EP1853511B1 - Abgabehahn für elastische behälter - Google Patents

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EP1853511B1
EP1853511B1 EP06701625A EP06701625A EP1853511B1 EP 1853511 B1 EP1853511 B1 EP 1853511B1 EP 06701625 A EP06701625 A EP 06701625A EP 06701625 A EP06701625 A EP 06701625A EP 1853511 B1 EP1853511 B1 EP 1853511B1
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Diego Nini
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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
    • B67D3/04—Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer
    • B67D3/043—Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer with a closing element having a linear movement, in a direction perpendicular to the seat
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B7/00—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers
    • B67B7/24—Hole-piercing devices
    • B67B7/26—Hole-piercing devices combined with spouts
    • 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
    • B67D3/04—Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer
    • B67D3/042—Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer operated by deforming a membrane-like closing element

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  • the present invention refers to a delivering tap and an elastic vessel according to the preamble of claim 1 and known from GB-A-2 136 781, for liquids, particularly for soft, semi-rigid or rigid vessels, for example of the type used for transporting water or various types of liquids, or for aseptic applications in which their contents must not be contaminated, or for delivering enzymes and fertilisers.
  • Water vessels shaped as a plastic bag are widely used, for example in emergency cases, when an urgent need occurs of providing water to those who need it: so far, for this type of applications, the plastic bag-shape vessel was cut or pierced to allow delivering liquid contained therein. However, once opened, such vessel could not be closed again, often implying a waste of the remaining liquid, which could have been used also at a later time.
  • Object of the present invention is solving the above prior-art problems, by providing a delivering tap for elastic vessels which exploits the vessel elasticity to guarantee a perfect seal to the liquid contained therein, through a perfect coupling between itself and the vessel, once having inserted the tap in the vessel itself, and to guarantee that the same tap, due to its arrangement, guarantees a high oxygen protection, especially for aseptic applications.
  • a further object of the present invention is providing a tap of the above-mentioned type which can be easily built with a reduced cost, being composed of a minimum number of parts: it will be the special arrangement of such composing parts which allows the tap to obtain the objects for which it has been built.
  • the delivering tap 1 of the invention can be used for elastic vessels for liquids (not shown), and substantially comprises a support body 3 of a generally longitudinally elongated shape.
  • the support body 3 contains elastic opening/closing means 5: such elastic means 5 are adapted to assume an opening position in which they allow delivering liquids from the tap 1 and a closing position in which they sealingly close the tap 1 preventing liquids from being delivered therefrom.
  • the elastic means 5 are made, in their most widespread and efficient form, shaped as a dome and are equipped with an engaging member 30 (of an elongated cylindrical shape and with a tapered tip, and equipped with a circular groove 40 obtained on its body) adapted to engage a corresponding engaging projection 32 (of a cylindrical shape and equipped with a recess 42 adapted to engage the groove 40 of the engaging member 30) of engaging means 7 of the actuating means 6, which will be described below.
  • the tap 1 then comprises delivery actuating means 6, which are composed of engaging means 7 with the elastic means 5, and of pulling means 8 of the elastic means 5.
  • the pulling means 8 are adapted to take the elastic means 5 into their opening position when a pulling force is exerted on the pulling means 8 themselves.
  • the engaging means 7 are contained inside the support body 3, while the pulling means 8 project out of the support body 3.
  • the pulling means 8 of the actuating means 6 are composed of at least one wing (and preferably two wings, as shown) projecting from the support body 3.
  • the tap 1 further comprises at least one liquid delivering opening 11 from the tap 1, in which such opening 11 is obtained in the support body 3.
  • the delivering opening 11 is equipped with at least one jet-breaking lip 22 adapted to dampen and route a delivery of liquids.
  • the section of the delivering opening 11 is preferably of an elliptical shape (as can be inferred from the perspective views in Fig. 1 , 2 and 5 ).
  • the tap 1 then comprises at least one liquid entering opening 13 (and preferably, as shown, at least two openings) into the tap 1 itself; such openings 13 are obtained in the support body 3, and are preferably of a substantially rectangular shape.
  • the tap 1 is also equipped with piercing means 15 of the vessel; such piercing means 15 are made at one end of the support body 3, and are preferably composed of a tip-shaped end 15 of the support body 3, which is obtained through a progressive reduction of the section of the support body 3 towards the end 15.
  • the support body 3 of the tap 1 is adapted to be inserted in the elastic vessel due to a piercing to which the vessel is subjected, by the piercing means 15, when the tap 1 is inserted therein through a pushing force.
  • the tap 1 realises a complete seal preventing liquids from going out of the vessel due to the elasticity of the vessel in which it is inserted.
  • the delivering tap 1 can further be equipped with anti-tampering seal means 16: such seal means 16 are placed around the pulling means 8 of the actuating means 6 in order to prevent their actuation when the seal means 16 are present.
  • the seal means 16 are equipped with at least one tearable tongue 17 cooperating with a circular sealing band 18 closed onto itself as a loop through small closing teeth 19, which are adapted to be torn from the band 18, when a tearing force is exerted on the tongue 17 to open the seal means 16.
  • the tap 1 can be equipped with stopper means 20, which are adapted to stop the insertion of the tap 1 in the vessel when its correct insertion position is reached.
  • the stopper means 20 are also adapted to prevent the tap 1 from overturning with respect to the vessel and to keep a longitudinal axis of the tap 1 in a perpendicular position with respect to the vessel, once having inserted the tap 1 in the vessel.
  • the stopper means 20 are composed of a plate 20 adapted to be placed in contact with an external surface of the vessel.
  • the tap 1 of the invention can further be equipped with withdrawal-preventing means 21, which are adapted to prevent the withdrawal of the tap 1 once being inserted in the vessel.
  • the withdrawal-preventing means 21 are preferably composed of at least one circular notch placed on the support body 3.
  • the circular notches 2 are two, concentric and parallel notches.
  • the support body 3 of the tap 1 comprises a sealing area 24 adapted to engage the surface of the elastic vessel in order to make a perfect seal therewith.
  • the tap 1 finds a particular and preferable application (even if not in a limiting way), in addition to soft plastic vessels, particularly adapted to contain water, also on vessels of the "bag-in-box” type, or vessels of the semi-rigid or rigid type.
  • the vessel is equipped with a mouth adapted to be coupled with the tap 1 for guaranteeing a perfect liquid seal.
  • a mouth is preferably welded onto the vessel surface and the tap 1 is inserted therein, upon manufacturing the vessel or during its use.
  • the tap-mouth coupling is exploited, as occurs in normal "bag-in-box" systems.
  • the tap 1 In order to operate the above-described tap 1 according to the present invention it will be enough to forcedly insert it in the vessel full of liquid, piercing its surface through a suitable movement of a perpendicular or circular (screwing-like) type. Once penetrated into the vessel surface, the tap 1 will remain perfectly adhering thereto, without generating liquid leakages. Moreover, due to its particular arrangement (overturning-preventing means 20), once having inserted the tap 1, its longitudinal axis will remain perfectly perpendicular to the vessel surface on which it is applied, thereby guaranteeing a perfect vertical delivery, made easier by the sectional shape and the jet-breaking lip 22 with which its delivering opening 11 is equipped.

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  1. Abgabehahn (1) und ein elastischer Behälter für Flüssigkeiten oder aseptische Anwendungen, einschließlich:
    - einem Stützkörper (3);
    - wenigstens einer Öffnung (11) für die Flüssigkeitsabgabe aus dem besagten Hahn (1), diese Öffnung (11) ist im Stützkörper (3) vorgesehen;
    - wenigstens einer Öffnung (13) für den Flüssigkeitseingang in den Hahn (1), diese Öffnung (13) ist im besagten Stützkörper (3) vorgesehen;
    - Perforierungsmittel (15) für den besagten Behälter, diese Perforierungsmittel (15) sind an einem Ende des besagten Stützkörpers (3) vorgesehen,
    - Blockierungsmittel (20), diese Blockierungsmittel (20) sind in der Lage, die Einfügung des besagten Hahns (1) in den betreffenden Behälter zu stoppen, wenn die korrekte Einfügungsposition erreicht wurde,
    - Der besagte Stützkörper (3) kann in den elastischen Behälter dank der Perforation eingefügt werden, welche die besagten Perforierungsmittel (15) an dem Behälter ausführen, wenn der besagte Hahn (1) in den Behälter gedrückt wird, wobei nach Einfügung des betreffenden Hahns (1) der Behälter dank seiner Elastizität die vollkommene Dichtigkeit gegen einen Flüssigkeitsaustritt bewirkt,
    gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass der Hahn noch folgendes umfasst
    - elastische Öfmung/Verschluss-Mittel (5) im besagten Stützkörper (3), diese elastischen Mittel (5) sind in der Lage, eine Öffnungsposition einzunehmen, in der die Flüssigkeitsabgabe aus dem Hahn (1) erfolgt und eine Verschlussposition des Hahns (1), während der keine Flüssigkeitsabgabe daraus erfolgt;
    - Betätigungsmittel (6) für die Abgabe, diese Betätigungsmittel (6) bestehen aus Verbindungsmitteln (7), welche die besagten elastischen Mittel (5) verbinden, und aus Zugvorrichtungen (8) für die betreffenden elastischen Mittel (5), diese Zugvorrichtungen (8) bringen die betreffenden elastischen Mittel (5) in ihre Öffnungsposition, wenn eine Zugkraft auf die Zugvorrichtungen (8) ausgeübt wird, wobei die besagten Verbindungsmittel (7) sich im Inneren des Stützkörpers (3) befinden, die besagten Zugvorrichtungen (8) jedoch aus dem Stützkörper (3) herausragen,
    und durch die Tatsache, dass die besagten Blockierungsmittel (20) aus einer Platte (20) bestehen, welche mit der Außenfläche des betreffenden Behälters in Berührung kommt, wobei diese Blockierungsmittel (20) auch in der Lage sind, ein Kippen des besagten Hahns (1) aus dem besagten Behälter zu vermeiden und die Längsachse des besagten Hahns (1) im rechten Winkel zum besagten Behälter zu halten, nachdem der Hahn (1) in den Behälter einsetzt wurde
  2. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass er mit einer Versiegelung (16) gegen Fälschung gesichert ist, wobei diese Versiegelung (16) um die Zugvorrichtungen (8) der betreffenden Betätigungsmittel (6) herum liegt, um eine Betätigung zu vermeiden, solange die besagte Versiegelung (16) vorhanden ist.
  3. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 2, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die besagten Versiegelungsmittel (16) mit wenigstens einer Reißlasche (17) für Öffnung versehen ist, die mit einer abdichtenden Banderole (18) zusammenarbeitet, die einen mit Zähnen versehenen Verschlussring (19) bildet, wobei dieser gezahnte Verschlussring (19) der Abrissbanderole (18) aufbricht, wenn auf die Lasche (17) eine Abrisskraft für die Öffnung der Versiegelung (16) ausgeübt wird.
  4. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass er mit Auszug verhindernden Mitteln (21) versehen ist, die besagten Auszugverhinderungsmittel (21) verhindern der Auszug des Hahns (1) nachdem dieser in den besagten Behälter einsetzt wurde.
  5. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 4, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die besagten Auszug verhindernden Mittel (21) aus wenigstens einem kreisförmigen Einschnitt auf dem besagten Stützkörper (3) bestehen.
  6. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 5, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass es sich bei den besagten kreisförmigen Einschnitten (21) um zwei Stück handelt, die konzentrisch parallel zueinander liegen.
  7. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass es sich bei den betreffenden Eingangsöffnungen (13) um zwei Stück handelt.
  8. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1 oder 7, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die besagten Eingangsöffnungen (13) substantiell eine rechteckige Form haben.
  9. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die besagte Abgabeöffnung (11) mit wenigstens einer Strahlbrechlippe (22) versehen ist, welche die Flüssigkeitsabgabe dämmt und ausrichtet.
  10. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass der Querschnitt dieser Abgabeöffnung (11) elliptisch ist.
  11. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die besagten Perforierungsmittel (15) aus einer Spitze (15) an einem Ende des betreffenden Stützkörpers (3) bestehen, dieses spitze Ende (15) wird durch eine progressive Verringerung des Querschnittes des besagten Stützkörpers (3) gegen das Endstück (15) erhalten.
  12. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass der besagte Stützkörper (3) einen Dichtungsbereich (24) enthält, der auf die Oberfläche des besagten elastischen Behälters für eine perfekte Dichtheit damit einwirkt.
  13. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die besagten Zugvorrichtungen (8) der betreffenden Betätigungsmittel (6) zumindest aus einem Flügel bestehen, der aus dem besagten Stützkörper (3) herausragt.
  14. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass es sich bei den besagten Zugvorrichtungen (8) der betreffenden Betätigungsmittel (6) um wenigstens ein Flügelpaar handelt, das aus dem Stützkörper (3) hervorragt.
  15. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass die besagten elastischen Mittel (5) eine Kuppelform haben und mit einem Verbindungsmittel (30) versehen sind, das auf eine betreffende Nase (32) der betreffenden Verbindungsmittel (7) der besagten Betätigungsmittel (6) einwirkt.
  16. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass er für weiche Plastikbehälter verwandt wird, die insbesondere Wasser enthalten.
  17. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass es sich um "bag-in-box" Behälter handelt.
  18. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass es sich um halbsteife Behälter handelt.
  19. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 1, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass es sich um steife Behälter handelt.
  20. Abgabehahn (1) gemäß Patentanspruch 17, 18 oder 19, gekennzeichnet durch die Tatsache, dass der betreffende Behälter mit einem Mundstück versehen ist, in welches der betreffende Hahn (1) mit einer perfekte Ausflussgarantie eingefügt wird.
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