US 12,234,064 B2
Sealing device for sealing a receptacle
Jeroen Gerrit Anton Gebbink, Helmond (NL); and Rune Kristian Knutsen, Stavanger (NO)
Assigned to Smartseal AS, Stavanger (NO)
Appl. No. 17/622,228
Filed by SMARTSEAL AS, Stavanger (NO)
PCT Filed Jun. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068291
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/260709, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2023402 (NL), filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348386 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 47/04 (2006.01); B65D 47/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 47/248 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing device for sealing a receptacle, the sealing device comprising:
a base structured to be mounted to the receptacle, the base comprising a radially protruding base collar, and a sleeve forming a discharge conduit;
a valve comprising a radially protruding valve collar, wherein when the base is mounted to the receptacle, the receptacle is located upstream of the valve and a discharge direction of the receptacle defines a downstream direction, opposite an upstream direction; and
a ring fixedly attached to the base collar by a weld or glue or integrally formed with the base collar, wherein:
the base collar and the valve collar define a portion of the sealing device remote from the discharge conduit,
the valve further comprises comprising discharge pipe at least partially protruding in the sleeve and being axially movable therein in the upstream direction and the downstream direction for opening and closing the valve,
the valve is attached to the base at the portion of the sealing device remote from the discharge conduit, and
the ring fixes the valve collar to the base collar by clamping or via a weld or glue.