Beverage dispensing assembly with flexible valve

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PATENT NO 9896323
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15312816

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Assembly comprising:—a beverage dispensing line (20) defining at a dispensing end (46) thereof an inner circular flow area having a first diameter;—an upstream valve part (26) connected to said dispensing end, the upstream part having an outwardly oriented snap lock member (44);—a flexible downstream valve part (28) defining a beverage outlet at its downstream end, having an inwardly oriented snap lock member cooperating with the outwardly oriented snap lock member, the downstream valve part including a cylindrical plug (36) and defining a passage from the dispensing end past the plug to the beverage outlet, the plug defining a downstream section defining a second diameter larger than the first diameter, and defining an upstream section defining a third diameter equal to or smaller than the first diameter, connected to the downstream section, a tap handle (14) operating the downstream valve part between a dispensing position, an intermediate non-dispensing position and a final non-dispensing position.

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CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S1799 COPENHAGEN V

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Rasmussen, Jan Norager Olstykke, DK 25 151
Vesborg, Steen Gentofte, DK 39 409

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