Patents Assigned to LIQUI-BOX CORP.
  • System for preventing blockage of evacuation of flexible packaging
    Patent number: 11851256
    Abstract: The present application relates to a system for evacuating fluid from a flexible container. The system includes a spout connected to a flexible container. A passageway within the spout is in fluid communication with an inside of the flexible container, and the passageway has a top end and a bottom end. An evacuation facilitating structure is positioned proximate the bottom end of the passageway and has a fluid channel therethrough. The evacuation facilitating structure blocks portions of the wall of the flexible container from entering the bottom end of the passageway and preventing fluid from evacuating the container via the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Liqui-Box Corp.
    Inventors: Paul N. Georgelos, Ronald E. Kieras, Matt Ruschmeier
  • System for preventing blockage of evacuation of flexible packaging
    Patent number: 11459154
    Abstract: The present application relates to a system for evacuating fluid from a flexible container. The system includes a spout connected to a flexible container. A passageway within the spout is in fluid communication with an inside of the flexible container, and the passageway has a top end and a bottom end. An evacuation facilitating structure is positioned proximate the bottom end of the passageway and has a fluid channel therethrough. The evacuation facilitating structure blocks portions of the wall of the flexible container from entering the bottom end of the passageway and preventing fluid from evacuating the container via the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LIQUI-BOX CORP.
    Inventor: James W. Johnson