Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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DEVICE FOR CONTAINER FOR LIQUID PRODUCTS
The present invention relates to a device for a holder for a container
for liquid products. Such a container can have the character of a bag
having a sealing member attached or screwed on to it in some known
manner, which sealing member usually has the character of a short
cylinder and an opening nozzle. The cylinder itself contains a member
for dispensing the contents of the container. This member is
influenced by manual movement in the form of a transversal force
applied to a yielding part in the sealing member. The dispensing
member usually consists of a pump device. The container can also
have the character of a bottle of any desired shape. Such a container is
usually placed upside down with the sealing member directed
downwards. The container with the sealing member is then usually
placed in a holder having a movable lever that in one way or another
can influence the dispensing member manually. Said holder has
usually consisted of a wire frame and this is manufactured easily and
simply by wire bending and by certain welding procedures. Because of
the high labour costs, holders consisting of wire frames are relatively
expensive and it is desirable to reduce the costs of holders.
A known holder for containers of the kind mentioned above that is
distinctly less expensive to manufacture than one of a wire frame].
This is achieved by using a rectangular plate that is provided in its
longitudinal direction with a through-cut slot. The plate is deformed
in the shape of a U and the portion on one side of the slot has
thereafter been deformed inwards so that a tube-shaped passage is
obtained for the cylindrical sealing member with the dispensing
member. The sealing member is supported by the deformed plate on
two opposite sides and, further, the dispensing member is exposed,
thanks to a portion of the plate being deformed inwards. A lever is
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attached to the deformed plate and has a part contacting the yielding
dispensing
member.
There is provided a device for a holder to be mounted on a wall for a
container for
liquid products, which container can be manufactured from various materials
and
which can have the characteristics of a bag or bottle, having an elongated
sealing
member that which includes a dispensing member that can be influenced
externally,
transversely and manually with a part of an influencing member, the container
being
designed to rest with the elongated sealing member on the holder, the blank
for the
holder consisting of a substantially rectangular plate, having a longitudinal
and a
transverse direction, which 'plate in its lengthwise direction has a
longitudinally
extending through-cut slot with two portions on each side of the slot and
which plate
is shaped substantially as a U about an axis at right angles to the slot, the
plate portion
on one side of the slot being deformed inwards so that the plate portion forms
a U-like
portion which with its outer portion is designed to surround the elongated
sealing
member and restrict its lateral movement, and the plate portion on the other
side of the
slot retaining its outwardly-directed conformation and with its inner portion
being
designed to partially surround the container and its elongated sealing member,
characterized in that the plate portion on the other side of the slot has a
width that is
less than half the width of the rectangular plate so that the inwardly
deformed portion
has considerable longitudinal extension, in that the outwardly turned free
ends of the
influencing member are journalled to the inside of the plate portion on the
other side
of the slot, in that the influencing member has a part corresponding to the
greater
portion of the plate on one side of the slot, in that the last mentioned part
of the
influencing member can be brought into contact with said greater portion of
the plate
on one side of the slot and in that a positioning unit for a tube-shaped part
of a
packaging receptacle is arranged below the plate portion on one side of the
slot.
The present invention is distinguished from other known devices and
characterized in
that it enables the evacuation of a container of liquid products in cases
where the
container has a relatively long discharging tube. This is achieved by the
container
with the long tube being placed in the holder in such a way that the greater
part of the
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long tube becomes exposed and, further, that the influencing member has a
longer
portion that can in brought into contact with substantially the entire tube.
A further development of the present invention is the arrangement, above the
holder,
of a tube-like unit that can be attached to a wall, which tube-like unit can
have various
cross-sections. It can be made of any suitable material whatsoever and the
surface
layer of the material can be smooth. The surface layer can alternatively
consist of a
number of vertical rods spaced from each other and the unit can alternatively
be
formed by a net.
An additional object of the invention is to create a casing designed in such a
way that
it prevents the theft of a container filled with a liquid product. Said casing
consists of
a flat plate provided with two flanges. This plate is suitably attached to a
wall. A
curved outer part is arranged on said plate with flanges, the bottom part of
the outer
casing being journalled on the flanges in such a way that the journalling
members can
move in tracks of limited extension. Further, at its upper end, the curved
outer casing
has two pins, each co-operating with its own track in the two flanges, both
tracks
being open at their upper ends so that the pins can leave the tracks, allowing
the outer
casing to be pivoted out to form an angle of about 90 with the attachment
plate. Said
casing can also be made lockable.
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Further characteristics applicable to the present invention are disclosed
in the claims set out below.
The present invention will be further described with reference to nine
drawings, where
Figure 1 shows a known holder,
Figure 2 shows a blank for manufacturing the holder in accordance
with Figure 1,
Figure 3 shows a transformed holder in accordance with the
present invention,
Figure 4 shows the holder in Figure 3 with a tube-shaped
discharging device,
Figure 5 shows a casing for a holder in accordance with the present
invention, where the holder is tube-shaped??? and where
the cross-section can be of various types, where the casing
can be manufactured from any material whatsoever and
can be of a smooth material, where the c a s i n g
alternatively can consist of a number of rods spaced from
each other, or where the casing can consist of a lattice,
Figure 6 shows a casing that completely encloses the container
with the liquid product and is also lockable,
Figure 7 shows the casing in Figure 6 in a first stage of being
opened,
Figure 8 shows the casing in Figure 6 in a fully open position, and
Figure 9 shows one of the two closed tracks for journalling the
curved outer casing.
Figures 1 and 2 show a known holder and the requisite material for
manufacturing the holder. In manufacturing the holder, a rectangular
plate is provided with a central slot 6, leaving two plate-shaped
portions 7 and 8 on either side. Holes 9 and 10 are also provided for
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attaching the deformed plate. The plate in accordance with Figure 2 is
deformed as illustrated in Figure 1 and the plate 5 will then be shaped
like a U. The plate portion to the right of the slot 6 forms the upper
portion 8 of the holder and the plate portion to the left of the slot 6
forms in the inwardly-deformed wall 7, which acts as an abutment
wall against the discharge part of a container for liquid products. Two
rods 1 and 2 with an arc-shaped part 3 issue from the deformed unit 5
for the purpose of enabling a bag or bottle to be introduced between the
arc-shaped part and the straight parts down to the inwardly deformed
wa1l7. The portions of the packaging receptacle located within the
inwardly deformed portion of the holder are influenced by the control
arm 17, which has two lateral arms 19 and 20, which at their free ends
have pins 21 and 22 journalled in holes 11 and 12 in the deformed
metal plate 5. In accordance with the invention, a new holder has been
developed that differs somewhat from the holder in accordance with
Figure 1 in that the holder portion 8 has been considerably shortened
and further in that the influencing member is arranged differently
inasmuch as it has a longer flat straight part 23 that is brought
substantially into contact with a tube-shaped part 25 which, in
addition, requires a support 24 for its free end. The most significant
aspect of the holders in accordance with Figures 3 and 4 is that they are
suitable for packaging receptacles containing liquid products and
having a long tube as a discharge tube.
Figure 5 shows a device similar to the one in accordance with Figure 4.
It has a tube-shaped casing of any desired shape, in which casing the
contents of the carton in Figure 4 can be placed. The casing can have a
smooth surface and can consist of a number of parallel rods arranged
one after the other or of a latticework. In certain cases, it is desirably to
surround a container of liquid products with a protective casing to
protect the container of liquid products from malicious damage. For
this purpose, a bipartite casing is employed consisting of a flat part 31
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with two lateral flanges 35 and 36 that co-operate with a curved
casing 30. This is provided at its lower end with bearing journals 26
running in respective tracks 34 that are closed, that is to say that the
bearing journals 26 are displaceable from one end of the track to the its
other end. When the curved part 30 is swivelled down, the pins 27
will engage the tracks 32 and 33, which have openings. Thus, if the
curved part 30 is swivelled towards the part 31, the pins 27 will co-
operate with the tracks 32 and 33. In its folded position, the entire
curved part 30 can be displaced to the lower end of the tracks 34. The
curved part 30 can in this position be locked to the flat part 31 so that
the container with liquid products becomes inaccessible to malicious
damage. To open the curved outer casing, it must be moved a distance
upwards, as illustrated in Figure 7, before it can be swivelled out to
assume a position at right angles to the part 31. The reason for this
upward motion is to protect the actual holder device when the curved
casing is folded down. It should be evident that the casing described in
Figures 6, 7 and 9, may very well be employed with holder devices
other that the one revealed in the present description.
