US 11,753,290 B2
Roving beverage dispensing unit
Daniel Peirsman, Brussels (BE); and Johan Van Rompaey, Brussels (BE)
Assigned to Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., Brussels (BE)
Filed by Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., Brussels (BE)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/186,545.
Application 17/186,545 is a continuation of application No. 14/240,319, abandoned, previously published as PCT/EP2012/065539, filed on Aug. 8, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 1178486 (EP), filed on Aug. 23, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0354971 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B67D 1/04 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0412 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0004 (2013.01); B67D 1/0406 (2013.01); B67D 1/0857 (2013.01); B67D 1/0867 (2013.01); B67D 1/0868 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00133 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roving beverage dispensing device, comprising:
(a) a beverage container containing a liquid beverage to be dispensed;
(b) an at least partially flexible beverage dispensing line comprising an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end being provided with a dispensing line connector configured to connect said inlet end to said container to provide fluid communication between the container and the outlet end of the dispensing line;
(c) a pressure line, the pressure line comprising an outlet releasably connectable to the container and providing fluid communication between an interior of the container and a source of pressurized gas;
(d) a compartment for containing said container and comprising a refrigeration device;
(e) an elongated tapping column comprising a fixed end fixed to the top surface of the compartment and comprising an elongated inner channel, said elongated inner channel having a smallest diameter (D1), and providing fluid communication between the interior of the compartment and a tapping valve element located at or adjacent to the top end of the elongated tapping column,
said tapping valve element configured to receive a portion of the outlet end of the dispensing line and controls the flow of liquid therethrough,
wherein the largest diameters of the dispensing line and the dispensing line connector are both smaller than a smallest diameter (D1) of the elongated inner channel and the tapping valve element such that the dispensing line and dispensing line connector can be introduced from the top end of the elongated tapping column, through the tapping valve element held in an open position, down through the channel and into the compartment where it can be connected to the container.