Patent ID: 6648178
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
An apparatus for deterring operation of a tap, the tap having a tap handle, a hollow shank, a nozzle including a nozzle interior surface defining an internal flow path through which a fluid flows to a nozzle outlet, and a nozzle exterior surface, said apparatus comprising:a tap block, said tap block including a block wall having a block exterior surface and a block interior surface, said block interior surface defining a nozzle receiving cavity sized and shaped relative to the nozzle exterior surface such that at least a portion of the nozzle adjacent to the nozzle outlet is received therein, said block wall including a nozzle receiving aperture opening from said block exterior surface through said block wall to said nozzle receiving cavity, said nozzle receiving aperture opening sized and shaped relative to the nozzle exterior surface such that at least the nozzle portion insertable into said nozzle receiving cavity is received therethrough; and a securing device, said securing device is capable of maintaining said position of said tap block relative to the tap nozzle.