Integral vent tube

US5007565A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Simon J. Richter · Marietta, US
• Frank Hohmann · Warstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 1987
• Grant date: Apr 16, 1991
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D3/0019
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A disposable container for use as a syrup package in a post-mix beverage dispenser comprising a base end and a discharge end opposite thereto, sidewalls extending from the base end towards the discharge end, and a neck connecting the sidewalls to the discharge end and defining a discharge opening through which syrup or flavor concentrate may be dispensed. A flow-rate control tube having an openable, sealed end and a closed end is integrally formed with the container sidewalls. The flow-rate control tube has the openable, sealed end positioned in the container base end and has a major portion which extends substantially longitudinally of the container on the outside of the sidewalls, to an associated minor portion of the tube, which extends through the neck of the container so that the open end of the tube is in communication with the interior of the container in the neck region.