EP0382914B1 - Dispensing device for beverages - Google Patents

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EP0382914B1
EP0382914B1 EP89122705A EP89122705A EP0382914B1 EP 0382914 B1 EP0382914 B1 EP 0382914B1 EP 89122705 A EP89122705 A EP 89122705A EP 89122705 A EP89122705 A EP 89122705A EP 0382914 B1 EP0382914 B1 EP 0382914B1
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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
    • B67D1/0878—Safety, warning or controlling devices
    • 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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/04—Doors; Covers with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/12—Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove
    • F25D23/126—Water cooler
    • 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
    • B67D2210/00—Indexing scheme relating to aspects and details of apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught or for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D2210/00028—Constructional details
    • B67D2210/00031—Housing
    • B67D2210/00034—Modules
    • B67D2210/00036—Modules for use with or in refrigerators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
    • F25D2331/806—Dispensers

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  • the innovation relates to a dispensing device for beverages from at least one container, which is concealed behind a wall - preferably a refrigerator door - and is connected to a spout passing through the wall and to a valve which is accessible by means of a handle in the form of a handle that is accessible from the front of the wall with a control button equipped lever can be actuated, which is pivotally mounted on a bearing block on the wall.
  • the handle is articulated to eyelets projecting from the wall by means of a bolt forming its axis of rotation.
  • the bolt that cannot be released in this case forms an inseparable connection of these parts.
  • This is very unfavorable in that the handle is initially difficult to assemble and then, when assembled, is difficult to clean.
  • the inseparable connection of these parts which is not very easy to clean, is perceived as a major disadvantage, since the strictest hygienic regulations must be observed, particularly when dispensing drinks. According to this, absolute cleanliness and thus an easy and thorough cleaning option for your individual parts must be regarded as a prerequisite for their perfect operation.
  • the innovation is therefore based on the object of improving a dispensing device of the type described in the introduction and designing it in such a way that the parts serving to actuate it are also easy to disassemble and clean.
  • the dispensing device Due to the new design of the dispensing device with an easily removable handle, it is possible to mount it particularly simply and easily, as well as to remove it when necessary for cleaning and then to re-install it in the position of use. If the dispensing device is not used, it is possible to remove the handle due to the easy removal of the handle and thus reliably prevent the dispensing device from being operated by unauthorized persons.
  • the handle is designed to be inserted into bearing shells arranged on the bearing block with an axis of rotation forming a pin-like projecting projection Actuating the handle are able to absorb forces that become effective and are open at the top.
  • the pin-like projections protrude laterally from the inside into a cutout of the handle and engage in bearing shells projecting from the flanks of the bearing block.
  • a detail of the heat-insulated refrigerator door 10 shown in FIG. 1 cut out and cut vertically has a niche 11 which is accessible from the front thereof and which is lined with a housing 12 which is inserted into a cutout of its front panel and is open on one side.
  • the housing 12 of the niche 11 which is surrounded at its opening by a circumferential flange 13 and which bears against the front cladding of the door 10 is surrounded on its part projecting into the door 10 by the thermal insulation layer of the door 10 formed from rigid plastic foam 14.
  • two containers 17 in the form of commercially available beverage bottles are arranged above a step formed by the recess 11, only one of which is shown in the accompanying drawing.
  • the bottle serving as a container 17 with a dispensing device placed on its neck 18 equipped and attached upside down over the niche 11 on the inside of the door 10.
  • a handle 23 and the intermediate bracket 24 is provided with interlocking interlocking interlocking means, described in detail below, which allow an easily releasable connection of these parts.
  • the handle 23, designed as a double-armed lever, for the dispensing device 18 is provided at one end with an operating button 25 and at the other end opposite it with a cutout 26 which is open at the edge.
  • the ends of the arms lying to the side of the cutout 26 act on the lower end of the valve 20 of the dispensing device 18 which projects downward through the opening 22 in the ceiling of the recess 11, provided that these parts are in their operating position.
  • the lower end of the outlet 21 projects freely between the two arms through the cutout 26.
  • pin-like projections 27 are arranged on opposite sides of the arms, which form the axis of rotation of the handle.
  • bearing shells 28 on the flanks of each bearing block, which are open to the side and upwards, so that they are able to absorb the forces acting on the pins when the handle 23 is actuated. They allow the handle 23 to be easily unhooked and reinserted when it is moved, as indicated in the right half in FIG. 2 by a double-dotted arrow.
  • the handles 23 mounted on the pedestals 24 in the manner described can thus be easily and quickly released from their operating position and when required remove the pedestals 24. This makes it possible to clean these handles 23 as well as the pedestals 24 properly at any time. Furthermore, it is possible in special cases to remove the handles 23 and, if necessary, to store them securely in order to prevent the dispensing device 18 from being operated by unauthorized persons or children playing with the like and the like.
  • the described design of the handles 23 and the possibility of removing them in a simple manner is particularly advantageous if the containers contain alcoholic beverages and must be prevented from being easily accessible to children or adolescents.

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Die Neuerung betrifft eine Zapfvorrichtung für Getränke aus wenigstens einem hinter einer Wand - vorzugsweise einer Kühlschranktür - verdeckt angeordneten Behälter, der mit einem die Wand durchsetzenden Auslauf sowie mit einem Ventil verbunden ist, welches mittels einer von der Frontseite der Wand her zugänglichen Handhabe in Form eines mit einer Bedienungstaste ausgestatteten Hebels betätigbar ist, der an einem an der Wand sitzenden Lagerbock schwenkbar gelagert ist.The innovation relates to a dispensing device for beverages from at least one container, which is concealed behind a wall - preferably a refrigerator door - and is connected to a spout passing through the wall and to a valve which is accessible by means of a handle in the form of a handle that is accessible from the front of the wall with a control button equipped lever can be actuated, which is pivotally mounted on a bearing block on the wall.

Bei einer bekannten Zapfvorrichtung der genannten Art ist die Handhabe an von der Wand vorspringenden Ösen mittels eines deren Drehachse bildenden Bolzens angelenkt. Der in diesem Falle nicht lösbare Bolzen bildet dabei eine untrennbare Verbindung dieser Teile. Dies ist insofern sehr ungünstig, als die Handhabe zunächst schwer zu montieren und dann, im montierten Zustand, nur schwer zu reinigen ist. Insbesondere die nur wenig reinigungsfreundliche, untrennbare Verbindung dieser Teile wird als großer Nachteil empfunden, da gerade bei einer Zapfvorrichtung für Getränke strengste hygienische Vorschriften zu beachten sind. Hiernach müssen absolute Sauberkeit und somit auch eine leichte und gründliche Reinigungsmöglichkeit ihrer Einzelteile als Voraussetzung für ihren einwandfreien Betrieb angesehen werden.In a known dispensing device of the type mentioned, the handle is articulated to eyelets projecting from the wall by means of a bolt forming its axis of rotation. The bolt that cannot be released in this case forms an inseparable connection of these parts. This is very unfavorable in that the handle is initially difficult to assemble and then, when assembled, is difficult to clean. In particular, the inseparable connection of these parts, which is not very easy to clean, is perceived as a major disadvantage, since the strictest hygienic regulations must be observed, particularly when dispensing drinks. According to this, absolute cleanliness and thus an easy and thorough cleaning option for your individual parts must be regarded as a prerequisite for their perfect operation.

Der Neuerung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Zapfvorrichtung der eingangs näher beschriebenen Art zu verbessern und so auszugestalten, daß auch die zu deren Betätigung dienenden Teile leicht zu zerlegen und zu reinigen sind.The innovation is therefore based on the object of improving a dispensing device of the type described in the introduction and designing it in such a way that the parts serving to actuate it are also easy to disassemble and clean.

Diese Aufgabe wird nach der vorliegenden Neuerung dadurch gelöst, daß die Handhabe zum Betätigen des Ventils und der Lagerbock mit wechselseitig formschlüssig ineinandergreifenden Rast mitteln versehen sind, welche ein leicht lösbares Verbinden der beiden Teile gestatten.This object is achieved according to the present innovation in that the handle for actuating the valve and the bearing block are provided with mutually interlocking interlocking locking means, which allow an easily releasable connection of the two parts.

Aufgrund der neuerungsgemäßen Ausbildung der Zapfvorrichtung mit einer leicht abnehmbaren Handhabe ist es möglich, diese sowohl besonders einfach und leicht zu montieren, als auch im Bedarfsfalle zum Reinigen abzunehmen und anschließend wieder in der Gebrauchslage anzubringen. Im Falle einer Nichtbenutzung der Zapfvorrichtung ist es aufgrund der leichten Abnehmbarkeit der Handhabe möglich, diese zu entfernen und somit sicher zu verhindern, daß die Zapfvorrichtung durch Unbefugte betätigt werden kann.Due to the new design of the dispensing device with an easily removable handle, it is possible to mount it particularly simply and easily, as well as to remove it when necessary for cleaning and then to re-install it in the position of use. If the dispensing device is not used, it is possible to remove the handle due to the easy removal of the handle and thus reliably prevent the dispensing device from being operated by unauthorized persons.

Bei einer Zapfvorrichtung mit einem als Handhabe dienenden, doppelarmigen Hebel ergeben sich besonders günstige Verhältnisse, wenn gemäß einer vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der neuerungsgemäßen Konstruktion vorgesehen ist, daß die Handhabe mit eine Drehachse bildende, zapfenartig vorspringenden Ansätzen in am Lagerbock angeordnete Lagerschalen einsetzbar ist, welche die beim Betätigen der Handhabe wirksam werdenden Kräfte aufzunehmen vermögen und nach oben geöffnet sind.In the case of a dispensing device with a double-arm lever serving as a handle, particularly favorable conditions result if, according to an advantageous embodiment of the construction according to the invention, the handle is designed to be inserted into bearing shells arranged on the bearing block with an axis of rotation forming a pin-like projecting projection Actuating the handle are able to absorb forces that become effective and are open at the top.

Hierdurch ist es besonders einfach, die Handhabe durch Ausheben aus den Lagerschalen vom Lagerbock zu lösen und im Bedarfsfalle wieder dort einzuhängen.This makes it particularly easy to detach the handle from the bearing block by lifting it out of the bearing shells and, if necessary, to hang it in there again.

Nach einer zusätzlichen vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der neuerungsgemäßen Zapfvorrichtung ist vorgesehen, daß die zapfenartigen Ansätze seitlich von innen in einen Ausschnitt der Handhabe hineinragen und in von den Flanken des Lagerbocks vorspringende Lagerschalen eingreifen.According to an additional advantageous embodiment of the tap device according to the innovation, it is provided that the pin-like projections protrude laterally from the inside into a cutout of the handle and engage in bearing shells projecting from the flanks of the bearing block.

Hierdurch wird der am Lagerbock eingehängten Handhabe ein besonders sicherer Sitz gegeben.This gives the handle attached to the bracket a particularly secure fit.

Die neuerungsgemäße Zapfvorrichtung für Getränke ist anhand eines in der beigegügten Zeichung vereinfacht dargestellten Ausführungsbeispieles in Verbindung mit einer Getränkeausgabe-Vorrichtung in der Tür eines Haushalts-Kühlschrankes erläutert.
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  • Fig. 1 die Zapfvorrichtung in einer von außen zugänglichen Nische einer wärmeisolierten Kühlschranktür, an deren Innenseite sich ein über der Nische angeordneter Behälter für Getränke befindet, sowie eine an einem Lagerbock an der Decke der Nische gelagerte Handhabe zum Betätigen des Zapfventils, teilweise in senkrechter Schnittdarstellung,
  • Fig. 2 die Nische mit zwei Zapfvorrichtungen in raumbildlicher Darstellung, wobei eine der Handhaben durch Ausheben aus ihrer Betriebslage entfernt ist.
The beverage dispensing device according to the invention is explained on the basis of an exemplary embodiment shown in simplified form in the accompanying drawing in connection with a beverage dispensing device in the door of a household refrigerator.
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  • Fig. 1, the tap in an externally accessible niche of a heat-insulated refrigerator door, on the inside of which there is a container for drinks arranged above the niche, and a handle mounted on a bracket on the ceiling of the niche for actuating the nozzle, partly in a vertical sectional view ,
  • Fig. 2 shows the niche with two dispensing devices in a spatial representation, one of the handles is removed by lifting from its operating position.

Eine in der Fig. 1 Ausschnitt und senkrecht geschnitten dargestellte wärmeisolierte Kühlschranktür 10 weist eine von deren Frontseite her zugängliche Nische 11 auf, welche mit einem in einen Ausschnitt ihrer Frontverkleidung eingesetzten, einseitig offenen Gehäuse 12 ausgekleidet ist. Das an seiner Öffnung mit einem umlaufenden Flansch 13 umgebene und mit diesem gegen die Frontverkleidung der Tür 10 anliegende Gehäuse 12 der Nische 11 ist an seinen in die Tür 10 hineinragenden Teil von der aus Kunststoff-Hartschaum 14 gebildeten Wärmeisolationsschicht der Tür 10 umgeben. Über ihren nach hinten einwärts geneigten Boden befindet sich eine herausnehmbar angeordnete Tropfschale 15, welche mit einem ebenfalls herausnehmbar darin angeordneten Tropfgitter versehen ist, auf dessen Stellfläche ein oder mehrere Trinkgefäße 16 in Form von Trinkgläsern oder dgl. Aufstellung finden können.A detail of the heat-insulated refrigerator door 10 shown in FIG. 1 cut out and cut vertically has a niche 11 which is accessible from the front thereof and which is lined with a housing 12 which is inserted into a cutout of its front panel and is open on one side. The housing 12 of the niche 11 which is surrounded at its opening by a circumferential flange 13 and which bears against the front cladding of the door 10 is surrounded on its part projecting into the door 10 by the thermal insulation layer of the door 10 formed from rigid plastic foam 14. Above its bottom, which is inclined towards the rear, is a removable drip tray 15, which is provided with a drip grate which is also removable therein and on the standing surface of which one or more drinking vessels 16 in the form of drinking glasses or the like can be placed.

Auf der Rückseite der Tür 10 sind oberhalb einer durch die Nische 11 gebildeten Stufe zwei Behälter 17 in Form von handelsüblichen Getränkeflaschen angeordnet, von denen in der beigefügten Zeichnung nur einer dargestellt ist. Hierbei ist die als Behälter 17 dienende Flasche mit einer auf ihren Hals aufgesetzten Zapfvorrichtung 18 ausgestattet und mit dieser kopfüber über der Nische 11 auf der Innenseite der Türe 10 befesigt. Die einerseits mit einem trichterartigen Ansatz 19 versehene Zapfvorrichtung 18 weist ein Ventil 20 auf, dessen rohrförmiger Auslauf 21 die an entsprechender Stelle mit einem Durchburch 22 versehene Decke der Nische 11 durchsetzt.On the back of the door 10, two containers 17 in the form of commercially available beverage bottles are arranged above a step formed by the recess 11, only one of which is shown in the accompanying drawing. Here is the bottle serving as a container 17 with a dispensing device placed on its neck 18 equipped and attached upside down over the niche 11 on the inside of the door 10. The dispensing device 18, which is provided on the one hand with a funnel-like extension 19, has a valve 20, the tubular outlet 21 of which penetrates the ceiling of the recess 11 provided with a perforation 22 at a corresponding point.

Auf das durch den Durchbruch 22 mit dem Auslauf 21 nach unten in die Nische 11 ragende Ende des Ventils 20 der Zapfvorrichtung 18 wirkt eine von der Frontseite der Nische 11 her zugängliche Handhabe 23 in Form eines doppelarmigen Hebels ein, der an einem an der Decke 11 sitzenden Lagerbock 24 gelagert ist und eine nach vorne ragende Bedienungstaste 25 aufweist. Jeweils eine Handhabe 23 und der dazwischengehörige Lagerbock 24 ist mit welchselseitig formschlüssig ineinandergreifenden, im einzelnen weiter unten beschriebenen Rastmitteln versehen, welche ein leicht lösbares Verbinden dieser Teile gestatten.On the end of the valve 20 of the dispensing device 18 projecting through the opening 22 with the outlet 21 down into the recess 11, a handle 23 in the form of a double-armed lever, which is accessible from the front of the recess 11, acts on one of the ceilings 11 seated bearing block 24 is mounted and has a control button 25 projecting forward. In each case a handle 23 and the intermediate bracket 24 is provided with interlocking interlocking interlocking means, described in detail below, which allow an easily releasable connection of these parts.

Die als doppelarmiger Hebel ausgebildete Handhabe 23 für die Zapfvorrichtung 18 ist an ihrem einen Ende mit einer Bedienungstaste 25 und an dem dieser entgegengesetzten anderen Ende mit einem randoffenen Ausschnitt 26 versehen. Die seitlich des Ausschnitts 26 liegenden Arme wirken mit ihren Enden auf das durch den Durchbruch 22 in der Decke der Nische 11 nach unten ragende untere Ende des Ventils 20 der Zapfvorrichtung 18 ein, sofern diese Teile in ihrer Betriebslage sind. Dabei ragt das untere Ende des Auslaufs 21 frei zwischen den beiden Armen durch den Ausschnitt 26 hindurch. In dem Ausschnitt 26 der Handhabe 23 sind auf gegenüberliegenden Seiten an den Armen zapfenartige Ansätze 27 angeordnet, welche die Drehachse der Handhabe bilden. Zur Aufnahme dieser Zapfen befinden sich an den Flanken jedes Lagerbocks 24 Lagerschalen 28, welche zur Seite und nach oben hin geöffnet sind, so daß sie die beim Betätigen der Handhabe 23 über die Zapfen wirkenden Kräfte aufzunehmen vermögen. Sie gestatten ein leichtes Aushängen und Wiedereinsetzen der Handhabe 23, wenn diese, wie in Fig. 2 in der rechten Hälfte durch einen strichpunktierten Doppelpfeil angedeutet, bewegt wird.The handle 23, designed as a double-armed lever, for the dispensing device 18 is provided at one end with an operating button 25 and at the other end opposite it with a cutout 26 which is open at the edge. The ends of the arms lying to the side of the cutout 26 act on the lower end of the valve 20 of the dispensing device 18 which projects downward through the opening 22 in the ceiling of the recess 11, provided that these parts are in their operating position. The lower end of the outlet 21 projects freely between the two arms through the cutout 26. In the cutout 26 of the handle 23, pin-like projections 27 are arranged on opposite sides of the arms, which form the axis of rotation of the handle. To accommodate these pins there are 24 bearing shells 28 on the flanks of each bearing block, which are open to the side and upwards, so that they are able to absorb the forces acting on the pins when the handle 23 is actuated. They allow the handle 23 to be easily unhooked and reinserted when it is moved, as indicated in the right half in FIG. 2 by a double-dotted arrow.

Die in der beschriebenen Weise an den Lagerböcken 24 gelagerten Handhaben 23 lassen sich somit bei Bedarf einfach und rasch aus ihrer Betriebslage lösen und von den Lagerböcken 24 abnehmen. Es ist dadurch möglich, diese Handhaben 23 ebenso wie die Lagerböcke 24 jederzeit einwandfrei zu reinigen. Ferner ist es möglich, in besonderen Fällen die Handhaben 23 abzunehmen und ggf. gesichert aufzubewahren, um so zu verhindern, daß die Zapfvorrichtung 18 durch unbefugte Personen oder auch spielende Kinder und dgl. betätigt wird. Die beschriebene Ausbildung der Handhaben 23 und die Möglichkeit, diese auf einfache Art zu entfernen, ist vor allen Dingen dann von Vorteil, wenn die Behälter alkoholische Getränke enthalten und verhindert werden muß, daß diese für Kinder oder Jugendliche leicht zugänglich sind.The handles 23 mounted on the pedestals 24 in the manner described can thus be easily and quickly released from their operating position and when required remove the pedestals 24. This makes it possible to clean these handles 23 as well as the pedestals 24 properly at any time. Furthermore, it is possible in special cases to remove the handles 23 and, if necessary, to store them securely in order to prevent the dispensing device 18 from being operated by unauthorized persons or children playing with the like and the like. The described design of the handles 23 and the possibility of removing them in a simple manner is particularly advantageous if the containers contain alcoholic beverages and must be prevented from being easily accessible to children or adolescents.

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  1. Dispensing device for drinks comprising at least one container which is arranged covered behind a wall - preferably a refrigerator door - and which is connected with an outlet penetrating the wall as well as with a valve, which is actuable by means of a handle accessible from the front side of the wall and in the form of a lever, which is equipped with an operating button and which is pivotably mounted at a bearing block seated at the wall, characterised thereby that the handle (23) for actuation of the valve (20) and the bearing block (24) are provided with mutually shape-lockingly interengaging detent means (27, 28) which produce a readily detachable connection of the handle (23) with the bearing block (24).
  2. Dispensing device according to claim 1, with a double-armed lever serving as handle, characterised thereby that the handle (23) is insertable by pin-shaped projecting projections (27) forming a rotational axis into bearing cups (28) which are arranged at the bearing block (24), are upwardly open and are able to accept the forces becoming effective on actuation of the handle (23).
  3. Dispensing device according to claim 2, characterised thereby that the pin-shaped projections (27) protrude laterally inwards into a recess (26) of the handle (23) and engage in bearing cups (28) projecting from the flanks of the bearing block (24).
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