Port system for fastening a container to a connection system

US8443848B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NESTEC S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Stephane Hentzel · Yverdon-les-Bains, CH
• Peter Jaggy · Rain, DE
• Michiel Kernkamp · Lausanne, CH
• Johan Bergdahl · Lausanne, CH
• John Meldrum · Orbe, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2008
• Grant date: May 21, 2013
• Expiry date: May 4, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a port system (1) for fastening a container (3) comprising a vessel (2) and an outlet (6) to a connection system (14) presenting an inlet, said port system comprising: —a main skirt (4) connectable to the outlet (6) of the container presenting a connecting end and a discharge end (7), —a hopper (8) attached to the internal wall of the skirt and tapering to a discharge outlet (9) in direction of the main skirt discharge end (7), —a tearable membrane (10) closing the skirt discharge end and the hopper.