EP0098042A2 - Procédé pour relier un récipient à un distributeur - Google Patents

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EP0098042A2
EP0098042A2 EP83302794A EP83302794A EP0098042A2 EP 0098042 A2 EP0098042 A2 EP 0098042A2 EP 83302794 A EP83302794 A EP 83302794A EP 83302794 A EP83302794 A EP 83302794A EP 0098042 A2 EP0098042 A2 EP 0098042A2
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sleeve
neck
bottle
dispenser
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Patrick H. Kearney
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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
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes

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  • the present invention relates to dispensing devices for liquor bottles and other bottles and includes means for tamperproofing the attachment of the bottle to the dispensing device so that the bottle may not be removed from the dispensing device without destroying a tamper indicating sleeve. More particularly the invention relates to an improved dispensing means including a bottle sealing cork or sleeve and a co-operating screw member which together with a shrink fit seal prevent unauthorised removal of the bottle from the dispensing device.
  • Dispensing devices are in wide use for withdrawing a measured quantity of a liquid from a bottle.
  • One common usage of such dispensing devices is in taverns or restaurants where a measured quantity of liquor is removed from bottles in mixing drinks.
  • the bottles are attached to the dispenser and are then inverted on wall brackets so that the bar tender may easily draw a measured quantity of liquor from the dispenser which may be an automatic pouring device or an optical measuring device.
  • meters are used on the dispensing devices to count the number of drinks withdrawn and certain mechanical locks have been provided to attach the bottles physically to the dispensers requiring keys for bottle removal.
  • the locking means of the liquor is often experienced.
  • the locking means of the present invention provides an improved means for attaching the dispensers to the bottles. The bottles are screwed into place on the dispensers and then a plastic shrink seal is applied making it impossible to remove the bottles from the dispensers without destroying the sleeve and thus without a tampering indication.
  • the present invention enables the provision of an improved liquid dispensing device.
  • The.present invention also enables the provision of a tamperproofed dispensing device preventing bottle removal without detection.
  • the present invention further enables the provision of a means for attaching bottles to dispensing devices utilizing a relatively simple and fool-proof tamper indicating device.
  • means for connecting a container to a dispenser in a tamperproof fashion comprising a sleeve for fitting partially within a neck of a container, the sleeve being connected in use to a dispenser, an outer member for location outside the neck and being capable of engaging the neck of the container and of co-operating with the sleeve to form a fluid-tight seal and a shrink-fit sealing element capable of being shrunk into tight engagement with the container neck and the outer member.
  • the outer member may comprise an inwardly directed flange to facilitate co-operating with the sleeve.
  • the sleeve may comprise a groove with which the inwardly directed flange is capable of engaging.
  • the groove may be formed between an outwardly directed flange and an outwardly directed bead.
  • the outer member may be internally screw threaded so that it can engage the neck of a bottle by being screwed onto the bottle. This will tend to be convenient in cases when the bottle possesses an external screw threaded, but any construction permitting engagement with the neck of the bottle can be used.
  • the sleeve may be secured to a tube of the dispenser by a screw threaded means such as a nut.
  • the sealing element may be tubular and may be formed of a material which shrinks as it dries and/or which shrinks as it is heated.
  • the sealing element may be made of cellulose.
  • means for connecting a container to a dispenser the means being characterised by comprising a sleeve for fitting partially within a neck of a container, the sleeve being connected in use to a dispenser, and an outer member for location outside the neck and being capable of engaging the neck of the container and of co-operating with the sleeve and of co-operating with the sleeve to form a fluid-tight seal.
  • Preferred aspects of the second aspect are as for preferred aspects of the first aspect mutatis mutandis.
  • the upper portion of a conventional dispensing device comprises a meter 9 for counting the number of drinks dispensed.
  • the screw seal 4 is firmly attached to the meter so that an opened bottle 1 may be screwed into the screw seal 4.
  • Figure 5 illustrates the sleeve 5 which seals the mouth of the bottle 1 when the bottle is turned into the screw seal 4.
  • a preferred embodiment of the sleeve 5 is formed of moulded plastics as a unitary item. It includes a radially extending glange 11 at its bottom which is engaged within the complimentary flanged portion 12 of the screw seal 4.
  • a channel 13 is formed between the flange 11 and a radially projecting bead 14 on the sleeve 5.
  • the diameter of the sleeve 5 in the channel is slightly greater such as, for example, a few millimetres greater than the diameter of the opening in the metal sleeve at its inwardly projecting flange 15.
  • the tubular seals 10 are preferably a commercially available cellulose seal of this type which shrink a significant amount when dry. Such seals are available which when wet, as supplied, fit loosely over both the bottle 1 neck and the screw seal 4 and which shrink a significant amount to grip tightly both the screw seal 4 and the bottle 1 neck and which engage both the bottle 1 and the seal 4 so tightly that the bottle 1 may not be removed from the dispenser without rupturing the shrink seal 10.
  • One suitable shrink seal useful in the above described bottle attaching operation is a shrink drying seal sold under the trademark CELON, supplied by the Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Co. Inc. of 375 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10022 USA. Such seals are nonrally from the package liquid so that they are wet when removed from the package and applied to the bottle being sealed. Within a minute or so the seals dry and shrink to tightly engage the bottles and dispensers. Such seals require no heat during application. In certain other applications where heat is permissible a heat shrunk tube may be used and such tubes are readily available as commercially distributed products.
  • Figure 6 illustrates the tamperproofing coupling applied to a differing dispensing device.
  • the screw seal 20 is firmly attached to a tube 21 which is a portion of a remote dispensing system such as a computer controlled drink mixing device or other device.
  • the improved tamperproofing means includes the outer screw seal 20 and an inner sealing sleeve 24 attached to the dispensing tube and by a nut 25.
  • a shrink seal 26 similar to that described above, is slipped over the bottle 22 neck before The bottle 22 is screwed into the s.rew seal 20.
  • the shrink seal 26 is slipped into engagement with both the bottle 22 neck and the screw seal 20 so that it shrinks in place and provides a tamperproofing connection of the type already described.
  • the tamperproofing means of the invention is relatively simple and foolproof and is easily applied without the use of any special tools or keys or locking devices.

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EP83302794A 1982-05-27 1983-05-17 Procédé pour relier un récipient à un distributeur Ceased EP0098042A3 (fr)

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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5505349A (en) * 1990-02-09 1996-04-09 Berg Company, A Division Of Dec International, Inc. Electronic dispensing heads
KR20020066428A (ko) * 2001-02-10 2002-08-17 지성휘 음료인출장치
EP1955023A4 (fr) * 2005-12-02 2010-07-28 Pera Odishoo Procede et dispositif de controle de la quantite restante d'un liquide distribue

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US2110599A (en) * 1936-07-09 1938-03-08 Dean Tuck Dispenser
US2361449A (en) * 1940-02-24 1944-10-31 Du Pont Article of manufacture
NL109194C (fr) * 1958-12-01
US3893599A (en) * 1972-10-25 1975-07-08 Cornelius Co Means for dispensing
US4146153A (en) * 1977-07-07 1979-03-27 Knight Development Corporation Sterile dispensing device
GB2081677B (en) * 1980-08-12 1984-09-26 Coetzee John Clement Dispensing and metering devices for liquids

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5505349A (en) * 1990-02-09 1996-04-09 Berg Company, A Division Of Dec International, Inc. Electronic dispensing heads
US5507411A (en) * 1990-02-09 1996-04-16 Berg Company, A Division Of Dec International, Inc. Electronic dispensing heads
KR20020066428A (ko) * 2001-02-10 2002-08-17 지성휘 음료인출장치
EP1955023A4 (fr) * 2005-12-02 2010-07-28 Pera Odishoo Procede et dispositif de controle de la quantite restante d'un liquide distribue
US8573442B2 (en) 2005-12-02 2013-11-05 Pera Odishoo Method and device for inventory control of a dispensed liquid

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