Beverage valve assembly mounting assembly
AssigneeWelbilt Foodservie Companies, LLC
InventorsJames Wallace Brown, Bruce Burton
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Abstract
A mounting assembly includes a beverage mounting assembly having a housing. The housing has a housing wall that surrounds a cavity. A valve body is connectable to the beverage mounting assembly. The valve body is connectable to the beverage mounting assembly via a clip. The clip is insertable into both the housing and the valve body to connect the valve body to the beverage mounting assembly. At least one actuator is disposed in the cavity of the housing. The actuator rotates from a closed position to an open position that actuates pressure to the valve body from a liquid source. The actuator is separate from the clip that connects the housing to the valve body.
Claims9
A mounting assembly for a beverage dispenser, comprising:
- a housing, wherein the housing has a housing wall that surrounds a cavity, wherein the housing has a housing conduit in the cavity, wherein the housing wall has a top portion with a top opening therethrough and a bottom portion with a bottom opening therethrough, so that the housing conduit is between the top opening and the bottom opening, and wherein the housing conduit has a hole therethrough;
- a valve body having a valve body conduit therethrough;
- a clip removably insertable into each of the housing and the valve body, wherein the clip connects the housing to the valve body;
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- a spindle having an aperture therein and a longitudinal axis, wherein the spindle is in the housing conduit, wherein the spindle rotates in the conduit about the longitudinal axis from a first position to a second position, wherein the spindle has a first end that projects through the top opening of the housing and a second end that projects through the bottom opening of the housing,
- wherein the spindle further comprises a protrusion at one of the first end and the second end that projects away from the spindle in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis,
- wherein when the spindle is in the first position, the hole in the housing conduit is in communication with the valve body conduit via the aperture in the spindle, and the protrusion surrounds a portion of the clip, thus preventing removal of the clip from the housing and the valve body, and
- wherein when the spindle is in the second position, the aperture in the spindle does not align with the hole in the housing conduit and the valve body conduit, thus preventing communication between the hole in the housing conduit and the valve body conduit, and the protrusion does not cover the position of the clip, thus allowing for removal of the clip from the housing and the valve body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.