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EP1099663B1 - Tête de soutirage pour de boissons sous pression de gaz - Google Patents

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EP1099663B1
EP1099663B1 EP00123505A EP00123505A EP1099663B1 EP 1099663 B1 EP1099663 B1 EP 1099663B1 EP 00123505 A EP00123505 A EP 00123505A EP 00123505 A EP00123505 A EP 00123505A EP 1099663 B1 EP1099663 B1 EP 1099663B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0829—Keg connection means
    • B67D1/0831—Keg connection means combined with valves
    • B67D1/0832—Keg connection means combined with valves with two valves disposed concentrically

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  • the invention relates to a dispensing head for removing gas pressure standing drinks placed on a container, for example a barrel, can be put on.
  • WO 95/11191 the headspace ventilation is solved in such a way that about a vent hole in the headspace switched with a slide of the dispensing head is vented in the cut-off state.
  • the tap head seal is from the slide raised, thus venting the head space of the dispensing head. Also at several seals are required in this embodiment. It can it cannot be excluded that the beverage to be pumped in the housing is abducted.
  • the present invention has for its object to a tap head create that is designed so that the headspace is eliminated and therefore none Headspace ventilation is required.
  • the tap head according to the invention has several advantages. So there is no product in the housing carried off.
  • the tap head according to the invention also has at least two seals less than previous tap heads, and a special one Headspace ventilation is not required because the dispensing head according to the invention is self-venting.
  • the Dispensing head from a housing 1, in which a locking bolt 2 is arranged is connected to the housing 1 by means of a fastening screw 3 is.
  • the locking bolt 2 surrounds a slide 4, which means a lever 5 can be moved up and down and so the slide 4 in the knocked-off position (Fig. 1) and in the knocked-on position (Fig. 2) can bring.
  • a driver 6 is located on the actuating lever 5 provided, which engages in a circumferential groove 7 on the slide 4.
  • a connection 8 is also provided for the beverage conveying to the outlet, which opens into a beverage channel 9 between the locking bolt 2 and the slide 4.
  • the actuating lever 5 is connected via a leg spring 10 to a locking lever 11 which in the upper position engages in the locking bore 12 and in the lower position in the locking bore 13 and thus fixes the slide in these two end positions.
  • a CO 2 hose connection 14 is also arranged, in the expanded rear part of which a check valve 15 with a connection and actuating bolt 16 is arranged.
  • the CO 2 switch 17 has a cut or a groove which engages in a switch or switch guide 18 in the housing. Following the check valve 15, a delivery channel 20 for the CO 2 gas is provided between the slide 4 and the plunger 19 movable downward with the slide 4.
  • a flange seal 21 is provided on the lower part of the housing 1, the in the stripped position of the dispensing head the beverage container from Slider 4 seals.
  • the locking lever 11 is locked in the locking bore 12 in the cut-off position, as a result of which the slide 4 is held in its upper position.
  • the CO 2 switch 17 is held in this position by the switch or switch guide 18, so that no conveying gas can escape through the conveying channel 20. From this position it can be seen that the dispensing head according to the invention does not have any head space that should be vented.
  • the beverage channel 9 and the beverage line connection 8 are closed in this position via the locking bolt 2.
  • the O-ring seal 19a provided at the lower end of the tappet 19 seals the tappet 19 from the locking bolt 2.
  • the dispensing head according to the invention is pushed onto the container connection when pouring out. Thereafter, the slide 4 is connected to the plunger 19 located thereon by means of the actuating lever 5 via the driver 5 and brought into the dispensing position via the groove 7 and locked in the locking bore 13 via the locking lever 11.
  • the CO 2 switch 17 is pushed in the direction of the actuating bolt 16, and the check valve 15 is opened so that conveying gas (CO 2 ) can flow via the conveying channel 20 into the barrel via the CO 2 hose connection 14.
  • This overpressure then, when the tap is opened, ensures that the beverage can flow past the locking bolt 2 through the beverage channel 9 via the beverage line connection 8 to the tap and from there into the glass.
  • the gas inlet into the beverage container is compressed by the flange seal 21 and sealed by the slide. If you knock off the dispensing head, the slide 4 with the plunger 19 is lifted off the seal 21, and the pressure that had built up for the beverage delivery is immediately reduced.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 Another embodiment of the results from FIGS Dispensing head according to FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • a flexible cuff 22 provided at the lower end has a sealing bead 23.

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  1. Tête de soutirage pour le prélèvement de boissons sous pression de gaz, comprenant un boulon de fermeture (2), logé dans un boítier (1), qui est entouré par un robinet-vanne (4), qui peut être déplacé vers le haut et vers le bas dans la position de butée au moyen d'un levier de commande (5), et un branchement à CO2 (14) pour le gaz transporteur, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu entre le boulon de fermeture (2) et le robinet-vanne (4) qui l'entoure un branchement (8) pour la boisson allant vers la sortie, qui débouche dans un canal pour boissons (9) entre le boulon de fermeture (2) et le robinet-vanne (4) et le robinet-vanne (4) se termine dans un coulisseau (19), qui présente sur l'extrémité inférieure un joint torique d'étanchéité (19a), qui étanche le coulisseau (19) par rapport au boulon de fermeture (2) dans la position décrochée de la tête de soutirage, et en ce que sur le coulisseau (4) est disposé un branchement pour CO2 (14), dans la partie arrière élargie duquel est disposé un clapet antiretour (15), le branchement pour CO2 (14) présentant un interrupteur à CO2 (17), qui commande le clapet antiretour (15) avec un boulon de branchement et de commande (16) et en ce que le clapet antiretour (15) débouche dans un canal de transport de gaz (20) dans le robinet-vanne (4), le gaz de CO2 aboutit à l'intérieur du fût dans l'état accroché de la tête de soutirage et relie le canal transporteur de gaz à l'atmosphère dans l'état décroché avec un clapet antiretour (15) fermé.
  2. Tête de soutirage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'interrupteur à CO2 (17) présente une rainure de guidage, qui coopère avec un guide de commutation ou d'interrupteur (18) dans le boítier (1) lors du mouvement ascendant et descendant du levier de commande (5), le levier de commande (5) fermant le clapet antiretour (15) dans la position décrochée ou supérieure et le levier de commande (5) ouvrant le clapet antiretour (15) dans la position inférieure et accrochée.
  3. Tête de soutirage selon les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée en ce que le levier de commande (5) est relié par un ressort à branche (10) à un levier d'arrêt (11), qui s'engage dans la position supérieure dans un alésage d'arrêt (12) et dans la position inférieure dans un alésage d'arrêt (13).
  4. Tête de soutirage selon les revendications 1, 2 et 3, caractérisée en ce que, à la place du joint à bride (21), une manchette (22) flexible avec un renflement (23) est disposée sur l'extrémité inférieure du robinet-vanne (4).
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ATE231475T1 (de) 2003-02-15
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