A CONTAINER WITH END CLOSURE REACTIVE TO THE LOAD

摘要

A container (10) including a tubular body (11) having open ends (12, 13). First and second end closures (14, 30) are formed separately from the body (11) and are engaged with the body (11) at each open end (12, 13) to close each end. The first end closure (14) closes a bottom end of the container (10) and is arranged to support a load contained within the container (10). The first end closure can be reactive to the load to vary the engagement load between the closure (14) and the bottom end of the body (11) proportional to the load. The load can comprise a bag (51) containing liquid and having a tap (52) for dispensing the liquid. The container (10) can be formed to enable the tap (52) to project from the interior of the container to the exterior.