EP3261978B1 - Dispensing system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a dispenser with at least one cooled interior or receiving space for or with at least one beverage container and with at least one dispensing device having at least one dispensing device for dispensing the contents of the beverage container to a user.

Such dispensers are known from the prior art. They have a cold room in which, for example, a beverage bottle or a beverage keg is located, and a dispensing device by means of which the drink can be issued to a user.

In known dispensing systems, there is a problem that, especially in the case of carbonated drinks, foaming is sometimes comparatively strong during the connection process of the beverage container and also during dispensing. This problem increases the more the more carbonated the drink contains.

The DE 20 2005 011502 U1 shows a refrigerator and / or freezer with means for dispensing a beverage, wherein a dispensing device in a cooled Interior is provided to output the contents of a beverage container to a user.

The US 101,889 B discloses a closure for a bottle having a two-part thread for grasping a neck of a bottle and a bell engageable therewith having a corresponding internal thread. In this case, the bottle has a total of two possible outlets, wherein at one of these outlets a pump for portionwise dispensing of the contents can be provided.

The US 1,752,090 describes a bottle cap having two parts having essay, which are braced against each other by folding a tension bracket,

The present invention is therefore the object of developing a dispensing system of the type mentioned in that the phenomenon of foaming over known devices can be reduced.

This object is achieved by a dispensing system with the features of claim 1.

Thereafter, it is provided that the dispensing device is located within the cooled interior. This makes it possible to achieve that the foaming during the pin as well as during the connection process of the seal fitting or the dispensing device to the beverage container with respect to arrangements in which the dispensing device is not disposed within the cooled interior, is reduced even for drinks with high carbon dioxide content.

The foaming when tapping, especially for a first glass after a longer Zapfpause also falls significantly lower.

Further advantages of the arrangement of the dispensing device within the cooled interior are that even less carbon dioxide escapes from the beverage than in known versions and that even the first drop of the beverage is released cold from the dispensing device.

In one embodiment it can be provided that the glasses to be dispensed into are also stored in the cooled interior and thus cooled. As a result, the above-mentioned positive effect can be exacerbated. The cooled interior space thus preferably has a size such that one, two or more than two beverage containers, in particular champagne bottles, also one, two or more than two glasses, in particular champagne glasses, can be arranged therein.

Another advantage of the arrangement of the dispensing device within the cooled interior is that the risk of contamination at the tap or at the dispensing device is much lower than when it is arranged in a non-cooled area.

It is expressly pointed out that the terms "a" or "an" are not to be construed as limiting one of the elements in question. Rather, the use of these terms also includes the presence of two or more than two of the elements. For example, it is conceivable and encompassed by the invention to arrange not only exactly one dispensing device in the cooled interior, but two or more than two dispensing devices.

In one embodiment of the invention, the dispensing system has at least one closure element, in particular at least one door or at least one flap, etc., and the operating side of the dispensing device is located on the same side as the closure element.

The operating page is understood as meaning the side on which a user usually operates, who operates the dispensing device.

In this case, for example, it is possible to proceed in such a way that the user opens a door of the device and operates the dispensing system from the open side of the door.

In a further embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the dispensing system has exactly one closure element or at least two closure elements, in particular at least two doors or at least two flaps etc. In this case, a closure element for inserting and removing the beverage containers, in particular serve bottles and the other closure element can be opened to gain access to the dispensing device. Also in this case, the dispensing device can be arranged within the cooled interior. The two closure elements can be arranged on opposite sides of the device.

In principle, it should be pointed out that the dispensing device can be arranged exactly in the same cooled interior as the beverage container (s). In principle, it is also conceivable to provide a plurality of cooled interiors, wherein in a cooled interior or the beverage containers and in a further cooled interior, the at least one dispensing device is arranged.

According to the invention, a connecting element is provided, which is connectable or connected to the beverage container and with the dispensing device such that the beverage can be tapped directly from the beverage container.

According to the invention, the connecting element comprises one or more attachments. This can be placed on top of an open bottle or other beverage container, such as. On an open champagne bottle, and an associated hose or pipe or the like, which connects the attachment with the dispensing device. Thus, there is a direct connection between the bottle or other beverage container and the dispensing device. The attachment is preferably designed such that it is tightly connected or connected to the bottle or other beverage container, so that no gas or only a minor amount of gas escapes. For this purpose, the attachment has a sealing element which is designed and arranged on the attachment so that it can be pressed onto the bottleneck in at least one position of the attachment.

In one embodiment, the connecting element comprises a first connection element for connection to the dispensing device and a second connection element for connection to a compressed gas source. It can be provided that the connection elements are provided with shut-off means for tight closure of the beverage container. Suitable shut-off means include check valves.

The connection elements are preferably designed so that they allow a detachable connection with a line leading to the dispensing device or compressed gas source, for example a hose. Conceivable in this context, screw couplings or quick couplings, such as mono-quick couplings, or other couplings being on the connection element or on the hose preferably the female thread or the (more expensive) female part of the coupling and on the other part of the male thread or the (less expensive) male part, the nipple are arranged.

Since preferably several bottles are ready prepared, it makes sense to use this page, i. on the bottle side, the less expensive male part, e.g. to arrange the nipple.

Quick couplings have the advantage of a very simple handling, but are more expensive compared to screw couplings.

It is preferably provided that the coupling is gas- and / or liquid-tight.

The attachment can be designed so that it can be placed gas-tight and / or liquid-tight on the bottle head and neck. According to the invention, the attachment is designed so that it comprises a seal and that it comprises a mechanical device with which the seal against the bottle head and / or neck can be pressed.

According to the invention it is provided that the attachment has at least two separate or movably interconnected parts which have corresponding interfaces of a mechanical system such as a thread or a tension bow. According to the invention it is provided that the attachment has a ring and a bell, wherein the central opening of the ring is dimensioned such that the ring can be placed over the head of commercial champagne bottles on the neck, and / or the bell a receptacle for the bottle head comprises, whose coat bars are dimensioned so that they can engage flush in the central opening of the ring. On the inside of the ring is according to the invention a Abutment element or a bearing edge arranged for an abutment element, preferably in the engagement region of the jacket webs. The abutment element may be, for example, two separate and preferably removable half shells.

The counterweight for the required contact pressure of the seal on the bottle is ensured by the support of the half-shells to the edge of the bottle, under which the spark plug is attached to champagne and champagne bottles. This edge is standardized for all champagne and champagne bottles and thus almost equal.

If the attachment has a ring and a bell as described, the placement may include coating the ring over the bottle head. Then, if desired, i.e., if not integrated in the ring, an abutment element, for example in the form of two half shells or in the form of more than two subshells, may be placed between the ring and the neck of the bottle. Subsequently, the bell can be placed on the bottle, so that their receptacle is seated on the opening and dock the coat bars in the region of the abutment element to the ring. Finally, the bell and the ring can be mechanically clamped, for example, by folding a tension bracket.

The abutment member is supported in the assembled state of a thickening in the region of the bottle neck and thus ensures that the entire assembly, i. the ring and the bell are firmly attached to the bottle.

The seal may be arranged for example in the receptacle of the bell, preferably at the bottom of this receptacle to press in the mounted state of the article from above against the bottle head. For example, the seal may be a ring seal which seals the opening of the bottle surrounds. The seal can be arranged removably on the attachment. It is conceivable that in the bottom of the bell an opening for squeezing the seal is present to facilitate a seal change.

It is conceivable that the bottle is uncorked only after the coating of the ring and possibly inserting the resistance elements, which has the advantage that no time is lost until the bell is placed and when attaching the essay almost no carbon dioxide from the bottle escapes. If available, however, if possible, any cover sheets and shutter wires present on the bottle head should be removed before coating the ring to allow easy opening with the ring attached.

It may be provided that the attachment and, for example, the bell has line elements which connect the interior of the bottle with the connection elements for the dispensing device and compressed gas source. In this case, a dispensing line element is preferably provided, which connects the interior of the bottle with the connection element for the dispensing device, and a compressed gas conduit element is provided, which connects the interior of the bottle with the connection element for the compressed gas source. It is conceivable that a beverage extraction hose connects to the inside of the dispensing line element whose length is selected so that it reaches to the bottom of commercial champagne bottles. It is also conceivable that one or both line elements have, for example, a 90 ° deflection, so that their inner end is vertical and the connection element is horizontal.

Also conceivable is an embodiment in which the line elements constitute integral components of the attachment or the bell. You can, for example be executed as holes in the essay or in the bell, so that can be dispensed with separate conduit elements.

In one embodiment, check valves and, in particular, non-return valves are arranged in the line elements in order to permit gas introduction and removal under corresponding pressure differences or manual activation or connection, but to avoid unwanted gas or liquid entry or exit into or out of the bottle.

The dispensing device can basically consist of one or even several dispensing taps or have these.

It is preferred if the dispensing system has exactly one dispensing device or exactly one dispensing tap. If two or more than two beverage containers or bottles are arranged in the cooled interior, the dispensing device can be connected to a beverage container, while the other beverage container serves as a reserve and is connected when a beverage container is empty. This results in the advantages that the user does not require a separate cooling facility for the reserve beverage container, that this solution is cost-effective than a variant with two or more than two dispensing devices, and that the space in the cooled interior compared to a variant with two or more as two dispensers are cheaper.

In principle, two or more than two dispensing devices or dispensing taps may also be arranged in the cooled interior. It is preferably provided that each beverage container, which is also located in the cooled interior, each with a dispensing device or a tap is so connected that can be tapped from the beverage container by means of the dispensing device or by means of the tap.

The beverage container (s) are preferably champagne bottles or other high-pressure beverage bottles such as Prosecco DOCG, Cremant or Winzersekt. The references made in the context of the invention to champagne bottles thus apply correspondingly to other beverage containers or bottles.

Although a design with exactly two dispensers is a preferred embodiment, the invention is not limited thereto. The invention thus also includes dispensing systems which have one or more than two dispensing devices. Optionally, two drinks (e.g., white and rose champagne) may be tapped simultaneously.

In a further embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the closure element has at least one transparent or at least one translucent region. It may be the door, by means of which the cooled interior or the receiving space for the at least one beverage container can be closed. However, it may also be another, e.g. do not act transparent wall of the device.

The transparent or translucent area may in principle extend to the entire wall or door or another closure element or only to a portion of it, such as, for example, on a surrounded by a frame area.

It is preferably provided that the dispensing device is arranged on a wall of the cooled interior. In question comes, for example, the side wall, the ceiling, the floor, the rear wall of the cooled interior. You can z. B. be arranged by a clamping or screw connection or by another connection.

It is also conceivable that the dispensing system has a closing element, such as a door or flap, by means of which the cooled interior is closed and that the dispensing device is arranged on the inside of the closure element.

This arrangement has the advantage that the dispensing device is arranged in the cooled interior with the closure element closed and is easily accessible to a user when the closure element is open.

In a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that at least one compressed gas source is provided, which is designed such that it exerts a preferably constant pressure on the contents of the beverage container. This compressed gas source is preferably designed as a compressed gas cylinder and has the task of keeping above the liquid in the open beverage container a pressurized atmosphere or to produce. This leads to the fact that the beverage in the opened beverage container, such as. Champagne or Prosecco, its composition does not or not materially changes even with glassy cones of content and especially no or very little carbonic acid loses, so that even when opened for a long time bottles no or only small losses in taste occur.

The at least one compressed gas source may contain one or more inert gases, such as argon and / or nitrogen and / or shielding gases and / or CO ₂ or carbonic acid and / or a mixture of these components. Preference is given to the use of nitrogen, the use of argon and the use of Mixed gases of argon and CO ₂ and mixed gases of nitrogen and CO ₂ as compressed gases.

Preferably, the dispensing unit has at least one illumination device which is arranged such that with the illumination device the receiving space, i. the refrigerated interior for the beverage (s) and in particular the beverage container (s) therein are partially or fully illuminatable. This illumination device may, for example, comprise one or more LEDs or also conventional illuminants. It can be located both in the interior of the dispensing system and / or in the door of the dispensing system.

The receiving area or the cooled interior may, for example, have a height in the range of 40 cm to 60 cm and preferably in the range of 48 cm to 52 cm and / or a width of 25 cm to 45 cm and preferably in the range of 32 cm 36 cm and / or a depth of 10 cm to 40 cm and preferably in the range of 15 cm to 20 cm.

Preferably, the receiving area is dimensioned such that in this at least one preferably two 1.5 l magnum bottles can be accommodated. Of course, two smaller champagne bottles (0.75 l or 3 l Jeroboam bottles) can also be positioned in this receiving area or in the cooled interior.

It is conceivable that the receiving area or the cooled interior has at least one stage in its rear area, wherein it is preferably provided that the beverage container (s) are located in the area in front of the stage and the compressed gas container (s) are at or before this level. The or the compressed gas containers can thus stand up on the same floor as the beverage containers.

The said stage may be due to the compressor seat located on the back of the unit. In principle, the one beverage container can also be arranged on the step. A mixed arrangement of beverage containers and / or compressed gas containers before and / or on the stage is also included in the invention.

The invention also encompasses the case in which the bottom surface has no step, but is planar.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the at least one pressurized gas container is located in front of the step and in the corner laterally behind the bottle or other beverage containers.

In principle, it can be provided that the at least one pressurized gas cylinder is arranged behind the beverage container (s), so that it is not or hardly visible from the outside through the transparent or translucent region of the wall or of the closure element.

To save space in the cold room, it is also conceivable to arrange the compressed gas cylinder outside of the cold room, with corresponding passages for the pressure line through the device wall.

Preferably, the compressed gas container (s) are provided with a pressure gas regulating device which controls the pressure applied to the bottle or other container to a specific and preferably adjustable value controls. Other methods for adjusting the pressure are possible, for example, using a storage line.

The possible arrangements of the gas cylinders apply accordingly to the compressed gas control devices.

The step limits the available space in the receiving area in the depth direction, so that the beverage containers, preferably bottles, before the stage and, for example, the compressed gas container (s) can be positioned on or also in front of the step.

It is also conceivable that in the receiving area, i. in the cooled interior for receiving the bottles, different sized beverage containers and / or beverage containers with different contents are.

The cooling of the interior takes place e.g. by means of a conventional compression refrigeration machine, however, other types of refrigeration are possible and encompassed by the invention.

The present invention relates both to a dispensing unit as such, i. without beverage containers, as well as on a dispensing unit, in its refrigerated interior, i. Receiving area, one or more beverage containers are arranged and connected to the dispensing device or can be.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention it is provided that the dispensing system is provided with at least one foot, on which the dispensing system is rotatably arranged.

In the event that the operator side and the visible side, through which the customer can see into the refrigerated interior, are identical, the upper behind the counter after the order by the customer must turn the device in order to then perform the tapping process. For this purpose, it can be provided with one or more rotatable feet or slewing rings. These have the task to design the body of the dispensing unit against the foot rotatable.

If the device has at least two closure elements, such a rotatable arrangement can also be dispensed with (or it can additionally be provided) since, for example, the transparent region can be arranged on one side of the device, through which the user can see the beverage container (s) can, and on the back of another door or flap or another closure element that can open the operator or operator to operate there behind the tap system.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the dispensing unit is a counter unit. By this is meant that the device is dimensioned such that an operation of the dispensing system for a person in front of the device is possible when the dispenser is at a standard height for counters.

In one embodiment it can be provided that the device preferably has means for wall attachment at its rear side. For example, projections may be formed on or recesses in the rear wall of the device. Recesses may for example have the shape of reverse keyholes, so that at the bottom of the recesses a screw head can be inserted, which then engages behind in a downward movement of the device webs, which define on both sides a channel for the screw neck at the top of the recesses.

It is conceivable that the dispensing system a height of <1m and preferably of <0.8 m.

The present invention further relates to an arrangement comprising at least one counter and at least one on-the-counter dispensing system according to one of claims 1 to 17. Such a counter can be constructed, for example, in a restaurant or in a hotel bar.

Figur 1:

eine perspektivische Darstellung der Zapfanlage gemäß der Erfindung;

Figur 2:

eine Seitenansicht eines Verbindungselements einer erfindungsgemäßen Zapfanlage;

Figur 3:

um 90° versetzte Schnittansichten des Verbindungselements gemäß Figur 2; und

Figur 4:

eine perspektivische Ansicht der Zapfanlage.

Further details and advantages of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS. In the figures show:

FIG. 1:

a perspective view of the dispensing system according to the invention;

FIG. 2:

a side view of a connecting element of a dispensing system according to the invention;

FIG. 3:

90 ° offset sectional views of the connecting element according to FIG. 2 ; and

FIG. 4:

a perspective view of the dispensing system.

The dispenser is in the FIG. 1 generally designated by the reference numeral 100.

The reference numeral 10 indicates the body of the refrigerator as a part of the tap 100, which encloses the cooled interior, ie the receiving space 12 for receiving the bottles 30.

The cooled interior 12 is enclosed on all sides by walls, which are the rear wall 13, the side walls 14, the ceiling 15, the floor 16 and the front wall 17 in the form of the door. The door 17 is pivotally arranged so that when the door 17 is open, the receiving space 12 is accessible and when the door 17 is closed by the door 17.

The receiving space 12 has a height of 45 cm to 55 cm, preferably 51 cm. The width of the receiving space 12 is 30 cm to 40 cm, preferably 34 cm, and the depth of the receiving space 12 is in the area B, in which the illustrated bottles 30 are 15 cm to 20 cm, and preferably 17 cm.

Behind the bottles 30 may extend a step, above which the depth of the receiving space is correspondingly larger than in the area B. On this stage, not shown, are preferably one or more, also not shown, compressed gas tank.

The illustrated bottles 30 are, for example, two champagne bottles (1.5 l magnum), which can be placed side by side in the receiving space 12.

As can be seen from the figure, located within the cooled interior 12, the dispensing device 50, which has a tap 51 or handle in the embodiment shown here, which has an output device 52 in the form of a tubular outlet. After opening the preferably cooled to just over 0 ° C bottles 30, these are each connected by means of a connecting element with the compressed gas cylinders or the outlets of the pressure reducer or pressure level devices arranged therein and with the dispensing device. The named Cooling reduces / prevents exuberant drink while inserting the drinker tube or tube.

The connecting element is preferably designed so that the opening of the bottles (or other beverage containers) can take place at any location within or preferably outside of the cooled interior.

Preferably, the connecting element is placed immediately after opening the preferably cold beverage container, in particular the cold bottle. It then closes after appropriate tensioning over e.g. a thread, an ironing system or the like, the bottle or the beverage container perfectly tight.

The connecting element preferably has connections with which the connecting element can be connected to the dispensing device and to the compressed gas source or is in communication.

In the Figures 2 and 3 a preferred embodiment of a connecting element is shown in detail, wherein the connecting element designed as a cap is generally designated by the reference numeral 59.

The attachment 59 is designed so that it can be gas- and / or liquid-tight on the bottle head 61 and neck 62 put on. It comprises an abutment element 63 and clamping yoke 64 with which the abutment element 63 can be pressed against a projection 61a located between the bottle head 61 and the bottle neck 62. The attachment 59 comprises a ring 65 and a bell 66. The central opening 67 of the ring 65 is dimensioned such that the ring 65 can be pulled over the bottle head 61. The bell 66 includes a receptacle 67 for the bottle head 61, the jacket webs 68 so are dimensioned so that they fit flush in the central opening 67a of the ring 65. On the inner side 69 of the ring 65, a bearing edge 70 for the abutment element 63 is arranged in the engagement region of the jacket webs 68. The abutment element 63 is inserted into the ring 65 in the form of two separate and removable half-shells.

The seal 79 is removably disposed on the bottom of the receptacle 67 of the bell 66 to press in the assembled state of the article 59 from above against the bottle head 61.

The recording on the bottom of the bell is preferably designed circumferentially in a concave / obliquely rounded shape, which also ensures tightness at a little oblique placement. Even a flat seal nestles snugly inside and on top of the rounded neck of the bottle. This has advantages over a flat floor. The seal 79 is an annular seal or mold seal surrounding the opening of the bottle. In the bottom of the bell 66, there is an opening 80 for squeezing the seal 79 to facilitate a seal exchange.

The attachment 59 comprises a first connection element 72 for connection to the dispensing device and a second connection element 73 for connection to a compressed gas source. On the connecting elements 72 and 73 are not shown shut-off for tight closure of the bottle.

The bell 66 includes lines 74 and 75 which connect the interior of the bottle to the connection elements 72 and 73 for the dispensing device and compressed gas source. In this case, a bleed line 74 is provided, which connects the interior of the bottle with the connecting element 72 for the dispensing device, and a compressed gas line 75 is provided which surrounds the interior of the bottle with the Connecting element 73 for the compressed gas source connects. A beverage withdrawal tube 76 connects to the inside of the dispensing line, the length of which is selected to reach the bottom of the bottle. Both lines 74 and 75 have a 90 ° deflection 77, so that their inner ends 78 are vertical and the connecting elements 72 and 73 are horizontal.

An attachment of the connecting element can take place, for example, in which the bottle outside the device, e.g. cooled in a cold room, ideally to about 2 ° C. Then the cover foil over the cork and around the neck of the bottle are removed to a height of approx. 100 mm. The lock wire on the cork is then removed with no risk, as the cork does not come loose when the bottle is cold. The clamp holder is then placed over the cork on the bottle neck and the two half-shells are inserted. Then the bottle is uncorked and the bottle neck bell with the screwed-on beverage hose is put on quickly. The clamps are hung on the neck of the bottle neck and then closed immediately. As a result, the clamp holder is raised, the two half-shells are supported on the edge of the bottle and the gasket is pressed, with the result that the bottle is tight and pressure and drink can not escape from the bottle, since both the gas and gas the beverage connection by self-closing or closing by hand elements are tight. The bottle can now be stored for any length of time until it is needed and connected to the dispensing system.

About check valves and / or other shut-off devices and via, for example, screw or quick couplings, which are located on the connecting element or at its terminals, the tightness can be generated.

After applying the connecting element, the operator can connect the connecting element with the pressure reducer or with the compressed gas source and with the dispensing device.

For this purpose, the connecting element can also be sealed from above via the upper end region of the bottles or via the bottle necks, e.g. be mounted in the form of an attachment which communicates with the cylinder so that the pressure from the cylinder or a reduced pressure, e.g. 4.5 bar, on the surface of the liquid in the bottle 30 is present or acts on the liquid.

This attachment is further associated with a hose 60 or the like with the dispensing device. Is operated by the user-side operation of the tap, the drink is due to the applied pressure to the dispensing device. Thus, it is tapped directly on the bottle or on the beverage container. A special funding, such as. A pump or the like, is not available.

The pressurization has not only the advantage that the beverage is conveyed from the beverage container to the dispensing device, but also the advantage that the composition of the beverage is not or at least negligibly changed during the time in the receiving space.

As can be seen further from the figure, the dispensing device 50 is oriented so that the operating side of the dispensing system is from the front, ie from the side of the door. The user is thus on the side of the door and must open this, he would like to operate the dispenser 50.

The door has a front side 17 and includes a frame 172 surrounding a plastic or glass plate 171. This transparent or translucent region allows an insight into the preferably illuminated interior and thus to the bottles 30.

An embodiment in which several or all walls are designed with a transparent or translucent area is also included in the invention.

The dispenser 100 can be used, for example, as a wall, table or counter unit. In this case, the standing in front of the counter guest sees through the area 171 in the cooled interior 12 and in the receiving space 12 for the bottles and in particular on the bottles 30, which convey an inviting and appealing impression especially in the case of their lighting.

After the selection of the beverage by the guest, the operator opens the door 17 and operates the dispenser 50. For this purpose, he can turn the device by means of a suitable swivel base, plate, ring, etc. on its vertical axis, so that in the figure in front lying transparent side facing back to the operator of the device.

The dispensing system can also be designed so that they have a further closure element, such. B. is accessible via a flap or the like, so that a turning dispensing system is not required. This flap or door or other closure element may, for example, on the back 13 are located. In this case, turning the device is not necessary. Rather, it is sufficient if the operator opens the rear or on the side or the like arranged flap, etc. and actuates the dispensing system. Also in this case, the dispenser is located in the refrigerated area.

FIG. 4 shows the dispenser in an embodiment of obliquely from the front.

The dispensing system has a glass or plastic door, so that it can be seen from the outside into the cooled interior. This provides a preferred embodiment not only for the embodiment according to FIG. 4 but is basically a preferred feature of the invention.

In the cooled interior of the dispensing system are - as out FIG. 4 two tap devices 50, each having a tap 51, each of which is connected via a respective cap 59 with one of the located in the cooled interior beverage, especially champagne bottles 30 so that by means of the dispensing device 50, the drink can be issued. Furthermore, in the cooled interior and the glasses in which the drink can be filled, so that they undergo a pre-cooling.

Claims (14)

1. Dispensing system (100) comprising a cooled inner space (12) for or with a bottle (30), in particular a champaign bottle, and with a dispenser means (50) comprising an output device for dispensing the content of the bottle (30) to a user, wherein
   the dispenser means (50) is arranged within the cooled inner space (12), and a connecting element is provided, which is connected or connectable with the bottle (30) and with the dispenser means (50) in such a way that the beverage can be dispensed directly from the bottle (30),
   characterized in that
   the connecting element includes an attachment (59) configured in such a way, that it includes a seal (79), and in that it includes a mechanic device by means of which the seal (79) can be pressed against the bottle head (61) and/or neck (62), wherein it is provided that the attachment (59) comprises at least two parts that are separate or movably-connected to one another, wherein the at least two parts can be clamped mechanically by turning-over of a clamping bracket (64) and that they have corresponding intersection points of the clamping bracket (64),
   the two parts are a ring (65) and a bell (66), wherein the central opening (67) of the ring (65) is dimensioned such that the ring (65) can be placed over the head of commercially-available Champaign bottles (30) on to their head (62), and/or that the bell (66) includes a receptacle for the bottle head (61), the shell webs of which are dimensioned such that they can engage into the central opening (67) of the ring (65) in a flush manner, and
   a counter-bearing element (63) insertable between the ring (65) and the bottleneck (62) is provided.
2. Dispensing system (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that the dispensing system (10) comprises a closing element, in particular a door or a flap, and that the operating side of the output device (52) is located at the same side as the closing element.
3. Dispensing system (100) according to claim 2, characterized in that the dispensing system (100) comprises exactly one closing element or at least two closing elements, in particular doors or flaps.
4. Dispensing system (100) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the connecting element is formed in such a way that it can also be placed on to the bottle (30) outside the cooled inner space (12), as well as in such a way, that the bottle (30) is tightly closable or closed by the connecting element.
5. Dispensing system (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting element comprises a first connector element (72) for connection with the dispensing means (50), and a second connector element (73) for connection with a compressed gas source, wherein it is preferably provided that the connector elements (72) are provided with blocking means, in particular non-return valves or stopcocks for tightly sealing the bottle (30).
6. Dispensing system (100) according to claim 5, characterized in that the connector elements (72, 73) are configured such that they allow a releasable connection with a conduit, for example a hose, leading to the dispensing means (50) or the compressed gas source, wherein it is preferably provided that the connector elements (72, 73) comprise interfaces of a screw coupling or of a quick coupling.
7. Dispensing system (100) according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the closing element comprises a transparent or translucent region.
8. Dispensing system (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dispenser means (50) is located on the sidewall (14), on the ceiling (15) or at the bottom (16), or on the backwall (13) of the cooled inner space (12), and/or that the dispensing system (100) comprises a closing element, in particular a door or a flap, by means of which the cooled inner space (12) can be closed and that the dispenser means (50) is arranged on the inner side of the closing element.
9. Dispensing system (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a compressed gas source is present, which is configured in such a way that is exerts a preferably constant pressure on to the content of the bottle (30).
10. Dispensing system (100) according to claim 9, characterized in that the compressed gas source contains one or multiple inert gases, in particular argon and/or nitrogen and/or other protective gases and/or carbonic acid and/or a mixture of these components.
11. Dispensing system (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one illumination means is provided, which is arranged in such a way that the cooled inner space (12) and particularly the bottles (30) located therein can be illuminated with light, in part and or completely, wherein it is in particular provided that the illumination means is arranged in the inner space (12) and/or on a closing element, in particular on a door.
12. Dispensing system (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the inner space (12) has a height ranging from 40 to 60 cm and preferably ranging from 48 to 52 cm, and/or that the inner space (12) has a width of 25 to 45 cm and preferably ranging from 32 to 36 cm, and/or that the inner space (12), has a depth of 10 to 40 cm and preferably ranging from 15 to 20 cm, and/or that the inner space (12) comprises at least one step on its rear region, wherein it is preferably provided that the at least one bottle (30) is located in the region ahead of the step and the pressurized gas container(s) is located on the step, and/or in that bottles (30) of different size or bottles (30) of different content are located in the inner space (12), and/or the dispensing system (100) is provided with a stand having the dispensing system rotatably arranged thereon, and/or that the dispensing system (100) is a counter-top system.
13. Assembly including at least one counter-top and at least one dispensing system (100) according to one of claims 1 to 12.
14. A method for coupling a dispensing system (100) according to one of claims 1 to 12 and a beverage bottle (30), and preferably a champagne bottle,
    characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

    (a) pulling the ring (65) over the bottle head (61);

    (b) as the case may be, inserting a counter-bearing element (63) between the ring (65) and the bottleneck (62);

    (c) placing the bell (66) on to the bottle (30);

    (d) mechanic clamping of the bell (66) and the ring (65).

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