Patent ID: 9738408
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B65B,B67D

Claim:
1. An apparatus for the removal of liquids from deformable containers comprising: a first holding device constructed and arranged to hold a first portion of the container; a second holding device constructed and arranged to hold a second portion of the container; wherein the second portion of the container is positioned at a distance from the first portion of the container; wherein the first and second holding devices are positioned relative to each other so that the container can be positioned between the first and second holding devices and can be deformed by a relative movement of one holding device with respect to the other holding device, and wherein one of the first and second holding devices has a curved projection and the other of the first and second holding devices has a recess opposite the container as the curved projection of the one of the first and second holding devices, the recess extending along a portion of, and not an entire width of, the other of the first and second holding devices, wherein a contact area between a bottom surface of the container and the second holding device is constant during the relative movement; a drive device for producing the relative movement between the first holding device and the second holding device to deform the container positioned between the first and second holding devices so that the internal volume thereof is reduced; and a removal device in fluid communication with an inner space of the container so that liquid can be removed from the container as a result of the reduction of the internal volume of the container, wherein at least portions of bodies of the first holding device and the second holding device can be directed toward each other in accordance with the relative movement to cause the reduction in volume in the container positioned between them.