Patent ID: 6019253
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: B67D,F16K

Abstract:
A bag and box combination comprising an outer stiff walled container and an inner flexible bag liner contained within and supported by walls of said stiff walled container when said flexible bag liner is filled, a fitment fixed to said bag liner, a hole through a wall of said stiff walled container defining a passageway through which a projecting portion of said fitment is received, said fitment including a body portion having an axial passage formed therethrough and through said projecting portion, an annular radial mounting flange on said body portion surrounding an inner end of said passage, said annular flange being connected to said bag liner to seal said fitment to said bag liner around said axial passage, said projecting portion projecting into said passageway, a valve plate, a shaft pivotably mounting said valve plate on said body portion for movement with said shaft about a longitudinal axis of said shaft, said longitudinal axis of said shaft being parallel to a longitudinal axis of said axial passage at said inner end of said axial passage and being spaced to one side of said axial passage, said valve plate sealing said axial passage when said valve plate is turned by said shaft into a closed position and to open said passage when said shaft is turned on its said longitudinal axis to an open position.