Beverage dispensing assembly and container for use in a beverage dispensing assembly
AssigneeHeineken Supply Chain B.V.
InventorPETER ALBERT IRMA VAN DAMME
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AssigneeHeineken Supply Chain B.V.
InventorPETER ALBERT IRMA VAN DAMME
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Beverage dispensing assembly, comprising a container (3) and a tapping apparatus (2) having a chamber (5) in which the container (3) fits and can be entered into through an opening (6) closable by a lid (7), such that the container (3) is enclosed between the lid (7) and an opposite end of a chamber (5), wherein spaced apart from the lid (7) and preferably at said opposite end of the chamber (5) a first connector (16) is provided, for feeding pressurised gas into the container (3) through a gas inlet (17) provided in the container (3), and at the side of the opening of the chamber a pressure element (19) is provided for pressing the container (3) with the gas inlet (17) onto the first connector (16).
Beverage dispensing assembly, comprising a container and a tapping apparatus having a chamber in which the container fits and can be entered into through an opening closable by a lid, such that the container is placed, it is enclosed between the lid and an opposite end of a chamber, wherein preferably spaced apart from the lid and preferably at said opposite end of the chamber a first connector is provided, for feeding pressurised gas into the container through a gas inlet provided in the container, and preferably at the side of the opening of the chamber, a pressure element is provided for pressing the gas inlet onto and/or into the first connector.
Beverage container, wherein a closure is provided in and/or on the neck region of the container, comprising a substantially tubular element at the neck region, having a closed peripheral wall, and an operating element fitting inside said tubular element, slidingly sealing against the said wall, wherein a cap is fitted at or near an end of the tubular element, closing off the tubular element, wherein the operating element can be pushed into the tubular element to such extend that it at least partly removes the cap from the tubular element and/or pierces said cap, for opening a passage from the container to a tapping line connected to the operating element.
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