Patent ID: 6808088
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
A spigot device adapted for a liquid container which includes a vessel body defining an accommodation space therein to receive liquid, and a bottom outlet formed in a bottom of the vessel body when the vessel body stands in an upright direction, said spigot device comprising:a valve assembly having an internal port, a spout disposed downstream of said internal port, a fluid passage disposed downstream of said internal port and upstream of said spout, and a valve body disposed in said fluid passage to control flow of the liquid into said spout; an elongate conduit of a single-piece molded construction, said conduit having an outer surrounding wall extending in a transverse direction that is transverse to the upright direction, said conduit confining a primary passage surrounded by said outer surrounding wall, and having a first intake end which is adapted to be in fluid communication with the bottom outlet of the vessel body, and an exit end which is opposite to said first intake end and which is in fluid communication with said internal port of said valve assembly so as to permit the liquid in the accommodation space to flow into said internal port via said primary passage, and a channel surrounded by said outer surrounding wall, and not communicated with said primary passage within said elongate conduit, said channel having a second intake end which is disposed adjacent to said first intake end and which is adapted to be in fluid communication with the bottom outlet of the vessel body, and a middle channel portion which extends from said second intake end and which terminates at a channel end; and a branch tube extending in the upright direction, and defining a duct therein which has a lower end that is in fluid communication with said middle channel portion to permit the liquid in the accommodation space to flow into said duct so that the level of the liquid in the accommodation space can be monitored.