IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0429894
(2003-04-30)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- McCann,Gerald P.
- Zatulovsky,Leonid
- Verley,Donald J.
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출원인 / 주소 |
- McCann's Engineering &
- Mfg. Co.
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
12 인용 특허 :
11 |
초록
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A bar gun includes a housing assembly with valve seats, separate inlets to those seats and separate outlets from those seats. Valve elements are operatively mounted to the housing to cooperate with the valve seats. Actuators are pivotally mounted relative to the housing assembly to provide two valv
A bar gun includes a housing assembly with valve seats, separate inlets to those seats and separate outlets from those seats. Valve elements are operatively mounted to the housing to cooperate with the valve seats. Actuators are pivotally mounted relative to the housing assembly to provide two valve actuations per actuator. A bar gun handle is arranged relative to the actuators to improve access to the actuator levers. A low-current electro-luminescent element is arranged behind a light-transmitting cover to improve visibility of labeling on the gun. Actuator bars are pivotally mounted below valve lifters on the actuators. Syrup valve elements and carbonated and noncarbonated water elements are located below the actuator bars to be actuated by the actuator bars to create the appropriate mix. Lost motion is provided between the actuator bars and the syrup valve elements to accommodate differentials in pressures between the waters and the syrups. The connector to the bar gun includes equal length supply tubes contained within a sheath. The tube end pieces at either end include grouped hole patterns. Shut off valves are employed at the tube end piece at the supply end of the connector which close the supply passages when the end piece is removed. Manual valves are also available to shut off individual supply lines.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A bar gun comprising a housing assembly including valve seats, separate outlets from the valve seats; valve elements operatively mounted in the the valve seats, respectively; actuators pivotally mounted relative to the housing assembly, each actuator operatively coupled with
What is claimed is: 1. A bar gun comprising a housing assembly including valve seats, separate outlets from the valve seats; valve elements operatively mounted in the the valve seats, respectively; actuators pivotally mounted relative to the housing assembly, each actuator operatively coupled with a separate pair of the valve elements and having a first, pivoted position displacing a first of the pair of valve elements from the respective valve seat, a second, pivoted position displacing a second of the pair of valve elements from the respective valve seat and a third, at rest position between the first and second positions with neither one of the pair of valve elements displaced from the respective valve seats. 2. The bar gun of claim 1, at least one of the actuators being operatively coupled with additional of the valve elements such that at least one of the first and second, pivoted positions displaces two valve elements from the respective valve seats. 3. The bar gun of claim 1, the housing assembly further including a pivot mount pivotally mounting each actuator, respectively, each actuator including a lever extending from the housing assembly and two valve lifters displaced laterally to either side of the respective pivot mount. 4. The bar gun of claim 3 further comprising actuator bars in the housing assembly, one of the valve elements being one of a carbonated or noncarbonated water valve element and another of the valve elements being a first syrup valve element, a first one of the actuator bars being pivotally mounted in the housing assembly, the valve element and the syrup valve element operatively coupled with the first actuator bar on one side of the first actuator bar and a first one of the valve lifters being operatively coupled with the first actuator bar on the opposite side of the first actuator bar. 5. The bar gun of claim 4, the syrup valve element being operatively coupled with the first actuator bar between water valve element and the pivotal mounting of the first actuator bar to the housing assembly. 6. The bar gun of claim 5, there being lost motion in the operative coupling between the first actuator bar and the syrup valve element. 7. The bar gun of claim 6 further comprising a plate spring between the first actuator bar and the housing assembly biasing the first actuator bar away from actuation of the water valve element. 8. The bar gun of claim 4 further comprising a first actuation plate between the water valve element and the first actuator bar, the first valve lifter being physically coupled with the water valve element through the first actuator bar and the actuation plate. 9. The bar gun of claim 8, the first valve lifter being physically coupled with the syrup valve element through the first actuator bar. 10. The bar gun of claim 9, a second one of the valve lifters being physically coupled with the actuation plate. 11. The bar gun of claim 4, the syrup valve element being between one of the outlets and one of the valve seats, the water valve element being between one of the inlets and another one of the valve seats. 12. The bar gun of claim 4, another of the valve elements being the other of a carbonated or noncarbonated water valve element and another of the valve elements being a second syrup valve element, a second one of the actuator bars being pivotally mounted in the housing assembly, the carbonated water valve element and the first syrup valve element being operatively coupled with the first actuator bar, the noncarbonated water valve element and the second syrup valve element being operatively coupled with the second actuator bar on one side of the second actuator bar and a second one of the valve lifters being operatively coupled with the second actuator bar on the opposite side of the second actuator bar. 13. The bar gun of claim 12, the second syrup valve element being operatively coupled with the second actuator bar between the noncarbonated water valve element and the pivotal mounting of the second actuator bar to the housing assembly. 14. The bar gun of claim 13, there being lost motion in the operative coupling between the second actuator bar and the second syrup valve element. 15. The bar gun of claim 14, the plate spring being between the second actuator bar and the housing assembly biasing the second actuator bar away from actuation of the noncarbonated water valve element. 16. The bar gun of claim 12 further comprising a second actuation plate between the noncarbonated water valve element and the second actuator bar, the second valve lifter being physically coupled with the noncarbonated water valve element through the second actuator bar and the second actuation plate. 17. The bar gun of claim 16, the second valve lifter being physically coupled with the second syrup valve element through the second actuator bar. 18. The bar gun of claim 17, one of the valve lifters being physically coupled with the second actuation plate. 19. The bar gun of claim 12, the second syrup valve element being between one of the outlets and one of the valve seats, the noncarbonated water valve element being between one of the inlets and another one of the valve seats. 20. The bar gun of claim 1 further comprising a spout coupled with each of the separate outlets; an elongate handle mounting the housing assembly. 21. The bar gun of claim 20, the pivot axes of the actuators lying in a plane, the elongate direction of the handle being inclined to the plane, the handle and the actuators extending on the same side of the plane. 22. The bar gun of claim 21, the elongate direction of the handle lying at approximately 60 degrees from perpendicular to the plane. 23. The bar gun of claim 20, the first position of each actuator being pivoted away from the elongate handle and the second position of each actuator being pivoted toward the elongate handle. 24. The bar gun of claim 20 further comprising a low-current electro-luminescent element disposed to at least partially surround the actuators on the housing assembly. 25. The bar gun of claim 24, the illuminating element being further disposed to illuminate the housing assembly at a position opposite to the extension of the elongate handle. 26. The bar gun of claim 25 further comprising a light transmitting cover fixed to the housing assembly and covering the illuminating element. 27. A bar gun comprising a housing assembly including at least four valve seats, separate inlets to the valve seats, separate outlets from the valve seats and pivot mounts; at least four valve elements operatively mounted in the housing assembly and biased against the at least four valve seats, respectively; actuators pivotally mounted in the pivot mounts, respectively, each actuator including a lever extending from the housing assembly and two valve lifters displaced laterally to either side of the respective pivot mount, each valve lifter operatively coupled with a separate one of the at least four valve elements, each actuator having a first pivoted position displacing a first one of the at least four valve elements from the respective valve seat, a second, pivoted position displacing a second one of the at least four valve elements from the respective valve seat and a third, at rest position between the first and second positions with neither one of the first and second valve elements displaced from the respective valve seats, at least some of the valve lifters being operatively coupled with additional of the valve elements, respectively, such that at least one of the first and second, pivoted positions displaces two valve elements from the respective valve seats. 28. The bar gun of claim 27, one of the valve elements being a first syrup valve element and one of the additional valve elements being a carbonated or noncarbonated water valve element operatively coupled with the syrup valve element, there being lost motion in the operative coupling between the one of the valve lifters and the syrup valve element. 29. The bar gun of claim 27, the pivot axes of the actuators lying in a plane, the elongate direction of the handle being inclined to the plane, the handle and the actuators extending on the same side of the plane, the elongate direction of the handle lying at approximately 60 degrees from perpendicular to the plane, the first position of each actuator being pivoted away from the elongate handle and the second position of each actuator being pivoted toward the elongate handle. 30. A bar gun comprising a housing assembly including at least four valve seats, separate inlets to the valve seats and separate outlets from the valve seats; at least four valve elements operatively mounted in the housing assembly and biased against the at least four valve seats, respectively; actuators pivotally mounted relative to the housing assembly, each actuator being operatively coupled with a separate pair of the at least four valve elements, each actuator having a first, pivoted position displacing a first of the pair of valve elements from the respective valve seat, a second, pivoted position displacing a second of the pair of valve elements from the respective valve seat and a third, at rest position between the first and second positions with neither one of the pair of valve elements displaced from the respective valve seats, each of the actuators including a pivot mount, a lever extending from the housing assembly and two valve lifters, each valve lifter being operatively coupled with at least one of the valve elements, the lever and the valve lifters being pivotable together about the pivot mount, at least some of the levers being operatively coupled with additional of the at least four valve elements such that at least one of the first and second, pivoted positions displaces two valves from the respective valve seats. 31. The bar gun of claim 30 further comprising a spout coupled with each of the separate outlets; an elongate handle mounting the housing assembly, the first position of each actuator being pivoted away from the elongate handle and the second position of each actuator being pivoted toward the elongate handle. 32. The bar gun of claim 31, the pivot axes of the actuators lying in a plane, the elongate direction of the handle being inclined to the plane, the handle and the actuators extending on the same side of the plane. 33. The bar gun of claim 32 further comprising a low-current electro-luminescent element disposed to at least partially surround the actuators on the housing assembly. 34. The bar gun of claim 33, the illuminating element being further disposed to illuminate the housing assembly at a position opposite to the extension of the elongate handle. 35. The bar gun of claim 34 further comprising light transmitting covers fixed to the housing assembly and covering the illuminating element. 36. A bar gun comprising a housing assembly including at least six syrup valve seats, a carbonated water valve seat, a noncarbonated water valve seat, separate inlets to the valve seats and separate outlets from the valve seats; at least six syrup valve elements operatively mounted in the housing assembly and biased against the at least six valve seats, respectively; a carbonated water valve element operatively mounted in the housing assembly and biased against the carbonated water valve seat; a noncarbonated water valve element operatively mounted in the housing assembly and biased against the noncarbonated water valve seat; actuators operatively mounted to the housing assembly, each actuator being operatively coupled with one or two of the at least six syrup valve elements and with one or the other or both of the carbonated water valve element and the noncarbonated valve element; a first actuation plate over the carbonated water valve element; a second actuation plate over the noncarbonated water valve element; coupled with each of the syrup valve elements, respectively, and actuated by the associated actuator bars, each actuator bar having a first position extending to the first actuation plate to actuate the first plate along with the one syrup valve element and a second position extending to the second actuation plate to actuate the second plate along with the one syrup valve element. 37. A bar gun comprising a housing assembly including valve seats, separate inlets to the valve seats and separate outlets from the valve seats; a carbonated water valve element operatively mounted in the housing assembly and biased against one of the valve seats; a syrup valve element operatively mounted in the housing assembly and biased against another of the valve seats; an actuator mounted relative to the housing assembly, the actuator operatively coupled with the carbonated water valve element and the syrup valve element and having a first position displacing the valve elements from the respective valve seats and a second position with the valve elements not displaced from the respective valve seats; an actuator bar in the housing assembly, the carbonated water valve element and the syrup valve element operatively coupled with the actuator bar on one side of the actuator bar and the actuator operatively coupled with the actuator bar on the opposite side of the actuator bar, there being lost motion in the operative coupling between the actuator bar and the syrup valve element. 38. The bar gun of claim 37, the actuator bar being pivotally mounted in the housing assembly, the syrup valve element being operatively coupled with the actuator bar between the carbonated water valve element and the pivotal mounting of the actuator bar to the housing assembly. 39. The bar gun of claim 38 further comprising a plate spring between the actuator bar and the housing assembly biasing the actuator bar away from actuation of the carbonated water valve element. 40. A bar gun comprising a housing assembly including valve seats, separate inlets to the valve seats and separate outlets from the valve seats; valve elements operatively mounted in the housing assembly and biased against the valve seats, respectively; actuators mounted relative to the housing assembly, each operatively coupled with one or more of the valve elements; a tube end piece fixed to the housing assembly and including first tube fittings arranged in a first pattern and in communication with the separate inlets, respectively; a valve assembly remote from the tube end piece and including a flow control valve block, flow valves in the flow control valve block, separate inlet supply passages to the flow valves, respectively, separate outlet supply passages from the flow valves, respectively, and second tube fittings arranged in a second pattern being in communication with the separate outlet supply passages, respectively, the first and second patterns both being closely grouped. 41. The bar gun of claim 40 further comprising equal length tubes extending between and coupled with the respective first and second tube fittings of the first and second patterns. 42. The bar gun of claim 40 further comprising a flexible tube sheath fixed to the flow control valve block and fixed relative to the tube end piece at the ends of the flexible tube sheath, the tubes extending through the flexible tube sheath.
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