Patent ID: 11884459
Assignee: SCHOLLE IPN IP B.V.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A spouted pouch comprising:
a flexible material pouch body filled with a product to be dispensed,
a spout having a spout body with an attachment portion that is attached to a flexible material pouch body, wherein said spout body has a tubular neck extending upward from said attachment portion, which neck delimits a section of a product passage that extends through the spout body, said neck having an exterior surface,
a cap unit comprising a cap body and an integrated ring member, which cap unit has been made, e.g. moulded, as one piece of plastic material that is distinct from the spout,, wherein the cap body comprises a top wall structure and a downward depending skirt having an interior side, exterior side, and a lower edge remote from the top wall structure,, wherein the ring member is integrally formed to the lower edge of the skirt of the cap body, said ring member comprising an annular base portion which is connected at least via one or more breakable bridges to the skirt of the cap body, said one or more breakable bridges breaking upon first time removal of the cap body by a user for dispensing of product from the pouch via the product passage,, wherein the annular base portion and the spout body have cooperating permanent snap-fit joint portions that keep the ring member fixed to the spout upon removal of the cap body by the user,, characterized in that the spouted pouch further comprises:
a flow control device which has been made distinct from the spout and from the cap unit, which flow control device is mounted to the neck and has an external part that is located outside of the exterior surface of the neck, which flow control device is configured to provide control of the flow of product from the pouch body through the product passage,, wherein the cap body is arranged over the neck and the flow control device, and, wherein the ring member and the external part of the flow control device have cooperating retention portions that retain the flow control device relative to the spout.