DE8608406U1 - Transport barrel for liquids, especially for beer - Google Patents

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The invention relates to a drinking barrel for liquids, in particular for beer, with a barrel body and a tapping socket provided in the barrel body, a non-return valve is attached to the dispensing socket »the non-return valve is preferably one that protrudes into the interior of the barrel body Has a cage-like holder, a non-return spring, a valve body I and a valve insert, the valve insert in the tapping bush | is inserted and a central tap opening and a tap opening | has on the inside surrounding valve seat and the valve body 1 can be pressed against the valve seat in a sealing manner by the non-return spring. j

, Transport barrels of the type in question are available in various designs

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known. In earlier times, the material used for the barrel body was · \

mostly wood, but nowadays the barrel body is more often made of stainless steel, |

Aluminum or the like, with a correspondingly stable inner container |

and a preferred f which partially or completely surrounds the inner container

wise made of plastic outer jacket is provided .. Each trans-; portfaß has at least one tapping socket provided in the barrel through which

the liquid can be tapped from the transport drum. For tapping,

serve dispensing devices, usually referred to as tap. PTO ·

Bushings and dispensing devices are standardized with regard to their dimensions ^i:

(DIN 6649). :;

The known, previously explained transport barrel has a | on the tapping socket (Check valve open. This has the advantage that even after the first tap of the transport barrel a dispensing device can be removed from the transport barrel again without the liquid flowing out of the dispensing opening and j flows out in a controlled manner. j

In addition, of course, transport barrels without a non-return valve are still very good widespread, i.e. transport barrels in which the tapping socket is closed by a simple stopper made of natural cork, plastic, rubber or the like is. Solenoid valve plugs with the same dimensions are also in the prior art Tjchnik known.

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It has been shown that the wishes of the producers, especially the Breweries for beer are different in terms of the equipment of their transport kegs for liquids. While a variety of producers happy to supply a transport container with a non-return valve on the nozzle

I , this is not welcomed by some producers, the latter |

insist on the traditional use of normal stoppers, well but so far a transport barrel with a check valve on the tapping socket cannot be used with a stopper and vice versa. That is in particular the fact that the diameter of the nozzle when a check valve is present is greater than the - standardized - diameter of a normal * len dispensing socket for a plug. So far, depending on the wishes of the producers at least two different types of transport barrels can be delivered.

The invention is now based on the object of the known transport drum for liquids, especially for beer, to be designed and developed in such a way that, depending on the wishes of the respective producer of the liquid, in particular of the respective brewery, can be tapped differently.

The transport keg according to the invention for liquids, in particular for beer, in which the above-mentioned object is achieved, is characterized in that the valve insert is inserted removably in the journal socket and that the tap opening in the valve insert in diameter with the normal Displacement sockets for normal plugs. According to the invention it has been recognized that in a non-return valve attached to the dispensing socket existing valve insert is ideally suited to be used as a kind of adapter for different taps. To do this must this valve insert is only inserted in a removable manner in the dispensing socket and the tap opening in the valve insert must be dimensioned in diameter so that a normal stopper made of natural cork, plastic or rubber can be taken. In this way it is possible to have a unified To deliver transport drum for liquids to all producers. Is a pro

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duzent with the equipment of the transport barrel with check valve not agree, he only has to remove the valve insert in the tapping socket, the valve body and the non-return spring of the non-return valve or pull the entire check valve out of the nozzle and insert the valve insert back into the nozzle. With these few The transport barrel with a check valve on the tapping socket is transformed into a transport barrel with a normal stopper.

There are now various possibilities for designing and developing the teaching of the present invention. For this purpose, reference is made to the dependent claims, on the other hand this result Advantageous * ^J th developments also from the following description of preferred

Embodiments of the invention based on the drawing. In the drawing shows

Fig. 1 in a schematic representation, partially in section, a first Embodiment of a transport barrel according to the invention,

Fig. 2 shows the area of a tapping socket in a considerably enlarged representation a transport barrel according to FIG. 1,

Fig. 3 in Fig. 2 corresponding representation, the transport barrel without valve body and non-return spring of the non-return valve,

Fig. 4 shows a valve insert of a transport drum according to the invention in perspective representation,

Fig. 5 shows a holder of a check valve of an inventive Transport barrel in perspective and

6 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a transport drum according to the invention in a representation corresponding to FIG. 2.

Fig. Ί shows an inventive transport barrel 1 for liquids, in particular for beer. The transport barrel 1 shown here initially has

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a barrel body 2. In the embodiment shown here has the barrel body 2 has an inner container 3 made of stainless steel, aluminum or another suitable material and the inner container 3 completely surrounding outer jacket 4 made of plastic, shown here and preferred Embodiment made of a tough elastic rigid foam.

In the usual way, the transport barrel 1 shown in Fig. 1 in the barrel

body 2 a dispensing socket 5. This dispensing socket 5 is shown here

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Fafrkörpers 2 embedded, connected to the inner container 3 in a pressure-tight manner

. and is itself made of metal. A non-return valve is attached to the tapping socket 5

til 6 attached.

FIG. 2 shows the area of the tapping bush 5 of the transport drum 1 from FIG. 1 in an enlarged view. It can be clearly seen that here the check valve 6 is a protruding into the interior of the barrel body 2, in the illustrated and Preferred embodiment, a cage-like design bracket 7, arranged in the bracket 7, in the illustrated and preferred embodiment Non-return spring 8 designed as a helical compression spring, a valve body 9 and a valve insert 10. Im shown and preferred In the exemplary embodiment, the valve body 9 is designed in the shape of a truncated cone. The valve insert 10 has a central Zapföffrvjng 11 and a the tap opening 11 on the inside surrounding valve seat 12 with z ^ mi valve body 9 matching design. The valve body 9 is sealed against the valve seat 12 on the valve insert 10 by the return spring 8 pushable.

The tapping bush 5 has a groove-shaped roughening or an internal thread 13, into which a tapping device, not shown in the figures, can be knocked or screwed. Through the dispensing device the valve body 9 of the check valve 6 can be pushed back into the holder 7 against the spring force of the check spring 8, so that liquid can flow from the interior of the barrel body 2 through the dispensing device to the outside. Removed

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if the dispensing device is removed from the dispensing socket 5, the check valve closes 6 by itself.

Normally, a transport barrel 1, which is attached to the dispensing socket 5, has a check valve 8, cannot be closed with a normal stopper 14, as is shown schematically and by way of example in FIG. 2 below. Such a stopper 14 must namely be driven into the interior of the barrel body 2 can be if you attach a dispensing device. According to the invention, this possibility is now opened up by the fact that the valve insert 10 is inserted removably in the dispensing socket 5 and that the dispensing opening 11 in the valve insert 10 has the same diameter as the normal dispensing sockets for normal stopper 14 is the same. Fig. 3 shows what is possible with this construction in the preferred embodiment shown here is. After removing the valve insert 10, the valve body 9 with the non-return spring 8 can be removed from the holder 7 of the non-return valve 6 can be pulled out. Thereafter, the valve insert 10 can be reinserted into the tapping socket 5, so that the one shown in FIG Situation results, because of the adjustment of the diameter of the tap opening 11 in the valve insert 10 at the - standardized - diameter of normal tapping sockets 5 for normal stoppers 14 can be inserted into a tapping socket modified in this way 5 a normal plug 14 can be driven in.

For the removable use of the valve insert 10 in the tapping socket 5 there are now different options. First of all, it is possible for the valve insert to be screwed into the tapping socket.

In the illustrated in Fig. 2 and preferred embodiment is a Another construction is chosen, which is characterized in that the tapping bushing 5 has an inner annular groove 15 on the outside of the valve insert 10 and in the inner annular groove 15, a resilient locking ring 16 is inserted. Such a resilient locking ring 16 is also as Seeger ring known. The material of the ring 16 is mostly spring steel. The valve insert 10 is held firmly and sealingly in the tapping socket 5 by the locking ring 16.

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The adapter-like construction of the valve insert 10 of the invention It corresponds to the transport drum 1 to a particular degree if the valve insert 10 is designed in two parts, as is shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 in particular can be clearly seen. The valve insert 10 here has a valve seat 12 comprising an elastic, sealing material Inner part 17 and an outer part which forms the outside and the tap opening 11 and consists of hard, preferably metallic material 18 on. In the preferred embodiment shown in FIG This is a composite construction with an inner part 17 made of rubber and an outer part 18 made of stainless steel, the inner part 17 is vulcanized onto the outer part 18. Here would be of course also other constructions with plastic / metal combinations and possibly conceivable using an adhesive.

1 to 4 show an embodiment of an inventive Transport drum 1, in which the holder 7 of the check valve 6 remains in the interior of the drum body 2 in each case. The bracket 7 of the check valve 6 is here firmly connected to the power take-off bushing 5, possibly even made in one piece with the power take-off bushing 5. In contrast, shows 6 shows an alternative in which the check valve 6 as a whole is pulled out of the tapping socket 5 after the valve insert 10 has been removed can be. In this case, the holder 7 of the check valve 6 has a circumferential outer flange 19 which is attached to a corresponding inner flange 20 of the tapping socket 5 comes to rest. The holder 7 is fixed to this inner flange 20 with the aid of the valve insert 10.

If the holder 7 is not, as shown in FIG. 6, also out of the tapping socket removable, but if the holder 7 remains, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, in the interior of the barrel body 2, the holder 7 must be designed in this way be that after removal of the return spring 8 and the valve body 9, an inwardly driven plug 14 does not get caught in the holder 7. For this purpose, the holder 7 according to the invention has a large plug outlet opening 21 at least on one side. This is particularly clear in FIG. 5

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shown. In Fig. 5, the plug outlet opening 21 is on a longitudinal side the holder 7 arranged. The plug outlet opening could very well can also be arranged on the end face of the holder 7 opposite the valve seat 12, so that the plug 14 axially out of the holder 7 could be driven out.

FIG. 5 shows a check valve 6 for a cage-like holder 7 a preferred construction, which is characterized in that the retaining ring 7 has a trough-like shape opposite the valve seat 12 Bottom 22 and a plurality of this bottom 22 with the tapping socket 5 connecting Has longitudinal struts 23 and at least the distance between two longitudinal struts 23 is greater than the width of a normal plug 14. The holder 7 constructed in this way is, on the one hand, suitable for securely holding the non-return spring 8, and, on the other hand, leaves a plug 14 easy exit to the side.

Overall, according to the invention, a transport barrel 1 is designed so that it depending on the wishes of the respective producer, especially the respective one Brewery that can be tapped in different ways. With a few simple steps convert the transport barrel 1 according to the invention with regard to the tap.

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i GesfhuysoriUVon pipe protection claims: 1. Transport barrel for liquids, especially for beer, with a barrel body and a dispensing socket provided in the barrel body, with the dispensing socket a check valve is attached, the check valve is an in the inside of the barrel body projecting, preferably cage-like holder, a non-return spring, a valve body and a valve insert has, the valve insert is inserted into the dispensing socket and has a central tap opening and a valve seat surrounding the tap opening on the inside, and the valve body by the non-return spring can be pressed against the valve seat in a sealing manner, characterized in that that the valve insert (10) is inserted removably in the tapping socket (5) and that the tap opening (11) in the valve insert (10) in diameter with the normal dispensing sleeves (5) for normal Plug (14) matches. 2. Transport barrel according to claim 1, characterized in that the valve insert is screwed into the tapping socket. 3. Transport barrel according to claim 1, characterized in that the tapping socket (5) an inner ring groove on the outside of the valve insert (10) (15) and in the inner annular groove (15) a resilient locking ring (16) is inserted. 4. Transport barrel according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the valve insert (10) is designed in two parts, namely one which has the valve seat (12) and is made of elastic, sealing material Inner part (17) and an outer side and the tap opening (11) forming, consisting of hard, preferably metallic material Has outer part (18). 5. Transport barrel according to claim 4, characterized in that the inner part (17) is made of rubber or plastic. ■ * t • ι # I I I I I ti t 4 * (jjesihuyset ¹ ; & * von Rohr ' 6. Transport barrel according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the Outer part (18) consists of stainless steel. 7. Transport barrel according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the holder (7} has a circumferential outer flange (19) and the tapping socket (5) has a circumferential inner flange (20) so that the holder (7) from the outside the pin bush (5) forth until contact of the outer flange (19) is hineinsteckbar on the inner flange (20) in the pin bush (5) and that the holder (7) held in the pin socket (5) through the Ventileinsa ⁺ 7 (10) . 8. Transport barrel according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that that the holder (7) has a large plug outlet opening at least on one side (21). 9. Transport barrel according to claim 8, characterized in that the holder (7) a trough-shaped base (22) opposite the valve seat (12) and several connecting said base (22) to the tapping socket (5) Has longitudinal struts (23) and at least the distance between two longitudinal struts (23) is greater than the width of a normal stopper (14).