JPH09165096A - Valve for barrel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remarkably improve safety and to facilitate management during storage as a fixing member can not be released without removing a cap by hooking the top end part of the fixing member on the opening part of a barrel and mounting the cap for closing the aperture of the opening part. SOLUTION: A screw part 3 to be fitted to a screw part 26a provided on the inner peripheral face of the opening part 26 of a barrel 25 is screwed on the outer peripheral face of a fixing member 2 and the fixing member 2 is screwed and fixed on the opening part 26 of the barrel by screwing together both screw parts 3 and 26a. In addition, an annularly projected projection 26b outward in the radial direction is integrally formed on the outer peripheral side or the top end part or the opening part 26 of the barrel and the cap 6 is fitted to the opening part 26 by crimping the end part of the cap 6 to this projection 26b. Therefore, as the top end part of the fixing member 2 is hooked on the main body part of a cap 6 mounted on the opening part 26 of the barrel 25, the fixing member 2 can not be released without removing the main body part of the cap 6 from the opening part 26.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a barrel valve, and more particularly to a highly safe barrel valve that cannot be easily removed from the mouth of the barrel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a barrel valve which is mounted on the mouth of a barrel filled with a beverage such as beer and which opens and closes the barrel is shown in FIGS. It is configured as shown.

That is, the barrel valve 41 is mounted on the inner peripheral side of the fixing member 42 and an annular fixing member 42 which is screwed into a mouth portion 66 of a barrel 65 filled with a beverage such as beer. And a tubular member 50 having an inflow passage 54 for guiding a gas such as carbon dioxide into the barrel 65 and an outflow passage 55 for taking out a beverage such as beer filled in the barrel 65 from the barrel 65, and a tubular member The inflow passage 5 is attached to the member 50.
An annular second seal member 46 for opening and closing 4, and a tubular member 5
A valve member 60 mounted on 0 to open and close the outflow passage 55, and an annular first seal member 45 mounted between the lower end of the fixed member 42 and the bottom surface of the mouth portion 66 to seal the same.
With

The cylindrical member 50 is mounted on the inner peripheral side of the fixed member 42 and has a through hole 51a communicating between the inner and outer peripheral surfaces.
A plurality of outer cylinders 51 and an inner cylinder 52 that is mounted on the inner peripheral side of the outer cylinder 51 and is vertically movable within a predetermined range. 52
The inflow passage 54 is formed between the outer cylinder 51 and the outer cylinder 51, and the outflow passage 55 is formed in the inner peripheral side portion of the inner cylinder 52. Reference numeral 58 is a spring for urging the outer cylinder 51 and the inner cylinder 52 in a direction in which they are separated from each other.
Is a spring for urging the valve member 60 toward the second seal member 46.

A disk-shaped paper lid 47 is attached to the upper end of the fixing member 42, and the lid 47 is fixed by an annular cover 44 made of synthetic resin fitted in the opening of the opening 66. It is supposed to be done. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the fixing member 42 from loosening and coming off the mouth portion 66 during transportation, and also to prevent dust and the like from adhering to the opening portion of the mouth portion 66.

Then, in order to take out a beverage such as beer from the barrel 65 having the barrel valve 41 constructed as described above, the cover 44 is removed from the mouth portion 66, and the opening portion of the mouth portion 66 is closed. Remove the lid 47, attach the dispense head 67 to the mouth 66 in this state, and
9 is operated to lower the pressing member 70 provided with the beverage take-out passage 71 penetrating through the central portion thereof, and the lower end thereof is brought into contact with the valve member 60.

When the pressing member 70 is further lowered from this state, the pressing member 70 and the valve member 60 are integrally lowered against the biasing force of the spring 59, and the pressing member 7
The front end portion of 0 is fitted to the inner peripheral side of the second seal member 46, and a gap is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the valve member 60 and the inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder 52, and the inner cylinder 52 is interposed via this gap. The outflow passage 55 on the inner peripheral side of is communicated with the beverage extraction passage 71 of the pressing member 70.

When the pressing member 70 is further lowered from this state, the inner cylinder 52 and the second seal member 46 are integrally lowered against the biasing force of the spring 58, and the second seal member 46 is fixed. Away from it,
That is, the upper end opening of the inflow passage 54 between the inner cylinder 52 and the outer cylinder 51 is opened.

When a cylinder filled with a gas such as carbon dioxide is connected to a gas inlet 72 such as carbon dioxide of the dispense head 67 via a hose and the valve of the cylinder is opened, the carbon dioxide in the cylinder is opened. Gas flows into the inner portion of the fixing member 42 from the gas inlet 72 through the hose, flows into the inflow passage 54 from the upper end opening of the inflow passage 54 that is open therein, and then flows there to the outside. Cylinder 51
Through each of the through holes 51a of the above.

When the cock that closes the beverage dispensing passage 71 of the dispensing head 67 is opened, the barrel 6 is opened.
Beverage such as beer filled in 5 flows into the outflow passage 55 from the lower end opening of the outflow passage 55 by the pressure of gas such as carbon dioxide, and flows there through the upper end opening of the outflow passage 55 to the pressing member 70. Beverage outlet 71 in the center of
And then flows there and is taken out from the beverage taking-out port into a container such as a jug.

The barrel 65 emptied of the beverage such as beer is stored at a predetermined position such as outdoors with the barrel valve 41 still attached, and a collecting company collects it to collect it. Then, the maker refills with a beverage such as beer and ships it to the customer.

However, in the barrel 65 having the conventional barrel valve 41 constructed as described above, the dispense head 67 is cut off from the cover 46 fixing the barrel valve 41 to the mouth portion 66. Since it is designed to be attached to the mouth portion 66, when all the contents are taken out and the dispense head 67 is removed from the mouth portion 66, there is nothing to fix the barrel valve 41 to the mouth portion 66. .

Therefore, when the child is mischievous and touches the barrel valve 41 and loosens the fixing member 42 in this state stored outdoors, gas such as carbon dioxide gas remaining in the barrel 65 is left. Due to the pressure of, the components such as the fixing member 42 are blown off from the mouth portion 66, and there is a risk that it may hit surrounding objects and damage the objects, or it may hit the body and cause injury, etc. Will have to pay.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the conventional ones. Even if the fixing member is loosened to remove the barrel valve from the mouth of the barrel, a special tool is used. With the structure in which the fixing member cannot be loosened unless the cap is removed from the mouth, it can be stored outdoors with the barrel valve attached, and children etc. To provide a highly safe barrel valve in which even if the barrel valve is touched, the fixing member does not loosen and the components such as the fixing member are blown off by the pressure of the gas remaining in the barrel. The purpose is.

[0015]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a fixing member which is screwed into the mouth of a barrel filled with a beverage such as beer, and the fixing member. A first sealing member interposed between the mouth portion and the fixing member, which is attached to the fixing member and is movable within a predetermined range, and has an outflow passage for beverage and an inflow passage for gas. A barrel valve having a tubular member having an opening, a valve member attached to the tubular member to open and close the outflow passage, and a second seal member attached to the tubular member to open and close the inflow passage. In the above method, means for mounting the cap to the upper end of the fixing member and closing the opening of the mouth is adopted in the mouth. Further, the cap is fitted to the mouth portion, and is integrally provided on the inner peripheral side of the main body portion and the main body portion that locks the upper end portion of the fixing member at a part of the inner peripheral side, It employs means for closing the opening of the mouth and including a lid detachable from the main body. Further, a means is provided in which a grip portion is integrally provided on a part of the lid portion, and the lid portion can be separated from the main body portion by pulling up the grip portion.

[0016]

According to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned means, the upper end of the fixing member is locked by the cap attached to the mouth portion. Therefore, unless the cap is removed from the mouth portion, the fixing member is fixed. Cannot be removed from the mouth. Therefore, by using a structure in which the cap cannot be removed from the mouth unless a special tool is used, even if a child mischievously touches the barrel valve,
The fixing member does not loosen, and the fixing member does not loosen and the constituent members such as the fixing member are blown off by the gas pressure in the barrel.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

1 to 4 show an embodiment of a barrel valve according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the whole of the barrel valve, showing a state before a dispense head is mounted. Explanatory drawing, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a state after attaching the dispensing head, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the cap shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and an explanatory view showing a state before the lid portion is cut off. 4 is a cross-sectional view of what is shown in FIG.

That is, the barrel valve 1 shown in this embodiment has an annular fixing member 2 screwed into a mouth portion 26 of a barrel 25 filled with a beverage such as beer, and a fixing member 2 of the fixing member 2. An annular first seal member 5 made of an elastic material such as rubber, which is mounted between the lower end and the bottom surface of the mouth portion 26, and the fixing member 2.
A cylindrical member 10 mounted on the inner peripheral side of the container and having an inflow passage 14 for introducing a gas such as carbon dioxide into the barrel 25 and an outflow passage 15 for taking out a beverage such as beer from the barrel 25; A second seal member 16 that opens and closes the inflow passage 14, and a valve member 20 that opens and closes the outflow passage 15 while being attached to the tubular member 10, and a cap 6 that is attached to the mouth portion 26. It is equipped with

On the outer peripheral side of the upper end portion of the mouth portion 26 of the barrel 25, there is integrally formed a projection 26b projecting annularly outward in the radial direction. By crimping the end portion of the cap 6 to this projection 26b. The cap 6 is fitted in the mouth portion 26.

The cap 6 is made of steel or synthetic resin and has a disk-shaped lid 8, which is integrally provided on the outer peripheral side of the lid 8 and is made of steel which can be separated from the lid 8 by a predetermined force. Alternatively, it is composed of an annular main body 7 made of synthetic resin.

On the inner surface side of the boundary portion between the main body portion 7 and the lid portion 8, a groove portion 8a having a predetermined depth is provided over the entire circumference so that the lid portion 8 can be easily separated from the main body portion 7. Further, notches 7a, 7a having a predetermined length are radially provided on the outer peripheral edge of the main body portion 7, and caulking pieces 7b are formed between the notches 7a, 7a adjacent to each other.
Then, the caulking pieces 7b are caulked to the protrusions 26b on the outer peripheral side of the upper end portion of the mouth portion 26, so that the main body portion 7 is fitted to the upper end portion of the mouth portion 26 and located on the inner peripheral side of the main body portion 7. The lid 8 prevents the opening of the mouth 26 from being blocked and dust or the like from adhering to the opening of the mouth 26.

A grip portion 9 made of the same material as the lid portion 8 is integrally provided on a part of the outer peripheral edge of the lid portion 8. Grasping part 9
Is composed of a plate-shaped connecting portion 9b formed separately from the main body portion 7 located above the main body portion 7, and an annular gripping piece 9a integrally provided at the tip of the connecting portion 9b. ,
The lid portion 8 can be separated from the main body portion 7 by gripping the gripping piece 9a with a hand and pulling it up. The gripping piece 9a is not limited to the ring shape, and may have another shape (for example, a circle, a quadrangle, a triangle, or the like).

On the outer peripheral surface of the upper portion of the fixing member 2, there is screwed a screw portion 3 corresponding to the screw portion 26a provided on the inner peripheral surface of the mouth portion 26 of the barrel 25, and both screw portions 3, 26a are screwed together. As a result, the fixing member 2 is screwed to the mouth portion 26 of the barrel 25.

On the inner peripheral surface of the fixing member 2, there is integrally provided a protrusion 4 which projects annularly inward in the radial direction, and the inner peripheral surface of the protrusion 4 is tapered so that the inner diameter thereof increases toward the inner side of the barrel 25. It is formed on the valve seat 4a of the surface, and the upper outer peripheral surface of the second seal member 16 described later comes into contact with the valve seat 4a.

The cylindrical member 10 is mounted on the inner peripheral side of the fixed member 2, and has a cylindrical outer cylinder 11 having through holes 11a for communicating the inner and outer peripheral surfaces at a plurality of side surfaces. A cylindrical inner cylinder 12 mounted on the inner peripheral side of the outer cylinder 11 and movable in a predetermined range in the axial direction (vertical direction).
And the inflow passage 14 is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder 12 and the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder 11.
The outflow passage 15 is formed at a portion on the inner peripheral side.

The inflow passage 14 and the outflow passage 15 are formed so as to be isolated from each other. The upper end of the inflow passage 14 is opened to the inner peripheral side of the fixing member 2, and the lower end is opened to the inside of the barrel 25 through each through hole 11 a of the outer cylinder 11. The upper end of the outflow passage 15 opens to the inner peripheral side of the fixing member 2, and the lower end opens to the bottom of the barrel 25.

An annular projection 11b is formed integrally with the lower end of the outer cylinder 11 so as to project radially inward, and a projection 11c is provided integrally with the upper end of the outer cylinder 11 so as to project radially outward. The protrusion 11c formed on the upper end is adapted to be locked in the groove 13 formed between the protrusion 4 on the inner peripheral side of the fixed member 2 and the first seal member 5. Therefore,
The outer cylinder 11 is slightly movable in the axial direction (vertical direction) within a range in which the protrusion 11c at the upper end contacts the upper and lower surfaces of the groove 13.

An annular projection 12a that projects radially outward is integrally formed on the upper end of the inner cylinder 12, and an elastic body such as rubber is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the upper end of the inner cylinder 12 including the projection 12a. An annular second seal member 16 composed of is integrally connected by vulcanization adhesion or the like.

The second seal member 16 is movable in the axial direction (vertical direction) integrally with the inner cylinder 12,
Moves upward, the outer peripheral surface of the upper portion abuts against the valve seat 4a on the inner peripheral side of the fixing member 2 to close the gap between the valve seat 4a and the outer peripheral surface of the upper portion of the fixing member 2. The valve seat 4a is separated from the valve seat 4a. That is, when moving upward, the upper end opening of the inflow passage 14 between the outer cylinder 11 and the inner cylinder 12 is closed, and when moving downward, the inflow between the outer cylinder 11 and the inner cylinder 12 is blocked. The upper end opening of the passage 14 is opened.

A spring 18, which is a biasing member, is mounted in the inflow passage 14. One end of the spring 18 comes into contact with the upper surface of the projection 11b at the lower end of the outer cylinder 11, and the other end comes into contact with the lower surface of the projection 11c at the upper end of the inner cylinder 12. Therefore, the outer cylinder 11 and the inner cylinder 12 are
The springs 18 are urged by the urging force of the springs 18 in the directions away from each other.

The inner cylinder 12 is composed of a large diameter portion 12b located on the inner peripheral side of the outer cylinder 11 and a small diameter portion 12c integrally formed at the lower end of the large diameter portion 12b. A spring 19 as a biasing member is attached to the inner peripheral side of the diameter portion 12b. The lower end of the spring 19 has a large diameter portion 12b.
Of the valve member 20, and the upper end of the valve member 20 comes into contact with the lower end of a leg 20b of the valve member 20, which will be described later.

The valve member 2 is attached to the large diameter portion 12b of the inner cylinder 12.
0 is attached. The valve member 20 is composed of a disc-shaped main body portion 20a and two rod-shaped leg portions 20b and 20b integrally formed on the lower surface side of the main body portion 20a. Spring 19 on the bottom side
The upper end portion of the abuts. Therefore, the valve member 20 is urged upward by the urging force of the spring 19 so that the peripheral edge portion on the upper surface side of the main body portion 20a comes into contact with the lower inner peripheral surface of the second seal member 16, and between that, that is, the outflow. The upper end opening of the passage 15 is closed.
It should be noted that two or more leg portions 20b of the valve member 20 may be provided.

Then, in order to take out a beverage such as beer from the barrel 25 equipped with the barrel valve 1 configured as described above,
The main body portion 7 of the cap 6 attached to the mouth portion 26 of the barrel 25 is grasped by the lid portion 8 and the portion 9 is pulled up to separate it.
The opening portion of the mouth portion 26 is opened, the dispense head 27 is attached to the mouth portion 26, the annular third seal member 28 at the lower end portion of the dispense head 27 is fitted to the inner peripheral side of the fixing member 2, and the handle 29 Is operated to lower the pressing member 30, and the lower end portion thereof is brought into contact with the upper surface side of the main body portion 20a of the valve member 20.

When the pressing member 30 is further lowered by operating the handle 29, the pressing member 30 and the valve member 20 are integrally lowered against the urging force of the spring 19, and the tip end portion of the pressing member 30 is moved to the first position. 2 is fitted to the inner peripheral side of the seal member 16, and a gap is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the valve member 20 and the inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder 12, and the inner cylinder 1 is interposed through this gap.
The outflow passage 15 on the inner peripheral side of 2 communicates with the beverage extraction passage 31 provided in a state of penetrating the central portion of the pressing member 30.

When the pressing member 30 is further lowered by operating the handle 29, the inner cylinder 12 and the second seal member 16 are integrally lowered against the biasing force of the spring 19, and the upper portion of the second seal member 16 is lowered. The outer peripheral surface is the fixing member 2
Is separated from the valve seat 4a of the inner cylinder 1 and opened between them, and the inner cylinder 1
The upper end opening of the inflow passage 14 between the outer cylinder 2 and the outer cylinder 11 is opened.

A cylinder (not shown) in which gas such as carbon dioxide gas of the dispensing head 27 is filled with gas such as carbon dioxide gas through a hose (not shown).
And open the cylinder valve (not shown),
Gas such as carbon dioxide gas in the cylinder flows from a gas inlet 32 into a portion on the inner peripheral side of the fixing member 2 via a hose, and an inflow passage 1 is opened from an upper end opening of an inflow passage 14 opening therein.
4 into each of the through holes 11a of the outer cylinder 11 by flowing therethrough.
Flows into barrel 25 from.

When the cock (not shown) that closes the beverage extraction passage 31 of the dispensing head 27 is opened, the beverage such as beer filled in the barrel 25 flows out due to the pressure of gas such as carbon dioxide. It flows into the outflow passage 15 from the lower end opening of the passage 15, flows through it, flows from the upper end opening of the outflow passage 15 into the beverage takeout passage 31 at the center of the pressing member 30, and flows there through to be provided at the end thereof. The beverage is taken out into a container (not shown) such as a jug from the beverage taking-out port.

In the barrel valve 1 according to this embodiment configured as described above, the cap 6 attached to the mouth portion 26 of the barrel 25 that has been emptied after the beverage such as beer is taken out.
Since the upper end of the fixing member 2 is locked to the main body 7 of
The fixing member 2 cannot be loosened unless the main body portion 7 of the cap 6 is removed from the mouth portion 26.

That is, since the main body portion 7 of the cap 6 cannot be removed from the mouth portion 26 unless it is broken by using a special tool, an empty barrel with the barrel valve 1 still attached. Even if a child or a drunk person plays a trick and touches the barrel valve 1 by storing it outdoors, the fixing member 2 cannot be loosened because the main body portion 7 of the cap 6 cannot be removed. Therefore,
The pressure of the gas remaining in the barrel 25 due to the loosening of the fixing member 2 acts on the components such as the fixing member 2 and they are blown out from the mouth 26, hitting the surrounding objects and breaking it.
There is no risk of injury to the body, safety is significantly increased, and storage management is easy.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the fixing member cannot be loosened unless the cap is removed from the mouth of the barrel, the cap is removed from the mouth unless a special tool is used. By making it a structure that can not be done, even if an empty barrel is stored outdoors with the barrel valve attached, even if a child mischievously touches the barrel valve, Since the cap cannot be removed, the fixing member cannot be loosened. Therefore, the fixing member is loosened, the pressure of the gas remaining in the barrel acts on the constituent members such as the fixing member, and the constituent members such as the fixing member are blown off by the pressure, which hits the surrounding objects and It does not break or get injured by hitting the body, and the safety is remarkably improved, and it has an excellent effect such as easy management when it is stored.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a barrel valve according to the present invention and an explanatory view showing a state in which a lid portion of a cap is removed.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a dispensing head is attached to the one shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the cap shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and is an explanatory view showing a state before the lid is removed.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of what is shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a conventional barrel valve, which is an explanatory view showing a state before mounting a dispensing head.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the dispensing head is attached to the one shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 41 ... Valve for barrel 2, 42 ... Fixing member 3, 26a ... Screw part 4, 11b, 11c, 12a, 26b ... Protrusion 4a ... Valve seat 5, 45 ... First sealing member 6 ... … Cap 7, 20a, 60a …… Main body 7a …… Notch 7b …… Caulking piece 8 …… Lid part 8a …… Groove 9 …… Gripping part 9a …… Gripping piece 9b …… Connecting part 10, 50 …… Cylinder -Shaped member 11, 51 ... Outer cylinder 11a, 51a ... Through hole 12, 52 ... Inner cylinder 12b ... Large diameter portion 12c ... Small diameter portion 13 ... Groove 14, 54 ... Inflow passage 15, 55 ... Outflow passage 16, 46 ... Second seal member 17 ... Reinforcing ring 18, 19, 58, 59 ... Spring 20, 60 ... Valve member 20b, 60b ... Leg 25, 65 ... Cask 26, 66 ... … Mouth 27, 67 …… Dispensing head 28 …… Third Seal member 29,69 ...... handle 30,70 ...... pressing member 31, 71 ...... beverage extraction passage 32, 72 ...... gas inlet 44 ...... cover 47 ...... lid

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A fixing member screwed into a mouth of a barrel filled with a beverage such as beer, and a first seal member interposed between the fixing member and the mouth, A tubular member that is attached to the fixed member and is movable within a predetermined range, and has a beverage outflow passage and a gas inflow passage, and the outflow passage attached to the tubular member. A valve for barrel comprising: a valve member for opening and closing the valve; and a second seal member attached to the tubular member for opening and closing the inflow passage, wherein the upper end portion of the fixing member is locked to the mouth portion. A barrel valve, comprising a cap for closing the opening of the mouth. 2. The main body part, which is fitted to the mouth part and locks the upper end part of the fixing member at a part of the inner peripheral side, and the cap is integrally formed on the inner peripheral side of the main body part. Is provided,
The barrel valve according to claim 1, further comprising a lid portion that closes the opening portion of the mouth portion and is separable from the main body portion. 3. A grip portion is integrally provided on a part of the lid portion,
The barrel valve according to claim 2, wherein the lid portion can be separated from the main body portion by pulling up the grip portion.