EP0377195B1 - Dispositif de distribution de boissons - Google Patents

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EP0377195B1
EP0377195B1 EP89123904A EP89123904A EP0377195B1 EP 0377195 B1 EP0377195 B1 EP 0377195B1 EP 89123904 A EP89123904 A EP 89123904A EP 89123904 A EP89123904 A EP 89123904A EP 0377195 B1 EP0377195 B1 EP 0377195B1
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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
    • B67D1/0857—Cooling arrangements
    • B67D1/0858—Cooling arrangements using compression systems
    • B67D1/0861—Cooling arrangements using compression systems the evaporator acting through an intermediate heat transfer means
    • 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
    • B67D1/04—Apparatus utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on beverages in storage containers
    • B67D1/0462—Squeezing collapsible or flexible beverage containers, e.g. bag-in-box containers

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  • the present invention relates to a liquid dispensing device according to the preamble of claim 1, mainly applicable for the dispensing of carbonated soft drinks, e.g. for homes, offices, restaurants, bars and the like.
  • the liquid dispensing device of this kind is known from GB-A-2,146,705.
  • This prior art device provides two pressure vessels for two containers, that is a propper pressure vessel is provided for each container.
  • the containers are formed by specially designed plastic bags which are arranged within the pressure vessels so as to have there outlets at the respective bottom side.
  • CO2 pressurized reservoir in the form of a pressurized vessel, which is used either to originally prepare the beverage by admixing syrups, water and the gas -- or, in other installations, to keep the dissolved gas concentration up to the desired level.
  • the use of ordinary family size carbonated soft drink plastic bottles makes the handling of the liquid dispensing device easy and makes it particularly suitable for use in privat homes.
  • the handling is furtherly made easier in particular for unskilled persons in that the bottles are placed in a normal upright position. Placing at least two bottles in a single vessel reduces the constructional effort and the costs of the device. Even if the content of an ordinary family size bottle is not cusumed in one go, the beverage does not become flat and unappetising since the CO2 or other gas mixture concentration dissolved therein is kept at a constant level.
  • the pressure vessel accommodates bottles storing different makes or brands of liquid, each selectively dispensed by its respective discharging valve.
  • the dispensing device generally denoted 10 in Fig. 1 comprises a base housing portion denoted 12 and a removable head or top housing portion 14, mounted onto and sealed against the base portion 12, e.g. by clasps 16 (only one being shown).
  • a cylindrical, open top jacket 18 is provided within the base 12 sized to accommodate an ordinary, family size plastic bottle 20 with its screw threaded neck portion 20a received within a female screw threaded depression 22 formed in the otherwise solid structure of the head 14.
  • a crescent-shaped, elastic, inflatable air cushion or balloon 30 is enclosed within the cylindrical jacket 18.
  • the cushion 30, preferably of rubber, is generally elongated and of a height substantially equal to the height of the cylindrical body portion of the bottle 20.
  • the air cushion 30 is connected to a compressor unit 40, driven by an electric motor 50; and there is further provided a refrigeration system generally denoted 60, incorporating a cooler spiral pipe 62 surrounding the jacket 18.
  • a refrigeration system generally denoted 60, incorporating a cooler spiral pipe 62 surrounding the jacket 18.
  • the beverage can thus be intermittently consumed, without any deterioration of its quality as far as its dissolved CO2 concentration is concerned, and is supplied cool by the operation of the refrigeration system 60.
  • exchanging of the bottle is easily performed by removing the head 14 (after deflating the air cushion 30, and releasing the clasps 16), unthreading the collapsed, flattened bottle, opening a new bottle and threading its head into the depression 22, and reassembling the unit.
  • a preferred embodiment of the pneumatic system is diagramatically represented.
  • the rubber air cushion 30 is connected to the compressor 40 intermediate line 41.
  • a selector valve 42 is provided, operable from outside the housing 12, for selectively admitting/relieving the pressure into/from the cushion 30 via passage ways 42a, 42b, respectively.
  • manometer 43 pressure accumulator 44, safety relief valve 45, and pressure regulating switch 51 - all according to well known design considerations and practice in equivalent systems and therefore need not be described in more detail.
  • Fig. 4 diagramatically illustrates the electrical system of the device of Fig. 1, comprising the compressor motor 50, the pressostat 51, and the refrigerator 60, connected by plug 53 to a power supply.
  • a chargeable battery 52 may be added.
  • Fig. 5 diagramatically shows the components of the refrigerating system 60, which comprises besides the compressor 63 and the cooling spiral 62, condenser 64, expansion valve 65 and refrigerant gas reservoir 66.
  • the device may be hydraulically operated in an analagous manner by filling the housing base portion 12 with water and applying air pressure above the water level. This concept is further developed in the embodiments of Figs. 6-8.
  • a further developed embodiment of the device is illustrated, designed for use with ordinary plastic bottled, soft drinks.
  • a pressure vessel 90 with an openable lid 92, which may be sealed against the inner side of the top opening of the vessel 90 by screw tightened closing devices designated 94, of a known design.
  • the vessel 90 contains three pairs of family size soft drinks bottles, denoted A1 and A2, B1 and B2, C1 and C2, connected to each other by brackets 96, 98, 100.
  • the brackets are provided with female screw threaded recesses configured to receive the mouths of the bottles, thereby establishing communication therebetween, as clearly shown with respect to the bottles A1 and A2 and the bracket 96.
  • the brackets are connected to their respective dispensing taps, namely bracket 96, via quick coupling 97 and line 102 to tap 108, and so forth.
  • the vessel 90 is filled with water, and charged with pressurized air by a compressor unit 114, as schematically shown. Under the constantly maintained hydrostatic pressure of the water, each one of the bottles tends to become squeezed, such that its contents can be discharged through its respective valves 108 - 112 when opened. In this manner, a plurality of soft drinks of different tastes can be dispensed by one and the same device, a readily achieved overall appearance and structure of which being exemplified in Fig. 9.
  • Exchanging of bottles once emptied involves the relief of the pressure from the vessel 90, disconnecting the coupling, and retrieving the used, compacted bottles with their common bracket for replacement by a pair of fresh, full bottles.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
  • Accessories For Mixers (AREA)
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Claims (4)

  1. Dispositif de distribution de liquides, en particulier de boissons gazeuses, comprenant un récipient soumis à pression (18, 70, 90) ayant un couvercle amovible (14, 72, 92), au moins deux réservoirs à liquide (20, 74) ayant une paroi déformable et une ouverture (20a, 74a), un robinet à soupape de distribution (26, 108, 110, 112) en communication avec l'ouverture, et des moyens pour introduire un fluide sous pression dans le récipient (18, 70, 90) de telle sorte que lorsque le robinet à soupape (26, 108, 110, 112) est ouvert, le liquide est éjecté du fait de la compression de la paroi du réservoir (20, 74), et déversé à travers le robinet à soupape (26, 108, 110, 112),
    caractérisé en ce que
    les réservoirs (20) sont des bouteilles de boissons gazeuses en plastique ordinaires, de grande taille, ayant un col muni d'un filet de vis (20a) placés en position normale verticale par groupes d'au moins deux bouteilles (20) placées à l'intérieur du dit recipient, chacun des dit groupes de bouteilles (20) contenant une boisson d'un goût différent et connecté en parallèle par l'intermédiaire d'un adapteur commun (96, 98, 100) à un robinet à soupape de distribution (108, 110, 112) correspondant, le dit col (20a) à filet de vis étant vissé à une cavité complémentaire à filet de vis femelle (22) formée dans le dit adapteur (96, 98, 100).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 comprenant de plus un système de réfrigeration (60) pour rafraichir le liquide.
  3. Dispositif (14) selon la revendication 2 selon laquelle le système de réfrigération (60) comprend un tuyau de refroidissement (62) placé en spirale autour du ou des réservoir(s).
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 selon laquelle le fluide sous pression est introduit dans un coussin élastique gonflable (30).
EP89123904A 1989-01-06 1989-12-23 Dispositif de distribution de boissons Expired - Lifetime EP0377195B1 (fr)

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IL8889489A IL88894A (en) 1989-01-06 1989-01-06 Beverage dispenser
IL88894 1989-01-06

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