Patent · US Expired

Storage vessel for beverage concentrates for use in beverage dispensers

US4971231A · kind A · utility

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8Claims

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Inventors

Karlheinz Faerber · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Anton Deininger · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Rolf Preuss · Pulheim, DE
Georg Plester · Essen, DE
Georg Troska · Herten, DE
Manfred Guenther · Belton, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 3, 1988
Grant date	Nov 20, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB67D3/02
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for the metered dispensing of beverage concentrate includes a storage container with a discharge opening and a dosing chamber assembly attached to the discharge opening. The dosing chamber assembly includes a chamber housing with an input opening communicating with the discharge opening of the container, an output opening and a sliding control valve displaceable in the chamber to alternately open and close the input and output openings of the chamber housing. The container includes an outer rigid shell and a flexible foil bag therein which varies in volume with pressure changes therein.

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