper part of the funnel, allow a large variety of dispensing/refilling openings, with or without inserts, with which the funnel with piercing device according to the inventor is compatible.
  • the embodiments represented in the attached drawings show a funnel with a generally circular upper part.
  • the shape of the upper part of the funnel can of course be modified to any desired shape, as long as it fulfills the function of a funnel.

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EP90202603A 1989-10-05 1990-10-01 Fülltrichter mit Schneidwerkzeug für Flüssigproduktpackung Withdrawn EP0421538A1 (de)

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US5759501A (en) * 1995-06-12 1998-06-02 Diversey Lever, Inc. Flexible walled container for tableted or pelleted ware washing detergents
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WO2021233821A1 (de) * 2020-05-18 2021-11-25 Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner Gmbh & Co. Kg Adapter zum verbinden eines nachfüllbehälters
CN119735158A (zh) * 2025-01-23 2025-04-01 山东翔晟电力工程有限公司 一种多功能报废汽车电动运输放油设备

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EP0369722A1 (de) * 1988-11-14 1990-05-23 Diversey Corporation Abgabevorrichtung für Flüssigkeiten

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US5759501A (en) * 1995-06-12 1998-06-02 Diversey Lever, Inc. Flexible walled container for tableted or pelleted ware washing detergents
CN103318827A (zh) * 2013-07-15 2013-09-25 陈犇 一种用于机油瓶的便携式加油嘴
CN103318827B (zh) * 2013-07-15 2016-08-10 陈犇 一种用于机油瓶的便携式加油嘴
CN114829264A (zh) * 2019-12-19 2022-07-29 乐斯福公司 加注装置
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CN114829263A (zh) * 2019-12-19 2022-07-29 乐斯福公司 加注装置
WO2021123646A1 (fr) * 2019-12-19 2021-06-24 Lesaffre Et Compagnie Dispositif déverseur
CN114829264B (zh) * 2019-12-19 2024-05-14 乐斯福公司 加注装置
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US12110222B2 (en) 2019-12-19 2024-10-08 Lesaffre Et Compagnie Dispensing device
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WO2021123645A1 (fr) * 2019-12-19 2021-06-24 Lesaffre Et Compagnie Dispositif déverseur
US12129096B2 (en) 2020-05-18 2024-10-29 Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner Gmbh & Co. Kg Adapter for connecting a refill container
CH717439A1 (de) * 2020-05-18 2021-11-30 Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner Gmbh & Co Kg Adapter zum Verbinden eines Nachfüllbehälters mit einem Behälter.
WO2021233821A1 (de) * 2020-05-18 2021-11-25 Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner Gmbh & Co. Kg Adapter zum verbinden eines nachfüllbehälters
CN119735158A (zh) * 2025-01-23 2025-04-01 山东翔晟电力工程有限公司 一种多功能报废汽车电动运输放油设备

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