Patent ID: 6945432
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. In combination: a dispensing fixture; an inverted liquid container having upper and lower ends; said lower end of said container having a hollow throat extending downwardly therefrom which has interior and exterior surfaces; said throat of said container being detachably connected to said fixture; a throat plug assembly having upper and lower ends, positioned in said throat of said container; a first, normally closed valve movably positioned within said throat plug assembly; said first valve being movable between open and closed positions; said first valve, when in its said closed position, seating upon a valve seat; said first valve, when in its said open position, unseating from said valve seat; a spring in said throat plug assembly which is in engagement with said first valve to yieldably urge said first valve to its said closed position; said first valve, when in its said closed position, preventing liquid within the container from flowing therefrom; said first valve, when in its open position, permitting liquid within the container to flow therethrough; a flow control assembly, having open upper and lower ends, secured to said fixture below said throat of said container; said flow control assembly including a selectively vertically movable valve actuator which is selectively movable between upper and lower positions; said first valve being in its said open position when said valve actuator is in its said lower position; said valve actuator including a second valve which closes said valve seat when said valve actuator is in its said upper position.