KR20120002623U - Spoon for grasping the container neck and device for fastening the container neck to the delivery duct of apparatus for pressurized dispensing of foaming beverages with use thereof variants - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to the food industry, and more particularly to commercial equipment, and is useful for dispensing beer, other frothy and / or carbonated beverages from isostatic storage tanks to plastic bottles. The technical result of the present invention is that the performance reliability of the spoon for holding the container neck and the device for fixing it is improved, the service life is increased, and the maintenance of the spoon and the device for fixing it is made. The spoon for holding the container neck is embodied as a C-shaped bracket with a holder installed and having an internal size smaller than the diameter of the annular flange of the container neck, the holder being embodied as one or more stands attached to the bracket or end Is implemented as a hollow cylinder attached to the bracket and has a slot in the lateral wall, the slot extending along the entire length or along a portion of the length, the slot having a size larger than the diameter of the annular flange of the container neck. And are disposed at the ends of the bracket. The device for securing the container neck comprises a spoon for holding the container neck embodied according to claim 1 with a lever handle and a means for sealing the ends of the container neck and the delivery conduit around the outlet hole of the delivery conduit. A hollow cylinder holder of the bracket, wherein the hollow cylinder holder of the bracket is positioned around the delivery conduit so that it can be rotated and reciprocated, and at least two non-penetrating With non-through threaded grooves, a roller is installed inside each groove so that the roller can be rotated and attached to the wall of the hollow cylinder holder of the bracket, and the lever handle is a hollow cylinder at the height to which the rollers are attached It is attached to the outer surface of the holder. In a second embodiment, the unit comprises a spoon for holding the container neck according to claim 1 of the invention with a lever handle and means for sealing the ends of the container neck and the delivery conduit. The retaining stands of the bracket can be reciprocating in a vertical plane, are kinetically connected to the housing of the beverage dispensing device via a resetting unit, and are mounted to be firmly connected to each other by means of a transverse member embodied as a ring, The lever handle is mounted to the housing of the beverage dispensing device, thereby being rotatable and kinematically connected to the cross member of the bracket holder by a unit for lifting the cross member.

Description

Spoons for grasping the container neck and device for fastening the container neck to the delivery duct of apparatus for pressurized dispensing of foaming beverages with use marie (variants)}

The present invention relates generally to the food industry, and more particularly to commercial equipment, from beer and other foamed drinks and / or carbonated drinks from isostatic storage tanks to plastic bottles in retail convenience stores, stores, restaurants and bars. Useful for distributing

Prior art devices for holding the neck of a plastic bottle and devices for securing the open end of the delivery conduit of the device for dispensing foam and / or carbonated beverages have been implemented in a number of automated dispensing lines (eg For example, U.S. Pat. And Tekhnologicheskoe oborudovanie Konservnykh zavodov (Process Equipment for Canneries), Moscow, 1986, pp. 418-419). Each device has an elastic annular seal installed at the end of the delivery conduit, a stage for positioning the bottle under the delivery conduit and an elastic annular end of the delivery conduit of the device for dispensing foam and / or carbonated beverage. And a unit for axial displacement of the bottle with a stage for pressing the end of the neck of the bottle to the seal.

A disadvantage of such structures is that the plastic bottle cannot be fixed in such a way at the end of the delivery conduit of the device for dispensing foam and / or carbonated beverages because of the insufficient hardness of the plastic bottle.

Another device for holding the neck of a plastic bottle and a device for securing it to a device for automated dispensing of liquids (see RU 2060926) include an annular seal mounted at the end of the delivery conduit and a swivel bracket positioned and shaped therein. a spring pressing gripping portion for the plastic bottle neck connected to the actuator stem of the unit by a shaped swivel bracket.

However, the above mentioned devices for holding the neck of a plastic bottle and devices for fixing it at the end of the delivery conduit are used in liquid dispensing lines and are not available in devices for manual dispensing of liquids. Has a configuration. The technique most relevant to the first subject of the present invention consists of a spoon structure for holding a bottle having a groove and a handle adapted to the size of the neck of the plastic bottle (RU 2266862). The spoon has a holder embodied as a hollow cylinder, which is attached to the spoon and is disposed around the end of the delivery conduit of the beverage dispensing device at its outlet hole. The spoon is equipped with a unit for reciprocating movement implemented as a bayonet joint. A spoon equipped with a unit for reciprocating motion provides for quick and rigid fit connection of the neck of the plastic bottle to the end of the delivery conduit of the device for the manual dispensing of the frothed and / or carbonated beverage.

The disadvantage of such spoons is that they are quickly contaminated by the residue of the beverage, which must often be washed with detergent and water.

The most relevant technique on the second subject of the present invention consists of a device for securing the neck of a plastic bottle to a delivery conduit of a device for the manual dispensing of foam and / or carbonated beverages, which device can be rotated and Hollow housing with a lever handle positioned around the wall of the delivery conduit for axial reciprocating movement, and having a groove that fits the size of the neck of the PET bottle, attached to the housing, A spoon installed in front of the open end of the delivery conduit with the annular seal. The housing of the device is kinematically connected by a bayonet joint to the wall of the delivery conduit. The bayonet joint represents an unperforated threaded groove made in the wall of the delivery conduit, the shaft with the roller being installed to attach to the housing of the device for fixing the plastic bottle neck (RU 36370, U1).

The disadvantages of such devices are that their lifetime is not long due to the rapid degradation of the housing of the device when the housing is made of polymer material, and that the uneven wear caused by unacceptable gaps between the parts when made of metal Is that there is. These disadvantages are that the non-penetrating threaded groove with the roller bayonet joint is made only on one side of the housing and on the place where the lever handle is attached, so that the rotation of the handle creates an elevated non-uniform load on the housing of the device, thereby From the fact that it causes rapid wear.

The present invention provides a spoon for grasping a container neck and a device for securing the container neck to a delivery conduit of a device for pressurized dispensing of a foam beverage that solves the problems of the prior art.

The technical result of the present invention is the improved performance reliability of the container for holding the container neck and the extension of the service life of the device for fixing the container neck, and the maintenance of both of them is made simple.

The technical results are as follows: In the spoon for holding the container neck, which is installed as a holder according to the present invention and embodied as a C-shaped bracket with an inner size smaller than the diameter of the annular flange of the container neck, the holder of the bracket is It may be embodied as one or more stands attached to the bracket, or as a hollow cylinder with an end attached to the bracket, the hollow cylinder being a slot in a lateral wall extending along the entire length or along a portion of the length. The slot has a size larger than the diameter of the annular flange of the container neck and is disposed at the ends of the bracket.

A device for securing a container neck to a delivery conduit of a device for pressurized dispensing of a foam beverage according to the present invention comprises a spoon for holding the container neck according to claim 1 of the invention with a lever handle, and a container neck and a delivery conduit. And means for sealing the ends of the holder, wherein the holder of the bracket in the form of a hollow cylinder can be rotated by being positioned around the delivery conduit and is a reciprocating movement, located at one level on its wall With two or more non-perforated threaded grooves, the rollers are installed inside each groove so that the roller can be rotated and attached to the wall of the hollow cylinder holder of the bracket, and the lever handle is hollow at the height to which the rollers are attached It is attached to the outer surface of the cylinder holder.

A device for securing a container neck to a delivery conduit of a device for pressurized dispensing of a foam beverage according to the present invention comprises a spoon and a container neck and a delivery conduit for holding the container neck according to claim 1 having a lever handle. Means for sealing the ends, and the holder stands of the bracket move in the housing of the beverage dispensing device so that they can perform a reciprocating movement in the vertical plane and through a resetting unit It is installed so as to be tightly connected to each other by means of a kinematically connected and embodied as a ring, the lever handle being mounted to the housing of the beverage dispensing device, which can be rotated and bracketed by a unit for lifting the cross member. Kinematically connected to the transverse member of the holder.

The means for sealing the container neck and the ends of the delivery conduit is embodied as an elastic annular gasket attached coaxially around the outlet hole of the delivery conduit.

The stand resetting unit is embodied as a spring so that the retaining stands of the bracket are kinematically connected to the housing of the beverage dispensing device.

The unit lifting the cross member can be rotated by having the release units rigidly connected to the lever handle, the lower surface of the cross member having grooves arranged evenly, on the one hand forming flanges, It is joined to the lower surface of the cross member on the one hand, and the release units are mounted inside the grooves of the cross member of the bracket holder.

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical result of the present invention is the improved performance reliability of the container for holding the container neck and the extension of the service life of the device for fixing the container neck, and the maintenance of both of them is made simple.

1 is a schematic illustration of a spoon for holding a container neck, the holder being implemented as two stands;
2 is a schematic view of a spoon with containers placed on the spoon.
3 is a schematic view of a spoon for grasping a container neck, the holder being implemented as a stand.
4 is a schematic view of a spoon for grasping a container neck, wherein the holder is embodied as a hollow cylinder with partial slots in the side wall.
5 shows a hollow cylinder with slots in the side walls extending along the entire length of the cylinder.
6 shows a first embodiment of an apparatus for securing a container neck to a delivery conduit.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along AA of FIG. 6.
8 shows a second embodiment of an apparatus for securing a container neck to a delivery conduit.
9 is a cross-sectional view along the line BB of FIG. 8.
10 is a cross-sectional view along the line CC of FIG. 8.
11 shows an annular transverse member of a bracket holder according to a second embodiment of the device for securing a container neck to a delivery conduit of a beverage dispensing device.

A device for dispensing beverage at a manual counter-pressure into a plastic container (1) (PET bottle) secures the claimed spoon and bottle neck to the device's delivery conduit for grasping the container neck. By using an apparatus (two variants) for this purpose (FIGS. 8 to 10), this includes, for example, a housing 2 mounted on a stand (not shown in the figure). In the fuselage of the housing 2, a supply conduit and a delivery conduit 3 with junction conduits 4, 5 are made, which conduits respectively provide a pipeline for supplying gas from a pressure source and isostatic storage. For connection to a pipeline for supplying a beverage from an isobaric storage tank, and also for the throttle valve 6 and the lever handle 7 for supplying pressurized gas or pressurized beverage or blocking all conduits It is equipped with a three-way flow switch.

In a first embodiment, the device for securing the neck of the container 1 to the delivery conduit 3 of the device for pressurized dispensing of a beverage of foam is attached around the outlet hole of the delivery conduit 3 as a sealing means. An elastic annular gasket (8) and a spoon for holding the container's neck, which is embodied as a C-shaped bracket (9), the bracket having a diameter of the annular flange of the neck of the container (2) With a smaller internal size, the bracket is provided with a holder having a lever handle 10. The holder of the bracket 9 is embodied as a hollow cylinder 11, the end of the hollow cylinder is attached to the bracket 9 and the hollow cylinder has a slot 12 on the side wall, the slot 12 of the side wall Extending along the entire length (FIG. 5) or along some length (FIG. 4), the slot having a size larger than the diameter of the annular flange of the neck of the container 1, the ends of the bracket 9 Is located in. The hollow cylinder 11 of the holder of the bracket 9 is arranged around the wall 13 of the delivery conduit 3 so that it can be rotated by the lever handle 10 and a reciprocating movement can be made. On the wall 13 of the delivery conduit 3 there are two or more unperforated screw grooves 14, which screw grooves lie at one level. The inside of each of the screw grooves 14 can be rotated by mounting a roller 15, which also attaches to the wall of the hollow cylinder 11 of the holder of the bracket 9, and the lever handle 10. Is attached to the outer surface of the hollow cylinder 11 of the holder at the height to which the roller 15 is attached.

In a second embodiment, the device for securing the neck of the container 1 to the delivery conduit 3 of the device for pressurized dispensing of a foam beverage is, as a sealing means, around the outlet hole of the delivery conduit 3. And an elastic annular gasket 16 coaxially attached to it and a spoon for grasping the neck of the container 1 embodied as a C-shaped bracket 17, the C-shaped bracket being a container ( It can be rotated by installing a holder having an inner size smaller than the diameter of the annular flange of the neck of 1) and having a lever handle 18 mounted to the housing 2 of the beverage dispensing device. The holder of the bracket 17 is embodied as one or more stands 19 attached to the bracket 17. The holding stands 19 of the bracket 17 are installed to reciprocate in the vertical plane, and are installed to be kinematically connected to the housing 2 of the beverage dispensing device via a resetting unit. The resetting unit is implemented as a spring 20. The stands 19 are tightly connected to each other by the cross member 21, the cross member is embodied as a ring and has a lifting unit for lifting the ring. The unit for lifting the cross member 21 comprises grooves 23 evenly arranged on the lower surface 22 of the cross member, so that the grooves form flanges 24 on the one hand and cross member on the other hand. Bonded to the lower surface 22 of 21; It also includes releasing units 25, which are rigidly connected to the lever handle 18 and are installed in the grooves 23 of the cross member 21 of the holder of the bracket 17.

The device for the manual dispensing of a frothy beverage comprises the device of claim for securing the container neck to the delivery conduit of the device with a spoon for gripping the container neck and operating in the following manner. According to the design of the first embodiment of the device (FIG. 6), the neck of the container 1 is located in the groove of the bracket 9 of the spoon under the delivery conduit 3 of the device, with the lever 10 rotating The rollers 15 thereby slide inside the screw grooves 14 and displace the hollow cylinder holder 11 upwards with the bracket 9 of the spoon, the neck of the container 1 being supported by an annular flange. By tightly fitting to the annular gasket 8, the interior of the container 1 connects to the outlet hole of the delivery conduit 3.

According to the design of the device of the second embodiment (FIGS. 9 and 10), the neck of the container 1 is located below the delivery conduit 3 of the device in the groove of the bracket 17 of the spoon, and the lever 18. Is rotated so that the release units 25 slide along the lower surface of the annular cross member 21 and out of the groove 23, and the retaining stand 19 and the annular cross member (with the bracket 17 of the spoon) 21) and the neck of the container 1 is firmly fixed to the annular gasket 16 by the annular flange, connecting the interior of the container 1 to the outlet hole of the delivery conduit 3.

The throttle 6 is now closed. The lever 7 (FIG. 8) of the three-way flow switch is in a (neutral) vertical position. Next, the lever 7 of the flow switch is deflected 20 degrees (outwardly of the operator) to open the gas conduit with the union 4 and with the interior of the container 1 through the delivery conduit 3. It communicates. Now, CO ₂ gas from the cylinder enters the container 1 and the pressure is equilibrated to the pressure inside the beverage container. Next, the lever 7 of the flow switch is tilted 40 degrees in the opposite direction. The beverage conduit with junction 5 is now in communication with the interior of the container 1 via the delivery conduit 3. Since the pressure in the container 1 is equal to the pressure inside the beverage container, the beverage does not enter the container 1. When the throttle 6 is opened, the CO ₂ gas is forced out of the container 1 to the atmosphere. As a pressure deviation occurs between the beverage passing containers 1, the beverage fills the container 1. The lever 7 is rotated (20 degrees) to return the beverage to its original vertical position as shown in FIG. 8 so as to stop the inflow of the beverage from the beverage container after the bottle is filled. Some of the residual gas in the neck of the container 1 and the dissolved gas released from the beverage are removed into the atmosphere through the conduit of the throttle 6.

After the pressure in the container 1 is equilibrated with atmospheric pressure, the lever 10 (FIG. 6) or the lever 18 (FIG. 9) is rotated in the opposite direction to move the lower end of the delivery conduit 3 into the container 1. ), The container is removed from the dispensing device, stopped, and then given to the consumer.

Compared to the closest prior art products, a more uniform load is distributed to the parts of the device during operation, thereby providing an improved reliability and longer life of the container's necked spoon and the device for its fixation. Since it may be better to access the inner surface of the container neck for treatment with water and detergent, simplified maintenance of the spoon for holding the container neck is provided.

1. plastic container 2. housing
3. Delivery conduit 4.5. Joint
6. Throttle Valve 7. Lever Handle
8. Annular gasket 9. Bracket

Claims (7)

A spoon for holding a container neck, in which a holder is installed and embodied as a C-shaped bracket having an inner size less than the diameter of the annular flange of the container neck,
The bracket holder is embodied as one or more stands attached to the bracket, or as a hollow cylinder with an end attached to the bracket, the hollow cylinder extending along the entire length or part of the length. A spoon for holding a container neck, having a slot in the lateral wall, the slot having a size larger than the diameter of the annular flange of the container neck and disposed at the ends of the bracket. A device for securing a container neck to a delivery conduit of a device for pressurized dispensing of a beverage of foam, comprising: a spoon for holding a container neck implemented according to claim 1 with a lever handle and for sealing the ends of the container neck and the delivery conduit The bracket holder, comprising means, in the form of a hollow cylinder, can be rotated by being positioned around the delivery conduit to allow reciprocating movement, at least two non-penetrating positions located at one level on its wall. With (non-through) threaded grooves, the roller is installed inside each groove so that the roller can be rotated and attached to the wall of the hollow cylinder of the bracket holder, and the lever handle is hollow cylinder holder at the height to which the rollers are attached A container neck to the delivery conduit of the device for pressurizing and dispensing foam beverage Device for fixing the. A device for securing a container neck to a delivery conduit of a device for pressurized dispensing of a foam beverage, the device having a lever handle for sealing a container neck implemented in accordance with claim 1 and for sealing the ends of the container neck and the delivery conduit. Means,
The holding stands of the brackets are mounted so as to be reciprocating in the vertical plane, kinematically connected to the housing of the beverage dispensing device via a resetting unit, and firmly connected to one another by a cross member. ,
The lever handle is mounted to the housing of the beverage dispensing device so that it can be rotated and is kinetically connected to the transverse member of the bracket holder by a unit for lifting the transverse member. Device for securing a container neck to a delivery conduit of a person. The method according to claim 2 or 3,
The means for sealing the container neck and the ends of the delivery conduit is embodied as an elastic annular gasket attached around the outlet hole of the delivery conduit. Device for fixing. The method of claim 3, wherein
The stand resetting unit is embodied as springs so that the holder stands of the bracket are kinematically connected to the housing of the beverage dispensing device, wherein the container neck is fixed to the delivery conduit of the device for pressurized dispensing of foam beverage. . The method of claim 3, wherein
The transverse member is embodied as a ring, characterized in that for securing the container neck to the delivery conduit of the device for pressurized dispensing of a foam beverage. The method of claim 3, wherein
The unit for lifting the transverse member has release units firmly connected to the lever handle so that it can be rotated,
The grooves are uniformly arranged on the lower surface of the cross member, so that the grooves form flanges on the one hand and are joined to the lower surface of the cross member on the other hand,
And the release units are mounted in the grooves of the transverse member of the bracket holder.

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