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EP3390269B1 - Behältnis zur aufnahme von getränken und vorrichtung zur befüllung des behältnisses - Google Patents

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EP3390269B1
EP3390269B1 EP16819797.8A EP16819797A EP3390269B1 EP 3390269 B1 EP3390269 B1 EP 3390269B1 EP 16819797 A EP16819797 A EP 16819797A EP 3390269 B1 EP3390269 B1 EP 3390269B1
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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
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    • B67D1/001—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being a single liquid the beverage being stored in an intermediate container connected to a supply the apparatus comprising means for automatically controlling the amount to be dispensed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the invention relates to a container for holding beverages, in particular a drinking vessel or drinking cup, at least having a base and a peripheral wall projecting approximately vertically from the base, the wall having a perforation through which the container can be filled with a beverage, the perforation can be closed with a sealant after filling is complete.
  • the invention relates to a device for particularly quick and easy filling of such a container with beer or a soft drink.
  • the invention relates to a device for particularly quick and easy filling with a corresponding container.
  • a container in the prior art in which an opening is provided in the bottom which is surrounded by a metal ring integrated into the base, through which the container can be filled through the base, and after filling is closed by a magnetic body, in particular a circular magnetic plate, placed on the metal ring embedded in the base.
  • a magnetic body in particular a circular magnetic plate
  • the object of the present invention is to create a container of the type mentioned at the outset which can be produced particularly inexpensively, which can be filled within a very short time and then sealed securely after filling
  • the object is to create a device that can fill such a container with a corresponding drink such as beer or a soft drink within a very short time, which is easy to use and is inexpensive and easy to produce and has a long service life.
  • the invention proposes that the protruding wall be a peripheral wall which has a plurality of perforations, such that the perforations in the wall are arranged or formed in an area of the wall close to the floor and that the sealing means consists of an elastic ring which is pushed onto the wall of the container and can be displaced along the wall into a filling position and into a closed position.
  • such a container has perforations through which the drink can be introduced into the container, it is possible to simply provide commercially available and widespread standard containers such as drinking cups with additional perforations in the side wall and to fill them accordingly.
  • Such a container can be filled with beer, for example, within about two seconds. It is thereby possible to fill the container through the perforations arranged laterally on the wall of the container with a beverage inflow rate of approximately 30 liters per minute.
  • the perforations are sealed with a suitable sealant.
  • all perforations are at the same distance from the bottom of the container and are distributed evenly over the circumference of the wall.
  • the perforations are thus arranged around the wall of the container, with the perforations all being at the same distance from one another. This allows the beverage flowing through the perforations into the container to flow in particularly evenly. This also avoids excessive foaming.
  • the container can be filled from an area close to the base in the direction of the mouth of the container. This has proven to be particularly advantageous because, particularly when filling with a foam-producing drink such as beer, the container can not only be filled particularly quickly, but also excessive and possibly time-delayed foam formation due to filling into the container is avoided.
  • sealing means is pre-positioned on the outside of the wall of the container or can be pre-positioned on the outside of the wall of the container.
  • the elastic ring has at least one flat side that can be slid or pushed onto the wall of the container and can be slid along the wall, the width of the ring being greater than the diameter of the perforations.
  • Such an elastic ring can be pushed onto the wall of such a container in a particularly simple manner with its flat side and placed on the wall at the level of the perforations, completely covering the perforations become.
  • This provides an inexpensive and simple means for closing the perforations and thus preventing the beverage from flowing out through the perforations.
  • the ring can also serve as an advertising medium and, on the outside facing the user, which can be round or flat, can display advertising for the beverage that has been filled in, or it can also be provided with any other type of advertising.
  • the width of the ring is greater than the diameter of the perforations, it is ensured that the perforations are completely covered and thus sealed off from the outside.
  • a correspondingly placed elastic ring effectively prevents liquid from flowing out of the container through the perforations to the outside.
  • the ring is pre-positioned in a position close to the bottom of the container on the container, encompassing the wall, and can be slid along the wall to close the perforations, the distance between the perforations and the bottom being greater than the width of the ring and the ring is pre-positioned near the perforations between the perforations and the bottom of the container.
  • the corresponding containers can thus be delivered pre-assembled with a ring already pre-positioned near the perforations in the wall as a sealant, so that they only have to be filled accordingly and then the ring has to be moved into the sealing position.
  • the ring which also serves as an advertising medium, for example, can then be quickly and easily removed from the container by the consumer after the drink has been consumed and becomes the property of the consumer.
  • the appropriately designed ring can also serve as a reminder for the consumer of the event or as a permanent advertising medium.
  • the ring consists of a food-safe plastic such as silicone or rubber.
  • an edge or a shoulder is formed on the outside of the wall, which forms a travel-limiting stop for the ring.
  • the path limiting stop is arranged in the direction of displacement following the perforations in an area next to the perforations of the container, so that the ring, which is pre-positioned near the bottom, for example, is displaced in the direction of the perforations after the container has been filled until it abuts this shoulder, which forms a path limiting stop and cannot be moved any further.
  • Such a container can be produced in a simple manner and particularly inexpensively. It is possible, for example, to provide drinking cups that are available on the market with corresponding perforations in the wall in order to be able to fill them through the perforations in a particularly quick manner.
  • a mug By having such a mug are already very widespread on the market, only the machines for the production of such cups have to be modified in such a way that the corresponding perforations are introduced into these containers.
  • the production costs of such containers, such as drinking cups in particular are extremely low.
  • the containers can be used both as reusable containers and as single-use containers, or can be produced accordingly.
  • the pre-positioning of the rings serving as a sealing means on an area of the wall of the container near the bottom can be done either manually or mechanically using a corresponding machine.
  • the corresponding ring which serves as an advertising medium, can be mechanically placed on the area of the wall of the container near the bottom.
  • the invention proposes a device according to claim 7 .
  • a container as described above in particular a drinking cup, can be placed manually in a receiving space of the device in a quick and simple manner. After being placed in the receiving space in a first position, which represents a filling position, the beverage flows into the container through the perforations in the container.
  • the device is connected to at least one controllable supply line for at least one drink to be filled into the container.
  • the supply line can, for example, be connected indirectly by means of a channel formed in the device, which opens out in the filling level at the level of the perforations in the container, with the beverage supplied via the supply line already being pressurized, in particular with carbonic acid, and controlled by a control device such as for example a valve or a flow meter that allows a predetermined amount of liquid to flow into the container, a predetermined amount can be determined in order to fill the container according to its size.
  • the container can be adjusted within the receiving space into a second position, which represents a sealed position. This is done by simply exerting pressure on the cup in the vertical direction, ie in a position of the container that protrudes beyond the filling position into the device or the receiving space of the device.
  • the ring When the container is moved further with the ring arranged near the perforations between the perforations and the base of the container as a sealing means, the ring hits parts of the device when it is adjusted, so that the container is displaced in relation to the ring until the ring is in the sealing position, i.e in a position completely covering the perforations of the container, on the wall of the container.
  • the filled container can then be removed from the device and handed over to a consumer.
  • a container described at the outset can be filled with a desired drink, in particular with beer, in a particularly simple and particularly quick manner. This makes it possible to fill a large number of containers with the respective desired drink within a very short time, for example to provide a large number of people with appropriate drinks even during a break in a major event.
  • a device of this type can also be operated very easily by a layperson, since they only have to insert the corresponding drinking cup, which represents the container, into the device in a first position approximately vertically, and then, after the container has been filled, the container in must continue to move in the same direction in order to close the perforations of the container. The container can then be removed and handed over accordingly.
  • the housing consists of a lower part and an upper part.
  • the lower housing part has a cylindrical recess which opens out towards the upper housing part.
  • the upper part of the housing is designed as a head cover that can be fastened to the lower part of the housing and has a circular perforation. The circular perforation covered in the assembled position, the mouth of the cylindrical recess at least partially.
  • a slidable sleeve section is arranged within the cylindrical recess. In a non-use position, the sleeve section bears against the head cover.
  • the circular perforation of the head cover and the space enclosed by the sleeve section together form a receiving space for the base and at least that part of the wall of the container that has the perforations.
  • Inside the sleeve section there is a pressure piece that can be moved together with the sleeve section and also with respect to the sleeve section against the force of a spring.
  • the sleeve section In a first position of the container placed in the receiving space, which forms a filling position, the sleeve section is shifted together with the pressure piece in a direction away from the head cover, and in a second position forming the sealing position, only the pressure piece is further displaced in the same direction.
  • the sleeve section rests against a travel limit stop and the pressure piece is further displaced in relation to the sleeve section.
  • a gap is formed between the head cover and sleeve section, which opens out on the inside of the housing at the level of the perforations in the container placed and is indirectly connected on the outside via a feed channel formed in the lower part of the housing with at least one feed line for at least one drink.
  • Such a device according to the invention also makes it possible for an inexperienced user to do this in a particularly quick and simple manner and way of filling a corresponding container with a drink.
  • the user To fill the container, the user only has to place the container in a first position in the device, which forms the filling layer. This is done by feeding the container vertically into the receiving space of the device and only requires a slight exertion of pressure in the vertical direction on the container.
  • the filling takes place in that the base of the container moves the sleeve section away from the head cover, so that a feed channel is formed between the sleeve section and the head cover, through which the beverage can flow in the direction of the perforations of the container and then through them into the container.
  • the user After the container has been successfully filled, the user only has to exert a further slight pressure in an approximately vertical direction on the container in order to move the container relative to the position-secured ring into a position in which the ring seals the perforations of the container.
  • the displacement path is limited by the device itself, since for further displacement only the pressure piece is displaced in the direction of the bottom of the lower housing part against the force of a spring.
  • the sleeve section remains in the filling position and only the pressure piece is moved further. This ensures that the ring forming the sealant remains in this position and only the container is moved further in relation to the ring in the vertical direction towards the lower housing part until the ring is in the sealing position completely covering the perforations. Then can the container can be removed from the device and handed over to the consumer, for example.
  • a thread to be formed on the lower housing part with a cylindrical recess and on the head cover, by means of which the parts can be screwed together.
  • the head cover can be unscrewed from the lower housing part, and then the corresponding parts, such as the sleeve section, can be removed from the device in order to be cleaned individually. Access for cleaning to the remaining parts that have not been detached from the lower part of the housing is thus made possible in a quick and simple manner.
  • the device can thus be used in a quick and simple manner by exchanging the head cover and the sleeve section for filling containers with different dimensions.
  • the spring is arranged between the lower housing part and the pressure piece.
  • the spring which also brings about the return of both the pressure piece and the sleeve section to the non-use position, is arranged approximately centrally under the pressure piece, between the pressure piece and the lower part of the housing, so that the most even possible pressure on the parts to be moved by the spring is made possible.
  • each supply line is connected to a volume control unit and/or a time control unit, by means of which the flow rate of the respective beverage through the respective supply line can be adjusted or measured and adjusted.
  • Such a quantity control unit and/or a time control unit can be arranged outside the device, for example in or on each supply line, to adapt the quantity of beverage to be dispensed by the device to the container.
  • the filling of any volume having a quick and easy way Container allows with exactly the amount that is set by the volume of the container. For example, a user of the device can set the volume to be dispensed once, and this is then automatically dispensed into each container that has been set.
  • each supply line can be controlled and regulated by means of a switchable valve, which can be switched or switched by an initiator arranged in the device.
  • Such an initiator can be arranged, for example, in the displacement path of the sleeve section, i.e. it is switched to the filling position when the sleeve section is displaced, and the supply of the beverage through the supply line and the supply channel formed on the device is activated accordingly. After the specified amount has been delivered, the feed is automatically interrupted to prevent the container from overflowing.
  • the initiator can be connected to further acoustic or optical signaling means which, for example, signal to the user that the container is no longer being filled and can now be moved further from the filling position into the sealing position.
  • the initiator is formed by a switching contact which actuates an electrical switch which is switched to the filling position by adjusting the sleeve section.
  • an optical signaling means in particular an LED
  • Such an optical signaling means which preferably consists of an LED, can signal to the user of the device in a quick and simple manner that the container is full and can be moved further into the sealed position.
  • a light source that shines through the bottom of a container that has been placed allows the user to quickly and easily recognize, even in an environment with loud noises, that the container is full and must now be moved further into the sealed position.
  • the LED is surrounded by the spring, which is arranged between the pressure piece and the lower housing part, and shines through the bottom of the container.
  • the circular perforation of the head cover opens out in a funnel shape towards the free end, with the receiving space being located on an inner lateral surface of the Surrounded area near the end of the head cover facing the sleeve section, a circumferential seal is arranged, which seals the set container against the inner lateral surface of the head cover.
  • the funnel-shaped orifice enables the container to be filled to be fed into the receiving space of the device particularly quickly and easily and in a positionally secure manner.
  • the all-round seal ensures a seal between the parts, which prevents liquids from escaping undesirably.
  • liquid that collects inside the receiving space of the device can be discharged out of the device in a particularly simple manner.
  • the channels also facilitate cleaning of the device after use, in which the device is flushed with water and/or cleaning agent, with the water and/or cleaning agent passing through the channels can run.
  • liquids that collect can be drained off and, on the other hand, cleaning of the device is made easier.
  • a travel limiting stop which consists of a projection, is arranged on the inner lateral surface of the sleeve section.
  • the projection is arranged in such a way that the ring surrounding the area of the wall of the container near the bottom bears against the projection in the filling layer. This means that the ring cannot be moved any further even if the container is pushed further into the receiving space of the device, since it is in contact with this projection, which forms a travel-limiting stop.
  • the ring remains in an unchanged position relative to the device and only the container is moved relative to the ring into a position in which the ring completely covers the perforations in the wall of the container and thus seals them.
  • the supply channel for supplying beverages is or can be connected to two or more, in particular four, beverage supply lines.
  • sealing means are arranged between the head cover and the lower housing part and between the sleeve section and the lower housing part, which seal the parts against one another in a fluid-tight manner.
  • the sealing means each consist of an O-ring made of rubber.
  • the device is integrated or can be integrated into a counter worktop.
  • Such a device according to the invention can be designed as an integral part of a counter worktop.
  • the head cover can be flush with the perforated plate of a counter worktop and, for example, the lower housing part can be connected flush with the tray plate of a counter worktop that forms a drip tray.
  • the device has a power storage device such as an accumulator or a battery for feeding the signaling means and/or the initiator, which enables autonomous operation of the device.
  • a power storage device such as an accumulator or a battery for feeding the signaling means and/or the initiator, which enables autonomous operation of the device.
  • Such an autonomously acting device with a power storage device for supplying the signaling means and/or the initiator can enable the use of such a device at almost any location.
  • the subject matter of the invention is also a device for filling a container of the type described with a container described in the introduction.
  • a container 1 for receiving drinks is shown.
  • the container 1 consists of a drinking cup.
  • the drinking cup has at least one bottom 2 and one peripheral wall 3 projecting approximately vertically from the bottom 2 .
  • the wall 3 of the container 1 has perforations 4 .
  • the container 1 can be filled with a drink through the perforations 4 .
  • the perforations 4 can be closed by a sealant that can be applied from the outside to the lateral surface of the wall 3 after the filling has been completed.
  • Such a container 1 can be filled in a particularly quick and simple manner by supplying pressurized beverage through the perforations 4 arranged on the wall 3 .
  • all holes 4 the same distance from the bottom 2 of the container 1 and are distributed evenly over the circumference of the wall 3 arranged.
  • the perforations 4 of the wall 3 are arranged in a region of the wall 3 close to the base 2 .
  • the sealing means consists of an elastic ring 5, which has two flat sides in the exemplary embodiment.
  • the ring 5 is pushed onto the wall 3 of the container 1 with its flat side.
  • the width of the ring 5 is greater than the diameter of the perforations 4 so that the ring 5 completely covers the perforations 4 in a position pushed onto the perforations 4 . This prevents liquid from flowing out of the container 1 after the ring 5 has been slid into the sealing position.
  • the ring 5 is pre-positioned in a position close to the bottom 2 of the container 1 on the container 1, encompassing the wall 3 in the process.
  • the ring 5 can be displaced along the wall 3 in order to close the perforations 4 .
  • the distance between the perforations 4 and the bottom 2 is greater than the width of the ring 5.
  • the ring 5 is prepositioned near the perforations 4 between the perforations 4 and the bottom 2 of the container 1 and can be shifted in a quick and easy way from this pre-positioned position in the direction of the perforations 4, the perforations 4 being completely covered and completely sealed in the sealing layer.
  • the ring 5 consists of a food-safe plastic, in the exemplary embodiment made of silicone.
  • the ring 5 could also consist of one of the food-safe plastics, such as rubber.
  • a shoulder 6 is formed on the outside of the wall 3 in the exemplary embodiment.
  • the paragraph 6 thus forms a travel limit stop for the ring 5.
  • the ring 5 that forms the sealant only has to be flat on its side facing the wall 3 of the container 1 so that it covers the perforations 4 and lies flush against the wall 3 .
  • the outwardly protruding surface can deviate from a flat surface and serve as an advertising medium. This can be done either by a contoured surface that deviates from the flat or by printing.
  • the device 7 has a housing with a lower housing part 8 and an upper housing part.
  • the lower housing part 8 has a cylindrical recess 9 which opens out toward the upper housing part.
  • the upper part of the housing is in the form of a head cover 10 which can be fastened to the lower part 8 of the housing and has a circular perforation 11 .
  • Lower housing part 8 with a cylindrical recess 9 and the head cover 10 each have a thread 18, 19, by means of which the parts (8 and 10) can be screwed together.
  • the circular perforation 11 at least partially covers the mouth of the cylindrical recess 9 and within the cylindrical recess 9 a sleeve section 12 is slidably arranged.
  • the head cover 10 facing end of the sleeve portion 12 is in a non-use position ( Figure 1, 2 , 5, 6 ) positioned adjacent to the head cover 10.
  • the circular perforation 11 of the head cover 10 and the space enclosed by the sleeve section 12 together form a receiving space 13.
  • the base 2 and at least that part of the wall 3 of the container 1 which has the perforations 4 can be inserted into the receiving space 13.
  • a pressure piece 15 which can be displaced together with the sleeve section 12 and also with respect to the sleeve section 12 .
  • shifting into a first position, which forms the filling layer the sleeve section 12 and the pressure piece 15 are shifted together against the force of a spring 14 .
  • the sleeve section 12 thus remains in an unchanged position relative to the filling position.
  • a path limiting stop is formed on the device, on which the Sleeve section 12 rests in the filling position, which prevents further movement of the sleeve section 12.
  • a gap 16 is formed between the head cover 10 and the sleeve section 12 .
  • the gap 16 opens out on the inside of the housing at the level of the perforations 4 of the container 1 placed and thus enables a beverage to flow through the perforations 4 of the container 1 placed.
  • a pressurized drink can thus be filled in a particularly quick and simple manner after the container 1 has been placed in the device 7 and pressure has subsequently been exerted on the container 1 in a direction approximately perpendicular to the device 7 .
  • the spring 14 is arranged between the lower housing part 8 and the pressure piece 15 , as a result of which the spring 14 returns to the non-use position after the container 1 has been removed from the device 7 .
  • the supply line for beverages can be connected to a volume control unit or a time control unit or a combination of volume control and time control.
  • a volume control unit or a time control unit or a combination of volume control and time control By means of such units, the flow rate of the respective drink or the flow time and thus the amount through the respective supply line can be set and, if necessary, measured then adjustable. This makes it possible to fill containers 1 of different sizes with a corresponding target quantity.
  • the adjustment to the size of the respective container 1 to be filled takes place only once, and then this amount is stored by the quantity control unit or via a time control unit and no further adjustment is required for further fillings. It only has to be readjusted if a container 1 with a different volume is used.
  • an initiator which is formed by a switching contact 18, is also arranged on the device 7.
  • the switching contact 18 actuates an electrical switch, which is switched to the filling position by adjusting the sleeve section 12 and transmits this to corresponding signaling means.
  • the signaling means is formed by an LED 19 shining through the pressure piece 15 in the direction of the bottom 2 of the container 1 that has been placed.
  • This LED 19 can signal to the user of the device 7 that the container 1 is being filled.
  • the switching contact 18 of the initiation sends a control signal to the LED 19. The LED 19 thus lights up during the filling process and indicates this to the user. After the container 1 has been filled, the LED 19 goes out, signaling the user that that no further filling takes place.
  • the user can now move the container 1 further into the receiving space 13 in an approximately vertical direction relative to the device 7, so that the seal arranged near the bottom 2 of the container 1, which is formed by a ring 5, completely covers the perforations 4 Sealing layer relative to the container 1 is shifted.
  • the ring 5 bears against a projection 23 which is formed on the inside of the sleeve section 12 .
  • the ring 5 remains in this position and the container 1 is moved relative to the ring 5 into a position in which the ring 5 completely covers and seals the perforations 4 in the wall 3 of the container 1.
  • the filled and sealed container 1 can then be removed from the device 7 by the user and handed over to the consumer.
  • a supply channel 17 is designed for supplying beverages. This can be connected to one or more beverage supply lines outside of the device 7 so that a choice can be made between different beverages.
  • a device 7 can also have a plurality of supply channels 17 which are each connected or can be connected to a supply line of a beverage.
  • channels 21 are formed between the pressure piece 15 and the inner lateral surface of the sleeve section 12 and between the sleeve section 12 and the cylindrical recess 9 , which channels are connected to a main drainage channel 22 .
  • the main discharge channel 22 opens out on the outside of the housing and can be connected there to a discharge line or a catchment. This allows excess beverages to be drained off in a particularly simple and hygienic manner.
  • sealing means in the form of O-rings 24 made of rubber, which seal the corresponding parts against one another in a fluid-tight manner.
  • the exemplary embodiment shown in the figures shows a device 7 that can be integrated into a counter worktop.
  • the head cover 10 can be arranged, for example, approximately flush with a drip tray 25 (perforated plate) of a counter worktop and the lower housing part 8 can be attached to a recess in the trough plate 26 (drip tray).
  • such a device 7 can also have a power storage device such as an accumulator or a battery, which are used to power the signaling means and/or the initiator. This enables autonomous operation of such a device. To operate the device 7, only a supply line with a beverage that is already pressurized must be connected to the device 7.
  • a power storage device such as an accumulator or a battery
  • a number of devices can also be provided in an arrangement next to one another, so that, for example, it is possible to fill the device with one drink each in one hand of a user.

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