EP0621200A1 - Bec verseur pour un récipient à plusieurs cavités - Google Patents

Bec verseur pour un récipient à plusieurs cavités Download PDF

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EP0621200A1
EP0621200A1 EP93650014A EP93650014A EP0621200A1 EP 0621200 A1 EP0621200 A1 EP 0621200A1 EP 93650014 A EP93650014 A EP 93650014A EP 93650014 A EP93650014 A EP 93650014A EP 0621200 A1 EP0621200 A1 EP 0621200A1
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pourer
valve
valve member
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Carl Keenan
Patrick Rigney
Andrew Nicholson Wrigley
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R and A Bailey Co Ltd
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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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/04—Multi-cavity bottles
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/261—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement
    • B65D47/268—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement the valve member pivoting about an axis perpendicular to the container mouth axis
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/32—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with means for venting

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  • the invention relates to a pourer and in particular to a pourer for pouring especially liquids such as alcoholic beverage, liqueurs and the like from two or more containers.
  • a new liqueur product has recently been introduced which is provided in a single container having two sub-containers, one for each liqueur.
  • one of the liqueurs is white coloured cream liqueur and the other is a dark coloured coffee liqueur. It is intended that a user pours the dark liqueur from one of the sub-containers into a glass and the white liqueur is then poured down the side wall of the glass to lie on top of the dark liqueur to present an aesthetically pleasing and pleasant tasting liqueur drink.
  • the containers are closed by separate stoppers which are removed as required for pouring a desired liqueur from its container.
  • This invention is particular directed towards provided a pourer for pouring from two or more containers of this type.
  • a pourer for pouring from two or more containers comprising: a pourer body having a pourer body section for each container; each pourer body section having engagement means for engaging a container outlet and defining a pouring passageway extending from the engagement means to a pourer outlet; and the pourer including valve means for selectively opening and closing the pourer outlets for pouring from the containers.
  • valve means comprises a separate valve member for each pourer outlet.
  • the pourer body includes two pourer body sections, a separate valve member being provided for each pourer outlet.
  • valve members are arranged so that one valve member may be opened at one time.
  • valve members may be interconnected such that one valve member is automatically closed when the other valve member is opened.
  • each valve member includes a stud and an elongate slot, the stud of one valve member engaging with the slot of the other valve member, the stud travelling in the slot on movement of one valve member to the open position and engaging with the slot in the open position to prevent the opening of the other valve member.
  • valve members are pivotally mounted to the pourer body for movement between the open and closed position.
  • valve members are mounted on a common pivot.
  • valve members are frictionally engaged and are movable relative to one another with a wiping action.
  • the power valve members are produced from a common mould.
  • outlet sealing means are provided between the pourer outlets and the associated valve members.
  • valve members frictionally engage the sealing means for controlled movement of the valving members between open and closed positions.
  • an enlarged seat is provided at each pourer outlet in which a sealing means is mounted.
  • each pourer body section includes air vent means extending between the container engagement means and a pourer vent outlet.
  • vent outlets are closed by the valve members when the valve members are in the closed position.
  • vent sealing means are provided between the pourer vent outlets and the associated valve members.
  • an enlarged seat is provided at the pourer vent outlets in which a sealing means is mounted.
  • At least one pourer body section includes a glass rim engaging portion for engaging the rim of a glass for pouring down the side of the glass.
  • the container engagement means comprises a plug means for engaging the neck of a container.
  • the container engagement means is of a resilient material for sealing engagement with the neck of a container.
  • the container engagement means is formed separately from the pourer body.
  • each pourer body section is injection moulded from a plastics material.
  • valve members are injection moulded from a plastics material.
  • a pourer according to the invention indicated generally by the reference numeral 1 for pouring from two or more containers.
  • the pourer is used for pouring dark and white liqueurs from sub-containers A, B respectively of a bottle, the sub-containers A, B having respective outlets C, D.
  • the pourer 1 comprises a pourer body 2 which in this case is divided into two pourer body sections 2A, 2B each of which is provided with engaging means in the form of stoppers 3A, 3B respectively for engaging the container outlets C, D respectively.
  • Each of the body sections 2A, 2B are provided with a pouring passageway 5A, 5B respectively which extends from the respective stoppers 3A, 3B to an enlarged pourer outlet 6A, 6B.
  • An air vent 9A, 9B also extends from the respective stoppers 3A, 3B to a pourer vent outlet 10A, 10B.
  • the pourer outlets 6A, 6B and vent outlets 10A, 10B are closable by a valve means which in this case is provided by a valving spout comprising separate valve member 20A, 20B for the pourer body portions 2A, 2B.
  • the valve members 20A, 20B are each provided with respective pouring passageways 21A, 21B and vent passageways 22A, 22B which are aligned with the respective pouring passageways 5A, 5B and vent passageways 9A, 9B in the body portion of the pourer for pouring liqueur from one of the containers.
  • This open pouring configuration is illustrated on the left hand side in Fig. 3.
  • the pourer passageway 5A and vent passageway 9A are closed as illustrated on the right hand side of Fig. 3.
  • the valving members 20A, 20B are in this case identical and therefore are formed in the same mould.
  • Each of the valve members 20A, 20B includes a pair of depending legs 25, one of which is formed with a pivot pin 26 and the other of which is formed with a pivot hole 27.
  • the pivot pin 26 of one of the valve members engages with the pivot hole of the other and vice versa.
  • Each body member also includes front and rear pivot mounting holes 29 for receiving the pivot pins 26 of the valve members 20A, 20B.
  • a locating stud 30 is also provided on the body member for engaging with a corresponding locating hole 31 in the valve members 20A, 20B to facilitate assembly of the valve members 20A, 20B to the body member 2.
  • Each of the valve members 20A, 20B includes inwardly projecting arms 35A, 35B which are formed with elongate arcuate slots 36A, 36B and complementary studs 37A, 37B.
  • the stud 37A is inserted in the slot 36B and the stud 37B is inserted in the slot 36B as will be apparent particularly from Figs. 16 and 17.
  • the arrangement of the studs 37 and slots 36 is such as to allow only one valve member to be opened at one time. When one valve member is opened the other valve member is automatically closed.
  • the valve members 20A and 20B are frictionally engaged and move relative to one another with a wiping action. This arrangement will be particularly apparent from Fig. 3 and Figs. 16-17.
  • valve member 20B to the left in these drawings When the valve member 20B to the left in these drawings is opened by moving the valve member 20B in the direction of the arrow X with a wiping action overcoming the friction engagement the stud 37B travels through the slot 36A until it reaches the end of the slot 36A. At this point the pouring passageways 5A and 21B and vent passageways 9B and 22B are in alignment as illustrated on the left hand side of Fig. 3 and in Fig. 17. If an attempt is made to open the right hand side valve member 20B the stud 37A of that valve member is engaged with the end of the slot 36B and pulls the valve member 20B closed. In this way only one of the valve members can be opened at any one time so that the liqueur can be poured from only one of the containers at one time.
  • valve members 20A, 20B include respective recesses 35A, 35B which define glass rim engaging portions for engaging the rim of a glass for pouring down the side of the glass as illustrated particularly in Fig. 2.
  • the pouring passageways 5 and the vent passageways 9 are both provided with enlarged seat portions 40, 41 respectively at the upper outlet end thereof for receiving respective seals 42,43.
  • Both seals 42, 43 include respective side tabs 44, 45 for engaging in respective locating slots at the enlarged seat portions of the passageways 5, 9.
  • the valve members 20A, 20B frictionally engage and wipe across the surfaces of the seals 42, 43 for controlled movement of the valve members 20A, 20B between the open and closed portions.
  • the engagement spouts 3A, 3B are formed of more resilient material than that of the pourer body 2A, 2B to facilitate sealing engagement with the neck of containers.
  • the pourer body is preferably injection moulded from a suitable process material.
  • the valve members 20A, 20B are also preferably injection moulded from a suitable plastics material which may be the same or different from the plastics material of the pourer body.
  • the invention provides a pourer of relatively simple construction which can be readily easily used.

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Cited By (7)

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US5713491A (en) * 1993-11-12 1998-02-03 Idv Operations Ireland Limited Pourer for pouring liquids from two containers
US5794819A (en) * 1996-08-13 1998-08-18 Smith; Trevor A. Dual-compartment bottle system
WO1999064314A1 (fr) * 1998-06-10 1999-12-16 E-L Management Corp. Capuchon a fermeture automatique pour produits en poudre
WO2003045807A1 (fr) * 2001-11-26 2003-06-05 Young John L Recipient et bouchon a fluide a mise a l'atmosphere
WO2004045968A1 (fr) * 2002-11-18 2004-06-03 Alpla-Werke Alwin Lehner Gmbh & Co. Kg Element de versage destine a une bouteille a plusieurs compartiments, notamment a une bouteille a deux compartiments
US7328820B2 (en) 2000-12-14 2008-02-12 John L. Young Vented fluid closure and container
WO2010139963A1 (fr) * 2009-06-04 2010-12-09 Guy's And St. Thomas's Nhs Foundation Trust Ensemble distributeur et indicateur de protection contre la lumière ultraviolette

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US2581713A (en) * 1949-12-20 1952-01-08 Ceskoslovensky Prumysl Lihovar Closure for multicompartmented bottle with means for selectively dispensing from anyone of said compartments
GB687733A (en) * 1950-03-21 1953-02-18 Otto Anft An improved container for liquids, granular or powdered material and methods of manufacture thereof
US2747777A (en) * 1953-12-11 1956-05-29 Justice Q Friend Dispenser
DE8808636U1 (de) * 1988-07-06 1988-12-01 Heinzl, Friedrich-Wilhelm, 3172 Isenbüttel Flasche für Genußmittel mit getrennten Kammern und einer verschließbaren Öffnung

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DE197300C (fr) *
US2581713A (en) * 1949-12-20 1952-01-08 Ceskoslovensky Prumysl Lihovar Closure for multicompartmented bottle with means for selectively dispensing from anyone of said compartments
GB687733A (en) * 1950-03-21 1953-02-18 Otto Anft An improved container for liquids, granular or powdered material and methods of manufacture thereof
US2747777A (en) * 1953-12-11 1956-05-29 Justice Q Friend Dispenser
DE8808636U1 (de) * 1988-07-06 1988-12-01 Heinzl, Friedrich-Wilhelm, 3172 Isenbüttel Flasche für Genußmittel mit getrennten Kammern und einer verschließbaren Öffnung

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5713491A (en) * 1993-11-12 1998-02-03 Idv Operations Ireland Limited Pourer for pouring liquids from two containers
US5794819A (en) * 1996-08-13 1998-08-18 Smith; Trevor A. Dual-compartment bottle system
WO1999064314A1 (fr) * 1998-06-10 1999-12-16 E-L Management Corp. Capuchon a fermeture automatique pour produits en poudre
US6779694B2 (en) 2000-12-14 2004-08-24 John L. Young Vented fluid closure and container
US7328820B2 (en) 2000-12-14 2008-02-12 John L. Young Vented fluid closure and container
WO2003045807A1 (fr) * 2001-11-26 2003-06-05 Young John L Recipient et bouchon a fluide a mise a l'atmosphere
WO2004045968A1 (fr) * 2002-11-18 2004-06-03 Alpla-Werke Alwin Lehner Gmbh & Co. Kg Element de versage destine a une bouteille a plusieurs compartiments, notamment a une bouteille a deux compartiments
WO2010139963A1 (fr) * 2009-06-04 2010-12-09 Guy's And St. Thomas's Nhs Foundation Trust Ensemble distributeur et indicateur de protection contre la lumière ultraviolette

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