US 12,291,442 B2
Beverage dispensing assembly
Peter Henri Samuel Wigman, Amsterdam (NL); and Lucas Johannes Cornelis Kouters, Amersfoort (NL)
Assigned to Heineken Supply Chain B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Appl. No. 18/027,975
Filed by Heineken Supply Chain B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
PCT Filed Oct. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NL2021/050650
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/093018, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20203953 (EP), filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331536 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0835 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0831 (2013.01); B67D 1/0839 (2013.01); B67D 1/0841 (2013.01); B67D 1/0857 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Beverage dispensing assembly comprising:
a beverage container with a container body defining a beverage chamber for containing a beverage, the container body comprising a beverage outlet provided with a beverage container sealing member arranged to enable opening of the beverage outlet;
a beverage dispensing line extending between the beverage container and a dispenser for dispensing the beverage at a dispensing outlet of the dispenser; and
a coupler device comprising a coupler housing arranged for detachable coupling to the container body and for coupling the beverage dispensing line, the coupler housing defining a piston space in which a piston is movably arranged for causing the beverage container sealing member to open the beverage outlet to provide a fluid connection between the beverage chamber and the beverage dispensing line;
wherein the beverage dispensing line comprises a first beverage conduit and a second beverage conduit separate from the first beverage conduit; the first beverage conduit with a first end thereof connected to the beverage container in fluid communication with the beverage outlet and a second end thereof connected to the coupler device to form at least part of a first beverage flow path arranged to guide flow of beverage from the beverage chamber to the coupler device when the beverage outlet is open, the second beverage conduit connected to the coupler device to form a second beverage flow path arranged to guide flow of beverage from the coupler device to the dispenser, and wherein the first beverage conduit at the first end thereof comprises an adapter body through which the first beverage flow path extends, the adapter body being fittingly arranged on the beverage container covering the beverage container sealing member, which adapter body is configured to open the beverage container sea ling member upon movement of the piston of the coupler device acting on the adapter body.