WO2000030970A2

WO2000030970A2 - Hygienic housing with discharge valve for top-down mounted mineral water bottles

Info

Publication number: WO2000030970A2
Application number: PCT/BR1999/000101
Authority: WO
Inventors: Fº Anselmo Luiz DE SIQUEIRA CAMPELLO
Original assignee: Siqueira Campello Fo Anselmo L
Priority date: 1998-11-24
Filing date: 1999-11-23
Publication date: 2000-06-02
Also published as: BR9805484A; WO2000030970A3

Abstract

This invention aims at presenting a partial or complete housing for mineral water cylinder to avoid the water contamination coming directly from the contact between the cylinder and the support. In order to simplify the handling of the cylinder, it still has a valve that releases the water exit when the cylinder is set on the support avoiding water spillage. This invention consists of pieces (A, B, C, and D) which connect themselves by means of a thread. Piece (A) covers the neck and the superior part of the cylinder. It has an external thread (7), flexible stems (6) that fix them to the cylinder, a valve of water discharge (1), a circular channel (9) to mortise a rubber ring (10), a lowering (5) to mortise the valve (1) of the water discharge. Piece (B) runs like an adjustment element of piece (A). It has an internal thread (8), a sash-formed salience (3) around it. Piece (C) covers the cylinder body. It has an external thread (21), a tripod (19) as a support and lateral holders (20). Piece (D) runs like a connection between pieces (A) and (C) having semi-bored bottom and an internal thread (22).

Description

"HYGIENIC PROTECTOR FOR MINERAL WATER CYLINDERS WITH DISCHARGE VALVE".

The present invention refers to a hygienic protector for mineral water cylinder with PARTIAL or TOTAL coating. This protector has a valve that discharge the water exit just when the cylinder is placed on the support. Nowadays, the hygienic protector is basically composed of two distinct pieces. When they are connected to each other they allow the catchment of water directly from the interior of cylinder without any contact with the external top part (Stop-Spill system, developed in the United States and used under license).

The first piece consists of a seal that has a water contention valve until its connection with the second piece which consists of an adapter previously placed on the cylinder support. This system presents two important limitations. The biggest one is due to its restricted utilization to the manufacturers that have adhered (under license) to this cylinder shutdown system which occurs during the water bottling process. As the percentile of adhesion is insignificant in front of the existing manufacturers universe, the number of benefited consumers number is also very small. It is common to the company in this licensing kind to have the exclusive commercialization rights in certain regions, putting the consumers who want the benefits from the product, under obligation to consume that brand.

The other limitation is in the adapter which is not compatible with all existing supports in the market. The ones that have special cut system of the cylinder seal and also the ones that freeze water through a special system where the water is collected directly from the inside of the cylinder cannot use this adapter turning impractical the whole system. I have developed this invention to solve these limitations and add other benefits. It will eliminate the need of changes in the cylinder shutdown system and will allow people to consume any kind of mineral water brand they wish since this system does not depend on the adhesion of the manufacturers but only on the consumer final decision. It adds benefits to the cylinder total coating which will protect it against contamination not only of the water but also of the surrounding environment as well. In this case it acts like an ornamental cylinder and make easy the cylinder placement on the support by using lateral holder supports. The protector is divided into two main parts enabling the cylinder partial or total coating in accordance with the consumer criterion. The first part consists of a narrowed format piece which has a valve of water retention. It connects the cylindrical container to the lateral holder supports that covers the cylinder. This invention can be better understood through the following detailed description in consonance with the enclosed illustrations: The illustration 1 show a perspective of the four pieces (A , B, C and D). The illustration 2 show a view of the enlarged piece (A). The illustration 3 show a total cut view of piece (A) with the addition of the discharge valve (1) in fence position.

The illustration 4 show a sectional orthographic view of piece (A) added to the neck view of the cylinder (2) where it can be seen the mortise operation among them. It also exhibits the valve of discharge (1) in fence position. The illustrations 5 and 6 shows the valve of discharge (1) in operation with two different possibilities of use.

The illustration 7 show an enlargement of piece (B) for a better visualization of the salience (3) in sash form existing around it. The illustration 8 show an enlarged view of the area, in three apprenticeships, contained in a circumscribed rectangle of the illustration 4 where it can be observed details of the mortise process.

The illustration 9 show a perspective cut of pieces (B) and (D) finding themselves. The illustration 10 show a frontal view of the cylinder pieces where it can be observed the procedure for the total coating of the mineral water cylinder.

How it was previously mentioned, the invention allows two coating possibilities: partial or total. For PARTIAL COATING, two pieces (A and B) cover just the cylinder neck (2), illustrations 4 and 10. It avoids that the impureness of the surface contaminates the water inside the support for cylinders.

Piece (A) has a narrowed format with lowering in its edge (5), illustrations 3 and 4, where a valve (1) of water discharge is fitted. It has yet a device to mortise the cylinder (6), illustrations 3, 4 and 8, and an external cylindrical thread (7), illustrations 1, 2, 3 and 4, where piece (B) will be screwed, illustrations 1, 7, 9 and 10, having an internal cylindrical thread (8), illustrations 1, 7 and 9.

Piece (A) also has a circular channel (9), illustrations 3 and 4, for mortising a rubber ring (10), illustrations 3 and 4. This ring will be held by the support, hampering the encounter of it with the cylinder. This will avoid the ambient dust passage to the interior of the support causing the water contamination.

The device which is responsible for the mortise between piece (A) and the cylinder neck, mentioned previously, can be seen in illustrations 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8.

This device consists of flexible stems (6), illustrations 3, 4 and 8, which are fixed on the superior edge and has a triangular salience in the inferior edge. If the stems are arranged in circular way, as shown in illustration 3, their salience form a circumference with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the cylinder mouth. When the pressure of piece (A) goes against the cylinder mouth, the stems (6) bend themselves, illustration 8, allowing the piece passage. After that, the system return to its original position, forcing the pressure of the cylinder mouth against the rubber ring (11), illustrations 3, 4 and 8, which can be found in the back of the piece (A), hampering the water passage to the interior of the cylinder space (12), illustration 4, between piece (A) and the cylinder neck. The discharge valve (1), illustrations 3 and 4, contains a stem (13), illustration 5, whose edge is fixed to a removable flat disk (14) which is responsible for the initial retention and posterior liberation of the water in the cylinder. According to the kind of support where the cylinder will be placed, the flat disk (14) and the stem (13) run together (15), illustration 5, or alone (16), illustration 6, but reaching me same purpose, that is, the water liberation just when the mouth of the cylinder is inside the support. In the supports where catchment of water to the faucets is accomplished through orifices located at the bottom of the container, the valve (1) will be composed of the flat disk (14) and the stem (13), illustration 5, that will work together with the valve = flat disk + stem. Thus, when the cylinder is placed on the support, the inferior edge of the stem (17) gets in touch with the back of the container, illustration 5, which makes it be pushed upwards, causing together the displacement of the flat disk (14) to allow the water passage.

On the other hand, the supports where the water capitation is made by means of a collector (18), illustration 6, directly from the interior of the cylinder, the valve will be condensed to the flat disk (14), illustration 6. In this case, when the cylinder is placed on the support, the collector's edge of water capitation (18) pushes the flat disk upwards (14), allowing the water passage to the respective support container.

In the two valve utilization possibilities, before the liberation of the water passage, the flat disk (14), illustrations5 and 6, can be cased in the lowering (5) that can be found in the piece (A) edge.

This valve has the purpose of avoiding water spill during the placement of the cylinder on the support.

In order to complete and finish this partial coating, it will be used the piece in a ring format (B) illustrations 1, 7, 9 and 10, that has internal cylindrical thread (8) which runs screwed to piece (A), illustrations 1, 2, 3,

4 and 10, performing like an adjustment device of this.

Its purpose is to absorb the dimensional differences between several models of cylinders founded in the market. Piece (B) does the connection between piece (A) and the cylinder body, bringing great stability to that.

This piece (B), illustrations 1, 7, 9 and 10, also ha<= a salience in sash form

(3), illustrations 1, 7, 9 and 10, all around its circumference that acts like a support for piece (D) which is used in the total coating described in the following way:

For TOTAL COATING of the cylinder two more pieces (C and D) are used. They perform together with the other two (A and B) from the partial coating.

Piece (C), illustrations 1 and 10, consists of a cylindrical container that covers the cylinder body. It has a tripod (19) that will give support to it when the cylinder is placed in s interior, illustration 10. The holders

(20) setting in different levels will make easy the placement of the cylinder on the support. It has yet an external cylindrical thread (21) where piece (D), which also has a cylindrical thread (22), will be screwed. This piece (D) has a same hollow bottom in a form of a circle, in which the edge (23) will be supported in the salience in sash form (3) of piece (B), illustration 9. This will occur when piece (D) is screwed to piece (C)with the purpose of doing the connection between piece (A) where piece (B) is screwed and piece (C) will complete the total coating of the mineral water cylinder, which can be summarized in the following way (illustration 10): a) Piece (C) stays with the mouth upwards awaiting the cylinder supported over tripod; b) The cylinder is placed in the interior of piece (C) with the neck in upwards position; c) To mortise piece (A) the discharge valve is already placed in the neck of the cylinder; d) To screw piece (B) to piece (A) until piece (B) cleans against the cylinder body; e) Finally, to screw piece (D) to piece (C) making the internal edge (23) of piece (D), illustrations 1 and 9, support the salience in sash form (3) of piece (B) giving stability to the whole set.

Claims

CLAIMS OF PATENT 1°) HYGIENIC PROTECTOR FOR MINERAL WATER CYLINDERS WITH DISCHARGE VALVE is characterized by pieces (A, B, C and D), which connect themselves by means of a thread, being piece (A) a narrowed format with lowering (5) in its edge where a valve (1) of water discharge is fitted and it has yet a circular channel (9) for mortising a rubber ring (10), flexible stems (6) fixed on the superior edge, and a salience in the inferior edge, an external cylindrical thread (7) where piece (B) will be screwed in a ring form which contains an external cylindrical thread (8), a salience in sash form (3) around it where piece (D) will be supported in dish form that has a semi-bored bottom and an internal cylindrical thread (22) to screw with piece (C) which consists of a cylindrical container with external cylindrical thread (21), tripod (19) and lateral holders (20) located oppositely in different levels. 2°) HYGIENIC PROTECTOR FOR MINERAL WATER CYLINDERS WITH DISCHARGE VALVE in accordance with the claims 1°, characterized by the valve (1) of water discharge is composed of stems (13) in which edges can be found a fixed and removable flat disk (14).