Patent ID: 8640931

Claim:
A tap for liquids comprising: A tap body, a cap, a valve, a spring, and a dispensing adapter, said tap body further comprising an inlet having at least one sealing rib forming a liquid-tight seal with a bladder, a dispensing outlet having a receiving connector for receivably engaging a dispensing adapter, and a transition area for holding fluids between said inlet and said dispensing outlet, said dispensing outlet further comprising sealing means between said dispensing outlet and said dispensing adapter, said cap having an internal ridge running circumferentially around an internal cavity, said cap being rotatable to an open position when said cap is raised and being rotatable to a closed position when said cap is lowered, said valve further comprising a lower portion and an upper portion, said upper portion comprising a valve stem having two or more resilient fingers, each of said resilient fingers having an outwardly facing barb, each said barb being seatable upon an upper lip of said internal ridge and being able to be raised and lowered as said cap is raised and lowered, said lower portion comprising a cylindrical base, sealing means, and a hollow cylindrical extension, said hollow cylindrical extension having openings therethrough and extending below the lowest portion of said dispensing outlet, said sealing means contacting and closing a liquid passageway between said sealing means and an inner surface of said tap when said valve is lowered, a compression spring helically coiled around said valve stem and extending between said cylindrical base and the lower lip of said internal ridge, said dispensing adapter comprising a socket having an inner shoulder whereby, when said dispensing adapter is attached to said dispensing outlet, said inner shoulder forces the lower end of said valve upwardly to open said liquid passageway.