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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. 11, 2003
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Piet Hein Willem Timp, Heemsteede, NL;
Patrick Michael van Baal, Leiden, NL;
Assignee:
Heineken Technical Services B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/00 ; B67C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/00 ; B67C 3/00 ;
Abstract
Valve assembly for a container for beverage, in particular carbonated beverage such as beer, comprising a housing and a beverage channel with a valve body, wherein operating means are provided for moving the valve body, said operating means comprising: first coupling means for coupling the beverage channel to beverage dispensing means for emptying a container through or along the valve body; and second coupling means for coupling the beverage channel to a filling device for filling a container through or along the valve body.