IP Library Granted Patent US 9,415,908
Granted Patent B2
US 9,415,908 · App. 14/415,765 · Granted Aug 16, 2016

Resealable pouring spout for a bag consisting of flexible film

Inventor: Dan Barron (Schaffhausen, CH)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
B65D47/06B65D5/748B65D51/002B65D75/5877B65D2547/063
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Patent No.
US 9,415,908
App. No.
14/415,765
Granted
Aug 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resealable pouring spout for a bag, the spout having a pouring spout body ( 2 ) configured to be welded to the bag, a flange ( 3 ), a cutting device ( 1 ) having a flange-side cutting system ( 4 ), and a screwable sealing cap ( 5 ) on the pouring spout body ( 2 ). The pouring spout is configured to turn and displace the cutting device in a direction of the flange when the sealing cap is opened for the first time, and thereby cut open the bag.

Claims (12)

1. A resealable pouring spout for a bag made of flexible film, wherein the resealable pouring spout comprises a pouring spout body ( 2 ), which is configured to be welded to the bag and has a flange ( 3 ), a cutting device ( 1 ) disposed in the pouring spout body and having a flange-side cutting system ( 4 ), and a screwable sealing cap ( 5 ) on the pouring spout body ( 2 ), and wherein the pouring spout is configured to turn and displace the cutting device in a direction of the flange when the sealing cap is opened for the first time, and thereby cut open the bag in a region of the flange,

wherein the cutting system ( 4 ) of the cutting device ( 1 ) has at least one cutting tooth group ( 11 ) extending over a part of a cutting circle circumference,

wherein the cutting tooth group ( 11 ) respectively has a number of cutting teeth ( 12 , 12 a ),

wherein the cutting teeth of the cutting tooth group ( 11 ) are arranged such that a leading cutting tooth ( 12 a ) in a cutting direction protrudes farthest in an axial direction (A), and further cutting teeth ( 12 ), following on from the leading cutting tooth ( 12 a ), of the cutting tooth group ( 11 ) protrude on a continually decreasing scale less far in the axial direction (A), and

wherein the leading cutting tooth ( 12 a ) in the cutting tooth group ( 11 ) has a flattening ( 13 a ) running parallel to the flange ( 3 ), and in that the further cutting teeth ( 12 ), following on from the leading cutting tooth ( 12 a ), of the cutting tooth group ( 11 ) have constantly diminishing flattenings ( 13 ) following an equal course.

2. The resealable pouring spout as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the leading cutting tooth ( 12 a ) in the cutting direction has frontally in the cutting direction (S) an inclined chamfer ( 14 ) on the flattening ( 13 a ), which chamfer avoids premature penetration of the flexible film.

3. The resealable pouring spout as claimed in claim 2 , characterized in that the chamfer ( 14 ) opens out in an extensively tapered manner into a cutting edge ( 15 ) running substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the cutting device ( 1 ).

4. The resealable pouring spout as claimed in claim 3 , characterized in that the cutting device ( 1 ) has a partially cylindrical body ( 10 ), and the cutting edge ( 15 ) lies in an outer face of the partially cylindrical body ( 10 ).

5. The resealable pouring spout as claimed in claim 3 , characterized in that the cutting system ( 4 ) of the cutting device ( 1 ) has in a sector of the cutting circle circumference an outflow recess.

6. The resealable pouring spout as claimed in claim 5 , characterized in that the cutting system ( 4 ) has a plurality of cutting tooth groups ( 11 ), and the cutting tooth groups are arranged distributed over at least three-quarters of the cutting circle circumference in order to approximately balance axially acting forces in a penetration operation.

7. The resealable pouring spout as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the cutting system ( 4 ) of the cutting device ( 1 ) has in a sector of the cutting circle circumference an outflow recess.

8. The resealable pouring spout as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the cutting system ( 4 ) has a plurality of cutting tooth groups ( 11 ), and the cutting tooth groups are arranged distributed over at least three-quarters of the cutting circle circumference in order to approximately balance axially acting forces in a penetration operation.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 055101 FRAME 0109. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Feb 2, 2021
From: BOSCH POUCH SYSTEMS AG
To: SYNTEGON POUCH SYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 055646/0698 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2021
From: BOSCH POUCH SYSTEMS AG
To: SYNTEGON POUCH SYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 055101/0109 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2020
From: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
To: BOSCH POUCH SYSTEMS AG
Reel/Frame 055041/0182 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: BARRON, DAN
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 038065/0526 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 212 769 · Jul 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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