WO2012144935A1

WO2012144935A1 - Device with a filler for sealing a bottle and processing a liquid product located in said bottle

Info

Publication number: WO2012144935A1
Application number: PCT/RU2012/000244
Authority: WO
Inventors: Павел Дмитриевич ЖЕРДЕВ
Original assignee: Zherdev Pavel Dmitrievich
Priority date: 2011-04-19
Filing date: 2012-04-03
Publication date: 2012-10-26
Also published as: RU2011115358A; RU2469083C1

Abstract

The invention relates to the food industry. A liquid product, including vodka, is processed by being passed through a mixture of sorbing components or other fillers. Each product portion poured out of the bottle into a drinking vessel is subjected to processing in the period of time prior to consumption immediately by the actual consumer. The processing is carried out by passing the liquid product from the vessel at optimum speed through sorbents, including activated carbon fibres. When mineral taste and (or) other additives are used, a new product different from the product located in the bottle can be produced. The device with a filler for sealing a bottle and processing a liquid product located in said bottle comprises a cap (1), which is connected by a threaded connection to a body (3) fixed on the bottle neck, and a filler.

Description

DEVICE WITH FILLER FOR CUPS OF BOTTLE AND PROCESSING OF LIQUID IN IT

PRODUCT.

The invention relates to food, including alcoholic beverage industry.

The invention is intended for the individual processing of a liquid product, including alcohol-containing, poured from a bottle in the period of time prior to personal consumption by the consumer, as well as the preparation of a new product different from the original.

A device is known for processing and cleaning a liquid product (see patent RU N ° 2328523), comprising a cartridge consisting of an elastically damped bottle of a body connected to the neck and a filter placed in it and a channel with a bypass valve.

The known device has several disadvantages. The first one is that the cavity of the filter cartridge in the known device is not hermetically separated from the internal volume of the container with the liquid product, and during transportation and storage, the sorbent and filter materials will be wetted, which in most cases is not acceptable. So, for example, the long-term presence of an activated carbon type sorbent in vodka leads to an increase in aldehydes, the amount of which is regulated, etc. Another disadvantage is that the air channel is formed in the cavity of the cartridge, where they are located filtering materials and a sorbent, which is inconvenient and does not allow to organize automated high-speed assembly of the device simultaneously with filling the cartridge cavity with appropriate fillers.

A further disadvantage of the known device is the need to use an elastically-damped bottle as a container to create excess pressure by squeezing it in order to force a liquid product out of it through filter materials.

The technical result to which the invention is directed is to eliminate the above disadvantages. In addition, the invention is directed to the creation of:

- a unit for supplying air to the bottle to compensate for the volume of the liquid product being poured from the bottle with ambient air, providing a continuous supply of air into the bottle (without gurgling), without hindering the placement of a filler, which can have a variety of shapes and sizes, that is, an air supply unit without non-return valve and with an air channel that does not penetrate the filler and is not combined with the flow of the poured liquid product;

- a mechanism for separating the internal volume of the bottle with the liquid product and the cavity of the dispenser with filler during storage and transportation of the product and their connection at the time of consumption of the product.

- the design of the device to ensure that it can work with the largest possible range of filler, with the aim of various processing a liquid product, including vodka, as well as preparing a new product different from the original one in the bottle;

- a set of appropriate sorbents and indigents as a filler, providing effective processing of vodka and other bottled products;

- a design that allows, taking into account modern technologies for the production of consumer goods, to organize automated production with low cost to ensure the possibility of one-time use of the device by the consumer at an affordable price.

The specified technical result is achieved in that a device with a filler for sealing the bottle and processing the liquid product contained in it, comprising a cap connected by a threaded connection to a housing fixed on the neck of the bottle, a filler and an air-conducting assembly, is equipped with a rotary disconnecting mechanism, a dispenser having a cavity for the filler , air ducts and a side cutout for a liquid product duct connected to a nipple and a detachable connection to a cover, a nipple having a lateral opening A hole for the vodka duct and side openings for air made with the possibility of overlapping by the dispenser, the housing being made with a place for the dispenser and a place for fixing the nipple in it, and the air-conducting assembly is formed by holes in the upper part of the dispenser with an annular air-conducting channel in its middle part and air-conducting channels in its lower part, limited by the side generatrix of the nipple.

The dispenser in the claimed invention can be formed by two coaxial cylinders connected at the top through air holes. The inner cylinder of the dispenser may have a cavity for the filler with elements of its fixation, air channels on its outer side surface, and side openings for the flow of the liquid product. The upper part of the inner cylinder of the dispenser with an outlet, can be narrowed and look like a nipple. The outer cylinder of the dispenser at the bottom can have an external annular protrusion to keep it from falling out in the housing and a stop to ensure that the dispenser in the housing rotates at a strictly defined angle. On the outer surface in the joint zone of the coaxial cylinders, detachable elements of the lid and dispenser may be formed. The internal clearance between the cylinders can be used as a separate air-conducting channel for supplying air to the bottle.

In the claimed invention, the device includes a rotary disconnecting mechanism formed by a cover, a side cutout in the lower part of the inner cylinder of the dispenser, and a side hole in the nipple. The release mechanism is actuated by the cover when it is removed. When the device is closed, the lid with its transverse wall seals on top of the nipple and the air supply holes of the dispenser. The dispenser seals the whole part of the inner cylinder a lateral cutout in the nipple, as well as its openings for air, which prevents the liquid product in the container from entering the dispenser cavity with filler, and the ambient air into the bottle. When opening the device by turning the cover counterclockwise, the dispenser, by means of a detachable connection with the cover, rotates relative to the nipple. The lateral cutout of the dispenser is combined with the side opening in the nipple, and the air ducts, shifting, are connected to the air holes in the nipple, thereby ensuring the passage of the liquid product from the container into the cavity of the cartridge with fillers and ambient air into the bottle. The presence in the claimed invention of a rotary disconnecting mechanism of such a design makes it possible to use materials and indigents in the device as a filler, which cannot retain the necessary properties during prolonged interaction with the processed product, thereby significantly expanding the range of use of the device. In addition, the use of such a rotary disconnecting mechanism greatly simplifies the design of the device as a whole and allows you to do four components to implement all the necessary functions.

The detachable connection of the dispenser with the lid may contain detachable gearing or protrusions with their corresponding recesses.

The nipple may consist of an annular flat protrusion associated with a hollow cylindrical part having two o-rings protrusions on the outer surface for tight connection with the neck of the bottle. In the side wall of the cylindrical part of the nipple below the sealing protrusions in front of the lower end wall, one or more side openings for the vodka duct can be cut, and air openings on the sides of it. On the upper surface of the annular protrusion of the nipple, protrusions can be formed for connection with the housing and oriented fixation in it to avoid scrolling of the nipple relative to the housing.

Activated carbon fibers in the form of felt or fabric plates enclosed in a filter sheath can be used as a filler.

The cover may be transparent or have openings in its lateral generatrix to visualize the presence of a filter in the device and to save material.

The body with the neck of the bottle can be connected by methods known in practice, including having a seat for its nozzle on a glass bottle with a whisk KPM-30. Hooks for fixing the body of the device on the neck of the bottle when casting it from plastic onto a thermoplastic machine can be formed from above through cutouts in the end wall.

Using in the claimed invention, the air supply unit of the proposed design allows you to organize a continuous, without gurgling poured liquid product, the ambient air supply of the required volume into the tank to provide the necessary

b the flow rate of the liquid product through the filler and the uniformity comfortable for the consumer and the speed of filling of the drinking tank. In addition, the use of such an air supply unit allows preventing, without using a check valve, spilling of the liquid product through the air ducts of the unit, bypassing the filler. The liquid product flows out of the nipple evenly, regardless of the amount in the bottle, because it flows only under the pressure of a layer of liquid between the end of the nipple and the air holes in the nipple. The liquid flows out of the bottle through the narrow opening of the dispenser nipple with a uniformly formed stream, even when the bottle is located strictly vertically, since the inlet openings of the air supply unit are located in the bottle above the outlet of the nipple and the air conduits do not pass through the filler and do not coincide with the flow of liquid. The liquid product does not flow out through the air ducts of the air supply unit, because the pressure in the bottle at the level of the air holes in the nipple becomes equal to atmospheric pressure when the liquid product is poured out and nothing causes the liquid to leak out.

As a filler can be used: various types of sorbents; flavoring additives, flavorings, optimizers and (or) stukturizators, dyes, medicinal and other substances. The filler material may be placed in a protective or filtering membrane permeable to a liquid product. The configuration of the place for the filler can be any, depending on the filler. Inner the surface of the inner cylinder of the dispenser may be coated with a thin layer of silver or other substance for additional processing of the product. The use of activated carbon fiber in the processing of vodka, which is three hundred times more effective than activated carbon, will ensure efficient processing of the product at a speed acceptable to the consumer. The sorbent, in order to minimize its washing out with a liquid product, can be enclosed in a filter membrane permeable to the product. When using a device for preparing a new product using a powder filler, the holes in the dispenser must be smaller than the granules of the filler powder or the filler must be enclosed in a liquid-permeable shell. For advertising purposes in the cavity for the filler, souvenirs and prizes surprises can be placed, the inner surface of the cavity in this case must be of the appropriate configuration.

The device may have a first opening indicator in the form of a perforated tear-off strip of an external label located in the connection zone of the lid and the housing. Also, a heat shrink cap can serve as an indicator of the first opening.

The surfaces of the components of the device can be decorated by any known methods. The label may be appropriately decorated to indicate the product in the bottle or device. The lid, dispenser and other components can be made of transparent or colored plastic. Cover and bottom cases made of plastic can be clad in a metal sheath.

The invention is illustrated by drawings.

In FIG. 1 - the appearance of the device with a label and an indicator of the first opening in the form of a perforated tear-off belt. In FIG. 2 - a cover. In FIG. 3 - the case fixed on a neck of a bottle. In FIG. 4 - dispenser. In FIG. 5 - nipple. In FIG. 6 is a vertical section of the device in the open state without a cover.

A device with a filler for closing the bottle and processing the liquid product contained in it contains the following components, components and mechanisms: a cap screwed onto the body with side holes and double-threading; a housing with a seat on the neck of the bottle; dispenser with side cut-out, for vodka, cavity for the filler and air ducts; filler for processing vodka; nipple with side openings for the flow of vodka and air; Swivel release mechanism; air supply unit; label and indicator of the first opening in the form of a perforated tear-off strip of the label.

The cover 1 has three side openings 2 and is mounted on the housing 3 by means of a double thread 4 formed on its side inner surface below the cutouts. The following are formed on the inner surface of the transverse wall of the lid: a mechanism in the form of an annular protrusion 5 with slots 6 for a hook, a protrusion 7 for sealing the nipple of the dispenser, and a seat 8 for the dispenser.

The housing 3 of the device has a cylindrical shape. In its upper part, the side generatrix of the housing is conjugated with three fragments 9 of its annular transverse wall, which at the end are conjugated with three fragments 10 of a cylindrical protrusion. On the outer surface of the protrusion fragments 10, a two-way thread 1 1 is formed for connection with the cap 1. On the inner surface of the housing opposite the technological cuts in the annular transverse wall, three elements of the locking lock 12 are formed from removing the housing from the bottle neck 13 in the form of fragments of an annular latch, as well as vertical protrusions 14, which, interacting with the corresponding protrusions on the neck, do not allow the body to turn when the device is opened.

The dispenser 15 is formed by two coaxial cylinders connected in the upper part through the air holes 16. The inner cylinder 17 of the dispenser has a cavity 18 for the filler with the elements of its fixation 19, air channels 20 on its outer side surface, and a side cutout 21 for the flow of vodka. The upper part of the inner cylinder of the dispenser is made in the form of a nipple with an outlet 22. The outer cylinder 23 of the dispenser at the bottom has an external annular protrusion 24 with a stopper 25. On top of the outer surface of the dispenser, in the connection zone of the coaxial cylinders, two high ribs 26 are formed to interact with the slots of the annular ledges 7 covers and two lower amplifying y ribs 27. The internal gap between the cylinders 17 and 23 of the dispenser is formed as a separate air-conducting annular channel 28 for supplying air to the bottle, not associated with the flow of liquid.

The filler consists of activated carbon fiber 29, which is a highly efficient sorbent, enclosed in a permeable to vodka filter shell 30.

The nipple 31 consists of an annular flat protrusion 32 with a seat 33 on the neck of the bottle on its lower surface. On the upper surface of the annular protrusion 32 two vertical protrusions of the stopper 34 are formed for connection with the housing, in order to avoid scrolling of the nipple relative to the housing, and also the protrusions act as limiters of rotation of the dispenser. The annular protrusion of the nipple is associated with the lateral generatrix of its cylindrical part. On top of the outer side surface of the cylindrical part, two sealing ring elements 35 are formed to ensure the tightness of the connection of the nipple with the neck of the bottle. At the bottom of the cylindrical part of the nipple, in front of the lower end wall, a side hole 36 for the vodka duct is cut out, and air holes 37 on its sides. A sealing protrusion 38 is formed on the inner surface of the lower end wall to seal the end hole of the inner cylinder of the dispenser.

The rotary disconnecting mechanism is formed by: detachable connection of the cover 1 and the dispenser 15, which consists of an annular protrusion 5 covers with cutouts 6 and ribs 26 of the dispenser; threaded connection of the cover and the housing 4, 11; side cutout 21 in the inner cylinder of the dispenser and side hole 36 in the nipple. The rotary mechanism is designed for longitudinal displacement of the dispenser 15 relative to the housing 3 and the nipple 31. The mechanism is actuated by the cover when it is screwed and screwed onto the housing. The detachable connection of the dispenser to the lid is phased with the threaded connection of the lid to the housing. When the device is opened by turning the cover 1 counterclockwise, the dispenser 15 is laterally shifted to the stop of the stop 25 against the protrusion of the nipple stop. When closing the device by turning the cover 1 clockwise, the dispenser 15 with its stop 25 rests on another protrusion 34 of the dispenser. The presence of limiters ensures the displacement of the dispenser in the housing, and the nipple fixed in it by 180 degrees.

The continuous air supply unit is formed by: openings 16 in the dispenser, a separate annular air channel 28 in the dispenser connected to vertical channels 20 on the lateral outer surface of the dispenser, limited by the side wall of the nipple, and side openings 37 for air in the nipple, made with the possibility of combining them with vertical channels 20 when turning the dispenser. The continuous supply of air into the bottle is blocked when the device is closed by a hermetic connection of the outer side surface of the inner cylinder of the dispenser with the inner surface of the nipple. Label 39 is affixed to the side of the lid and housing.

The indicator of the first opening is the tear-off belt 40 of the outer label with the tongue 41, perforated with holes 42 in the zone and the connection of the lid and the housing. Its absence signals to the consumer that the device was opened.

The operation of the device shown in FIG. 1-8 occurs as follows. For the tab 41 along the perforation holes 42, the first tamper indicator comes off, the tear-off belt 40 of the label 39. By screwing the cover 1 from the housing 2, the device opens. The cover 1, when turned counterclockwise, interacts with two slots 6 in the annular protrusion 5 on its transverse wall with the ribs 27 of the dispenser, as a result of which the dispenser 9 is rotated 180 degrees relative to the housing 2 and the nipple 31. The rotation of the dispenser continues until the stop of the stopper 38 on the annular protrusion of the dispenser in the stopper 15 on the housing. The rotation limiters of the dispenser and the housing are phased with two-way threads on the housing and the cover, therefore, when the dispenser limiter rests against the housing limiter, the thread 3 of the cover exits the thread 8 of the housing and upon further rotation the cover is easily removed from the device. Thus, the device is fully operational. When screwing the cover from the body, the lower part of the inner cylinder of the dispenser, laterally shifting 180 degrees in the nipple 31, opens the side hole 36 in the nipple, by matching the side hole 36 in the nipple with the corresponding side cutout 21 in the dispenser. The air holes 37 in the nipple coincide with the vertical channels 20 on the surface of the inner cylinder of the dispenser, organizing and opening, thereby the air supply unit in the bottle. Thus, when the device is opened by turning the cap counterclockwise, the device and the bottle of vodka are completely depressurized, all air ducts and paths for the vodka flow open. A bottle of vodka is turned upside down, and the dispenser nipple is sent to a drinking container. Vodka from the bottle through the side hole 36 in the nipple, the side cutout 21 in the inner cylinder of the dispenser enters the cavity 18, filling it, to interact with the filler. The volume of the cavity 18 and its height are selected so that with each filling, provide the necessary contact time of the vodka with the sorbent activated carbon fiber 30, necessary for the effective treatment of vodka, and create the necessary pressure of the liquid column to force the vodka through the opening 22 of the dispenser nipple. Next, the processed vodka through the outlet 22 of the nipple is poured into a container for drinking. The ambient air, to compensate for the volume of leaked vodka, enters the bottle through the air-conducting unit formed by turning the dispenser, namely: openings 16 in the dispenser, a separate annular air-conducting channel 28 in the dispenser, vertical channels 20 on the side surface of the inner cylinder of the dispenser, limited by the side wall of the nipple , and openings 37 for air in the nipple, combined with vertical channels 20 when the dispenser is rotated. Vodka does not flow from bottles through air holes 37 and air ducts 20, because their effective cross section is small, and the pressure in the bottle at the level of the outlet openings 37, when the vodka is poured out of the bottle, becomes equal to atmospheric because of the discharge in it, and nothing causes vodka to leak . The process continues until the desired level of liquid product is reached in the drinking tank. After pouring the vodka, the bottle returns to a vertical position. Vodka from the cavity 18 with the filler 30 through the side cutout 21 of the dispenser and the side hole 51 of the nipple flows into the bottle. The device is closed by screwing the cover 1 clockwise until it stops. When closing the device, the cover, thanks to the annular protrusion 6, is put on the device in a strictly defined way, the ends of the threads of the inlet thread 3 coincide with the beginning of the thread 8 of the body, the cover is screwed onto the body until it stops, while shifting the dispenser transverse to the body and nipple strictly 180 degrees. The inner cylinder of the dispenser 10, turning 180 degrees back in the nipple, closes, by tightly connecting its outer side surface with the inner side surface of the nipple, the side hole 51 for vodka and the air hole 37, the air ducts 20 on the dispenser are mixed relative to the holes 37 in the nipple , and overlap with the inner lateral surface of the nipple, and the protrusion 38 of the nipple seals the end hole 38 of the inner cylinder. The protrusion 7 and the seat 8 seal the outlet 22 of the dispenser nipple and the air hole 16. When you close the device with a lid, everything is evo the components return to their original state, and the air supply unit and the paths for the vodka duct are blocked. The operation is repeated as necessary.

Although the above is a description of only one preferred embodiment of the invention, it is obvious that, in accordance with the appended claims, other embodiments as well as combinations of the individual nodes of the above examples, corresponding to the scope of the present invention, can also be used.

Claims

Claim.

1. A device with a filler for sealing the bottle and processing the liquid product contained in it, comprising a cap connected by a threaded connection to a body fixed to the bottle neck, a filler and an air-conducting assembly, characterized in that it is provided with a dispenser that can be rotated in the body and nipple, with holes, a separate annular channel and with air ducts, a filler located in the dispenser cavity, a nipple fixed in the housing, having side openings for vodka and air, data with the possibility of their overlapping by the dispenser, a rotary mechanism formed by a detachable connection of the cover with the dispenser, the air supply unit formed when the dispenser is turned, as a result of communication of its air-conducting channels with holes in the nipple, made with the possibility of their combination with the air-conducting channels of the dispenser when it is turned on a certain angle.

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the dispenser is formed by two coaxial cylinders with an annular air channel between them, connected by an annular jumper with holes and ribs, the outer cylinder has an annular protrusion with a limiter, the inner cylinder contains a cavity for accommodating the filler, air channels on its outer side surface and side cut for the flow of vodka, the upper part of the inner cylinder of the dispenser is made in the form of a nipple with an outlet,

3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the nipple consists of an annular flat protrusion mating with a hollow cylindrical part having two sealing annular protrusions on the outer surface of the side wall, in which a side hole for the product duct and openings are cut out in front of the lower end wall air, a sealing protrusion is formed on the inner surface of the lower end wall, and two vertical protrusions of the limiter on the upper surface of the annular protrusion.

4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the continuous air supply unit is formed by: holes in the dispenser jumper, an annular air duct between the dispenser cylinders connected to vertical channels on the outer surface of the dispenser inner cylinder bounded by the side wall of the nipple, and side air holes in the nipple.

5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the nipple and the inner cylinder of the dispenser are paired with a hermetic sliding connection of their respective surfaces due to tight fit.

6. The device according to p. 1.2, characterized in that the detachable connection of the lid with the dispenser comprises an annular protrusion formed on the transverse wall of the lid with two slots for engaging with the corresponding ribs formed on the dispenser.

7. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that activated carbon fibers in the form of felt or fabric plates enclosed in a filter sheath are used as a filler.

8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is made with a first opening indicator in the form of a tear-off perforated belt of a label applied to the lid and the body.