WO1999002450A1

WO1999002450A1 - Dispensing system

Info

Publication number: WO1999002450A1
Application number: PCT/DK1998/000313
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jan Nørager RASMUSSEN; Joachim Mogler; Helmut Wiedmann
Original assignee: Carlsberg A/S; Datograf Apparatebau Gmbh & Co.
Priority date: 1997-07-12
Filing date: 1998-07-06
Publication date: 1999-01-21
Also published as: DE19752633A1; AU8333598A

Abstract

To create a dispensing system comprising a beverage container and a dispensing device with a tap which is as economical as possible the invention provides for the beverage container to be a bottle made of a non-metallic material and for a connecting piece to be joined to a bottle neck of said bottle by means of which connecting piece the dispensing device can be connected to the bottle neck in a liquid-tight manner. It also provides for the connecting piece to attach the dispensing device relative to the bottle in such a way that the bottle has to be positioned upside down for dispensing to take place through the dispensing device and for a ventilation pipe extending from the connecting piece to the bottom of the bottle to be held by said connecting piece.

Description

Dispenser

The invention relates to a dispensing device comprising a beverage container and a dispensing device with a dispensing tap.

Such dispensing devices are known from the prior art. They serve to make it possible to tap a beverage from a barrel or a can, the barrel or the can being provided in a known manner with openings for inserting the tap device. In these, for example, beer can be freshly tapped as a so-called draft beer or other drink.

The can or the barrel, however, have the disadvantage that they are very expensive to produce on the one hand and also due to the volume during the transport of empties.

The object of the invention is therefore to create a dispensing device for beverages which is as inexpensive as possible.

This object is achieved according to the invention in a dispensing device of the type described in the introduction in that the beverage container is a bottle made of non-metallic material, that with a bottle neck of the bottle a connecting part can be connected, with which the dispensing device can be connected to the bottle neck in a liquid-tight manner, that the connecting part fixes the dispensing device relative to the bottle in such a way that a dispensing operation requires the bottle to be placed upside down, and that an aeration line extending from the latter to a bottle bottom is held on the connecting part.

The advantage of the solution according to the invention can thus be seen in the fact that, on the one hand, a very simple and inexpensive container is used as the beverage container, namely a bottle that can be produced inexpensively, and that, on the other hand, a dispensing of the beverage from this bottle known from the beverage keg or the beverage can is nevertheless possible the bottle is in an upside-down position to dispense the drink, contrary to normal use.

The ventilation line extending from the connecting part to the bottle bottom also has the great advantage that gentle tapping, in particular of drinks containing C0 _{2, is} possible since it is not necessary to move the air freely through the drink containing C0 ₂ and thus additionally one to cause unwanted C0 ₂ delivery and oxygen uptake.

Thus, a previously unknown and new container is available as a beverage container for tapping the beverage in a known manner, which, due to the lower costs, enables this type of beverage to be tapped further. A bottle in the sense of the solution according to the invention is to be understood as any beverage container provided with a stomach receiving the beverage and a neck with a closure.

Such bottles are preferably those with a screw cap, since this requires an end-side design of the bottle neck which is advantageous for fixing the connecting part.

Various non-metallic and inexpensively formable materials can be provided as the material for such a bottle.

An advantageous solution provides for the bottle to be made from glass.

However, it is also conceivable to manufacture the bottle from a composite material comprising glass, for example the wall surface adjoining the beverage being made of glass and a further material, for example plastic, which ensures mechanical stability.

However, it is also conceivable to manufacture the bottle from plastic. As a result, the plastic bottle can be used as a beverage container for a conventionally known dispensing of the beverage, in particular beer or lemonade, the advantages of the plastic bottle being that it is inexpensive to manufacture on the one hand, and only at the point of filling onto the final volume is inflatable, so that the cost of empties is low. Plastic bottles are preferably used as bottles, which are made of polyolefin, in particular polyethylene and propylene and their derivatives or combinations, such as PET or PEN.

The connecting part can be designed in a wide variety of ways.

For example, it would be conceivable to form the connecting part onto the dispensing device and thus to make it part of the dispensing device.

Another advantageous solution provides that the connecting part has a receptacle for a connecting piece of the dispensing device, so that the dispensing device can be designed in a conventional manner, such as for example for drums and cans, and only with the connecting piece designed for this purpose in the Connection part is to be used.

With regard to the arrangement of the receptacle of the connecting part, the most varied of possibilities are conceivable. An advantageous solution provides for the receptacle to be arranged concentrically with the connecting part itself and thus also concentrically with a central axis of the bottle neck.

Another solution, which facilitates the arrangement of the ventilation line, especially in confined spaces, provides that the receptacle is arranged eccentrically to the central axis of the bottle neck, in order to create more space for the additional provision of the ventilation line. The recording itself can be provided in a wide variety of ways. For example, it would be conceivable to provide only one opening for the connecting piece and to produce a tight seal with an opening edge on the connecting piece. However, it is particularly advantageous if the receptacle has a receiving sleeve for the connector of the dispensing device that can be inserted into it, so that a liquid-tight seal in the region of the connecting piece can be produced in a particularly advantageous manner and also the dispensing device by the receiving part against tilting relative to the Central axis is secured in the connector.

In order to provide air access to the ventilation line in a simple manner, the connecting part is preferably designed such that it has a ventilation opening which is connected to the ventilation line, so that air into the ventilation line via the connecting part directly into this entry.

A particularly favorable solution provides for the ventilation opening to be arranged next to the receptacle, so that air can be admitted to the ventilation line independently of the design of the dispensing device.

The position of the ventilation opening can be chosen arbitrarily. An advantageous exemplary embodiment provides that the ventilation opening is arranged in a bottom of the connecting part and preferably opens into an outer end face of the connecting part. In order to prevent dirt from entering the ventilation opening or a directed beverage jet escaping from the ventilation opening due to improper handling of the dispensing device, it is preferably provided that the dispensing device extends over the ventilation opening at a distance, so that sufficient air access is possible at all times.

This can be achieved, for example, in that the dispensing device can only be connected to the connecting part in a defined position.

With regard to the fixation of the connecting part on the bottle neck, no further details have so far been given. An advantageous exemplary embodiment provides that the connecting part can be non-positively fixed on the bottle neck. This includes all solutions that preferably fix the connector with friction on the bottle neck. This can be a solution that encompasses the bottle neck on the outside or engages in it on the inside.

A solution which is particularly advantageous in terms of the feasibility and manufacturability provides that the connecting part comprises a stopper which can be inserted into the bottle neck and which, with a circumferential outer jacket section, lies sealingly against an inner surface of the bottle neck.

This solution has great advantages because of its simplicity and its cheap manufacturability.

In order not only to ensure a tight seal of the stopper in the bottle neck, but also an in essential tilt-resistant support of the same and the dispensing device, it is provided that the stopper is provided with engaging in the bottle neck and can be placed on the inner surface of the guide elements, which serve to stabilize the stopper against tipping.

The stopper is preferably provided with guide ribs which extend parallel to the central axis of the bottle neck and bear against the inside of the bottle neck.

Alternatively or in addition to the non-positive fixing of the connection part on the bottle neck, it is also conceivable that the connection part is positively fixed on the bottle neck.

This solution has the advantage that in this case the dispensing device can be designed not only as a dispensing device which operates essentially without pressure, as is the case with non-positive fixing, but also as a dispensing device operated by compressed gas.

The external screw thread of the bottle neck, which primarily serves to fix a screw cap for the bottle neck, is particularly suitable for positive locking. This external closure thread can also be provided for the form-fitting fixing of the connection part, the connection part being able to engage, for example, with claws in the thread in order to obtain a form-fitting fixation. A particularly favorable solution provides, however, that the connecting part is a nut that can be screwed onto the external thread. With regard to the further design of the dispensing device, the most varied of possibilities are conceivable. So it would be conceivable, for example, to ensure the overhead division of the bottle by keeping it hanging.

Another preferred solution provides that the dispensing device has a stand on which the bottle rests in the overhead division. Such a stand has the advantage that it can be built up in a relatively compact manner on the one hand and also creates the possibility of avoiding a complex constructive solution, for example for hanging the bottle.

An appropriate design of the stand provides that it has a support element which on a

Bottle neck arranged holding flange attacks. With such a support element, the bottle can be supported on the holding flange in a particularly favorable manner.

A cheap solution of such a support element provides that it is designed in the form of a support flange of the stand.

The holding flange on the bottle neck, in which the support element engages, is preferably arranged between the external screw thread and a bottle belly of the bottle. Such a holding flange is often provided on the plastic bottles anyway so that they can be handled mechanically during manufacture and / or filling, and thus offers a particularly favorable possibility of fixing the bottle in the region of the bottle neck on the stand. In order to additionally fix the bottle against tipping, it would be conceivable, for example, to support the bottle in the area of the bottle belly via an element connected to the stand. Such a tilting support could be realized, for example, by an element surrounding the bottle and connected to the stand, in particular a temperature control body.

Another preferred solution, however, provides for the stand to engage the bottle neck in addition to the holding flange in order to fix the bottle. Any points of attack of the stand can be realized in the entire area of the bottle neck.

In this case, a solution can be implemented particularly easily in which the stand has a holding sleeve encompassing the bottle neck, this holding sleeve can engage the bottle neck, for example, between the holding flange and the bottle belly and can also be arranged radially outside of the holding flange of the bottle neck.

Another advantageous solution provides that the holding sleeve provided on the stand engages over the external thread of the closure and thus represents an additional fixation of the bottle relative to the stand. Such an overlap can be achieved in that the holding sleeve is designed as a mere cylindrical sleeve and rests on the outside thread of the closure with little play. But it is also conceivable to provide the holding sleeve directly with an internal thread which can be screwed onto the external screw thread. Another solution provides that the stand can be firmly connected to the bottle neck by means of a nut which can be screwed onto the external thread of the closure. In this case it is preferably provided that the support element of the stand can be clamped between the latter and the holding flange by means of the nut which can be screwed onto the external thread of the closure, and thus a fixed and tilt-proof fixing of the bottle by means of the bottle neck in the stand is also possible.

In order to design the stand so that the bottle is securely stabilized, it is provided that the stand has a foot surface which lies in at least one radial direction to the central axis of the bottle neck outside an extension of the bottle in this direction.

It is even better if the stand has at least three support surfaces lying outside the bottle in the radial direction to the central axis of the bottle neck.

In order to also obtain a fixed fixation of the dispensing device not only via the connecting part and the bottle neck, but also, if necessary, to be able to use the dispensing device for additional stabilization of the stand, it is provided that the stand has a holder for a fixed receptacle of the dispensing device.

With this solution, on the one hand, the dispensing device is held securely in the stand. On the other hand, with this solution there is also the possibility of simultaneously pulling the tapping device together to support the stand and thus the bottle. In order to keep the drink in the bottle as fresh as possible, it is preferably provided that the bottle is surrounded by a temperature control body.

For example, the temperature control body is designed so that it encloses the bottle in the form of a cylinder extending in its longitudinal axis, so that the temperature control body can be easily placed on the bottle.

Furthermore, especially if the bottle contains beer which is to be tapped, it is provided that the bottle is cooled by a cooling element. The cooling element is preferably designed such that it rests on an outside of the bottle in order to have as direct a contact as possible with the bottle itself. For example, it is sufficient if the cooling element lies against the bottle in the region of a bottle neck in order to sufficiently cool the beverage standing at the bottom of the bottle, that is to say the beverage which is next tapped.

The cooling element is preferably designed so that it surrounds the bottle in a closed ring.

But it is also possible to design the cooling element so that it is arranged in the temperature control element.

The temperature control element can, for example, be designed as a hollow body and accommodate the cooling element, the cooling element not necessarily having to extend over the entire temperature control body, but only need to be arranged in parts of the temperature control body. Another preferred example comprising a stand provides that the stand is collapsible.

The stand is preferably collapsible so that it can be accommodated in the temperature control body.

In the simplest case, this can be achieved in that a stand body has two halves.

The stand body comprising two halves is particularly easy to manufacture if the two halves are of identical design and are of mirror-symmetrical design with the central axis of the bottle neck.

In order to be able to mount the stand in a simple manner, it is preferably provided that the halves of the stand body have holding elements for connecting them, the holding elements being able to be designed in any number of ways. An advantageous variant of holding elements provides that they can be hung or inserted into a web of the other half or that the holding elements encompass the web of the other half and thereby fix them in a form-fitting manner.

A further development of a dispensing device according to the invention with a stand provides that the stand body has plug-in foot elements, in which case the plug-in foot elements also have the particular advantage that the stand body can be accommodated in the temperature control body with the foot elements. The foot elements furthermore provide the possibility of arranging the foot surface with which the stand is supported on a standing surface at the greatest possible radial distance from the central axis of the bottle, in order to ensure that the dispensing device according to the invention is positioned as securely as possible. This is particularly necessary in view of the fact that considerable tipping moments are transmitted to the entire unit consisting of the stand and bottle by the dispensing device by actuating the tap.

The above-mentioned object is also achieved by a dispenser according to claim 38, which can also be developed in accordance with subclaims 2 to 37.

Further features and advantages of the invention are the subject of the following description and the drawing of some exemplary embodiments.

The drawing shows:

1 shows a schematic longitudinal section through a first exemplary embodiment of a dispensing device according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of a stopper of the first

Embodiment;

Fig. 3 is a section along line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective side view of the

Stopper according to FIG. 2;

5 is a view in the direction of arrow 5 in Fig. ² '

6 shows a side view of a stopper of a second exemplary embodiment of the dispensing device according to the invention;

7 shows a section along line 7-7 in FIG. 6 with the connecting piece of the dispensing device arranged in the stopper;

Fig. 8 is a side perspective view of

Plugging of the second embodiment;

9 is a view in the direction of arrow 9 in FIG.

6;

10 shows a perspective view of the stopper of the second exemplary embodiment obliquely from below;

11 shows a longitudinal section through a connecting part of a third exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 12 is a plan view in the direction of arrow 12 in

11 with the dispensing device removed, 13 shows a longitudinal section similar to FIG. 11 in an enlarged illustration with the connecting part screwed onto the bottle neck;

14 shows a longitudinal section similar to FIG. 1 through a fourth exemplary embodiment;

15 shows a longitudinal section similar to FIG. 1 through a fifth exemplary embodiment;

16 shows a longitudinal section similar to FIG. 1 through a sixth exemplary embodiment;

17 shows a longitudinal section similar to FIG. 1 through a seventh exemplary embodiment;

18 is a view in the direction of arrow 18 in FIG.

17;

Fig. 19 is a plan view of a stand of the seventh

Embodiment from above;

Fig. 20 is an enlarged view of the stand in

Range of holding elements provided on stand supports;

21 shows an assembly drawing of the stand which has been dismantled and partially arranged in the temperature control body; Fig. 22 is a side view similar to Fig. 1 of an eighth embodiment and

23 shows an enlarged section of the stand of the eighth exemplary embodiment.

A first exemplary embodiment of a dispensing device according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 comprises a conventional dispensing device 10 which has a central tubular housing part 12 which has a connecting line 14 between a connecting piece 16 arranged at a first end of the housing part 12 and one at a second end of the housing part 12 arranged tap 18, from which an outlet pipe 20 leads radially to the longitudinal direction of the housing part 12.

The tap 18 comprises a tap housing 22, in which a tap plug 24 is inserted, which has a shut-off body 26 and an actuating member 28 with which the shut-off body 26 rotatably mounted in the tap housing 22 can be rotated manually.

With the dispensing device 10, a beverage 32 contained therein can be tapped from a bottle 30 made of plastic in an overhead division. For this purpose, the dispensing device 10 can be fixed by means of a connecting part 40 to a bottle neck 44 formed on a bottle belly 43, preferably to an end region 46 adjoining an opening 42 of the bottle neck 44 of the bottle 30, the connecting part 40 on the one hand providing a liquid-tight seal between the Manufactures connecting piece 16 and the bottle neck 44 and on the other hand fixes the dispensing device 10 relative to the bottle 30.

For example, the connecting part 40 is in the form of a stopper 50 shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, which has a stopper body 52 designed as a cylindrical receiving sleeve, which carries at one end a sealing section 54 with a circular cylindrical sealing surface 58 coaxial with a central axis 56 of the stopper 50 . Starting from this sealing section 54, ribs 60 also extend parallel to the axis 56 and have an outer rib surface 62 which is arranged approximately at the same radial distance from the axis 56 as the circular-cylindrical outer surface of the sealing section 54 and on the sealing section 54 opposite end have a bevel 64 which facilitates insertion of the stopper into the opening 42 of the bottle neck 44.

Between these ribs 60, depressions 66 are provided, which serve to allow elastic deformations of the ribs 60 in the azimuthal direction to the axis 56.

Furthermore, the stopper 50 also has a collar 70 which is arranged on a side of the sealing section 54 opposite the ribs 60 and which projects in the radial direction beyond the sealing section 54 and forms a flange surface 72 which runs perpendicular to the cylindrical outer surface 58 and is perpendicular to the axis 56 and which on an end face 74 of the bottle neck 44 in the region of the opening 42 can be put on and thus forms an end stop for the insertion of the stopper 50 into the end region 46 of the bottle neck 44.

The plug body 52 also has an inner cylindrical surface 76 which serves to hold the connecting piece 16 and which forms a holding for the connecting piece 16 of the dispensing device 10, when the connecting piece 16 is inserted, surrounds it in a liquid-tight manner and lies in the region of a collar 70 Plug bottom 78 forms a receiving opening 80 for the connecting piece 16, into which the connecting piece 16 can be inserted.

Between the sealing section 54 and an annular wall 82 surrounding the receiving opening 80 and forming an area of the cylindrical surface 76 adjoining the receiving opening 80 and a wall 84 of the plug body 52 forming the circular cylindrical outer surface 58, a space 86 is preferably also provided , which allows an elastic deformation of the wall 82 independently of the wall 84, so that the sealing closure between the sealing section 54 and the end region 46 of the bottle neck 44 and the sealing closure between the wall 82 in the region of the receiving opening 80 and the connecting piece 16 are independent of each other and do not influence each other.

In the plug base 78 there is also a ventilation opening 90 next to the receiving opening 80, from which an ventilation bore 92 leads through the plug base 78 and preferably in an enlarged recess 94 Recesses 66 is guided parallel to the axis 56, wherein a ventilation tube 96 can be inserted into the ventilation bore 92 and is also seated in the area of the ventilation bore with a liquid-tight seal in the stopper 50.

The ventilation tube 96 extends from the stopper 50 into an interior 34 of the bottle 30, preferably up to the area of a bottle base 36, with one end 98 of the ventilation tube 96 being close to or at a short distance from the bottle base 36.

Advantageously, the ventilation opening 90 is arranged so that the housing part 12 is at a distance from it, but extends over it, so that the housing part 12 protects the ventilation opening 90 against the ingress of dirt and prevents a directed escape of a beverage jet (FIGS. 1, 7) .

This position of the housing part 12 can be achieved in that the connecting piece 16 can be inserted into the receptacle in the connecting part 40 in only one defined rotational position.

With the sealing section 54, the stopper thus brings about a liquid-tight contact with an area of an inner wall 48 of the bottle neck 44 adjoining the opening 42, and the ribs 60 also serve to make the connecting piece 16 of the dispensing device 10 essentially tilt-free and coaxial to a central axis 38 to hold the bottle 30 so that the stopper 50 not only seals between the connecting piece 16 and the end region 46 of the bottle neck 44 causes, but at the same time an inclination-proof reception of the connecting piece 16 in the end region 46 of the bottle neck 44.

In a second embodiment of a dispensing device according to the invention, as shown in FIGS. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, the plug 50 'is provided with a cylindrical surface 76' which is eccentrically offset with respect to a central axis 56 and serves as a receptacle, so that the receiving opening 80 in the stopper base 78 is also arranged eccentrically with respect to the axis 56. This creates more space for the arrangement of the ventilation opening 90 in the region of the wall 88 provided for forming the cylindrical surface 76 and supporting the ribs 60.

In addition, the space 86 between the wall 82 and the wall 84 no longer runs in a ring with the exception of the ventilation hole 92, but in the form of two sickles 86 ′ which laterally adjoin the ventilation opening 90 and the ventilation hole 92.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, the height of the ribs 60 ′ changes, with no ribs 60 ′ being provided opposite the ventilation bore 92, but rather a rib-free region 61, on which the ribs 60 ′ are then located on both sides with up to Connect ventilation hole 92 with increasing rib height.

The second exemplary embodiment of the dispensing device according to the invention with the stopper 50 ′ modified compared to the first exemplary embodiment has advantages with respect to that in FIG Area of the ventilation hole 92 required elasticity of the entire plug body 52 ', in contrast to the first embodiment of the plug body 52', which has a strong flexibility in this area with regard to its elastic behavior due to the weakening in the area of the ventilation hole 92.

Incidentally, in the second exemplary embodiment, all those parts which are identical to those in the first exemplary embodiment are provided with the same reference numerals, so that reference is made to the statements relating to the first exemplary embodiment.

In a third exemplary embodiment of a dispensing device according to the invention, shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, the connecting part 40 is designed in the form of a union nut 100, which has an internal thread 104 in the area of a nut body 102, which has an external screw thread 106 in the end area 46 of the bottle neck 44 can be brought into engagement.

A nut bottom 106 adjoins the nut body 102, which overlaps the opening 42 of the end region 46 and has an inner sealing flange surface 108 which can be brought into contact with an annular surface 110 of the end region 46 of the bottle neck 44 surrounding the opening 42 of the neck 44 and with this forms a sealing seal.

The sealing flange surface 108 is preferably designed such that it does not run parallel to a plane 112 standing perpendicular to the central axis 38, but with this plane encloses a small angle in order not to come into abutment on the end face 110, but preferably laterally along a line of contact 114, and thus to form the tightest possible seal without the use of elastic sealing elements specially created for this purpose.

A receiving sleeve 116 also rises from the top soil 106, the central axis 118 of which is arranged eccentrically with respect to the central axis 38 of the bottle neck.

The receptacle sleeve 116 has an inner surface 120 which serves as a guide surface for the receptacle 16 and keeps it from tilting.

Furthermore, the inner surface is also provided with two radially inwardly projecting beads 122 and 124 which bear with increased sealing pressure on a lateral surface of the connecting piece 16 and thus form a liquid-tight seal without a separate elastic seal having to be provided.

In the exemplary embodiment shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, the receptacle 116 is arranged such that it extends approximately at the same height as the nut body, viewed in the direction of the central axis 38 of the bottle neck 44, but it is also possible to arrange the receptacle sleeve 116 in such a way that that it lies on a side of the mother base 106 opposite the mother body 102 or in any intermediate positions. Furthermore, the ventilation opening 130 is also provided in the top plate 106, from which the ventilation hole 132 passes through the top plate 106, so that the ventilation pipe 96 can be inserted sealingly into the ventilation hole 106.

Due to the fact that the receiving sleeve 116 is arranged eccentrically to the central axis 38 of the bottle neck 44, sufficient space for the ventilation bore 132 is created in addition to this, so that the ventilation tube 96 can be easily positioned next to the receiving sleeve in the end region 46 of the bottle neck 44.

In the above exemplary embodiments, it was not discussed in detail how the bottle 30 is to be held in the upside-down position. Here are any

Possibilities within the scope of the present invention are conceivable.

In a fourth exemplary embodiment, shown in FIG. 14, the bottle 30 'has a greatly expanded belly 43', which is followed by a short bottle neck 44 'with the end region 46.

Otherwise, the fourth exemplary embodiment is designed in the same way as the first exemplary embodiment, so that reference is made in full to this.

In a fifth exemplary embodiment, shown in FIG. 15, the bottle 30 rests on a stand 150, which has a stand body 152, which is rotationally symmetrical to the central axis 38 of the bottle neck 44 and is self-supporting extends with a conical apron 154 at a cone angle α to the central axis 38 starting from the bottle neck 44, and forms a foot surface 156, for example circularly to the central axis 38, with which the apron can be placed on a footprint 158, for example a surface of a table 160 .

Furthermore, a support flange 160 is formed on the apron 154, which, starting from the apron 154, extends radially inward in the direction of the central axis 38 of the bottle 30 and thereby forms a support surface 162 for a holding flange 164 of the bottle 30, which follows the external screw thread 106 is formed on the bottle neck 44 and lies between the latter and a belly 43 of the bottle 30.

In order not only to be able to support the bottle against the action of gravity on the support flange 160, but also to reliably guide it against tipping, a holding sleeve 168 is also formed on the support flange 160, which encompasses the external screw thread 106 and thus the end region 46 of the bottle neck 44 positively and tilt-proof fixed to the stand body 152.

A preferred solution provides for the holding sleeve 168 also to be provided on its inside with a thread which can be screwed onto the external closure thread 106, so that a secure connection can be established between the stand body 152 and the bottle.

Regardless of the fixation of the stand 150 on the

Bottle neck 150 is the dispensing device 10 with the stopper 50 already described fixed in the bottle neck 44.

To mount the dispensing device 10, the apron 154 of the stand body 152 is provided with a cutout which enables the housing part 12 to pass through it so that the tap 18 can be positioned outside the stand 150.

Furthermore, in this exemplary embodiment, a base plate 170 is placed on a side opposite the support flange 160, which carries a temperature control body, in particular an insulating body 172, which is placed over the bottle 130 and which overlaps the base 36 of the bottle 30 with a base region 174 and with a side portion cylindrical wall region 176 extends from the base region 174 to the base plate 170 and thereby encloses the belly 166 of the bottle 30, so that the bottle 30 and in particular the beverage 32 contained therein are thermally insulated from the environment.

Furthermore, a heat sink 178 is preferably also placed on the base plate 170, which rests between the cylindrical region 176 of the insulating body 172 and the base plate, in particular at the neck of the bottle neck 44, and serves to cool the beverage 32 standing in this region.

The heat sink 178 is preferably designed as a ring with a constant cross section coaxial to the central axis 38. In a sixth exemplary embodiment, shown in FIG. 16, the stand 150 'is designed such that the support flange 160' thereof extends radially to the central axis 38 beyond the diameter of the bottle 30 in the region of the bottle belly 43 and only then does the apron 154 extend 'which also has a conical shape in the same way as in the fourth embodiment.

The support flange 160 'additionally forms with an outer annular region 180 a support for a temperature control body designated as a whole as 182, which overlaps a base 36 of the bottle 30 with a base part 184 and extends up to the ring with a cylindrical part 186 parallel to the axis 38 Area 180 extends.

In this solution, the temperature control body 182 is designed as a hollow body and is at least partially filled with a material having a high heat capacity, so that this temperature control body 182 simultaneously forms a heat sink at least in sections. For example, it is conceivable to fill the temperature control body 182 in a partial region rising above the annular region 180 with the material with high heat capacity or to fill the entire cavity of the temperature control body with such a material that has a high heat capacity.

In this exemplary embodiment, the holding sleeve 168 'is preferably also pulled downward over the opening 42 of the bottle neck 44 and provided with a cutout which forms a receptacle for the housing part 12. With respect to the other parts, which are identical to those of the fifth embodiment, the same reference numerals are used, so that full reference can be made to the explanations of the fifth embodiment.

In a seventh exemplary embodiment of the dispensing device according to the invention, shown in FIGS. 17 to 21, those parts which are identical to those of the preceding exemplary embodiments are provided with the same reference numerals, so that with regard to the description thereof, reference is made to the statements relating to the preceding exemplary embodiments Can be referenced.

In the seventh embodiment, as shown in FIG. 17, the stand 190 is basically constructed in exactly the same way as in the fifth embodiment, although the stand body 192 is not formed in one piece as in the fourth and fifth embodiment, but as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 , is composed of two identical halves 192a and 192b.

The aprons 194 are also designed such that they do not directly form foot surfaces, but instead carry feet 196 which can be fixed on them and which hold the stand body 192 freely above the footprint 158, the feet 196 preferably extending in continuation of the conically shaped apron 194 and thus have foot surfaces 198 lying at a large radial distance from the central axis 38, which rest on the footprint 158. The feet 196 are preferably detachably connected to the stand body 192, for which purpose form-locking elements are provided on the stand body, which in the simplest case represent insertion recesses for the feet 196.

The support flange 200 is also divided into two in the support flange halves 200a and 200b, corresponding to the two halves of the stator body 192, which each extend up to a dividing line 204.

Furthermore, the holding sleeve 208 is also divided into two by the parting plane 204, a web 210a, 212a and 210b, 212b, which extends parallel to the parting plane 204 and which extends from the respective half 208a, 208b extends to the respective apron 194a, 194b.

The webs 210a and 210b as well as 212a and 212b, when the stator body 192 is assembled, lie on both sides of the dividing line 204 and, in addition, they abut one another in order to fix the two halves 192a and 192b of the stator body relative to one another.

As shown, for example, in FIG. 20, the web 212a is also provided with additional hook elements 214a, which engage around the web 212b on an underside in order to hold the webs 212a and 212b in contact with one another and to fix them against one another.

In the same way, the web 210b is provided with hook elements 214b, which likewise grip the web 200a on its underside in the manner described. Thus, the two halves 192a and 192b are mirror-symmetrical to the central axis 38 and can thus be produced as identical parts from the identical shape and connected to each other to form the stator body 192, the support flange 200 forming a stable surface on the stator body 192, on which a temperature control body forms 182 can be placed in the manner described in connection with the sixth embodiment.

With regard to the other features, the holding sleeve 208 is designed in the same way as in the sixth exemplary embodiment and the bottle 30 is fixed therein.

The advantage of the seventh exemplary embodiment can be seen in the fact that, as shown in connection with FIG. 21, the two halves 192a and 192b of the stand body 192 and the feet 196 removed from them can be accommodated in the temperature control body 182, so that the entire stand 190 in the disassembled state in the temperature control body 182 can be transported and sold ar.

In this case, the halves 192a and 192b of the stator body are preferably designed such that their extent transverse to the parting plane 204 is less than an inner diameter of the temperature-regulating body 182 and their extent in the direction of the parting plane 204 is less than an inner height of the temperature-regulating body 182.

Furthermore, the feet 196 are also dimensioned such that their length in the disassembled state is less than an inner height of the temperature control body 182. The stand 90 'having feet 196 offers the advantage that the outlet pipe 20 can be positioned at glass height above the shelf 158 and thus the entire dispensing process can take place over the shelf 158, for example formed by a table surface, so that dripping is collected Drink is easily possible and this does not drip onto the floor, for example.

In an eighth exemplary embodiment, shown in FIGS. 22 and 23, the stand 220 and the temperature control body 240 are designed to be coherent. For example, it is provided in this embodiment that the temperature control body 240 is made of an insulating flat material, for example cardboard. The temperature control body 240 has a base part 242, from which, for example, four rectangular cylindrical side walls 244 extend and surround the bottle 30. These walls 244 preferably extend beyond the support flange 230, essentially up to the footprint 158.

In particular, a wall 244a extends up to the support flange 230, beyond this with a section 246 forming part of the apron 224 up to a bend 248, and then again against the section 246 on the inside with a section 250 bis forming a further part of the apron 224 to the support flange 230 and then merges into the support flange 230 in the form of a right-angled bend. In continuation of the support flange 230, this wall in turn merges after a bend into a section 252 which is parallel extends to section 250 and also forms part of apron 224 in the same way as sections 246 and 250.

The section 252 extends essentially to the footprint 258.

The opposite wall 244b also extends beyond the support flange 230 with a section 254 which runs parallel to the section 252 and part of the

Apron 224 forms, then, after a right-angled bend, merges into an underbody 256, which closes the stand 220 on an underside of the latter, and then extends with an insertion flap 258 again parallel to the section 250 and lies against it. Preferably, the

The insertion tab 258 and the sections 246 and 250 are provided with a cutout 260 through which the dispensing device 10 according to the invention with the housing part 12 can be inserted into the stand 220 in order to be fixed in the end section 46 of the bottle neck 44 with the connecting part 40 designed as a stopper 50.

The wall section forming the support flange 230 is so stable that the support flange 164 of the bottle 30 resting on it is carried.

In contrast to the above exemplary embodiments, the stand 220 in the eighth exemplary embodiment merely serves to hold the bottle 30 on the holding flange 164 at the desired height above the storage surface 158, in order to mounted dispenser 10 to be able to position the bottle in the overhead division on the shelf 158. The bottle 30 is aligned in that it is fixed in the temperature control body 240 against tipping and, moreover, the temperature control body 240 is firmly connected to the stand 220.

The solution according to the eighth exemplary embodiment has the advantage that the temperature control body 240 and the stand 220 made of cardboard, for example, also represent a suitable sales packaging for the bottle 30 and that the temperature control body 240 and the stand 220 are also simple and effective in terms of advertising and can be labeled.

In the eighth exemplary embodiment, those parts which are identical to those of the preceding exemplary embodiments are provided with the same reference numerals, so that reference can be made to the preceding statements in this regard.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS

1. dispensing device comprising a beverage container and a dispensing device with a tap, characterized in that the beverage container is a bottle (30) made of non-metallic material that a connection part (40) can be connected to a bottle neck (44) of the bottle (30), with which the dispensing device (10) can be connected in a liquid-tight manner to the bottle neck (44) in such a way that the connecting part (40) fixes the dispensing device (10) relative to the bottle (30) in such a way that a dispensing process with the dispensing device (10) positions the bottle upside down (30) requires that a ventilation line (96) extending from the latter to a bottle bottom (36) is held on the connecting part (40).

2. Dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the connecting part (40) has a receptacle (76, 120) for one

Has connecting piece (16) of the dispensing device (10).

3. Dispensing device according to claim 2, characterized in that the receptacle (76, 120) is arranged eccentrically to a central axis (38) of the bottle neck (44).

4. Dispensing device according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the receptacle (76, 120) has a receiving sleeve (88, 116) for the connecting piece (16) of the dispensing device (10) which can be inserted therein.

5. Dispensing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting part (40) has a ventilation opening (90, 130) which is connected to the ventilation line (96).

6. Dispensing device according to claim 5, characterized in that the ventilation opening (90, 130) next to the receptacle (76, 120) is arranged.

7. Dispensing device according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the ventilation opening (90, 130) in a bottom (78, 106) of the connecting part (40) is arranged.

8. Dispensing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting part (40) can be non-positively fixed on the bottle neck (44).

9. Dispensing device according to claim 8, characterized in that the connecting part (40) comprises a stopper (50) which can be inserted into the bottle neck (44) and which has a circumferential outer jacket section (54) sealingly on an inner surface of the bottle neck (44) is present.

10. Dispensing device according to claim 9, characterized in that the stopper (50) with the bottle neck (44) engaging and on the inner surface (48) of the guide elements (60) is provided.

11. Dispensing device according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the stopper (50) extends parallel to the central axis (38) of the bottle neck (44) extending guide ribs (60).

12. Dispensing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting part (40) can be positively fixed on the bottle neck (44).

13. Dispensing device according to claim 12, characterized in that the connecting part (40) on a closure external thread (106) of the bottle neck (44) can be fixed.

14. Dispensing device according to claim 13, characterized in that the connecting part (40) is a nut (100) which can be screwed onto the external thread of the closure (106).

15. Dispensing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dispensing device (10) has a stand (150, 190, 220) on which the bottle (30) rests in the overhead division.

16. Dispensing device according to claim 15, characterized in that the stand (150, 190, 220) has a support element (160, 200, 230) which engages a holding flange (164) arranged on the bottle neck (44).

17. Dispensing device according to claim 16, characterized in that the holding flange (164) on the bottle neck (44) is arranged between the external screw thread (106) and a bottle belly (166).

18. Dispensing device according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that the stand (150, 190) in addition to the holding flange on the bottle neck (44) acts to fix the bottle (30).

19. Dispensing device according to one of claims 16 to 18, characterized in that the stand (150, 190) has a holding sleeve (168, 208) encompassing the bottle neck (44).

20. Dispensing device according to claim 19, characterized in that the holding sleeve (168, 208) provided on the stand (150, 190) engages over the external screw thread (106).

21. Dispensing device according to one of claims 16 to 20, characterized in that the stand (150, 190) can be firmly connected to the bottle neck (44) by means of a nut (100) which can be screwed onto the external screw thread (106).

22. Dispensing device according to one of claims 16 to 21, characterized in that the stand (150, 190) has a foot surface (156, 198) which in at least one radial direction to the central axis (38) of the bottle neck (44) outside an extension the bottle (30) lies in this direction.

23. Dispensing device according to claim 22, characterized in that the stand (150, 190) has at least three support surfaces (156, 198) lying outside the bottle (30) in the radial direction to the central axis (38) of the bottle neck (44).

24. Dispensing device according to one of claims 16 to 23, characterized in that the stand (150) has a holder for the fixed receiving of the dispensing device (10) and that the dispensing device (10) rests on a footprint (158).

25. Dispensing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bottle (30) is surrounded by a temperature control body (182).

26. Dispensing device according to claim 25, characterized in that the temperature control body (182) encloses the bottle (30) in the form of a cylinder extending in its longitudinal axis (38).

27. Dispensing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bottle (30) is cooled by a cooling element (178, 182).

28. Dispensing device according to claim 27, characterized in that the cooling element (178) rests on an outside of the bottle (30).

29. Dispensing device according to claim 27 or 28, characterized in that the cooling element (178, 182) is arranged in the region of a bottle neck extension (44).

30. Dispensing device according to one of claims 27 to 29, characterized in that the cooling element (178, 182) surrounds the bottle (30) in a closed ring.

31. Dispensing device according to one of claims 27 to 30, characterized in that the cooling element is arranged in the temperature control body (182).

32. dispenser according to one of claims 16 to 31, characterized in that the stand (190) can be folded.

33. Dispensing device according to claim 32, characterized in that the stand (190) can be accommodated folded in the temperature control body (182).

34. Dispensing device according to claim 32 or 33, characterized in that a stand body (192) has two halves (192a, b).

35. Dispensing device according to claim 33 or 34, characterized in that the two halves (192a, b) are identical.

36. Dispensing device according to claim 35, characterized in that the halves (192a, b) have holding elements (214) for connecting the same.

37. Dispensing device according to one of claims 16 to 36, characterized in that the stand (190) in the stand body (192) has insertable foot elements (196).

38. Dispenser for a beverage container, comprising a

Dispensing device with a tap, characterized in that the dispensing device has a connection part (40) suitable for a bottle (30), that the connection part (40) can be connected to a bottle neck (44) of the bottle (30), that with the connection part ( 40) the dispensing device (10) can be connected in a liquid-tight manner to the bottle neck (44) such that the connecting part (40) fixes the dispensing device (10) relative to the bottle (30) in such a way that a dispensing process requires the bottle (30) to be divided overhead, and that on the connecting part (40) from this to a bottle bottom (36) reaching ventilation line (96) is held.

39. Dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the dispensing device is designed according to one of claims 2 to 37.