Patent ID: 8528586

Claim:
An assembly including a tap for controlling fluid under pressure and a protective cap mounted around said tap, the tap including a body having a vertical axis and an internal fluid distribution circuit between an inlet adapted to be connected to a fluid source such as a bottle and a fluid outlet, at least one element for controlling the flow of fluid is situated in the internal circuit and at least one handling member includes a lever pivotably connected to the body of the tap and manually operable by an operator between at least a rest position adjacent to the body of the tap and an active position shifted by a non-zero angle relative to the body of the tap, the cap defines an inner protective space for the tap and is provided with at least one first lateral opening that enables movement of the lever between the rest and active positions, when in the active position the lever intersects the plane of the first opening and optionally projects beyond the volume of the cap, wherein: in the mounted position for the use therefore, the cap freely rotatably mobile relative to the body of the tap about the vertical axis, the portion of the cap defining the first opening has contact edges adapted to come into contact with the lever when the latter intersects the plane of the first opening and the cap is set into rotation relative to the tap, and the contact edges are oriented according to predetermined angles to exert a force on the lever urging the lever towards the rest position.