EP0334697B1 - Kombination mit Schutzvorrichtung für ein Fassventil - Google Patents

Kombination mit Schutzvorrichtung für ein Fassventil Download PDF

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EP0334697B1
EP0334697B1 EP89400565A EP89400565A EP0334697B1 EP 0334697 B1 EP0334697 B1 EP 0334697B1 EP 89400565 A EP89400565 A EP 89400565A EP 89400565 A EP89400565 A EP 89400565A EP 0334697 B1 EP0334697 B1 EP 0334697B1
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Guy Breger
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/06—Deformable or tearable wires, strings, or strips; Use of seals, e.g. destructible locking pins
    • B65D55/08—Annular elements encircling container necks
    • B65D55/0818—Destructible or permanently removable bands, e.g. adhesive
    • B65D55/0854—Shrink-film bands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/62—Secondary protective cap-like outer covers for closure members

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  • the present invention relates to an assembly according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Certain drinks and in particular beer are packaged in returnable metal barrels. Although there are barrels of different capacities, their format and capacity are being standardized.
  • Such a stainless steel beer keg is shown in the cut-out view of FIG. 1.
  • This barrel 1 consists of a side wall 2 provided with reinforcing ribs 3, 4, two bottoms 5, 6 one of which (6) is equipped with a nozzle 7 provided with the valve 8.
  • This valve not shown in detail, is accessible from the front face of the nozzle 7 and is extended by a dip tube 9 which is used for withdrawing or filling the liquid.
  • the end piece 7 protrudes from the bottom 6 over a certain height which is nevertheless less than the height of the edge 10 of the barrel.
  • the barrels are often handled in a very violent way, whether full or empty.
  • valve When drilling, the valve is connected to the counter piping and fittings.
  • the valve includes precision mechanics and seals. This valve is the essential and most fragile element of the beer keg.
  • Figure 2 shows, in section, the shape of the valve, the description of which will not be detailed.
  • valve Due to the paramount importance of the valve which must not leak and allow liquid or gas to escape during storage or transport, the valve is checked very carefully when the barrels are returned to the brewery.
  • the capsule which has a particular shape, is suitable for only one valve dimension.
  • the aluminum caps which protect the known valve ends, are aluminum parts cut from a strip which is embossed on the packaging date.
  • the piece of aluminum foil is cutting for the hands handling it as for the valve that the cape is supposed to protect.
  • the lower part of the sleeve is torn while the upper part remains attached to the washer and forms a cap.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks and to propose creating a device for protecting a keg valve, in particular beer keg, making it possible to effectively protect the valve against all damage, which can be adapted to valves and valve tips of different dimensions, and allows to have indications relating to the contents of the barrel, even after it has been pierced.
  • the invention relates to a protection device of the above type, characterized by the features of the first claim.
  • This device is set up in a very simple manner and automatically or manually, and it suffices to place the plate on the valve and then to fit the heat-shrinkable sleeve over the end of the valve and over the plate.
  • the sleeve is then retracted, for example using a stream of hot air.
  • the sleeve traps the plate and hangs on the end piece.
  • the plate has a shape corresponding to that of the valve or the nozzle, that is to say, in general, a circular shape. However, if other forms of tip should exist, it is simple to make a plate of different shape.
  • the plate does not have to project beyond the front face of the nozzle fitted with the valve, it is possible to use the same plate for different types of barrels.
  • the indications relating to the product contained in the barrel can be printed or marked on the sleeve.
  • This printing can be done flat, before making the sleeve.
  • the tube is itself reeled and cut to the length of the sleeves in the automatic positioning machine or manually if this positioning is done in this way.
  • the tear strip is precut or more generally made in the strip before or after printing, so that the sleeve, even before heat shrinking, comprises this tear strip. This facilitates the intervention of the user who pierces the barrel; this one does not have to use particular tools and in particular of knife.
  • the user has, at any time, the indications relating to the product contained in the barrel. It can know its exact nature, its date of placing in the barrel, etc ... For the manufacturer, this simplifies the packaging because it does not have to stick a label on the bottom of the barrel, label which, when the barrels are stored outside, risk of being damaged by the rain or even that must be removed when returning the kegs since the keg does not necessarily always receive the same type of product or beer.
  • the protection device consists of a cover plate 11 placed on the valve 8 carried by the tubular end piece 7 secured to the bottom 6 of the barrel.
  • the device also includes a heat-shrinkable sleeve 12 covering the wafer 11, the end piece 7 and the valve 8 to keep the wafer 11 applied against the front face of the end piece 7 over the valve 8.
  • FIG. 3 shows the protection device (11, 12) after its installation.
  • This sleeve 12 is preferably made of a mono-oriented synthetic material and in particular of polyvinyl chloride PVC.
  • the wafer 11 is generally a wafer of circular shape and of a diameter slightly smaller than the upper edge of the end piece and of the valve 7, 8. It can also have other shapes if, in particular cases, the tip should have a polygonal or other shape.
  • Figure 5 shows a perspective view of a sleeve 12 after its completion.
  • the sleeve 12 it is preferable, to produce the sleeve 12, from a strip of heat-shrinkable material, to print this strip by providing it with information 13 relating to the nature of the product, its date of manufacture or of packaging, etc. ... It is also advantageous to provide the strip with precut transverse lines 14 as well as with a tear strip 15.
  • the tear strip 15 preferably joins the upper edge 16 of the future sleeve 12 with transverse precut 14.
  • the strip is folded back so that these edges 17, 18 overlap and are glued to form a sleeve.
  • the sleeve is then preferably wound on a reel and is cut off when it is used. This gives the flat sleeve 12 appearing in FIG. 5.
  • the lower part 19 may comprise a tear strip 21 starting from the lower edge 22 of the sleeve and arriving up to the transverse precut 14.
  • This strip 21 is non-aligned with the tear strip 15.
  • the tear strip 21 makes it easy to remove the lower part 19 without the need for tools.
  • the tear strips 15, 21 are not located in the extension of each other, there is no risk that when removing the tear strip 15, it is also detached the lower part 19 of the sleeve.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
  • Massaging Devices (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Liquid Developers In Electrophotography (AREA)
  • Endoscopes (AREA)
  • Storage Of Web-Like Or Filamentary Materials (AREA)
  • Magnetically Actuated Valves (AREA)
  • Rolls And Other Rotary Bodies (AREA)
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  • Pens And Brushes (AREA)
  • Polymers With Sulfur, Phosphorus Or Metals In The Main Chain (AREA)

Claims (2)

  1. Kombination aus einem Faßventil, insbesondere für ein Bierfaß, aus einem das Ventil tragenden Anschlußstück, welches ein Oberteil und ein über den Deckel des Fasses vorstehendes Unterteil aufweist, und aus einer Schutzvorrichtung zum Schutz des Ventils, gekennzeichnet durch folgende Merkmale:
    - eine Abdeckplakette (11) in Scheibenform, die auf dem Ventil (8) des rohrförmigen Anschlußstücks (7) angeordnet ist, um das Ventil (8) gegen Stöße und das Licht zu schützen,
    - eine thermoschrumpfbare Hülse (12), die vor der Schrumpfung eine die Länge des das Ventil tragenden Anschlußstücks übertreffende Länge aufweist, um die Plakette (11), das Anschlußstück (7) und das Ventil (8) zu umschließen und um um das Anschlußstück (7) und die Plakette (11) zum Festlegen der Plakette (11) auf dem Anschlußstück (7) thermogeschrumpft zu werden,
    - die Abdeckplakette (11) ist eine Scheibe mit einem Durchmesser, der geringfügig geringer als der Außendurchmesser des Ventils (8) und/oder des Anschlußstücks (7) ist,
    - die Hülse (12) umfaßt eine in Querrichtung verlaufende Sollbruchlinie (14), die sie in einen unteren Teil (19), der Aufschriften trägt, auf dem unteren Teil des Anschlußstücks verbleibt und die Identifikation des Fasses ermöglicht, und einen oberen Teil (20) trennt, der den oberen Teil des Anschlußstücks (7) und die Schutzplakette (11) des Ventils (8) umschließt,
    - wobei der oberen Teil (20) ein Aufreißband (15) umfaßt, welches nur bis zu der Sollbruchlinie (14) verläuft.
  2. Kombination nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der untere Teil (19) der Hülse (12) ein Aufreißband (21) umfaßt, welches sich vom unteren Rand (22) bis zu der in Querrichtung verlaufenden Sollbruchlinie (14) erstreckt und nicht mit dem Aufreißband (15) in dem oberen Teil (20) der Hülse fluchtet.
EP89400565A 1988-03-22 1989-03-01 Kombination mit Schutzvorrichtung für ein Fassventil Expired - Lifetime EP0334697B1 (de)

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FR8803710 1988-03-22
FR8803710A FR2629054B1 (fr) 1988-03-22 1988-03-22 Dispositif de protection d'une valve de fut

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FI (1) FI97365C (de)
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GR (1) GR3007090T3 (de)
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FR2776626B1 (fr) 1998-03-26 2000-04-28 Breger Emballages Sa Element de protection amovible d'une partie en saillie d'un produit et procede de realisation d'un tel element
FR3052232B1 (fr) * 2016-06-07 2018-11-16 Air Liquide Sante Int Manchon thermo-retractable pour bloc robinet de recipient de gaz

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FR10643E (fr) * 1909-08-14 Maurice Galup Mode de capsulage des récipients à l'aide de capsules à fond ouvert et ses applications
GB432659A (en) * 1934-04-25 1935-07-31 James Henry Edward Francis Improvements in or relating to closures for sheet metal drums, kegs and like receptacles
GB847354A (en) * 1955-06-30 1960-09-07 Sankey & Sons Ltd Joseph Improvements in or relating to containers for liquids
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DK126189D0 (da) 1989-03-15
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IE890886L (en) 1989-09-22
FR2629054A1 (fr) 1989-09-29
FI97365B (fi) 1996-08-30
DK126189A (da) 1989-09-23
DE68903977D1 (de) 1993-02-04
ES2036808T3 (es) 1993-06-01
FR2629054B1 (fr) 1990-08-03
PT90067B (pt) 1994-03-31
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