Tap head for keg fittings

US5657911A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Joachim Mogler · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Mogler · Eppingen, DE
• Helmut Wiedmann · Heilbronn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 1995
• Grant date: Aug 19, 1997
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D1/125
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tap head for keg fittings comprises a sliding guide means containing an annular seal and a guideway for pushing the tap head onto the protruding rim of a plate of the keg fittings, wherein at least the sliding guide means of the tap head consists of spring elastic material and a projecting guide piece of the guideway engages under the rim of the plate. The modulus of elasticity of the material forming the sliding guide means and the geometry and the dimensions of the guide piece are determined such that the guide piece undergoes deformation at a predetermined gas pressure in the housing of the tap head and a gap for the release of excess gas pressure is formed between the plate and the annular seal.