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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1997
Michael G Weimer, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
David K Wetzel, Watertown, WI (US);
Jeffrey Hale, Hartland, WI (US);
Scott W Braun, Watertown, WI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A beverage dispenser includes a body having a bore with an inlet, an outlet and a valve seat therebetween. A valve stem has a seal to selectively engage the valve seat to open and close the bore to a flow of beverage between the inlet and outlet. A serving lever is pivotally connected to the body and selectively coupled and decoupled to the valve stem by a clutch which is operated by a solenoid. Operating the serving lever may move the seal away from the valve seat only when clutch couples the serving lever to the valve stem. A control circuit operates the solenoid to cause the clutch to decouple the serving lever from the valve stem when the beverage has been dispensed continuously for greater than a defined period of time.