Patent ID: 9580292
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B67D

Claim:
1. A tap dispenser comprising: a main body, said main body having a main body interior portion and an opposing main body exterior portion; a liquid flow pathway passing through said main body; a vent pathway passing through said main body, wherein air transport through said vent pathway is separated from liquid transport through said liquid flow pathway and wherein said vent pathway has a vent pathway inlet and an opposing vent pathway outlet; a vent valve operably engaged with said vent pathway outlet, wherein said vent valve is a duck bill valve; a valve cover extending from said vent pathway, wherein said valve cover at least partially encloses said vent valve, wherein said valve cover has a valve cover opening, wherein said valve cover comprises a terminal cover having a terminal cover periphery and a peripheral wall extending from said terminal cover periphery to said vent pathway outlet, wherein said terminal cover is above said vent valve, and wherein said valve cover has a valve cover drain wherein said valve cover drain has a valve cover drain invert elevation, and wherein said valve cover opening and said valve cover drain are substantially parallel; wherein said vent valve has an invert elevation and said valve cover opening has a valve cover opening invert elevation; and a liquid flow valve operably engaged with said liquid flow pathway; whereby air transport vented through said vent valve is retainable within said terminal cover thereby keeping a portion of said vent valve free of liquid.