Abstract: A method and apparatus suitable for coupling seismic or other downhole sensors to a borehole wall in high temperature and pressure environments. In one embodiment, one or more metal bellows mounted to a sensor module are inflated to clamp the sensor module within the borehole and couple an associated seismic sensor to a borehole wall. Once the sensing operation is complete, the bellows are deflated and the sensor module is unclamped by deflation of the metal bellows. In a further embodiment, a magnetic drive pump in a pump module is used to supply fluid pressure for inflating the metal bellows using borehole fluid or fluid from a reservoir. The pump includes a magnetic drive motor configured with a rotor assembly to be exposed to borehole fluid pressure including a rotatable armature for driving an impeller and an associated coil under control of electronics isolated from borehole pressure.

Abstract: A portable, pressurized liquid storage system comprises a pliable and collapsible liquid reservoir including a fill pipe and a first valve disposed in the fill pipe; a pump operably connected to the reservoir; an outlet pipe including a second valve operably connected to the pump for connecting to a liquid-using device; and a housing in which the reservoir and the pump are disposed.

Abstract: A cap to be fitted on a double container including a flexible outer container and an inner bag, being composed of a main cap which has a flow opening for discharging the contents and is fixedly fitted on the neck of the double container and a nozzle cap which has an outlet for discharging the contents and is slidably fitted on the main cap. The cap makes a switch between a state with a flow passage shut and a ventilation passage open and a state with the flow passage open and the ventilation passage shut by vertical sliding movement of the nozzle cap on the main cap.

Abstract: A pressure container with an outer container (20) and a constantly deformable or compressible inner container is arranged within the outer container (20), whose container wall is constructed of a metallic foil. A fill material chamber (11) for fill material (12) is arranged in the inner container (10) and in the outer container (20), a propellant chamber (21) is formed for propellant (22, 23), which are separated from one another in a fluid- and/or gas-tight manner. The pressure container is furthermore provided with a cover part (25) for sealing the containers (10, 20), on which a valve part (30) is arranged for dispensing fill material (12) from the fill material chamber (11) to the outside. For improving the pressure container it is proposed that a compensation body (41) be provided in the inner container (10) for the purpose of compensating volume variations in the fill material chamber (11).

Abstract: A bag is provided for containing a liquid intended to be supplied in a controlled manner to some other site, for example to a medical patient. The main bag portion has a pair of overlying side walls joined together around their edges, the side walls having integral extensions which together define an outlet region in communication with the interior of the main portion of the bag. The extensions are bonded together to define a tube-like passageway extending throughout the outlet region from the interior of the bag. The extensions are adapted to permit the connection thereto of a peristaltic pump device co-operable with the tube-like passageway to control the out-flow of liquid from the bag.

Abstract: The invention relates to photographic processing and provides a photographic processing system, comprising one or more processing tanks for processing photographic material. The system also has at least one buffer tank for receiving concentrated replenisher solution from a replenisher solution cartridge. The at least one buffer tank has an outlet in communication with the photographic processing system for direct supply of concentrated replenisher solution to the one or more processing tanks.

Abstract: Dispensing apparatus is provided for dispensing viscous product from containers (10) of product, usually by extruding product from a container outlet. Product is discharged by a plunger (13) which causes product to be discharged and the plunger is operated by a drive arrangement having a linear actuator (15) by which the plunger is moveable. The linear actuator uses an electric motor as the prime mover and the motor's rotary motion is converted into a linear motion of the plunger. By the use of a linear drive it is possible to achieve constant velocity of movement of the plunger independent of the resistance to movement, within the predetermined limits. The movement of the plunger can be controlled according to the resistance encountered. The apparatus also includes means for removing containers from their seating after discharge.

Abstract: A system for dispensing a pumpable product comprises a product well; a pouch disposed in a substantially U-shaped arrangement in the product well, the pouch comprising a first wall and a second wall, and a fitment disposed on the first wall of the pouch, wherein the pouch contains the pumpable product; and a pump device in connected relationship with the fitment of the pouch. A method for dispensing a pumpable product, and a pouch, are also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a flowable product at or below a preset low temperature. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a refrigerated container in which to dispose the product package. The container includes a gas outlet and a return gas inlet. A dispenser housing has a dispenser gas inlet coupled with the gas outlet of the refrigerated container to receive a cool gas from the refrigerated container, and a dispenser gas outlet coupled with the return gas inlet of the refrigerated container to return the cool gas to the refrigerated container. A product outlet extends from the dispenser housing to dispense the flowable product from the product package. A product flow line is disposed in the dispenser housing and coupled between the product package and the product outlet.

Abstract: A dispenser including a rigid outer canister which houses a sunless tanning composition stored within a separate, flexible inner container. The outer canister further includes a propellant, or compressed air, in the volume unoccupied by the flexible container, whereby the tanning composition is completely separate from the propellant. A valve assembly and nozzle are also provided, and together with the propellant, permit the release of tanning composition from the inner container in a continuous stream. The dispenser provides for the facilitated and even application of a sunless tanning composition.

Abstract: A miniature, stand-alone, countertop freezer primarily for domestic use, and a soft-serve dispensing method, that allows extended storage of a food product at an optimum soft-serve sub-freezing temperature prior to dispensing. Its housing has a compact configuration for freezer-like insulated food product storage. However, when soft-serve dispensing is desired, the housing is vertically extended to expose a decorator pattern cap. A press plate in the upper portion of the housing is activated, either manually or otherwise, to push downwardly on the food product container, and thus force the food product through the pattern cap below the food product container and into a receiving vessel. The pattern cap may be a part of the dispenser or a part of the food product container. Although not limited thereto, use is contemplated with ice cream, sherbet, yogurt, sorbet, and other frozen dessert products. Alternative power supply sources are contemplated.

Abstract: A pressure container filled with a propellant (22) includes an outer container (10), an inner bag (20) arrangeable in the outer container, and a cover (15) for closing the outer container (10) and provided with an inlet/outlet valve element (16), with the propellant (22) being formed in the propellant chamber (21) of the inner bag (20) by a mixture of an inert gas (23) in the propellant chamber (21) with a gaseous phase (18) of a filling material (12) in the filling material chamber (11) of the outer container (10); and the method of forming the pressure container includes inserting an inner bag (20) filled with an inert gas (23) into the outer container (10), closing the outer container (10) with a cover (15), and filling the filling material chamber (11) of the outer container (10) with a filling material (12) having a gaseous phase (18) that migrates from the filling material chamber (11) into the propellant chamber (21) of the inner bag (20), and forms therein, together with the inert gas (23), the propel

Abstract: A free-standing or wall-mounted dispenser and system for automatically dispensing liquid, includes a base, which may be shaped so that the dispenser remains free of dispensed liquid, and may include a removable tray to catch accidentally or residually dispensed liquid. The dispenser generates an infrared signal in the proximity of the dispenser's spigot. A user's hand, or other object, intersects the infrared signal and causes the unit to dispense liquid. The dispenser accepts a DC power source, and includes an on-off switch, which can be switched off for refilling, moving or cleaning the dispenser, and prolonging battery life. A disposable liquid cartridge in the form of a bag or bottle with a valve can be incorporated into the system, together with a master switch disabling the dispenser until an acceptable keyed cartridge is properly inserted.

Abstract: A system for dispensing a pumpable product comprises a product well; a pouch disposed in a substantially U-shaped arrangement in the product well, the pouch comprising a first wall and a second wall, and a fitment disposed on the first wall of the pouch, wherein the pouch contains the pumpable product; and a pump device in connected relationship with the fitment of the pouch. A method for dispensing a pumpable product, and a pouch, are also disclosed.

Abstract: In an extrusion container, comprising a separably-laminated, synthetic resin blow-molded main container body with a squeezable outer shell layer and an extrusion cap body, fitted to a mouth part of the main container body, by providing at least two adhesive bands of longitudinal band form, each of which adheres and fixes together the outer shell layer and an inner layer along the entire height range, setting the width of each adhesive band so as to disable complete closure of the plane cross section by free deformation of non-adhered inner layer parts, which are the inner layer parts between the adhesive bands, and setting the rigidity of the outer shell layer so that, in the state where free deformation of the non-adhered inner layer parts reaches a limit, deformation of the outer shell layer by tension at the non-adhered inner layer parts can be made to occur as a result of normal squeezing operation by a human hand, a squeeze type extrusion container is provided with which an extrusion path for the content

Abstract: Device designed to supply water to aircraft galleys. The device operates simply, autonomously and independently and is provided with a simple structure. The device comprises a system which supplies a quantity of pressurized water from bladder tank of a container, consisting of a receptacle and a cover, and which recovers an equivalent or greater quantity of contaminated water in bladder tank of the same container. In this way, there is no longer an outflow of water. The device requires no electrical or pneumatic pump. The pressure in the water circuit is generated by the spring which is compressed in the container when bladder tank is being filled with drinking water and which acts on the piston, which in turn compresses the bladder tank. The water circuits are reduced to a minimum. The device is installed in a pressurized area and eliminates all frost-related risks.

Abstract: A tube-like plastic container (1) and a preform (11) therefor, the tube-like plastic container (1) comprising a bottomed drum part (3) molded by stretch-blowing in thin wall thickness continuously connected to a mouth part (2), wherein a continued portion between the drum part (3) and the mouth part (2) is formed in a shoulder part (5), and the drum part is formed in a tapered flat wedge-like form in shape together with a bottom end (4); the preform (11) therefore, comprising a bottomed drum part (13) integrally formed with and continuously connecting to the mouth part (12), wherein a continued portion between the drum part (13) and the mouth part (12) is formed in an projecting edge (15) in a concentric circle in cross section and the drum part (13) is formed in a flat wedge-like form in an elliptic or oval shape in cross section, a peripheral wall of the drum part being formed thicker in thickness than the wall of the mouth part (12), the bottom end (14) being formed into a thinner flat bottom in wall thick

Abstract: A triangular-tetrahedron container with a spout assembly is disclosed. The triangular-tetrahedron container includes four triangular surfaces. The surfaces are grouped in first and second pairs. The surfaces of each pair are disposed facing each other. Bases of facing triangular surfaces of the first fair are sealed by a first sealing portion formed in a horizontal direction. Bases of facing triangular surfaces of the second fair are sealed by a second sealing portion formed in a vertical direction. The spout assembly is provided on a predetermined portion of the triangular-tetrahedron container.

Abstract: An apparatus for containing a fluid, said apparatus comprising (d) at least two internal chambers, (f) a fluid product line leading from each chamber to (g) a junction for product lines from at least two of said chambers to produce a mixed product, (h) means for delivering a desired ratio of fluid products in said mixed fluid product, (i) an exit line from said junction for said mixed fluid product, and (j) means for reversibly closing said exit line.

Abstract: A pressurized dispensing system (10) for dispensing a multi-component product, comprises an outer body (11) defining a first chamber (8) constructed to contain a first component of said product; an inner container (20), disposed within said body, defining a second chamber (7) constructed to contain a second component of said product and maintain said second component separate from said first component; a dispensing head (50), in fluid communication with said first (8) and second (7) chambers, through which the product is dispensed; and a modular valve assembly (5), including a valve constructed to move between a closed position, in which said first and second chambers are sealed, and an open position, in which said first and second components flow simultaneously from said first and second chambers to said dispensing head.

Abstract: A dispenser includes a base into which the open end of a conventional tube of toothpaste is threaded, a manually operated pump in the base to draw paste from the tube and discharge the paste onto a toothbrush, a perforated tube positioned in the tube of toothpaste to prevent prematurely collapsing of the walls and resulting flow restriction as paste is drawn from the tube, and a cover that hinges to the top of the base to conceal the tube and that provides presentation area for advertising, logos and other graphic or written information.

Abstract: A dispenser apparatus for use to dispense a material from a squeezable and collapsible tube is provided. The dispenser apparatus comprises a housing unit having a storage portion at the top end, a dispensing portion at the bottom end, and at least one channel which extends vertically from the top end to the bottom end. The dispenser also includes a feeder plate which is downwardly sloping from the storage portion to the dispensing portion, and a dispensing member above the feeder plate. When the dispensing member is in an open position, passage of one tube from the storage portion to the dispensing portion is permitted, and when the dispensing member is in a closed portion, passage of any tube into the dispensing portion is precluded. When in the dispensing portion, material can be dispensed from the tube, and thus converted the full tube to a collapsed, empty shape. Only when the tube has taken on the collapsed empty shape, is the tube removable from the dispensing portion.

Abstract: A liquid feed system supplies liquid from a collapsible container to at least one liquid dispenser. The collapsible container is positioned at an elevation lower than the elevation of the at least one liquid dispenser. At least one line couples, in fluid communication, the collapsible fluid container to the at least one liquid dispenser. The liquid feed system may include first and second collapsible containers, with the first collapsible container at an elevation lower than the elevation of the at least one liquid dispenser and higher than the elevation of the second collapsible container. The first and second collapsible containers are coupled, in fluid communication, to one another and at least one liquid dispenser by at least one connecting line. Other embodiments of the liquid feed system provide for a series connection between the first and second collapsible containers, and the second collapsible container and the at least one dispenser.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser uses a flexible bag having expansible and collapsible cells. A rigid manifold is provided in the bag to keep passages open in use and to isolate one of the cells from the remaining cells. In one application, a concentrated drink mix may be held in a reservoir and diluted within other cells in the bag for dispensing to a cup or the like. A valve system allows for the particulates in the liquid without compromising the function of the valve.

Abstract: A package assembly is provided for use within a reusable cartridge for dispensing at least one component. The package assembly includes a container with a thin, flexible membrane wall with an open end, and a front outlet to which the open end of the membrane container is secured by a ring-shaped sealing element. This membrane container outlet end allows conventional filling of the container and a perfect seal at the front outlet.

Abstract: An automated apparatus for dispensing a liquid whitener and a liquid additive in a cup or the like. The apparatus comprises a source of liquid whitener and a whitener tube having a whitener outlet and a source of liquid additive and an additive line having an additive outlet. The apparatus also comprises a whitener control connected to the whitener tube, an additive control connected to the additive line and a control board having at least one switch actuatable by a user for allowing the user to select a liquid whitener and a liquid additive. In operation, the whitener control allows dispersion of a predetermined amount of the selected liquid whitener through the whitener outlet, the additive control allows dispersion of a predetermined amount of the selected liquid additive through the additive outlet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for durability treatment or sterilisation of a pumpable material by high pressure treatment of the same in a high pressure press for killing and/or inactivating harmful microorganisms and enzymes in the material. In the method, the pumpable material is filled into a flexible bulk container (1) with a larger volume than the end-user or consumer containers in which the material is intended to be packed. Then the bulk container is placed in a high pressure press and subjected to high pressure treatment at a pressure of at least 2000 bar. After completed high pressure treatment, the bulk container is removed from the press.

Abstract: The present invention is a tube clip for securing the coiled/rolled up end of tubes such as toothpaste, salves, ointments and the likes, thus eliminating the possibility of the tube unrolling and keeping the manufacturers product continually at the ready.

Abstract: An assembly provided with a package and an apparatus for the metered emptying of the package, which package contains viscous material and is at least partly manufactured from flexible sheet-like foil material. The apparatus comprises a frame with guide means and a substantially flat two-part supporting surface, as well as metering control means which, guided by the guiding means, can be moved, in a position substantially not changing as regards their orientation relative to the supporting surface, over and along the supporting surface. Emptying takes place by nipwise pressing the package flat onto the supporting surface with the metering control means.

Abstract: In this invention there is provided a pouring vessel of the squeezable, delaminated bottle type, which can be squeezed smoothly to the last moment of discharge operation so that little content remains in the vessel. The vessel or container of a delaminated bottle type comprises the outer shell layer that forms a squeezable outer container and the inner layer that forms an inner container for receiving its content inside and capable of being deflated and deformed inward with the decrease in inner pressure; and the container is also provided with a discharge cap. In this configuration, a pair of vertically extending adhesive resin strips is formed by adhering the outer shell layer and the inner layer over the roughly entire height of the container. The relationship of the peripheral length between the two adhesive resin strips to the width of each strip is determined to give such a range that the inner container can be almost completely deflated and deformed.

Abstract: A disposable container for a pressurized fluid, comprises a fluid resistant bag, and a reinforcing network applied about the bag. A rigid drum structure preferably surrounds the bag. The container is useful for storing fluids to a pressure of around 6 bar and provides a disposable container for transporting beer.

Abstract: A new baby nurser with plunger device for evenly expelling excess air for a nurser-style bottle. The inventive device includes a plunger portion that includes a circular base. The plunger portion includes a post extending upwardly from the circular base. The post has a flat upper free end. The post is dimensioned for being received within an open lower end of a shell of a baby nurser. A rubber dome is positioned within the open lower end of the shell below a liner therein. The rubber dome has an open lower end for receiving the flat upper free end of the post therein whereby pressure from the plunger portion will force the rubber dome upwardly within the shell thereby urging excess air within the liner to be expelled outwardly through a nipple of the baby nurser.

Abstract: A container with a varying capacity is provided. The container has one or more pleats, allowing transformation of the container into varying physical states.

Abstract: Pressurisable container for storing and ejecting liquid, the container comprising a) a front wall having or surrounding a cavity corresponding to the form of an open vessel, b) an opening in the front wall adapted for ejection of the liquid from the container, said opening defining a container axis, c) optionally a sealing over the opening adapted for temporary use, and d) a rear wall closing and sealing the open part of the front wall vessel to confine a space for the liquid in the container, the rear wall running at least partially perpendicular to the container axis and being displaceable or deformable for movement towards the opening to pressurize the container liquid. The front wall is substantially rigid in relation to the rear wall, the rear wall before pressurizing the container is substantially flat or substantially single-curved and the rear wall is deformable under stretching to substantially fill out the container cavity.

Abstract: A system for dispensing a viscous comestible product. The system receives a bag containing the viscous comestible product. The bag has a bag body and a bag nozzle. The system includes a dispenser having a dispenser body defining a chamber for receiving the bag. The chamber has a surface with an opening defined therein adapted to receive the bag nozzle. A first protrusion is disposed proximate to a perimeter of the opening. The first protrusion extends from the surface generally inwardly into the chamber and is adapted to abut and flex the bag body into a configuration facilitating a flow of the viscous comestible product therefrom.

Abstract: A plastic container and method of making the container. The container comprises a rigid section, a collapsible section, and an outlet provided in the rigid section for allowing the dispensing of a liquid within the container, the rigid section providing rigid support for the container when the container is filled with a liquid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a single-component or multiple-component polyelectrolyte cement containing at least two reaction partners: (a) at least one metal-cation-releasing compound and (b) one or more polyelectrolytes capable of being converted into a solid state, wherein at least one of the polyelectrolytes is at least partially water soluble, and wherein at least a part of the reaction partner (a) and/or (b) is coated with an organic surface-coating agent. In one preferred embodiment, at least one part of the formulation constituents of the cement is present in granulated form, wherein at least a part of the reaction partner (b) serves as an essential granulation agent. The polyelectrolyte cement is particularly stable in storage and can be easily mixed.

Abstract: A spray can for introducing or applying of substances into or onto the body is provided. The spray can includes an elastic container of filler substance serving as an energy storage and a valve unit. The value unit has a connection part for inserting into the neck of the container so that contact surfaces of the neck and of the connection part are applied against each other. At least one of the two elements has a projection in the region of the contact surfaces, which engages with corresponding projections of the other of the two elements or engages with complementary recesses of the other of the two elements. The neck of the container and the connection part are joined together as a kind of snap closure. At least one of the pairs of contact surfaces broadens along the lengthwise axis in one or the other direction, where the broadening runs conically.

Abstract: A flexible polymeric container for storing and dispensing liquids includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected together to define a fluid chamber therebetween. The first sidewall and the second sidewall each have an inner surface facing the fluid chamber and an opposed outer surface. A fitment is attached to an outer surface of one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall. The fitment has an opening therethrough which has an axis substantially perpendicular to the outer surface. A plurality of objects on the inner surface of one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall defines a plurality of pathways having at least a first pathway and a second pathway intersecting one another.

Abstract: A housing for toothpaste dispensing containers able to accommodate various pumps, squeeze-type tubes and replaceable cartridges. The housing allows for toothpaste to be cleanly, accurately and easily deposited onto a toothbrush with the use of one hand. Holders are attachable to the housing to give contamination-free storage of toothbrushes and the unit can be affixed to a vertical surface or remain free-standing on a wash basin counter.

Abstract: A chemical dispensing system including a reservoir, a collapsible container inserted in the reservoir, the reservoir being sealed after the collapsible container has been inserted into the reservoir. A valve is configured to conduct fluid from an external source to a volume formed by the exterior of the collapsible container and the interior of the reservoir. A connecting tube is configured to conduct product from the collapsible container to an applicator when water is provided to the reservoir.

Abstract: The dispensing apparatus of the invention is primarily intended to dispense frozen product from one portion containers (10), usually by extrusion through a circular outlet (13). In order that the product shape (46) after discharge is capable of being ball-shaped the receptacle (40) into which the product is discharged is located to provide resisted discharge of product over at least part of the discharge cycle. By providing resisted discharge the product shape is altered and laterally increased so that a ball-shaped portion of product is received in the receptacle.

Abstract: A dispensing system for a plural component mixture includes a dispensing device, a first container which may or may not be flexible, and separate flexible second containers for each of the components. The second containers are adapted to be placed within the first container. The first container is adapted to be held by an operator during dispensing of plural component mixture from the dispensing device. Separate conduits are coupled between the second containers and the dispensing device. The dispensing device includes a passageway for the passage of each respective component through the dispensing device. Each passageway includes a valve. An actuator controls the valves, thereby controlling the passage of the respective components through the dispensing device. A second valve is coupled in the conduits between the respective components' sources and the dispensing device.

Abstract: An aerosol valve for high rate filling including an upper chamber and a lower chamber formed inside a housing. A stem is attached to the upper chamber in a vertically movable manner and a switching valve is attached to the lower chamber in a vertically movable manner. A narrow flow port is arranged in the switching valve to provide flow communication between the upper chamber and the lower chamber. The switching valve is pressed and urged against a valve seat of the flow port to close the flow port except for the communication of the narrow flow port, and the switching valve is pressed by filling pressure to open the flow port during a filling procedure of the content via the stem to thereby enable the content to be filled rapidly.

Abstract: A readily collapsible enclosure holding viscous fluid is housed within a non-elastic housing with relatively rigid members secured on one end and extending on opposite sides of the collapsible enclosure holding viscous fluid within the non-elastic housing so that pressure applied to the rigid members reduces the volume of the enclosure to discharge the viscous fluid. Various pressure applying points and assists are included with spring pressure balancing applications on said rigid members included. A strand dispensing spool can be housed within the resilient housing.

Abstract: A liquid soap reservoir in which the liquid soap is expelled from the reservoir due to pressure exerted on its contents by a second, low viscosity pressurized fluid, with the associated pumping mechanism being removed from the soap path and acting only on the second fluid. The reservoir comprises a first closed container having an inlet in fluid communication with the pumping mechanism for selectively admitting the second fluid into the first container. A second collapsible closed container is disposed within the first container for containing the liquid soap and has an outlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the dispenser. Accordingly, when the second fluid, under pressure from the pump, is admitted into the first container, pressure is exerted on the second container to partially collapse the second container and expel a quantity of the liquid soap from the second container out through the outlet of the dispenser.

Abstract: The invention concerns a self-contained perfusion device comprising means for fixing an infusion bag under pressure between a fixed plate and a mobile plate driven by an elastic mechanism, the lower plate (8) is fixed in the vertical direction, while the upper plate (14) is mobile in the vertical direction under the action of the elastic mechanism (15). At least one opening (7) is provided in at least a side wall (5) of the device for inserting an infusion bag (9) between the two plates (8, 14). The elastic mechanism (15) is provided with independent means for controlling and locking the plates (8, 14), and means (24, 25) are provided for unlocking the elastic mechanism (15) after the infusion bag (9) has been loaded. The lower plate (8) can be horizontally mobile like a slide. Means are further provided for controlling the emptying of the bag during perfusion.

Abstract: A bulk material cargo container system comprises an inflatable bulk material cargo container liner which has a plurality of inflatable air bags integrally incorporated therein. The inflatable air bags have substantially right triangular configurations when disposed in their inflated states such that hypotenuse portions of the inflatable air bags are inclined downwardly with respect to the bottom surface portion of the bulk material cargo container liner. In this manner, when the inflatable air bags are inflated in accordance with a predetermined sequential operation, the bulk material cargo load can be discharged from the bulk material cargo container liner without the need for tilting the bulk material cargo container and the liner contained therein.

Abstract: Foil bags are used as a primary packaging for liquids, the bags permitting the liquid to be taken therefrom without the application of a considerable amount of force. A container is provided for a medicinal liquid, the container being gas-tight and liquid-tight so that it is storable over many months. The container includes a collapsible foil bag on which a flange, which is stable in respect of shape, is disposed. The flange is designed for fitting onto a discharge connection member. The container can be disposed in a casing which is stable in respect of shape. The medicinal liquid does not come into contact with air and is protected from the effect of light. The medicinal liquid may be dispensed from the foil bag in many partial quantities over a prolonged period of time, with a respective partial amount thereof being converted into an aerosol by means of an atomizer.

Abstract: A collapsible container is disclosed having a top portion and a base portion joined by a generally cylindrical side wall structure, the generally cylindrical side wall structure has a central axis and a collapsible helical portion and the collapsible helical portion has a generally uniform radius and a generally flat side cross sectional shape with respect to the central axis. A cup section is also disclosed which can cause deformation of the collapsible container's side wall. The container is particularly suitable to store carbonated beverages and other consumer products.