Safety tap handle
AssigneeChrislan Ceramics and Glassware Decorating Inc.
InventorsAlan Jack Johan Laninga, Jack Anthony Laninga
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for a tap handle for beverage dispensing comprising a ceramic, porcelain, or stoneware handle filled with a foam, preferably polyurethane foam which renders the tap handle more resilient and resistant to sharding. Ideally, polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam is injected into a tap handle shell in liquid form, which solidifies and is capped with a glue, an internally threaded cap, and a protective plastic cap.
Claims23
An improved tap handle for use with a beverage dispensing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a hollow shell having at least one open end;
- (b) a hardened foam disposed within said shell;
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- (c) said foam adheres to and reinforces said shell;
- wherein said shell has a porous interior surface and said foam adheres to said porous interior surface.
An improved tap handle for use with a beverage dispensing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a hollow shell having at least one open end;
- (b) a hardened foam disposed within said shell;
- (c) said foam adheres to and reinforces said shell;
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- (d) a layer of glue or epoxy disposed inside said shell proximate to an open end between said foam and said open end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.