(19)
(11) EP 1 118 550 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.07.2001 Bulletin 2001/30

(21) Application number: 01300060.9

(22) Date of filing: 03.01.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 77/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 19.01.2000 JP 2000001085

(71) Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Wakayama, Takahiro, c/o Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki-ken 300-0333 (JP)

(74) Representative: Evens, Paul Jonathan et al
Maguire Boss, 5 Crown Street
St. Ives, Cambridge PE27 5EB
St. Ives, Cambridge PE27 5EB (GB)

   


(54) Container for liquid products


(57) A liquid container is provided, which comprises a bagforming flexible container body (1), a pouring outlet (2) provided to communicate with an inside of the container body, and a support member (3) provided in the container body for inhibiting deformation of the container body occurring near the pouring outlet when the contained liquid is sucked, in which the support members is a member reinforcing the container body with a form like a funnel narrowed at the pouring outlet. If the funnel-like reinforcing portion occupies almost one half of the surface area of the container proper, closure of the pouring outlet by the container body may be prevented even if the non-reinforced portion of the container body is housed in the support member when the contained liquid is discharged. Therefore, a contained liquid can be smoothly taken out, and the container is especially suitable for containing a liquid having a relatively high viscosity or a liquid sensitive to the contact with air and the like.






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