US 12,404,162 B2
Hand-held beverage dispenser
Joseph Daniel Martin, Kaiserslautern (DE); Anthony Joseph Behe, Jr., Converse, TX (US); Ricardo Abugarade Rodriguez, Schertz, TX (US); and John Dsouza, Live Oak, TX (US)
Assigned to Lancer Corporation, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by LANCER CORPORATION, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,686.
Application 18/209,686 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/126,410, filed on Mar. 25, 2023, granted, now 12,157,659.
Application 18/126,410 is a continuation of application No. 17/737,469, filed on May 5, 2022, granted, now 11,643,318, issued on May 9, 2023.
Application 17/737,469 is a continuation of application No. 17/339,917, filed on Jun. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,345,584, issued on May 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/353,806, filed on Jun. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/129,380, filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/034,762, filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399220 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0084 (2013.01) [B67D 1/1438 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0094 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve arrangement for selectively establishing beverage fluid flow paths through a hand-held beverage dispenser, said valve arrangement comprising:
a valve unit including a composite valve trim assembly substantially contained within a hand-held beverage dispenser;
a plurality of flow paths to said valve unit and a fixed flow path from said valve unit;
wherein said composite valve trim assembly is adapted to:
establish passage into said valve unit of a user selectable one of said plurality of flow paths;
block passage into said valve unit of each said plurality of flow paths other than said one of said plurality of flow paths; and
establish passage from said one of said plurality of flow paths to said fixed flow path from said valve unit; and
wherein establishment of passage into said valve unit of a user selectable one of said plurality of flow paths is functionally independent of establishment of passage to said fixed flow path of said one of said plurality of flow paths.