Patent ID: 8056773

Claim:
An assembly of a tapping keg with a neck and a connecting device for placement on said neck, at least one valve being provided in the neck, in coupled condition, an intermediate body being located between the connecting device and the valve, the connecting device including pressure means, the pressure means in coupled condition being operable to press the intermediate body to open the valve, the neck being provided with an outwardly reaching flange with a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface being obliquely inclined with respect to the top surface, at least a portion of the bottom surface defining a surface of a frustum of a cone, the connecting device having a substantially horse shoe-shaped connecting element, provided with a slot by way of which the connecting element is slidable, in a direction substantially parallel to the top surface of the flange, over said flange, the side of said slot facing the bottom surface during use comprising a surface which is inclined at an angle which is at least virtually equal to the angle of inclination of said bottom surface and, in coupled condition, at least abuts against said surface of a frustum of a cone, the connecting device being disengagable from the intermediate body, the connecting device, including the pressure means, being operable so that, during use, the connecting device, including the pressure means, does not contact liquid being dispensed from the tapping keg, wherein the intermediate body includes a channel through which flows, during use, a liquid being dispensed from the tapping keg, the connecting device being separatable from the intermediate body so that the connecting device can be reused on another tapping keg.