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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2018
David S. Smith America, Inc., Lester Prairie, MN (US);
Bradley L. Trettin, Buffalo Lake, MN (US);
Ronald E. Kieras, Woodstock, IL (US);
David S. Smith America, Inc., Lester Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A front push tap dispenser has a flow configuration and a sealed configuration. The tap comprises a tap body, a spring button member and a valve seal member, with the two members connected by a flexible stem having two ends, each end connected to the spring button member and the valve seal member. When in the sealed configuration the spring button holds the flexible stem and the valve seal member so the valve seal member is sealingly engaged to the inner wall of the dispensing port. When in the flow configuration the spring button is depressed, which causes the flexible stem and the valve seal to move downwardly to unseal the dispensing port to allow fluid to be dispensed. When the spring button is released, it elastically springs back to the undepressed position, causing the valve seal member to sealingly engage with the inner wall of the dispensing port.