Replaceable component for a beverage container, a combination of a replaceable component for a beverage container and a beverage container, and a method of using a replaceable component for a beverage container
AssigneesAsahi Group Holdings, Ltd., Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
InventorsTomohisa Miyatani, Tsutomu Maeda, Masanori Yamagishi, Motohiro Inagaki
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Abstract
A replaceable component for a beverage container to be attached to a beverage extraction pipe of the beverage container is provided. The replaceable component for a beverage container includes a tubular member slidable along a longitudinal direction of the beverage extraction pipe and capable of coming in annular contact with an outer circumferential surface of the beverage extraction pipe, and a bag, which is attached to the tubular member, for containing a beverage.
Claims20
A replaceable component for a beverage container to be attached to a beverage extraction pipe of a fitting, the fitting having the beverage extraction pipe, an attachment portion attached to a mouth portion of the beverage container, and an outer cylindrical portion arranged radially outside the beverage extraction pipe, the replaceable component comprising:
- a tubular member that is slidable along a longitudinal direction of the beverage extraction pipe and capable of coming in annular contact with an outer circumferential surface of the beverage extraction pipe;
- a bag for containing a beverage, the bag being attached to the tubular member;
- and
- a non-bag-shaped protective sheet arranged above the bag,
- wherein the tubular member includes:
- a tubular portion that functions as a guided portion guided by the beverage extraction pipe when the tubular member moves along the longitudinal direction of the beverage extraction pipe;
- and
- a flange portion to which the bag is welded,
- wherein the non-bag-shaped protective sheet has a through hole into which the beverage extraction pipe is to be inserted, and
- wherein the non-bag-shaped protective sheet is deformable upwardly such that, in a state in which the replaceable component is attached to the beverage extraction pipe of the fitting, the non-bag-shaped protective sheet is deformed so as to face an outer circumferential surface of the outer cylindrical portion.
A combination comprising:
- a replaceable component for a beverage container;
- and
- a beverage container,
- wherein the beverage container comprises:
- a beverage container main body;
- and
- a fitting attached to a mouth portion of the beverage container,
- wherein the fitting includes:
- a beverage extraction pipe inserted into the beverage container main body;
- an attachment portion attached to the mouth portion;
- and
- an outer cylindrical portion arranged radially outside the beverage extraction pipe,
- wherein the replaceable component comprises:
- a tubular member that is slidable along a longitudinal direction of the beverage extraction pipe and configured to come in annular contact with an outer circumferential surface of the beverage extraction pipe;
- a bag for containing a beverage attached to the tubular member;
- and
- a non-bag-shaped protective sheet arranged above the bag,
- wherein the tubular member includes:
- a tubular portion that functions as a guided portion guided by the beverage extraction pipe when the tubular member moves along the longitudinal direction of the beverage extraction pipe;
- and
- a flange portion to which the bag is welded,
- wherein the non-bag-shaped protective sheet has a through hole into which the beverage extraction pipe is to be inserted,
- wherein a plurality of through hole portions are formed in the outer cylindrical portion, and
- wherein the non-bag-shaped protective sheet is deformable upwardly such that, in a state in which the replaceable component is attached to the beverage extraction pipe of the fitting, the non-bag-shaped protective sheet is deformed so as to face an outer circumferential surface of the outer cylindrical portion.
A method of using a replaceable component for a beverage container, the replaceable component comprising:
- a tubular member having a flange portion;
- a bag welded to the flange portion of the tubular member;
- and
- a non-bag-shaped protective sheet arranged above the bag,
- wherein the non-bag-shaped protective sheet has a through hole into which a beverage extraction pipe is to be inserted,
- wherein the beverage container includes a fitting attached to a mouth portion of the beverage container,
- wherein the fitting includes:
- the beverage extraction pipe;
- an attachment portion attached to the mouth portion;
- and
- an outer cylindrical portion arranged radially outside the beverage extraction pipe,
- wherein a plurality of through hole portions are formed in the outer cylindrical portion, and
- wherein the non-bag-shaped protective sheet is deformable upwardly,
- the method comprising:
- inserting the beverage extraction pipe into the through hole of the non-bag-shaped protective sheet;
- inserting a lower end of the beverage extraction pipe into the tubular member;
- sliding the tubular member along a longitudinal direction of the beverage extraction pipe such that a part of the beverage extraction pipe protrudes from a lower end of the tubular member;
- attaching the replaceable component to the beverage extraction pipe such that the non-bag-shaped protective sheet is deformed upwardly so as to face an outer circumferential surface of the outer cylindrical portion, and such that a state in which the tubular member is in annular contact with an outer circumferential surface of the beverage extraction pipe is maintained;
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- inserting the beverage extraction pipe to which the replaceable component has been attached into the beverage container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.