Patent ID: 8528596
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Distributor ( 5 ) for a drink dispersing system with at least two discharge channels ( 10 , 16 ) and a feed channel arranged at an equal distance from and parallel to a central shaft ( 13 ), and a distributor body ( 12 , 17 , 18 ) disposed rotatably around the shaft ( 13 ) with a feed end ( 12 ′) disposed along the shaft ( 13 ) and a discharge end ( 12 ″) disposed at a radial distance therefrom, which, by way of rotation of the distributor body ( 12 , 17 , 18 ) can be selectively and fluidly connected with the respective discharge channels ( 10 , 16 ), wherein the feed channel ( 11 ) extends along the central shaft ( 13 ) and along the discharge channels ( 10 , 16 ), wherein the distributor body comprises a U-shaped connecting channel ( 12 ) and can be arranged together with the feed end ( 12 ′) rotatably in the line of projection of the feed channel ( 11 ) in fluid connection with the respective discharge channels ( 10 , 16 ) characterized in that the U-shaped connecting channel ( 12 ) is provided, in close proximity to an upper side, with a breather duct ( 32 ) extending through a perimeter wall of the channel ( 12 ) in the through-flow direction up to the U-shaped connecting channel ( 12 ), and wherein the U-shaped connecting channel is provided in close proximity to an upper side with an annular bearing wall ( 35 ) extending around a breather opening in the outer wall of the U-shaped connecting channel ( 12 ) and which engages with a cam extending to the inside of the annular bearing wall ( 35 ) or which protrudes through an opening in a cover plate ( 27 ) of the distributor ( 5 ).