Beverage dispensing assembly and container for use in a beverage dispensing assembly
AssigneeHeineken Supply Chain B.V.
InventorPeter Albert Irma Van Damme
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Abstract
Beverage dispensing assembly, comprising a container (3) and a tapping apparatus (2) having a chamber (5) in which the container (3) fits and can be entered into through an opening (6) closable by a lid (7), such that the container (3) is enclosed between the lid (7) and an opposite end of a chamber (5), wherein spaced apart from the lid (7) and preferably at said opposite end of the chamber (5) a first connector (16) is provided, for feeding pressurized gas into the container (3) through a gas inlet (17) provided in the container (3), and at the side of the opening of the chamber a pressure element (19) is provided for pressing the container (3) with the gas inlet (17) onto the first connector (16).
Claims26
Beverage dispensing assembly, comprising a container and a tapping apparatus having a chamber in which the container fits and can be entered into through an opening closable by a lid, such that the container is enclosed between the lid and an opposite end of the chamber, wherein in the chamber spaced apart from the lid is a first connector for feeding pressurised gas into the container through a gas inlet provided in the container, wherein at a side of the chamber at which said opening is provided, the tapping apparatus is provided with a pressure element for pressing the gas inlet onto and/or into the first connector, further comprising a closure in and/or on a neck region of the container comprising a substantially tubular element extending into the neck region and an operating element fitting or fitted inside said substantially tubular element, and a cap at or near an end of the substantially tubular element closes off the substantially tubular element, wherein the operating element can be pushed into the substantially tubular element to such extent that it at least partly removes the cap from the substantially tubular element and/or pierces said cap such that the cap is prevented from reclosing the end of the substantially tubular member.
Beverage dispensing assembly, comprising a container and a tapping apparatus having a chamber in which the container fits and can be entered into through an opening closable by a lid, such that the container is enclosed between the lid and an opposite end of a chamber, wherein in the chamber spaced apart from the lid is a first connector for feeding pressurised gas into the container through a gas inlet provided in the container, wherein at a side of the chamber at which said opening is provided, the tapping apparatus is provided with a pressure element for pressing the gas inlet onto and/or into the first connector, wherein the apparatus comprises a tapping valve operating system, within or above the opening of the chamber, to which a tapping line and/or a valve provided in and/or on a dispense line can be connected, such that with the tapping valve operating system a passage of the dispense line can be brought into fluid communication with the environment for dispensing a beverage from the container or blocked there from, for interrupting or preventing such dispensing, wherein the tapping valve operating system comprises a tapping handle and a valve engagement portion engaging a valve connected to or provided in said tapping line, wherein between said tapping handle and said valve engagement portion a bi-stable spring operated assembly is provided, such that upon movement of the handle over a predetermined angle from a rest position the bi-stable spring operated assembly switches from a first stable position into a second stable position, forcing the engagement portion from a position fully closing the valve into a position fully opening the valve, irrespective of movement of the handle further away from the rest position.
Beverage dispensing assembly, comprising a container and a tapping apparatus having a chamber in which the container fits and can be entered into through an opening closable by a lid, such that the container is enclosed between the lid and an opposite end of the chamber, wherein in the chamber spaced apart from the lid is a first connector for feeding pressurised gas into the container through a gas inlet provided in the container, wherein at a side of the chamber at which said opening is provided, the tapping apparatus is provided with a pressure element for pressing the gas inlet onto and/or into the first connector, wherein an operating element comprises or is connected to, at a side opposite a forward end facing the cap, an at least partly flexible dispense line and an outward flaring surface surrounding a part of the dispense line, wherein the dispense line is supported by the flaring surface during use.
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