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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Berry Plastics Corporation, Evansville, IN (US);
Kenneth S. Bloom, Bloomdale, OH (US);
Philip D. Bourgeois, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Darin M. Pugne, Holland, OH (US);
Berry Plastics Corporation, Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
A dispensing valve includes a resiliently flexible mounting portion, a resiliently flexible opening portion disposed radially inwardly of the mounting portion, and a resiliently flexible isolating portion disposed radially between and coupled to the mounting and opening portions. The isolating portion extends both radially outwardly and axially to form a first radial space between the opening and isolating portions, and is spaced radially inwardly of the mounting portion to form a second radial space between the mounting and isolating portions. The opening portion may include one or more slits.