Patent ID: 7258252

Claim:
A liquid dispensing device for dispensing a liquid food product including wine, olive oil or fresh juice such as orange juice from a liquid container, the dispensing device having: a base unit having a reservoir, an opening feeding to the reservoir able to receive the outlet of a replaceable liquid receptacle, and a dispensing outlet feeding from the reservoir; a sealing means for substantially sealing the opening of the base unit when the outlet of the liquid container is inserted therein to form a substantially sealed system; and a gas injection system including a gas input into the reservoir for supplying a gas to the base unit that limits deterioration or contamination of the liquid food product without harmful effects and a pressure regulator controller the gas content in the substantially sealed system to maintain substantially a pressure equilibrium which minimizes the difference in gas pressures from within the liquid dispensing device to outside of the device after dispensing of a portion of liquid from the reservoir, wherein the liquid container is a transportable container and is receivable on the base unit to allow dispensing liquid food product from the liquid container and dispensing device with the liquid container being viewable when in sealing position on the base unit.