Rapak, LLC

Matt Ruschmeier

Paul Nick Georgelos

Ronald E Kieras

Kosmas Kasimatis

A present application relates to a valve assembly for use with a liquid container. The valve assembly includes a spout containing an opening to the liquid container, the spout being configured to form a liquid-tight seal with a housing. A sleeve extends through the housing toward the liquid container through the opening. A valve is secured to the housing and extending into the opening through the sleeve and forming a liquid-tight seal with the sleeve. The valve includes a body portion with a cutaway section and a leg fixed to the valve by a hinge, wherein the leg is configured to flex outwards against the sleeve upon insertion of a tube into the valve causing the cutaway section to open a flow channel to allow liquid to flow through the valve assembly.

Valve assembly for bags

A duckbill valve includes a flexible and hollow body having a first shape upon being formed by injection molding. The body in the first shape has a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end. The body is configured to be inverted into a second shape. The second shape has a first opening at a first end and has a slit at a second end. The slit is defined by lips that are pressed together to form a seal.

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Glencoe, IL, United States of America

Matt Ruschmeier