BE1019547A3 - DEVICE FOR FACILITATING BOTTLE LIQUID SERVICE. - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for facilitating the service of water or other liquid in bottles. To this end, the device according to the invention comprises a pouring spout, means capable of fixing said device to the neck of said bottle, means for supporting said bottle and means allowing the gripping and handling of the assembly of said device and of said bottle supported and fixed to said device.

Description

Title of the invention:

Device for facilitating the service of bottled liquids.

Technical Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a device for facilitating the service of water or other liquid in bottles. Therefore, this device is an aid to the service and ceremonial of the art of the table.

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Background of the state of the art of the invention:

Currently, drinks, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, such as for example still or sparkling water, fruit juices, soft drinks, wines etc. are usually contained i in containers (such as bottles) sometimes quite heavy, not rigid or slippery.

In addition, these containers are often placed in the middle of a crowded table.

Work on existing ergonomics more for small individual bottles, small container.

As a result, the filling of glasses directly with the bottles is sometimes difficult, and not very elegant, often taking support on the edge of the glass. As a result, for example, there is often a neck a little too generous at the first service.

To solve this problem, it is possible to use carafe such as carafes or pitchers, but these have the disadvantage that they require the boy to transfer or transfer the liquid contained in said bottle in the aforementioned carafe. It goes without saying that this manipulation of transfer complicates the service and takes a lot of time.

To solve the latter problem, it has been proposed devices for example metal that support liquid containers during service.

The state of the art also includes spouts that are placed directly on the bottle neck to facilitate emptying said bottles.

Examples of such devices are disclosed in community model repository nr 000 828934-0004.

Unfortunately, these devices are not entirely satisfactory, since the problems associated with the weight of the bottles are not solved. In addition, the disadvantages resulting from the slippery appearance of the bottles, and / or the lack of rigidity of the bottles also remain.

In view of the drawbacks of the prior art, the present applicant has sought a technical solution which avoids the mentioned drawbacks in an efficient, fast and durable manner and without the practitioner - in this particular case the boy - having to perform complex manipulations.

To this end, the present applicant has devised and embodied the present invention to overcome these defects and to achieve other advantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the invention is in fact to return to a bottle all the advantages associated with the use of a carafe. If one could achieve this object at first sight contradictory, it would result directly that the intrinsic advantages of using a carafe are used full, without the need to transfer the contents of bottles to arrive at this end.

In other words, the object of the invention is therefore to technically transform a bottle into a carafe.

The invention is presented and characterized in the main claim, while the dependent claims describe other features of the invention.

In other words, the object of the invention is to provide a device for the table dispensing of liquids contained in a bottle which is practical, functional and compact and which can be used under conditions of safety for the user. .

I Brief description and presentation of the drawings

The advantages, characteristics and others of the invention will be evident from the following description of a preferred embodiment, given by way of indicative and nonlimiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings. on which ones :

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire device according to the invention and a bottle of water.

Figure 2 also shows a perspective view of this assembly, viewed from a different angle.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the various constituent elements of the device according to the invention, according to a first variant (no screw)

Figure 4 is also a schematic view showing these elements, according to a second embodiment according to the invention (clip).

FIG. 5 is a schematic view according to a third variant according to the invention, (universal rubber)

Figures 6, 7 and 8 show details of the rubber used in the variants illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 respectively.

Detailed description of a preferred embodiment.

The device according to the invention for facilitating the service of bottled liquid comprises the following means: a spout; means capable of securing said device to the neck of said bottle; means for supporting said bottle; a means combining the spout with the two aforementioned means, and allowing the capture and handling of all of said device and said bottle.

Advantageously, the device according to the invention is characterized in that the means combining the spout with the two other aforementioned means, and allowing the capture and handling of said assembly takes the form of a loop.

According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the means for supporting said bottle takes the form of an open or closed ring adapted to the diameter of said bottle.

And so by simple placement on said neck, to firmly place a single object, the device according to the invention, to the bottle and to allow the lifting and the desired inclination and progressive of the bottle by the handle to perform the controlled flow of liquid through the spout.

The materials used to manufacture the device according to the invention are known per se; the skilled person can easily select clean materials such as plastic, composite, metal, stainless steel, aluminum, or silver. The material to be memory-shaped, rigid and non-toxic.

In practice, there are two kinds of bottleneck on the market, namely no screws or hem.

This implies that there are several variants or means for fixing the device according to the invention to the bottle. Generally, the means capable of fixing said device to the neck of the bottle comprises at least one of the following fixing elements: no screw, rubber clip, clamshell clip, universal rubber.

Figure 3 is a schematic view showing the various components of the device according to the invention, according to the variant or the means fixing the device to the bottle comprises a thread.

In this situation, the device is simply screwed onto the neck of the bottle.

Advantageously, in this case, moreover, a single rubber seal is used.

Preferably, the sealing rubber is made of a material of silicone, polyurethane, or natural rubber.

These materials can also advantageously be used in such rubbers; as described below, for the other variants of the devices according to the invention.

Although the threads on the bottles are not always the same, there is no need for a specific thread.

The stability and strength of the assembly created by this fastening means is largely satisfactory under practical conditions.

Figure 4 is a schematic view also showing the constituent elements of the device according to the invention, according to the variant or the means fixing the device to the bottle is made by clip. This means is generally practiced for bottle neck hem.

These are for example the bottles of the following brands of water: Evian, Badoit, San Pellegrino.

This variant includes two alternatives: the rubber clip and the clapper clip.

In the first alternative, the device is clip on the neck through the rubber ring that is housed in the throat of the hem.

A sealing rubber is also advantageously added.

In this variant of the invention, the strength and stability may vary depending on the size of the neck.

Figure 6 is an illustration of the rubber as used in this alternative; this rubber is suitable for all types of bottles with bottleneck (all brands).

In the second alternative, namely the clapper clip, the device is held on the neck by a valve fixed in central axis on the base of the spout.

To be more precise, it folds under the neck and compresses a thick rubber sealing.

This system is specific to each brand or neck measurement, and this system can also work with a screw bottle.

The outfit is always perfect.

Figure 7 shows an illustration of the rubber as used in this alternative; this rubber is suitable for a type of bottle hem specific to each brand or each hem profile.

According to a third variant according to the invention, the fixing means comprises a universal rubber. A schematic view of this latter variant is shown in Figure 5.

This system works equally well for bottles with hem or thread.

In this case, the fixing means of said device comprises a rubber, for example made of silicone, made inside small picot with an inclination and an angle to the right and up. This specificity makes it easy to fit any kind of neck.

Once inside the rubber (thanks to a small cut in the small pimples) with a slight rotation vers the left the silicone will compress against the neck. A new rotation to the right will release the bottle. The rubber has a first sealing ring. In this case, the outfit is perfect on all types of bottle.

Figure 8 shows a perspective view of this type of universal rubber, in a sectional view of said rubber. As indicated above, the rubber may be made of any elastomeric material, such as silicone, but also advantageously of natural rubber or polyurethane.

Advantageously, but optionally, the dimensions of the device according to the invention have at least one of the following characteristics: the length of the device, calculated from the lowest part, in particular the support means of the bottle up to the upper part of the device, namely the spout, comprises about 30 cm; the means combining the spout with two other means of the device according to the invention, and allowing the capture and handling of all of said device and said bottle, is about 20 cm; the diameter of the means capable of fixing said device to the neck of said bottle is about 3 cm.

the means for supporting the bottle, preferably an open or closed ring, comprises a diameter of about 9 cm;

It goes without saying that these dimensions are given as approximate and non-limiting. It goes without saying that the shape of the support means of the bottle is generally circular, but can take any other form, for example a rectangular format.

It is obvious, however, that modifications and / or additions may be made to the device as heretofore described, but these must remain within the scope and scope of the invention.

For example, the bottle support means may have components different from those shown and described herein and the ring may be replaced by another functionally equivalent member.

Claims (9)

Revendications: 1. Dispositif pour faciliter le service de liquid en bouteille, ledit dispositif comprenant: - un bec verseur; - un-capable capable of fixing the disposable item in the drawer bouteille; - un moyen pour soutenir ladite bouteille; - an alliance le bec verseur aux deux moyens précités, et permettant la saisie et le maniement de l'ensemble dudit dispositif et de ladite bouteille. 2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé and ce que le moyen alliant le bec verseur aux deux autres moyens précités, and permettant la saisie et le maniement dudit ensemble prend la forme d'une anse. 3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé and ce que le moyen pour saltsir ladite bouteille prend la forme d'un anneau ouvert ou fermé, adapté au diamètre de ladite bouteille. 4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé and ce que le moyen capable of the fixer ledit dispositif au goulot de ladite bouteille comporte au moins un desléements the fixation suivants: adjust the fish, clip caoutchouc, clip à clapet, caoutchouc universal. 5. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, caractérisé and ce que ledit moyen the fixation comprend and outre un caoutchouc d'étanchéité. 6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé and ce que le caoutchouc d'étanchéité est fabriqué and matériau de silicone. 7. Dispositif selon une des revendications 4 to 7, caractérisé and ce que, lorsque la bouteille précitée est munie d'un pas de vis, le dispositif vis sur le goulot de la bouteille. 8. Dispositif selon une des revendications 4 to 7, caractérisé and ce que, lorsque la bouteille précitée est munie d'un goulot à ourlet, le dispositif se clip sur le goulot de la bouteille grâce à un anneau de caoutchouc se logeant dans la gorge the "oulet ou est maintenu sur le goulot" the ladite bouteille for a clapet fixé and the ax central sur la base du bec verseur. 9. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé and ce que le moyen de fixation dudit dispositif comporte un caoutchouc and silicone, fait à l'intérieur de petits picot avec une inclinaison et un angle allant fresh la droite et vers le haut, permettant de faire rentrer facilement toute sorte de goulot.