Safety tap handle
View Patent ↗An apparatus is disclosed for a tap handle for beverage dispensing comprising a ceramic, porcelain or stoneware handle filled with a foam, preferably polyurethane foam which renders the tap handle more resilient and resistant to sharding. Ideally, polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam is injected into a tap handle shell in lquied form, which solidifies and is capped with a glue, an internally threaded cap and a protective plastic cap.
1. An improved tap handle for use with a beverage dispensing apparatus comprising:
(a) a hollow elongated shell having an open end;
(b) a hardened foam disposed within said shells;
(c) a layer of glue disposed inside said shell proximate to said open end between said foam and said open end;
(d) an annular, metal ferrule having internal threads and a top and bottom and being disposed in said interior of said shell, said bottom abutting said glue; and
(e) an annular plastic cap attached to said top of said ferrule.
2. A tap handle according to claim 1 , wherein said shell is comprised, at least in part, of ceramic material.
3. A tap handle according to claim 2 , wherein said ceramic material is stoneware.
4. A tap handle according to claim 2 , wherein said ceramic material is porcelain.
5. A tap handle according to claim 1 , wherein said shell is comprised, at least in part, of plastic.
6. A tap handle according to claim 1 , wherein said shell is comprised, at least in part, of resin.
7. A tap handle according to claim 1 , wherein said shell is comprised, at least in part, of wood.
8. A tap handle according to claim 1 wherein said foam is polyurethane foam.
9. A tap handle according to claim 8 wherein said foam is polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate foam.