Cartridge containing a beverage intended to be mounted in a device for storing and controlling the opening and closing of said cartridge, associated device, assembly and method

A device for transport, storage, opening and closing of a cartridge, the cartridge capable of receiving a liquid, the cartridge comprising:

• a wall defining a body;
• a bottom;
• and
• an opening, the opening being closed by a valve,
• the valve comprising:
• a fixed part secured to the opening;
• and
• a movable part, the movable part configured to slide with respect to the fixed part between an open position, in which the movable part is configured to allow passage of a liquid from an outside of the cartridge towards an inside of the cartridge or from the inside of the cartridge towards the outside of the cartridge, and a closed position, in which the movable part is configured to inhibit the passage of liquid, from the outside of the cartridge towards the inside of the cartridge, and from the inside of the cartridge towards the outside of the cartridge;
• an element for returning the movable part to the closed position
• wherein an upper end of the movable part of the valve projects beyond the opening of the cartridge,
• the device further comprising:
• a shell configured and dimensioned to receive the body of the cartridge, a lower end of the shell leaving free access to the bottom of the cartridge and an upper end of the shell leaving free access to the movable part of the valve, the cartridge being slidably mounted with respect to the shell, between a low position of the cartridge, in which the movable part of the valve is in the closed position, and a high position of the cartridge, in which the movable part of the valve is in the open position;
• a base, configured to be secured to the lower end of the shell, the base being dimensioned to close access to the bottom of the cartridge, the base comprising a pusher capable of moving from a rest position, in which the pusher does not exert any stress on the cartridge, to an activation position, in which the pusher is pressed on the bottom of the cartridge in order to slide the cartridge from the low position to the high position, the pusher being able to move from the rest position to the activation position due to pressure exerted by a user on the pusher;
• and
• a cap, configured to close the upper end of the shell and to control the opening and closing of the movable part of the valve, the cap comprising:
• a tubular body configured to receive the liquid leaving the cartridge via the valve, the tubular body comprising first coupling elements configured to secure the tubular body at the upper end of the movable part of the valve and second coupling elements configured to secure the tubular body to the upper end of the shell;
• a neck configured to receive the tubular body, the neck being secured with the tubular body, the neck comprising an open upper end;
• a stopper configured to close the open upper end of the neck, the stopper being intended to be removed to allow the liquid coming from the cartridge to be evacuated from the device;
• a safety system, slidably mounted opposite the neck, the safety system configured to move between a low position, in which the safety system inhibits the removal of the stopper and inhibits the activation of the pusher, and a high position, in which the stopper can be removed and the pusher can be activated;
• and
• a locking crown, mounted on the neck and rotating with respect to the neck, the locking crown configured to rotate from a first position, in which the crown inhibits displacement of the safety system from the low position of the safety system to the high position of the safety system, to a second position, in which the safety system is allowed to move from the low position of the safety system to the high position of the safety system.