Apparatus for storing and dispensing hot and cold beverages

US5551602A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kraft Jacobs Suchard AG · CH

Inventors

• Frithjof Kurtzahn · Weyhe, DE
• Wolfgang Heilmann

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 6, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 3, 1996
• Expiry date: Sep 6, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J31/50
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An apparatus for storing and dispensing beverages comprising an outside casing including top and bottom sections, a flexible inner container inside the casing, and a dispensing tube for conducting a beverage from the inner container. The bottom section of the outside casing includes a base and forms an outlet region, and the top section of the outside casing is removably supported by and extends upward from the base and defines a casing interior. The base of the bottom section includes an upper outside circumferential edge, and the top section of the casing includes a lower lateral edge extending around the outside circumferential edge of the base in a contacting, sealing relationship therewith. The flexible inner container is disposed in the casing interior, is comprised of a thin, flexible and collapsible material, and defines a container interior for holding a beverage. The dispensing tube has an upper end in fluid communication with the container interior, and has a lower end in fluid communication with the outlet region to conduct the beverage from the inner container to said outlet region. The top section of the casing also includes a bell shaped insulating insert defining a …