US 12,378,045 B2
Device and method for handling a sealing device
Rune Kristian Knutsen, Stavanger (NO); and Jeroen Gerrit Anton Gebbink, Helmond (NL)
Assigned to SMARTSEAL AS, Stavanger (NO)
Appl. No. 17/622,223
Filed by SMARTSEAL AS, Stavanger (NO)
PCT Filed Jun. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068284
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/260706, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2023401 (NL), filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348385 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 47/24 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 47/248 (2013.01) [B65D 75/5883 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handling device for handling a sealing device for sealing a receptacle, the sealing device comprising:
a base structured to be mounted to the receptacle, the base comprising a sleeve forming a discharge conduit; and
a valve including a valve housing arranged on the base, 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, wherein the valve further comprises a discharge pipe at least partially protruding in the sleeve of the base and being axially movable therein in the upstream direction and the downstream direction between a storage position in which the valve is closed and one more utility positions in which the valve is closed or opened;
wherein the handling device is configured to position the discharge pipe of the valve of the sealing device into the storage position, the handling device comprising:
a support to be arranged at a downstream side of the base and configured to support the handling device; and
a pushing device to be arranged at an upstream side of the base and configured to apply a first pushing force on the base and/or on the valve housing to urge at least the base and the valve against the support and to apply a second pushing force on the discharge pipe of the valve to urge the discharge pipe to the storage position.