Dispensing container for carbonated beverages
OwnerGünter Grittmanninventor
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Abstract
A beverage container of the type having an internal CO2 cartridge, that is adapted to be tapped from the outside and to be connected to a constant pressure-maintaining mechanism, has a tap provided on the upper edge of the container. The tap: is connected on its inner end with a riser line; comprises an outside tube in which an inside tube is slidably arranged; has a terminal coupling of the outside tube that is located at the end of the riser line; and is formed so that the inside tube comprises a projection which closes the riser line when the tap is in its pushed-in condition. A tapping actuator on the outer end of the inside tube operates a plunger that is connected to a tapered member that cooperates with a correspondingly tapered seat positioned within the inside tube.
Claims14
A beverage container that is adapted to accept a pressurizing system having an internal CO2 cartridge that can be selectively tapped from outside the container which has been sealed and a mechanism for maintaining a predetermined CO2 pressure from the cartridge, the container comprising:
- a tap provided on an upper edge of the container and being axially movable between a storage position, in which the tap is contained substantially within a volume of the container, and an activated position, in which the tap protrudes from one wall of the container;
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- a riser line positioned inside the container and connected to the tap;
- wherein the tap comprises an outside tube in which an inside tube is slidably arranged, the outside tube being sealingly mounted in a container wall, a terminal coupling on an inner end of the outside tube for connecting to the riser line, a projection on the inside tube for closing the riser line when the tap is in the tap's storage position, a plunger at a radially outer end of the inside tube, coupled with a device for selectively axially displacing the plunger, a tapered member that is axially displaceable by the plunger and tapers in a beverage exit direction of the inside tube, movably positioned in the inside tube, and a tapered seat positioned in the inside tube and cooperating with the tapered member to form a selectively openable seal.
A container for dispensing a carbonated beverage, comprising:
- a sealable container having associated therewith a self-contained system for providing a predetermined pressure level of CO2 within a volume of the container;
- a tap provided on an upper edge of the container and being axially movable between a storage position, in which the tap is contained substantially within the container volume, and an activated position, in which the tap protrudes from one wall of the container;
- a riser line positioned inside the container and connected to the tap;
- wherein, the tap comprises an outside tube in which an inside tube is slidably arranged, the outside tube being sealingly mounted in a container wall, a terminal coupling on an inner end of the outside tube for connecting to the riser line, a projection on the inside tube for closing the riser line when the tap is in the tap's storage position, a tapered member that is axially displaceable in the inside tube and tapers in a beverage exit direction of the inside tube, and a tapered seat positioned in the inside tube and cooperating with the tapered member to form a selectively openable seal;
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- a device for selectively axially displacing the tapered member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.