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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Stijn Vandekerckhove, Brussels, BE;
Daniel Peirsman, Brussels, BE;
Stijn Vandekerckhove, Brussels, BE;
Daniel Peirsman, Brussels, BE;
Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A dispensing assembly having a container containing a liquid to be dispensed and a dispensing tube bringing in fluid communication with ambient the volume inside the container containing the liquid. The dispensing tube has a flexible, resilient portion ending in an outlet of diameter, D, and is engaged in a pinch valve system. The pinch valve system has a squeezing member suitable for squeezing and obturating a section of the flexible portion located at a distance, h, from the outlet. The ratio, h/D, of the distance, h, to the outlet diameter, D, is not more than 2, preferably, not more than 1.5, more preferably, not more than 1.0.