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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2002
Guido Petrus Johannes Van Der Klaauw, Hilversum, NL;
Bart Jan Bax, The Hague, NL;
Marius Corstiaan Van Duuren, Poortugaal, NL;
Arie-maarten Paauwe, De Lier, NL;
Guido Petrus Johannes van der Klaauw, Hilversum, NL;
Bart Jan Bax, The Hague, NL;
Marius Corstiaan van Duuren, Poortugaal, NL;
Arie-Maarten Paauwe, De Lier, NL;
Heineken Technical Services B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
An assembly of a container and a connecting device for connecting the container to a pressure source, wherein the container is provided with a tapping rod having therein at least one valve for releasing an input and/or output opening of the container, wherein the connecting device is provided with a housing with a first coupling and the container is provided with a metal outer casing with a cylindrical neck, which neck is secured by a first end on the outer casing and adjacent the opposite second end is provided with an outwardly extending second flange, which defines a second coupling for cooperation with the first coupling, wherein the tapping rod has been secured in the neck and wherein the neck, between the flange and first end, is substantially smoothly finished on the outside, and has a diameter that is smaller than the maximum diameter of the flange, the arrangement being such that in coupled condition of the connecting device and the container the second coupling is at least supported against the underside of the flange proximal to the first end of the neck, and the tapping rod is locked in the neck by at least the connecting device.