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EP1238941B1
EP1238941B1 EP02425106A EP02425106A EP1238941B1 EP 1238941 B1 EP1238941 B1 EP 1238941B1 EP 02425106 A EP02425106 A EP 02425106A EP 02425106 A EP02425106 A EP 02425106A EP 1238941 B1 EP1238941 B1 EP 1238941B1
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compensating device
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Bruno Castaldi
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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
    • B67D1/12—Flow or pressure control devices or systems, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
    • B67D1/14—Reducing valves or control taps
    • B67D1/1405—Control taps
    • B67D1/145—Control taps comprising a valve shutter movable in a direction perpendicular to the valve seat
    • B67D1/1466—Control taps comprising a valve shutter movable in a direction perpendicular to the valve seat the valve shutter being opened in a direction opposite to the liquid flow
    • 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
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • 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
    • B67D1/12—Flow or pressure control devices or systems, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
    • B67D1/14—Reducing valves or control taps
    • B67D2001/1494—Taps with means for adjusting the position of a compensator from outside

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  • the present invention relates to an enhanced compensating device for regulating the flow of drinks (especially carbonated drinks, such as beer), in dispensing taps.
  • drinks especially carbonated drinks, such as beer
  • Known compensating devices are provided with a substantially conical shaped front head, oriented towards the flow of the drink, and with a rear cylindrical body, oriented towards the shutter for opening or closing the tap.
  • the conical head is positioned along a cone frustum shaped segment of the conduit for the outflow of the drink and it is axially movable through the action of a command organ operating on the compensating device, in such a way as to regulate correspondingly the flow of the drink, suitably changing the size of its outflow port.
  • the rear cylindrical body instead, serves to maintain the axial position of the compensating device, when it is axially displaced for the regulating manoeuvre.
  • Such a device is shown in US 2 899 170.
  • These types of known compensating devices are further provided with small longitudinal grooves ending at the free end of the cylindrical body of the compensating device, obtained in an equidistant manner along the exterior surface of the compensating device, to try to render the flow of the drink as free from turbulence as possible, both to limit foaming (in the case of carbonated drinks), and to render said flow as laminar as possible.
  • the compensating device has lateral holes, which are in communication with a central axial hole, but even in this case the fluxes of drink are not perfectly equilibrated, and the drink exiting the tap has still the tendency to swirl.
  • the aim of the present invention is to overcome the aforesaid drawbacks, making available an enhanced compensating device, to regulate the flow of drinks in dispensing taps, which allows an optimal control over the outflow of the drink (also if carbonated, such as beer) essentially by means of a particular conformation of the compensating device.
  • the enhanced compensating device 1 of the present invention is of the type provided with a rear head 11 having a substantially frustro-conical shape and oriented towards the flow of the drink, as well as with a front cylindrical body 12, oriented towards the shutter 21 for the opening or closing of the tap 2.
  • the conical head 11, positioned along a frustro-conically shaped segment 22 of the conduit for the outflow of the drink, can be axially displaced by the action of a control lever 24 operating on an appendix 25 which intervenes in a seat 26 obtained on the compensating device (see Figure 3), in such a way as to regulate the flow of the drink correspondingly, suitably varying its outflow port.
  • the cylindrical body 12 instead serves to maintain the axial position of the compensating device 1, when it is axially displaced.
  • the compensating device 1 of the present invention comprises at least two small ducts 13, 14 converging towards each other starting from corresponding inlets 131, 141, obtained along the outer surface of the compensating device 1 and joining each other in correspondence with an outlet area 16, identifiable on the free end 17 of the cylindrical body 12 of the compensating device 1.
  • the section of the outlet area 16 is greater than that of the small ducts 13, 14, to create at least two converging flow currents that collide in correspondence with said outlet area 16, to allow at least a partial mixing and control of the two said currents, in order to reduce the possibility of vortices and turbulence of the out-flowing drink.
  • the compensating device 1 further comprises, in correspondence with the outlet area 16, an indentation 18 able to allow a partial introduction of the head 211 of a shutter 21 (preferably of the type with chamfered head 211, to reduce head losses) in the open position for the outflow of the drink, in order further to reduce turbulence and vortices.
  • an indentation 18 able to allow a partial introduction of the head 211 of a shutter 21 (preferably of the type with chamfered head 211, to reduce head losses) in the open position for the outflow of the drink, in order further to reduce turbulence and vortices.
  • the section of the outlet area 16 is greater than that of said small ducts 13, 14.
  • outlets 132, 142 may intersect each other at least partially, as shown in figure 2, where the small ducts 13 and 14 are shown in dashed line.
  • the presence of the aforesaid shutter 21, as figure 1 clearly shows, causes, downstream of the outlet area 16, according to the direction of outflow of the drink, the presence of a substantially toroidal chamber 5, externally defined by the walls 23 of the conduit of the tap 2 and internally by the size of the shutter 21.
  • the accompanying figure show how the small ducts 13 and 14 end in correspondence with the extremity 17 of the compensating device 1, where the flows of drink collide, in an outlet area 16 with increasing section corresponding to that of the indentation 16, delimited frontally by the head 211 of the shutter 21, and then flow along the toroidal chamber 5 and exit from the spout 27 of the tap 2, in the expected optimal conditions.
  • the invention thus achieves the important advantage of allowing an optimal outflow of the drink (in particular carbonated drinks, such as beer, which is very delicate to handle), without any kind of turbulence and vortices.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
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  • Control Of Motors That Do Not Use Commutators (AREA)
  • Treatment Of Water By Ion Exchange (AREA)
  • Apparatus For Making Beverages (AREA)
  • Beverage Vending Machines With Cups, And Gas Or Electricity Vending Machines (AREA)
EP02425106A 2001-03-05 2002-02-27 Tap Expired - Lifetime EP1238941B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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IT2001RN000019A ITRN20010019A1 (it) 2001-03-05 2001-03-05 Compensatore perfezionato per regolare il flusso di bevande in rubinetti di erogazione.
ITRN20010019 2001-03-05

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EP1238941A1 EP1238941A1 (en) 2002-09-11
EP1238941B1 true EP1238941B1 (en) 2003-11-12

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EP (1) EP1238941B1 (ko)
KR (1) KR20020071455A (ko)
AT (1) ATE254088T1 (ko)
DE (1) DE60200085T2 (ko)
ES (1) ES2210220T3 (ko)
IT (1) ITRN20010019A1 (ko)
PT (1) PT1238941E (ko)
RU (1) RU2002106201A (ko)
TR (1) TR200400174T4 (ko)

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DE102016113535A1 (de) 2016-07-22 2018-01-25 Cmb Schankanlagen Gmbh Zapfhahn mit verbessertem Kompensator

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DE60200085T2 (de) 2004-07-22
RU2002106201A (ru) 2003-09-20
ES2210220T3 (es) 2004-07-01
ITRN20010019A1 (it) 2002-09-05
ATE254088T1 (de) 2003-11-15
DE60200085D1 (de) 2003-12-18
TR200400174T4 (tr) 2004-02-23
EP1238941A1 (en) 2002-09-11
PT1238941E (pt) 2004-04-30
KR20020071455A (ko) 2002-09-12

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