Patent ID: 9174786
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B65D,F16K

Abstract:
1. A valve assembly ( 2 ) intended for use together with a pallet container ( 1 ) and a liner, the valve assembly ( 2 ) comprising a valve ( 3 ) comprising lower and upper axle ends ( 31 and 32 respectively), a valve seal ( 4 ) and an outer lip seal ( 5 ), wherein the valve assembly ( 2 ) additionally comprises a support member ( 6 ) which support member ( 6 ) comprises a lower guide member ( 61 ) and an upper guide member ( 62 ), wherein the valve seal ( 4 ) and outer lip seal ( 5 ) are seals associated with a mainly tube shaped body ( 30 ), and that the tube shaped body ( 30 ) further comprises an integral flange ( 33 ) at one end of the tubular body 30 , the outer lip seal ( 5 ) being at an end of the tube shaped body ( 30 ) distal from the flange ( 33 ) and the valve seal ( 4 ) seats within an annular groove formed within the interior of tube shaped body ( 30 ) and the tube shaped body ( 30 ) furthermore defines transverse holes in the body ( 30 ) adjacent valve seal ( 4 ), the holes provided with seals ( 34 ) intended to receive the lower and the upper axle ends ( 31 and 32 respectively) of the valve ( 3 ) and wherein the tube shaped body ( 30 ) is made of a flexible thermoplastic material compatible with that of the liner, and that the flexibility is mainly obtained by making desired portions of the tube shaped body ( 30 ) thin walled.