Abstract: Disclosed is a self-sealing dispensing tap for use on flexible packages. The tap includes a piercing end configured for piercing the wall of a flexible container, and a flexible member that rides along the tap as it is inserted into the container and expands once installed so as to prevent its withdrawal from the container. A clamping device is provided on the outside of the container which draws the flexible member against the interior wall of the container so as to provide a barrier preventing product within the container, bacteria, or oxygen from inadvertently passing between the interior and exterior of the container.

Abstract: Disclosed is a self-sealing dispensing tap for use on flexible packages. The tap includes a piercing end configured for piercing the wall of a flexible container, and a flexible member that rides along the tap as it is inserted into the container and expands once installed so as to prevent its withdrawal from the container. A clamping device is provided on the outside of the container which draws the flexible member against the interior wall of the container so as to provide a barrier preventing product within the container, bacteria, or oxygen from inadvertently passing between the interior and exterior of the container.

Abstract: A lock assembly comprises a plunger reciprocally mounted in a support means, a spring for biasing the plunger in an unlock direction and for holding the plunger in an unlock position, the plunger being movable against the spring bias into a lock position, and link members for holding the plunger in the lock position. The assembly further includes a solenoid having a shaft adapted to operate the link members to release the plunger from the lock position to permit the plunger to be moved by the spring to the unlock position, and an entry console in electrical communication with the solenoid and operable to send an unlock signal to the solenoid upon entry of a selected entry signal.