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US 2010/0059543 A1Published application
Container for dispensing beverage
AssigneeHeineken Supply Chain B.V.
InventorsArie-Maarten Paauwe, Antonius Maurits Willemen
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AssigneeHeineken Supply Chain B.V.
InventorsArie-Maarten Paauwe, Antonius Maurits Willemen
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Container (2) for dispensing beverage under pressure, which is provided with an inner space (4) for receiving the beverage to be dispensed, wherein a pressure control (8) is provided with a first compartment (16) and a pressure control compartment (50) closed towards the surroundings, wherein the first compartment is provided with a dispensing opening (32) with a shut-off (33) and driving means (17) are provided on the pressure control compartment for opening the shut-off, wherein a channel (35, 57, 62) is provided which, in opened position, is in open communication with the first compartment, wherein the pressure control compartment has a wall part (49) movable in an operating direction relative to the first compartment, which bears an operating element (68) which is slideable in, against or over said channel, and can release and seal off a gas feed-through path (62) between the first compartment and the surroundings, in particular by releasing or covering the outlet opening (60) of the channel.
Container for dispensing beverage under pressure, which is provided with an inner space for receiving the beverage to be dispensed, wherein a pressure control is provided with a first compartment and a pressure control compartment closed towards the surroundings, wherein the first compartment is provided with a dispensing opening with a shut-off and driving means are provided on the pressure control compartment for opening the shut-off, wherein a channel is provided which, in opened position, is in open communication with the first compartment, wherein the pressure control compartment has a wall part movable in an operating direction relative to the first compartment, which bears an operating element which is slideable in, against or over said channel, and can release and seal-off a gas feed-through path between the first compartment and the surroundings, in particular by releasing or covering the outlet opening of the channel.
A method for controlling the pressure in a container for dispensing beverage, wherein a pressure control is used with a shut-off of a high pressure gas compartment, which shut-off is moved in an operating direction between a closed position and an opened position, while, during use, at least with the shut-off in closed position or in opened position, on two sides of the shut-off located opposite each other in the operating direction, a pressure is set, in particular approximately said high pressure such that the force engaging the first one of said sides, in the operating direction, for closing the shut-off, is approximately equal to the force engaging the other one of said sides of the shut-off, in the operating direction, for opening the shut-off, while further, the shut-off is opened by a driving means driven by a pressure prevailing in the container.
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