Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
222400700 | Unitary mounting for fluid pressure inlet and material outlet | 15 |
20100181346 | DISPENSE HEAD - A dispense head to be connected to a valve of a container for fluids, in particular liquids, such as beer or water. The dispense head comprises a housing and a probe. The distal end of the probe is detached or detachable from the rest of the probe and/or the housing and the distal end is connected or connectable to a flexible hose. | 07-22-2010 |
20100252584 | DRINK TAPPING DEVICE FOR A KEG AND DISPENSING DEVICE COMPRISING THE TAPPING DEVICE AND A KEG - A device for tapping a drink from a container ( | 10-07-2010 |
20100252585 | WATER PROBE FOR BOTTOM LOADING WATER COOLER - Bottom loading water coolers are disclosed, which include (1) a cabinet having an exterior portion and an interior portion; (2) a water bottle disposed in the bottom half of the interior portion of the cabinet; (3) a cold tank disposed in the top half of the interior portion of the cabinet and above the water bottle; (4) a bottle tray disposed in the bottom half of the interior portion of the cabinet that is configured to receive the water bottle in an upright position, such that the bottle tray may be reversibly pulled out of, and pushed into, the interior portion of the cabinet; (5) a pump that injects air into the water bottle at defined and periodic intervals; and (6) a specialized probe for transferring water from the water bottle to the cold tank (and for delivering air from a pump to the water bottle). | 10-07-2010 |
20100308084 | Dispenser Head for Connection with an Extractor Device Mounted in a Beverage Container - The dispenser head ( | 12-09-2010 |
20100320238 | Keg Coupling - The disclosure relates to a dispensing device for a dispensing system to be used in connection with dispensing of a beverage. The dispensing system comprises a beverage container comprising a beverage outlet, and a pressure medium, such as CO | 12-23-2010 |
20110056998 | Wine extraction and preservation device and method - Devices and methods are disclosed for extracting fluids from within a container sealed by a cork or septum without removal of the cork or septum or the contamination of the fluid within the container by reactive gases or liquids. Embodiments of the device can include a needle connected to a valve which is in turn connected to a source of pressurized gas for displacing the fluid. Further embodiments of the device can comprise additional components that act to force the needle to be inserted through the cork or septum along a linear path, to aid in preventing buckling of the needle, to clamp the device to the container, to prevent expulsion of the cork or septum from the container, and to guide the needle through a specified region of the cork or septum. Various valves, pressure regulators, pressure ranges, needle geometries, gas selections are also presented. This device is particularly suited for the dispensing and preservation of wine. | 03-10-2011 |
20110180569 | CONTAINER, AND METHOD FOR FILLING A CONTAINER - The present invention relates to a container, in particular a large-volume disposable container, for example a keg ( | 07-28-2011 |
20130175304 | RESILIENT CLOSURE FOR PRESSURE DRIVEN DISPENSING CONTAINER - The invention is a closure for the aperture of a pressure driven dispensing container. The closure includes (a) an outer shell having a planar base including an outer first main surface and an inner second main surface. The base includes a dispensing aperture fluidly connecting the outer surface to the inner surface and receives a dispensing tube. An outer peripheral skirt juts out of the inner surface and seals the closure to the aperture of the container. The closure also includes (b) a flexible valve in contact with the inner surface located within the outer peripheral skirt and defining an interior passageway having a first opening at one end adjacent to and in fluid communication with the first dispensing aperture and having a second opening at the other end of the passageway, wherein the flexible valve is resiliently biased so that it naturally shuts and seals the second opening. | 07-11-2013 |
20130327792 | HIGH VISCOSITY RE-CIRCULATION PROBE - The present invention relates to apparatus and method for re-circulating high viscosity liquids. The apparatus comprises a recirculating probe coupled to a fluid storage and dispensing vessel by a connector, and the recirculating probe comprises: (a) a dip tube defining an output flow path; (b) an output port; (c) a recirculating port; and (d) a return flow path. The output flow path and the return flow path preferably have substantially equal cross-sectional areas, which reduce or eliminate the unbalance between the discharge pressure in the output line and that in the re-circulation line, and prevent premature wearing-out of the dispensing/recirculating pump. The output flow path and the return flow path can also be concentric to each other, which not only maximizes the effective flow area for both output and return flow paths within the limited cross-sectional area of the opening of the fluid vessel, but also avoids liquid turbulence and/or formation of air bubbles caused by free-fall drip introduction of the re-circulated liquid that is commonly observed in conventional recirculating probe designs. | 12-12-2013 |
20140124543 | Beverage Dispensing System - A beverage dispensing system for dispensing beverage from a beverage container, having a dispense head adapted to be connected to the beverage container. The dispense head having a housing having a through-going bore, and an activation handle pivotally mounted to the housing and movable between at least a deactivated position and an activated position. The beverage dispensing system further having a replaceable connection unit adapted to be connected with the dispense head and having a hollow piston member removably insertable into the bore of the housing and a dispensing line connected to the hollow piston member, whereby the hollow piston member is axially displaceable between a deactivated position and an activated position, and when in the activated position, the hollow piston member fluidly connects the extractor tube and the dispensing line to dispense beverage from the beverage container. The invention further relates to a connection unit for a beverage dispensing system, a dispense head for a beverage dispensing system, use of such dispense head as well as to a method for connecting and disconnecting the replaceable connection unit to a beverage container. | 05-08-2014 |
20140138412 | CREAMY FOAM BEER DISPENSING SYSTEM - A creamy foam beer dispensing system includes a coupler removably securable with a keg, a transportation tube, and a faucet having a handle coupled with a plunger communicating with the transportation tube. The handle is movable among a closed position, an open position, and a creamy foam position. In the closed position, the handle maintains the plunger squeezed against the transportation tube such that no beer flows from the faucet. In the open position, the handle lifts the plunger substantially, completely off the transportation tube such that beer flows smoothly from the faucet. In the creamy foam position, the handle lifts the plunger off the transportation tube a distance such that an aperture created in the transportation tube produces creamy foam flow from the faucet. | 05-22-2014 |
20140175133 | CAP FOR BEVERAGE CONTAINER - A cap assembly is provided for a beverage container for withdrawing fluid from the beverage container. The cap assembly has a cap that is connected to the beverage container, a first tube connected to the cap to provide a pressurized gas to the beverage container, and a second tube connected to the cap to transfer fluid out of the beverage container. The cap has an end wall and a cylindrical sidewall extending from the end wall to define a cap cavity. The cap cavity has female threads adapted to receive mating male threads of the beverage container. | 06-26-2014 |
20140263470 | Various Container Attachable One-handed Controllable Pneumatic Fluid Dispensing Apparatus with Vent Valve - Various container attachable pneumatic fluid dispensing apparatus ( | 09-18-2014 |
20150102070 | CONTAINER FOR HANDLING AND TRANSPORTING OF HIGH-PURITY AND ULTRA-HIGH-PURITY CHEMICALS - The invention relates to an empty container ( | 04-16-2015 |
20150108175 | Container with Pressure Relief Valve - A container for a fluid under pressure, preferably a beer keg, including a neck and a fitting mounted thereon with a suction tube for drawing the fluid into the container. A pressure relief valve is mounted in an upper end of the suction tube or in the neck of the container. The pressure relief valve includes a closing body which is mounted resiliently via a spring and movable from a closing position to an open position by the spring being compressed. | 04-23-2015 |