US 6,981,534 B2
Bridge and adapter for bag-in-box filler
Thomas J. Williams, Lutz, Fla. (US); and William Cataldo, Bradenton, Fla. (US)
Assigned to Tropicana Products, Inc., Bradenton, Fla. (US)
Filed on Jul. 03, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/613,859.
Prior Publication US 2005/0000594 A1, Jan. 06, 2005
Int. Cl. B65B 1/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 141—384 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bridge and adapter system for securing a supply line to a bag-in-box packaging having a dispensing member with a mouth and a collar located about the mouth, comprising:
a bridge having a top side and bottom side, said top side of the bridge having a hold-down member, said bridge including an aperture having a larger open section and smaller open section, wherein the mouth of said dispensing member is inserted through the bottom of said bridge through the larger open section and displaced toward the smaller open section of the aperture such that the collar of the mouth of said dispensing member is positioned above and is supported by the top side of the bridge, and such that said collar engages the hold-down member of said top side of the bridge; and
an adapter having an upper end portion and lower end portion, said upper end portion being secured to said supply line, said lower end portion including a rotatable collar having a ridge protruding circumferentially outward therefrom, said ridge further including a notch, wherein said lower end portion of said adapter engages with said dispensing member such that the notch of the ridge of the rotatable collar is aligned with the hold-down member and the rotatable collar may thereupon be rotated such that the ridge of the rotatable collar engages with the hold-down member such that said adapter is supported by the bridge.