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(11) EP 0 180 137 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.01.1988 Bulletin 1988/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.05.1986 Bulletin 1986/19

(21) Application number: 85113447

(22) Date of filing: 23.10.1985
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 26.10.1984 US 664977

(71) Applicant: KIWI CODERS CORPORATION
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(72) Inventors:
  • Siegal, Burton L.
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  • Leshuk, Daniel J.
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(54) Bag-in-a-box closure and flow-fitting therefor


(57) A closure plug for a bag-in-the-box fluid container, formed as a cylindrical flanged body having a unitary transverse wall an axial opening in said transverse wall and a hollow tapered tube unitary with said wall surrounding the opening and extending within the body and parallel thereto. The tube tapers toward a narrow outlet exterior of the flanged end of the body. A dislodgeable inner plug is seated in the tube entrance blocking same and a cap is fitted over the outlet of the tube. Several connector fittings are disclosed which are coupled to the closure and carry a plunger dislodging the inner plug. The plug is maintained in sealing condition within the tube by the in- temal fluid pressure within the fluid container.






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