Patent ID: 7828173

Claim:
A dispensing assembly comprising: a dispensing valve and a pouch of flexible film material in fluid-tight connection with said dispensing valve, said pouch being adapted to be placed in an outer container through an opening therein that is sealable by a cover, said dispensing valve having a valve body operative to be mounted fluid-tightly at the edge of a cover opening formed in said container cover, to which valve body an outlet tube extending through an opening in said pouch is adapted to make fluid-tight connection, said pouch opening comprising a circumferential rim, said outlet tube having a widened portion selected from the group consisting of a disc-shaped widened portion, and a disc-shaped widened portion of cylindrical-cap shape extending around said pouch opening inside the pouch, wherein the circumferential rim of said pouch opening through which said outlet tube extends is reinforced by an annular disc around said pouch opening, wherein said annular disc around said pouch opening is welded to the pouch film around said pouch opening and is positioned between the valve body and the widened portion of the outlet tube.