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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin F. Berry, Raynham, MA (US);
Gorm Bressner, Providence, RI (US);
Detlef Westphalen, Roslindale, MA (US);
Zebulon S. Robbins, III, Duxbury, MA (US);
David Beittel, Arlington, MA (US);
Bill Wright, Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US);
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
In embodiments a beverage dispenser includes a beverage cabinet, a mechanically operable, gravity-fed piston valve that can be controllably opened and closed to dispense beverage in a generally downward direction, a valve actuator supported on the cabinet below the valve and coupled to the valve and a beverage flow path to direct beverage from the valve to a receptacle.