Dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor – Totalizer for successive dispenser cycles
Patent
1984-07-10
1987-04-28
Skaggs, H. Grant
Dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
Totalizer for successive dispenser cycles
222 63, 222641, 222153, 222181, 222504, B67D 300
Patent
active
046607420
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a system for activating a dosing apparatus to dispense predetermined quantities of a beverage from a bottle and comprising a substantially annular electromagnet for receiving during the dispensing the dosing apparatus disposed on the bottle and for opening a valve in the dosing apparatus by activation, said valve enabling the beverage quantity in question to flow out.
BACKGROUND ART
It is known to activate a dosing apparatus by means of a magnet ring to dispense a drink from a bottle; the previously known systems or similar apparatuses used in this connection are, however, encumbered with various draw-backs making it possible to interrupt the dispensing too early.
It is the object of the present invention to procure a system of the above mentioned type ensuring that exactly the predetermined quantity is dispensed at any time.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
This is obtained by the system according to the invention being characterised in that the magnet ring is associated with a locking means for locking the bottle with the dosing apparatus in the magnet ring during the dispensing, and in that the system comprises a control device, which by activation is adapted to control the function of the locking means as well as the function of the magnet ring so that both are kept activated at least until the dispensing of the drink in question has been terminated.
It is hereby obtained that the bottle with the dosing apparatus in question is maintained in the magnet ring with no possibility of the user removing the bottle before the dispensing is terminated, and simultaneously the control device ensures that the magnet ring is kept active too, until the dispensing is terminated. Such a system is especially suited for use in bars and restaurants, and due to this system the customer can be quite certain that the quantity of the drink dispensed is correct.
According to the invention the control device may comprise a reader located in connection with the magnet ring, said reader being adapted to read a code located on the dosing apparatus during the movement of the dosing apparatus into the magnet ring and thereby to activate the remaining part of the control device. It is thus made possible to activate the dosing apparatus automatically.
Furthermore, according to the invention the magnet ring and the locking means may be mounted on a pivotally mounted and spring-biased lever arm, and the control device may be connected with the magnet ring and the locking means by means of a switch capable of cooperating with the lever arm in such a manner that the control device activates the magnet ring and the locking means by means of the switch, when said switch is actuated by the lever arm by its depressing after activation of the control device itself. It is hereby obtained that the automatic dispensing of the drink may be initiated only by depressing the lever arm, but it may of course also be delayed until the depressing, so that the user may control the initiation with great accuracy.
According to the invention the locking means may also comprise a slide activable by means of an electromagnet and adapted to engage the dosing apparatus and to lock it in the magnet ring during the dispensing, whereby the locking is ensured in a simple manner by using electric current already used to activate the magnet ring.
The control device may according to the invention comprise a computer adapted to connect the switch with a power source by means of a signal from the reader and besides to switch off the current to the switch, when a predetermined period of time has passed from the activation of the switch by means of the lever arm, the switch thereby being returned to the starting position from before the actuation of the lever arm. An especially advantageous embodiment of the invention is thereby ob tained.
The computer may according to the invention comprise a registration unit adapted to register the dispensing of the drink in question with regard to number as well as to type, of which the latter i
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