A HOLDER FOR CONTAINERS TO HOLD LIQUID PRODUCTS

Abstract: Containers in the form of bags with a detachable, elongate sealing member (2) with pump (4) which is influenced by a lever (18 and 19), are applied in stationary holders manufactured from tubular material. The invention relates to a simplification of the holder by manufacturing it from a rectangular plate (5) with a longitudinal slot (6), and having been bent to form a holder.

Description: The present invention relates to a holder for containers to hold liquid products, see DE-U-8624093. Such containers may be in the nature of a bag having a sealing member attached or screwed on in conventional manner, said sealing member generally being in the form of a short cylinder and an opening nozzle. The cylinder itself contains a member for dosing the contents of the container. This member is influenced by a manual movement in the form of transverse pressure on a yielding portion in the sealing member. The dosing member generally consists of a pump means. The container may also be in the form of a bottle of arbitrary shape. A container of the type described is usually placed upside down with the sealing member facing downwards. The container with the sealing member is then usually placed in a holder with a movable lever which is then caused manually to influence the dosing member. Said holder was generally constructed from tubular material which can be easily and simply bent and welded to the desired shape. However, due to high labour costs, holders consisting of tubular material are relatively expensive and it is desirable to reduce the costs of the holders. The object of the present invention is to produce a holder for containers of the type described above and defined in the preamble of the accompanying claim, which is considerably less expensive to produce than holders of tubular material. According to the invention this is achieved by using a rectangular plate provided longitudinally with a longitudinal slot. The plate is bent in the shape of a U in which the part on one side of the slot is bent inwards, thus forming a passage for the cylindrical sealing member with dosing member. The sealing member is supported on two opposite sides by the bent plate and the dosing member is exposed thanks part of the plate being bent inwards. A lever may be secured to the bent plate, a part of the lever being in contact with the yielding dosing member. The holder according to the present invention may be provided with one or more simple, bent wires or rods of slimmer dimensions in order to steady the container itself. These wires or rods might also be replaced by a casing which is placed over the container and a part of the holder. Additional features characteristic of the present invention are revealed in the following claim. The invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompany four sheets of drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a holder according to the present invention, together with a container provided with sealing member and dosing member, Figure 2 shows the holder without container, Figure 3 shows a blank for manufacturing a holder, Figure 4 shows a blank according to Figure 3 which has been bent to form a holder, Figure 5 shows the holder provided with a support strut, and Figure 6 shows the holder according to Figure 5 provided with a lever with which to influence the dosing member. In the drawings 1 is a plastic container in the form of a bag, turned upside down, and provided at its lower end with a sealing member 2. The sealing member is provided with an emptying nozzle 3 and a dosing member 4 in the form of a pump. The container 1 rests in a holder shaped from a plate 5 as shown in Figure 3. The plate 5 is rectangular and has a longitudinal slot 6. There are thus two parts 7 and 8, one on each side of the slot 6. The plate is also provided with two recesses 9 and 10 enabling it to be secured to a wall. The plate is also provided with two holes 11 and 12. The plate is bent in the manner shown in Figure 4, so that the part is bent outwards and is curved, whereas the part 7 is bent inwards and is thus also curved. The holes 11 and 12 will be located in two side portions 13 and 14. Two flanges 15 and 16 are also produced in the bending process, these encompassing the attachment recesses 9 and 10. The bent plate shown in Figure 4 is also provided with a support strut, as shown in Figure 5. The support strut is designated 17. The altered plate shown in Figure 5 is then provided with a lever having two parts 18 and 19. The part 19 is divided into two arms 20 and 21, the ends of the arms being inserted into the holes 11 and 12 as is clearly visible in Figure 6 and Figure 1. The lever is bent to produce a part 22 which will then cooperate with the dosing member 4. The container 1 in Figure 1 is placed, as shown, in the holder consisting of parts of the plate 5 in Figure 3. When the container 1 is in place, the sealing member 2 will be located between the curved portions 7 and 8, these portions abutting the sealing member on two opposite sides and the dosing member is located in front of the inwardly bent part 7. When this has been done, the part 22 of the lever 18 and 19 will be in contact with the dosing member 4. If the lever 18 is now moved downwards, the part 22 will depress the outer portion of the dosing member 4, thus forcing a dose of liquid to leave the nozzle 3. The strut formed by wire or thin rod material may be replaced by a casing which covers the container 1 and a part of the holder formed by the plate 5. The casing may then be provided with recesses allowing it to be attached by means of the same screws, hooks or nails which attach the holder formed by the plate 5. The casing may be provided at the top with a lockable lid so that when the liquid container is empty it can be lifted up and a full container be inserted in position as shown in Figure 1. It should be clear that the holder according to the present invention can also be used for bottles of various types which are provided with a seal with a dosing member.

Claims: 1. A holder, preferably for application on a wall, for containers (1) to hold liquid products, which containers may be manufactured from various materials such as plastic, glass, paper, metal and the like and which may be in the nature of a bag or bottle having a preferably detachable, elongate sealing member (2) containing a dosing member (4) such as a pump means which can be influenced from the exterior, transversely and manually, with a part of the influencing member, such as a lever (18), being journalled in the holder, characterised in that the holder (5) has a part (7 and 8) for orienting the elongate sealing member (2), wherein the blank for the part (7 and 8) consists of a substantially rectangular plate (5) with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, said plate (5) being provided in its longitudinal direction with a longitudinal slot (6), said plate (5) also being moulded about a shaft perpendicular to the slot to form substantially a U, the part (7) of the plate on one side of the slot (6) being bent inwards so that the two parts (7 and 8) on either side of the slot (6) can act as supports for the elongate sealing member (2) on two opposite sides.

Inventors: HOLM, HARRY
Applicants: HOLM, HARRY
Application year: 1989
Main classification: A47K5
IPC codes: B65D23, B65D25, G01F11, A47K5