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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard O Norman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
TexPro, Inc., Burnet, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222511 ; 222394 ; 222464 ; 222518 ; 215-5 ;
Abstract
A dispensing apparatus for attaching to the bottleneck of a bottle filled with a carbonated drink. The apparatus includes an adapter ring with angled surfaces for sealing onto the bottleneck and a valve housing attached to the adapter ring. The valve housing having a valve closure member that diverges away from sloping walls of an entry chamber to provide a range of control for flow control, and soft contours at every juncture to minimize turbulence.