(under subclass 311) Filling apparatus which involve a penetrating or piercing means, which is supply means carried, receiver carried or a receiver adjunct means carried for piercing some part of the system to thereby establish a flow path between the supply means and the receiver.
(1) Note. A knife-edged valve has been classified on the basis of other claimed features.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19, for the filling or refilling of dispensers involving a cutter or punch for a gas pressure cartridge.
98, for filling combinations including a separate punch.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
53, Package Making, 513+, for package making machines having means to cut the contents material.
222, Dispensing,
80+, for dispensers having cutters and/or punches, especially subclass 80 for means for cutting the contents material, and see the search notes to subclass 80 and the class definition of Class 222. See also (1) Note above.
