Connector for beverage dispense line
AssigneeCarlsberg Breweries A/S
InventorsKlaus Laybourn, Niklas Ingemansson
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Abstract
A connector for connecting a beverage dispensing line to a beverage container, the connector including a central passageway; a flange; an annular first wall extending from a central portion of the flange; and a first ring extending from the first wall and configured to provide a fluid-tight interlocking connection with a corresponding annular apron of a closure of the beverage container when the connector and the closure are pushed together along the central axis. An annular skirt extends from the peripheral portion of the flange and surrounds the first wall and the first ring for providing protection and grasping surface for removing the connector from the closure.
Claims27
A connector for connecting a beverage dispensing line to a beverage container, the connector comprising:
- a keg connector end for connecting to a closure of a beverage container a line connector end for connecting to a beverage dispensing line;
- a central passageway extending along a central axis of the connector between the keg connector end and the line connector end;
- wherein
- the keg connector end comprises
- a flange comprising a central portion surrounding the central passageway and a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion;
- a fluid-tight, annular first wall extending from the central portion of the flange and surrounding a first distal end of the central passageway;
- and
- a fluid-tight, annular first ring extending from the first wall and surrounding a disc-shaped first recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.