Patent ID: 7810679
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. An alcohol beverage dispensing apparatus comprising: a keg having a self-contained bag filled with an alcohol beverage, said keg having a curved side wall; a pressure system adapted to maintain a gas pressure in the keg against the bag to assist in the dispensing of the beverage from the dispensing apparatus, the pressure system comprising: a keg gas valve mounted to the keg to permit entry of pressurized gas into the keg; a pressure reservoir having a curved wall adapted to surround in adjacent relation a portion of the curved side wall of the keg and which is mounted in the apparatus outside the keg and in fluid flow communication with the keg gas valve, the pressure reservoir storing a charge of pressurized gas and being adapted to supply at least a portion of the charge of pressurized gas into the keg through the keg gas valve when the dispensing apparatus is operated to dispense the beverage, wherein the pressure system further comprises a gas compressor connected with the pressure reservoir for charging the reservoir with pressurized gas prior to the dispensing apparatus being operated to dispense the beverage.