Patent ID: 7584873
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. A beverage container that is adapted to accept a pressurizing system having an internal CO 2 cartridge that can be selectively tapped from outside the container which has been sealed and a mechanism for maintaining a predetermined CO 2 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; and 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.