Pressure reducing and regulating valve comprising a tapping mechanism for a pressure cartridge that can be attached underneath a receptacle cover

US8684240B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Impress GmbH & Co. OHG · DE
• Diefenbacher Kunststoff GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hans Sauer · Bamberg, DE
• Werner Neukirch · Andernach, DE
• Günther Grittman · Eppingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 1, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/7929
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a valve unit (26) comprising a cartridge and valve holder (1), which has means (6) for connecting the same to a cartridge protective housing (3), means (7; 36, 49) for sealingly fastening the same in a hole (10) that is provided for this purpose in a liquid receptacle (11) as well as a lateral, continuous hole (20), an internal housing (4), which is mounted in the cartridge and valve holder (1), in which a tapping tip (8) and a pressure-reducing valve unit (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) are located at the end of the internal housing (4) facing the cartridge protective housing (3), wherein the pressure-reducing valve unit has a pressure-regulating chamber (13), wherein the pressure-regulating chamber (13) encompasses a connection to the interior of the liquid receptacle (11) via a continuous hole (19) in the internal housing (4) and the lateral, continuous hole (20) in the cartridge and valve holder (1), which [connection] is protected or can be blocked by a non-return valve. The unit forms a valve along with the cartridge protective housing and a cartridge that is located therein, which [valve] can be incorporated into a liquid receptacle, e.g., a 5-L keg of beer…