WO2006111992A1 - Closing device with tap for large bottles - Google Patents

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WO2006111992A1
WO2006111992A1 PCT/IT2005/000278 IT2005000278W WO2006111992A1 WO 2006111992 A1 WO2006111992 A1 WO 2006111992A1 IT 2005000278 W IT2005000278 W IT 2005000278W WO 2006111992 A1 WO2006111992 A1 WO 2006111992A1
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Giovanni Mangia Santo
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    • 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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/08—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation engaging a threaded ring clamped on the external periphery of the neck or wall
    • 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/30—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with plug valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by turning a cylindrical or conical plug without axial passageways
    • 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
    • B65D51/1633—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by automatic opening of the closure, container or other element
    • B65D51/1644—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by automatic opening of the closure, container or other element the element being a valve

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  • the invention concerns bottles in general, including the larger kinds, used for containing a variety of liquids.
  • Such large bottles are not normally provided with a tap, but have a neck with a rim at the top and, a short distance below said rim, a continuous raised portion so that, between the two a continuous circular groove is formed.
  • a head piece substantially in the form of a cylindrical cup with an upward facing nozzle, is applied to the top of the bottle, the internal walls of said head piece being threaded to screw onto threads made in the substantially identical external surfaces of a pair of semi-cylindrical parts, matching at their longitudinal edges, that present internally, at the ends of the bottle neck, internal projections shaped to fit into the continuous groove formed between the rim, projecting at the top of the bottle neck, and the continuous raised portion situated at a short distance below said rim.
  • an inner head Between the base of the head piece and the top of the bottle is an inner head, said outer and inner heads forming a central spherical cavity communicating with the nozzle, within which cavity a spherical valve can freely turn, said valve being fitted with a handle sliding in a radial slit in the outer head.
  • a diametric cylindrical aperture Inside the spherical valve is a diametric cylindrical aperture; when the handle lies towards the head piece at the end of the radial slit, said diametric aperture is aligned with a hole made in the centre of the semi-spherical cavity in the inner head, causing the liquid in the bottle to flow through the central hole in the inner head, through the diametric aperture in the valve and out through the nozzle.
  • a channel is situated at the bottom of the outer head close to the spherical valve, said channel having a truncated-cone-shaped, or frusto-conical, end; after passing through the inner head and through a discoid packing underneath, said channel then passes into the neck of the bottle.
  • a tube with a circular cross section is fitted around said channel; freely sliding inside the tube is a cylindrical valve with a frusto-conical head, pressed against the frusto-conical end of the channel, correspondingly shaped and positioned, by means of a cylindrical helical spring that connects with the lower end of the tube, in which lower end there is a hole.
  • the diameter of said cylindrical valve is slightly less than the diameter of the tube; this facilitates the passage of air and therefore outflow of the liquid contained in the bottle.
  • the outer head presents external radial projections, substantially the same as the radial projections on the semi-cylindrical parts; this facilitates fitting the outer head onto the neck of the bottle when it is screwed into the threading on said semi-cylindrical parts.
  • the projections present on the internal walls of the pair of semi-cylindrical parts, that will penetrate into the continuous groove round the neck of the bottle between the upper rim and the continuous raised portion below said rim present, as the case may be, a flat or a curved longitudinal cross section substantially corresponding to that of the above-mentioned continuous groove round the neck of the bottle.
  • the invention offers evident advantages.
  • the described device can be easily fitted onto any large bottle. Outflow of the liquid, whatever it may be, is conveniently regulated by means of the valve.
  • the cost of the device made entirely of easily associated parts £>f plastic material, is extremely low so that the device can be universally available.
  • FIG. 1 A large bottle, perspective view.
  • Fig. 2 The bottle after application of a head piece with the tap closed, cross section with enlarged detail.
  • Fig. 3 First semi- cylindrical part, cross section.
  • Fig. 4 First semi-cylindrical part, an orthogonal projection.
  • Fig. 5 Second semi-cylindrical part, cross section.
  • Fig. 6 Second semi-cylindrical part, an orthogonal projection.
  • Fig. 7 The first and second semi-cylindrical parts matching at their lateral ends, as when fitted round the neck of the bottle.
  • the bottle 10 presents a neck 12 with a projecting rim 14 and a circular raised portion 16 at a short distance below said rim.
  • a head piece 18 (Figure 2), shaped substantially like a cylindrical cup with a nozzle 23 at the top.
  • An inner head 40 is fitted onto the base 20 of the head piece 18.
  • Said base 20 of the head piece 18 and the inner head 40 form a spherical cavity 41 that houses a spherical valve 24 with a handle 26 able to slide freely in a radial slit 30 and having a diametric aperture 28.
  • the base 20 of the head piece 18 contains a tubular channel 32 in which there is a hole 34 for the passage of air when the liquid is being poured, said liquid passing through the inner head 40 and the aperture 28 in the valve 24 and emerging from the nozzle 23.
  • a tube 52 is fitted into the channel 32 that passes through a hole in the packing 50.
  • a valve 56 Inside said tube is a valve 56 whose truncated-cone-shaped, or frusto- conical, top 57 matches with the frusto-conical end 36 of the channel 32, said end being pressed by a cylindrical helical spring 58 that makes contact with the bottom, in which is a hole 54, of the tube 52.
  • the diameter of the valve 56 is slightly smaller than that of the tube 52 so that, when said valve is slightly open, air can pass through while the liquid is being poured.
  • the head piece 18 is fitted onto the neck 12 of a bottle, such as 10, by screwing the internal threading 38, on its internal cylindrical wall 22, into the threading on the substantially identical external surfaces of a pair of semi-cylindrical parts 70 and 72 matching at their longitudinal edges 86 and 88, as shown in Figure 7.
  • Said semi-cylindrical parts 70 and 72 present internal projections 78 and 80 of equal size which, when the head piece 18 is fitted onto the top of a bottle 10, penetrate inside the groove 15 formed on the neck 12 of the bottle between the rim 14 and circular raised portion 16.

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Abstract

Device of plastic material for closing large bottles (10) with a tap, comprising a cylindrical head piece (18) with threading (38) on its internal wall (22) to be screwed into external threading (74, 76) on a pair of semi-cylindrical parts (70, 72) that match at their longitudinal ends (86, 88), with internal projections (78, 80) to fit between the projecting rim (14) at the top of the neck (12) of the bottle and a continuous raised portion (16) at a short distance below it, there being at the base of the head piece a tube (52) communicating with the inside of the bottle, in which is a freely sliding valve (56) of a diameter slightly smaller than that of the inside of the tube to facilitate the passage of air and therefore outflow of the liquid in the bottle.

Description

Closing device with tap for large bottles
The invention concerns bottles in general, including the larger kinds, used for containing a variety of liquids.
Such large bottles are not normally provided with a tap, but have a neck with a rim at the top and, a short distance below said rim, a continuous raised portion so that, between the two a continuous circular groove is formed.
Purpose of the present patent application is to describe how a tap can be applied to the neck of the bottle, by simple and inexpensive means, as will here be explained. Subject of the invention is a device for closing large bottles with a tap
A head piece, substantially in the form of a cylindrical cup with an upward facing nozzle, is applied to the top of the bottle, the internal walls of said head piece being threaded to screw onto threads made in the substantially identical external surfaces of a pair of semi-cylindrical parts, matching at their longitudinal edges, that present internally, at the ends of the bottle neck, internal projections shaped to fit into the continuous groove formed between the rim, projecting at the top of the bottle neck, and the continuous raised portion situated at a short distance below said rim. By placing one of said pair of semi-cylindrical parts on each side of said neck, the head piece can be screwed onto them and so fixed in a stable manner. Between the base of the head piece and the top of the bottle is an inner head, said outer and inner heads forming a central spherical cavity communicating with the nozzle, within which cavity a spherical valve can freely turn, said valve being fitted with a handle sliding in a radial slit in the outer head. Inside the spherical valve is a diametric cylindrical aperture; when the handle lies towards the head piece at the end of the radial slit, said diametric aperture is aligned with a hole made in the centre of the semi-spherical cavity in the inner head, causing the liquid in the bottle to flow through the central hole in the inner head, through the diametric aperture in the valve and out through the nozzle.
To permit an even flow of liquid, allowing for the passage of air, a channel is situated at the bottom of the outer head close to the spherical valve, said channel having a truncated-cone-shaped, or frusto-conical, end; after passing through the inner head and through a discoid packing underneath, said channel then passes into the neck of the bottle.
A tube with a circular cross section is fitted around said channel; freely sliding inside the tube is a cylindrical valve with a frusto-conical head, pressed against the frusto-conical end of the channel, correspondingly shaped and positioned, by means of a cylindrical helical spring that connects with the lower end of the tube, in which lower end there is a hole.
The diameter of said cylindrical valve is slightly less than the diameter of the tube; this facilitates the passage of air and therefore outflow of the liquid contained in the bottle. At the lower end of its cylindrical wall the outer head presents external radial projections, substantially the same as the radial projections on the semi-cylindrical parts; this facilitates fitting the outer head onto the neck of the bottle when it is screwed into the threading on said semi-cylindrical parts. The projections present on the internal walls of the pair of semi-cylindrical parts, that will penetrate into the continuous groove round the neck of the bottle between the upper rim and the continuous raised portion below said rim, present, as the case may be, a flat or a curved longitudinal cross section substantially corresponding to that of the above-mentioned continuous groove round the neck of the bottle.
The invention offers evident advantages.
The described device can be easily fitted onto any large bottle. Outflow of the liquid, whatever it may be, is conveniently regulated by means of the valve.
Regulation of the passage of air by the automatic valve ensures a smooth and even outflow of liquid to the great convenience of the user.
The cost of the device, made entirely of easily associated parts £>f plastic material, is extremely low so that the device can be universally available.
Characteristics and purposes of the invention will be made still clearer by the following example of its execution illustrated by diagrammatically drawn figures.
Fig. 1 A large bottle, perspective view. Fig. 2 The bottle after application of a head piece with the tap closed, cross section with enlarged detail.
Fig. 3 First semi- cylindrical part, cross section.
Fig. 4 First semi-cylindrical part, an orthogonal projection.
Fig. 5 Second semi-cylindrical part, cross section. Fig. 6 Second semi-cylindrical part, an orthogonal projection.
Fig. 7 The first and second semi-cylindrical parts matching at their lateral ends, as when fitted round the neck of the bottle.
The bottle 10 presents a neck 12 with a projecting rim 14 and a circular raised portion 16 at a short distance below said rim. Placed over said neck 12 is a head piece 18 (Figure 2), shaped substantially like a cylindrical cup with a nozzle 23 at the top.
An inner head 40 is fitted onto the base 20 of the head piece 18.
Said base 20 of the head piece 18 and the inner head 40 form a spherical cavity 41 that houses a spherical valve 24 with a handle 26 able to slide freely in a radial slit 30 and having a diametric aperture 28.
Close to the valve 24, the base 20 of the head piece 18 contains a tubular channel 32 in which there is a hole 34 for the passage of air when the liquid is being poured, said liquid passing through the inner head 40 and the aperture 28 in the valve 24 and emerging from the nozzle 23. A tube 52 is fitted into the channel 32 that passes through a hole in the packing 50. Inside said tube is a valve 56 whose truncated-cone-shaped, or frusto- conical, top 57 matches with the frusto-conical end 36 of the channel 32, said end being pressed by a cylindrical helical spring 58 that makes contact with the bottom, in which is a hole 54, of the tube 52. The diameter of the valve 56 is slightly smaller than that of the tube 52 so that, when said valve is slightly open, air can pass through while the liquid is being poured.
The head piece 18 is fitted onto the neck 12 of a bottle, such as 10, by screwing the internal threading 38, on its internal cylindrical wall 22, into the threading on the substantially identical external surfaces of a pair of semi-cylindrical parts 70 and 72 matching at their longitudinal edges 86 and 88, as shown in Figure 7.
Said semi-cylindrical parts 70 and 72 present internal projections 78 and 80 of equal size which, when the head piece 18 is fitted onto the top of a bottle 10, penetrate inside the groove 15 formed on the neck 12 of the bottle between the rim 14 and circular raised portion 16.
It follows that when the head piece 18 is screwed onto said semi-cylindrical parts 70 and 72 fitted onto the neck of the bottle 10, as shown in Figures 2 and 7, said head piece 18 remains securely fixed to the bottle. Fitting on the threaded semi-cylindrical parts 70 and 72 and screwing on the head piece 18 is aided by the external projections 82 on the lower end of said semi-cylindrical parts 70, 72 and by the external projections 48 on. the lower end of the head piece 18, substantially similar to the external projections 82 on the semi-cylindrical parts 70, 72. By turning the handle 26 of the spherical valve 24 onto position 26' (Figure 2), the diametric aperture 28 of the valve 24 becomes aligned with the hole 44 in the inner head 40 so that, by tilting the bottle 10, the contents can be poured out with great simplicity and convenience.

Claims

1. Device for closing large bottles with a tap, characterized in that a head piece, shaped substantially like a cylindrical cup with an upward facing nozzle, is fitted on by means of a thread on the internal wall, said thread being made to screw into a thread on the substantially identical external surfaces of a pair of semi-cylindrical parts, matching at their longitudinal edges, that present internal projections so shaped as to fit into a continuous circular groove between the rim projecting from the neck of the bottle and a continuous circular raised portion situated at a short distance below said rim, so that by placing said pair of semi- cylindrical parts, one on each side of said neck, and screwing the head piece onto them, said head piece becomes stably fixed to the neck of the bottle.
2. Device for closing large bottles with a tap as in claim 1, characterized in that, placed between the base of the head piece and the top of the bottle, is an inner head, said head piece and inner head forming a central spherical cavity communicating with the nozzle, in which cavity a spherical valve can freely rotate, said valve being provided with a handle able to slide in a radial slit in the head piece, there being in the spherical valve a diametric cylindrical aperture so that, when the handle lies towards the head piece at the end of the radial slit, said diametric aperture can be aligned with a hole in the centre of the semi-spherical cavity of the inner head allowing the liquid in the bottle to flow out through the central hole in said inner head, through the diametric aperture in the valve and through the nozzle.
3. . Device for closing large bottles with a tap as in claims 1 and 2, characterized in that to obtain, with the passage of air, an even outflow of the liquid, at the base of the head piece and close to the spherical valve, is a channel having a truncated-cone-shaped, or frusto-conical, end, said channel passing through the inner head and a discoid packing underneath, then passes into the neck of the bottle, there being around said channel a tube of a circular cross section inside which a cylindrical valve with a frusto-conical head can freely slide, said valve being pressed against the frusto-conical end of the channel, of corresponding shape and position, by a cylindrical helical spring that makes contact with the base of the tube, in which base is a hole, the diameter of said cylindrical valve being slightly smaller than the diameter of the tube in order to facilitate the passage of air and therefore outflow of the liquid contained in the bottle.
4. Device for closing large bottles with a tap, as in claim 1 , characterized in that, at the end of the cylindrical wall of the head piece, are external radial projections similar to the radial projections present at the rear end of the semi-cylindrical parts, their presence facilitating the process of fitting the head piece onto the neck of the bottle, and then screwing it into said semi-cylindrical parts.
5. Device for closing large bottles with a tap, as in claim 1, characterized in that the projections on the internal walls of the pair of semi- cylindrical parts, that will penetrate into the continuous groove on the neck of the bottle between the projecting rim and a continuous raised portion below it, present a flat or curved longitudinal section, as the case may be, substantially corresponding to that of the above continuous circular groove on the neck of the bottle.
6. Device for closing large bottles with a tap, as in claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it is made of plastic material.
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