US20110284593A1 - Beverage container made of a thermoplastic resin, in particular pet - Google Patents

Beverage container made of a thermoplastic resin, in particular pet Download PDF

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US20110284593A1
US20110284593A1 US13/120,684 US200913120684A US2011284593A1 US 20110284593 A1 US20110284593 A1 US 20110284593A1 US 200913120684 A US200913120684 A US 200913120684A US 2011284593 A1 US2011284593 A1 US 2011284593A1
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Klaus Meike
Wolfgang Weller
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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
    • B67D1/04—Apparatus utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on beverages in storage containers
    • B67D1/0412—Apparatus utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on beverages in storage containers the whole dispensing unit being fixed to the container
    • B67D1/0418—Apparatus utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on beverages in storage containers the whole dispensing unit being fixed to the container comprising a CO2 cartridge for dispensing and carbonating the beverage
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B65D81/3216—Rigid containers disposed one within the other
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B65D83/60—Contents and propellant separated
    • B65D83/66—Contents and propellant separated first separated, but finally mixed, e.g. in a dispensing head
    • B65D83/666—Contents and propellant separated first separated, but finally mixed, e.g. in a dispensing head product and propellant being totally mixed on, or prior to, first use, e.g. by braking an ampoule containing one of those components
    • 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
    • B67D1/04—Apparatus utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on beverages in storage containers
    • B67D1/0456—Siphons, i.e. beverage containers under gas pressure without supply of further pressurised gas during dispensing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0801—Details of beverage containers, e.g. casks, kegs
    • B67D1/0804—Shape or materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B9/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent material, without essentially mixing with gas or vapour
    • B05B9/03—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent material, without essentially mixing with gas or vapour characterised by means for supplying liquid or other fluent material
    • B05B9/04—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent material, without essentially mixing with gas or vapour characterised by means for supplying liquid or other fluent material with pressurised or compressible container; with pump
    • B05B9/08—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. of knapsack type
    • B05B9/0805—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. of knapsack type comprising a pressurised or compressible container for liquid or other fluent material
    • B05B9/0833—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. of knapsack type comprising a pressurised or compressible container for liquid or other fluent material comprising a compressed gas container, e.g. a nitrogen cartridge

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  • the invention relates to a beverage container made of a thermoplastic material, in particular PET, comprising a tap valve, and a compressed-CO 2 dispenser having a pressure regulator, the dispenser being inside the container and functioning to force out the liquid beverage, and the tap valve releasing the pressurized gas from the compressed-CO 2 dispenser into the liquid beverage as soon as the pressure in the beverage container drops in response to the withdrawal of liquid.
  • Beverage containers of this type are in wide use, in particular, in the form of a beverage dispenser as a nonreturnable container for compressed CO 2 -operated dispensing of beverages cooled to serving temperature, such as beer, wine, and soft beverages.
  • a tap lever When a tap lever is actuated, the beverage is forced up and out the beverage outlet through a riser tube projecting down into the container.
  • WO 2008/000574 discloses an approach for using a spherical PET container serving as a nonreturnable container, the PET container having an inner bag holding the beverage. This container unfolds when filled and prevents air from passing into the beer or carbon dioxide from escaping.
  • EP 1 140 692 discloses a beverage dispenser in which the pressurized-CO 2 supply is a compressed-gas bottle carrying a pressure regulator, the gas bottle being on the bottom inside the beverage container.
  • Activated carbon is used to generate the pressurized gas in the pressurized gas bottle.
  • the pressurized gas must in fact first be produced in the pressurized gas bottle or other pressurized gas container, for example through a chemical reaction of at least two substances.
  • the object of this invention is to create a beverage container of the type described above in the form of a nonreturnable container of simple construction that also has an improved compressed-CO 2 supply.
  • the compressed-CO 2 dispenser is also a container made of thermoplastic PET material, this container being filled from the start with compressed CO 2 .
  • This thus enables an extremely light beverage container or nonreturnable container to be provided for standard 5 L use, for which container the pressurized gas does not first have to be generated in the second, inner container—hereafter identified as CO 2 container—but is already immediately available in sufficient quantity ready for use.
  • the fill volume of the beverage container relative to the CO 2 container be designed with a ratio of 3:1. If the beverage container thus has a fill volume of 7 L and the CO 2 container a volume of 1.7 L, along with a maximum filling pressure to be maintained of 7 bar, the result is a KEG or a beverage container having the standard 5 L volume for the liquid beverage, without allowing the total weight of the two-container unit according to the invention to exceed the prescribed limit for handling.
  • the upper mouth of the beverage container is larger than the greatest outside dimension of the CO 2 container. This allows the CO 2 container to be inserted with clearance and in a simple manner into the actual outer beverage container of the nonreturnable container. It is recommended in this regard that the CO 2 container be of the longest possible design, thereby enabling the mouth to be kept correspondingly small, while not unnecessarily weakening the outer container.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the CO 2 container be attached to a beverage container cap closing the mouth, in the simplest case snapped onto this cap.
  • the beverage container cap is unitarily formed with the pressure regulator and the tap valve comprising the riser tube, this allows a completely preassembled assembly to be provided that contains all the functional components and that then only has to be mounted on the beverage container or outer container. A simple screw-type connection is again appropriate to attach the cap and thus the preassembled assembly.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal section of a CO 2 container made of PET that is inserted in a beverage container made of PET;
  • FIG. 2 show the assembly of FIG. 1 made of two PET containers, the assembly being in the form of a nonreturnable container ready to tap state with a tap valve and pressure regulator.
  • a nonreturnable container 1 for withdrawing or tapping liquid beverage comprises a beverage container 2 and an inner CO 2 container 3 that is filled in advance with compressed CO 2 and thus does not first have to be activated during tapping.
  • Both the beverage container 2 as well as the CO 2 container 3 are made of PET.
  • the upper mouth 4 of the beverage container 2 is sufficiently wide to allow it to be installed in the beverage container 2 in unimpeded fashion and without interference.
  • the CO 2 container 3 is very long so that the mouth 4 can have a very small diameter.
  • Both containers 2 and 3 have attachment necks 5 or 6 formed with snap-on lobes or ridges. Threaded connections are also possible.
  • the tap-ready nonreturnable container 1 is shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the mouth 4 of the beverage container 2 is closed by a cap 7 that is mounted on the attachment neck 5 , snap-connected thereto.
  • the cap 7 is of made unitarily with a pressure regulator 8 for the CO 2 container 3 , designed for 7 bar, and with a tap valve 9 provided with a riser tube 10 that is extends down to the bottom of the beverage container 2 .
  • the elongated CO 2 container 3 is thus fixed in this cap unit by its attachment neck 6 .
  • the requisite quantity of compressed CO 2 passes out of the CO 2 container 3 through the pressure regulator 8 as indicated by the flow arrow 11 into the beverage container 2 and forces the liquid out through the riser tube 10 and the tap valve 9 to a spout 12 .

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  • Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
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PCT/EP2009/007484 WO2010054734A2 (fr) 2008-11-12 2009-10-20 Récipient pour boisson fabriqué d'une matière thermoplastique en particulier le pet

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