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Method of installing a beverage bag into a container

A technology for alcoholic beverages and bags, which is applied in the field of beverage bags and can solve the problems of difficult bag insertion into kegs, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-10-17
INBEV SA
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This makes it difficult to insert the bag into the keg

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[0024] Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a bag 10 with a preferred structure for use in a container 12. The bag 10 is suitable for containing alcoholic beverages and in a preferred embodiment for containing beer. The bag 10 is flexible and preferably includes two layers of plastic material 14 and 16, which are welded together along their perimeters 20 and 22, respectively, to provide a perimeter seam 18. The pockets 14 and 16 are generally rectangular, and in the preferred embodiment are square. It should be understood that each pocket sheet may include one or more layers of plastic material joined together along the periphery, and these layers need not necessarily be laminated together.

[0025] The first pocket sheet 14 has a hole 24 located in the first pocket sheet, offset from its center 26. The neck 30 passes through the first pocket sheet 14, extends at the hole 24 and is fixed to the hole 24 by a welded seam 32. The neck 30 generally includes a rubber-like material and h...

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The method of installing an alcohol beverage bag into a container such as a beer keg through an aperture in the container has the steps of folding the bag into overlapping panels so as to have a cross-sectional area able to pass through the aperture of the container and then inserting the folded bag through the aperture and into the container. The beverage bag comprises first and second rectangular panels having peripheral edges welded together to form a first seam. Each panel has an area larger than a cross-sectional area for the keg and the panels are sized relative to the keg cross-sectional area to permit the panels to be forced apart during bag filling so as to expand bag internal space to approximate the volume of the keg. The bag has an open neck member passing through an aperture of the first panel and welded thereto to form a second seam. The aperture in the first panel of the bag is preferably offset from the center of the panel to reduce the likelihood of the first seam of the bag being bunched together and pulled at one time through the keg aperture during bag extraction. Consequently, less stress is placed on the seams during bag extraction from the keg thereby enhancing the recycling life of the bag.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an improved bag of alcoholic beverages and a method of filling the bag of alcoholic beverages into a container. Background technique [0002] It is known to construct alcoholic beverage bags in such a way that when the bag is filled with an alcoholic beverage such as beer or wine, the bag assumes a shape similar to the container in which the bag is contained. [0003] In applications where a bag is used to contain beer, the bag is usually packed in a keg with a generally cylindrical shape. The bag has a neck fixed to the keg. Deflate the bag, pass the bag through the hole in the keg, and pour beer into the bag. After the beer is dispensed from the keg, the bag is removed through the hole. Generally, the bag includes two circular bag pieces separated by a cylindrical sheet material. The cylindrical sheet is welded to the circular bag sheet at its ends to form a welded seam at both ends. The cylindrical sheet is also welded al...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): B65D25/16B65D77/06
CPCY02W30/80
Inventor I·安德森C·A·弗雷泽
Owner INBEV SA