WO2007105935A1 - Distributeur à pompe - Google Patents

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WO2007105935A1
WO2007105935A1 PCT/NL2006/000137 NL2006000137W WO2007105935A1 WO 2007105935 A1 WO2007105935 A1 WO 2007105935A1 NL 2006000137 W NL2006000137 W NL 2006000137W WO 2007105935 A1 WO2007105935 A1 WO 2007105935A1
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container
cap
spout
pump
package according
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PCT/NL2006/000137
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Gijsbertus Pieter Eling Vos
Florent Marie De Maximy
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Heineken Supply Chain B.V.
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Priority to PCT/NL2006/000137 priority Critical patent/WO2007105935A1/fr
Priority to NL1033549A priority patent/NL1033549C2/nl
Publication of WO2007105935A1 publication Critical patent/WO2007105935A1/fr

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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
    • B67D1/0425—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 an air pump system

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  • the invention relates to a package for a beverage.
  • Beverages such as carbonated beverages are commonly packaged in bottles or kegs. When packaged in bottles a consumer will pour the beverage into a glass or mouth by force of gravity. Such bottle contains normally one or a few servings. When packaged in kegs the consumer or retailer will force the beverage from the keg using pressurised carbon dioxide gas (CO2). Kegs normally comprise a large number of servings. In both types of packaging the empty package has the same volume as a full package.
  • CO2 pressurised carbon dioxide gas
  • the present invention has as an object to provide an alternative packaging or method of dispensing a beverage, such as a carbonated beverage.
  • a package according to the present invention is characterised by a pump provided for pumping the beverage from an inner compartment of a container, through a riser pipe and a spout. With the pump air can be pumped into said inner space for pressurising the beverage in order to force it out.
  • a package according to the present invention is characterised in that the container is bottle shaped and preferably made by using a blow moulding technique, whereas a cap is fixed on top of said container comprising a pump and spout, the container and cap being disposable.
  • a package according to the present invention can provide for an easy manner of pressurising the beverage with air so as to dispense the beverage into a glass or the like receptacle in which foaming of part of the beverage occurs, such as a head on beer.
  • the container preferably can be thrown away, together with the cap, including the pump.
  • a package according to the invention may be characterised in that a spout is provided that can be brought from a first position in which it is at least partly enclosed within the cap to a second position in which it extends out of said cap, so as to be able to hold a glass under an outlet end of said spout.
  • the spout is closed off when in the first position, for example by part of the cap or container or by elastically squeezing shut a channel within said spout, which channel will be forced open again when the spout is brought to the second position.
  • the spout may be an integral part of a riser pipe which extends into the container to close to a bottom wall thereof.
  • the present invention further relates to a cap for use with a beverage container such as a bottle.
  • a beverage container such as a bottle.
  • the cap can be clicked or screwed on or otherwise secured to a neck of a beverage bottle.
  • a container for use with such cap may be made especially for such use but could also be a beverage bottle having a screw treaded neck, for example of 1, 1.5 or 2 liter.
  • the present invention further relates to a method for packaging a carbonated beverage, characterised by the features of claim 16.
  • fig. 1 shows schematically in cross section a packaging according to the invention, in closed position;
  • fig. IA schematically in front view and in cross section a flexible portion of a spout of a package according to fig. 1;
  • fig. 2 shows schematically in cross section a packaging according to fig. 1, in opened position;
  • fig. 3 shows schematically in cross section a packaging according to fig. 1 and 2, during pumping;
  • fig. 4 shows a 3-D impression of a package according to the present invention, with a glass under a spout; and T/NL2006/000137
  • fig. 5 shows an alternative embodiment, in cross section, of an air pump.
  • Packages according to the present invention will be described with respect to packages for beer, but are not limited to such use.
  • Other beverages can be packaged in and dispensed with such package, such as but not limited to soft drinks, water, wines, which can be but not necessarily are carbonated.
  • a package 1 according to the invention is shown, schematically, in cross section.
  • the package 1 comprises a container 2 and a cap 3, both preferably made of plastic materials suitable for one way packages.
  • the package 1 is preferably disposable.
  • the container 2 is in the embodiment shown made by using blow moulding technique, which is well known in the art.
  • the container 2 is for example bottle shaped, having a neck 4, a widened portion 5 and a bottom portion 6.
  • a shoulder portion 7 extends between the widened portion and the neck.
  • the container (also referred to as bottle) 2 can be made of any suitable plastic, such as for example but not limited to PET, PE, PP or laminates of these and/or other plastics and/or metal and/or metallised layers.
  • the neck 4 may be made in a fashion well know from bottles for e.g.
  • a container 2 for use in a package 1 according to the present invention can be made in a different manner, for example by injection or compression moulding, and can be made of different materials.
  • the cap 3 comprises a skirt 10 which is somewhat dome shaped and has a circumferential edge 11 which in use extends substantially around said shoulder portion 7, preferably leaving a small gap 8 through which air can pass.
  • a wall 12 extends downward form the top 13 of the skirt 10, which wall 12 is peripheral to a space 14 enclosed therein.
  • a bottom wall 15 is provided closing off said space 14 at the lower side, whereas a part 16 of the top 13 closes off the top of said space 14.
  • the bottom wall 15 and or the peripheral wall 12 comprise or are connected to the said complementary coupling means 9.
  • the complementary coupling means 9 are shown as a cylindrical ring screwed onto the neck.
  • an inlet opening 17 and an outlet opening 18 are provided in the bottom wall 15 a cylindrical ring screwed onto the neck.
  • the inlet opening 17 is placed outside the complementary coupling means 9 and is in fluid communication with the internal space 14 and the space 20 enclosed within said skirt 10.
  • a non-return valve 19 is provided in said inlet opening 17, allowing air to pass from the space 20 under said skirt into the space 14 within the wall 12 but not in opposite direction.
  • an outlet opening 21 is provided in said bottom wall 15, connecting said internal space 14 within said peripheral wall 12 and the inner space of the bottle 2.
  • a second non-return valve 22 is provided in said outlet opening 18, allowing air to be forced from said internal space 14 into said bottle 2, but not in opposite direction.
  • an opening 23 is provided through which the stem 24 of an actuator 25 extends.
  • the stem 24 is connected to an piston 26 within the space 14 within said wall 12 and the opposite side is connected to a pushing surface 27 of the actuator 25.
  • the piston 26 has an outside ring surface 28 closing off against the inside of wall 12.
  • Spring means 29 are provided between the top 13 and the lower side of the pushing surface 27, to bias the piston 26 upward, away from the bottom wall 15.
  • the walls 12, 13 and 15 and the piston 26 with stem 24 act as an air pump 40.
  • air is sucked in through the inlet opening 17.
  • said air is compressed and forced through said outlet opening 18 into the inner space of the bottle 2 and onto and/or into said beverage, pressurising said beverage.
  • a riser pipe 30 extends, through the complementary coupling means 9 into the bottle 2, preferably as far as nearly to the lowest part of the bottom portion 6.
  • the top end 31 of the riser pipe 30 is connected to an inlet end 32 of a spout 33.
  • the spout 33 is pivotably connected to said top 31 of said riser pipe 30, such that it can be brought to a first position as shown in fig. 1, in which it is almost enclosed within the cap 3 and the outer surface 34 of the spout 33 is approximately flush with the outer surface 35 of the cap 3, and to a second position as is shown in fig. 2 and 3, in which a free end 36 of said spout 33, which acts as an outlet end, is extended from said cap 3, so as to allow a glass 37 (fig. 4) or the like to be held below said free end 36.
  • the inner channel 38 of the spout and/or the riser pipe 30 may be closed of, for example by elastically squeezing said channel 38 shut and having this open when the spout is brought to the second position, whereby said elastic deformation may partly bias said spout to said second position.
  • other means for closing off said channel 38 may also be used, such as a stop, tap means or the like.
  • the riser pipe 30 and the spout 33 may be made as an integral part, being bent when the spout is brought form the second position to the first position or vice versa.
  • the bottle 2 has been filled with a carbonated beverage, preferably beer, with the cap 3 removed, after which said cap 3 is placed on said bottle.
  • the cap 3 is in a position in which the spout is in said first position, as is the pump 40.
  • the pump and actuator are held in there respective first positions by means of a seal 42, which also acts as tamper evidence.
  • the package 1 is filled with a beverage and is sealed such that it can be stored and transported to a store or consumer.
  • a consumer can open the package by removing or otherwise severing said tamper evidence seal 42, at which point the actuator will be forced towards the second position by the biasing spring means 29 such as compression springs, flexible wall parts or the like.
  • the said consumer can pressurise the beverage within said bottle by pumping air into said bottle using said build in pump 40. Then by opening the channel 28 in said spout 33 the beverage can be expelled into a glass 25. By pushing the spout back into the first position it can preferably be closed off again.
  • a 3-D impression is shown of a package according to the present invention.
  • the actuator is slightly changed in that the stem 24 is made as a cylindrical wall fitting within said wall 12, which makes the stem 24 directly into the piston 26 too.
  • the bottom wall 15 may have been brought higher up, close to or even in stead of the top 13, as is shown schematically in fig. 5.
  • the spout 33 has a elastically closed off restriction 44, as is shown in fig. IA, which can be forced open by beverage entering through said riser pipe 30, if the pressure is higher then a predetermined pressure within said bottle, for example above 1.3 or 1.4 bar absolute pressure within said bottle, and will be closed off again if the pressure drops below a similar or slightly lower pressure.
  • pressures can be chosen for example based on the type of beer, the required amount of CO2 contained within said beverage and the desired outflow.
  • the pressure can for example be set just above the equilibrium pressure for CO2 at a certain temperature, in order to prevent premature loss of CO2.
  • the restriction can be opened by hand, by squeezing the sides in the direction F such as to open the channel through the spout. In that way pressure can be maintained inside the bottle 2, even above said equilibrium pressure.
  • FIG. 5 an alternative embodiment is shown, for example for a package as shown in fig. 4.
  • the stem 24 of the pressure element is shown as a closed wall, which may have a closed lower wall 24A.
  • a spring 29 is provided between said closed wall 24A and the bottom wall 15 pushes the pressure element up.
  • a seal S is provided between the wall 12 and the wall 24.
  • the coupling element 9 is provided with screw thread for screwing it down onto the neck 4 of the bottle 2.
  • Inlet opening 17 and outlet opening 18 are provided similarly as is shown in fig. 1 — 3.
  • the present invention is by no means limited to the embodiments shown or described herein. Many variations are possible within the scope of protection as defined by the claims in view of the drawings and description.
  • the air pump can be designed differently.
  • the inlet opening could be provided in the piston, allowing the pump chamber 14 to fit within the neck of the bottle, reducing the building height.
  • the package may have different shape or dimensions.
  • the bottom part could be made such that the bottle can stand on it, or a standing ring may be provided separately.
  • the outer surface of the package is preferably opaque or translucent, preferably such that advertising and other prints, texts or the like can be provided thereon and the beverage is shielded from light, especially ultra violet light.
  • the cap 3 may be connected to the bottle such that it can not be removed without damage, for example by glue.
  • the dispensing means can be designed differently, for example for dispensing by pivoting dispensing means.

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Cette invention concerne un emballage pour une boisson, lequel emballage comprend un contenant présentant essentiellement la forme d'une bouteille et un capuchon comprenant une pompe à air et un bec verseur; une conduite d'élévation s'étend jusqu'à l'intérieur du contenant, laquelle conduite est ou peut être mise en communication fluidique avec le bec verseur; la pompe présente une ouverture d'amenée ménagée à l'extérieur du contenant et une ouverture d'évacuation en communication fluidique avec un compartiment intérieur dudit contenant
PCT/NL2006/000137 2006-03-16 2006-03-16 Distributeur à pompe WO2007105935A1 (fr)

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NL1033549A NL1033549C2 (nl) 2006-03-16 2007-03-16 Verpakking en dop voor een drank.

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1248361A (en) * 1970-01-09 1971-09-29 Yao-Huang Li An assembly for pumping liquid from a container by gas pressure
US5385276A (en) * 1994-04-18 1995-01-31 Yen-Tang; Lin Liquid dispenser for pet bottles
WO1999023028A1 (fr) * 1997-10-31 1999-05-14 Marta Perez Martinez Doseur de liquides avec pompe de mise sous pression incorporee
WO2001034515A1 (fr) * 1999-11-08 2001-05-17 Adrian Penagos Olmedo Pompe destinee a extraire l'eau contenue dans des bonbonnes
US6279787B1 (en) * 2000-05-25 2001-08-28 Kim Young-Kwon Beverage container

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1248361A (en) * 1970-01-09 1971-09-29 Yao-Huang Li An assembly for pumping liquid from a container by gas pressure
US5385276A (en) * 1994-04-18 1995-01-31 Yen-Tang; Lin Liquid dispenser for pet bottles
WO1999023028A1 (fr) * 1997-10-31 1999-05-14 Marta Perez Martinez Doseur de liquides avec pompe de mise sous pression incorporee
WO2001034515A1 (fr) * 1999-11-08 2001-05-17 Adrian Penagos Olmedo Pompe destinee a extraire l'eau contenue dans des bonbonnes
US6279787B1 (en) * 2000-05-25 2001-08-28 Kim Young-Kwon Beverage container

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