Container with a frangible sealed access and a vapour permeable vent

摘要

A container (1, 2) for storing and dispensing a liquid, the container including an access port (16) having a frangible seal (18) for allowing contained liquid to be dispensed. A vent (19) permeable to vapour but impermeable to liquid is also provided so that vapour may be vented from the interior of the container.

主权项

1. A container for storing and dispensing a liquid, said container including:
an access port having a frangible seal for allowing contained liquid to be dispensed; a vent permeable to vapour but impermeable to liquid such that vapour may be vented from the interior of said container; a sealingly engageable closure centrally disposed in a top portion of said container, wherein said closure includes said access port and said vent; a neck portion having a circumferentially disposed thread protrusion for threaded engagement with a lid for covering the frangible seal, said thread protrusion being periodically interrupted to allow gas transfer between said vent and the atmosphere when said lid is sealingly engaged with said neck portion; and wherein said closure includes a plurality of spacer protrusions for spacing said lid away from said vent thereby allowing gas transfer between said vent and the atmosphere when said lid is sealingly engaged with said neck portion.