Dispensing taps
AssigneeWaddington & Duval Limited
InventorsAnthony J. Lucking, Charles A. Lane, Derek L. Tyrrell
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Abstract
A dispensing tap of the type which is attached to a cask or a bottle is described. The tap body having an inlet and an outlet and a valve element controlling the outlet. A small bore capillary tube is attached to the inlet of the tap and a sleeve surrounds the junction between the small bore capillary tube and the tap body and pass the length of the small bore capillary tube. The valve element and body are formed with cooperating screw threads so arranged that rotation of the valve element causes movement thereof relative to the outlet to open or close the outlet. A releasable locking means is provided for preventing rotation of the valve element.
Claims15
A tap for attachment to a cask or bottle comprising:
- a body having an inlet and an outlet;
- a valve element for controlling fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet;
- an elongate small bore capillary tube having a first and a second end, the first end being connected to the body inlet;
- a sleeve having a first end and a second end, the first end of the sleeve surrounding the first end of the capillary tube and the body inlet, the second end of the sleeve having a sleeve mouth flaring outwardly and backwardly so that the capillary tube does not kink against the sleeve;
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- an aperture in the sleeve to receive the second end of the capillary tube in a close fit.
A tap for attachment to a cask or bottle comprising a body having an inlet and an outlet, a valve element for controlling fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet, an elongate small bore capillary tube having a first and a second end, the first connected at one end thereof being connected to the body inlet, and a sleeve having a first end and a second end, the first end of the sleeve surrounding the junction between the small bore capillary tube and the body and part of the length of the small bore capillary tube first end of the capillary tube and the body inlet, the second end of the sleeve having a sleeve mouth flaring outwardly and backwardly so that the capillary tube does not kink against the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.