Heineken Supply Chain B.v.

Antonius Maurits Willemen

Bart Jan Bax

Engbert Hermannes Pakkert

Arie-Maarten Paauwe

Helmut Paulitsch

Ernst Jan Folkert Van Der Wal

Tapping device for beverage, including at least one beverage container, a tapping line and a tapping cock, wherein the tapping line extends at least to adjacent the tapping cock and a connector for connection of the tapping line to the at least one beverage container, wherein a cleaning element is provided in the beverage container or the connector, which cleaning element upon broaching of a beverage container is situated near an end of the tapping line proximal to the beverage container and is movable through the tapping line under pressure of beverage from the beverage container, while abutting against an inner side of the tapping line, such that beverage will propel the cleaning element in the tapping line, at least to near the tapping cock.

Tapping device, beverage container, coupling device and method with cleaning element

A tapping apparatus (), provided with a container () and a pressure control device () for controlling pressure in an inner space () of the container, wherein the pressure control device () includes a compartment () with a pressure medium therein and a dispensing opening () with a valve mechanism (), wherein an operating element () is provided for operation of the valve mechanism by a user, for supplying an amount of pressure medium from the compartment () into an inner space () of the container.

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Utrecht, Netherlands

Antonius Maurits Willemen