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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Sijtze Van Der Meer, Drachten, NL;
Sjoerd Timmermans, The Hague, NL;
Heineken Technical Services, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A beverage dispensing apparatus is provided which includes a housing (,) having a chamber (,) in which a beverage container (,) can be placed, the container having at least one deformable wall (,) and an outlet (,) to which a beverage delivery line (,) and a tapping device (,) can be connected, a locking and sealing mechanism (,) for closing a pressure space (,) in an airtight manner, which pressure space is situated between an outer wall (,) of the beverage container (,) and an inner wall (,) of the chamber (,), and a pressurizing device (,) for pressurizing the pressure space (,) to force beverage out of the container via the outlet. To improve the sealing and locking and to make the apparatus convenient to operate for the user the locking and sealing mechanism (,) is arranged between the outer wall (,) of the beverage container and a wall of the chamber. As a result of this, the pressure chamber is disposed between the inner wall (,) of the chamber and the outer wall (,) of the container, the outlet (,) of the container (,) being situated outside the pressure space (,).