US 11,858,799 B2
Dispensing tap and methods for using the same
Willam Driskell, Summit, MO (US); Brandon Ramsuer, Grandview, MO (US); Eelco H. DeMan, Waalwijk (NL); Niels F.G. van Wieringen, Waalwijk (NL); and Paulus Zuijderduijn, Waalwijk (NL)
Assigned to Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation, Grandview, MO (US)
Appl. No. 17/783,261
Filed by Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation, Grandview, MO (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/063501
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/118891, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Application 17/783,261 is a continuation of application No. 17/009,891, filed on Sep. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,312,613, issued on Apr. 26, 2022.
Application 17/009,891 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/685,258, filed on Nov. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,997,985, issued on May 4, 2021.
Application 16/685,258 is a continuation of application No. 16/144,210, filed on Sep. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,526,191, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/945,208, filed on Dec. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0010812 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 3/04 (2006.01); B65D 77/06 (2006.01); F16K 21/04 (2006.01); F16F 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 3/043 (2013.01) [B65D 77/067 (2013.01); B67D 3/046 (2013.01); F16F 1/028 (2013.01); F16K 21/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing tap, comprising:
a body;
a dispensing head connected to the body, comprising:
an interior surface;
a mouth; and
a lower loading cone;
a valve stem seated in the dispensing head, comprising:
a button;
an upper loading cone; and
a peripheral seal;
a shut off valve attached to the valve stem and seated in the mouth; and
a spring positioned between the upper loading cone and lower loading cone.