DE29816611U1 - Device for the aseptic dispensing and mixing of still water and water enriched with CO · 2 · - Google Patents

Description

Dipl.-lng. A. Wasmeier Dipl.-lng. H. Graf

Authorized before the European Patent Office + Trade Mark Office · Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office + Trade Mark Office

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Applicant:

MUR Handelsgesellschaft mbH
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Title:

Device for sterile tapping and mixing of still water and water enriched with CO ²

Accounts: Bayerische Vereinsbank (bank code 750 200 73) 5 839 300 Postgiroamt München (bank code 700 100 80) 893 69-801

Place of jurisdiction Regensburg

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Device for sterile tapping and mixing of still water and CO ²

enriched water.

In systems where still water and carbonated water are tapped separately, it has been found that consumers do not tap still water or tap significantly less than carbonated water. This results in germs growing in the still water pipe or on the pipe walls, so that the pipe represents a significant source of pollutants for the consumer.

The aim of the innovation is to propose a solution that prevents this.

Such a solution is characterized by a block made of germ-repellent or antiseptic material, which has two separate inlets for the supply of still water and carbonated water on the top wall and a common outlet on the bottom wall, which has a Y-shaped pipe system between the inlets and the outlet, and which has a flow-blocking device in the common outlet.

The block made of antiseptic material is made of Corean, for example. The pipes that run through this block in a Y-shape are drilled with special drills and have inflow openings on the top wall and an outflow opening on the bottom wall. The inflow connections of the Y-pipe system are connected to plastic hoses that are inserted into the bores of the block, with the connection being designed in the form of plug-in connections. The common bridge of the Y-system has a solenoid valve that blocks the mixture of both waters or releases it in a continuously adjustable manner.

Instead of making the entire block out of antiseptic material, the Y-system can also be made in a block or housing out of another material, and

The pipes of the Y-system can be covered with antiseptic material to prevent the formation of germs.

An embodiment of the innovation is shown in the schematic drawing. The housing or block 1 made of antiseptic material has a Y-channel system 2 which has separate legs or inflows 3 and 4 and a common leg or outflow 5. The inflow of the inflow 3 is via the connection or opening 6, that of the leg 4 via the connection or opening 7. Each connection 3 or 4 is connected at its openings 6 or 7 via a locking device (not shown) to one end of a plastic hose, the other end of which is connected to the outlet of a liquid or dispensing valve, which in the embodiment shown is formed by a solenoid valve 9. The solenoid valves can be used to control the flow of drinks (still water and carbonated water) or to block and release them at the respective connection 3 or 4, from the outside by the user.

In a special embodiment of the innovation, the diameter of the pipe section 3, which carries still water, is e.g. 6 mm, the diameter of the pipe section 4, which carries carbonated water, is about 4 mm, and the diameter of the vertical section 5, which can carry one of the two types of water or both combined, is 5 mm. This is for a block of the order of 10x5x3 cm. All dimensions are purely examples; the teaching according to the innovation is not bound to these dimensions.

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Claims (8)

Protection claims 1. Device for sterile tapping and mixing of still water and carbonated water, characterized by a liquid channel which forms at least two separate inlets for the supply of a first type of beverage, e.g. still water, and a second type of beverage, e.g. carbonated water, as well as a common dispensing opening, wherein a wall forming the liquid channel consists at least partially of a germ-repellent or antiseptic material. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the liquid channel is at least partially formed in a block or housing made of the germ-repellent or antiseptic material. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least one flow blocking device or a dispensing or liquid valve (9) is provided in the liquid channel. 4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the liquid channel is a Y-shaped pipe or line system. 5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the antiseptic material is Corean. 6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one dispensing or liquid valve is a solenoid valve (9). 7. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at each inflow or in a feed line to an inflow a tap or -WRI n.SRS hnn liquid valve is provided. 8. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the supply lines to the inflows are plug connections.