Patent ID: 6820775
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
A beverage container comprising:a substantially cylindrical lower side wall and floor defining a lower beverage chamber and centered on an axis; a substantially cylindrical upper side wall and upper wall centered on the axis and defining an upper pressurized-gas chamber axially aligned above the lower chamber; an annular partition having an outer edge welded to an upper edge of the lower side wall and a lower edge of the upper side wall and a center part closely juxtaposed with the upper wall of the upper chamber, the partition downwardly closing the upper chamber and upwardly closing the lower chamber; a tap assembly mounted on the upper-chamber upper wall and having a riser tube projecting through the partition center part into a lower region of the lower chamber, a gas valve fixed to the upper-chamber upper wall, and a tap valve protecting radially past the upper ring; and a pressure regulator connected between the gas valve and the tap valve; an upper protective ring fitted to the upper part and formed with a seat fitted to the tap valve; and a lower protective ring fitted to the lower part, the rings and side walls having generally the same diameters.