Patent ID: 7832596
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly comprising: a tapping rod including a chamber that can be placed in fluid communication with a beverage in a container having a neck; a riser having one end of which is located in the chamber of the tapping rod and the other end of which can be placed in fluid communication with the beverage in the container; a gas valve located in the tapping rod for allowing gas to flow into the chamber of the tapping rod and out of the chamber into the beverage in the container when the gas valve is open and for closing off the flow of gas to the chamber of the tapping rod when the gas valve is closed; a beverage valve located at or within the end of the riser that is located in the chamber of the tapping rod for allowing the beverage to flow into and through the riser when the beverage valve is open and for closing off the flow of the beverage through the riser when the beverage valve is closed; and a connecting device connected to the tapping rod or the neck and a pressure body provided between the connecting device and the beverage valve and gas valve for opening and closing the gas valve and the beverage valve, the pressure body having at least one beverage channel for placing the beverage in the container in fluid communication, through the riser, with a beverage dispensing line when the beverage valve is open and at least one gas channel effective to place the beverage in the container, when the gas valve is open, in fluid communication, through the chamber of the tapping rod and through the open gas valve, with a gas supply line, wherein said beverage valve is sealingly pressable against said gas valve, the pressure body being movable axially with respect to the neck of the container, at least part of the gas channel being located inside the pressure body.