# US 10,501,308 B2 · Beverage feeder and beverage feeder assembly

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- Number: US 10,501,308 B2
- Document ID: US10501308B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/573,449
- Filed: 2016-05-02
- Published: 2018-05-24
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2015-05-12
- Assignees: NPC, Inc.
- Applicants: Npc Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: In Hwan Song
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501308B2

## CPC

- B67D 1/1272: {preventing froth}
- A47G 19/22: Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service (glass or drinking-vessel underlays A47G23/03 {; cups as travelling or camp articles A45F3/16; collapsible cups A45F3/20; cups made of plastics B65D1/265, made of paper B65D3/06; measuring cups G01F9/00})
- A47G 19/2205: {Drinking glasses or vessels (A47G19/23 takes precedence)}
- A47G 19/2233: {related to the evolution of bubbles in carbonated beverages}
- B65D 1/06: with closable apertures at bottom
- B67D 1/0894: {for the vessel to be filled}
- B67D 3/0058: {Details}
- A47G 19/2255: {Details related to the connection between the liquid containing part and the supporting part}
- B67D 1/0805: {Openings for filling}
- B67D 2210/00065: related to the use of drinking cups or glasses
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a beverage feeder and, particularly, to a beverage feeder in which a sealing member is disposed at a part lower than a discharge part of a nozzle, and the sealing member is disposed at the lower part of a beverage container so as to easily fit or separate the beverage container to/from the nozzle and, simultaneously, enable effective sealing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A beverage feeder assembly comprising:
a beverage container including a container body having an inlet formed in a bottom surface thereof, a holder installed at the inlet to be slidable on the container body and configured to open and close the inlet, and a locking member interposed between the holder and the container body and configured to elastically support the holder in a direction in which the inlet is closed, and
wherein the holder includes a cover part having a disc shape configured to cover the inlet, a holder sidewall part formed below the cover part and having a cylindrical shape, and an injection hole formed at an upper portion of the holder sidewall part in a circumferential direction;
a beverage feeder including a nozzle for insertion into the inlet and a sealing member disposed below a discharge part of the nozzle and arranged to be interposed between the bottom surface of the container body and the beverage feeder; and
wherein the nozzle includes a diameter decreasing part and a diameter increasing part disposed below the diameter decreasing part; and
when the nozzle is completely inserted into the holder sidewall part, the sealing member is disposed such that the lower surface of the holder sidewall part presses against the sealing member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The beverage feeder assembly of claim 1, wherein a tapered part is formed at an upper portion of the nozzle such that an outer diameter of the tapered part decreases toward an upper portion of the tapered part.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The beverage feeder assembly of claim 1, wherein an upper edge of the nozzle is formed to be round.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The beverage feeder assembly of claim 1, wherein the beverage feeder further includes grippers disposed at circumferences of both sides of the nozzle, and
a stopping step, to which a stopping protrusion of the beverage container is hooked, formed inside the grippers, and wherein the stopping step is formed in an arc shape, and a radius value of a central portion of the stopping step is less than that of an end portion of the stopping step.