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US 2015/0307341 A1Published application
Plastic beer keg
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorWilliam P. Apps
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Abstract
A plastic beer keg includes an outer container and an inner liner. A removable lid is secured over an opening to the container to enclose the liner. The liner includes a neck portion and a body portion. A head contact member transfers axial forces imparted by handling equipment away from the neck portion.
Claims24
A plastic beer keg including:
- a container having a base and a wall extending upward from a periphery of the base to define a container interior;
- a liner within the container interior, the liner including a neck portion and a body portion;
- a valve assembly connected to the neck portion of the liner;
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- a head contact member adjacent the valve for transferring axial load away from the neck portion of the liner.
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A plastic beer keg liner assembly including:
- a plastic liner including a neck portion, a body portion and a shoulder portion between the neck portion and the body portion;
- a valve assembly within the neck portion of the liner;
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- a head contact member adjacent the neck portion of the liner for transferring axial load away from the neck portion of the liner.
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A plastic lid comprising:
- an annular rim portion;
- a lip projecting downwardly from the rim portion;
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- a lower annular wall portion having an opening therethrough, the lower annular wall portion spaced downwardly from the rim portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.