Beverage dispensing assembly and tap
AssigneeHeineken Supply Chain B.V.
InventorsBernardus Cornelis Johannes Landman, Jeroen Frank Otto, Rudolf Klaas Van Beelen, Vincent Schats
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AssigneeHeineken Supply Chain B.V.
InventorsBernardus Cornelis Johannes Landman, Jeroen Frank Otto, Rudolf Klaas Van Beelen, Vincent Schats
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Dispensing assembly (10) comprising a container (1), containing a pressurized beverage, connected to or provided with a dispense assembly, wherein the dispense assembly comprises an outlet channel (12) closable by a valve body (16) and a chamber (14) between the container (1) and the valve body (16), which chamber (14) is at least partly closed by a movable and/or deformable wall part (28) connected to the valve body (16) or a valve seat, such that pressurized beverage from the container filling the chamber forces the wall part (28), into a position biasing the valve body (16) or the valve seat in a position closing the outlet channel (12) and by pushing the wall part the valve body (16) or the valve seat can be forced into a position opening the outlet channel (12), wherein preferably at least during use there is an open connection between said chamber (14) and a beverage compartment of the container (1).
Dispensing assembly comprising a container, containing a pressurized beverage, connected to or provided with a dispense assembly, wherein the dispense assembly comprises an outlet channel closable by a valve body and a chamber between the container and the valve body, which chamber comprises a movable and/or deformable wall part connected to the valve body or a valve seat, which movable and/or deformable wall part forms a closed wall part of the chamber, such that pressurized beverage from the container filling the chamber forces the movable and/or deformable wall part outward with respect to the chamber, into a position in which the valve body and/or the valve seat close off the outlet channel and by pushing the movable and/or deformable wall part inward relative to the chamber the valve body and/or the valve seat can be forced into a position opening the outlet channel.
Dispense assembly comprising a container, containing a pressurized beverage, connected to or provided with a dispense assembly, wherein the dispense assembly comprises an outlet channel closable by a valve body and a chamber between the container and the valve body, which chamber is at least partly closed by a movable and/or deformable wall part connected to the valve body or a valve seat, such that pressurized beverage from the container filling the chamber forces the movable and/or deformable wall part, into a position biasing the valve body and/or the valve seat in a position closing the outlet channel and by pushing the movable and/or deformable wall part the valve body and/or the valve seat can be forced into a position opening the outlet channel, wherein the outlet channel defines a direction of flow of the beverage towards an outlet end, and wherein the valve body is provided at or near the outlet end of the outlet channel and has a shape with a base facing in a direction against the direction of flow and a tip with an end facing in the direction of flow, wherein the valve body is connected to a valve stem extending through at least part of the outlet channel and is connected to the movable and/or deformable wall closing off part of a chamber, said movable and/or deformable wall forming part of an outward facing surface of the dispensing assembly, wherein during use pressure exerted on the movable and/or deformable wall by a pressurized beverage in said chamber biases the valve body in a position closing the outlet end.
Dispensing assembly comprising a container, containing a pressurized beverage, connected to or provided with a dispense assembly, wherein the dispense assembly comprises an outlet channel closable by a valve body and a chamber between the container and the valve body, which chamber is at least partly closed by a movable and/or deformable wall part connected to the valve body or a valve seat, such that pressurized beverage from the container filling the chamber forces the movable and/or deformable wall part, into a position biasing the valve body and/or the valve seat in a position closing the outlet channel and by pushing the movable and/or deformable wall part the valve body and/or the valve seat can be forced into a position opening the outlet channel, wherein the movable and/or deformable wall part is formed by a flexible membrane, wherein the membrane is substantially dome shaped and made of a resilient material.
Dispensing assembly comprising a container, containing a pressurized beverage, connected to or provided with a dispense assembly, wherein the dispense assembly comprises an outlet channel closable by a valve body and a chamber between the container and the valve body, which chamber is at least partly closed by a movable and/or deformable wall part connected to the valve body or a valve seat, such that pressurized beverage from the container filling the chamber forces the movable and/or deformable wall part, into a position biasing the valve body and/or the valve seat in a position closing the outlet channel and by pushing the movable and/or deformable wall part the valve body and/or the valve seat can be forced into a position opening the outlet channel, wherein the movable and/or deformable wall part is formed by a substantially dome-shaped flexible membrane made of a resilient material.
Dispensing assembly comprising a container, containing a pressurized beverage, connected to or provided with a dispense assembly, wherein the dispense assembly comprises an outlet channel closable by a valve body and a chamber between the container and the valve body, which chamber is at least partly closed by a movable and/or deformable wall part connected to the valve body or a valve seat, such that pressurized beverage from the container filling the chamber forces the movable and/or deformable wall part, into a position biasing the valve body and/or the valve seat in a position closing the outlet channel and by pushing the movable and/or deformable wall part the valve body and/or the valve seat can be forced into a position opening the outlet channel, wherein the movable and/or deformable wall part forms a portion of an outer surface of the dispensing assembly.
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