EP1546022A4 - Dispositif de fixation de bouteille a ajustage rapide - Google Patents

Dispositif de fixation de bouteille a ajustage rapide

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EP1546022A4
EP1546022A4 EP03741695A EP03741695A EP1546022A4 EP 1546022 A4 EP1546022 A4 EP 1546022A4 EP 03741695 A EP03741695 A EP 03741695A EP 03741695 A EP03741695 A EP 03741695A EP 1546022 A4 EP1546022 A4 EP 1546022A4
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Prior art keywords
container
collar
retention
docking
assembly
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EP03741695A
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German (de)
English (en)
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EP1546022A1 (fr
Inventor
Andrew Sean Bissett
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KMQ Inc
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PRIMA TECHNOLOGIES Ltd
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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
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D3/0029—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes provided with holders for bottles or similar containers
    • 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
    • B67D1/0042—Details of specific parts of the dispensers
    • B67D1/0078—Ingredient cartridges
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
    • A61J1/14—Details; Accessories therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J9/00—Feeding-bottles in general
    • A61J9/08—Protective covers for bottles
    • 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
    • B67D1/0801—Details of beverage containers, e.g. casks, kegs
    • B67D2001/0812—Bottles, cartridges or similar containers
    • B67D2001/0814—Bottles, cartridges or similar containers for upside down use

Definitions

  • the present invention relates, inter alia, fast fit assemblies such as might be used in dispensing apparatus of a kind capable of dispensing liquid to be drawn from a replaceable container.
  • New Zealand Patent Specification 173753 discloses a dispensing apparatus capable of dispensing liquid drawn into a variable volume chamber from a replaceable container. It is to be noted that in NZ173753 a bottle is placed in the docking and a collar is rotated to urge inwardly cam followers or plungers to engage the under face of the neck flange of the bottle.
  • the present invention relates to an alternative to such arrangements and to related components, sub-assemblies and assemblies. It is believed the apparatus methodology of the present invention will provide the public with a useful choice.
  • the present invention consists in a fast fit assembly adapted to dock a necked container characterised in that the assembly includes a resilient (preferably moulded) collar which includes an array of elements, each with a form to be moved outwardly radially against a bias as a container is being axially docked until each moves inwardly radially with the bias to capture (at least in part) a neck flange or the equivalent of the container (hereafter
  • each said element being integral with and/or supported by linking regions, there being in the (preferably moulded) collar sufficient deformability to allow both the docking movement as aforesaid and to allow a docked container to be moved free from the elements.
  • the moulded unit is of a kind having elements and/or a ring form and/or a ring form/element inter-relationship substantially as hereinafter described with reference to any one or more of the accompanying drawings.
  • the collar preferably has linking regions for each of said elements such that each region can be supported against a surround and each such region can be urged by forces on the element to deform outwardly (preferably at least the region with which it is associated with the element).
  • the docking collar is associated with a shroud, housing, barrel or other surround having (preferably resilient) fingers or other means capable of supporting in part the body region of a necked container of a range of sizes.
  • the present invention consists in a fast fit assembly for association with dispensing apparatus, said assembly including a member or assembly defining a shroud, housing or the like (hereafter “housing”) adapted to receive an axially advanced necked container from one end towards the end thereof ("the attachment end") to be associated directly or indirectly with the dispensing apparatus, and at or adjacent the attachment end, a container neck and/or head retention collar having a plurality of retention elements each supported so as to be resiliently outwardly moveable under forces applied thereto during the insertion or removal of the necked container.
  • housing shroud, housing or the like
  • each said element includes a configuration adapted to retain, at least in part, a flange or head of the necked container by an underface to hold the same in retention in the assembly.
  • said collar is a unitary moulded member. In other forms it can be an assembly of components
  • said collar is at least primarily located in an annular cavity of the housing.
  • each said element extends radially inwardly through a wall which in part defines said annular cavity.
  • the docking collar is associated with a shroud, housing, barrel or other surround having (preferably resilient) fingers or other means capable of supporting in part the body region of a necked container of a range of sizes.
  • the apparatus is substantially as hereinafter described.
  • the present invention consists in, as a moulded item, a shroud or housing member substantially as hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
  • the present invention consists in a collar retention ring substantially of a form as hereinafter described with reference to any one or more of the accompanying drawings irrespective of whether or not the same is a unitary moulded member or not.
  • the present invention consists in an assembly which includes a collar retention ring or the like, being an assembly substantially as hereinafter described with reference to any one or more of the accompanying drawings.
  • the present invention consists in a dispensing apparatus to dispense a liquid to be drawn from a replaceable necked container of a kind having a head (i.e. neck flange), said apparatus having a docking into which a suitable said container can be substantially axially advanced and push engaged and retained thereby (alone or with other retention capability as well) and from which such a suitable container can be disengaged by a prying and/or pulling movement of said suitable container relative to the docking, said docking having a retention collar to surround the container neck and/or head with retention elements thereof capable of in part contacting and/or in part underlying the underface of the head when a container is properly docked, said elements being movable outwardly against their resilience and/or resilience of collar links between such elements, an intake needle or other conduit adapted to penetrate into a suitable said container as it is being and/or when docked by said docking, and a chamber of variable volume capable of being varied as to volume by an operator of the apparatus
  • the present invention consists in a dispensing apparatus to dispense a liquid to be drawn from a replaceable necked container of a kind having a head (i.e.
  • said apparatus having a docking assembly into which a suitable said container can be substantially axially advanced and push engaged and retained (at least in part by such interaction) and from which such a suitable container can be disengaged by a prying and/or pulling movement of said suitable container relative to the docking, said docking having (preferably a moulded) retention collar to surround the container neck and/or head with retention elements thereof capable of (at least in part) contacting and/or (at least in part) underlying the underface of the head when a container is properly docked, said elements being movable outwardly (preferably against reactive forces from other part(s) of the docking assembly) against at least resilience of collar links between such elements, an intake needle or other conduit adapted to penetrate into a suitable said container as it is being and/or when docked by said docking, and a chamber of variable volume capable of being varied as to volume by an operator of the apparatus (i) to draw liquid via said intake needle or other conduit into said chamber as it is enlarged from a said docked
  • said piston is directly operable using a hand operated means of actuation e.g. a trigger, squeezable handle or the like with a bias return.
  • a hand operated means of actuation e.g. a trigger, squeezable handle or the like with a bias return.
  • said outlet from said variable geometry chamber is or is in communication with an outlet nozzle, catheter, skin penetrating needle, skin scratch needle or other like device.
  • the docking collar is associated with a shroud, housing, barrel or other surround having (preferably resilient) fingers or other means capable of supporting in part the body region of a necked container of a range of sizes.
  • said dispensing apparatus is of a kind substantially as hereinafter described with or without reference to any one or more of the accompanying drawings.
  • the present invention consists in, in an assembly for docking a container (preferably a necked container), the use of a retention collar to surround at least part of the container as it is being docked and when docked such that the collar retains, at least in part, the container.
  • said collar is resilient at least in part.
  • said collar includes elements each of which is to contact the container as it is being docked.
  • the present invention consists in, in combination, dispensing apparatus as previously defined and a said replaceable suitable (preferably necked) container.
  • said combination is assembled with said intake needle or other conduit penetrating a needle penetrable seal of said replaceable container.
  • said replaceable container is in the form of a bottle (glass, metal or plastic) having a neck leading to a retention head or rib about the mouth thereof.
  • the docking means is such as to provide for a clip fit engagement of retention members behind said head or rib on opposite sides of the container to hold the same docked in use.
  • the apparatus is such that at least part of said docking is associable by an engagement with and thus is dissociable from the remainder of said dispensing apparatus, e.g. by a screw thread engagement.
  • a mere resilient retention by a unitary or assembled retention ring may provide insufficient purchase to ensure a stable support of the full container even in conjunction with outwardly applied location fingers of the shroud, housing, barrel or the like and in some circumstances therefore a manually actuable retention feature derived from our variant as disclosed in our aforementioned WO 01/14208 might additionally be appropriate.
  • a manually actuable retention feature derived from our variant as disclosed in our aforementioned WO 01/14208 might additionally be appropriate.
  • the present invention consists of apparatus suitable for retro fitting or association with a dispensing apparatus to provide the docking and/or retention collar of apparatus as previously defined.
  • the invention is a moulding or mouldings having some or all of the features of retention/release/association importance shown in any one of the accompanying drawings.
  • the present invention consists in a docking substantially as hereinafter described with reference to any one or more of the accompanying drawings.
  • the present invention consists in a method of dispensing a liquid which comprises engaging so as to dock a source of said liquid in a replaceable necked container with an integral retention head with a retention collar of dispensing apparatus so as to allow a draw off needle or other conduit to penetrate the container, dispensing liquid drawn from said replaceable container via said needle or other conduit from the apparatus, and thereafter forcibly removing the container with a reduced or depleted liquid content from the dispensing apparatus.
  • an assembly for docking a complementary container said assembly having beyond a container locator a container head retention collar deformable outwardly to allow a clip fit retention against removal without deformation of the collar.
  • the retention collar is integrally moulded yet has localised regions, each carrying a retention element capable of being pressed and/or twisted outwardly to allow said clip fit.
  • FIG 1 is a an exploded perspective view of a docking assembly of the present invention showing from the right a docking housing which defines an annular cavity at least in part to locate the preferably unitary moulded collar retention ring, the collar retention ring itself, and a base associable by welding adhesion or other inter-engagement with the docking housing so as to confer a screw thread engagability thereof with a suitable applicator apparatus (such as any of those disclosed in the aforementioned patent specifications, the full content of which is hereby here included by way of reference) and
  • a suitable applicator apparatus such as any of those disclosed in the aforementioned patent specifications, the full content of which is hereby here included by way of reference
  • Figure 2 is the apparatus of Figure 1 in its assembled form with an appropriately necked container located resiliently therein and from which it can be pulled.
  • a docking housing 1 having a collar retention ring 6 and an end 3 into which a container such as 18 can be inserted.
  • the container has a neck region 4 and a neck flange or head or other formation 5 to be docked and retained by the collar retention ring 6.
  • the overall assembly being seen includes not only the collar retention ring 6 but also a threaded base member 7 having threads 8 adapted for attaching the overall assembly as in Figure 2 to the male thread of a dispensing apparatus when attached the dispensing apparatus will present a needle or conduit into the penetratable region 9 of the container 3 when it is held in position as in Figure 2.
  • FIG. 1 Shown in Figure 1 is the annular cavity 10 into which the retention ring 6 is receivable such that parts 11 thereof (the elements) in part protrude out of gaps 12 so as to be contactable as shown in Figure 2 with the head or flange region 5 of the necked container.
  • Each such element includes a retention region 13 to underlie the face (curving, angled and/or otherwise) of the head 5 of the container 3.
  • Linking regions 14 each support an element such that the inward bowing of each linking region in part prior to reaching a node or the like commencement of a second bowing to another element provides sufficient resilience when the material (being a suitable plastics) is utilised.
  • the provision of the region 15 is such that it bears against the outer wall defining the cavity 10 so that the docking member 1 itself provides a reactive force in the inward direction to counter the camming pressure from a container being inserted so as to ensure the resilient retention thereof.
  • the components are preferably moulded in any of several suitable resilient plastics materials (e.g. a polycarbonate).

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif (1) qui sert à la fixation d'un récipient complémentaire, ledit dispositif (1) présentant en plus d'un élément de positionnement de récipient, un collier de retenue de tête de récipient (6) qui peut être déformé vers l'extérieur pour permettre la fixation par pincement pour empêcher le retrait sans provoquer de déformation du collier (6). Selon l'invention, le collier de retenue (6) est intégralement moulé et présente des zones localisées qui portent chacune un élément de retenue (11) qui peut subir une compression et/ou une torsion vers l'extérieur pour permettre ladite fixation par pincement.
EP03741695A 2002-07-11 2003-07-11 Dispositif de fixation de bouteille a ajustage rapide Withdrawn EP1546022A4 (fr)

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PCT/NZ2003/000151 WO2004007342A1 (fr) 2002-07-11 2003-07-11 Dispositif de fixation de bouteille a ajustage rapide

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