A CONTAINER

摘要

A hollow container having a top and a bottom and forming an internal cavity which is sized to accommodate an aseptic package, there being an opening in the container providing access to the cavity whereby the aseptic package can be inserted into the cavity and be positioned therein with its top adjacent the top of the cavity. A lid (28) operable to retain the aseptic package within the cavity when closed and puncture projections (14A, 29) which depend from the lid and project into the cavity so as to pierce the top of the aseptic package when the latter is positioned therein with its top adjacent the top of the cavity, the puncture projection (14A) forming an outlet for liquid to be drunk from within the aseptic package through the top of the container. The upper end of the outlet opens into the interior of a mouth-piece (31) through which liquid is drunk from within the aseptic package within the container when the latter is being used. A rotary shut-off valve, rotatable between an open and a closed position, could also co-operate with the outlet.