EP4011822A1 - Distributeur de boissons pourvu de dispositif de verrouillage et/ou de dispositif d'amortissement - Google Patents

Distributeur de boissons pourvu de dispositif de verrouillage et/ou de dispositif d'amortissement Download PDF

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EP4011822A1
EP4011822A1 EP20213642.0A EP20213642A EP4011822A1 EP 4011822 A1 EP4011822 A1 EP 4011822A1 EP 20213642 A EP20213642 A EP 20213642A EP 4011822 A1 EP4011822 A1 EP 4011822A1
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Björn SCHERHANS
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B67D3/0058—Details
    • 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
    • B67D2210/00—Indexing scheme relating to aspects and details of apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught or for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D2210/00028—Constructional details
    • B67D2210/00031—Housing
    • 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
    • B67D2210/00—Indexing scheme relating to aspects and details of apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught or for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D2210/00028—Constructional details
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  • the invention relates to a beverage dispenser which comprises a base (for receiving a drink to be mixed or a ready-mixed beverage) and a cover for the base, with a locking device which prevents the cover from being removed from the base.
  • the invention also relates to a damping device for a beverage dispenser, which comprises a lower part (as a receptacle for a drink to be mixed or a ready-mixed drink), a cover for the lower part and a stirring or cooling device for the drink in the lower part, with the damping device being formed to dampen the oscillations or vibrations transmitted to the beverage dispenser, for example oscillations or vibrations generated by the stirring or cooling device.
  • a damping device for a beverage dispenser which comprises a lower part (as a receptacle for a drink to be mixed or a ready-mixed drink), a cover for the lower part and a stirring or cooling device for the drink in the lower part, with the damping device being formed to dampen the oscillations or vibrations transmitted to the beverage dispenser, for example oscillations or vibrations generated by the stirring or cooling device.
  • the invention further relates to a beverage dispenser, which comprises a lower part (as a receptacle for a beverage to be mixed or a ready-mixed beverage), a cover for the lower part and optionally a stirring or cooling device for the beverage in the lower part, the beverage dispenser having the locking device of the first Aspect and the damping device of the second aspect includes.
  • a drinks dispenser is in the EP 1132 316 B1 (Wolfgang Jobmann ) described.
  • a general configuration of such a dispenser reference can be made to this document.
  • problem areas such as psychiatric wards or correctional facilities, or in normal canteen operations without a continuous monitoring option for such a beverage dispenser, there is a problem in that unauthorized access to the contents of the beverage dispenser cannot be monitored and therefore cannot be reliably prevented.
  • premix dispensers that is to say such beverage dispensers in which the liquid content is stored ready mixed in the lower part, are not provided with a reliable locking mechanism, but instead have freely removable container lids (upper parts).
  • Other dispensers have an agitator, for example to mix a drink concentrate and fresh water. Both dispenser types can have a cooling device.
  • the invention relates to a beverage dispenser with a receptacle for a beverage and a cover, the cover being in the closed state of the beverage dispenser, i.e. when the cover closes or covers an opening of the receptacle, with a section that overlaps the receptacle, in particular an edge portion of the recording, can be brought into engagement.
  • a blocking device that can be displaced with respect to this section is mounted in the overlapping section.
  • the locking device can thus be displaced into a locking position or first position in which it prevents the cover from being able to be removed from the receptacle, and into an unlocking position or second position in which the cover and receptacle are separated can become.
  • the blocking device is prevented from being displaced by a blocking device arranged in the cover or in relation to the overlapping section of the cover when the blocking device is in a blocking position, which preferably includes the blocking device at least partially engaging in the blocking device.
  • the beverage dispenser according to the first aspect is characterized by a securing device which secures the blocking device in the blocking position when the blocking device is in the locking position.
  • the invention relates to a beverage dispenser with a receptacle for the beverage, a stirring and/or cooling device for the beverage, which is or can be connected to the receptacle, and a cover.
  • Oscillations or vibrations which are transmitted from the stirring and/or cooling device to the beverage dispenser, can generate noises, for example in the area where the receptacle and cover are connected.
  • the beverage dispenser according to the second aspect is characterized by a damping device which has a damping effect on the oscillations and/or vibrations at least in the area where the receptacle and cover are connected, as a result of which the noises mentioned can be reduced or eliminated.
  • the damping device can thus advantageously also reduce or prevent a relative movement between the receptacle and the cover connected to the receptacle caused by the oscillations and/or vibrations. As a result, sloshing behavior of the liquid in the receptacle can be positively influenced.
  • the dampened vibration or oscillation in the area of contact between the receptacle and the cover can prevent damage or wear at least in this area.
  • the damping device can also have an advantageous effect in a dispenser without stirring and/or cooling device according to the first aspect, for example when the beverage dispenser is used in a vehicle such as a bus, a camper, a ferry or a train, where vibrations and/or oscillations can be entered from the outside.
  • the invention relates to a beverage dispenser with the safety device according to the first aspect and the damping device according to the second aspect.
  • the safety device and the damping device can be two devices that are separate from one another or connected to one another; the safety device preferably forms the damping device and vice versa.
  • Safety device and damping device can preferably be formed by a single part that fulfills both tasks.
  • the cover of the beverage dispenser according to the second aspect can be brought into engagement with a portion that overlaps the receptacle, in particular an edge portion of the receptacle, wherein in a blocking device that is displaceable with respect to the overlapping section is mounted on the overlapping section, and the blocking device is inhibited in its displaceability relative to the overlapping section by a blocking device arranged in the cover when the blocking device is in a blocking position.
  • the safety device and/or the damping device can be permanently connected to the cover or formed on the cover.
  • the safety device and/or the damping device can be permanently connected to the locking device or formed on the locking device.
  • the safety device and/or the damping device can be formed separately from the cover and separately from the blocking device.
  • the separate safety device and / or the separate damping device can / can be arranged, for example, on the locking device so that the safety device and / or the damping device relative to the Locking device is / are movable, in particular linearly along a longitudinal axis of the locking device.
  • the locking means may be cylindrical, formed by a plate or other elongate body, for example bone-shaped.
  • the locking device includes a first end and a second end.
  • the first and second ends of the locking device are shaped in such a way that they prevent the separate securing device and/or the separate damping device from slipping off the locking device and being lost.
  • This means that the separate safety device and/or the separate damping device is/are captively mounted on the blocking device and can/can be freely displaced between the first and the second end on the blocking device that is not connected to the beverage dispenser.
  • the first end of the ratchet may face the receptacle and have a first diameter measured transverse to a translational direction or longitudinal axis of the ratchet that is greater than a diameter of the ratchet adjacent the first end measured in the same direction.
  • the second end of the ratchet may face away from the receptacle and have a second diameter measured transverse to the direction of translation or longitudinal axis of the ratchet that is greater than a diameter of the ratchet adjacent the second end measured in the same direction.
  • the locking device can have a connecting area which, measured transversely to the displacement direction of the locking device, has a third diameter, the third diameter being smaller than the first diameter at least in areas next to the first end and next to the second end respectively the second diameter.
  • the third diameter can be the same everywhere over a longitudinal extension of the connection area, or increase or decrease at least in areas continuously or abruptly.
  • the first end of the blocking device can form a first stop for the blocking device on a first counter-stop formed by the cover in an unlocked position in which the cover can be removed from the receptacle, preferably by hand.
  • the second end can form a second stop for the locking device on a second counter-stop formed by the cover in the locking position in which the cover cannot be removed from the receptacle.
  • the first stop formed by the cover can be at a smaller distance from the receptacle than the second stop formed by the cover.
  • the safety device and/or the damping device is/are arranged on the connecting section of the blocking device, preferably in a region between the second stop and the second counter-stop.
  • the securing device and/or the damping device can be formed from an elastically deformable material or can comprise an elastically deformable material.
  • a spring element preferably forms the safety device and/or the damping device.
  • a spring force of the safety device and/or the damping device can preferably be specified, for example by the selected material, the selected material thickness and/or the selected shape.
  • the blocking device can preferably be moved into the locking position against the elastic force of the securing device and/or the damping device.
  • the safety device must be compressed so that the blocking device can be transferred from the ready position in the cover to the blocking position, preferably by gravity. If the pressure on the blocking device is then reduced or eliminated, a restoring force of the compressed safety device and/or damping device can move the blocking device back in the direction of the unlocking position, as a result of which the blocking device can be secured in the blocking position.
  • the blocking device can be secured, for example, by jamming the blocking device in the blocking position.
  • the way that the blocking device can be moved by the safety device and/or damping device corresponds at most to the spring deflection of the spring element, ie the difference in length of the spring element in the spring direction between full compression and full relaxation.
  • the blocking device To release the blocking device secured in the blocking position, the blocking device must be moved back into the locked position against the restoring force of the securing device and/or damping device. In the locking position, the blocking device can be transferred from the blocking position back into the ready position in the cover.
  • the safety device and/or the damping device can in particular be ring-shaped, preferably forming a closed ring.
  • the ring can be stamped out of a plate material or formed by a wire whose ends are in particular permanently connected to one another, for example welded.
  • the wire can have a round or square cross-sectional shape or another cross-sectional shape.
  • the ring that forms the securing device and/or the damping device preferably has an inner diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the connecting section of the locking device in at least one area and smaller than an outer diameter of at least the second end of the locking device.
  • An inner peripheral shape of the ring can essentially correspond to the outer peripheral shape of the connecting section of the locking device in the at least one area, cf. e.g. claim 15.
  • the securing device and/or the damping device, or the ring can comprise a plurality of sections adjoining one another in the circumferential direction. At least one first section can lie in a first plane over its entire extent in the circumferential direction. A second section, or at least a second section, may extend out of the first level to an apex extend in a second plane and then extend back to and into the first plane.
  • all of the first sections preferably lie in the first plane and, in the case of a plurality of second sections, the vertices of the plurality of second sections lie in a common second plane.
  • the first plane and the second plane can run essentially parallel to one another and be spaced apart from one another, cf. claim 16.
  • the second plane which is spanned by the vertices, can have a distance from the first plane of about 8% to 15%, preferably about 10% to about 13%, and more preferably from about 11% to 11% .5% of the maximum outer diameter of the safety device and/or the damping device.
  • a receptacle for the blocking device can be formed in the connecting section of the blocking device, into which the blocking device can be transferred in the locking position, in which the securing device and/or the damping device is/are compressed, in order to assume the blocking position.
  • a diameter of the receptacle can be larger than an outer diameter of the blocking device, so that the blocking device can be transferred without resistance into the receptacle and at least partially accommodated in the receptacle when it reaches the locking position and before it is secured by the restoring force of the safety device and/or damping device.
  • the blocking device can then be secured by the restoring force of the safety device and/or the damping device, so that the blocking device can no longer be moved out of the blocking position solely by gravity and mobility between the cover and the receptacle of the beverage dispenser is minimized or is eliminated, so that in this area, for example, no more noise can be generated by vibrations or oscillations.
  • the damping device has the effect that the blocking device does not move in the blocking position within the receptacle can, which advantageously leads to the fact that noises caused by vibration or oscillations of the blocking device are also dampened or eliminated.
  • the blocking device can comprise at least one blocking body, for example in the form of a pin, which in the ready position is fully accommodated in the cover.
  • the blocking body In the blocking position, the blocking body can be arranged partially in the cover and partially in the receptacle in the locking device, so that the locking device cannot be moved from the locking position into the unlocking position.
  • the blocking body can be an object that can be magnetized or that can be moved by means of a magnet, which can be transferred from the blocking position to the ready position with the aid of the magnet. After reaching the ready position, the object can preferably be held in the ready position by the magnet in order to allow or block a movement of the blocking device, for example by the restoring force of the safety device and/or damping device and/or by hand, from the locking position to the unlocking position enable.
  • An exemplary embodiment is intended to explain (clarify and supplement) the system according to the invention in more detail.
  • FIG 1 Figure 12 illustrates a portion of a beverage dispenser between an upper part 20 and a lower part 10 on which an example of a locking device 30 in the form of a bolt body 30 is arranged such that the bolt body 30 is shown in a rest position in a locking position.
  • the beverage dispenser includes a locking device 60, which can move the locking device 30 from the locking position shown into a locking position in which the locking device 30 can no longer be released solely by gravity.
  • the illustration is a sectional view, the rest of the area being easy to imagine based on current beverage dispensers on which this blocking device 30 can be arranged.
  • the example is therefore synonymous with the way of working, for a dispenser having this facility already in place, and an assembly facility as such, which is separately available as a kit for retrofitting known dispensers or for factory pre-fitting new dispensers.
  • the figure 1 Figure 13 illustrates the closed condition of a beverage container which includes a top or lid 20 provided with a top wall 29 substantially the same size as the receptacle or base 10 and which may be formed of translucent or transparent plastic.
  • the lower part 10 which is covered by the lid 20 and its top wall 29, has a large-volume receiving body 10 into which a beverage G, for example as a premix beverage, is filled when the lid 20, 29 has been removed. After being poured into the lower part, the drink G is covered with the lid 29, 20 and the dispenser is closed.
  • a removal valve which is arranged at the bottom edge of the beverage container 10 in order to be able to remove a beverage from the prefabricated beverage supply G as required.
  • a stirring and/or cooling device that is or can be connected to the lower part 10 .
  • the closed state is illustrated with an overlapping skirt 21 that extends from the cover 20 .
  • the apron extends over an angled projection 11, 12 on the upper edge of the lower part 10 and, at its lower end section, carries a housing 22 with an upper top wall 22a and a lower wall opening 22b.
  • a flange section protrudes radially outwards, which at least in the area of a bolt body 30 extends in the depth direction of the paper, while a sliding bearing 23 is arranged below this flange and the space 22, for at least partially enclosing the bolt body 30, which lies between space 22 and upper flange and lower sliding bearing 23 can be moved to the left and right.
  • the bolt body 30 of the exemplary embodiment comprises a first end 35 which faces the base 10 and a second end 36 which faces away from the base 10 which forms a receptacle for the beverage. Between the first end 35 and the second end 36, the bolt body 30 includes a connecting portion 37. In the Connecting portion 37 is formed a recess 31, the importance of which will be explained later.
  • First end 35 has a first diameter D1
  • second end 36 has a second diameter D2
  • connecting portion 37 has a third diameter D3.
  • the third diameter D3 is smaller than the first diameter D1 and smaller than the second diameter D2.
  • the first diameter D1 and the second diameter D2 can be identical or different.
  • the first end 35 forms a stop 35a which cooperates with a counter-stop 24a on the lid 20 to prevent the bolt 30 from being pulled out of the slide bearing 23 when the bolt is in a direction A, i.e. away from the receptacle 10 is moved.
  • the second end 36 or a safety device 60, forms a stop 36a which interacts with a counter-stop 24b in order to place the recess 31 in the connecting section 37 essentially below the space 22 in the cover 20.
  • the locking device 60 In order to move the recess 31 to a position just below the space 22, the locking device 60 must be elastically deformed, that is, compressed or squeezed, as is the case for example with FIG figure 3 is described.
  • the bolt body 30 may extend as a flat plate piece. However, it can also be designed as a non-round bar or be designed with multiple edges. Accordingly, the lower opening 22b and the lower end portion of the space 22 and the flange projecting therefrom and the lower slide bearing 23 will be formed. However, the elongated bolt body 30 does not extend along the entire circumference, but rather only at at least one point of the beverage container, which is for example round or polygonal, in particular square, in the circumferential direction.
  • the locking device 30 may be provided in multiple locations, such as two, three or more, spaced circumferentially or along the perimeter of a round or polygonal body 10 when multiple latches at multiple extensively distributed bodies should be provided. If there are several blocking devices 30, each of the blocking devices can be secured by a respective securing device 60.
  • locking device 30 Only one locking device (locking device 30 plus safety device 60) is described here at one point on the container, which can easily be transferred to another point with a corresponding design according to the description referred to here.
  • locking devices spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the beverage dispenser, each of which has its own locking device 30 and preferably also its own securing device 60, such a device can be arranged on a section of an apron 21 running in the lateral direction, or the apron 21 is in the kept essentially consistent.
  • the projection 11, 12, under which the blocking or locking takes place, can also be designed continuously, or only at those points at which a respective blocking device 30 or locking device is provided.
  • the position shown is the locking position, in which the drink is filled in and the lid 20 rests on the lower part 10 serving as a receptacle for the drink, for example on an elastic bearing (not shown here) at a different point than that indicated by the section in figure 1 illustrated.
  • the securing device 60 is elastically compressed so that the space 22 and the recess 31 are aligned with one another.
  • the force for elastically compressing the securing device 60 can be applied, for example, by a user with a finger, for example, with which the user presses the bolt body 30 in the direction of the lower part 10 .
  • the locking layer contains two properties. Firstly, the bolt body 30 in the figure 1 pushed to the right and engages under the angular projection 11, 12 on the receptacle 10, so that the lid 20, 29 can not be removed. On the other hand, the inserted bolt body 30 as a blocking device 30 is in a blocked state by a round to oval or any shaped magnetizable blocking body 40, which blocking body 40 is shown here as non-round in cross section and can move upwards in the space 22 . In the engaged state, it reaches through the lower opening 22b of the space 22, which is opaque to the outside with an upper wall 22a is covered to hide the blocking body 40 from view from the outside. The engagement of blocking body 40 in a recess 31 on locking bolt 30 that is essentially adapted to the shape of blocking body 40 ensures that the displaceability of bolt body 30 is laterally blocked, which—in the illustrated locking position—essentially cannot be displaced in direction A.
  • the meaning here is that the bolt body 30 can only be displaced in the direction A by the elastic force or restoring force of the securing device 60, which means that the blocking body 40 tilts slightly and through the facing edges of the space 22 and the recess 31 is clamped. This makes it more difficult for the blocking body 40 to be guided out in a direction a and thereby additionally secures the bolt 30 against unintentional and/or unauthorized loosening, for example due to gravity, when the beverage dispenser is placed on the lid 20 .
  • the formation of the blocking body 40 is round to oval in cross section figure 1 shown.
  • This cross-sectional shape can also be varied greatly in various other embodiments.
  • a bolt piece is possible, which with its axis direction in the vertical direction in figure 1 runs and has flat end faces (top and bottom).
  • This bolt piece can be made of metal and covered with a layer that is food safe, hygienic and at least easily washable.
  • the blocking body 30 can have an arbitrary shape (or depth or width). It can be designed as a ring segment, but according to the above variant it can also be designed as a standing cylindrical or square bolt piece. Accordingly, the interior 22 and the associated outer wall 22a of this space is designed to fit. If the ring extends over a partial segment of the circumference, it will fit together with a blocking device 30 that extends at least as extensively and is then more plate-shaped, compared to a more rod-shaped design with a blocking body 40 designed as a sphere or oval.
  • the closed state of the lid 20 with the cross-section 21 on which the locking device 30 described is arranged ensures that the than Blocking device working blocking body 40 inhibits the displacement of the locking device 30 in the longitudinal direction.
  • This locking position ensures that the displaceably mounted bolt 30 cannot be moved into an unlocking position in direction A and that its first end 35 (the end facing the beverage container) under the laterally projecting edge section 11, 12 develops a locking effect that prevents loosening of the lid 20 without changing the position of the blocking body 40 is prevented.
  • the safety device 60 also makes it more difficult for the blocking body 30 to be moved out in the vertical direction, for example by means of a magnet, and reliably prevents the blocking body 40 from falling out of the recess 31 solely by gravity, for example when the beverage dispenser is placed on the lid 20.
  • Opening is possible if the bolt body 30 is moved back into the locking position shown against the elastic restoring force of the safety device 60 and with a magnetic key 50, for example a strong bar magnet or preferably also an electromagnet, which develops such a high magnetic force via the magnetic field M that a heavy blocking body 40 can be lifted and the blockage 40, 31 is released.
  • a magnetic key 50 for example a strong bar magnet or preferably also an electromagnet, which develops such a high magnetic force via the magnetic field M that a heavy blocking body 40 can be lifted and the blockage 40, 31 is released.
  • the magnetic field M acts on the blocking body 40 from the outside through the space cover 22a, lifting it against its gravity in the direction "a" and allowing the bolt body 30 to be displaced by grasping the outer gripping portion or the second end 36.
  • the inner section of the bolt body 30 moves outwards with the first end 35 and rests against the inwardly facing surface of the skirt 21 at the counter stop 24a. In this stop position, which is the unlocking position, the
  • the removed lid 20 gives access to the interior of the container 10, allows its cleaning, and allows the cleaning of the container lid 20, even together with the locking device 30 and the safety device 60, which are arranged on the lid 20 itself and are removed with it.
  • the procedure is reversed. If the locking device 30 is locked, the locking device 30 is first moved inwards and the securing device 60 is elastically compressed. The lid 20 can then be turned upside down so that gravity causes the lock 40, 31 to be released. Now the locking device can be moved outwards. The lid 20 can then be placed back onto the filled lower container part 10 when the bolt 30 is in the outwardly released state.
  • the space 22 has a height that is adapted to the height of the locking body 40 . It is at least so high that the locking body 40 can leave the recess 31, whereby the displaceability of the bolt body 30 is established.
  • the two end sections, on the one hand the handle section or the second end 36 and on the other hand the inner locking section or the first end 35 of the bolt body 30 can be made thicker or wider in order to achieve an improved effect and to improve the mobility within the guide sections 23 or the bottom of the space 22 with the flange projecting outwards. In this way, the bolt body 30 cannot fall out of the skirt section 21 and forms a coherent functional unit with it.
  • the embodiment described can also be implemented as a structural unit, with a corresponding assembly section being attached to the apron section 21, which is arranged on an upper part of a beverage container which is not yet provided with a locking mechanism can.
  • This mounting section can, for example, run horizontally in order to be able to be mounted on the top wall 29, at least on an outer section of this top wall 29, for example by gluing or mounting with a screw device that is not accessible from the outside.
  • the magnetic device 50 serving as a "key” is shown here as a bar magnet, but is preferably a stronger electromagnet that is able to lift a blocking body 40 that is adapted in terms of weight to a lifting force mediated by the magnetic field M, but which is too weak to overcome the clamping force caused by the securing element 60.
  • the need to use an electromagnet prevents unauthorized use of a small magnet or a pocket magnet from potentially unlocking it.
  • the arrangement of the blocking body 40 in the space 22 in turn also allows the opening of the base 10 by removing the cover 20, or by unlocking the locking device 30 when a magnet is not available or lost or just misplaced.
  • the drink G can then be completely removed from the outlet described (the valve or removal valve) when the bolt body 30 is moved against the restoring force of the securing element 60 in the opposite direction to A and the entire dispenser is turned upside down.
  • the locking in the recess 31 is released by gravity.
  • the direction "a” is inverted downwards. Subsequent cleaning of the lid 20 and the beverage container 10 and refilling is possible, even if the magnetic key is misplaced.
  • the bolt body 30 Due to the design of the bolt body 30 as a non-round bolt, for example a flat web or a square or polygonal bolt body, twisting can be avoided. Such a design can also prevent manipulation by turning, in particular by attempting to push the blocking body 40 upwards. However, it must be ensured that the guide 23, 22a, in which the displaceable locking device is guided, has the corresponding counter-shape in order to ensure the essentially form-fitting guidance and rotation lock.
  • the locking bolt 30, the locking body 40 and the safety device 60 can be made of hygienically adequate material, at least on their surface be designed to clean them together with the lid 20 and the container 10 in a dishwasher.
  • the blocking body 40 can consist either entirely of magnetizable material or of such a hygienically safe material that contains parts that can be magnetized.
  • a plastic material filled with iron particles is possible, as well as a material consisting of a soft iron core that has an outer coating that meets the hygienic requirements.
  • a hygienically perfect solution that is to say one that can be cleaned hygienically, is created which is firmly connected to the cover 20, 29 and secured to the cover 20 by means of the safety device 60.
  • it is safe but not oversafe to the extent that operating personnel who are subject to forgetfulness are generally prevented from refilling or even cleaning the beverage dispenser. If the magnet required for raising the blocking body 40 is lost, operating personnel can still open the emptied container by overcoming the elastic restoring force of the safety device and using the gravity opening (turning the container as a whole) with the safety device 60 compressed and carrying out maintenance work (washing, drinking refill and then close and set up the beverage container again at the specified location).
  • the safety device 60 can be, for example, a spring element 60, as the figure 2 indicates.
  • the spring element 60 has a peripheral shape that at least essentially corresponds to the peripheral shape of the connecting section 37 of the bolt 30 .
  • the figure 2 shows an exemplary safety device 60 in four views. It is a three-dimensionally curved spring element 60, which is formed, for example, from metal, such as spring steel, or from a reinforced plastic.
  • a separate safety device 60 is shown, which is mounted, for example, on the connecting section 37 in such a way that it can be moved linearly in and against the displacement direction A of the connecting section 37 relative to the connecting section 37 .
  • the securing device 60 can be connected to the surface of the second end 36 facing the connecting section 37 or to the second end 37 or the bolt 30, for example by die casting or additive manufacturing, such as 3D printing.
  • the safety device can also be correspondingly formed on the free end of the guide 23 facing the second end 36 .
  • the securing device 60 is ring-shaped, with an inner ring diameter which essentially corresponds to an outer diameter of the connecting section 37 .
  • Figure a) shows a plan view of the safety device 60 from above.
  • the securing device 60 comprises two first sections 61, 63 and two second sections 62, 64.
  • the first sections 61, 63 are longitudinal sides and the second sections are transverse sides of a four-sided annular body.
  • the first sections 61, 63 and the second sections 62, 64 are connected to one another in circular arc sections at an angle of 60°.
  • the shape of the ring body may vary depending on the peripheral shape of the connecting portion 37 of the bolt body 30 .
  • the ring body can also be circular or oval, for example, and have a wave shape with upper and lower wave crests which are arranged alternately one after the other in the circumferential direction of the circular ring body. Other forms are known to those skilled in the art.
  • Figure b shows the safety device 60 in a first side view of one of the second sections 62, 64.
  • the second sections 62, 64 are curved sections, with an apex S lying in a second plane, which runs at least essentially parallel to a first plane in which the first sections 61, 63 lie.
  • the second sections 62, 64 of the illustrated embodiment begin at the first level and then follow a sine or similar function to finally end at the first level again.
  • the resulting curve shape includes an inflection point or apex S, which in the exemplary embodiment lies in the middle of the second section 62, 64 in the second plane.
  • Figure c shows the safety device 60 in a second side view of a first section 61, 63. It can be seen that the first sections 61, 63 lie entirely in the first plane. The vertices S are drawn.
  • Figure d is a perspective view of the safety device 60.
  • Figure a shows the initial position in which the bolt 30 protrudes on the side of the cover 20 facing away from the receptacle 10 (not shown), so that the cover 20 can be placed on the receptacle 10.
  • the blocking body 40 is completely arranged in the cover 20.
  • the bolt 30 can be slid in the cover 20, the safety device 60 is arranged close to the second end 36 of the bolt 30 without being joined to the second end 36 or the bolt 30.
  • the user can stop pushing the bolt body 30 in the A direction.
  • the securing device 60 moves the bolt body 30 against the Z direction, i.e. in the A direction, due to its elastic restoring force (see Fig figure 1 ).
  • the overlap of the space 22 with the recess 31 is slightly resolved and the blocking body 40 tilted slightly and clamped by an edge of the space 22 and an edge of the recess 31 in this position.
  • the bolt body 30 In order to detach the lid 20 from the receptacle 10 , the bolt body 30 must be pressed in the Z direction against the elastic restoring force of the securing device 60 in a first step in order to bring the space 22 into complete overlap with the recess 31 . In the second step, the blocking body 40 can then be pulled completely into the space 22 and held there, for example by means of a magnet 50 . In a third step, the bolt body 30 is moved out of the locking position in direction A by the restoring force of the securing device 60, thereby ending the overlapping of the recess 31 and the receiving space 22 in the cover 20, so that the blocking body 40 can no longer go into the recess 31 can drive in. The magnet 50 can now be put to one side and the bolt body 30 can be partially pulled out of the cover 20 in the counter direction A and the cover 20 can be removed from the receptacle 10 in a fourth step.
  • the safety unit 60 can, however, be used as a damping unit in a beverage dispenser (not shown) which, for example, comprises a known stirring and/or cooling device in order to stir and/or cool the beverage contained in the container 10, and/or is used in a moving vehicle 60, act.
  • a damping device 60 which is constructed identically to the blocking device 60 and like the blocking device on the beverage dispenser is arranged, can, for example, eliminate noise from the blocking body 40, which is generated by the blocking body 40 being able to move in the recess 31, in that the damping device 60 fixes the blocking body 40 as described by the restoring force of the damping device.
  • the lid 20 is also connected more firmly to the container 10, so that in this area too, a relative movement of the two parts is at least reduced by the transmission of vibrations and/or oscillations and, for example, the noise development is thereby reduced.

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WO1995020540A1 (fr) * 1994-01-28 1995-08-03 Alberto Fabbro Contenant pour stockage et debit de liquides, notamment de boissons
EP1132316B1 (fr) 2000-03-16 2001-09-26 Wolfgang Jobmann Gmbh Récipient permettant la distribution de boissons sans apport d'air
EP1431239A1 (fr) * 2002-12-16 2004-06-23 Wolfgang Jobmann Gmbh Dispositif de verrouillage pour le couvercle d'un distributeur de boissons
WO2004101424A1 (fr) * 2003-05-14 2004-11-25 Heineken Technical Services B.V. Combinaison d'un distributeur et d'un recipient pour boisson gazeifiee
EP2447208A1 (fr) * 2010-10-29 2012-05-02 AB InBev NV Appareil de distribution fourni avec une charnière de capot

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WO1995020540A1 (fr) * 1994-01-28 1995-08-03 Alberto Fabbro Contenant pour stockage et debit de liquides, notamment de boissons
EP1132316B1 (fr) 2000-03-16 2001-09-26 Wolfgang Jobmann Gmbh Récipient permettant la distribution de boissons sans apport d'air
EP1431239A1 (fr) * 2002-12-16 2004-06-23 Wolfgang Jobmann Gmbh Dispositif de verrouillage pour le couvercle d'un distributeur de boissons
WO2004101424A1 (fr) * 2003-05-14 2004-11-25 Heineken Technical Services B.V. Combinaison d'un distributeur et d'un recipient pour boisson gazeifiee
EP2447208A1 (fr) * 2010-10-29 2012-05-02 AB InBev NV Appareil de distribution fourni avec une charnière de capot

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