Patent ID: 7258146
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A bridge for use with a filler system for a bag-in-box container having top, bottom and side walls and a dispensing member with a mouth and a collar located about the mouth said bridge, comprising: a top side, a bottom side and two longitudinal ends of said bridge being supportable by the bag-in-box container at least at one end adjoinable with at least one side wall of the container, an aperture through the bridge, said aperture having a larger open section that is sized and shaped to accommodate passage from one side of the bridge to the other of a dispensing member of a bag-in-box container, a smaller open section of said aperture, said smaller open section being in direct communication with said larger open section, said smaller open section being sized and shaped to accommodate displacement of the dispensing member from said larger open section to said smaller open section for securing the dispensing member to the bridge; and wherein said bridge is further adapted to span the top of the bag-in-box container and to extend from one container side wall to a second, opposing container side wall.