BOTTLE CONNECTOR FOR BEVERAGE DISPENSER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bottle connector by which polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles with different diameters and heights of mouth parts can be connected with a beverage dispenser by one touch. SOLUTION: An inward nail 15 is provided on the top end of a flexible cylindrical part 2 facing upward on the outer peripheral side for holding the outer periphery of the mouth part B of the PET bottle A on the inside of an outer cylinder 3 fitted into a beverage feeding hole 27 of the beverage dispenser 26, and a holding means mounted with a rubber belt 14 for contracting the diameter of its top end side is provided on the outer periphery of the cylindrical part 2. A slide inner cylinder 5 with a brim 4 the top end side of which is inserted into the mouth part B to close the outlet of the downward mouth part B. A valve rod 10 fitted on the inside of the slide inner cylinder 5 is energized by a coil spring 19 to push the valve 8 to a valve seat 7. The brim 4 of the slide inner cylinder 5 is pushed and energized to the outlet of the mouth part B by a coil spring 22 to enable to fit the bottle connector 1 to the mouth part B of the PET bottle A with different diameters and heights by one touch. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO