EP3030515A1 - Closure for the charging hole of a liquid container - Google Patents
Closure for the charging hole of a liquid containerInfo
- Publication number
- EP3030515A1 EP3030515A1 EP13766906.5A EP13766906A EP3030515A1 EP 3030515 A1 EP3030515 A1 EP 3030515A1 EP 13766906 A EP13766906 A EP 13766906A EP 3030515 A1 EP3030515 A1 EP 3030515A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- channel
- flap
- bung
- pressure
- piercing
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
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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
- B67D1/0801—Details of beverage containers, e.g. casks, kegs
- B67D1/0808—Closing means, e.g. bungholes, barrel bungs
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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
- B67D1/0801—Details of beverage containers, e.g. casks, kegs
- B67D1/0802—Dip tubes
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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
- B67D1/0801—Details of beverage containers, e.g. casks, kegs
- B67D1/0807—Openings for emptying, e.g. taped openings
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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
- B67D1/0829—Keg connection means
- B67D1/0831—Keg connection means combined with valves
- B67D1/0835—Keg connection means combined with valves with one valve
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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
- B67D1/0801—Details of beverage containers, e.g. casks, kegs
- B67D2001/0822—Pressurised rigid containers, e.g. kegs, figals
Definitions
- the invention relates to a closure for the filling opening of a liquid container with a matching under sealing in the filling opening bung made of elastic material.
- the bung has an axial piercing channel on which the container can be pierced with the piercer raw r a tap fitting.
- the bung bush seals at the lancing tube.
- the bung is provided with a manually operable pressure equalization valve, which shuts off and releases a pressure equalization channel between the head cavities of the container above the liquid level therein and the atmosphere.
- Such a closure is known from WO 2001/014242 A1. It serves to tightly close the filling opening of a liquid container.
- containers are barrels, small barrels (party kegs) or cans in which liquids, in particular drinks, are filled without pressure or under pressure. It's all about party kegs for beer.
- the closure is a unit completely supplied to the bottler. He is pressed at the end of the filling process under elastic deformation of the bung in the filling of the container.
- the bung closure of WO 2001/014242 A1 is designed to be pierced with the lancing tube of a tap fitting.
- the bung of the closure has an axial piercing channel which is closed with a bung stopper seated therein.
- the lancing tube of the tap fitting is inserted into the piercing channel and the bung stopper is ejected into the container.
- the closure for the filling opening on the upper bottom of the container is provided with a pressure compensation valve.
- a pressure compensation valve Through the bung of the closure performs a pressure equalization channel between the headspace of the container above the liquid level in it and the atmosphere. Before use, the pressure equalization channel is shut off. It can be released by manual rotary actuation of the pressure compensation valve, shut off again, re-released, and so on.
- the bung stopper located in the piercing channel is at the same time the valve member of the rotationally actuated pressure compensation valve.
- the pressure equalization channel is a radial bore, which passes through the bung box laterally and leads to the inner shell of the piercing channel. Depending on the rotational position of the bung stopper the mouth of the pressure compensation channel is shut off in the piercing or more or less released. The pressure equalization then takes place via the piercing channel.
- the bung closure of WO 2001/014242 A2 is of at least two-part construction.
- the rotary operated bung stopper is a separate part from the bung liner.
- Multi-part bung-hole closures for the filling opening of a liquid container which can be pierced and have a pressure compensation valve, are also known from DE 10 2006 056 062 A1, DE 100 00 335 A1 and DE 199 52 473 C2.
- a sleeve is screwed into the central opening of the bung, which forms the piercing channel for the piercing tube of a dispensing fitting.
- the inner end of the bung is pressure-tight with a bottom closed.
- the bottom is tied to the edge of the bung with a predetermined breaking point. He is pierced with the lance raw.
- the bottom can also be torn open by pre-screwing the sleeve to bring about pressure equalization.
- the piercing channel is covered on the outside of the sleeve with a piercing membrane.
- the bung closure of DE 10 2006 056 062 A1 is of at least two-part construction.
- the screw-operated sleeve is a separate part of the bung.
- the bung is provided with a seal which serves as protection against contamination, the integrity of the closure visibly documented, but can also be used for gas-tight, pressure-tight closure of the container.
- the object of the invention is to provide a closure for the filling opening of a liquid container, which can be pierced like the previously known closures and is provided with a pressure compensation valve, in the order
- construction is less complicated and intuitively simpler in operation and meets the highest hygiene standards.
- the piercing channel and the pressure equalization channel of the bung are spatially and functionally separated.
- the pressure equalization channel passes through the bung box at a distance next to the piercing channel axially, and it opens at a distance next to the piercing at an end face of the bung box.
- the bung is provided with a flap integrally hinged thereto, which covers the end face in a downwardly pivoted closed position, the mouths piercing channel and pressure equalization channel closes splash-tight and the pressure equalization channel pressure-tight, d. H. gas-tight and flameproof shut off.
- the flap can be manually swiveled up and down to release the pressure equalization channel more or less, thus actuating the pressure balance valve.
- the closure according to the invention can be produced in one piece in one pass by two- or three-component plastic injection molding, so-called assembly injection molding. It requires no special assembly step for initially separately manufactured plastic parts. This results in a cost and hygiene advantage.
- the one-piece construction of the closure is made possible by the embodiment of the pressure compensation valve on the flap. The overlapping of the mouths of piercing and pressure equalization channel with the flap is used for hygiene. Penetration of the spray water and impurities is counteracted. The operation of the pressure compensation valve by pivoting the flap intuitively opposes the user, as well as the dispensing lever of a conventional tap is actuated. The flap provides a long lever arm for energy-saving, sensitive operation of the pressure compensation valve.
- the bung is substantially axially symmetrical. It has a taper body and an outwardly projecting flange, with which it is supported on the bottom of the container in which the filling opening is located.
- the piercing channel is a central channel through the bung box.
- the pressure equalization channel passes through the flange of the bung.
- the pressure equalization channel terminates close to the flange at the periphery of the taper body of the bung.
- a plug-like valve web is integrally formed on the flap which, when the flap is pivoted down, fits into the pressure equalization channel and blocks it in a pressure-tight manner.
- the valve land can be pulled out of the pressure equalization channel by swiveling the flap up to open a flow path for pressure equalization.
- the valve land is conical. The taper of the valve land is used to regulate the pressure during actuation of the pressure compensation valve.
- the pressure equalization channel and the valve land therein have an elongate oval cross-section with a circumferential extent.
- the flap is articulated laterally with a film hinge on the bung, namely next to the pressure equalization channel, so that it is located between the film hinge and the piercing.
- the flap for actuating the pressure compensation valve forms a one-armed lever with a long lever arm.
- the flap is provided with a seal, which is destroyed visibly on first swiveling the flap.
- a seal which is destroyed visibly on first swiveling the flap.
- the closure is produced in a multi-component plastic injection molding technique, in particular in a two-component plastic injection molding technique from a hard component and a soft sealing component, or in a three-component plastic injection molding technique from a hard component, a soft sealing component and a from the aforementioned components color-contrasting color component.
- the seal consists of the color component.
- the interior of the bung-bushing is pressure-tightly sealed with a bottom integrally formed thereon, which can be pierced with the lancing pipe of a tap fitting.
- the floor at the edge has a predetermined breaking point with webs of the hard component and parts of the sealing component in between. Due to the two plastic components at the predetermined breaking point a small force when piercing the soil and a safe gas-tight and pressure tightness of the predetermined breaking point is guaranteed.
- the flap is provided with a membrane which lies in the lowered Schüeß ein the flap in front of the mouth of the piercing and can be pierced with the lancing tube of a tap fitting.
- the membrane seals the piercing channel against splash water and contamination. It signals to the user where the container can be pierced, regardless of the possible pressure equalization by actuation of the flap.
- the piercing channel is substantially cylindrical, regardless of an annular bead or a plurality of axially offset annular beads, which may have the bung on the jacket wall of the piercing.
- the membrane on the flap is preferably circular and of a diameter corresponding to the clear width of the piercing channel.
- the membrane is provided with radially extending, uniformly distributed over the circumference predetermined breaking points.
- the membrane has at the edge a predetermined breaking point with webs of the hard component and parts of the sealing component in between. Due to the two plastic components at the predetermined breaking point a small force is ensured when piercing the membrane and a good tightness of the predetermined breaking point.
- the bottom at the inner end of the bung and the membrane at the flap are preferably designed to rupture but not tear when pierced. Their fragments remain hanging so that they guide the lancing tube and do not interfere with its sealing. None is ejected into the liquid container, but nothing at all. This is preferred for reasons of hygiene.
- the closure is made in one piece in a single pass by three-component assembly injection molding.
- the closure is sprayed in the open position of the flap of the hard component and the sealing component, the flap of the closure still located in the injection molding tool closed and over-injected with the color component.
- the injection molding tool for this is quite complex, the production of the closure in a large series but cost-effective and always very hygienic.
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view
- Fig. 2 is a side view
- Fig. 3 is a plan view from above
- Fig. 4 is a plan view from below
- Fig. 5 is a diametrical sectional view
- Fig. 6 is a perspective view
- Fig. 7 is a side view
- Fig. 8 is a plan view from above
- Fig. 9 is a plan view from below.
- Fig. 10 is a diametrical sectional view.
- the closure according to the invention serves to fill the filling opening with a
- Such containers are barrels, small barrels (party kegs) or cans in which drinks are filled without pressure or under pressure. Specifically, it is about party kegs for beer, which are traditionally made of sheet metal and have a filling opening on the topsoil.
- Part of the closure according to the invention is a bung of elastic material, which can be described as a whole axially symmetrical overall.
- the bung has a taper body 10 and a radially outwardly projecting, circumferential flange 12th
- the bung with the taper body 10 is pressed ahead under elastic deformation in the filling opening on the top of the party keg until the flange 12 comes to rest on the topsoil.
- the taper body has on the outer shell evenly distributed over the circumference ramps 14, which widen in Eindschreibraum the bung. Between the ramps 14 and the flange 12 of the bung the diameter of which returns, so that an annular groove 16 is formed, in which engages the edge of the filling opening.
- the bung bushing is penetrated centrally and axially by an approximately circular cylindrical piercing channel 18 into which the piercing tube of a dispensing fitting can be inserted in order to pierce the container and remove liquid therefrom.
- the bung has on the cylinder jacket wall of the piercing channel 18 in an axially staggered arrangement two circumferential annular beads 20 which project inwardly into the cylinder opening of the tapping channel 18.
- the annular beads 20 serve to guide and seal the piercing tube.
- the inner end of the piercing channel 18 is closed with a bottom 22, which is integrally formed on the taper body 10 of the bung and its inner end face forms.
- the bottom 22 withstands the internal pressure of the container.
- the bottom 22 is provided at the outer periphery with a predetermined breaking point 24 which extends over approximately three quarters of the bottom circumference.
- the piercing channel 18 opens outwardly on a flat end face 26 of the flange 12. Laterally adjacent to the mouth of the piercing channel 18, at a distance radially outward, can be seen in Fig. 6 and Fig. 8, the mouth of a separate pressure equalization channel 28 which passes through the flange 12 and ends immediately under the annular groove 16 for the edge of the container at the outer periphery of the taper body 10.
- the pressure equalization channel 28 extends over the entire length axially and laterally adjacent to the axial piercing channel 18. It connects the headspace of the container above the liquid level therein with the atmosphere.
- the pressure equalization channel 28 is axially symmetric and oblong-oval
- a flap 30 is integrally hinged, which is adapted to cover the end face 26 of the flange 12 and the mouths of
- Tapping channel 18 and pressure equalization channel 28 to close splash-proof.
- the flap 30 is a flat round plate. In the closed position fits the
- Flap 30 latching between retaining webs 32 which are at the periphery of the flange
- the flap 30 is connected at the level of the flange 12 with a film hinge 34 laterally to the bung.
- the film hinge 34 of the flap 30 is connected to the pressure equalization channel 28 in FIG.
- the pressure equalization channel 28 is located next to the film hinge 34, more precisely between the film hinge 34 and the piercing channel 18th
- valve land 40 is substantially a complementary mirror image to the mouth of the pressure equalization channel 28. However, it engages with a tapering the mouth opening therein.
- the valve web 40 is axially symmetrical and of oblong-oval cross-section with extension in the circumferential direction. When the flap 30 is closed, the valve web 40 seals off the pressure compensation channel 28 in a pressure-tight manner.
- a circular membrane 42 is formed whose diameter corresponds to the clear width of the piercing channel 18.
- the diaphragm 42 is provided with radial, uniformly distributed over the circumference fractions 44 provided.
- the flap 30 Prior to initial use, the flap 30 has a downwardly pivoted closed position in which it is latched to the flange 12 of the bung, covers the mouths of piercing channel 18 and pressure equalization channel 28 and shuts off the pressure equalization channel 28 with the valve web 40 engaging therein.
- the flap 30 is fixed in this position with a seal 46, which is easily visible destroyed when first swiveling the flap 30.
- the seal 46 is formed by a straight, narrow strip of material, which engages over the flap 30 on the side facing away from the film hinge 34 along a secant, which extends parallel to the axis of the film hinge 34.
- Swivel actuator for pressure compensation sensitive and low power consumption The membrane 42 on the flap 30 allows the user to easily see where the container can be pierced with a tap fitting, regardless of the possible pressure equalization by means of the flap 30th
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- Closures For Containers (AREA)
- Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
- Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
- Cartons (AREA)
Abstract
Description
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PCT/EP2013/066745 WO2015018458A1 (en) | 2013-08-09 | 2013-08-09 | Closure for the charging hole of a liquid container |
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EP3030515A1 true EP3030515A1 (en) | 2016-06-15 |
EP3030515B1 EP3030515B1 (en) | 2017-06-07 |
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US (1) | US9790077B2 (en) |
EP (1) | EP3030515B1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2013397538B2 (en) |
BR (1) | BR112016002486B1 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2919364C (en) |
MX (1) | MX2016001201A (en) |
WO (1) | WO2015018458A1 (en) |
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BR112016002486A2 (en) | 2017-08-01 |
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