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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222504 ; 251 62 ; 222190 ;
Abstract
A draught beer dispensing system according to the present invention comprises a draught beer receiving receptacle, a beer dispensing valve from which draught beer is dispensed into the receptacle under the pressure of carbon dioxide gases, and a source of supplying the carbon dioxide gases. The beer dispensing valve includes an automatically controlled ball valve. The ball of the ball valve has a through hole. When the ball valve is controlled in a fully open position, draught beer can be dispensed without any foam; while the ball valve is controlled in a partly open position, draught beer can be dispensed with foams whereby to give the almost filled out receptacle some finishing foams.