Cartridge for connecting a beverage dispensing line and opening a valve; actuator for operating the cartridge

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PATENT NO 12139390
APP PUB NO 20230078570A1
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17904013

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An arrangement for filling containers like bottles with a beverage like beer in a retail environment includes a disposable dispensing line, from keg to outlet into the container. The dispensing line includes an actuable shut-off valve. The shut-off valve may be fitted in a cartridge, including a valve seat for receiving and accommodating a first part of the shut-off valve and an actuable connector arranged to engage with the shut-off valve to close or open the dispensing line. The cartridge may be fitted with a valve driving module, including an actuator driven by a driving unit and arranged to engage with the actuable connector for operating the shut-off valve. The dispensing line may be opened or closed by squeezing the line in case of a flexible line, operating a reciprocating or rotating shut-off valve, other, or a combination thereof. The cartridge may be fitted in the filling arrangement.

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HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN B V1017 ZD AMSTERDAM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bogdanov, Sergei Novosibirsk, RU 3 1
Griffioen, Edwin Johannes Cornelis Amsterdam, NL 8 6
Kudriavtsev, Aleksandr Novosibirsk, RU 3 1

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