Patent ID: 11905086
Assignee: BNOVA SA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A cap assembly for a refill container, the cap assembly comprising:
an interface member; and
a sealing element retained in the interface member and comprising:
a body having a first end; and
a cap arranged at the first end of the body;

wherein the interface member comprises a socket, a conduit forming a discharge opening arranged inside the socket and spaced from the socket, and a connecting wall extending between the socket and the conduit to prevent flow between the socket and the conduit; the conduit having an upstream end, a downstream end and an inner wall; the socket comprising an upstream part adapted to receive a first container, and a downstream part adapted to receive a second container, the downstream part comprising one or more internal reliefs;
wherein the sealing element is arranged to be partly inside the conduit and is moveable between a closed position in which the conduit is sealed, and an open position in which flow is allowed through the conduit, said sealing element comprising a bearing surface in the downstream part;
wherein at least one of the body and the cap comprises a lateral wall with a sealing surface configured to cooperate with the inner wall of the conduit to seal it when the sealing element is in the closed position;
wherein the sealing element further comprises at least one of an aperture and at least one recess forming a passage configured to be crossed by the flow when the sealing element is in the open position;
wherein the sealing element further comprises safety means comprising one or more retention lugs in abutment with the one or more internal reliefs in order to maintain the sealing element in the closed position; and
wherein the cap assembly is configured such that the sealing element moves from the closed position to the open position when an opening force is applied on the bearing surface.