Patent ID: 7086566
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. A dispenser for consumable liquids comprising: (a) a compartment for receiving a flexible, at least partially collapsible container of consumable liquid, in a container receiving location therein, (b) a compressed gas activated pressure applicator secured at a location contiguous to the container receiving location and adapted to apply container-collapsing pressure to the container in the container receiving location, (c) a liquid dispensing location, (d) a consumable liquid flow channel defining a liquid flow path communicating between the container receiving location and the liquid dispensing location, (e) a consumable liquid control valve operatively connected to open and close the flow path and control the dispensing of consumable liquid at the liquid dispensing location, (f) an upstanding stem on the counter, (g) a dispensing head supported above the counter by the stem at the dispensing location, the flow channel passing from the compartment through the counter, and through the upstanding stem to the dispensing head, and (h) a valve activating means at the dispensing head, wherein, in operation, the flow channel receives along its length a flexible liquid delivery tube communicating between the interior of the flexible liquid container, through the channel to the dispensing head and is electrically activated.