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Gas-pressurized beverage keg

  • US 6,820,775 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2002
  • Issued: 11/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A beverage container comprising:

  • a substantially cylindrical lower side wall and floor defining a lower beverage chamber and centered on an axis;

    a substantially cylindrical upper side wall and upper wall centered on the axis and defining an upper pressurized-gas chamber axially aligned above the lower chamber;

    an annular partition having an outer edge welded to an upper edge of the lower side wall and a lower edge of the upper side wall and a center part closely juxtaposed with the upper wall of the upper chamber, the partition downwardly closing the upper chamber and upwardly closing the lower chamber;

    a tap assembly mounted on the upper-chamber upper wall and having a riser tube projecting through the partition center part into a lower region of the lower chamber, a gas valve fixed to the upper-chamber upper wall, and a tap valve protecting radially past the upper ring; and

    a pressure regulator connected between the gas valve and the tap valve;

    an upper protective ring fitted to the upper part and formed with a seat fitted to the tap valve; and

    a lower protective ring fitted to the lower part, the rings and side walls having generally the same diameters.

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