Recyclable valve closure for keg

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9399569
APP PUB NO 20130192691A1
SERIAL NO

13261546

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A fully recyclable valve housing for engagement with a neck of a container, such as a beer keg, has an inner port for liquid and a concentric outer port for pressurized gas, with openings for admitting pressurized gas into the container. A dip tube is connected to a bottom end fitting, communicating with a valve stem within the valve housing. A valve member controls flow through the concentric ports, and a spring element located about the valve stem urges the valve member upwards to close the ports. The spring element is molded from a resilient polymeric material and comprises a plurality of C-shaped sections angularly arranged in two interconnected stacks on opposite sides of the valve stem such that movement of the valve member causes concurrent resilient deformation of all the sections.

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POLYKEG S R L24064 GRUMELLO DEL MONTE (BG)

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Smith, Andrew Durham, GB 304 14820
Sonzogni, Sergio Grassobbio, IT 19 61
Walton, Philip Andrew Durham, GB 29 229

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