US 11,613,388 B2 · Method and apparatus for siphoning a beverage into a flexible container

Abstract

A method of filling a beverage bag. The beverage bag is part of a beverage container that also includes a rigid container housing supporting a dispensing spout of the beverage bag, the dispensing spout forming a dispensing passage from an interior of the beverage bag to an exterior of the beverage container for dispensing a content of the beverage bag. The method includes running a siphoning line from a beverage reservoir to the beverage bag, removing the dispensing tap, extending a siphon line outlet portion of the siphoning line into the beverage bag through the dispensing passage, sealing the dispensing spout around the siphon line outlet portion to prevent pressure release through the dispensing spout around the siphon line outlet portion, and siphoning the beverage from the beverage reservoir into the beverage bag to expand the beverage bag to fill inner dimensions of the rigid container housing.

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Dependent claims

A method of filling a beverage bag with a beverage, comprising:

running a siphoning line from a beverage reservoir to the beverage bag, wherein the beverage bag is part of a beverage container that also includes a rigid container housing supporting a dispensing spout of the beverage bag, the dispensing spout forming a dispensing passage from an interior of the beverage bag to an exterior of the beverage container for dispensing a content of the beverage bag;
removing a dispensing tap from the beverage bag;
extending a siphon line outlet portion of the siphoning line into the beverage bag through the dispensing passage;
sealing the dispensing spout around the siphon line outlet portion to prevent pressure release through the dispensing spout around the siphon line outlet portion;
siphoning the beverage, while the dispensing spout is sealed around the siphon line outlet portion, from the beverage reservoir into the beverage bag through the siphon line outlet portion to expand the beverage bag to fill a set of inner dimensions of the rigid container housing;
and
withdrawing the siphon line outlet portion from the beverage bag once the beverage bag is expanded.

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A beverage siphoning system, comprising:

a beverage container, including a rigid container housing for housing a beverage bag, the beverage bag having a dispensing spout forming a dispensing passage to an exterior of the beverage container and a dispensing tap configured to be removably fitted into the dispensing spout, wherein the rigid container housing has an opening configured for supporting the dispensing spout of the beverage bag in a fixed position relative to the opening during siphoning of a beverage into the beverage bag when the beverage bag is housed in the rigid container housing;
a siphon line having an inlet portion for receiving the beverage from a beverage reservoir and an outlet portion shaped to extend through the dispensing passage into the beverage bag and form an air pocket in the beverage bag adjacent the dispensing spout;
and
a sealing device shaped to close the dispensing spout, when the dispensing tap is removed from the beverage bag, to prevent pressure release through the dispensing spout around the siphon line outlet portion during the siphoning, the sealing device having a bore shaped for receiving the outlet portion of the siphon line.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for siphoning a beverage into a flexible container

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Method and apparatus for siphoning a beverage into a flexible container

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