Patent ID: 8899445

Claim:
An assembly ( 1 , 1 ′) for dispensing a beverage, comprising: a collapsible beverage container ( 19 ) having an exterior surface and an outlet; a pressure chamber ( 2 ) configured to contain the beverage container ( 19 ) and to apply a pressure to the exterior surface of the beverage container ( 19 ) therein, the pressure chamber ( 2 ) having an open end; a lid ( 9 ) removably fixed to the open end of the pressure chamber and having an inner surface and an opening ( 22 ); a dispensing line ( 32 ) having an inlet end ( 35 ), the dispensing line ( 32 ) extending through the opening ( 22 ) in the lid ( 9 ) to a dispensing tap ( 55 ); and a connecting element ( 21 ) fixed to the exterior surface of the beverage container ( 19 ) circumferentially around the outlet of the beverage container ( 19 ) and configured (a) to engage with the inner surface of the lid ( 9 ) so as to fix the lid ( 9 ) to the beverage container ( 19 ) with the opening ( 22 ) of the lid ( 9 ) aligned with the inlet end ( 35 ) of the dispensing line ( 32 ), (b) to store a length of the dispensing line ( 32 ) in a coiled configuration, and (c) to fluidly connect the inlet end ( 35 ) of the dispensing line ( 32 ) with the outlet of the beverage container ( 19 ); wherein the beverage is dispensed by applying the pressure to the exterior surface of the beverage container ( 19 ) within the pressure chamber ( 2 ), and wherein, as the dispensing tap ( 55 ) is opened, the beverage container ( 19 ) collapses in response to the pressure applied thereto, thereby forcing the beverage out of the beverage container ( 19 ) into the dispensing line ( 32 ) and out of the dispensing tap ( 55 ).