Bottled soda dispenser

• US 6,540,111 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2001
• Issued: 04/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Duane J. Sunnarborg
• Original Assignee: Duane J. Sunnarborg
• Inventors: Sunnarborg, Duane J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cartagena, Melvin A.
• Application Number:
  US09/961,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20020070234A1
• Time in Patent Office: 553 Days
• Field of Search: 222/183, 222/185.1, 222/325, 222/481, 222/484, 222/518, 222/129, 150/2.2
• US Class Current: 222/129
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/0025 provided with dispensing valves actuated by the receptacle to be filled B67D3/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/0035 the bottle or container being held upside down and not provided with a closure, e.g. a bottle screwed onto a base of a dispenser
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/043 with a closing element having a linear movement, in a direction perpendicular to the seat

Abstract

A bottled soda dispenser for dispensing soda from a 2-liter bottle without having to remove the cap each time. The invention allows for one hand dispensing and keeps the carbonation in the bottle. The dispenser consists of the base, a bottle holder, a valve system and actuating levers. An air inlet having a check valve provides sufficient air in the bottle as the soda is withdrawn.

Claims

1. A bottled soda dispenser consisting of:

a stand having a first side and a second side, said first and second sides each having a lower section and an upper section, said upper section having swivel holes formed therein and opposing each other, said second side having a latch hole formed therein,

a rotatable bottle holder having a first end and a second end, a top side and a bottom side, each of said ends having a swivel mounted thereon, said second end having a spring catch mounted therein,

a first nozzle and a second nozzle mounted in said bottle holder through said top side and through said bottom side, each of said nozzles having a top end and a bottom end, said top end having a threaded portion formed therein and a stopper, said stopper having a first hole and a second hole formed therethrough,

an air tube being mounted in said bottle holder, said air tube having a first end inserted through said first hole in each stopper and a second end having a horizontal portion having a vacuum operated check valve mounted therein and said air tube having an outlet through said bottle holder,

a lever pivotally mounted in said bottle holder, said lever having a lower end, a middle portion, and a top end,

a stopper valve mounted on said top end of said lever and a glass guide mounted on said lower end of said lever, said stopper valve being positioned to mate with said second hole formed in said stopper valve,

a spring mounted in said bottle holder at one end and positioned above and contacting said lever middle portion,

whereby said spring retains said stopper in a closed position in said second hole.

2. A bottled soda dispenser of claim 1 wherein said bottles are covered by an insulating jacket, said jacket having a view window and a zipper.